[10:08pm]
General thought dump.
1. Went and visited my best mate Alfie Robin Brian Adams today in Stoke where he lives, about an hour's drive from me. We had a nice time catching up, it's the first time we've actually hung out just us two since late December last year, cos we're usually with a group of other people. Was lovely catching up with him and I was reminded many times as to why he means the amount he does to me. He hasn't been in a proper relationship with anyone for about 2 years now bless him, but recently he met this girl called Sarah, who he seems to be getting on well with, so I really hope they'll get together, she seems nice and a good match for my alfie ;)
2. Fuckin rainy today. Driving back home from Stoke was like sailing the atlantic. At one point the rain was so thick I could only see about 5 meters in front of me on the A50, so all the traffic had to slow to 30 instead of the usual 70 or so. Some sections of the road literally had waves... got a bit worried my car wouldn't take it, but good old Uko pulled through. Still unsure whether Uko is a he or a she. I think he's a boy, but a feminine one.
2.5. I thought a little bit about the concept of getting into a car crash while I was driving through the torrential rain... quite dark I know, but there were moments where if I were not as careful as I was being, I could've gotten into an accident. I thought about what I'd actually do. If I came out relatively unscathed, with a car still drivable, I think I'd drive off and pretend it didn't happen. I wouldn't tell anyone it happened unless they asked why my car looks a bit fucked up. Because that'd be awkward starting a conversation with a friend of mine saying "oh yeah, I crashed my car by the way." How are you supposed to announce that? You don't. I won't. If it happens and it's not serious, my friends won't know for weeks. I gain nothing from telling them and they gain nothing from knowing... that's how I see it. Unless they were interested in any impactful moments I'd experienced recently in my life.
3. Listened to a podcast on the way up to Alfie's called Creative Juice, banging, I love it. All about music industry stuff and marketing. Proper nerdy. I was catching up on some missed episodes and listening to them make predictions for music industry stuff in 2026. Obviously, AI is the big buzzword, they were talking about how generative AI is going to change the industry etc etc. The podcast is two people, one of them is more for AI, the other is neutral. I'd say I'm neutral, but against generative AI. Write your own fuckin songs I guess. Really as long as I get to make music the way I want to, with my own brain, then I don't care about the AI shit floating around me.
Anyway I think I've dumped my thoughts. Listened to Spiderland by Slint which was way better than I thought. Now I'm on the phone with Mimi and I can't concentrate on writing this any more...