:D :D :D :D
CONTEST UPDATE:
I’m currently in 2nd place, around 50 votes (thumbs-ups/likes) behind 1st place.
I would be so happy and grateful if every single one of you music & bass lovers out there would reblog/like this post to try and get me to that #1 spot.
If I win, I’m going to release my EP for free (digitally).
I had that planned anyway, I’ve not just decided to do that for more votes. I was gonna have it as a surprise, that’s all. But because I’m quite far behind, I thought it’d be a good idea.
PLEASE HELP ME WIN!
I actually can’t express just what it would mean to me to have your support.
x
How my weight loss is going..
Very well.
The end. Bye!
Hahahaha, just kiddinnnnnnn’. I’M SO FUNNY AREN’T I!?
You don’t have to answer that.
ANWYAY, so.. it really is going very well. I’m totally in the groove of working out now, I really love doing it actually. Today I worked out on the exercise bike for an hour, on the second-highest resistance the machine can do! It was hard work and I was sweating like a mofo but it was awesome. In fact forget that “but” and replace it with a “so”. I’ve been eating more healthily too, but the awesome thing is, I’ve been losing weight even though I still eat the odd hotdog at work, and sweets and marshmallows etc. I’m also eating quite a lot. I’m not starving myself at all so I’m actually finding this whole process really quite easy!
It’s so nice being able to workout without pain during or after. It’s nice to be able to WALK without pain during or after! I’m still not entirely used to that since my knees were fixed. The novelty most definitely has not worn off yet haha.
So some of you on twitter may have seen that I’ve been posting the occasional picture wearing the same shirt, so you (and I) can see the changes in my body more easily. I want to share two of them with you that are now spurring me on even more!
This first one is from five weeks ago. I’d been dieting (kind of) for a while, but not working out yet. I was losing weight but not a great deal. I think I’d just come home from town after buying new trousers because my jeans were all too big, and I felt like trying on a shirt that I could never do up before. And I could now do it up! It’s obviously still too small, but I could do up the buttons which amazed me. I felt so happy that I had to tweet a picture about it. Here is that picture! :D
This second one is from today. This morning. I felt like trying the shirt on again to see how I was getting on, because you doubt yourself day to day don’t you? When you’re trying to better yourself and stuff you don’t think (or I don’t at least) you’re doing very well or whatever, you have those times where you think “why am I trying?” and “what’s the point?”. Well.. Today the shirt is no longer too small and I’m over the moon!! I have a gig tomorrow night with my friends from The Feud and I might just wear it. Because I can. I’m really very very happy. ARGH. :D
I’m so proud of myself and happy with what I’ve achieved so far. I have a long way to go but this is an awesome start!! Can’t wait to workout every day and eat better and see myself change. I never thought I could do it because of my knees but here I am! I’m freakin’ doing it!! :D :D :D
If you’re trying to lose weight as well, just keep going.
You can doooo eeeeeeeeeeeeet!! <3
xx
I am currently in third place, which is awesome!! Buuuut…
I kind of want to win that bass.. Badly. Like, ok. I really want it. :D
If you could like/reblog this here post and try to get your friends to give the video a thumbs-up on YouTube, I would be eternally grateful. Please help me!!
xx
Everybody go like this video now! :D He really deserves to win so…. DO IT.
Also, it’d be nice if you liked and reblogged this if you do :3=
THANKYOU! :D
So I entered a contest on YouTube…
And this is my video. Please go to the actual video page and click the thumbs up, I will be forever grateful!! I’m nervous and very excited..
THANKYOU! Please share it with your friends!? xxx
I was on the radio! And MORE EXCITING NEWS.
On Friday my band Big Door Open was on Sheffield Live, a small radio station in, you guessed it, Sheffield. They let us play for an entire hour! It was SO MUCH FUN. MC Nige is insane. What a hilarious man. So much energy! Made us feel completely welcome straight away, felt like I’d known him forever. Ranx is a really nice guy as well, with an awesome general opinion on music. Had a great little chat about music with him after the show. Awesome guy. If you wanna listen to the show, it was recorded and there’s a podcast online! Now where did I put that link…
Oh here it is.
It was the most fun ever. I made a joke at the start saying that I didn’t want to say hello to anybody cos I don’t like my friends. Obviously it was a joke but that didn’t stop my good friend Madeleine (she is absolutely lovely <3) texting me during the next song and yelling at me… hahahaha. Sooo I made things right. All was good with the world again.
So yes! Ridiculous fun!
Aaaaand then Ross & I made our way to the hotel. And had a drink. And then another. And then another. And then another. And because I am a massive lightweight, I was then drunk! Oh dear. I’m not trying to be like “HEHEHE BEING DRUNK IS AMAZING HEHE OMG HEHE I WAS LIKE SOOO WASTED” cos I hate those people lols. I’m just telling you how it went down!
Got up on Saturday morning with a bit of a headache. As you would expect. But I don’t care when I’m hungover really, you just get on with it don’t you! Unless you’re one of those people who waddle about going “URRGGGG” ALL DAY. Hah. :D
So! We left the hotel and set off to Dewsbury for the Live & Unsigned regional final and I was mega pumped. Just so excited. And then we got to Dewsbury and I almost died of boredom. No offense if you’re from Dewsbury, but HOW DO YOU LIVE THERE? There is NOTHING to do! We wandered around the market.. and sat in pubs. That was it. My lovely friend Vicki and her riend Dina joined us for a little while in the afternoon, which was nice. (She then came to the L&U gig. If you can call it a gig. We played for like three minutes. Ha!)
But yeah, there’s absolutely nothing to do in Dewsbury hahaha. Sigh.
Many many hours filled with groans of boredom and sighs of near-suicide later, we went to the town hall, the venue of the thing! We did our soundcheck and then sat around for a while longer. And then we played.
We were on first, and holy crap. I’ve never had so much fun playing with BDO. Don’t get me wrong, I love the band. I do. But there was something special about it! The energy was just PUMPED, and we smashed it! (If I may be so bold). Argh I’m still feeling so high about it! It was an incredible feeling. It was filmed and photos were taken! I can’t wait to show them! Should be a week or two when we get them, they said.
We then had to hang out in the dressing room (a basement lol) and wait whilst everyone else played. Almost died of boredom again. We weren’t allowed to watch! Sigh. I was a bit disappointed by that. I like watching. :(
Soooo then it was results time. Andddd… WE GOT THROUGH.
And as we were running up the stairs to go back on stage and join the other people who’d been called before us, the other contestants sang the song we covered at us (I’m not telling you what it is, you’ll have to wait til I get the video :P). Arrrghhh I was/am so excited!! We’re through to what they’re calling the “area final”, which I don’t know the meaning of. Is it the whole of Yorkshire? Eh. Whatever. That round, anyway.
If we get through that, and I really hope we do, we’re through to the ACTUAL final, at the O2 Arena in London and.. if we got to play there, I’d be so immensely excited I wouldn’t be surprised if I accidentally did a little wee on stage. I’m still so happy about last night. The near-suicide and boredom was all forgotten in those magical three minutes. It honestly felt magical. I loved it. ARGH. Haha..
And today (wow this is a long post…) the Sandberg (bass) Guitars contest on YouTube is open! They’re uploading all the videos (probably as I type this out) and voting opens when they’re all up! I’m so excited and really nervous about that too, I keep refreshing my YouTube homepage every 2 seconds in case the videos are up! I hope you support me and help my video get thumbs up. That’s how the votes work. Thumbs down are ignored, apparently. Which is nice.
So this weekend has been absolutely great. I’ve spent my entire wage packet on fuel and food and drink, and I don’t care. I can be a hobo for a week. Ain’t no thang.
I hope you’re well and your weekend was also ace. Expect a video post from me soon when the Sandberg channel releases the videos!
Tarrah.
Nick xx
