http://www.brandnewstart.net/index.htm Blog of someone whose trying to travel happily rather than waiting till he gets to his destination. 2006-10-31T12:15:51Z en-US http://www.brandnewstart.net/archives/2006_10_01_brandnewstart_archive.html#116229691990184133 An old poem of mine I still hold dear....<br /><br /><b>A Way To Be? </b><br /><br />I love you like I've<br />Never loved before<br />Or maybe like I've<br />Never loved at all<br />So take my hand and<br />Dance to this beat<br />Loose the crowds and<br />Control of your feet<br />Let's take this train to<br />Who knows where<br />And enjoy the view<br />Without a care<br />The time to live is<br />The here and now<br />The future looks after<br />Itself somehow<br /><br />And a new one<br /><br /><b>Footsteps</b><br />My footfall failed me<br />As ever you caught me <br />Steadied me<br />I didn’t want to spoil <br />Your equilibrium and inner peace<br />Your feet tread a safe path<br />So don’t adjust to mine<br />You have no need<br />I will walk with you where ever<br />Forever Listener 2006-10-31T12:08:00Z
A Way To Be?

I love you like I've
Never loved before
Or maybe like I've
Never loved at all
So take my hand and
Dance to this beat
Loose the crowds and
Control of your feet
Let's take this train to
Who knows where
And enjoy the view
Without a care
The time to live is
The here and now
The future looks after
Itself somehow

And a new one

Footsteps
My footfall failed me
As ever you caught me
Steadied me
I didn’t want to spoil
Your equilibrium and inner peace
Your feet tread a safe path
So don’t adjust to mine
You have no need
I will walk with you where ever
Forever]]> http://www.brandnewstart.net/archives/2005_12_01_brandnewstart_archive.html#113594149082845076 All is pretty good with the world and Xmas is cool (tho am working today!). Feeling vague urges to get back into this blog thang....no New year's resolutions just New Year's wait and sees.<br /><br />Santa is bringing me and d a dead cool cross trainer real soon and we're gonna start dance lessons too...... I got lots of other ace pressies from and for, D and we had fun opening them under the tree.<br /><br />HNY y'all (left reading this heh heh). Listener 2005-12-30T11:14:00Z
Santa is bringing me and d a dead cool cross trainer real soon and we're gonna start dance lessons too...... I got lots of other ace pressies from and for, D and we had fun opening them under the tree.

HNY y'all (left reading this heh heh).]]> http://www.brandnewstart.net/archives/2005_09_01_brandnewstart_archive.html#112658694012215809 Apart from the fact that work is really busy but really rewarding, and that the girls hvae oth been down to stay (seperatly now B is 'all grown up' and she decides when she's visiting not me!) and D is as lovely as ever and has started at college in London and that.....we've moved into a fucking gorgeous flat which we are buying like proper grownups and not renting and England beat Australia to regain the Ashes in cricket in the most amazing sporting contest I have ever witnessed (and I include when we won the Rugby World Cup and Liverpool came back from 0-3 to win the Cahmpions League)........its beena quiet few weeks.....Phew! Listener 2005-09-13T04:44:00Z http://www.brandnewstart.net/archives/2005_07_01_brandnewstart_archive.html#112030089243536568 Life is rushing by.....been so busy of late, up early last couple of weekends doing carboot sales to sell off a load of old girl's toys and miscellaneous debris over the years. And all because (and I think its no longer tempting fate to say) D. amnd I are buying a flat. Its a damned cool falt in Woking, Surrey, UK and is a top floor 2 bed modern flat 2 minutes walk from the town center. We are hugely excited, the mortgage seems to be in place, the seller has no chain and things are progressing.....can't wait now it'll be good to have our own place that we chose together and can make our own :oD<br /><br />Work has been ultra busy with several site problems at weeknds so have been called out lots, another reason I have been tired and actually have been unwell the last couple fo days but am soldiering on.....it came on during <a href="http://www.u2.com">U2's Vertigo Concert</a> we went to on wednesday which totally rocked but which explained why I was so achy only half way through the day. The gig was awesome, they are the best at making a stadium seem like a club and the crowd and atmosphere were electric a really enjoyable, memorable event. And as icing on the cake they were supported by two of my fave bands: <a href="http://www.starsailor.net/">Starsailor</a> and <a href="http://www.thekillers.co.uk/">The Killers</a>.....what a line up.<br /><br />Looking forward to Live8 today and a BBQ at a friends....tomorrow I am being pushed down a hill in a plastic ball....pictures to follow...... Listener 2005-07-02T10:33:00Z
Work has been ultra busy with several site problems at weeknds so have been called out lots, another reason I have been tired and actually have been unwell the last couple fo days but am soldiering on.....it came on during U2's Vertigo Concert we went to on wednesday which totally rocked but which explained why I was so achy only half way through the day. The gig was awesome, they are the best at making a stadium seem like a club and the crowd and atmosphere were electric a really enjoyable, memorable event. And as icing on the cake they were supported by two of my fave bands: Starsailor and The Killers.....what a line up.

Looking forward to Live8 today and a BBQ at a friends....tomorrow I am being pushed down a hill in a plastic ball....pictures to follow......]]> http://www.brandnewstart.net/archives/2005_06_01_brandnewstart_archive.html#111881744471217972 My I have been busy of late, work is pretty demanding at present and am driving between Portsmouth, Stevenage and Bath a fair bit. But its good I really like my job.<br /><br />Still haven't recaptured the urge to blog and read blogs that much, in fact use the itnernet much at all really, which is annoying because I kind of want to but just can'yt be arsed??!! Go figure.<br /><br />Quite excited last night at getting our U2 tickets an dfinding out that the support is Starsailor and The Killers - cool or what (tho it has changed once already so maybe it will again!). Listener 2005-06-15T06:33:00Z
Still haven't recaptured the urge to blog and read blogs that much, in fact use the itnernet much at all really, which is annoying because I kind of want to but just can'yt be arsed??!! Go figure.

Quite excited last night at getting our U2 tickets an dfinding out that the support is Starsailor and The Killers - cool or what (tho it has changed once already so maybe it will again!).]]> http://www.brandnewstart.net/archives/2005_05_01_brandnewstart_archive.html#111706060546830855 When I was ten, having no real awareness of sport whatsoever I sat down one evening and watched a football match. <br /> <br />It was Liverpool versus Borussia Muncheon Gladbach in the European Cup Final. I was soon hooked to the drama of the match and really pleased that Liverpool (being the English team) won (3-1). This was the first time I realised how dramatic, how 'high and low', how deeply moving sport could be. I have always had a deep interest in many things sporting (not so keen on horseracing and motorsports!) and have continued to support Liverpool through (many years) of thick and (a few years) of thin. <br /> <br />although hardly my home town team (Liverpool is nearly 300 miles from where I was born) I justified devotion because of that night when I watched my first football match. <br /> <br />In the late 70s early 80s Liverpool were kings of Europe and won the European Cup 4 times in the space of 7 years (I think other English clubs won it in between 0 it was England's purple haze of club football), and apart from the final it wasn't televised - many a Wednesday night was spent listening to medium wave radio broadcasts of Liverpool European matches, with the reception drifting in and out making it even more dramatic. <br /> <br />And so fast forward several years to tonight....and Liverpool are back in a European cup final.....tho the format has changed and they qualified for it not as champions but as 4th in the league it is still a huge achievement. <br /> <br />And what a match, I was expecting it to be nerve wracking but at 3-0 down at half time I figured it was all over and we'd lost....But then the match turned into one of the best finals of all time, Liverpool scored early in the second half, then again 2 minutes later and then again 5 minutes later.....From being walked all over now they were doing the walking.....What a comeback.....the match turned out needing extra time and because still no more goals were scored the dreaded penalty shootout. <br /> <br />Now in 1984 when Liverpool last won it there was also a pen shoot out and the Liverpool goalkeeper (Bruce Grobelaar) famously played up and went all wobbly legged when facing the penalties - this had the effect of making the opposition miss two of them....and this time Jerzy Dudek the Liverpool goalie did something very similar and what is usually a tense nerve wracking experience was actually settle after 4 attempts........I am still pinching myself and can't believe they won but am so so so so so so fucking happy!!! <br /> <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm">BBC's match report</a> prolly better than mine!! Listener 2005-05-25T22:36:45Z
It was Liverpool versus Borussia Muncheon Gladbach in the European Cup Final. I was soon hooked to the drama of the match and really pleased that Liverpool (being the English team) won (3-1). This was the first time I realised how dramatic, how 'high and low', how deeply moving sport could be. I have always had a deep interest in many things sporting (not so keen on horseracing and motorsports!) and have continued to support Liverpool through (many years) of thick and (a few years) of thin.

although hardly my home town team (Liverpool is nearly 300 miles from where I was born) I justified devotion because of that night when I watched my first football match.

In the late 70s early 80s Liverpool were kings of Europe and won the European Cup 4 times in the space of 7 years (I think other English clubs won it in between 0 it was England's purple haze of club football), and apart from the final it wasn't televised - many a Wednesday night was spent listening to medium wave radio broadcasts of Liverpool European matches, with the reception drifting in and out making it even more dramatic.

And so fast forward several years to tonight....and Liverpool are back in a European cup final.....tho the format has changed and they qualified for it not as champions but as 4th in the league it is still a huge achievement.

And what a match, I was expecting it to be nerve wracking but at 3-0 down at half time I figured it was all over and we'd lost....But then the match turned into one of the best finals of all time, Liverpool scored early in the second half, then again 2 minutes later and then again 5 minutes later.....From being walked all over now they were doing the walking.....What a comeback.....the match turned out needing extra time and because still no more goals were scored the dreaded penalty shootout.

Now in 1984 when Liverpool last won it there was also a pen shoot out and the Liverpool goalkeeper (Bruce Grobelaar) famously played up and went all wobbly legged when facing the penalties - this had the effect of making the opposition miss two of them....and this time Jerzy Dudek the Liverpool goalie did something very similar and what is usually a tense nerve wracking experience was actually settle after 4 attempts........I am still pinching myself and can't believe they won but am so so so so so so fucking happy!!!

BBC's match report prolly better than mine!!]]> http://www.brandnewstart.net/archives/2005_05_01_brandnewstart_archive.html#111515548963253000 Have it <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4501277.stm">Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea</a> :oD Listener 2005-05-03T21:24:49Z Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea :oD]]>