Never back down

Ive gotten back into world of warcraft again. Yup, not ashamed in the slightest to admit it. I really enjoy it, so, for lack of a better phrase, fuck the haters.


I wish less people in the world cared so much about what other people thought. The reason im not afraid to say yeah i play wow, or yeah i play minecraft and love it, is because i dont actually give a shit what people say about it. Too many people arent willing to really be who they are, because of the stigma surrounding certain aspects of what they may or may not do. It winds me up that if you go against the grain, you are often ridiculed and laughed at for being your own person. I wish some people would grow up.


Although you can go to far one way. Some times caring what people think is a very desirable character trait. You tend to be a people pleaser, you dont often upset people, and you can make a lot of friends. But then again it can put plenty of strain on you, trying to do too much just to please others. Meh, its a vicious circle. Better to not care what anyone thinks at all and enjoy life, than too care more than anything about what everyone says and have hell for it. 


Haven't done much over the past couple days, nothing worthy of mention anyway. I cant wait for centre parcs over the weekend, ive been looking forward to it for ages.


Cheers for reading guys. Be your own person, and fuck whoever laughs or tells you to do anything different. AJ.


You crowd around me on the floor
Staring and observing
Seeing what I'm fighting for
Its not in you, not like this


It's so like you, indiscretion is all you can be
Screaming to see what is in between
I've been to Hell and back, the quiet never lasts
It's not like you to take a risk

Im in a funny mood

I just died on minecraft. Yes, that frustrated me.

Oh well, just a game. 

Anyways, ive resisted so far, but i have to comment on whats going on in the middle east. All i can say is if Karl Marx was still alive, he'd be sitting here saying 'I told you so'.

And i just got an error message. It said something like 'java runtime has detected a fatal error'. Well im still alive, so unless java knows something i dont, it wasnt fatal.

Im pretty tired as you can tell by the disjointed writing style, sorry about that. I cant think of much else of note to tell you to be honest. My day wasnt too bad, had a nice morning with my girlfriend, then went out for a haircut and a bit of shopping. Didnt get enough off, im too timid to ask for any more when they show you in the mirror, obviously proud of their work. Ah well, imma need another in like a month just before a drama performance anyway (ill probably blog more about that closer to the time) so im not too bothered.

I also bought a hoody (score). Im quite pleased with it. It made me laugh trying them on, because its a shop called Madhouse (i think theres one in basingstoke too, so some of you might know it), so all of the stuff in there is basically a huge mix of well known brands and brands ive never heard of, all really cheap. Its a bit like an outlet store really. Anyways, i was looking at these rip off super dry hoodies, and they looked quite nice, so i thought ide try one on. I grab a medium because thats usually my size in most places. I put it on and i can just about stretch it over my nipples. Im not joking it was absoloutely tiny. I tried the large, and it was a tiny bit bigger but not much. I had to buy the extra large. XL. Jesus, i knew japenese people were tiny, but i didnt think they were that tiny. Its like all the hoodies were designed for, at the biggest, a 5'10 skinny japenese dude. (Sorry if i offend). It made me laugh anyway.

Football training was tiring. But still enjoyable. Dont know why i bothered writing that.

Okay i think ive just about run out of stamina for tonight. Thanks for reading the blog, add me on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/ArronDempers if you havent already, and if you want to feed back on what you read just fb or twitter me.

Oh, and watch this, shes good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7l1OMppQM

Peace, AJ

A bitta music

I thought ide promote a few albums ive been listening to lately, a couple are smaller bands who need the support, so go buy the cd if you listen and like (i know, im such a nice guy)

Ill start off with the song im listening to right now, Too Little Too Late - A Skylit Drive. The album, Identity On Fire, isnt actually that great overall, but that song and Fuck The System are two absolute beasts, for those who dont know A Skylit Drive are post hardcore, and this album has a tinge of synths. Nothing drastic, but it i actually think it really adds something to both those songs. The vocalists cleans might be a little high pitched / whiney for some, but the screams are very good (if you like screaming).

Close To Home's latest effort Never Back Down is one of the few albums in recent memory i can listen to without skipping any songs. Their sounds very versatile, but the basic formula tends to be very A Day To Remember, mixing heavy breakdowns, guttural growls and screams with soaring pop punk style chorus. At times the vocals take a very early Comeback Kid sound, a sort of half sing half shout, which i rather like. The stand out moments for me are the two opening tracks (not including the intro) Days of Our Lives and Count the Ways. Days of Our Lives is very Downfall of Us All (sorry for another A Day To Remember comparison) with a very uplifting chug-a-chug riff to open, before breaking into a more conventional pop punk sound, albeit with a slightly more frantic drum work. Count the Ways is my favourite track off the album, and where i feel they strike the balance between the heavy and pop punk best. The verses are filled with hate, growls, screams and shouts all over, with a catchy melodic chorus, backing woooaaahhs in abundance. The two contrasting points on the album (where they get heaviest and poppy-est) are All We Know, crunching, chugging metal guitars going toe to toe with the impressive range of screamed vocals, and Sink or Swim, instead showing off upbeat piano keys, beautiful soaring melodies and, of course, the gang 'woooaaahhhss' for the chorus. All in all a very impressive album, and definitely an accessible sound, the production softening the heaviness enough for less hardened ears (most of the time).

The last band imma write about for now is Ten After Two. Their 5 track ep If You Don't First massively impressed me. They lie on the heavier side of post hardcore, the clean/scream mix lying 60:40 in the favour of screams ide say, the guitar production heavy and crunching, and a point made of the (rather impressive) drum work. The first song, Behind Locked Doors, opens with a very hard, simple metal riff, deep from the bottom of your chest growls giving it a real punch. This contrasts wonderfully to the melodies of later in the song, which switches seamlessly from scream vocals to clean to a mixture of both, and honestly its all in all an extremely impressive song. Even the break downs don't sound like the same recycled break downs you've heard before, because they aren't. I'll be honest im not sure what it is, but they somehow manage to sound fresh and different in a genre which is awash with a sea of average bands, or unoriginal bands who recycle the same mix of melodies riffs and breakdowns over and over, in an attempt to rehash that full of promise first album feel three or four times. Honestly if your going to check out any of these bands, check out these, they are very very good.

Anyways, thanks for reading the blog as always, add me on twitter if you haven't already.

AJ (my nickname for those who dont know)

From the mobile, hopefully it works

Hey people,

Well I didn't post yesterday, so I'd feel like my blog was getting neglected if I didn't today. I'm at my girlfriends, and shes asleep next door where my laptop also happens to be, so I'm going to see if this app on my phone works. Fingers crossed.

Can't think of much to say tbh. Yesterday was a bit of a poo, had a boooring morning yesterday reffing three matches, but for the money I'm getting I'm not really complaining. 12 quid for 50 minutes at a jog (which in reality descends to a spirited walk) is pretty damn good, especially since I can squeeze three in and walk away with 36 quid for a mornings.... I would say work but it doesn't even resemble work in all actuality.

Then went to the reading game, and, to use a phrase a mate and me coined, we were more dyer than keiron. We lacked any kind of bite in the final third, no one seemed to want to take their man on, it really just didn't work. To watfords credit they were pretty well organised, but it was still frustrating.

Then I had a pretty chilled evening, watched Ali g in da house (seen it twice and it still makes me chuckle) and chatting to Ben white on Skype. Probably wasn't a good idea to talk until something like 1 in the morning, as I woke up at 12 30 the following afternoon, but I suppose that's what half terms for.

Gah my blogs boring, but oh well. Maybe if I talk more about minecraft.....

Well goodnight, thanks for reading this, add me on fb and twitter if you don't already have me, and recommend the blog to your friends, if you think its okay.

Night

Tired, but happy.

Evening, hope everyones had a good one.

Well its Friday, and not just that its the Friday of a half term. I am looking forward immensely to catching up on sleep, my first ever holiday with my girlfriend, and catching up on a lot of spending time doing useless things.

I just thought that im quite a simple creature; I dont need an awful lot of achievement to keep me happy. Obviously i enjoy my achievements when they do come, but i spend a lot of time doing fuck all, and i really enjoy doing it. Watching top gear, for example. I get nothing at the end of it, but its just mindless, relaxing, funny television. Minecraft. Pointless beyond belief for me as im not anywhere near talented enough to build anything worth mentioning. But, again, i enjoy the release from expectation. Its nice to just be able to experience pure, no strings attached emotion. Even the frustration that came from burning my own house down (which was heartbreaking by the way) on Minecraft came with a hint of sweetness - It didnt matter.

Anyway, thought ide start with a couple shout outs, a few friends also write blogs and these two are definately worth reading

http://benjaminjameswhite.blogspot.com - Ben White

http://interestedyeahiam.blogspot.com/ - Harry Davidson

Okay, ones worth reading, but Harry's band are worth a listen if you like that kind of music so i thought ide pop him here.

Anyway, my weeks been pretty good, if a bit tiring. Got my exam results all back bar a few and im pretty chuffed, A / A* in everything apart from class civ, which was a B (still got to get the rest of my marks back for German, so thatll probably end up being two B's, oh joy of joys). The grade boundaries are stupid anyway, i get 70%, which in most subjects is an A, and in class civ its scraping a B. The rest of the class civ taking population must be freaks getting 100%, dragging the grade boundaries up for us normal folk. Ah well, should probably just work harder.

I have to rant about the ridiculousness of the P.E. department at my school. In the past the sport offered to the better athletes who wish to play at a competitive level for the school (known as 'match div') has been extremely well run, coached and played. My year is pretty decent at the three major sports (cricket, rugby and football) and so we won a fair few games at a decent level. Recently however the quality of the coaching and the way the sports are run has declined significantly.

Rugby was quite frankly a joke. I dont need to name names, for those of you who attend my school you will know to whom i refer, but the level of coaching we received was at best questionable. A person who believes playing a forwards game against a team three times your size needs to think about if hes really in the right sport. Anyone with even a vague sense of what Rugby actually is will know thats a bad idea. The drills done during actual training sessions were either A; Shit. Or B; So complicated and baffling it was beyond comprehension. We literally took five huge steps backward as a team. In the end i decided refereeing youth football for a bit of money was a more productive use of my time (I referee youth football by the way, in case you didnt realise).

Now football, which is personally my favourite sport, seems to be veering dangerously in that direction. The beginning of the year seemed promising, the coaching was good and enthusiastic, and a promise to trim the numbers so as to receive more focused training, tailored to a higher quality player. What we have now is every session has degenerated to a friendly kick around, and our coach cant even be bothered to do after school sessions anymore. I might as well go do rolly-pollys in a field for an hour. Wait, the session wasnt even that long yesterday, we had a 40 minute presentation on a football tour no one wants to go on.

Normally if you offered me a chance to go on a football tour, i would say yes. Without hesitation. But when i explain you will see why this is a little bit different. There is nothing wrong with the tour itself. Five days in Frankfurt, Germany (not the most exotic place in the world, but better than Scotland or something) with three matches, and a range of sightseeing and team building activities, all for around 600 pounds. Sounds pretty good. Apart from the fact half the team cant go, because it has been sprung upon us a few months before the tour. Why was it sprung upon us. Because its not even our tour, it was meant for the year above, but they couldnt get even one person willing to go. Well, since half the team cant go, we decide it would be better not to go, since its supposed to be for the best team we can put together. But no, in their ultimate wisdom the P.E. dept have decided that its impossible to cancel a tour, which hasnt even been paid for, and simply rearrange it for us in a year, or even two. Its either this or nothing. Ive reached the point where i feel like our P.E. dept are either too lazy to do anything properly, or dont care enough. Whichever it is, i feel like punching someone in the face.

Anyway, rant over, i probably should end this soon as its getting a bit long.

A couple quick final things.

I wish i was in a band. I went to a very small local gig during the week, with maybe 10 people watching the bands, but i still wished i was up there, singing / screaming my heart out. It looks like it would be immensely fun, but i cant play an instrument, and ive always assumed that ruled you out of being in a band. Oh well, not all ambitions in life are realised.

And im so glad its half term. I need the rest.

Anyway, thank you for reading, follow me on twitter if you have it: http://twitter.com/ArronDempers. I try retweet interesting stuff, and ill tweet whenever i write a new blog, so yeah, an easy way to recommend my blog to your friends. If you think its worth that. Please do.

Cheers guys, Arron.

Right, lets actually blog about something - First Minescapade.

Okay, first proper post on this bad boy, lets see how it goes

I changed the title; 'Arrons life' sounds a litttlle bit gay to me. This title is obviously a massive improvement

Anyways imma make this first proper blog about the easiest thing i can think; minecraft. Yes, i know the game is gay, but i fucking love it.

So imma go for this whole 'If you die on minecraft, delete the world' thing and see if it actually makes the game any different (or at least the way i play it). For those not interested, you should probably stop reading and wait for the next post.

Can i put pictures up on this thing? Ill google it, and you can get some lovely screenshots of my minecraft escapades. Minescapades. Yes, thats the title for all posts minecraft related. Minescapades.

Okay ive figured out how to do pictures, ill try embed a couple.

I generate the world, and the first thing i see is a scary cave. For those of you not acquainted with minecraft, the basic jist is you collect resources during the day, and at night bad things come out and try and kill you. Bad things can also spawn in any darkness, so dark caves are bad and scary. First order of business is to try get some wood, so i can make a pickaxe. And other wood things.

I punch some trees, get some wood, make a crafting table, make a pickaxe, get some stone and make a better, stone pickaxe, and i luckily find some coal. I need coal to make torches, and torches give light and stop bad things spawning. And killing me.

Some poor sheep trapped in a little pond, little legs not quite kicking hard enough to lift it out. It made me laugh anyway.

Crap. I got all excited because i saw a vein of coal a bit away from my base, and in my enthusiasm i didnt pay attention to the time and its getting dark. D:

I risk it, and quickly mine the vein, swim back home and even have time to towel off.

Anyways, not an awful lot interesting has happened. Setting up your base is always the slightly more boring of tasks, but it has to be done. The plan is to set up my base, and then find some obsidian, mine it, go to the nether, and set up camp in the nether and see what damage i can do. I may set myself other tasks along the way, but thats the overall plan for this world. Unless i die before then. Which would annoy me.

Since i need an early night, ill quickly show you the front of my homely little hidey hole. I think it looks rather quaint. The insides just a big hole at the moment so i decided not to screenshot it, bit boring. I havent even heard any monsters about yet, so im feeling i picked a pretty good spot. Desirable location. < That was supposed to be a joke, i really need to buck up my ideas if this blogs not going to be boring.

Thanks for reading this if you managed to get all the way through, if you thought it was crap, i wont be writing about minecraft all the time dont worry, just skip the posts titled 'Minescapade'. Im genuinely proud of that, i think the minecraft developers need to pick up on that.

Anyways, goodnight all, Arron.

Blog 1; First ever blog

Well, its my first ever blog. I might as well start with why i decided it was a good idea to write this.

Firstly, I saw a few friends writing blogs, that sorta gave me the original idea

Secondly, I do alot of stuff in my life i quite like telling people about. Im quite a proud guy i guess, and whether you think thats a good thing or not, rather than go round telling people what ive done, i thought ide post it somewhere and they can read it if they want.

Finally, the thing that gave me that final push to actually do this was actually an article i read on pc gamers website. The article chronicled one players ordeals on the 8 bit, 3D indie developed game minecraft (i highly recommend the article and the game, http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/11/20/the-minecraft-experiment-day-1-chasing-waterfalls/ for the article and im sure you can use your initiative if your interested in the game). It might seem a bit odd, but it made me think; Theres plenty of stuff of minecraft thats made me laugh, or that i think would probably be of interest to some people. In fact, theres plenty in my life it'd be nice to talk about, just get stuff off my mind.

So yeah, thats the why. If thats bored you a bit dont worry, from now on ill try to keep it (relatively) interesting, and i try to look at the world with a pinch of humor, so hopefully ill make you laugh (after this blog ofc)

Anyways, i think im done with this opening blog, thanks for reading it, ill post on my facebook every time i write a new one, and fb mail me if you have any feedback, preferably constructive. It would be very welcome.

Cheers, Arron.