this is the new year... (not yet)

im not going to be able to access a computer for a while, so im pretty much going to go through a little bit of what i hope i will turn into the start of my "life" so to speak.

Over the past couple of weeks i have been going back and forth from sydney to coffs trying to sort out a place to live. I was offered a job doing the same stuff im doing at the moment, yet better pay and more of a supervisory role. Im actuall siked for its considering i'll be getting out of coffs, The place that i have grown to love and hate in so many ways.

new year, new job, new life = ....


im not sure what the future will hold for me, whether i fall in love with Sydney, or realise i left the only place i have known for my whole life.


Another thing will be me leaving the country (only for a couple of weeks) to follow the Burning Fight release shows in the US. This will be a huge eye opener for me as i've never been overseas at all. Seeing bands like unbroken, undertow, disembodied and trial will be experiences im sure i will never forget as long as i live. I seriously don't know what else im going to do there except for the shows. I know the other guys im going with (sean, chris gb and ddave) have lists of what they want to do, which you can see on their blogs, yet i don't think i know enough of the "tourist" things to do over there except for record shopping and eating way too much shit. Yet im still so excited for it.

the beginning

this blog is going to be mainly me talking shit about irrelevent crap, sharing my experiences, my photos, records, hardcore and rants on most subjects.

If you haven't already realised, the name of this blog is from a chokehold song by the same name (Yes i am a chokehold fanboy). Afraid of Life refers to the fact that we let the general media (television, newspapers etc) take over our lives, only showing us what they want us to believe. Violence and bloody images are a majority on the news, making us believe in so much evil in the world. Yet all we really have to do is break through this thought, walk outside our homes and see the good things that the world has to offer. These are the things we rarely see on the news and in the media unless it happens to a celebrity, which contrary to popular belief, has absolutely no fucking relevance on how we live our lives.

Chokehold - Afraid of Life
Turn on your world,
sit back and relax ,
all you need is an addiction at your own fingertips.
See what they turned you into?
The media covers us in fear,
Telling us we can't compete with the outside world ,
Better to stay inside because we have everything you need.
Take a look outside and see what they don't want you to see.
Pelted by violent images,
Afraid to live our lives beyond these four walls.
Destined to become no more than ratings,
Never break the grip they have on you.

this probably comes out to being a "hessian" rant, but yeah. couldn't give a fuck really.