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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: MrBump on December 31, 2010, 08:29:15 PM
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I seem to remember these threads not catching on, but I'll have a go!
I'm 40 in 2011, so I need to lose about 3 stone before May. That's one resolution.
And I'm going to be nicer to the wife - not that I'm particularly NOT nice, but I think that paying her a little more attention might be a good idea.
And I'm going to build my perfect guitar, with the assistance of Warmoth and Bare Knuckle Pickups.
That's about all for 2011.
Happy New Year, y'all.
Mark.
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- stop snogging the wrong girls
- pass my motorbike test
- finish album and send out demos
- try to lead an exciting life
- buy less guitars
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I don't make resolutions. But in terms of goals for this year:
Get into uni.
Write at least another three albums.
Have another successful festival.
Get playing around, and out with, the UK again.
This year was pretty good, with getting a band signed and an album out, starting two new bands I really enjoy and getting back into education, but we had to downsize a festival and have decided not to repeat another, so hopefully the good stuff continues and the other stuff rights itself.
All the best to everyone.
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1 stop smoking
2 build myself a slo clone
thats it really.
The second wont happen unless the first does as ill need a good chunk of the money that ill save from the 1st in order to make that and others to happen.
I've figured out ill save about £2600 in a year which is great ive decided im not making any guitar related purchases unless i can fulfill the 1st
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I have a few ambitions for 2011 as opposed to resolutions
1) Finish a batch of guitars I plan to build
2) Have a damn good clear out of all stuff I never use
3) Raise enough money to get the laser cutter I mentioned being interested in
4) Get out on my bike a bit more - I miss cycling
5) Get more sleep
6) play more guitar
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1)Visit my sons- one in Ireland and the other in USA
2) finish writing some unfinished songs and record an albums worth of material
3) get on with my bloody book
4)get healthy( I have had some issues lately)
5) do something bold like change my job
I am not saying they are resolutions but are aims for this year.
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In no order:
- Graduate
- SLO Clone
- Gym
- Italy
- Job
- (Start [I know, it's ridiculous]) Recording guitar
- Visit Tony
I like how we all deny they're resolutions, but really they can be in some ways.
Happy new year, nevertheless.
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Aiming to get rid of the rest of my fat, think I can do that next year. Also going to apply for a Canadian or New Zealand working holiday visa to get away from here for a bit. If that doesn't work I'm gonna have to try and get a proper job. Be good to get into a band as well, generally just have more fun!
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Aiming to get rid of the rest/majority of my fat, think I can do that next year. Also going to apply for a Canadian or New Zealand working holiday visa to get away from here for a bit. If that doesn't work I'm gonna have to try and get a proper job. Be good to get into a band as well, generally just have more fun!
Fun? At 20% VAT?
We'll all be trying eventually lol
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I'll be looking for some really good relaxation techniques so I am well practised before my twins arrive. I think it's going to be a stressful year!
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Spend less time on the internet looking at guitar related things and just play
Potty train the boy
Getting married
Get running again and set some PB's
Be less grumpy
Go to more gigs
Get an ES330 / Casino type guitar
Read less guitar magazines and more books
Generally put more than the minimum into life
Get gigging more
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Continue to abstain from smoking, I am a reformed smoker
Get into law school instead of sitting on the applications
Continue strength training (Specifically get 166 kgs up on a one rep bench press)
Do something with my life instead of being a vacuous waste of space. yes I have a degree from a university but eh doesn't seem like enough .
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buy more guitars
continue to be a vacuous waste of space
learn how to solder
Not really fancying my chances with the third one.
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Nah, no resolutions. Just hopes n' dreams.
Happy New Year.
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I'm going to be very busy this year with working but this is the target
*Be more physically active, country/forest walks etc
*Focus on further improving on guitar instead of spending too much time on the net
*Move out
*Buy a newer car
*Go to more gigs
*Maybe put my own 'album' together
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Get out of dead end job and start PhD (already applied hope I'm accepted)
Get back to gym and cycling (used to go 6 days a week then the snow came)
Learn how to drive.
Do up the guitars I've already got if need be whilst waiting for Feline custom rather than get anymore.
That's about it, hope you guys all the best for 2011
Martyn
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Finish my PhD.
Only resolution!
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*actually get rooms in my house finished rather than 95% there for years on end!
*finish this damn teaching course and earn some money again
*pass my driving test
*try to go some nights a week without alcohol
* and various guitar stuff i need to get done!
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Continue working towards qualifying as a dietitian :D
Start working out again
Eat better again
Restring the Jackson
Got a load of fish as I'm going to try carb cycling and see how low I can get my body fat levels, I'm 12% body fat now, need 8% for abs so the plan is 2 weeks carb cycling but I think I'll run out of fish first
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Continue working towards qualifying as a dietitian :D
You gonna get pregnant and faint on telly, too?
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Continue working towards qualifying as a dietitian :D
You gonna get pregnant and faint on telly, too?
she's a nutritionist which isn't legally recognised in the UK and her qualifications came from a mickey mouse college in America so I read
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the main one is to finish my album, to find full-time employment in the music industry as a mixing engineer, and take a holiday to vienna and watch an entire mozart symphony ideally no 40, none of which are likely to happen!
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the main one is to finish my album, to find full-time employment in the music industry as a mixing engineer, and take a holiday to vienna and watch an entire mozart symphony ideally no 40, none of which are likely to happen!
I forgot, also murder some promoters, all the ones who don't pay bands
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An update on mine ive had one cig since the new year has came in down from my usual 15-20 a day
im very on edge now though and eating sweets & drinking coffee like theres no tomorrow
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To spend less time on this forum!
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reduce portion size = smaller belly = closer relationship with my guitars!!
learn to play 10 songs from start to finish + rehearse, rehearse, rehearse = perform to the satisfaction of adoring public!!
best wishes to all of you!!
David
ps discover how to load my picture as my forum avatar
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For me?
Clear my credit card and overdraft so I can get myself the nice car I've been promising myself for a while, and to eat healthier to lose about a stone a weight. Maybe join a gym?
Not resolutions, but aims I guess!
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will this car have bird inlays? :D
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For me?
Clear my credit card and overdraft so I can get myself the nice car I've been promising myself for a while, and to eat healthier to lose about a stone a weight. Maybe join a gym?
Not resolutions, but aims I guess!
Alright Dave - looks like we have pretty much the same aims! We're just about to clear a load of debt down in prep for bedlam in May. I'll be buying a new car although it isn't one of my dreams and I also need to lose weight - more like 1.5st for me though.
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1. Stop drinking for 3 months so my liver and wallet can recover.
2. Learn every song in my Hendrix tab book.
3. Find a proper job which makes the most of my degrees, so I don't feel my time at uni was a waste.
Maybe most importantly...
4. Spend less time looking at forums and more time practising
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Alright Dave - looks like we have pretty much the same aims! We're just about to clear a load of debt down in prep for bedlam in May. I'll be buying a new car although it isn't one of my dreams and I also need to lose weight - more like 1.5st for me though.
1.5st would work for me too! :lol:
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Very hard work though - I'm up at 14st 8lbs at the moment. The first stone should be easy, not so sure after that! One more day of bad eating before I go back to work and get into serious healthy mode.
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wimps! I'm starting at 18 stone plus
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Not so much "resolutions" as "general statements of intent" :)
More physical activity (I'm usually quite active & fit, but 2010 was a very "lazy" year :))
Drink less (at least one "dry" day per week to give my liver a bit of a rest)
Practice guitar more (as opposed to just playing aimlessly)
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wimps! I'm starting at 18 stone plus
Ah, but how tall are you? I'm usually 12.5 stone but I'm only 5'6" so I still look pretty porky.
I've had a bit of a head start, because I've been ill all Christmas so I've eaten a lot less than normal, just about managed most of the main meals but no "snacks" at all and very little alcohol.
Don't want to go to the gym straight away though, because it will be full of fat delusional New Year Resolutioners (....exactly like me :| ).
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Hey Philly, I have been in the same boat. I have been ill for all the Christmas break and am only now beginning to feel better and its back to work tomorrow! But the good thing is that like you, I have lost weight but I have no scales to see how much but my band mates noticed it on New Years Eve ( you look like sh*t mate etc etc).
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I was about 22 stone this time 2-3 years ago, now just under 16 and still dropping :) Gym really doesn't work for me, I have to actually enjoy the exercise otherwise I won't do it - so mountain and road biking is what I do. Apparently it's good to build up the leg muscles as well as they're big and will help your body burn more calories at rest.
I've also just decided on another "resolution" - really need to sort out being more sociable and actually learn how to have a proper conversation, actually about to order a book on conversation "skills" as I'm so rubbish at it :lol:
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wimps! I'm starting at 18 stone plus
Ah, but how tall are you? I'm usually 12.5 stone but I'm only 5'6" so I still look pretty porky.
I've had a bit of a head start, because I've been ill all Christmas so I've eaten a lot less than normal, just about managed most of the main meals but no "snacks" at all and very little alcohol.
Don't want to go to the gym straight away though, because it will be full of fat delusional New Year Resolutioners (....exactly like me :| ).
As a gym enthusiast I can say do beware of the new years resolution spike. People go into the gym thinking "I'll lose 10 kg in a month!" then get disheartened when they put on mass or don't seem to lose weight. They get complacent or completely burned out and stop. It just takes time and a bit of effort to do these things, and a bit of acquired knowledge on the biology and chemistry of your body. I went from 12 stone to 17 stone but over a 3 year period (I am 188cm tall so it was okay) every weight training session or roadwork day was kind of rough but having a general goal and smaller ones along the way does help a lot.
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1] Phil, I'm 6ft 2" so I can carry about 16 &1/2 to 17 stones and look okay and be healthy - traditional story of what extra I carry is around my middle, unfortunately haven't been around that weight for about 10 years now and my poor old bones can feel the strain of carrying the extra
2] Phil and 38, sorry to hear you were unwell over the festive season, hope you are both well on the way to recovery
3] Tom, your story is really quite inspirational, clearly when you decide to achieve something you can, I wish I had your degree of focus...my twopenneth but conversations that work are almost always about being willing to listen
David
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Yeah well done Tom, I knew you'd lost a lot of weight but I didn't realise it was as much as six stone! :) I think you're right that "enjoyable activity" is the best and healthiest way to lose weight, gyms are grim places but I'm really not an outdoorsman....
Good luck with the conversational skills too! I'm not too good myself but I have improved as I've got older. Agree with David that listening is a big part, also it's important to relax - don't try too hard or everything starts to feel and sound "forced". Nothing wrong with a bit of companionable silence sometimes!
Mr 38th - commiserations, it's annoying to have used several holiday days and been sick the whole time isn't it! :lol: But on the other hand it's quite nice not to have the straining trousers and "I need to detox" feeling.
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Tom, that was fantastic and I am sure you will carry on and achieve your goal.I went to see a Doctor just before Christmas ( I never normally go near those places but a number of people told me to go saying helpful things like" you have to be careful at your age" ) and whilst talking about exercise, he said that in his opinion, cycling was the best form of exercise as it doesn't strain the joints too much and give a great cardio vascular doodah( stop me if I am getting technical) so I think your choice of cycling makes sense. I ought to do it as I live on the edge of town with a lot of lovely country roads nearby and a forest just 3 minutes walk away. I used to be a competitive swimmer when I was a teenager and I ought to do that.
Thanks for your good wishes David and yours Philly. I can't remember being laid as low as this before and I am pleased at last to say that I am getting better. I had the most awful cough( try singing in a band when you have a cough!)which is now finally going after 6 weeks. Mrs 38th nagged me and I finally got around to using her patented cough remedy and b*gger me, it seems to be working. An onion soaked overnight in honey and then strained off- you have the onion juice/honey off a spoon whenever you feel the need. Doesn't taste as bad as it sounds and seems to be doing the trick. I wish I'd have done it when Mrs 38th told me to many weeks back but don't tell her that.
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another new years resolution that I want to achieve is to use facebook less, I'm really bad with it, on it for at least an hour a day, I should be playing the guitar in that time, however I won't use this forum less, I plan to be on it even more!
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new resolution, but less of a tw@t, be more awesome!
facebook has women on it ;)
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new resolution, but less of a tw@t, be more awesome!
facebook has women on it ;)
it does but it's all photos, everyone on there is a virtual representation of thier real personalities, that makes me feel LESS connected with the world around me, not more connected, they are isolating us not bringing us together lol this could be a whole new subject
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true, I tend to use it to get out the house more and stay in contact with folk who don't go out as much, then go the pub with them when they finally come out :D
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Do I smell a BKP weight loss thread coming along? :lol:
I only do little resolutions, mine is:
Put paperwork in files, not on the floor.
with the general aim of not getting kicked out of uni.
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Spend more time with kiddie (more life, less work)
Finish Business Plan
Get Funding
Start Business (less life, more work)
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I'll try again. I managed to post this in totally the wrong thread last time.
Oh well... Let's see...
Stop ruddy procrastinating.
Seriously, I just need to dig out the remote control for the DVD player and get down to the last part of the solo on Money. (Yes, I knew it once. But I've forgotten it) Ditto for Stairway to Heaven - I've got to the bit before the solo, and stopped. (It's on a DVD.)
And after that... actually learn something new. I've really let myself go quite a lot.
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Only 2 really:
1. Spend more time doing things and less time thinking about them.
2. Grow a beard, so I can stroke it while thinking about things. :P
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wimps! I'm starting at 18 stone plus
Ah, but how tall are you? I'm usually 12.5 stone but I'm only 5'6" so I still look pretty porky.
I've had a bit of a head start, because I've been ill all Christmas so I've eaten a lot less than normal, just about managed most of the main meals but no "snacks" at all and very little alcohol.
Don't want to go to the gym straight away though, because it will be full of fat delusional New Year Resolutioners (....exactly like me :| ).
someone help me out here cause this must be a british thing, what is the stone we speak of?
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someone help me out here cause this must be a british thing, what is the stone we speak of?
14 pounds.
6.35 kilos.
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I've given up drinking and smoking.
Get the grades for my conditional offer from Cambridge University :D
Finish writing our first album, and hopefully get gigging over the summer.
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I weigh 18.5 stones and my resolution is actually put on more weight. I am actually in the process of training for several power lifting competitions, so I am in a little bit of a different situation than most. Also, I am ready to finish my studies. I am in classes 13 hrs a day this upcoming term.
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My main 2 resolutions are to practice more and to get in a band and get gigging.
Both are actually easier said than done due to work etc :?
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- Praying , so my girl gets a job around here and I'm not forced to quit the one I just applied for and was accepted (after several attempts, enough refusal and pretty akward meetings)
- Stop buying and selling gear
- Buy more guitars to get more BKPickups (I know this might not come along with the above resolution)
- Move into a flat or go for building our own house if my Gfriend get a good job.
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I've given up drinking and smoking.
Get the grades for my conditional offer from Cambridge University :D
Finish writing our first album, and hopefully get gigging over the summer.
Maybe it's my age, but there seems something a little sad about giving up drinking and smoking BEFORE you go to University... :(
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Have completed two of my new resolutions already :D
First was to get back to the gym which I am on a regular basis now and more importantly
have literally just got out of my dead end job and am starting my PhD as of 1st of February
Time for a celebration me thinks
Anyone else got good news?
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Sort of, I'm down to 15.5 stone after being stuck at just under 16 for ages. Also got the wheels in motion for my Canadian visa :)
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Sort of, I'm down to 15.5 stone after being stuck at just under 16 for ages. Also got the wheels in motion for my Canadian visa :)
a big 'well done' from one of the BKP 'I really must lose some weight' posse...
David :)
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Secured funding. Nothing set in stone, just a verbal providing the numbers add up.
Not much further on with the business plan though :(
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Resolutions for this year were to save more money and get some professional qualifications (I work in pensions).
Managed to find a job 60 Miles closer (and £3k a year cheaper on the train), moving down to a Junior Pensions role but for more money and they will pay for me to enter exams for a Diploma in Pensions Calculation.
By the end of 2011 I'll have my House deposit saving finished, a Diamond ring purchased and a date set for a wedding.
2012 will be the year i stop saving maniacally and start buying better recording gear and a feline lion.