Contrary to popular belief, I am not dead. Nor have I been abducted by aliens, or been arrested, or anything else.

I've not been posting much because I've not felt the urge to. So I thought it was about time I got off my butt and added a picture and a journal entry.

So, what have I been up to? Hmmm... *thinks*

Well not that much really. I've been practising my drumming a lot (which the neighbours don't like but I don't care). I'm currently trying to get a job as a session drummer, and I've given up singing.

I had a small accident about a month and a half ago, and got a wood splinter in my right eye. I had the spliter removed but it became infected. The infection didn't appear to be clearing too well and I kept waking up in the morning with my right eye really sore and streaming tears. So I went to the Manchester Eye Hospital and they've diagnosed me with a complaint called Recurrent Corneal Erosion. Basically this means that where the damage to the eye has occured, it's not healing properly because when I close my eyes to sleep the eyelid is closing over the cut. During the night the cut starts to heal, but when I open my eyes in the morning any new cells that have formed are pulled off by the eyelip passing over them, and it's quite painful.

The doctor has given me some "artifical tears" to drop into my eyes 8 times a day, so that the eyes surface remains lubricated, and the eyelid should pass over the damaged area without causing any friction.

That's pretty much it for now