{"id":26,"date":"2010-02-10T16:42:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/?p=26"},"modified":"2010-02-10T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T17:28:15","slug":"digressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/2010\/02\/10\/digressions","title":{"rendered":"Digressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was out this morning doing a bit of shopping but more importantly enjoying the SUNSHINE&#8230;that&#8217;s right,\u00c2\u00a0 I said it, SUNSHINE.  It&#8217;s been quite grey here, lots of rain, some snow and most of lots of fog for the ghosts to appear in. There are so many ghost stories in Liverpool, it&#8217;s such an old city and a port city which seems to increase the ghost sighting quotient.  I&#8217;ll add some ghost stories as I hear them in future posts.\u00c2\u00a0 As I type this the sun has come out again, yeah.  Here&#8217;s what it looks like right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/today-0171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29  alignright\" title=\"Here is the other side of the window.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/today-0171-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/today-0191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30\" title=\"ok it's not Georgia sun but it's shining just the same.  \" src=\"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/today-0191-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am approaching the end of my third month here and my day to day existence has evened out so that life in Liverpool has become the normal.\u00c2\u00a0 I think when I return home it&#8217;s gonna be weird, to hear southern accents again and the slower pace of life.\u00c2\u00a0 I look out my window and the sun is gone and it&#8217;s now snowing.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s Liverpool, the weather changes minute to minute.\u00c2\u00a0 A couple of weeks ago we had a day that started out sunny, then it rained, then it hailed finally it started snowing.\u00c2\u00a0 If I hadn&#8217;t seen it I wouldn&#8217;t believe it myself.<\/p>\n<p>Currently here is the music I&#8217;m listening to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnmayer.com\/\">John Mayer <\/a>Trio&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0 live version of Every day I have the Blues &#8211; and thinking about the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughn.\u00c2\u00a0 I still miss his music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sade.com\/gb\/home\/\">Sade<\/a>, Soldier of Love.\u00c2\u00a0 She&#8217;s baaaack.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corinnebaileyrae.net\/\"><br \/>\nCorrine Bailey Rae<\/a>, The Sea, heartbreakingly beautiful<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vampireweekend.com\/\">Vampire Weekend<\/a>, Contra.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And yes, Vampire Weekend will make you smile when you listen to them.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks Peter for turning me on to them<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stereophonics.com\/\">Stereophonics<\/a>, Keep Calm and Carry On.\u00c2\u00a0 Another one of my favorite UK bands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musze.com\/home.html\">Maxwell&#8217;s<\/a> Black Summer&#8217;s night.\u00c2\u00a0 Thank goodness Maxwell recorded again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/muse.mu\/\">Muse<\/a>, The Resistance &#8211; symphonic rock n&#8217; roll<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsofleon.com\/\">Kings of Leon<\/a>, Use Somebody- I&#8217;m listening to them more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefiremanmusic.com\/home\">The Fireman<\/a>, Electric Arguments- Paul McCartney is my first musical love.\u00c2\u00a0 I was raised on the Beatles and I have listened to all of Paul&#8217;s music.\u00c2\u00a0 The Fireman is experimental and interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 I have always loved the fact that Paul McCartney has never gotten stuck in one sound but continues to try new sounds.\u00c2\u00a0 Check them out.<\/p>\n<p>I had a couple of days when I first got to Liverpool that I thought it sounded like I was in a Beatles movie.\u00c2\u00a0 The accent remains the same.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh and I almost forgot, racing season has begun baby!\u00c2\u00a0 Kevin Harvick won the Budweiser Shootout,<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/k-harv-wins-the-shootout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-32\" title=\"k harv wins the shootout\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/k-harv-wins-the-shootout-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">K. Harv wins the 2010 Budweiser Shootout<\/p><\/div>\n<p>and Danica Patrick drove in an Arca race.\u00c2\u00a0 All I can really say is that despite getting wrecked Carl Edwards got the poll, I hope it&#8217;s not his last and Clint Bowyer made a good showing.\u00c2\u00a0 4 Days until the Daytona 500.<\/p>\n<p>Ta Luvs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was out this morning doing a bit of shopping but more importantly enjoying the SUNSHINE&#8230;that&#8217;s right,\u00c2\u00a0 I said it, SUNSHINE. It&#8217;s been quite grey here, lots of rain, some snow and most of lots of fog for the ghosts to appear in. 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