It's called the American dream because people have to be asleep to believe it.

^ said by George Carlin; who unfortunately passed away on Sunday. RIP George Carlin 1931 - 2008.

Well, ever since Paris I've done nothing but chill chill chill. I've only been out of the house twice since Thursday evening...and it's not because I enjoy being at home. It's more like because I don't have the money to afford to do things. I've realised that moving to America is going to cost me a lot more than I thought; and I'm really unsure what kind of jobs to get into over there to get me started. Ideally, I'd love to work in some sort of music related place, whether it be a music shop or at a recording studio or something. I know that getting into a band is going to take a bit of adjustment and getting my name out there, so I'd be happy enough to just work over in America as well for a little while. So, I'm trying to save every penny I can to ensure that I can get over there ASAP. To do that, I need a job here first, which is hopefully going to happen real soon.

Anyway, I signed on for the first time on Friday! It felt weird, knowing that all I had to was answer a few questions and BAM! £97 would be in my pocket. It's not like I was lying to them or anything just to get it, but I know that a lot of people lie about their job applications just so they can get money; and that's both dishonest and unfair. Even though I am getting money technically from the government, I still feel as if I have to earn it by being honest back to them. Hopefully I shouldn't be on the dole for too long now. The rest of Friday and all of Saturday consisted of chilling. Sunday, I had a band practice...and it went really well. Probably our best practice yet. The tunes are coming along really nicely, and we're hopefully going to be recording some form of rough demo so we can get gigs, and get a MySpace set up as well. I think we've decided on a name too: Summer Project. Cause it literally is, for now, a summer project. Since then, I've chilled again; and watched some movies I had not seen in a long time - like Van Wilder and Not Another Teen Movie. That's another problem I have...there's too many "--- Movie" things about these days. Sure, Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie where actually pretty good, but the rest were terrible - Epic Movie for example was actually one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Looking ahead - well, not much really planned so far. If I do have money today, I might go to Limelight tonight if others are going. Then apart from that, it's going to be job hunting and enquiring about moving to America.

Also, Colettes coming back to Belfast with me on the 12th - 18th July which I'm REAL excited about. I miss her a lot :(

Iain