This is who I am, this is what I do..

So on Tuesday me and my amazing boyfriend went on one of our epic adventures but this time a little closer to home, in Sheffield! The main purpose was to see one of our favourite bands 'Paradise Lost' later on but we decided to head to Sheffield at lunch time so yep that involved lots of drinking of course! We started off in a few cool bars near the station including 'The globe' which seemed to be one of the main student bars. Was cool though everybody seemed to be eating so we thought we'd grab a bite there too along with some cheap pints and a cocktail jug :p. We also took over in our usual style by putting some kick ass tunes on the jukebox which is kind of our thing lol! So yeah got to about 3pm so we decided to head further afield away from the erm station! We went in a few more cool places, yet another student bar plus an amazing bar I've been to a lot called 'the Old house' which specialises in beers and awesome cocktails! Couldn't leave without having a 'spiced zombie' I love rum anyway particularly Sailor Jerrys, have had that one in the past and knew it was yummy! So of course we had one and Paul well he doesn't turn down booze so I treated us to one of the elaborate cocktails where they set the lime on fire, I was warned not to put the straws in right away cos they'd set on fire haha! If your in Sheffield I suggest you try one (well in fact my grandma paid cause she gave me some pocket money the day before hehe so yep cheers grandma!!) So after we left there we were pretty drunk so had some chips to soak up some of the booze, we had a quick drink next to the venue then decided we'd better go stand outside in the queue for 20 minutes to sober us up lol! Did get some randomer to take a picture of us though so all good :) I really like this one even though I was kinda battered by now ;) Shows us looking bad ass ;) and also reflects how happy we are :)

We then went in, purchased a Paradise Lost t-shirt, that are both identical so yeah when we go out together now we have to check first if we're wearing it in case we're in fear of looking like twins! We then grabbed a beer, Met up with Paul's friend Stefan and his pal Laura who are both ace! We saw the first support band 'Vreid' Who are a Norwegian Black metal band. Not my usual cup of tea as I don't usually like 'screamy vocals' all the way through and absolutely hated hearing them on CD but live they were different I had a bit of a head-bang to them just a shame the crowd that were there to see them sucked I mean come on they weren't that bad! Then came Insomnium, a metal band from Finland.. who I felt the same about and wasn't sure if I'd enjoy them but boy was I wrong they kicked ass and were all amazing musicians! I also got a Vreid Guitar pick which am sure after thinking about it I'm pretty sure the bassist from Paradise Lost picked it up gave to me cos I recognised him when he went on stage with the band, so maybe he was supporting Vreid and is obviously more anoymous than say Nick Holmes the lead singer of PL! Very nice of him I must say as I never get anything cool like that at gigs! We then decided when most of the crowd headed to the bar that we were gonna get a spot near the front for Paradise Lost coming on so that we did. We were second row from the barrier and it was a pretty ace spot I have to say could see everything well :) Paradise Lost came on shortly after and did not disappoint!! Their setlist was a good mix of all their long career and reflected them really well and what they're about! My highlights were Fear of Impending hell, Soul Courageous, One Second, Erased and Symbol of life but it was all fucking awesome!! Only downside was that Nick's vocals were drowned out by the music I mean he has such an amazing diverse voice it would have been better if they turned the vocals up a little but other than that and a sore neck from moving my head I have absolutely no complaints whatsoever! So glad I got the tickets for me and Paul, a pretty awesome valentines gift for my babe I must say :D After the gig we were still buzzing and walked past the 'Devonshire cat' which is the pre gig pub and who did we spot quietly having a beer? 2 guys from Insomnium so us been us went in to say hi! I'm sure they thought who the fuck are these 2 looneys? Paul even offered to buy them a beer but they were like no we have to go! lol! they were nice though and appreciated it when we told them how amazing they were. Did make me laugh how me and Paul went all fangirl-ish on them and didn't really know what to say but cool all the same! we then got a bit lost and needed to get the last train home so we hopped in a taxi as it was for the best, but then realised we had 45 mins to kill so went back to The globe and necked some Jagerbombs as we saw they were 5 for £10 crazy? yes we are! We arrived back in Doncaster about midnight but didn't want to go home yet so we went in search of Beer and what we found wasn't disappointing! we found Vintage rock bar was still open which is one of our regular haunts anyway and even better we got to stay later as the place was buzzing til like 2am! We're pretty friendly with the staff in there anyway so they let us stay as we're cool and we spend money in there so all in all it ended the day pretty well, we also hung with Stefan some more who is an awesome guy! Next day me and Paul just vegetated pretty much for the whole day. Things like this do show me though that there is more to life than my mundane job, it's just something I do to earn money for the cool times like this! I have also learned that some bands can surprise you live even though I wasn't sure of them at first..this is what life is about, spending time with the people you love and generally just having a rocking time! I also recommend Paradise Lost to anyone who likes Metal or just genuine rock music, they aren't too heavy or have harsh vocals like some bands they're a great bunch of musicians who deserve more credit for what they do! Screw all this chart bollocks this is where it's at! Here are some pictures from the gig that turned out okay...

Here's to many more great times in 2012 with my lovely boyfriend and people that actually want to hang out with me :)I'm not usually the most 'sociable' person, people make me feel uneasy at the best of times but put me with like minded people then I don't shut up! Tuesday was definitely a reflection of the real me! Plus there is more to life than Ronan Keating I now realise this more and more..Just a shame some others don't see things my way and feel the need to follow his every move!