Monthly Archives: February 2011

An Eloquent Rant

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Ileandra Young

Well, I like to think its eloquent. It might not be, though to be honest, I sometimes feel that perhaps I could just give up on the ‘sounding-like-I-know-what-I’m-talking-about and instead go for brutal honesty. Then a part of me realises … Continue reading →

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Vampires ARE Still Cool – Films

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Ileandra Young

Call it research. Call it boredom. Whatever you want to call it – I choose to call it ‘getting to know my genre’ – I’ve been reading a lot of vampire books lately. I’ve picked up with some of my … Continue reading →

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Maintaining The Balance

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Ileandra Young

Mmm, so, after addressing the ache in my fingers, I feel that I’m getting somewhere. That first ache, I think, will continue to be exactly that for quite some time, though the act of stretching across chords is still a … Continue reading →

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Finger Ache

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Ileandra Young

This has come about as a result of two things. Neither of them are bad and, strangely, they are linked to completely different things and ache in very different ways. Finger Ache One I’ve been practising guitar again. I was … Continue reading →

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Ooops!

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Ileandra Young

Well that didn’t go quite as well as I had hoped. -_- Ah well. I can make it up again as I go on; a post a week really shouldn’t be that hard to do. Though I will use the … Continue reading →