We're just hours away and I can't wait. I got my tickets, read the maps and listened to the C64 ringtone previews on sidringtones.com -- all systems go!
Are many of you guys planning to wear name tags then this year?
Mines been printed for weeks (custom jobber like my sig banner) ..... i'm wrangling weather to say shit to the hospital and come down anyway *Grumble*
10 past 9 national express from Wakefield hits London around half 1 at Victoria .... then £20 taxi to the venue (its 4 miles from Victoria Station btw).
Yeah i know its 6am... Im still awake wrestling with my concience.....
Ok guys - dont kill me all at once.... im really really really really sorry i decided against it.... my sight is more important.... and im hoping that somewhere down the line a lottery winner or whatever will pull all you tallented guys together again for another show under a different title or sumthin'.
So, anyhow - heres what the hospital had to say.... basicly i need an Op under general anasthetic to repair the tear in my retina or i risk total retinal detatchment... if that happens, i go blind - im sure none of you would wish that... retinal detatchment is sudden, like, within say, 5 blinks... then its like bye bye vision. So - what caused it.... Well, the swolen macular has pulled it away from the eye wall a little, theres also a sub-retinal blister thats helping things along.... The macular swelled due to (and get this...) CLASSIC STRESS..... ie: High Blood Pressure; CSR (Central Serous Retinopathy) is just the start of the problems...
So the fix ? .... chill out for a week..... no work, no stress, no dashing around or carrying heavy stuff..... paracetamol tablets, classical music and lots of sleep.... then next week, ill have the Op (an overnight stay as its general anas...)
Well, thats it in a nutshell, i hope none of you think too badly of me and i hope we get to meet up at some other future date / event. If it makes u feel any better, i see slay radio is streaming live at 5, so ill be listening out with ya and be there in spirit, even if i cant be there to consume any such spirits...
Have a GREAT Time guys, really, have a blast, its the last one so REALLY get on in there and give it your ALL !! - and take time out to go shake Chris Abbott's hand for putting all this on for us - he deserves some serious recognition.