My bones crack more than ever before. Most joints in my body will snap if I sit still for long enough and then stretch out. My arms sound like firecrackers when I reach out.

I have reached that serene place in my head where the fact that I am so far behind with pretty much everything is washing over me and not getting me down. I am a calm pool of clear blue water.

So Dublin was awesome, went to the zoo which is cool coz it reminds you of being a kid and a little sad coz as an adult you realise that the animals you thought were saying hello and waving when you were 6 are actually bored out of their minds and desperate to see something other than another gawking face through the glass. I'm not judging it, it's just sad.

Back to work in the studio - catch up with us on the main page of the site as ever. This photo is all I see most days, pretty sight or what? hehe.

I picked up the No Comply album a few days ago, which is cool. Sad that they broke up, but I got to catch them live once so I didn't miss it before the end.

We had our first rehearsal in a while on Friday night - it was a lot of messing around and not a lot of work, but really good to be hanging out again. I am definitely gonna sort out a night out for us, it's been too long since we went out...all we do is sit around and talk about the album at the moment - we need a distraction.

I'll let you know what I come up with.

Max x