I finally made a blog after about 78 attempts! But, here I am. I'm Ade, I'm a musician, writer and all-around quirk. This is a blog I'll be updating periodically about music, football, travel, life, my experiences with mental health issues, and other oddities that interest me.
Autism is something that many people have heard of. I don't think it's so much the case with Asperger's Syndrome, which is a condition at the higher-functioning end of the spectrum. I see a lot of Autism Awareness items on Facebook and other social media platforms that my friends have reacted positively with. But my …
Continue reading Asperger’s Syndrome, Quiet Battles – and Me.
Today I have spent a lot of time listening to France Gall’s music. It’s been the same over the last year. I only discovered her music early last year, but she absolutely captured my imagination. Her death yesterday hit me hard, and I’ve been spending all my time since then thinking about her, and reflecting …
One thing that I've never been very good at is letting things bounce off me. I can hold on to things for too long. One thing about suffering from long-term depression and anxiety is that it's often a lot more challenging to deal with ordinary life issues that everyone encounters. What makes the difference for …
Continue reading Moving on when it feels like the world won’t let you.
The Fox (1981) The re-kindling of the collaborative partnership between Elton John and Bernie Taupin took a few years until it began blazing again in 1983, so some albums between then and 1976's Blue Moves, after which the sabbatical began, have become somewhat forgotten, and bearing few hit singles. However, somewhere in this hazy period …
This piece was also included as an article on Premier League Panel. Anyone who has heard anything about Watford over the last couple of years will probably have some preconceptions as to what to expect from this Summer transfer window; the layman will probably expect almost an entire squad's worth of new players, most of …
I hate weekends. Or, I hate them at the moment. When there's no football, I don't really know what to do with my time. Every week between August-May revolves around every Saturday afternoon at 3pm. As a depression/anxiety sufferer, I actually find football vital, because it gives me a structure to my week, it gives …
It's amazing how many times I say I'm going to start a blog and keep it going, but then it falls by the wayside, to be stowed somewhere dark and dusty with my golf clubs and my 'Learn French' CDs. But nostalgia strikes, and I have dug it out again. I've recently considered the possibility …
So we are just past the half-way point in 'Dry January'. For those unaware, Dry January is a campaign run by a UK-based charity, Cancer Research UK, to try and encourage people to give up alcohol for a month. The benefit is not only to raise money for charity, but also it's been said that …
Yes, that is a deliberate mistake in the title. Anyway, earlier this evening I posted a tweet stating that I'm undecided as to whether or not I would prefer to be in the Premier League or the Championship next season. There is a lot, pro and con, for either argument. I find the Championship has …
This afternoon, my team, Watford, lost 3-1 to Huddersfield Town. Losing games is hardly unheard of in football, and today's game was a particular anticlimax given the hype around our most recent signing, Mexico international wing-back Miguel Layun. Once he signed, for a brief period of only a few seconds, I envisaged and, to a …
Continue reading The Yellows Give Me the Blues, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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