Pork Sausage Sweeney Todd Style

Co-op they do food, they do electrical, they do funerals. They are pretty widespread.

So why is it that their sausages only contain 48% pork?

It is understandable that with a product such as a sausage you would need something to hold it together but surely thats not 52% of the sausage? So why not more pork? Is it because they own and operate the biggest funeral service in the uk? Perhaps they have other sources of meat that are cheaper and more accessible than pigs?

My Challenge [to be documented further]

I have set myself a mission, to make my life a little bit more interesting.

I currently have 14 piercings my plan is to get a further 3 before my birthday. The plan is then to get my 18th piercing on my 18th birthday which is on the 27th of September.

I currenyly have a 10mm lobe, an 8mm lobe, 3 ear piercings, a scaffold, a 3 hole orbital, top ear piercing, nose piercing, vertical labret and a navel piercing.

The options for further piercings are tongue web, reverse navel, both left and right nipples, further ear piercings, a 2nd nose piercing, possible further lip piercings - although with work face piercings are difficult - and certain piercings that apparently should not be spoken of. I will keep you posted on developments. Now all I need to do is find some cash.

This War Is Ours.

My album of the month (well to be truly honest it's been my album for the last 3 months) is This War is Ours By Escape The Fate.

Escape have been through alot in the past year, guitarist Omar Espinosa quit and singer Ronnie Radke was dropped from the band after pleading guilty to battery with substantial body harm, he was sentenced to four years in jail with a possibility of parole by 2010 and the future remained unclear for the band.

But now Escape are back with their new singer Craig Mabbit - formerly of Blessthefall - and they are stronger than ever. Their album This War is Ours was released in October 2008 followed by a tour of the US and in January of this year a tour of the United Kingdom.

This War Is Ours is in all an amazing record, theres not one song on it that I don't like.

• The album opens with We Won't Back Down and with lyrics such as "We're gonna burn your city, We're gonna bring your system down, I'm gonna drown my pity, Turn this to a ghost town" It really sets the tone for the whole us-against-the-world theme of the album. The song finishes with a chant of "we won't back down" sounds to me like an anthem for many young alternative people to not let what people say about them bother them, I like that.
  

• The second track on the album is pretty much a self pitying song named On To the Next One. This track is about someone who has been dumped for someone else. With lyrics like "This time I’ve got to live without you. That’s just the way it has to be" and a catchy tune it is a very good song although it does get quite repetetive.

• The amazing Ashley makes no quarms about being a love song and I can imagine it being the soundtrack for many teenage relationships. With lyrics like "Like the brightest star you shine through. Ashley, baby, you make me feel so alive. I've got purpose once again." Ashley sounds to me like a big thank you, but who is Ashley?

• I completely love the beggining of Something I just can't help singing at the top of my voice. After the second verse there is a breathtaking bridge that leads you into the chorus. Singing "Can you help me understand" at the top of your lungs does really take it out of you. This songs speaks of a boy who makes promises and the girl knows that he is just throwing her lines so she leaves. He says "I know you see through my lies."

• The Flood is the first single off of this album. With it's catchy, sing-along chorus it was the perfect way to not only introuduce the bands new album but also their new sound and their new singer. With screams of "You brought the flood" it is a brilliant song for singing alone in your bedroom. That's what every teenage girl likes to do right?

• Let It Go also has a catchy, sing-along chorus. This song is alot slower and not as heavy as some fo the others this brings a welcome relief inbetween alot of heavier songs, it gives your rhead a chance to chill out a bit before moving on to the next song which is a bit of a mind fuck.

• You Are So Beautiful doesn't do much to disguise its love song qualities either although with lyrics like "it doesnt matter what i say, you know you're just another one of my mistakes" and "you are so beautiful, you are the kind of girl that has the chemicals that makes me fall in love" this song seems to have multiple persoanlities.

• This song starts with what sounds like Monks chanting before moving into a heavy giutar riff and quite alot of screamo which is unusual for Escape. This War Is Ours is most definatly one of my favourites on the album and with it having alot of screamo in it it is quite different from the other songs. My favourite lyrics in this song are "Yes, I will see you through the smoke and flames, On the frontlines of war, And I will stand my ground until the end, till we conquer them all."

• 10 Miles Wide is my favourite song on this album. This song has a guest appearance from Josh Todd of Buckcherry along with another song on the album called Harder Than You Know. I love the agression in this song, I love the way it is sung, its just so in your face. I mean with lyrics such as "living on the coast cocktails and telling lies, gotta fucking crush coming to life. you left me here for all these days and ripped apart my pride" you can't really go wrong.

• Harder Than You Know was the first song I heard off of this album and as a huge Ronnie fan i thought I was going to hate it but I fell in love with it from the start. It was one of those songs that speaks to you. This song is a ballad of sorts and is by far the biggest, most soppy love song not only on this album but also that I've heard for a long time. The song speaks of unselfishly asking your ex lover not to speak to you because you are trying to get over them. It is an amazing song and is definatly my 2nd favourite song on this album although quite often (depending what mood i'm in) 10 Miles Wide and Harder Than You Know switch places in my top 2.

• The last song on the album is It's Just Me which has a totally different sound from the rest of the album altogether. With lyrics such as "Just a little more, come on and satisfy me. Just a little more, come on and terrify me. Just a little more and I'll be done with it. Take my life and then I'll feel okay" this song speaks to a part of you that you wouldn't really want to admit. At 4:58 it's the longest song on the album and thats the best part about it. Almost 5 minutes of an amazing song, brilliant!
  

The finish all I'd like to say is that I do love this album and after going to see Escape The Fate in January I'm more into them than I ever was. They are a really great band and their live show was amazing too.