Music is all around us in our day to day lives. The songs we hear on TV and radio, the ever present background to our life. It can pump us up, chill us out, remind us of days gone by, make us think of loved ones, of enemies, of lovers and everything in between. That being said there is nothing like live music being played in front of you.

Another one crossed off the list and that makes it 10% completed, I never expected to cross them off this quickly! This was one of the easier ones to do and I was down in London again (seems I spend more time down there than in Boston at the minute!) I thought I would cross off number 88, a trip to The London Mithraerium.

Recently in a coffee shop awaiting my order with Emma, the barista called out Brenda when giving me my black coffee and then Brandon when giving me the medium hot chocolate with cream. She found this highly amusing, however it's something I've got used to in my life. People are constantly spelling my name wrong, whether it be on educational certificates, or lease agreements, it's become something of a running joke, one that I don't see ending any time soon.

Legend is a word thrown about a little to often for my liking. You only have to watch some of the reality TV shows to hear it thrown about loosely. TV legend ....insert name here of someone from third rate show like TOWIE or my own personal favourite wrestling legend....insert name here of someone who once appeared as a jobber on Monday Night Raw in the 1990's. Then there are true legends of there field and this challenge is all about honouring two of the true legends of British TV comedy, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson.

For the years that I lived in Luton my home away from home was this fine establishment, The Park. Located on Park Street right next to the university I hate to think of how much time and money I spent in there. On the surface it's no where special, your bog standard average student bar that existed, big screen TV's on which we watched every football match going, some crappy pool tables that we attempted to play on, an IT box on which I personally wasted so much money on, it's here I would like to boast a little and say that I was the first person to win the jackpot twice in a day!

It's been a while since I checked one off my challenge list and I took the opportunity having a free day in London Town to do just that. Challenge number 83 to visit the Greenwich Royal Observatory. This one is all about celebrating the geek in me, with a touch of nationalistic pride.  

I have often said I'm lucky that I have a young family. I was privileged to get to know some of my great grandparents and my grandparents. I've been lucky that they've been able to play a huge role in my life, something I know not everyone gets to have. Today I want to focus on one person who made a huge impact on my life, my Great Grandad.

One of the great loves of my life is the War of the Worlds, the movies, the book, the musical, I love them all! They tap into everything I love about science fiction, it is the quintessential story, alien's arrive try to take over the world, exterminate the human race and the plans get derailed, the human race survives and learns to accept that that aren't the only beings in the universe. It's been done a million times since and will no doubt be done a million times more, but this was the story that made me fall in love with sci-fi. 

One of my first ever girlfriends, Lauren, used to have this saying, a good day was one that was covered in glow. Now 15 year old me thought this was one of the most stupidest things he'd ever heard but now I can look back on certain days in my life and yes they very much are covered in glow. They give you that warm nostalgic feeling that makes you smile when you think about what went on that day, when you close your eyes remembering just how much fun you had wishing you could relive it.

Remakes of classic films are always a little bit hit and miss for every Heat there is a Rollerball, for every Dune parts 1 and 2 there is a Planet of the Apes or Total Recall, and don't even get me started on the remake of the Karate Kid.

Sometimes reputations outlive their applications, it's a line from one of my favourite films of all time Empire Records, more specifically it's a line from the song Sugarhigh by Coyote Shivers made especially for the film. It's a line I've often thought of when I think of some of the people from my past. Some people will always be stuck in a box in my head as to what they were and not what they've become. It's wrong of me to pigeonhole them like that but I think we're all guilty of it.

We all know that students never need an excuse to go out and get drunk. In fact I was took part in a three day bender to celebrate the changing of the games machines in a pub. We started drinking at approximately 10.30am on the Monday and lasted until 00.01 am on the Wednesday. I know technically speaking it wasn't three complete days, but continuous drinking with no sleep, it's a feat that I have no illusions that I would fail spectacularly these days. 

The skyline of Boston is dominated by one thing. St Boltoph's church, more commonly known as The Stump. The tower standing at 266 feet 6 inches high is the highest parish church in the whole country. It's a symbol of our little market town that is known the world over.

This weekend saw the ruby wedding anniversary of my parents. 40 years of being together that's almost the entire span of my lifetime, the world has gone through so many changes in that timespan. We're able to do so many things that they could only of dreamed of back then. Society has changed indescribably, but through all that my parents have stayed together. They've had three children....one of which is amazing, the other two are passable. They've urged each other on and got degrees, purchased their own home, they've renovated that home, paid it off and are now enjoying 'van life' with their recent camper van purchase and are planning to travel the country in it.