Went to PC World after work today. I had the intention of buying/browsing for a flatscreen monitor.

I've been given the go-ahead to make a room in our house into a recording room/studio. For this I will need low noise emitting monitors, more low noise instrument cables, power surge plug extensions, another desk, a comfortable chair (the one I'm sitting on now will suffice) and some sort of rug to brighten the place up. I'm going to move all the current furniture out of the room in the new year (bar the mammoth desk) so that I can realise my plan of having an organised area for playing and recording my music.

I might also buy a new stereo amplifier to connect to my PC and use it expressly for recording playback. I can also turn my current practice guitar amp into a monitor.

I hope my plans to start a band come into fruition next year, because I just spent £2628 on a new guitar, new amp, software and effects pedals. Yes, I bought myself that Variax I was after, and the Vetta II amp. Happy days.

I ate chicken for dinner.