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Why? Are you famous for something?

::blinks, not used to not being recognized:: Yeah, I'm in a band with my brothers and we're pretty famous.

Oh, well, that's kinda cool, but not if people are gonna bother you when you're just having a party! Can't you, I don't know, have a sort of happy birthday press conference, and then a big party afterwards? I mean, not that you have to or anything, because having just family around is nice too, it's just that eighteen is kind of the big one! Until you're sixty-five or the equivalent mandatory retirement age, anyway!

I'm not sure where the party will be but there will be enough security that I don't have to worry too much about that. We will be doing press probably the first half of the day and then have the night off for the party. It'll be less of a party and more like a big hang out I hope. Yeah I know it's a big one, it's really cool but it's just another birthday really.

It must be so weird having to have a press conference for a birthday! And kind of creepy having security around all the time, although if you need them, that's probably less creepy than not having them around, huh!

I'm pretty used to it by now, especially having security around all the time. My brothers and I are really close with the head of our security, Big Rob, so it's just like hanging out with our friend - until he has to do something like chase paparazzi away or keep fans from trying to attack us. Then we definitely remember what his job it.

They can't be very good fans if they're trying to attack you!

::makes a face:: The fans mean well, they just get overzealous sometimes... I've got scars from scratches and I've got plenty of clothes ripped and torn. I wish it wouldn't happen but I know it's just because the fans love us so much.

...no, I'm pretty sure that's crazy obsessive behaviour, not love!

::chuckles:: No, crazy obsessive behavior is very different, trust me.

I, I, I mean, not that there's anything wrong with being obsessive-compulsive, because, obviously, it's nothing something you can control whether you have or not, and I probably shouldn't have used the word crazy, because it's kind of pejorative, sorry!

I'm not obsessive-compulsive ::pauses:: Though it's been said many times. I prefer the term 'perfectionist'. It's alright, I use the word crazy all the time. It's not really that bad of a word unless it's being used insultingly.

There's nothing wrong with trying to do things right! Personally, I think once things work well enough, they'll generally do, but I doubt my teachers really agree with me on that one!

You're right, there's nothing wrong with trying to do things right. You always have to work hard and do your best in life, even with the smallest things.

Like my dad says, it's okay to not be able to do things, but it's not okay to not have tried your best before you gave up!

Your dad sounds like a very smart man. You should listen to him.

I do and he is! He's a milk-man! Although when he gets enough money together, he's going to buy his own small dairy farm, because sourcing from a local producer is better economically and environmentally, and also because he likes cows!

That's good ::smiles:: A dairy farm? That sounds pretty cool.

I know, right? And he's going to have chickens as well, and make butter, from the milk, not the chickens, and maybe even cheese! What sort of music?

Sounds like you'll have a lot of fresh dairy ::chuckles:: I guess most people would call us pop but it's more pop rock than anything.

Like Michael Jackson or Bruce Springsteen? Or like Green Day? They're more sort of punk pop rock, though, I think! I'm not very good on genres!

Well... here ::pulls out his iPod where he has all of the band's music, not that he listens to his own music, he just needs to have it:: Listen to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s58W6Q_rz5Y). I have some stuff I did with my solo project that's very different.

::not so much listening as entirely distracted by the iPod:: Ooh, nifty! We don't have these yet! Hee! That's very clever! Nice simple player interface!

::cock his head to the side:: Where do you live?

London! Though I used to spend most of the year at a boarding school in the middle of nowhere in Scotland! Is your own stuff on here too?