As Mao Tse Tung so memorably said...."We have stood up!"
I have begun to pull my finger out, my socks up and to put my best foot forward. Or at least there are signs of life and an attempt to make good on my intentions.
Got a gig with the camera - possibly even 2 or 3! Hurray! Lots of research and work to do before I'm ready to go, but I've been offered the chances and I'm going to take them.
And when my wage goes into my bank account this month, I'll be purchasing a new pair of running shoes, and using a 12 week training and exercise plan to get me from "zero to hero", running up to 10km, within 3months!
Hurray!
Oh - and ...
Having read my precis of what I did last year, I realise that I completely missed out 4 or 5 weeks of pleasure I had in reading 4 of Alexander McCall Smith's "Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" books. I have fallen for Mma Ramotswe and her Botswana. Absolutely lovely.
And right now, I'm being a bit rude and reading the book I intend to give to my Dad for Xmas (they live in Portugal, and they're both old enough to wait for their gifts, and they can come over here to collect them!). It's called "Narrow Dog To Carcassonne" by Terry Darlington, and is the account of his journey with his wife, whippet and narrow boat down the canals from Stone in Staffordshire to Carcassonne in the far southwest corner of France. We did a trip from Carcassonne to Marseilles by barge about 15 years ago, and we've been trying to get my Dad to write about his and Mum's adventures in the campervan since the retired 5 years ago. The funny thing is that this guy writes just like my Dad does (albeit with a Welsh accent and Dylan Thomas flavouring) but with an emphasis on his love of running and the dog, where my Dad would tell us all about his adventures with cooking and local food that he's discovered. I reckon he'll really enjoy it, when I finish it!
Right - stuff to do.... Bye!
C
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
2006 and all that
Well. What can I say? Disgusting behaviour, really. I sincerely apologise for my complete neglect of this blog for the best part of the last 6 months.
All I can say is that I've been busy.
Since I last posted the following has happened, but not necessarily in this order:
- Wrote and published the Ubernoise gig review in Leeds Sandman magazine (see "Ubernoise@ The Cardigan Arms" http://www.sandmanmagazine.co.uk/leeds/leedsindex.html)
- Week long holiday on a barge between Braunston in Leicestershire and Teddington Lock in London.
- Have read several books, favourites being Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (the scene where Lee Scoresby dies in "The Subtle Knife" made me sob like a baby), and "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" ("The Da Vinci Code" is crap, but this is the research the story is drawn from, and aside from the rather preposterous history of the Priory of Sion, the ideas about Jesus, and by extension all religion, are really important).
- Holbeck hoisted peace candles as our Xmas lights. Nice.
- Bought a well expensive and rather sexy Nikon D70s Digital camera.
- Went out shooting around Leeds for the Itchy Leeds guide book 2006 (with camera).
- Am developing a few projects about identity, tradition, skills and community. Needs a lot more work over the next few weeks.
- Threw a party to celebrate my 30th birthday. Lots of curry, lots of wine, lots of good friends.
- Have started eating eggs again, and can now get close to meat (as proved by shots I took at a local butchers shop) but I have ho intention of eating it again.
- I have long hair again for the first time in about 5 years, and I like it!
- We had a big old row and trouble with our landlord, went house hunting, then decided to stay here, lost our housemates, and will be househunting again in the next few weeks.
And lots of other stuff.
And now - it's time...
My New Year Resolutions for 2006 are: -
- Be a better mate. More time and more care for my mates.
- Finish something I started - either go back to Aikido, or my Ma or get back to running, or something. Or everything!
- Throw dinner parties, cooking, talking, drinking, mates. Everything I like in one place. Exept that I'm going to drink less when not with mates. Cut my intake a bit.
- Get serious about writing and shooting. Really serious. I need to learn more about digtal and put it all into practice. That camera has to pay for itself! We're talking website, advertising, being a phototart, submitting photos and text to everything I possibly can.
- And just put my back into it all round, really. I've been a slacker for too long and let myself off 'cos I've been poorly. This is the year I get a grip!
So - on we go. And I'll try to visit more regularly, eh? Thatd be good.
See you soon,
C
All I can say is that I've been busy.
Since I last posted the following has happened, but not necessarily in this order:
- Wrote and published the Ubernoise gig review in Leeds Sandman magazine (see "Ubernoise@ The Cardigan Arms" http://www.sandmanmagazine.co.uk/leeds/leedsindex.html)
- Week long holiday on a barge between Braunston in Leicestershire and Teddington Lock in London.
- Have read several books, favourites being Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (the scene where Lee Scoresby dies in "The Subtle Knife" made me sob like a baby), and "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" ("The Da Vinci Code" is crap, but this is the research the story is drawn from, and aside from the rather preposterous history of the Priory of Sion, the ideas about Jesus, and by extension all religion, are really important).
- Holbeck hoisted peace candles as our Xmas lights. Nice.
- Bought a well expensive and rather sexy Nikon D70s Digital camera.
- Went out shooting around Leeds for the Itchy Leeds guide book 2006 (with camera).
- Am developing a few projects about identity, tradition, skills and community. Needs a lot more work over the next few weeks.
- Threw a party to celebrate my 30th birthday. Lots of curry, lots of wine, lots of good friends.
- Have started eating eggs again, and can now get close to meat (as proved by shots I took at a local butchers shop) but I have ho intention of eating it again.
- I have long hair again for the first time in about 5 years, and I like it!
- We had a big old row and trouble with our landlord, went house hunting, then decided to stay here, lost our housemates, and will be househunting again in the next few weeks.
And lots of other stuff.
And now - it's time...
My New Year Resolutions for 2006 are: -
- Be a better mate. More time and more care for my mates.
- Finish something I started - either go back to Aikido, or my Ma or get back to running, or something. Or everything!
- Throw dinner parties, cooking, talking, drinking, mates. Everything I like in one place. Exept that I'm going to drink less when not with mates. Cut my intake a bit.
- Get serious about writing and shooting. Really serious. I need to learn more about digtal and put it all into practice. That camera has to pay for itself! We're talking website, advertising, being a phototart, submitting photos and text to everything I possibly can.
- And just put my back into it all round, really. I've been a slacker for too long and let myself off 'cos I've been poorly. This is the year I get a grip!
So - on we go. And I'll try to visit more regularly, eh? Thatd be good.
See you soon,
C
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