Misty christmas

12.4fifty-one

London enveloped in mist. Can't even see past the park from my window! Egyptian exhibition at the British museum? Nes and Riaz are done. Working on Indifresh. SJ up in Scotland.

Chriiiiiistmaaaaaas! Mel cooking up a storm for some friends. Wonderful evening with guests and a dog!

Out and about

12.3fifty

after:2016/12/11 before:2016/12/19

The Room, 3!  Jurassic park in the Natural History Museum! Getting street cred from the bitches for my Reebok pumps. Eating out in *** with Dan, Jack, and Mel. Meeting up with Roz Wednesday morning (?). Skipped the Become Christmas do.

Nes and my advent calendar counting down to LOLLIDAYZ. Discovering Biostrath doesn't indicate what is actually in there.

Christmas at the Rock and Roses with my girl!

Pub roast with the boys (B&C) at the Mitre.

Bought the Best of Deep Purple, and Gordon Lightfoot's If you could read my mind on vinyl

Iiiiiiii'm dreaming of a whiiiiiite christmas

12.2forty-nine

after:2016/12/4 before:2016/12/12

Little white Christmas tree comes home with me from Paperchase, along with some new lights. New contact form being implemented for Indifresh. Red door for Ams' christmas. Nes' bunk bed is up and ready for visitors! That's us!

Spaceman toiletry bag from sj. Florence Foster Jenkins bought for SA.

Party at Lion's new place! Espresso martinis, pizza, saffa gay boys, and a late and sociable night! Skipped the NXG coffee shop opening.

2048 reasons why everything is awesome

12.1forty-eight

after:2016/11/27 before:2016/12/5

Hooked on 2048 iPhone game. Janis' Dr Suess shirt party looked awesome! Celeste setting up her bunk bed in the spare room. Nes wants a tattoo...

Bought a 16 inch crash cymbal! Meinl. Cant wait to try it out. Misleading coffee shop drop-in experience... William Kentridge exhibition at Whitechapel gallery was beautiful and moving, and everything i thought it would be.

Lunch with Su at a rather expensive, but delicious House of Ho.

Doing clothes shopping for Harry Lloyd Wade >:-D SJ out with Kerri and Helene. Doors tribute concert at the O2.

Visiting Jo&O and the little boy!

I BEAT 2048.

Business is booming!

11.4forty-seven

Finished The Fall! Finished Black Mirror season 2. Done some serious Incongruwitty graft. Finished the stash!

The girls collectively helping Vida with her CV. Robyn taking care of insurance claim for RSL floor. Booked the Doors tribute show with the band! Working on Nes' advert flyer. Joined Google Translate community. Working hard on Indifresh.co.uk.

Order from Dim t goes a little pear-shaped. Get a lunch voucher for me and a friend as a reward! SJ booked for us to see William Kentridge at the Whitechapel gallery! Street feast at Hawker House with SJ, finally!

Booking a conference room (my first ever :-O).  Heating problem in the flat. Coffee shop opening downstairs. Black Friday. Grip tape purchased for snowboard. New crash cymbal purchased! Email from Pete Cronin from PD about that isometric animation I've been missing!

Meeting Allison, Ben and Anjali at the Southbank :-D

Maybe: Canon printer

Bye Great Tichfield :(

11.3forty-six

Still working at SMP. Got to attend the Razorfish leaving 'party' for Elsley Court :) Bagged a cinema display monitor and a perspex intray!

Penning lyrics to Runnaway. Arranging to meet with Mediaworks on behalf of Hari / Indifresh. Northern line Night Tube launches. RSL water leak fixed, but floor is damaged. Booking restaurants in CT! Booked HintHunt!

Sapient /RZF accounts finally settled. Missed the Hamleys Toy Parade (Ams not feeling well?).

Mumford & sons Wona

Maybe: D&D. Attempting the Brandy tart

https://www.flickr.com/photos/futurecinema/sets/72157671843752755

piss off already, 2016

11.2forty-five

RSL water leak - this time through the roof. Sigh.

Finally said no to the offer of Christmas cake from the ex inlaws.

Waking up to President Trump.

Gershwin's Cuban Overture... :-O Playing with the Pico Players - one rehearsal, one show...! Poppy badge bought :)

Blackheath Halls performance goes down well enough! (Enigma variations?)

BOREDOM

11.1forty-four

I am veritably proud of myself for getting 12 hours into anna karenina before finally succumbing to the tedium of Tolstoy's writing. More research into SEO.

Skiing booked with the rents! Kicking ass at BH.

Bought the Classic Blue album by Justin Hayward, Mike Batt & The London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Boo!

10.5forty-three

Doing research into SEO for Indifresh.

Halloween dinner at Blenheim for IC & LC, and Andrea. Mel's chilli is epic. Made mulled cider and pumpkin pie. Carving pumpkins on the balcony, and then playing Cards Against Humanity.

On a work roll

10.4forty-two

TICKETS TO SOUTH AFRICA BOOKED!

Getting to play with Adobe Animate (I know I know - so late)... like an old friend! Flash 2.0! \0/

Indifresh site build coming along nicely, thanks to free template from HTML5 up.

Elle's leaving do on Friday at The Turk's Head. Wow. Saturday Brunch with Su's awesome £100 win! SJ, Cathy, Su and me made small change of that, with Prosecco and Bucks Fizz, a fantastic meal, and completely superfluous cake round. Rolled out of there.

Winning at work!

10.3forty-one

Working in Charlotte street (SMP). Originally a one-day contract turned into two weeks, thanks to AE and HTML5. ATM video first time. Band practice trying out singers - this week's hipster didn't turn up. Collected scanned slides from dad. Great day at work on Thursday. Back to Rohan for first fortnightly session. Dreams ensue! Working with Mel on her pitch for Bj.

Sound of Music singalong in Prince Charles cinema, after a quick bite to eat at Super Star Chinese - very good! Prawn dumplings on par with Ping Pong... unheard of! Also beef dish and pork buns.

Friday INDIfresh site design and phoning BT, Ams, Roz and Elin on Sunday at P Ex. Handmade vegas card with dollars in it got a 'wow' :) Then off to Orchestra to finally play the snare piece! All good except for the roll... Doesn't matter - I asked for it and it's mine :)

Discussions and research around SA trip. Finally booked on Sunday evening along with hot chocolate and Archer. Discogs collection halfway catalogued.

The popcorn trials

10.2forty

100% score on the strict European countries test! Popcorn trials involving pyrex bowls, tupperware and microwave bags. Tupperware working best so far... Have just decided to spend Christmas alone. Peaks and troughs of looking forward to it and dreading it. Feeling much better knowing that I won't be alone for New Year as well!

Set up Github and codeanywhere. CI banners handed in successfully. Spent Saturday relentlessly beating down the Elgar piece (EU). Didn't play it on Sunday!

Band vocalist trials continue. Really like C, but Dave1 is in opposition. Dinner with Su on Thursday! Got a job in Charlotte street. Update to Threadless Artist shop.

Lena, Princess Warrior

10.1thirty-nine

I HAVE MY PHONE BACK!!

Just finished the Dresden Dolls live stream for the gig I missed. Fantastic :) Finished off instructions for bedside table - now waiting to buy and build! Trying VERY hard to avoid minishop work. Failing often...

First band practice back is awesome. Visiting Ams in Clapham. City Index banners, admin etc. Off to The British Museum to see sunken cities! Listening to audiobook Quiet with renewed interest. Catching The Fall, season 2, on BBC by chance!

Skype D&D session was a lot of fun, despite bad call quality. Vida has her first tattoo! Updated portfolio. Being called the BEST SISTER EVER :)

Spending more than I'm earning...!

9.4thirty-eight

Uneventful flight back, other than watching The Duchess with Keira Knightly and Ralph Fiennes. Brief stop in AMS - leaving the arrivals hall to see if I can pay for my phone - no luck. At least I got 4 biscuits on the flight :-)

Vida's tattoo design went down well :) Haircut and discovering another little second-hand record store! Monkees LP acquired. Leaving drinks in Richmond for Mike, Del and Wendy - turns into a bbq instead! Bought Sketch and started looking at UXUI.

Sister Act with a live gospel choir in church! Brunch with Mel in Greenwich, and a little walk around the village. Stumble upon a second-hand record store. (War of the worlds full story discs, Deep Purple 24 Carat Gold (mostly live though), Breakfast in America, Storm Front, Bridge over troubled water (which i already have, ugh), and cocktail soundtrack (sentimental buy!)). Also Beyonce Lemonade (digital though).

Kicking off Blackheath with Elgar Variations :)

DOING ALL THE THINGS

9.3thirty-seven

Lazy Monday at Misty Cliffs. More ukulele and wave watching.

Week filled with the mini shop! Thursday advanced yoga class pain! Great to see Catherine again, and also to see Anette! Remaining videos one after the other with mom (The affair of the Necklace, Serena, Oyster Farmer, Amazing Grace). Wednesday morning rendezvouz in Cape Town Central to check out a second-hand record store. Met Brian, the owner and had fat chats. Left with R600 worth of records! (Carike ontmoet Groep Twee (wrong record in sleeve), McVicar soundtrack, Don Francisco live, Rubber Soul, Hollies best of "Everyone's invited" (turned out to be re-recorded), Springbok radio silver jubilee album, SKY Masterpieces, and Mike Batt Synphonia).

Also bring back the two children's records dad bought me (they turn out to be a little disappointing), Kimera's Lost Opera (absolutely fantastic, as it has the remix that i know on side B, and side A is the mix i grew up with), Francesca Napoli and Graceland from mom's collection.

Joined the D&D evening with the group! Princess Lena, dwarf and axe-handler extraordinaire is born :) Saturday Photo albums, and then off to Nes' for intensive mini shopping. Craft so hard my head hurt! Wax doughnuts, chilled freezers and fridges, total mini happiness.

Of wag, ek sal nog hooooer klim

9.2thirty-six

Mini shopping with dad and Ruan, and Tannie S. Beautiful farewell brunch at Brenton-on-Sea, great big windows onto the ocean. Crazy dude with a paraglider taking off from 50m above sea level.

Back in CT after the 6 hour drive. Climbing table mountain with mom (Pipe Track and Tranquility Cracks)! Squash and gym, and then chill the eff out at Misty Cliffs! Ukulele, and 1 out of 5 videos! (Doubt).

Jazz brunch at The Winchester Hotel. Nes and Raz pack the shop to show me!

win some, lose some

9.1thirty-five

Flight to Amsterdam! Early morning drop-off by the lovely SJ. Bags checked all the way through. Day in Amsterdam; bags in locker, adventure go! Walked all the way down the length of the city. Record shop stop, lunch near Vondelpark. Walk back up, finally catch the science museum (NEMO). Best part was doing experiments in a lab coat. Glass of red on the roof terrace for sunset. Dinner near the station (Thai!). Lose phone on train back from Centraal. Yotel, the conductor, going through security 3 times in one night. Change rooms, finally sleep.

Day flight to CT - watched The Danish Girl, and a Bigger Splash. Bizarrely, the same actor appears in both. Brand new plane!! Thank god for the USB and Macbook chargers. Vida's tattoo design, bedside cabinet design finished. Nes and Raz at the airport!

Phil Collins One more night on the drive through the woods to get to Kenrock. Bath and sleep. Best flight to SA in years.

Condensed milk coffee with rusks. Squash with mom! Drive to Knysna at 5am. The mini shop :-O Tannie S, B and his new gf, (was even nice to see Oom D). Dad and Ruan arrive met die langpad. Ouma and Oupa looking just the same. Oxtail, boat rides, drank. Hours lost at the hardware store and The Deckle Edge. Delving into De Bruyn history. We have (had) a family home in Tulbach!

Sipho Hotstix Mabusa

8.4thirty-four

Shopping for tees at H&M with my lady before work. Learning to write Farsi. Moved to the seat by the window! Gentle, warm breeze - damn!

Homemade tagliatelle bolognese with salad after copious shopping at H&M and Uniqlo! New trousers yeah! Drum session with mics is turning out to be super restorative and fun! New songs!

French burkini ruling and police action.

Week all wrapped up! Brochure, emails and website all 99% done!

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

8.3thirty-three

The mystery has played out successfully!

Rohan is drawing to a natural close for now. South Africa performing well in the Olympics. SJ takes 4 games!! 5-4 at the end of a gruelling session that's left us both invalids.

In other news: Dinner out with Andrea, M and SJ at Jackson + Rye. Gin cocktails and a burger. Mandela started and almost finished in one go.

Work heating up!

8.2thirty-two

Catching up furiously on GoT. Mandela painting prepped, mystery just about ready to go! Trying to implement various ingenius solutions to problems around my room. Album cover holder done after Lego blocks arrived :) Trying to invent a simple device to skip tracks on a record with, and/or lift arm at end of record. Messy area in room finally cleared up!

Ukulele. Back at RZF for Perspectives booklet (and website!). City Index flaring up. Working in JSON.

Jen at Camden Fringe with Su and SJ; VICTOR! Friday night out with V, Rz and SJ in Clapham! Saturday morning lunch with Ams and Rz, then home after a long absence. Chiiiillll.

Mandela is looking good! Beef salad with Thai dressing more or less out of my head!

Cherry-picking

8.1thirty-one

Tif&Bri over from Oz to stay with SJ. Free 1 hour UI session with a senior in the field. Ams in London Bridge - with the PAINTING!! Gruelling session with John. Training to lift 1.5 times my body weight :-O Currently at 3/4. Start of the Olympics.

Lz&On over from Oz as well - meetup in LBG on Friday; drinks at the George all night with Cm and Shz. Slipped out to catch Carina Round at the Lexington.

Saturday Visions festival, attempting to get into Netil House for street food. Q too long, so went for indian. Anna Calvi, Lightning Bolt with Dave.

Sunday in Kingston with the girls at Patisserie Valerie, seeing them off at the X26, then shopping in Lakeland and Claus Ohlsen for amazing things.

All the projects

7.5thirty

Second week no work... :-O

So much projecting. Working furiously on the secret! Also my jewellery box, some ukulele practice, cooking skills, Ams' painting, ETC!

Ruan's birthday, animal collective is a hit! Sent off Ams' painting for printing! \0/

Added the 2016 playlist to WIDAD (could have sworn it was already up??)

Dancing dirty

7.4twenty-nine

Visiting Ams in LBG, lunch with SJ and work friends on the steps of the church by the BBC. Escape the room game in Finsbury park - aced it in 32 minutes! GWN pub quiz in Barbican with Jo&O and shaw - lovely people! DIRTY DANCING on Sunday was absolutely WONDERFUL. Kicked our ball about, took part in camp games, bought legendary BBC double LP, ate hotdogs despite having packed fajitas and a litre of G&T for lunch...! All dressed up, watching the show with a very interactive crowd :) Had a really lovely time.

SHOWTIME!

7.3twenty-eight

Carmen opera at The Blackheath Halls. Mel and Andrea come to watch on the first night, SJ and Su on the second night! Old lady's hip injury at half time... :( Third show percussion swap around with Andrew - swap back at half time after Nick reprimands us. Last performance is perfect.

Making friends in the office, lemon tree in the well! Birthdays!! Birthday breakfast with candles :) Meeting a new recruiter (Gemini), Finn's birthday!

Picnic in the Olympic park with Stacy & Simone, etc. The longest walk to get there! Custard milkshake afterwards in Westfield.

Bought the Leopold Stokowski conducting Bach: The Great Transcriptions with the LSO!

"Nice bi' o' clicking!"

7.2twenty-seven

Ladies and gentlemen, we have internet! I also appear to have found the whole of my desk! Just in time for the carpets to be cleaned. NASA's Juno enters into orbit around Jupiter, and Djokovich is out of Wimbledon before the quarter-finals. Federer follows soon after, leaving the finals to Murray and Rrrrrraonic. Murray wins.

Football Euro final between Portugal and France - Portugal score in the last 9 minutes of extra time.

Blackheath all out now, in final week of rehearsals. Dress rehearsals Saturday and Sunday go down well. Nick the Charmer making a fuss! Coffee with Shaw in the sun.

Missed Beethoven's pastoral in the Multiplex.

In double rainbows

7.1twenty-six

All week at RZF. Pingpong with the lady every day - so much fun! Trying out a new dimsum restaurant near TCR. Tattoo discussions with my besties. 3D sketches for Nes' shoji screens, as well as my bedside table.

Missus off to Scotland. Grateful that we managed to iron out wrinkles and reconnect before that. Asian food market in Peckham with Mel on Friday evening - double rainbow is the payoff for the rain! 15 minute wait for bubblewrap dessert.

March against xenophobia in central London with Mel, Gita, Dan and Ellie, Jck and Lz. Spotted one of the LGBT traffic lights Jan pointed out! Jim Morrison tribute band at the Brooklyn Bowl with Davex2. Sunday full day session at Blackheath! Rossini Overtures conducted by Herbert von Karajan vinyl picked for £4 (but actually free).

In rainbows

6.4twenty-five

Getting my ears pierced! Back at RZF, and just about managing to get to gym once a week...

Doing some light shopping at Sainsburys. CD from Dad full of 70's african rock - amazing. More 'light' shopping in John Lewis. Nice new jacket and shirt. Redoing SJ and Sb's treasure hunt in Kingston. Another IKEA run, this time with some heavier furniture.

LONDON PRIDE! So colourful! Spur-of-the-moment decision to go and have a look, mostly thanks to Su! IKEA build session with Mel. Managing to clear my desk! Talking shoji screens with nes. Carmen tickets bought for Su and SJ! RV and Fred released from the box!

Britain votes to leave the EU

Miss a lot, gain a lot more

6.3twenty-four

New handbag discussions with the girls. IKEA run! Hotdog and ice-cream :) Loot small enough to carry home, Agree to come back. Finn starts martial arts classes. Deliveroo from Byron is a little disappointing.

Nes finds a new place! Right next door at Catherine's lol. Looks lovely though. Huge welt on my forehead from the broom cupboard door.

Radiohead finally puts In Rainbows on spotify!! \0/ Mel on holiday in Spain with Andrea - gives me room to settle in. Serious 3D experiments in room layout as I sit in my office chair in the kitchen. Room is definitely smaller than before :-O Finally make it to the record store right outside our flat - pick up Billy Joel's double LP for a fiver!!

Bed is finally up after SJ's valiant push for helping me sort the layout! JL wardrobe built, IKEA cupboard built! Magic!  :) Using every last one of the shoe racks in some place or the other. Bought a handbag :) Completely missing the Taste of London Food Festival in Regents Park. Missing my date with Ams, who lands back in hospital. Dealing with Nes and mom's fallout. Missing my panel talk on women in radio as well. Nesting though :)

Sunday morning sitting on my balcony with coffee and biscuits, loving life.

The exodus

6.2twenty-three

BHF mass collection of furniture and bits and pieces. Boxes gathering in the kitchen. Packing and cleaning in full swing now. Dan collecting the BBQ. Watering the neighbour's garden as a favour. Small pot of jam from their holiday as a thank you! Using their ladder to get Dan's curtains down.

Attempting to watch Nabucco on the BP screen live. Too much going on though. Vida's bangs. Courtrai being used as clickbait marketing by Seb Roche.

Taking leave of my garden. My lilies come out to greet me on the last day!

Last braai on a disposable party BBQ with Mel's jerk chicken. Last supper :) mel's bed drama! My John Lewis wardrobe drama! MOVING DAY. Ken and his team and a very undecided weather system. Honor Oak Park street festivities rain out. Going back Sunday to clean the 5-bed house and water the garden. Missing Blackheath rehearsal in the process. Saying goodbye to Bernie.

First supper in the new place! Boxes. Everywhere.

Surrounded by art

6.1twenty-two

Spring bank holiday! Prep for BIRTHDAY BRAAI and house-leaving party. Packing is in full swing. Lucky to have CI work from home.

Making my garden the prettiest it can be for our last party. Clearing out that big garden box - I should have done it years ago! Rediscover the easel I thought I'd lost. Small side-project for Jim's dad's leaving present. Both the Harringtons leaving for Ireland.

Going to see the NXG place again, after paying a holding deposit. Huge about-turn!

Score a great little burgundy top and two boxer shorts from Bjorn Borg sample sale. Mel buys a huge rack of ribs for the braai, and a beautiful box of mini artisan eclairs from Maitre Choux. Finn's Adventurers party invite! Planning out Mel's Mandela painting, and drawing Ams' superhero painting to a close. Rediscover my drawing of my grandfather. So much arting!

Mel's amazing chocolate pear experiment (that will follow us into the new house). Nes is on a house hunt! Finding lots of memories in the packing process.

BIRTHDAY BRAAI IS AWESOME. Playing Sharades, so many friends in and out all day. Great food, great fun. Su chatting to Ben and Cam.

Going to see the new Jungle Book at Canada Water.

Pop shop Carmen!

5.5twenty-one

Washing the stars off my ceiling... Squash date night! Two games taken off me! I must get back into the league... maybe now that we're moving to Palace! Starting the song game with Nes on WhatsApp :-D Fajita / tacos at Esh's.

Cancelled Tidal subscription. Pooooossibly reconsidering NX Gate apartments. Getting addicted to minesweeper on iPhone. Serious memory lane as I rediscover Pop Shop vol 13 and 19. Yoga book for Nes's birthday arrives in Houtbay. Packing the first bits.

Em and Co visiting. House meetings and dens parties with the bitches. Blackheath kicks off with a cymbal crash!!!

EEEEEEAAAAAGLES

5.4twenty

Dad visiting Houtbay. Rzfsh for another day! Blood donation in London Bridge for Eat Play Mind's blood drive. Measuring up Alexandra Drive - getting excited now! Two viewings anyway as M is a little unsettled. Annerley comes close, but I feel it's too little too late (much further away from transport).

Ma birsday! Birthday morning wonderfulness with Esh! Cake and candles and presents! Coffee in bed! Records (Dire Straits, Doors, ABBA, Simon & Garfunkle, QOTSA), comics and a beautiful 3D book. Flowers! Breakfast at Dishoom, with vegan ice-cream afterwards and a bit of a walk through Central. Birthday perfume and a hamper from Nes. Mom and Nes dinner with Dad.

Nes birthday! Gardening :) Barber for a neaten (Chaplins of London, I say old chap). Hawker House Bamboo street feast with M, then off to see The Jungle Book. Starting the big clear-out for the move.

PALAAAAAAAAACE!!! In attendance at the FA Cup final in Wembley, Palace v Man U. Lost 2-1, but what a game! With Dan and fam, after coffee with B. Working together on Munnio.

New home

5.3nineteen

Quiter week at home, despite the Monday of 9 viewings. Concentrating on Crystal Palace now. Memory stick collected from Andrei at the music studio. Songs uploaded!

Offer made on Alexandra Drive! Wonderful chat with mom! Letting go of my garden on a universal scale. Ams' hair shaved off. Finn in a fistfight at school. Oupa using his haircut voucher. Nes' D&D figurines.

Chat about friends who don't know I exist. Turns out they do! More than I realised! \0/ E's birthday snub... :( Great PT session with John. Trying to organise measurements at Alexandra Drive amidst ongoing tenant reference checks and upheavals.

Meeting up with old work friend Ben Lamb, possibility of business in the future? Rzfsh for half a day, visiting Ams! Esh off work not feeling well :( Squash booked, but missed. Islington with SJ Sat morning, bakery, optician, banners, another bakery, second hand record store with birthday presents in it! Sunglasses for me! Missed the Blackheath kick-off due to excessive banner work (and a little procrastination and interruption from other things). Silly work choices in terms of prioritising work already in hand.

Recording, singing, making MUSIC

5.2eighteen

Band goes into recording studio to lay down tracks! Two days and a massive headache later, we have 4 songs down. Radiohead go offline, then release new single. Finishing the last wall in Esh's flat! Lovely walk to the voting station, then the travel chaos that ensues (lineside fire at Vauxhall). Singing Meatloaf in the car, Mrs Loud solo, followed by winner takes it all!

Regrettable decision to go into Tag - has several knock-on effects with timing issues. Sadiq Khan becomes the new mayor of London. Dinner with Cath and Su in Cocochan. Offer su to come and stay with Mel and myself for a bit. Viewing Alexandra drive! Closest we've been to an offer yet. Lunch in Crystal Palace triangle at the CP Market. Love the area...

Whimsical little Sound of Music mix...

Womanhood

5.1seventeen

Beyonce's perfect Lemonade storm. R is confirmed gay. The news about Beeeeeee! Viewings and disagreements. Hilly fields is wonderful. Working at Tag and doing Gain cap work. Band problems... trying out Esh's new gym.

Soaking up the nighttime, lying in bed with E staring up at the stars on my ceiling. Weekend with Esh, walking through the park after viewing place that was so close to right... not enough sunshine though. Dinner at IC&LC's in their new home. Prepping and painting the flat!!

Silly little start to mixing up Sound of Music - very excited to continue. Whimsical bet placed on the Palace FA Cup game :) 4/1 on a straight out win (90 mins play).

Out & about, climbing and running around

4.4sixteen

Listening to Fratellis' new album - inspired to phone dad :) Gain cap work underway. Rohan and getting angry at Rz. Running there and back! Playing drums at home for the first time in forever. Rocked out! Played ukulele as well - need to do it more! Mom in Sodwana. Dr Hobbi for my white filling.

Bouldering!! COCKTAILS with the girls (mel & sj) at the luggage room after dinner at cocochon. Finally managing to chat to nes. Also phoned dad and ouma. Kicking around at the gym. Prince :(

Great big walkaround viewing one property after another. Viewing New Cross Gate apartment. Getting closer to the place we like. Short viewing of a terrible place in Forest Hill. Roast chicken dinner. Mowed the lawn half-heartedly.

Nessie's sculptures! Munnio's hood! Ams' superheroes are taking off in great colour! Palace in the FA cup Finals! Visiting Ams on Saturday morning, lunch with the Harringtons in Borough market.

From Vida - wow! https://amp.twimg.com/v/842478c2-363c-4e8b-937c-de7855484f38

The Great Catch-up Weekend :-D

4.3fifteen

Motorcycle accident right outside the house. EPM photos have come back :) Rohan and getting angry. Waiting for gain cap. Valuator on monday, Drums and discussions on Tuesday. Super fast gym session and a house viewing. Gingerliners with black and gold theme. Gold food spray in my hair :) (and falling down the stairs in my boots, almost taking a lady down with me :-O ). Dr Hobbi. Dancing :-D

Meeting the couple who bought the house on Friday, collecting dan's boxes, checking out their new flat, and debating his lounge layout. Rained out tennis, Swedish bakery, late for viewing (uber driving to wrong address); place is UBER messy and disgusting. Crystal palace  is beautiful though :) Pity the building is falling apart! Gain cap video work and Steve. Drunk SJ! Quesadillas in Kingston while watching British Army Girls.

Saturday morning Chessington garden center for lunch and almost cake! Rush to viewing in Sydenham, Dave's birthday party, and back home looking at stars from the top floor through the sky roof. Sunday morning The Read podcast and The news quiz. Playing MX vs ATV vs mini MX. Milkshake :) coffee on the picnic blanket in the garden. Absolutely fabulous episode. Homemade Indian prawn curry. Watching robins in the garden, and later, a black cat trapped for 15 mins trying to get out. Dr strangelove, Horniman museum for lunch, Squash! 3-1 :) Jogging! Brockley's Rock fish 'n chips, Sydenham joke. Shouting at drivers hooting at traffic light. Bath! Candle burning glass and then exploding with water... :-O More dancing (in heels!) :) Arsenal 1-1 Palace!

Pirrouetting around work requests!

4.2fourteen

Amazed by the T-shirt votes! I want to submit more stuff to the shop.

Organising Ams' haircut. Successful design and build of email campaign with dynamic landing pages. Giselle Live screening in Covent Garden! After running all the way from Leicester Square, lol. Decked out with red wine and wotsits. Having to push in the cork and spurt wine into my eye. Thank god for Pret brownie to top it all off. Ballet was beautiful.

Meeting at City Index with the old gang! Ready for some massive work. Back at Tag to work on Panthalassa emails. Gym! Kicking is definitely getting better...! Watching Masterchef and The Good Wife "with" Esh. Emergency dentist for filling :( Whatsapp group with Uni maatjies.

THE BIRTH OF IRONNY. Or Iron Munny, by way of explanation.

Losing my emergency filling... All of the ast two weeks' work at Tag has been Canned! Failed house viewing in Catford (owner forgets keys, then locks himself out of his own house, and locks his phone in his car). Great viewing Saturday - 4 properties all round the neighbourhood. Best one so far is 2 roads down. Friday dinner with M and Esh in Jam circus, Saturday new barbers in town! Finally have a haircut. Breakfast at Brockley Mess :)

Submitted design to Smirnoff Digital Pride competition! Watching Dirty Dancing on Sunday evening while cooking :)

Pretty much just gaaning aan

4.1thirteen

Submitted a T! https://www.threadless.com/designs/at-least-worth-wondering-about-2

Back at Tag. Breaking down the Fort! After some AssCreed, of course :) The HOP cafe is still functioning though. Made the best macdonalds burger yet! Using bread ends! Who knew! Mel back with loads of KitKats and a nano paper Himijei castle for me to build. Tensions around not seeing my lady.

Chill weekend, sleeping for most of it because my cold came back :( Almost lost half a day of work because of it, but worked it back on Friday. Which also turned out to be the first installment of a monthly drinks session at Tag! Lucky! Chatting about Jay flying helicopters, and F's music festivals. Go home and work on Munnio! Chat to Ouma and mom and nes.

SJ over for surprise braai!! Did my braaing in the rain :) Inadvertently smoked lamb with potato salad and green salad. DESSERT! Palace draw, Arsenal 3-0 win over watford.

Hiding in the fort

3.4twelve

One half day at Tag.  New comp for Ams, and starting with the final painting. Sorted out company dividends in light of Osborne's new budget. Madnella work review, and working Leon's copy into my personal site.

Planning for Fort BlanketFort! Macdonalds burger sauce, Logos for HOP diner and FBF. Sorting out the band's recordings. House hunting. Kurdt Cobain documentary, The Young Bruce Lee, Chicken Burger, Beef Burger, banana milkshakes, Oreo and chocolate milkshakes, fries, Tiramisu and hot melting middle pudding, Life of Brian, The Crying Game, Carol! Red wine, 24-hour snack pack, total chillout in FBF.

Roz at Helen's for Easter, teddy bear picnic with the family. Meeting KB. Ams in Guys. Mark in London! Meeting up with the gang at Foxlow in Stoke Newington.

Broken drum

3.3eleven

Dentist at 9:30 :-O

Trial animations for Aviva. SheSays designs submitted - attending the WYMM event on Tuesday night and networking. Some inspirational talks by Refugee phones and Crack and Cider. Wine Skype date with NES! Dad's birthday. Solo PT session with a lot of kicking. Ankle still hurting. Pico players orchestra with Nico :) not going too badly! Ams' painting comp submitted. Not sure about it...

Dave's Kurt Cobain shirt done. Research into shared ownership, reply to Leon's copywriting, further research into content strategy and business plans.

Band recordings sorted out and shared on Dropbox. Orchestra performance went well! I actually felt as if I deserved the applause for once. Drinks with percussion afterwards. Weekend of sewing, D&E moving out, cleaning, planning Fort BlanketFort.

Courtrai offers.

Jim's gran.

Ams.

Happy Persian New Year!

The Russian space pioneers

3.2ten

New work up on Behance. Finances in order, Looking at a business plan, and discussing some bits over wine.....

FINALLY! A skype yoga session with NES! Works well, because she's amazing :) EPM photos submitted to Contraddictive. Crunch Year End accounts all done and ready. 20 big ones in the bank but I can’t get a mortgage for more than 170. Still no news about courtrai.

Friday evening COSMONAUTS at the science museum. Lots of things in the shop at sale price, also ice-cream :) D&E packing up their stuff. Scoring some boxes and things. Property search in Gravesend. Sharing old photos with brothers and nes :) Finishing Dave 2.0's Kurt Cobain T!

House brunch, orchestra in Pimlico, Mel off to Japan!

New projects, old dreams

3.1nine

Space video updated :) Rohan is edging ever-closer to my mom. Dreams - guitar dreams, toys in the backyard and mrs Urquhart. Mom and B. More dreams a few days later. Bus to band practice, going from mom to dad, brothers. Sick with flu. Chat to Ouma and tannie Sus, painting of painter.

Working late on a Playstation pitch. Speaking of PS, Assassin's Creed all Friday night long with my girl. Beef stew. House viewings, sorting out orchestra music, MUNNIO prototypes. Squash by myself on Sunday - nice walk through Palace park. And speaking of Palace, disappointing loss against Liverpool after goal giveaway and a penalty kick destroyed our early lead.

Josephine, I'll send you all my love

2.4eight

New WIDAD, new look :) Just finished off a manic pitch doc for RZF. Incongruwitty is looking good. Elin Rosie born on Thursday, Josephine put down. Great PT session with John - suffering afterwards and now I have a cold too!

Kenrock screen design already put up and looking good. Planning Ezio munny... Deadpool with Mel in Shoreditch after Rose's Thai :) Listening to Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, and some David Sedaris with SJ. Catching up on Serial with Bowe Berghdal - also Adnan's case.

Baby showering

2.3seven

Razorfish, Rohan. Watching Desmond's with Mel. Giving the property talk a miss. Missing Peckham levels consultation. Friday night Assassin's Creed :) Rz's baby shower at H's. Painting commission from Ams. Blackheath Halls - almost mistake-free! 'Fixing' Aunt's mustard painting on Facebook. Photo sorting session with NES. Dr Suess book found with #booksontheunderground. Browsing through old Waverley photos. SA wins first two T20 matches.

Bought Chicago's hard-to-find If you leave me now marketing compilation vinyl.

Uninvited apologies

2.2six

Back at the fish of razor. Dan and E moving out :( Room listing up on Spareroom.com. iPad has died. Going on more dates with myself to the gym. Antt from varsity - blast from the past! And, speaking of, Arnz replied! \0/ Office Pingpong!

Email from ex's ex makes one of two uninvited apologies. Drum session went well! Beatles and Billy Joel on the ukulele! Nes's back might be better! Valentines Friday at Hawker House Streetfood fest with my lady :) SO FULL. Desktop pingpong and Art trumps! Room cleanup. Awesome breakfast. Skiing trip cancelled.

I don't like cricket, I LOVE IT

2.1five

Criiiiicket! SA ENG First ODI. Back at Tag for a day. Emergency afrikaans translations for Adw, Lunch with my girl, two gym sessions, one with a proper kick bag! First two ODI's not gone well for SA. Beatles Ukulele is a LOT of fun! Birthday album for Stephan (Simple plan), attempting Tatami (like sudoku), ironing all the pollocks, phone ouma (sounding much happier!), phone nes and sort out her site! Saturday with my girl, making chinese stirfry, coffee at hopscotch. Incongruwitty finally back on track.

3D pen doodling - Eiffel tower!

Back to Black. Heath halls. :-D Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky:

Stuffing in even more

1.5four

SA vs ENG test series. Lamb chops, delicious chicken, silence. Quadbiking, turn down stargazing, rock-climbing (real rocks), bushmen paintings. Kaggakamma rocks and sunset, twist of the ankle :( Reading the Tao of pooh with mom :) SA win last test! (Lose series). Drive back on longest dirt road ever. Stop at tolhuis and have moerkoffie and carrot cake. Listen to lost opera. Whirlwind last few days: Nes doc, More pollock!! Tote bag, scarf for sj, iPhone cover, Mountain experiment (making a mountain out of sand and stone and pine needles), High tea in 15 mins, Selecting beads for solar system bracelet, Planning balcony adjustments, Hannes hair (fight), threading at Skin, Mangwanani!! Yoga at houtbay gym, Yoga photoshoot, Kickboxing at gym. KFC, Smiling skull necklace / armour for NES! nanodots. Dad, Ruan and Janis at the airport. Janis's swearing colouring-in pics. Music shop with dad and Ruan after Steers burger. Sleeping on plane! Troy and Friends on the plane. Lovely lady fetching me at the airport at 6:30am!! Chilling, watching Archer and Pretty Little Liars. Happy :)

Stuffing in as much as I can

1.4three

Su in houtbay! 12 apostles spa, Cake shop (Charly's bakery), Eeeeaaarly morning beach yoga and body boarding! Two golden labs on the beach. Hiking in kirstenbosch. Some city index work. Vinyard hotel. Black bean soup. Doctor in Houtbay. Braai on the balcony, sangria and Eton Mess! Swimming pool sangria and chill; bollemakiesies! Su back at the airport. Terrified of next week. Pollock pants and dress with nes and Raz! Leaving for 5 hour drive to Kaggakamma with mom. Harvest table stopover light lunch. Pool with Bernard. Near divorce, chinese restaurant.

Angel Death Brain

1.3two

Chris hadfield desert island discs, Gym, Hippo in the sand. Sonata in c, allegro and andante! Massage with NES. Pilates with NES. Yoga with NES! NES website! Pool, mom wins twice! Shopping, coffee with Ester, squash with mom! Bodyboarding in Big Bay! Sunburn Harry Potter scar. Yoga at the Source (birth of Angel Death Brain), yoga at Catherine's studio. Cape Philharmonic Orchestra at the Town Hall, for a Viennese New Year; absolutely gorgeous. Missed Karen Zoid in Kirstenbosch. Being pelted by acorns in the new deli in Constantia. Greek restaurant with nes and raz. Aneesa's Avengers bag :) Meeting Raz' family. Playing Mozart's Sonata in C on Ukulele with mom on piano.

The Knysna week

1.2one

Knysna with Dad, brothers, Ouma, Oupa, Tannie Sus, Boeta, Nes and Raz! Braai! Chatting to bros. Oupa being confused. Boat (called toxic), Paddle boats. Jumping in after the boat when Raz falls in! 30 seconds! Nataniel DVDs from dad. Drinks with Boeta and friends, Ouma oupa new house, Wolf sanctuary. Driving Tannie Sus's car, Buffel's Baai with brothers and dad, swim in the sea, out to the bouy. Navigating Knysna like a pro. Shopping with Ouma, fish restaurant, sunset boat cruises, Bioluminescent fluorescence near the heads. Watching the cricket and showing Oupa my ukulele. Wakeboarding early in the morning! Nes and the bee. Dad and the stomach virus! Me and Ecoli! :-O fight with ouma :(

New year at Kenrock

1.1zero

Flight to JHB, one seat, little sleep :( Edgar J Hoover, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford on the plane. Dad, Janis and Vida at the airport! Wimpy! Some stupid new coffee shop in place of Mugg & Bean. Flight to CT - Mom and Nes! Droiving a B class Renault Clio :) New Year's celebrations at Kenrock, Pilates classes with Nes. Drive down to Knysna with Nes and Raz and a biiiiig bag of snacks. New Serial podcasts, Poirot (murder on the orient express) and Cabin Pressure. Make-up with Nes, lunch at a vinyard. Jackson Pollock shirt from Nes and Riaz! Shopping for nap presents for mom.