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?)

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 :)

"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.

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!

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: