firstly i didn't start with the monastic prayer thing that we've committed to in our little group. i'm not sure if the prayer invokes god's presence, or whether it's about inviting him/her in, or if it's a reminder to me to seek god out in stuff [like a setting of my focus for the day ahead] maybe it's all of those things. but when i don't open up the working day with that time of prayer things often don't sit right from there on...
it actually started ok - i heard a track from lawson's latest opus on his blog, and decided to buy the album on itunes. it's really great [but don't tell him i said that, obviously] - a collaboration with a guy called calamateur - with all the usual noodly space-bass noises plus added acousticy guitar and singing. it's a bit martin grech, a bit adem... 'how long' and 'endo' are standout tracks, and it's going to rival dakota suite as my late-nite listening from now on...
but then work dragged. and builder dan rang to say that he couldn't come today to work on the extension bathroom bit [he had a valid excuse - nursing his injured child]... which means yet more delays, when we'd hoped to have that little bit at least finished for the weekend...
then my work started to go even worse - and i started feeling a bit ill [eddie's got a cold and i think that i'm fighting it off]
and then, on top of all that, just as i was thinking about packing up for the day, i got an email at asking for some roughs which i'd not got ready yet. they were due yesterday - i'd just not read the brief properly, and not registered the correct deadline for the roughs. stupid stupid stupid.
so i ended up ringing big ed to bail out on my ticket for the [sold out] rosie taylor project/iliketrains gig at the very last minute and instead sat up 'till gone midnight drawing roughs. sometimes i really hate my job.
here's one of the roughs that kept me up into the small hours... i'm actually quite pleased with it...
still, today has been ok - got my DACS claim in and almost caught up with the ongoing job that dragged so badly yesterday.
other news - earlier in the week i did get out in the evening to a meeting about possibly networking with other christian artists and creative types up here in leeds. came away enthused and quite energised by the folks who showed up - some amazingly talented people there - but wondering about what direction the thing will take, and whether i'll fit the remit. lots of talk about 'the industry', meaning music/media/arts/fashion, but it dawned on me quite early on in the evening that if i'm a part of any industry, then it's probably publishing, which has a very different vibe... anyhow, i'm committed to going along next time the group meets, so i'll keep you posted...
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