duality revisited.

Now have two jobs, until further notice. The first of these was (is) an ongoing temp job at a pest control company. People call up with various pest problems, we assign technicians, phone them with the details and watch it all unravel behind a desk. The second is doing odd jobs at my dad's company. I do the pest job Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays with the other job getting the remaining two weekdays. For the moment I'm making around £220 a week, which isn't bad - the jobs for my dad are all cash paid, so yay, no tax or NI to spoil my day there.

In much more interesting news, Catherine has hinted that she'll matchmake me with one of her sister's boyfriend's friends, Katie! Looking forward to it already. For the moment, I have jobs to keep me occupied, some interesting sideline developments, and, of course, Masters to look ahead to in the autumn. Good times.

Open up my eager eyes... cos I'm Mr Brightside.

was time for the production to be put on, including such

This week I will be applying to the local council for funding, in order to put on local productions of Rebel Girl. If you have seen the bulletin I put out here, I've estimated the cost of running the show for a week to be in the region of £4,000 - assuming all cast and crew work for free. These figures were based on the current charges that Epsom Playhouse levies, so the true figure might be somewhat different, as Epsom of course isn't in Sutton borough. Playhouse has 406 maximum capacity, so based on 5 a ticket, we would need to sell 800 tickets over the week to merely break even. (This is 28.3% of all seating available.)

Councils take quite long to respond to proposals such as this, so I will be aiming to have received a decision by autumn. From there a schedule can be worked out, and auditions would probably be held early in the new year. All being well, the production should be greenlit for next summer.

early birthday present

Anyone who got a hi-5 e mail, my birthday’s tomorrow not today! Got an early present yesterday; the Gunners are through to the semi final yeeeeeeaaaaah!!!!! ITV couldn’t show two Arsenal matches in consecutive weeks so I had to rely on 94.9 FM.

So we’ve broken the record for successive clean sheets in Europe. A lot of people have talked about Fabregas and Henry and our great young defence. But the unsung hero is Martin Keown. Wenger brought him back to Highbury to help with the defence and he has done a fantastic job.

Started to revise for the May exams; unlike last year I’m actually doing some work lol. Tomorrow I’m going to St George’s in Harrow to see The Inside man with some mates. Should be a pretty chilled out night……

new Muse album!

See full report here.

The excitement is slowly building! Muse are set to release their 4th album on July 3rd, about the same time as the usual festivals. According to the drummer, Dom, they are really pushing the envelope and have cross-pollinated all kinds of genres - he says he "hopes that we don't alienate traditional Muse fans, although the songs all sound recognisably like Muse". Apparently one piece starts off in classical style, before warping into a techno stompfest, which then finally metamorphoses into a good old rock track before ending. Can't wait to hear it!

'grim fandango'

A hidden flame
Quires supernal
Velvetine gloaming
Time is eternal

Ratchet mountings
Luminous glare
Jaded, beguiling
Marble stone stare

Creak of the floorboards
Hasten the pace
Quixotic and tender
Exit the place

Fermenting and gliding
Aquiline heart
Shunned and regressed
Torn full apart