2°C quiet.
Aww no! I prefer the old style space.
Awww no!
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Daylight
1.9°C, same as yesterday.
We got some. We want more, it’s changing by 4 minutes more each day now.
Turpentine: trying a new brush given to me for "evaluation". It’s another Daler-Rowney, but intended for acrylics. The bristles are just right, fine hairs but generaly stiffer. The handle is all wrong though- it’s too thin and light. My hand ached after an hour’s painting.
The picture below is a tentative more towards deep water. I really am not sure about this at all.
obsessive
1.9°C, same as yesterday(near enough).
Far Cry: it’s truly an addictive game. I knew there would be a part where mutants turn up. It could have been the point that spoils it all, leading to uninstalling the game. However it’s appeared as a natural continuation to the story. Some of the cut scenes are rather poorly done, the animation should be a lot better. It’s a shame because the models and rendering quality are decent.
Sleeplessness: let’s see how it goes tonight. Now: camomile.
The Location principle
2°C, clearing, dipping
It’s unlikely that we live in a special location. Everywhere is like this.
CDs:
Tanya Donelly: Whiskey Tango GhostsGrandaddy:Sumday
I got the last one from the if-you-like-this-then-you-may-like-these lists on Amazon. I have no idfea what it’s going to sound like, but what’s wring with taking a risk. How many times have you bought an album from a known good band only to find it’s a dud?
Update: on first listening- it seems rather bland. The Tanya Donelly sounds excellent, especially as I listened to her other album yesterday.
A still, quiet room
2°C, grey
Dull: The science Dept are all enthusiastic about my meterorite candidate. The more I look at it, the more it looks earthly.
I have to go and mark coursework now.
Square one
3°C;FOG.
The Car is all shiney and clean. Is the rumour that washing your car on a Sunday is a cause of baldness untrue? I’ve always assumed it must be right, walking the dogs in the Boley-Park estate on Sundays confirms it (anecdotally).
Don’t like the way cars consume loads of money and time to get back to square one though. It’s nice spending money to make life better- but to make life the same??
The Bike: 44 miles, got c-cold hands and feet. Otherwise ’twas all well. The sun showed up later.
Turpentine: I took that picture off this blog – it was too grim, it can come back when its changed enough to be bearable.
Damn spam
7°C,
Re:Hello– 76 spam posts today. I cope with them now by setting all my emails to go into the deleted items folder; unless the sender is on my list. This gets rid of most spam. However, recently a new rouse is to send a reply when the post is deleted. So as the deleted items folder is cleared, suddenly a group of posts appears in the outbox. Those posts that do that- always have Re:Hello in teh subject field.
Bad bad bad! That means the spammers get confirmation that the address is valid and then send even more irrelevant pap.
Bad bad bad! That means the spammers get confirmation that the address is valid and then send even more irrelevant pap.
What a busy day I’ve had! Watched sunrise while walking the Ladies. I beat a car wheel back into shape so it can have the tyre put back on. Installed a new light at home; shopped at the italian market; painting (see above); washed the car; took car wheel to Kwikfit; read a bit of that Cosmology book; slept off lunch.
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11°C, dry
That Cosmology book was delivered today. It’s got 4 pairs of blank pages. No wonder they were selling it cheaply.
I feel a negative comment coming on.
On a day where two +ve comments have appeared 
to those!
to those! thanks.
Turpentine: started two new ones! Underpainting is ready on the smaller one; the ground is ready for the second. I have missed doing them over the last week.
Here is a doodle made in today’s training day.
neat! I just found out that you can link an image in the blog entry that’s saved in your photo album.
Dull & warm
9½°C, like yesterday.
10°C today, it’s tooo warm! I have worn too much to cycle to work, am opening the windows in each room, and so on. I recall last autumn when temperatures droped down to 10 feeling quite cold. That must be acclimitisation.
I’m too tired ot write more. I’m to tired to write anything less dull too!
Cosmology
8° getting cooler. Rain then clearer.
Got rained on going to work today. that’s ok, except when you pull your still-wet clothes on to ride back home. Got here quickly though because of a generous tail-wind.
Ordered some new books.
"Cosmology: The Science of the Universe"
Edward Harrison; Hardcover; £23.00
I used to have this on repeat loan from the local ibrary, that went on for months. At the time I didn’t have the £30 to buy my own copy, but now I do. I recall it having some pretty probing stuff, with thought provocing posers at the and of each chapter. This issue has been updated, and so I can’t wait to see it- it should arrive early since it’s actually second-hand. The last 2nd hand book I bought arrived after only 2 days.
Had a great staff training session after work today. I had arrived feeling annoyed- another compulsory meeting, just when the Animation club usually runs. All I wanted was to meet the Ani’ group. Actually, felt cross.
By the end thought, I was feeling almost high- it was very stimulating, despite quite an intellectual lecture style delivery. It was about the high ability pupils can be afraid of risk taking, and terrified of failure so that they never learn the use that failure can bring. They therefore don’t have that dogged determination to find alternative solutions, alternative to those that suited that is; they give up. they say things like " I can’t do …".
My explanation here sounds dull, but this guy hit the spot- inferring things we instinctively felt for a while.
My notepaper reveals quite a decent doodle, I did suggest I would scan it and upload it to my site. It definitely proves that my sketches are better in interesting meetings.
Micycle 