i've been trying to get along with the other members of staff; not just the ones we work alongside, but the other people as well, office staff and anyone else. half this building is offices. i've been upstairs a few times, and they're in between exhibitions, currently setting the next one up. some of the stuff is pretty good i think, but what do i ( Read more... )

'work' now definitely has inverted commas around it. just hanging around. time is passing, at the minute, at least it isn't dragging along. when i first came here i was scared of drifting off to sleep (as it basically happened a couple of helpless times) but now i've adapted, or just got to avoiding that. i've been upstairs (in the galleries which ( Read more... )

the freezer finally got defrosted, although it took from monday evening to friday night to get done. thursday and friday evenings i was out doing overtime for the rsa -royal scottsh academy, a gallery attached to the national- as there were private viewings ahead of the big exhibition opening. that meant the first night was saying hello, and the ( Read more... )

got away with moving up to edinburgh ok, and have been settling into the work. whenever i say work i should put it in inverted commas, as it is basically hanging around an art gallery, sometimes watching visitors -but the gallery is only quiet, so there aren't many ( Read more... )

came back from birmingham having been there for a day trip ("one last time") and got the final food shopping which should take me up to the time that i leave here ( Read more... )

antonia had suggested 11. i got there on time. it'd been an early start but i'd made it, i was fine. easy enough ( Read more... )

sam didn't know any better when i was playing with him on friday evening, i don't suppose. he'd had his dinner, and i'd had mine. so, just like any other evening. obviously this one was different, since it's getting blogged ( Read more... )

antonia, in the city, and i have been trying to arrange meeting as regards the flatsharing thing. first she asked about tomorrow evening but i said no, what about saturday afternoon and she says no, what about saturday afternoon and i said no, what about monday afternoon and she says no, what about saturday late morning ( Read more... )

mam and dad went to edinburgh for the day on saturday. they must have been going around like lunatics, or separately; i had arranged three visits for them to make then, and four or five on the sunday ( Read more... )

what i don't get is that i hardly slept, (or felt that i hardly slept; it certainly took forever) and now today i'm buzzing, full of energy. a big long walk in the day, but full of hope, energy, confidence, pride, passion, the things i want to be, maybe the man i want to be ( Read more... )