So tired

The undefeated run has come to an end. Tonight we lost, 2-0, to the side that won the league last year. It could have been 1-1, against another team the same performance would have earnt us a win so I don't think there's anything to be disappointed about really (well the result, but in terms of the performance nothing)

Today has been pretty good all round really, had a quite encouraging phone call from one of the schools today which suggests we might be moving forward there and that Plan B might go down well in both schools. The new Eden's Cavern got the go ahead for a Thursday evening which should hopefully get more people through the door in the week and give me an opportunity to play some music which is one of the things I wanted to do this year so thats great as well.

The weekend was fantastic as well. The Francis Bacon retrospective is amazing and I recommend it to anyone. The sense of isolation and constriction in some of the paintings is incredible and the way the subjects are stripped of everything but "base emotion" is really quite powerful. That said I wouldn't really want him to paint my portrait! The Globe was nice as ever though the play made me realise that I don't know enough about the French Revolution. Still it was interesting to see how different philosophies were adopted and then abandoned and distanced from the revolution as their political need and position changed.

So all in all I am currently feeling very jolly with life and I think the weekend jolly is one of the reasons so thankyou to team vauxhall and team Morgan :)

Currently listening to: James Brown, The Essential Collection - fairly amazing, I don't think anything else need be said.

Working 9 to 5

Today: was an office day, woohoo. I wrote letters to grant type people and phoned schools (which was ineffective yet again). General pottering occurred really. Tomorrow is day off day which means a phone call to my mum, buying a paper (Independant, thursdays has the Education and Careers section, good for a rant!) and possibly a trip to the gym.

Correct Grammar?: the phrase above contains some interesting punctuation and I have no idea if its right. Where should those exclamation marks, parentheses and commas go?

Currently listening to: Lisa Hannigan, Lille. Very nice, I'd like the album but have no money so have to make do with listening to it on her website, which is all stitched and awesome. Check it... www.lisahannigan.ie

To transfer to our switch board...

Today: We found out how tricky it is to get into schools. Spent about half an hour on the phone to one school only to find out that the deputy head I was refered to last week (after a week of phone calls) had left school early and I couldn't speak to her. Meanwhile we're being told that we can't go into the other to set up a group as they worry that if they let us in they'll have to let in every religion including extremist groups. I can see where they're coming from but think there should be a bit more of an open forum and there should be an option for groups to go in.
Football tonight as well, can Eden's extend its unbeaten run to the first 3 matches of the league. And will I be as much of a cripple as after last weeks win!?!

In the news: Morgan Stanley have had to sell a 20% share to a Japanese bank. Bit crazy after Lehman Brothers collapsed and AIG were bought-out by the US government, etc. I do think independantly the economy would recover but it looks to be stretched out with the energy issues, food price issues and everything else at the moment. Could be interesting where things progress from here. Its all about decentralisation, time to start growing your veg in your back garden.

Randomly: The tele seems to be searching out Top Gear, the last 3 times I've switched on its gone to Dave despite the fact that's not what we've been watching when it was turned off.

Currently listening to: One World, John Martyn. Fantastic album, the last track, small hours, is incredible.

Currently reading: Transport and Neighbourhoods, Hank Dittmar. The last of the Edge Future books (or at least last in the order I've read them). Really good series looking at how the social set up of things needs to change in order to achieve more sustainability. I'd recommend them to people who like to rant about things.

A new adventure

Well this is interesting, a new technological stride forward. I've decided to move on from the facebook noting that accompanied the trip to Nepal to a, hopefully easier to navigate around, blog.

The idea is to record whats going on throughout the year, my thoughts that go with them and probably some other completely random things that come up as I read the paper, watch tele, etc. Basically its an excuse to rant and I thankyou for tolerating it in advance

Dan