About Time Too

Do you ever wake up feeling irritable and grumpy for no apparent reason? I’m sure you do, everyone must do at some point. Well at some point last week I seem to have woken up in such a state and it hasn’t waned at all. This is not normally like me. Yes, I can be grumpy about lots of things but I’m usually a cheery chap who only really gets grumpy when there’s something to be grumpy about – although, knowing my brain that could be anything!

Suffice to say, I’m in a bit of an uncharacteristic mood so have been avoiding social interaction for the most part so I don’t go off on a rant about something. This did give me the chance, however, to think more about my novel and to get out and take some photos for Compose, Expose, Upload, which I have been meaning to do for some time.

The novel is coming on well (in my head at least) and I’m trying to sort out plot points, different perspectives and background information in my head currently – although I should probably write it down! In fact, I think I might do that today. Good plan. About time too! I may post up a couple of sections from the novel at some point, but bear in mind they’re first drafts which are very rough…thoughts on this? Should I keep it to myself?

Going back to the photos I took…they’ve been posted up on Compose, Expose, Upload (<- click that link to see them) and my Flickr if you’d like to have a look. I do like this time of year but for photography it’s more a love/hate relationship. I love it because it can produce some lovely frosty and misty shots which just look gorgeous. Also, the sun tends to be low in the sky so you end up with lovely long shadows. On the other hand, the weather is usually less than ideal and often makes everything look incredibly dull. This is fine if you’re taking more ‘moody’ shots but otherwise it makes them look a tad flat and boring.

On the subject of photos, I’m really looking forward to receiving my Moo Mini Cards, which I bought a couple of days ago. They’re mini-business card type things with my photos from Flickr on them. I’ll talk more about them when they arrive though.

Right, I need to put my irritability to good use and direct my grumpy demeanour at someone who works at PC World.

Toodles.

G x

Oh I See…

Well, this is quite novel I must admit. It has been some time since I woke to see the morning side of 12pm. I’m not entirely sure what to make of it just yet because I think the Nytols are still wearing off but all things considered, I should get to see more sunshine today – never a bad thing. Although, saying that, it’s cloudy. Bah!

I’ve been meaning to blog on many occasions since my last update but haven’t got around to it or have found/had something else to do. I’ve been working on three projects lately and trying to juggle them at the same time – which has been fine – but at the moment I am in zero gravity; that is to say I’ve thrown all the balls up and they’ve stayed…up. I’m hoping gravity is kind and brings them down one at a time…although, we all know from the comedic version (I still find it a little too good to be true) of Newton and the apple that they’ll probably all come down at once. Had he known the apple was going to fall, I’m sure he’d have chosen/hoped for his lap to be the receiving party, rather than his bonce!

Whilst I’ve been AFB (Away From Blogging – oh the things I do with acronyms!) Top Gear has returned. How fab! The first episode of the new series went well I thought. It was funny, informative and good entertainment. I’m not entirely sure about the whole stuntman thing though. I didn’t find it particularly funny and it came across as being a bit of a ‘time filler’. Andy Wilman (Top Gear’s producer) says we should give him a chance as he does get funnier…we’ll see, but Andy, you may need to go back to the drawing board on this one.

Episode two tonight, which I’m looking forward to. Namely because the RS6 and CLK Black films look brilliant but also because I’ve been thinking about trying to cast Rupert Penry-Jones in my film when it comes to fruition and I’d like to see what he’s like. I did have a couple of ideas for ‘A Star In A Reasonably Priced Car’ but I can’t remember them. I know one was Kate Beckinsale (of course) and the other was…umm…nope, can’t remember. It was a good one though!

Talking of my film, I’ve been writing little bits to my novel occasionally and have been finding it tricky to avoid humour. I want the novel/film to be slightly darker than the likes of Bond etc. Obviously, it won’t be completely devoid of humour as that would be a shame but it won’t be ‘silly’ humour. The section I’m writing at the moment is a dialogue and the situation is inherantly funny. However, it’s one of those things where it can be deadly serious but funny at the same time, depending on how you read it. Still, it’s a first draft, I can refine it later.

As it’s a sunday, I think I’ll take advantage of the patchy sunshine and go and sit out in the garden on my hammock.

Actually…do you sit (or lay, even) IN or ON a hammock?

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