Tuesday 30th January
Started the morning positively and buffed the first layer of wax off the plaster bullet. Applied second layer and then went to the seminar. Not much was said but the group talked about the show and location problems. This spurred me on to get phoning that afternoon, which I did.

Spoke to Simon regards situation Leeds and got the same old story of ums and errs. Left a message for Andy Abbot and he confirmed the generally slow pace and indecision. Still doesn’t sound positive however and it looks like myself and Rona will be showing separately from the Situation Leeds show.

Spleen vented. I returned to the workshop and chatted to a number of people. Had to leave early to clean up the house and car before she arrives tomorrow. Can’t wait to see her.

I explained to Emma I would be in London at the Kiefer show on the Tuesday so probably not able to present, said I would try to put down onto DVD instead, to show in my absence but we will see how much time I will have for this. Need to print off selected work, record a reading, download file and then marry to images as well as produce more images and place in some video footage of the riots in Amsterdam, thieving the Banksy and the war window. I hope I can do all of this in time, as it would be better than just standing in front of the class myself.

Fran took the wooden penis I carved last year for this Thursday’s fundraiser at the Broodenel or some such venue. It will be raffled off at the “get your cock out to rock out” night. I shall have to pass by if I can persuade her to come. Might be a problem.

Home cleaning followed by work cleaning. Lawrence of Zimbabwe and Wellington of South Africa could still not believe that Tracy of Middleton calls her husband "Wanka". They have been laughing about that for two days now. Nothing like experiencing different cultures.

I will not be adding to this blog now for some time. I will be busy having life affirming experiences, grab it while you can...