...do one near-perfect thing I'd be happy. They'd write it on my grave or when they scattered my ashes"
'If She Wants Me', Belle & Sebastian

OK, so it's been almost a year since I last posted a journal. Bad form, I know.

Anyway, for those few that are interested in what's been happening to me, the answer is "nothing world-changing".

My band are doing alright. We've got a really cool violinist lady now, who's given a great depth to the sound and also added to the on-stage dynamic. We took part in the Battle of The Bands at uni a couple of weeks back, but only came third in our heat. We were quite disappointed, but being a folk band in a competition dominated by rock and metal bands meant we were kind of out-of-place. We won some fans, though, so that was OK.
Our brief foray into recording at the turn of the year ended up coming to basically nothing, as the music tech students we were recording with haven't actually sent us the final mixes of the track-and-a-half we actually managed to get done in the few hours we spent in the studio. Granted, it was free studio time, but it's still disappointing.

Also disappointing, is the fact that at the start of the year, I ordered a harp; eventually receiving it in early-March. But, there was a defect in the wood which meant it broke under tension after a couple of days; and I'm still waiting on a replacement from the harp-makers.

I did have exciting contact about someone wanting to use Robot & Ezekial in their artwork for their record label. I think it's a project still in very embryonic stages, but if it happens, it'll be awesome to know I might actually get some artwork published.

Beyond that, uni's been going along alright; with this year being much more interesting than last (a module on Native Americans and one on Film Noir will do that). My big dissertation was handed in two weeks ago and I think it went alright. It was about 19th century American Philosophy. It might sound boring. And Yes; yes it was. Especially after reading dozens and dozens of articles and books on it. But, apparently, it was an ambitious and original project, so I hope that counts for extra marks.

I don't really have any career plans, per se, so I'm just going to be looking for a job, hopefully as "office monkey" again, to tide me over 'til I decide what I want to do until I die. I have life goals, but they don't rely on the accumulation of wealth or development of a career path.
I want to get my artwork, music and poetry published in some form and I want to play a gig/poetry reading/display art in front of a couple of hundred people. That might seem relatively unambitious, but I know that I'm never going to set the world ablaze.
So just doing something small that might be remembered by some people for a while would be awesome. I can't take any money I might earn with me when I eventually succumb to time; so being remembered as nice, funny and creative is the only slice of immortality I can hope to achieve.

Anyway, yeah. I have a feeling that life will start looking up soon.

Hope anyone who watches me is feeling OK, or as OK as you can be if you're circumstances aren't great at the moment.