It’s now August and, although the past 7 months seem to have gone past in the blink of an eye, a lot has happened. It’s time for a re-cap. I used to do this on MySpace along with my list of things I was hoping to do and making something like that visible, even though there is no real intention of people reading it does help to motivate (or at least that’s what I tell myself)
2009 so far…
- Lived on my own for the first time, and loved every minute of it.
- Taken more photos than I did over the last few years, and they’ve been some of my best.
- Became a home for waifs and strays – worked out for the best. I loved living on my own, but living with K is so much fun (although I think I am destroying her life with my nocturnal tendancies)
- Took on a 2nd job. It has made me ridiculously busy which is just how I like to be.
- Got over a particularly heart wrenching breakup and found I really enjoy being single. Something I plan to maintain for a good long while.
- Started to check off my ‘life-goals’ list by going to Cuba. It was one of the best experiences I have ever had and combined with a week of my own company was just what I needed.
- Went to the first ever film screening at 10 Downing St. and wore jeans. my Mum was horrified.
- Can I put the new Phoenix album? Of course I can. It was my soundtrack to Cuba and when I came home my last.fm account told me they were my second most listened to band overall. I rarely listen to either of their other albums so that verges on obsessive listening. I have no shame, the album’s amazing.
- Got trapped behind a wardrobe. Luckily I managed to wiggle out before it had been long enough for the cat to start trying to eat me.
- Briefly took up golf.
- Had my best festival experience so far at Pitchfork in Chicago.
- Read a book a week for the majority of the year. That has slipped of late due to my insistence at trying to read War and Peace (how do you remember who everyone is?!). The sane thing would be to shelve that for now.
- Decided what my next film will be and started work on it. It’s going to be a long research period and is far more ambitious than the last, but what’s the point otherwise?
- Became editor of a fairly large website, of which there are enormous future plans for.
- Spilt coffee down myself every time I wore white to work, every goddamn time. And still failed to master poached eggs, but it doesn’t hurt to have goals to work towards.
Things I will (attempt) to achieve in Aug/Sept….
- Sell-out screenings for my film festival
- Sort out the Stats for the club’s website – they are all over the shop. Various places read 12, others read 120-50k
- Finish reading Imagining Reality and Pygmy
- Keep up exercise and eat better
- Sleep a minimum of 7 hours a night – please, please
- Get ahead of myself with work so I have more free time (and so my friends like me again, sorry)
- Get the amazing season I have planned for October confirmed (fingers crossed)
- Write more, I have missed it so much,
