…and counting the heat

Bored now. This Canada Drive Round job is taking its toll. Contours tonight. Slartibartfast would be proud of my efforts around the coastal inlets. Inlets, in Canada not fjords.

Recollecting my Radio Solent experience now that it is on listen aagin and available for download.
It was a quite disappointing and a little frustrating. Almost annoying in fact, to have been so 'politely' engaged by Julian Clegg but not really very interetsing to listen to I wouldn't have thought.
met at the tearooms on hamble Quay just before 8, where reporter Domnic was setting up his portable studio. The Tea Rooms is a Visitor Info Point where we deliver loads of maps and leaflets to, run by local celebrity, neighbourhood activist and all round good egg CP. She was quite happy to do the interview, chatting extensively with Dom about the sights and history of the HambeValley. I felt rather un-needed, but we enjoyed half an hour's chat about the place, what questions to expect, what to say when etc etc. Right up until the last minute I assumed (note to self AGAIN - NEVER ASSUME it would be Dom who would lead the conversation once we got on air. But no.
of course not, at 8.32 after the news, we cut to JC in the real studio (who is intensely irritating- one of those people who laughs after every sentence he says) who proceeded to ask completely random questions of CP about which cakes were selling best this week,a nd what made a difference. She handled it very well, but looked quite bemused. I had a thirty second opportunity to express what we WD do in the area, and where are the best places to go for a walk. Dom just sat there, nodding occasionally and now and agin interjecting with some background.
And that was it. I felt JC was disrespectful to Dominic, who could have done the feature perfectly well - and in fact had already run through it twice in the preceeding 30 minutes.
Celebrities, huh?
It requires a degree of insecurity that I just don't have,so I guess I'll never be famous.
I blame my parents. Far too normal.

With this job hangin gover me and upsetting the flow of things both here and in the office, I chose this morning to sit in the church for 15 minutes before leaving for work, to think over Tx advice, IW's advice and put the situationinot the hands of the Lord.
This is VERY unusual for me, because most of my prayers are rather more thankful than supplicative - seldom do I sit alone with Him and properly talk about stuff.
It was very refreshing again, further lifting my spirits after the successful service yesterday, and something I can now thnk more seriously about doing more often.

Especially as I received an email later this evenign from the client saying that the (admittedly few) maps I have submitted so far are great and the deadline can be extended from Wednesday to the end of the week.

So, back to the wiggly lines…

While I'e been workig late this week I've mostly been listening to:

Amon Duul II - Made in Germany
John Foxx and Louis Gordon - Sideways
Marc Almond - Stardom Road
Baby Dee - compilation
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger MOuntain
Harold Budd - The White Arcades
the Best of Johnny Thunders