The trouble with going away is that I forget how crap the network at work is. Plus our IT guy is away, which is a signal to it to go completely screwy.

On Friday I cut my nails (a sad pre-requisite) and got my guitar out for the first time in a couple of months, I think. This was on the basis that no-one was in to hear how much worse I'd got for not practising, plus I wanted to try and calm down a bit before my driving lesson. The latter worked and after a bit I wasn't too bad. I'm forcing myself to get back into a routine of practising straight after dinner and tonight I was back up to where I was before.

I had a conversation with dad about this at the weekend. I keep thinking that driving should really not be that hard because so many people can do it - and some of them really are complete idiots (most of whom I seem to meet when trying to cross the road). But on the other hand an awful lot of people seem to be able to play the guitar and that's hard. Dad did point out that they've had many years of practise - and if they can't play you don't get to hear them in public. In all fairness, a greater percentage of the population can drive than can play the guitar.

It didn't help that I discovered that I can't play and sing at the same time. Not being able to talk and play at the same time I'm fine with because I could never do that while playing the organ and I learnt that for ten years. But the singing thing is a problem because I can't get enough space to breathe probably. And if I hold the guitar further away from my chest I can't get my hand round enough. I much prefer playing tunes anyway.

I posted the latest part of my longest fic I've written ever last night: Dream a Little Dream part 2

And a meme that I've seen in at least two places this evening:
Just go to the random generator of the Quotations Page here and select the five you like best. And don't cheat by reloading it again and again.

On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
Woody Allen (1935 - ) [the only one of the 10 to make me laugh]

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD) [this seems appropriate at the moment for reasons only a few people know - for some reason I have got precious about telling people]

We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again.
Shana Alexander [this just seemed so true when I read it]

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.
John Lancaster Spalding [so true]

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD) [well-known and sod's law-true]

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