Friday, September 10, 2004
Waiting In The Mist
After the gloriously unseasonal weather over the last few days, today we were treated to a dim, dank and clammy fog which lay low over the town. As a treat, I took another couple of pics. They were taken from next to the trees which you can see on the left hand side of the photo taken on Sep 7th...
As you can see.....misty!
I got through some research for Hunting Jack that was needing done over lunch - minor things but local accuracy is key to this story. It's fun writing about Scotland, I'm looking at my country and it's people differently, through another person's eyes, and much of what I see around me makes less sense, and some of it more!
The afternoon was quiet; the air-conditioning failed and as we are unable to open the windows here for security reasons (the building houses all the company's mainframes and critical servers), we had to put up with the stifling heat generated from the machinery. To make matters worse, I started to think about my submission to KIC. I kept reading over the pitch even though it's gone, and I started to check my inbox more often.
When I got home I delved stright into Hunting Jack and have now polished up 6 issues/chapters with a 7th written and waiting in the wings. In between all this - inbox checking. It's ridiculous; I can't let myself go like this. I have to be "negative" while remaining positive and not get carried away. It's hard though, and I required one or two beers in order to help the passage to sleep be a smooth one.
It looks like I picked this week's Quote of the Week well...."I can resist everything except temptation." (Oscar Wilde).
As you can see.....misty!
I got through some research for Hunting Jack that was needing done over lunch - minor things but local accuracy is key to this story. It's fun writing about Scotland, I'm looking at my country and it's people differently, through another person's eyes, and much of what I see around me makes less sense, and some of it more!
The afternoon was quiet; the air-conditioning failed and as we are unable to open the windows here for security reasons (the building houses all the company's mainframes and critical servers), we had to put up with the stifling heat generated from the machinery. To make matters worse, I started to think about my submission to KIC. I kept reading over the pitch even though it's gone, and I started to check my inbox more often.
When I got home I delved stright into Hunting Jack and have now polished up 6 issues/chapters with a 7th written and waiting in the wings. In between all this - inbox checking. It's ridiculous; I can't let myself go like this. I have to be "negative" while remaining positive and not get carried away. It's hard though, and I required one or two beers in order to help the passage to sleep be a smooth one.
It looks like I picked this week's Quote of the Week well...."I can resist everything except temptation." (Oscar Wilde).
Colin 10:39 am