Those aren’t ‘other funny-shaped presents’. Those are remnants of my first three attempts to wrap a damn simple box. It’s not like i’m being a perfectionist here and tearing it all down because the tape is a bit off-centre. It’s more like i keep accidentally tearing holes in the wrapping paper. Huge holes. Defeats-the-purpose-of-wrapping-the-present-to-begin-with-holes. I’m… Read More


It’s NaNoWriMo 2011! (and has been for a week i am slow to blog when i am busy novelling okay)and seriouslyi’m going to edit this onehonesteven though i didn’t edit the last seventhis time for real (Actually i think i have finally figured out a writing groove which works for me. So i may very… Read More


Went to Celtfest, found a bodhrán sale, bought bodhrán. It is huge. At least in comparison to my old one. Which is why i got the new one: i don’t have room to move my hand enough for proper tonal changes with a seven-inch drum. Now i need to find a place to keep it…… Read More


Right. I really doubt i’ll get my original 101 list done before deadline, in no small part because i don’t really want to do about half the goals on it any more. This is the problem with making lists in a big hurry :P But, i’m not going to start the next list until the… Read More