Tuesday, January 27
Currently in college. I'll spare you the usual rant about mice with one button and the absence of a useful "Ctrl" button etc. This morning I talked to my tutor and he said it was fine for me to use "A day for destroying things" for my project. I decided to go down to the canal and the river to take some photographs, hoping i could find some budding trees or other flora. It was cold, possibly only the second cold day this year. The mildness has been worrying me, Rory says his mother's tulips have started to grow already! There's been a lack of snowdrops though. I've noticed daffodils sprouting, but until an hour ago I hadn't found any snowdrops, which is a pity because I like them. However I managed to spot some growing at the base of a tree next to the cathedral. Photographing them was difficult as they were behind a metal fence, but hopefully I'll have managed to capture something useful. I'd like to go to the park with Simon this weekend to take more photographs, so if they weren't of any use it won't be of great importance as, with luck, they should be more abundant by then.
I did a tiny bit of work on the dreaded essay last night, five weeks until the final deadline. I've discovered a new photographer whose work is astounding - Willy Ronis. More can be read about him
here and
here. I'm not going to SHIP later as last week, Andy and I decided to end the Tuesday afternoon group due to lack of interest. It's been rare that anyone has turned up for it in recent times, so thought it was best that we moved everyone over to the Thursday evening group, which is more popular.
There's talk of another B3ta bash in Manchester next month. I'd like to go, but I started thinking about it. The last one wasn't very successful from my point of view. There's a risk I could end up as stressed as the last time, and more recent adventures in Manchester have also turned out badly. Plus I'd see Andy again which would likely lead to me becoming obsessed with him all over again, a feeling which isn't requited. So I don't think I'll be going, despite wanting to. Anyway, enough for now. Adieu.
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