bgcdazzler
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*taps mic* hello? One two, one two.
Yep, I'm here! Alive, if not well. Sorry for disappearing for a bit; life decided to throw some hand grenades in. To whit:
1. We got burgled whilst on holiday. Home laptop, work laptop, home iPad, work iPad, Xbox one, engagement ring, jewellery box of stuff. Plus they trashed the place, the little s**ts. They stole my 'war' demon too - and a plastic bottle filled with 1p and 2p coins. Weird.
2. Wife's uncle died (of old age... Not a bad way to go).
3. More than half of my countrymen decided they knew better than 'experts' and 'geography' and voted to leave Europe. Not much of an issue so far, apart from wiping £2 trillion from our economy, deposing four national political leaders (so far) and fuelling a 535% rise in race hate attacks. I now feel obliged to make speeches to any international gatherings (such as you lovely folk here) that make clear that I do not stand with this ragtag assortment of bigots and morons and am not only tolerant of the dazzling diversity of culture and life-lessons we can take from other humans elsewhere in the world, but positively welcome them. Unity always, never division.
4. My racist mother-in-law voted leave, incidentally, 'for you and your children'. I am sure they will thank her for setting astounding limitations on their future life as global citizens.
5. More personally, this has meant buyers have pulled out of buying our house. Yay.
6. Work has been busier than ever before (I'm a creative director in an industry affected by all this), so if I had a mojo to paint and model, I haven't had time. A shame, because if I've ever needed a dose of escapism, now's the time.
So in short, not much fun to be had. I picked up a wee bit of clay last night to ease myself back in, and if it turns into something I'll keep you all posted. In the meantime - thank you for the personal messages of support, and patiently awaiting my return. As some lunatic on here might say: 'you're all golden!'
Speak again soon.
Yep, I'm here! Alive, if not well. Sorry for disappearing for a bit; life decided to throw some hand grenades in. To whit:
1. We got burgled whilst on holiday. Home laptop, work laptop, home iPad, work iPad, Xbox one, engagement ring, jewellery box of stuff. Plus they trashed the place, the little s**ts. They stole my 'war' demon too - and a plastic bottle filled with 1p and 2p coins. Weird.
2. Wife's uncle died (of old age... Not a bad way to go).
3. More than half of my countrymen decided they knew better than 'experts' and 'geography' and voted to leave Europe. Not much of an issue so far, apart from wiping £2 trillion from our economy, deposing four national political leaders (so far) and fuelling a 535% rise in race hate attacks. I now feel obliged to make speeches to any international gatherings (such as you lovely folk here) that make clear that I do not stand with this ragtag assortment of bigots and morons and am not only tolerant of the dazzling diversity of culture and life-lessons we can take from other humans elsewhere in the world, but positively welcome them. Unity always, never division.
4. My racist mother-in-law voted leave, incidentally, 'for you and your children'. I am sure they will thank her for setting astounding limitations on their future life as global citizens.
5. More personally, this has meant buyers have pulled out of buying our house. Yay.
6. Work has been busier than ever before (I'm a creative director in an industry affected by all this), so if I had a mojo to paint and model, I haven't had time. A shame, because if I've ever needed a dose of escapism, now's the time.
So in short, not much fun to be had. I picked up a wee bit of clay last night to ease myself back in, and if it turns into something I'll keep you all posted. In the meantime - thank you for the personal messages of support, and patiently awaiting my return. As some lunatic on here might say: 'you're all golden!'
Speak again soon.
