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In which I am a victim of my own brain

4/2/2014

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Time is getting away from me again....

It's February now, which means in under 8 months, I'll have finished my degree. Which means that in under 8 months, while holding down a full time job, I'll have written two more essays, completed a dissertation, played and rehearsed for gigs with Crimson Clocks (including Alt-Fest in August!), presented & prepared workshops and readings at events (aiming for one event a month, folks!), and continued as GASP radio show's regular roving reporter.

Somewhere in the background a clock is ticking (possibly a Crimson Clock....)

In the meantime, No1 Cat The Beast (aged 18 & 5/6ths) has turned into Father Jack Hackett (video clip - you've been warned) from Father Ted. He isn't quite confined to a bath-chair, but I'm fairly sure his random bellows could be translated as 'Drink!' and 'Food!' very easily (ok, Father Jack did not shout, 'Food!', but The Beast isn't really interested in girls...). No2 Cat The Jibber (aged 13 & 5/6ths) has warts. He may have been bitten by a radioactive toad. And the stopcock under my sink  (aged 7 & 1/2) is still leaking...
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Father Beast Hackett
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Jibber the Feline Toad
Of course, in an existential twist, I don't actually HAVE to do any of these things – not even fix the stopcock or mind the cats, even though that may lead to a flood or a feline world coup). There is no compulsion on me to finish my Masters degree, to play gigs, to attend workshops or even go out to work. These are all choices that I make. Yes, there would be consequences if I elected not to do any or all of these things. But ultimately, the only thing that is making me do all this - is me.

Would I change it?

No, I wouldn't. But hopefully this explains to some extent why I took the decision to stop using Facebook for January, returning to it now with reduced usage; and why I'm not attending outings or meet-ups as much as I once could. I've chosen to try to fit a lot into my day; I'm a poor old thing these days, and I do have to sleep from time to time...
PictureBad girl? Me?
After September, the dissertation and essays will be done.... but then, well, I'll be cracking on with finishing Volume 3 of The Automata Wars. And there's a few new songs I've got brewing for Crimson Clocks that are half finished.... and there might be a couple of side projects, musically and authorially, on the way too... The game, as I believe 'they' say, is afoot. No rest for the wicked? I must have been a VERY bad girl...

(And of course, if you're missing me, don't forget that you can listen in tonight at 8pm UK to the GASP radio show on BLAST 1386, where I may mention biscuits once or twice.

You can also take a listen to Crimson Clocks new EP, A Darker Shadow, via our bandcamp page; and you can watch some readings from The Automata Wars on youtube, or even get Volume 1, The Home Front for your personal collection here...)


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    I'm a writer of steampunk/ fantasy fiction, singer/musician and writer at LM Cooke Music, singer in the parody band Mediaeval Biaetches, occasional historian,  and co-presenter of the Gothic Alternative Steampunk and Progressive web radio show.  Here I will ramble vaguely about stuff.  Friends, countrymen, and people who aren't countrymen, lend me your ears...

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