Gone to America

In some ways it’s been a good week. In some ways. Patrick and Sinead had a little boy. That’s good. The first short I did here was mixed, and it all went well. The director seems happy, which is nice. So that’s good. The second short I’m doing has a …

In some ways it’s been a good week. In some ways. Patrick and Sinead had a little boy. That’s good. The first short I did here was mixed, and it all went well. The director seems happy, which is nice. So that’s good. The second short I’m doing has a hellish amount of work to do in a short time, but the director saw what I’d done so far today and he was happy. So that’s good. And the money from that will enable me to pay next month’s rent. So that’s good. Julian taught me another recipe, stuffed peppers, and that was good too.

But I’ve lost my hat.

It’s gone.

My hat.

I went to see someone who’d done some sound design on this short, and from her place I took a car in to Manhattan to go to a bluegrass gig with Marilyn, Liza and John. I’d brought my hard drive to the sound designer’s place, so I had more than the usual number of bags, and I left my hat in the car.

I went to the gig, which was very enjoyable. I wasn’t worried yet. I hadn’t seen any of these guys since I’d moved out, and it was nice to touch base. They heard that I’d left hat in the car, and automatically assumed I’d never get it back. But I was confident it would be turned in to the Lost and Found of the car company.

It wasn’t.

I suppose I should just give up and move on. I wore my Hallowe’en costume hat for a few days, and then I bought myself a temporary replacement. It’s a faux fur cossack (scroll down). It’s really warm, but it’s not the same. I’d had that hat for nearly four years. I bought it on my first visit to New York. I thought I’d have it forever sob.

But I’m going to view this as a crisatunity. I shall get a new hat. A better hat. A nicer hat. A hat that will be less easily lost, less difficult to clean, and considerably more waterproof. It may even have detachable ear flaps!

When I have some spare cash floating around, obviously.

A big shout out to Fionn, the first born son of Patrick Drummond and Sinead McGoldrick. Welcome to Earth!

A big shout out to Fionn, the first born son of Patrick Drummond and Sinead McGoldrick. Welcome to Earth!

I’m really just posting to try out a new plugin called Date Tags which will automatically display whether or not the entry falls on a US holiday. I think today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or something. And the poll. I asked “What’s it all about?”
You answered: 47%
42 …

I’m really just posting to try out a new plugin called Date Tags which will automatically display whether or not the entry falls on a US holiday. I think today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or something.

And the poll. I asked “What’s it all about?”
You answered:

47%
42 23.5%
There is a simple answer, my son, but the path to it is complex and laborious. 11.7%
Alfie… 5.8%
Well, you’ve got me there. 5.8%
If you don’t know, I can’t tell you. 5.8%
I’ve told you once. 0%
Haven’t we had this discussion? 0%
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked that question… 0%
I don’t suppose there’s any possibilty you could be a little more vague?

So, 42. Well, I suppose I knew that, and incidentally…

New Poll?

Against my better judgement, I’ve taken Ivan’s idea on board. Now, on a trial basis, you can Ask Anthony whatever you want. I’ve spent all day hacking this together from various Perl and CGI scripts. I even learned how to use HTML forms. I hope you appreciate it. I have too …

Against my better judgement, I’ve taken Ivan’s idea on board. Now, on a trial basis, you can Ask Anthony whatever you want.

I’ve spent all day hacking this together from various Perl and CGI scripts. I even learned how to use HTML forms. I hope you appreciate it.

I have too much time on my hands. But I’m going to a party tonight, so that’s OK.

I was going to hold off on posting – there are various things pending, and I wanted to see if they came to anything. But that could take a while. As it is, the short I’ve been working will be mixing on Tuesday (director happy so far), and it looks …

I was going to hold off on posting – there are various things pending, and I wanted to see if they came to anything. But that could take a while. As it is, the short I’ve been working will be mixing on Tuesday (director happy so far), and it looks like I’ll be starting another one straight away. Other possibilities float around like bizarre fairies, flitting in and out of view with their little translucent wings and suggestive winks, but I won’t jinx them by talking about them.

It’s my birthday soon (February 5th). You should get me a present, because it’ll be my last birthday for a while – I don’t plan on moving past 29 until I’m good and ready, which may take a few years. I’ve automated the whole present thing to make it as easy for you as possible. Just use the “My Amazon Wishlist” link on the left – it’ll take you straight to a list of stuff I want, ranging from fairly inexpensive books to wildly expensive electrical items. Just take your pick, pay for it and it’ll be sent to me automatically. Amn’t I good to make it so easy for you?
Actually, if you’re going to be using Amazon.com for anything (and why wouldn’t you, with the Dollar as weak as it is) you could do me a favour and go via the link on the right – that way I’ll get a commission on whatever you buy in that session. I’m an Amazon Associate!

Julian has been teaching me how to cook, which is nice of him. This is really the first time in my life when I’ve been this broke and not living at home. I’ve had bad patches before, but never so little income that the difference between buying a microwave ready meal and cooking for myself would make a real difference. I’m putting the recipes up on the site as I learn them, as a service to all those other grown men who don’t know how to take care of themselves.

I went to see In America, a highly strange experience which I have somewhat reviewed.

And I’m looking for ideas to spruce up my site. If anybody has any ideas, can think of any way navigation could be improved, knows about any cool little scripts, or wants to prosletyze about some cool Movable Type plugin, please let me know – either in the comments or via email.

Cheers!