Author: graybo

in the blogmeet voting, the “go” votes are edging further in to the lead. Still not convinced though – to go would mean 1hr45 on the train, about 1hr45 at the party, and then 1hr45 to get back.

Marcia comments on the “angry fruit salad” jibe and points to a dictionary definition of the term. I hadn’t heard this phrase before, so feel truly enlightened. Well, I’m bright and proud – I wanted the new look to be fresh and shiny and eyecathing and cheerful – hopefully, I’ve achieved all of those things.

off to do a lecture in Fareham tonight. wheee! (not). a roomful of old bids but they’re paying me £70 for the privilege.

Blogmeet voting – currently the “go” votes are slightly ahead.
Matt has pointed out that getting out of work early should really appear in the “for” column, not the “against” column. Fair point.
Still not sure though.

there is a meeting of UK bloggers in Soho this Friday, and I’m in two minds as to whether to go.
FOR:
– chance to meet new people
– chance to get drunk
AGAINST:
– would have to leave work early
– would have to leave the meet early (last train back is 10.30 from Victoria) – so would be at the meet for 2 hours maximum.
– don’t know anybody there at all.
Go? or NoGo?

meanwhile, my washing machine has broken AGAIN (this time the timer on the drier function has ceased functioning, so that my clothes were gently cooked throughout, having been churning round at 40 degrees for the whole of yesterday – ruined two shirts, and three t-shirts – including my very expensive black Claiborne one that I bought in Washington DC) and one of my new light fittings is playing about (it broke when we installed it, but we effected a repair – now it cuts out after only 15 minutes usage). AND I’m skint. Help!

yesterday was not a great day for various reasons, but a crumb of comfort was found in that I finally got two CDs I’ve had on order at MVC for a while – Goldfrapp’s Felt Mountain, which I think will be a grower, and Boards of Canada’s Music Has The Right To Children which is fantastic. I really wish I had bought this album when it first came out back in 1998, but I suppose the consolation is that there might be a new album soon.

the person or persons that insist(s) on communicating through the Atomz search function suggests that the new look to this site was inspired by the “angry fruit salad web design school”. catchy.

have carried out further minor adjustments to this design (altered the font for the menu subheadings in the navbar and changed the text of these posts to a slightly deeper shade of grey, both following feedback from readers). I don’t suppose for one minute that everybody likes this design (comments have ranged from the enthusiastic to the decidely lukewarm), but I’m happy with it. I wanted it to be simple, clean, fresh and quite simply, less dark than the old Grayblog.
And, whilst on the subject, I’ve reverted to calling this site Grayblog, for that is what it is (Graybo’s Blog) and also partly because everyone else continued to call it that!

I’m interested that my readership figures continue to be relatively high (relative to what they were before New Year) in spite of the fact that I am writing about “things” much less than I was even ten days ago. Not sure I can explain the stats, but I can attempt to explain the lack of writing on that subject – it’s not that I feel any less about it (I don’t – I feel pretty much the same), but chewing it over and over doesn’t really help, and almost certainly won’t change anything. So I’m still trying at the forward-looking, thinking-positive stuff, and, yes, I won’t make a secret of the fact that I’m looking for someone new to help me through all this. Pity that person! Comments/chat-ups welcome.