Managed to get 500 words down on the Cleopatra assignment today, after procrastinating for a few days, just sat down and banged it out! Nowhere near the finished article of course but it seems the hurdle is to get past the blank page. Once something is there it seems easier to work with. Almost like you could write complete rubbish just to get going....glad to get it going though and feels like progress..
Still on holiday in Adelaide, returning to the UK next week and not at all looking forward to it. As a regular traveller I always have the same feeling going back, one of disappointment, embarrassment and anger at what our country has become. Something I have learned to live with over the years, and Im ok as long as I live in my own little bubble. Lots I love about the uk, but always outweighed by the crap climate, racist ignorant fat people and the rip off attitude. Ive tried all ways to deal with it, but now I couldn't give a f*** about it... so sad..
One thing to be positive about though, is the visible history, wherever i go, there is always something interesting to see, every village has a very old church etc, and many things go back a very long way.. interesting to see here in Oz "vintage" can mean 50 years old! All relative I suppose...Lots of plans to visit venues related to my course.. a Cezanne film, theatre ( I going to see " the importance of being Ernest"), and a Beethoven concert already booked... also am going to try and get to the British Museum to view the Egyptology there, and someone has told me about a more specific museum just up the road from there (The Petrie?), so a trip to London is on the cards....