Alright, I'll admit I've been tardy. Work is as busy as bollocks right now and so you, dear reader, have been ignored for the past couple of weeks. I'm sorry.

So what news? Well, following on from the meeting with BotS, she advised me that she didn't want to go out with me for at least six months and even then she wasn't sure. The reason for this timeframe was because by September she has to submit her MSc dissertation and she doesn't want anything to derail that process. Plus, of course, she doesn't trust me and thinks I lack commitment and don't really know my own mind. Mmmmm... well, time will tell on that one. Suffice to say, I'm thinking long-term so six months is neither here nor there to me.

On the OD front, she started working at New Look in Watford (the young woman's clothing store for those who like fashion but can't afford much). After just a week she walked out. "I got in ten minutes late and they shouted at me. It’s just like school so I told them 'I quit' and left". Great! Her Mum and I have paid £400 for her to sit three GCSEs privately and we are currently nagging her to catch up on her course work. Her plan is to do the rest at Sixth Form College next year. Well... let's wait and see how that pans out.

Other than that, no great news. Went to see the magnificent Pure Reason Revolution in Hertford last week, and very good they were too, and also the not-quite-as-terrific-as-I'd-hoped Charlotte Hatherley. Also saw 'The Illusionist' at the cinema (and the illusion is that it is a chick-flick disguised as period drama) and am currently listening to new CDs by the Arcade Fire album (which is quite brilliant and reminds me of The Waterboys’ ‘This is the Sea’), The Stooges (33 years pass but the spirit of 'business as usual' prevails), and The Decemberists (the term 'folk-prog' might make you grimace, nonetheless it is a tremendous record). And that's about it. Bought quite a few tickets for forthcoming gigs including Thea Gilmore, Lou Rhodes, Roger Waters, Madeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood, and – gulp – The Mission. Rock on, brethren!