under another sun

A terrible night's sleep. Mind churning irritably over work, and vaguely painful guts that were niggling at me.  Up early, and Keith and I at last fell into synch at 8:30 and then worked fairly solidly till a presentation at six with another creative team to folks in the US. Had to turn away German demanding turnaround in a couple of hours this morning to a brand new job. I said no way. They found another solution, apparently. So at the end of the day guys in the US were extremely complimentary, but we both thought they were liking the US team's work better. I felt I was presenting work I wasn't entirely happy with, which is a feeling I hate. After work, spoke to Anton who had come around to play the best game in the world, that I wouldn't understand because it is too complex for the likes of me etc. etc. Twilight Struggle with Sam. They happily re-enacted the cold war over a board, playing things like the Nasser card, and chatting about defcon levels. Lorraine got los...

Heavy rain showers this morning. The gutters running like brooks, and fallen leaves making miniature beaver dams as I slipped off to buy some chewy brown, and then up to Raven's Bakery where I bought eccles cakes and pain aux raisins as Adele and Patrick popped around for coffee this morning as they were in Brighton. Nice to chat. Patrick going to start an MA in songwriting and production in January, which is great. He writes lots of songs. Adele's stained glass windows going well too.  Later Anton called around, armed with Polish beers and his excellent cheesecake,  and played an epic game of Twilight Struggle, which is a board game to do with the cold war. It is complicated and takes a long time to learn. Sam picked it up rapidly, however, and soon they began a game that lasted for hours. Anton at last able to play what he thinks is the best board game what delighted. Sam likes games in general, and was happy too. A win all round, as complex board games give me a nosebleed. ...