August - a write-off
September 7th, 2008 Chris BeaumontIn August, the following happened:
- I moved in with my girlfriend. We found a nice flat in Dalston and took the plunge. It’s worked out lovely in the end, but it’s been remarkably disruptive. The flat we’ve moved into is a new build, so we’ve had to deal with a tonne of niggling teething problems, almost all of them centred around utilities companies refusing to believe you exist because your post code doesn’t show up an address in their computer systems. British fucking Telecom have been the worst offenders. We moved in on the 26th July, and yesterday, the 6th September, we had our Internet finally turned on. Trying to get BT to do anything was a total nightmare. It was only after Natasha, silicon.com reporter and afore-mentioned girlfriend, threatened to write a negative story about our experience that they finally pulled their finger out and sent an engineer round to install a new line, a service they charge a staggering £130 for.
- I had my appendix removed! On the evening of August 5th, I developed what I thought was just bad wind, but upon doing several loud farts the pain refused to subside and by the time I was doubled over in agony at about 2am I conceded that something more serious might be up. I went down to A&E and within 24 hours they were knocking me out and cutting me up. That put me off work for 2 weeks and it’s only now that I’m starting to feel OK again.
- I stopped smoking. I’ve smoked Marlboro’s since I was about 15, which is near as damn it half my life. Well having gone into hospital, where smoking is somewhat frowned upon, I decided that having had the break in habit forced on me, I might as well give quitting another go. So far it’s been pretty good - not a single puff in 5 weeks. However, my body has gone into shock in the last week as it pushes 14 years worth of tar and toxins out of my lungs and I’ve had a really bitching head cold and cough.
Now why are you interested in any of this, you may quite legitimately be asking yourself right about now, and the answer is that you probably aren’t and that I should stop waffling. I just thought I should explain why my newly created blog has had such a tumbleweed feel to it for the last few weeks.
August was a write-off. Events overpowered my ability to do anything productive and I’ve done very little but move house and then get better.
Well, I’m back now, and of a serious mind to start making images again, so expect more regular updates from here on in :) I hope you had a better time in August than myself.
