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Started the day with a trip to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It was good because there's a ton of stuff and a ton of variety, so you can always find something worth looking at.
This was good, but Arthur's favourite room (and mine) was all the one with all the architectural models. Architects will always be cooler than ad people because models are always cooler than layouts.
Then lunch at the New Piccadilly
We also had fun with our new Knockman
There's 10 seconds of video here for the curious.
Then off to the Sport Relief mile...
...which was great apart from the noisy speakers at the start.
But the best bit was probably chucking water at the end.
When I left Nike (almost exactly a month ago) I said all kinds of things, I said I'd spend more time blogging properly and I said I'd really get to grips with my book idea. I've done neither.
I've not been too worried about these things, I thought I was bound to get around to stuff sooner or later but a couple of recent experiences and the opportunity to think while driving to Manchester have gelled some things in my head.
1. When I blog about things I'm more likely to do them.
2. I quite like living a little in public, because it seems like people are often happy to help
So, I've started some blogs, to kick start some projects, and practise new blogging tools.
Here is a vox blog about music, because I want to fall back in love with music.
Here is a wordpress blog designed to encourage me to lose some weight and do some running.
And here's the one that feels like a biggy to me, this is really as far as I've got with my much-talked about 'book' - a proposal and a few notes, but I still like the title - In Defence Of The Ordinary. It's embarrasing to admit really, but I think if I admit this is all there is I can then get on with it. A few publishers have raised encouraging eyebrows over the original (rather skimpy) proposal but they've all made it clear that I actually need to write something before they'll give me any money. Unreasonable sods.
And, don't worry, here, I'll just keep on rambling about life, brands and exciting new business ventures. (You weren't worried were you?)
To Scritti Politti with Ben. Very good. Intimate and interesting. And it's nice to be at the younger end of a demographic for a change. He/they encored with Wood Beez which was very spirited and evocative but reminded you how a lot of it being the best record ever was probably down to Arif Mardin.
And it reminded me how much I completely love music, although I never seem to listen to it any more.
I must think about that.
I've been out all day, doing actual paid work (hooray!) (for a big agency that can't decide whether I'm allowed to blog about it yet.) And I got back to discover 35 comments here and 20 comments here. And not all of them are Rob and Ben engaged in 'banter'. What splendid, generous, helpful people you are. See how happy I am. Will try and package and respond tomorrow.
I think this one's dead.
Very nice day today. Went to watch Anne doing the Race For Life. While there managed to tick off some boxes on the Innocent Summer Bingo card. Very pleased with that.
Then it got colder and Arthur felt the need to borrow my hoodie. Which made him look vaguely like a buddhist monk.
Then he tried Anne's top and did a spot of dancing with his Gran. Anne did rather splendidly in the race but prefers not to appear here. Fair enough.
And later I even managed to do updates to eggbaconchipsandbeans and a good place for a cup of tea and a think. And Jonathan sent me an entry for Breakfasts In America which I've bunged up too. Anyone else want to do one?
And now, The Final.
