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¦ dialling in from sky bunker ¦

19:47 GMT, 8th October 2007. Got back from work just over an hour ago. My first day of work. Whooo-hoooo! What great day. I was up just past four but stayed in bed til after 5. Supped a mug of tea in the big green armchair, then cracked on with creating a Rouges Gallery of NPCs for Yellow Dawn, a wee mini project I want to get finished before I commence writing Dog Eat Dog proper. Planning to get it finished by the end of this weekend, it'll be a wee freebie to stick up on the Yellow Dawn website for GM's to download, a resource to help them populate scenarios with thugs, cops and random people.

6.30, jumped back into bed for a snuggle with Jo, then up again and sitting watching News 24 with another mug of tea by 7am. Out of the house by 7.25. The bus stop is only a couple minutes walk up the road. I felt so excited about my journey in, and about starting the job. Bizarre eh? The journey in was fab: beautiful country roads, hills and fields, early morning mist. A decent 30 minute chunk of time to sit, relax and read.

The job is intense. I haven't got a learning curve, I've got a learning cliff, but my boss is a dude, the company is awesome, the people are creatives...so I'm fitting right in... and the role has a great blend of corporate/creative demands. Spent my lunch break sat on bench in outside the Roman Baths, supping a pot of soup and a crayfish sandwhich from Pret whilst some guy played chilled tunes on a xylophone. If I was to score how I feel after my first day I'd say 10 out of 10. Easy bus ride back. Brain numb but closed my eyes for half of the ride and recharged.

About to zip into town and meet up with Nice Guy and Simon P. Yay.

A little bit later:

03:08A.M.

Just pinged awake about 20 minutes ago. Got up, made a mug of tea, came upstairs and sat with one soft lamp on, chilling with my thoughts. Did a 3-card spread:
() 3 of Swords -PAST
() The Sun - PRESENT
() 10 of Pentacles - FUTURE

Wow,awesome.

Had a fab night out with Simon and Tony. Tony shared some great news about Sophie. Simon has just got back from a holiday in Portugal with Orson and Vic (their first with Orson). We then spent 2 hours talking about Yellow Dawn mechanics and being nostalgic about old Call of Cthulhu, and old Game sessions. Got back around 10.30. Watched some rubbish TV. Bed by 11. So I'm not too sure what I'm doing awake this early but I'm running with it: a couple hours creativity then back to bed by 5 for another 1.5 hours sleep.

Peace

David