Happy 5th Birthday

It was Lachlan and Nathan's 5th birthday on Monday and in the theme of their pirate party thought I'd post a pic I made of Lachlan as a Pirate of the Caribbean.

The change in the air

Well, I thought it was time for an update now that I have some exciting news to update you all on. I've decided to leave World Vision! Yep, after over three and a half years I'm moving on to bigger and better things. As of 14 September(that's the day before my birthday for those who don't know) I'll be working in the heart of creativity in agency world in London. I'm going to be the Creative Services Manager with an agency called Domain who specialise in working with charities. It will certainly be a challenge but an incredibly exciting one and my chance to sink or swim. Hopefully those swimming lessons I had when I was younger will pay off. Did I actually have swimming lessons Mum?

As well as working in London I'll also be moving my home down to London. This will mean that I can enjoy all the sights and sounds London has to offer. So the next challenge - finding somewhere nice and affordable to live. If anyone knows of any places with a few spare rooms(for my studio and friends to stay), a nice backyard, close to a park and the underground, with great views across London and in a quiet area for a reasonable price let me know!

Besides my new job nothing much exciting has been happening really. I'm sure by now most of you will have seen the recent terrorist attacks in London and thanks to all of you that rang and texted me to see if I was still alive. Fortunately, as those who contacted me and my blog readers will already know, I was rather close to the action but thankfully not too close.

On the music front, my album which is only a few more years of completion is progressing quite well. I think I've almost got all of the average songs out of my system and am hoping the brilliant ones will come next. I do have the cover design almost worked out though, which as a creative type I know is VERY important.

I'm also looking forward to some overseas visitors in the next few months. Mum's coming at the end of August for a few weeks and while she's enjoying the sights of Norway I'll be touring Scotland with Caleb and Merren. So that should be great and I'm looking forward to seeing all of them.

Yes, I'm still fine.

For those of you who heard the news about the bomb blasts in London, just thought I'd let you know I'm fine. I was, however, rather close. Perhaps a little too close, although I had no idea what was going on at the time. All I knew was that the underground wasn't working so I had to walk to a meeting. In my lack of awareness I stood on the corner of Euston and Woburn Place(see map below) calling someone while facing up the street when the bus was behind me.

The first I knew of it however was an SMS from Mum! News travels fast.

Crazy Day.

How to BBQ - the long way

There was a South African, an Australian and English person in a car and.... ummm... well you really had to be there to realise how funny it was.

Basically the story was Amy had a BBQ/party in London and the plan was to head down a little earlier so I could buy some gear for my 'studio' however we managed to turn the 1.5hr trip into something closer to 3hrs and the store shut. It was, however, entertaining and we got to see half of London.

Unfortunately due to reasons which can't be disclosed I can't publish any photos of the party up but here are some of the drive back to MK through London. As we'd accidentaly seen half of London on the way down we(I) decided to see the other half on the way back.

EVERYTHING'S FINE!!!!!

I feel the need to blog, mainly because I can but also to say everything's fine. Maybe I need one of those 'Everything's fine' alarms(like on the Simpsons) that goes off constantly to let you know everything's fine. When it stops, you worry.

There's not too much exciting happening at the moment other than work and churning out the odd 'average' song. I heard someone's thought once that it takes a songwriter 100 songs to write a hit. The trick is knowing which of the 100 songs is the hit? Is it the first one? The last one? Or the 52nd one? I guess I won't know until I reach 100. In the meantime I'll keep them coming, might even stick them on an album someday.

Work is driving me a little crazy at the moment although I think it's mainly the idea of work rather than the actual work I'm doing. I'm at the point where I'm thinking how do I know if what I'm doing is what I should be doing if I havn't done the things that I think I'd also like to do? So there could be a change in the air. Stay tuned.

New look 'phlog'

Well I've found the time to delve into this whole blog thing a little more and redesigned my site. Let me know what you think and what I should change or add - you can be honest, I'm not precious.

My Studio

Considering I spent so much time in it, thought I'd show you some pics of the third bedroom aka 'The Studio'


And here's a little movie of it: featuring my latest track as a soundtrack.

Mobile

I also finally got a UK mobile! I'll be using this one more than my old one even though I've still got the Australian number, so if you want to update your phone book let me know and I'll give you my new number.