4756 - The X files

As usual, with any IT task that
I attempt, it's slow and painful and hard
But my Ed Fringe and Milan pics are sat
On Dropbox and my PC files. Forward
To the next step on my to-do list thought
Up yesterday, which so relieved my mind
Making me see that finally I ought
To think and act positively and kind
And that next step, part of being less blind
To how much I need others, is to put
Some recent pics on a website, the thought
Being to find a mate from womankind
Yes, it's exciting, and why should I wait?
I've worked hard, now it's time for my reward

4694 - Milan Day 5

Destination Bergamo, so Metro
M5 (purple line) to Garibaldi
Changed to M2 (green line), two stops to go
And we're at Centrale. Platform 10's the
Only platform to go, so you can be
In Betgamo in fifty minutes. Caught
The 1A bus to Citta Alta. We
Couldn't have walked to the High Town. We ate
A great pasta meal in the old square. Fate
Drew me a little further. Tesoro
Was a fantastic sight for phone to see
I videoed and photo'd at some rate
Also, the Duomo. Back to Milan, throw
Last nice food down our throats, P, J and me

Mon 1 July

4685 - The Fleeting Scotsman

Slept well in the circumstances, alarm
Woke me from deep repair prematurely
3:45, but summer daylight warmed
The heart. Even this June beats January
Just catch that bus to Scotland, leaves promptly
3:45 it goes the motor way
To Edinburgh, mother north city
I caught 40 winks somewhere round Tebay
Caught the best hills on wheels of 2 storey
On arrival, not yet in the mood, torn
Between fact-checking and Bony Tony
Photo opps, opposing forces at play
Uploaded in Starbucks, recharge til warm
Then a late bus down to English country...

Sat 22 June

4660 - Sleep no more

Hardly any sleep, mind active last night
No reason except lots of sleep two days
In a row. At work, despite being tired
Finished my piece of work. No exercise
When home again, of course, after all this
But pleasantly surprised myself how much
Work on social media and images
I got done after a very late lunch
(Make that tea) of quorn mince and lots of mush-
rooms. Maybe it was this good food that fired
Extra energy into me, who knows?
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube page
All posted on, comments gained, pictures liked
I have to now ensure momentum stays

Tue 28 May

4649 - Shooting a star

Good day's work, I applied for the Leap course
An accelerated development
Programme, and though it might be tough, it's worse
To languish and stagnate. Join the ferment
Of pushy loud people, like performance
Arts people I'm joining soon in Scotland
Studying social media's this weekend's
Task. It should be mainly free. I've now found
Another guy to film me. Determined
To get some footage and pix, next few days
Next week's evenings I hope are mainly spent
Shooting, out and about. Could be combined
With some material we could shoot indoors
The flat's free all week. Chan's away again!

4642 - Money makes the world go round

What a week! Not just European Champions' League
Amazing football results, but my own
Achievements with my Edinburgh show this week!
Last weekend I saw with shock the deadline
Four days away or I'd be out of time
To upload my press release and photos
Publicity photos to ensnare fine
Journalists! They must be good. Heaven knows
Tom had let me down. I couldn't use those
Shit quality pics on my phone! Mystique
Of problems dissolves with money, I'd gone
On Gumtree, hired someone, yesterday posed
Round Deansgate / Castlefield, and now at work
I've put it all on the theatre webzone!

4641 - Pictures are thrilly

I've just done my first publicity pix
As my alter-ego Bony Tony
Apart from two in Morocco, that is
But this time Liam was hired by me
And he's got a good camera, and will be
Useful in social media use, also
My timeline and my itinerary
Is getting hectic now. By tomorrow
I'll try to upload the best four photos
And my 300 word draft press release
Plus flyer and poster designs, hee hee!
Before going to the shoot, new ideas flowed
A new song about me and my worm. It's
Also got a name now - Squirmy Wormy!

4639 - And that's (not) magic

The last two times I've played to my music
I've switched from uke to guitar, and tonight
I built nicely on two nights ago, quick
To adjust to the guitar after quite
Abandoning it for two years. I tried
Playing some solo notes, playing the bass
(Much more powerful than on the uke!!) and bright
Flicks of the fingers towards the top space
To add top notes, creating rhythmic grace
I just need to practice some more. Magic
It's not - I can do this because for night
After night, I played my guitar for years
I've got a cameraman lined up to click
My publicity shots on Thursday - great!

4638 - TB Confidential

I must admit I put my work off all
Day - typical me, not done much despite
It being a long Bank Holiday break. Full
To-do list, lying ignored day and night
While I watched the entire first box set
Of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Mind you, I
Eventually began to work about
7pm, til 10:30, felt my
Confidence grow after a bad start. Why
I'd not found the email earlier, but still
I found it, logged in to production site
Of theSpaceUK, learned more technically
Drafted a press release. Next step, I will
Find a social media assistant. Great!

4631 - Music at the speed of thought

Struggling a little with Dropbox but most
Of my stuff's on there now from years ago
All done yesterday, now it took me loads
Of time to drop a two minute video
Into Dropbox, an hour in fact, so slow
As it is with photos, unless you can
Drag them from other files, then it is oh
So easy and quick. Now my phone it can't
Upload any more videos. Why not, man?
Too tired to do much else tonight, I'm just
Listening to music, sent Helen one now
Might play uke in a while, makes my mind run
Like no other activity, get lost
In superfast thought. But too tired, so no

4630 - Pictures of Silly

Hard day at home, Josephine cancelled our
Day out in town cos she's too tired, so I
Have put all my stuff on Dropbox, from the
Sound files from Pinhole Studios of my
Songs for the Fringe show, fresh in my mind's eye
To old snapshots from years, even decades
Ago in some cases, all now put by
Safely on the Dropbox website! Time fades
The memory til you see photos in spades
So many, and when I still had dark hair
Or when my kids were little, tears were dry
And smiles made up of tiny teeth were wide
Now I think I'll play uke for the next hour
Then maybe a beer, settle down nicely