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Went to the comics convention yesterday which was quite fun. Not as many tables as there were last year, it seemed to me, and less people around but then, the weather was hardly inviting. Set up with John at his table and had a few copies of the new zine issue on show. A couple of people poked round a bit, but to be honest, the only people who make any sort of money at this kind of thing are those with a pretty big web following already. It really isn't the place for new stuff to break in, unless it's by someone already established. 

Name dropping:

Adam Cadwell
Peckerwood
Crazypantsmag
Tammy Taylor

Spent practically no money of my own, which was a bit of a relief, and realised how little there was that really grabbed my attention. I did meet some new people who are doing pretty cool stuff (two friends, for example, who've just finished their A levels and practically have their own merchandise line going with great plastic figurines and everything) and gave out my 'card' here and there. It was also really great to bump into familiar faces who not only actually recognisd me in spite of not having seen me for just under a year, but are also doing pretty well . To be honest, though, I was comparatively zoned out having just arrived from flower arranging at church and, due to the usual assortment of vigils and services etc, being more than a trifle tired. 

And now for something completely different...

I really enjoyed the Easter programme this year, though to be honest, it's little more than a case of practise makes perfect: we've been having traditional dawn services for four years now, and today's was nigh on perfect with a fabulous breakfast afterwards during which we had the usual conversation concerning socialist feminism and black separatism. I know, I know... we're becoming all too predictable like that. To be honest, thing like that make e realise how fortunate I have been in terms of my 'community' and also how much I'm going to miss it all when I go. Didn't think I'd ever be this emotional, but if there's one thing this gap year has demonstrated is that I am occasionally capable of surprising myself.

Will get pictures of my arrangements up soon, but I'm really waiting for the lilies to come out in the main piece: I like the look of them when they're closed as that tends to modernise what is a fairly traditional Western flower arrangement (been doing some reading on Ikebana and some of the concepts actually work quite well in a ostly Western fusion between the two flower arranging styles), but I did the whole thing up with the idea of the flowers filling up the paces gradually over the coming seaon, and I'm just hoping it doesn't turn out to be too much (as lilies can sometimes be).

Tomorrow I'll be off to Woking to watch a productionof Oliver that my Greek teacher is performing in. Considering going to the matinee, but I keep on getting the dreadful feeling I'm supposed to be doing something early on in the day. Ah, well. C'est la vie.