Mandi wasn’t looking forward
to going out last night, as I had been invited to a ‘do’ at The Maze along with
a load of other people somehow connected to the Nottingham music scene as a
social thank you for supporting the venue over the years. Having been out to
gigs with me before, she thought that I’d spend all my time talking to people
and leaving her out, which I have been guilty of in the past. I couldn’t turn
this down though as in my opinion it is about time I was invited to this kind
of thing, having considered myself something of an outsider with the community
in the beginning and managing to work my way in over the last few years. We had
already arranged to go out for a few drinks at The Lincolnshire Poacher, so
decided to start at The Maze and work our way down the hill to the pub. The
free bar was another incentive of course, but we didn’t abuse that like I would
have done once upon a time.
Mandi’s fears about being left
out were unfounded in the end, as apart from one other person I didn’t have the
first idea who anyone was. I had seen a lot of names that I knew in the
invitation message but none of them turned up. We stuck around for a couple of
hours before heading off, and managed to snap this picture without attracting
too much attention.
Since I was a child I have
enjoyed spotting signs of a lingering Christmas; decorations, street ornaments,
banners, that sort of thing. There’s something a little sad about these little
hints of Christmas, and I wonder about the circumstances sometimes. Today I saw
this window display and realised that it actually was part of an old people’s
housing complex, so there’s a chance that the occupant died during the holiday.
Today seemed to run away with
us a bit, I made breakfast and we headed out with Jack to do some shopping.
Before we knew where we were it was teatime and Saturday was almost over. I
haven’t done anything productive today apart from sorting out the music for
tomorrow’s show, which didn’t really take long. Saturday is the one day that I
make a concerned attempt to stay away from work if I can, so I don’t feel
guilty about wasting a day.
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