Hellfest - Clisson, France, 18-20 June 2010

Now, 'tis time to tell thee of my journey to a Gaulish field to witness a gathering of wandering troubadours. Or something like that.
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Pictures, for the curious, can be found on Facebook here. If I find the time I may upload some of the better ones to Flickr too, but don't hold your breath!

Backlog

Today, I'll be making use of my time off to catch up on my backlog of stuff that needs doing, cleaning, moving, sorting, installing, categorising, removing, etc. Nothing terribly interesting - I'd love to be able to make a start on the computer games I'm half way through (about 10) or not installed or started yet (about 55 of them), or finish the books I'm reading (about 6) or start the ones which haven't been opened yet (about 70), or the various magazines I've bought but not looked at (20, at least). I also have various musical, programming, or writing projects on the go (over 20, at last count) but they're going to have to wait.

Before I do anything actually interesting or productive I have to clear out my in-tray on my desk (filled with bank statements, cds, flyers, cereal bars, microphones - ok, so it's not a typical in-tray), get rid of all the tabs I have open in Firefox "for later" (38 tabs including this one), answer all the emails that I've flagged as needing answering or otherwise handling (I count 24) and at least halve the remaining actions on my To-Do list (36 items outstanding). I also have laundry to do and a kitchen to clean.

Gah. I wish I knew a way of avoiding this sort of burden, without simply not doing or looking at anything interesting.