Deeply dippy...

Today we went back to The Deep. We have a family ticket and, having paid for one visit, can go back throughout the year for no entrance charge, with an option to make a charitable donation. I didn't think too much of The Deep when it first opened - it seriously underwhelmed me. But I've grown to love the place. If you've never been, here's a look inside...

Transfer out...

I have started the thoroughly exciting process of transferring five domain names to a new host. My, I certainly know how to have fun. Prior to today I knew nothing of IPS tags. Now, however, I feel as if I could work my new found knowledge into the next play. Or at the very least bamboozle the staff on the current host's helpline.

I received some quite fantastic correspondence from a student (who shall remain nameless) who failed to turn up to last week's sessions due to transport problems:

I did try to come into hull on friday and caught the 2:30 bus but unfortunately it was delayed by traffic and a train, then more traffic and yet another train at the top of west spring bank. I assure you I will get a much earlier bus on the 30th.

Let's hope the student's writing is as creative as that excuse. In other news, when we were at The Deep at the weekend the sun was in just the right place at the right time to capture Terry Farrell's wonky angled beauty in all its glory. Regard:

All write...

Last week I had the pleasure of giving students at the Hull School of Art & Design some help with scripts for their final major projects. And this week I will be doing it again. It reminded me how much I love being able to say out loud "I'm a playwright" safe in the knowledge that I am a playwright. In February, with a second draft of big play looming and various other bits and pieces needing to be delivered, I will turn my attention back to creative endeavours. Hopefully by then I will have extracted myself from the peculiar shenanigans that have filled the bulk of normal working hours for the last 16 months. The bullshit is wearing very, very thin. In the meantime, here is a picture of Finn getting to know some fish at The Deep yesterday: