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I don't have a lot to say today really. Just felt like my old journal was getting old and it was worth giving you an update on what's happening with the creative side of my life.

I tried animation. I hate it. And I have to produce an animation for class. Eugh.

I have been reading a lot more than I have ever done in my life. I'm now reading Derren Brown's Tricks of the Mind. It started off promising then got boring. But we'll see. Other than that I've mostly been reading stuff for uni. Media theory and anything else I think might be useful. I was recommended The Fundamentals of Illustration by my lecturers, but it's shit - mostly because it's filled with bollocks and bad art.

I haven't been watching enough films. Oops. I've not been to the cinema in ages, this should change now that a friend can get me in for free, but still. Bad Joey.

I spoke to Stiv about a collab, and then got tied up in uni work. Ugh.

Speaking of uni work, my current project to illustrate the Owl and the Pussycat needs doing. You can see work for that, and everything else I scribble, on my blog. [link]

I learnt how to bind books! Which is just too cool. I can make BOOKS. Maybe my enthusiasm for this is a bit off, but I honestly think there is something seriously cool about being able to make your own book. And as soon as my uni projects are done for the year, I'm going to make my own sketchbooks and stuff.

I do take a small sketchbook everywhere. And it has had it's benefits. There have been times when I've been stuck somewhere, waiting for a train that isn't due for another 40 minutes and really been thankful of something to do. I haven't however used it anywhere as much as I should have. I end up sitting on trains contemplating drawing someone further down the carriage, but never actually doing it.

Thorpe Park's new ride failed to work yesterday when I went to ride it. This made me angry. How on earth did Thorpe Park manage to brake German engineering? That is, frankly, impossible. [link]