Was it in "Finding Forrester" that the budding young author is told to write as much as he could so that he'd find out what was actually good writing? I'm pretty sure that J.K. Rowling also said something similar about her lead up to creating the Harry Potter books. So, for the aspiring writers among you, here's something to try out, "NaNoWriMo."

Tags: writing, Finding Forrester, Harry Potter

Still haven't done any sort of training for the London Marathon... I need to have (to quote a Friends line) "The Fear." Besides, my application will probably get rejected and well, some people take training just far too seriously!

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Run In With The Barber

I've been considering the option of getting my eyes lasered recently. 999 per eye is of course expensive but when I consider the cost of contact lenses and glasses over time it does even out. I've heard that it affects one's night vision post treatment so more enquiries need to be made... Anyway, the reason I mention this is because I just got my hair cut and look like a Shaolin monk. This wasn't the plan. Had been too lazy to put my contacts in today and so took off my glasses whilst the deaf barber of marylebone got the shears out. Only realised the outline of my head was looking a little too small and too round too late. Off now to buy a baseball cap.

Shooting My Colleagues

Went paintballing with the firm yesterday, supposedly as a bonding exercise but who am I kidding - we were shooting each other. The Mayhem paintball complex was like an Al-Quaeda training camp. There were about 200 people including our party of 20, all in camouflage with masks. The mask is needed to prevent paintballs (travelling at a little over 200mph) from blinding you but I found that it also helped preserve some anonymity when I shot my own teammates. Come on, I bet you couldn't overcome the temptation if no enemies were around and you had a clear shot in front! You know, when there's no one else about you get a bit bored... The whole day was madness, people were coming out with, "I just want my gun", "Agincourt!", "Shoot 'em in the head!" Anyway, me? 8 confirmed, 5 probable. I'm happy with that. I may not get promoted for a while though... The photos are here.

Me, A Marathon Runner

Am I going mad? I'm going to apply to be in the London marathon! Think it'll be a good laugh actually, and a good reason to keep fit. Am definitely starting to look a bit lardy and harpoonable. To confirm that I'm losing my marbles I decided to go along with J's suggestion and went for supper at an Afghan restaurant tonight. There was even what I reckon was a picture of the Tora Bora cave complex in the corner... It has to be said however that they did serve great food. Yum.

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