Went and saw Lior playing at Lizotte's a few nights ago.

It was the second time I'd seen him, and I went along with someone who had never seen him live before. He totally blew us both away. Gotta be one of the best songwriters and performers ever. He makes it all look so effortless. So sublime.

If you like live music at all please go see him, you can see a sample of his brilliance here: [link]

No recordings quite do the man justice, though. He comes unto his own onstage with a guitar and a room full of people.

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Working away on a uni-related project. A bunch of like-minded people were corralled by our lecturers to produce a collective graphic-novel-magazine (that marketing pitch is a mouthful!)

I'm currently working on my contribution, a story called Yokai Forest [link]

The good thing is I'm making progress - I'm really developing my main character more than I was previously, I feel like this short project is teaching me how to create my own full-length graphic novel. The bad news is, I'm supposed to have 6 pages done in 3 days' time, and so far I only have three-and-a-half pages done

For some reason, I keep forestalling myself with distractions. I think I just want to rest on the laurels of what I have gotten done so far, and not worry about messing up the next bit. I keep thinking 'oh no, I can't do that panel yet, it's too complex... but doesn't that last panel I did look cool?'

Which is all quite gawky and sweet of myself, but utterly unproductive.

I'm happy with the pages I've done though. With every bit I do, it keeps getting to look more and more like what I want it to be.

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And yes, the 'lazy' smiley seems to be stuck on. Which is kinda fine, since it's pretty much how I feel all the time anyway

Really gotta get my butt into gear for xmas.