Boy, oh boy. I’ve been meaning to write my blog for such a long time now. I’ve been so very busy and distracted that I just couldn’t do it. I need to be in the mood to write and get my thoughts together. I started a new job recently that has taken up my energy, focus and most importantly time. It’s basically the same job I already do but with a new team that need my help to put processes into place to make their job easier to do, to coach and develop the sales team to success and ultimately deliver a successful business. The challenge is bigger than I was expecting and will also take longer to achieve but I also know that I can make a difference. The hardest part for me isn’t to do with the job itself, that for the most part I know what I’m doing and have a plan. But the commuting and 7am start times are already more than my body and soul can handle. I’ve been very lucky for the past few years having such a short journey to work, so I guess it’s going to feel very different. Certainly having a 5-minute commute makes you lazy and complacent. So, this change in working arrangement should give me the kick up the bum I need to think about my career and future. So, literately watch this space. Should I actually get around to writing about it of course.
So, what have I been doing? I was lucky at the end of August to attend the Leicester Square premiere of the Doctor Who episode ‘Deep Breath’. Arriving at the square a couple of hours before the start, I was greeted with the sight a glowing big blue box, The Tardis. It was joined with a lone Dalek along with people dressed in various Doctor Who related costumes. Anyone who’s been to Leicester Square will know it’s a disgusting tourist trap full of very odd people, Hen and Stag groups and the drunken and broken of society which made me think that someone dressed as a Cyberman or 2000 year old Timelord really didn’t look that out of place.
I’m not going to go into detail about the first episode of new Doctor, Peter Capaldi as some time has passed now. All I can say is I enjoyed it very much and a large audience of Whovian’s cheering along will always make things more enjoyable. I wonder how a terrible episode like “The rings of Akhaten” would have faired with a cinema release? Oh, I know. It would still be bloody terrible!!! The most enjoyable part of the night was the appearance of Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and Steven Moffat for an after screening Q&A hosted by presenter Zoe Ball.
Seeing the new Doctor in the flesh was fantastic and the crowd went wild when smoke filled the room and the Doctor lifted out of the floor. That was one hell of a dramatic entrance. The Q&A was by the numbers and many of the questions having already been asked wasn’t going to shock but it was still engaging and great fun. Frankly at this point Capadli could have read the phone book and I would have had a smile on my face. The whole experience was very enjoyable and I was very lucky to be one of the few that got to attend and it was a great way to start my holiday.
The next day I flew out from London City airport to Frankfurt to begin a 10 day driving tour of southern Germany. That blog is coming soon. Promise.
M