The good news…

is that Pro Tools 8 is a fantastic upgrade, and Garritan Personal Orchestra sounds pretty gosh-darned good. AND I found out how to patch multiple MIDI channels through a single instance of the instrument.

The bad news: Serious CPU-overload messages and wierd freezing thing going on with GPO. Really not sure what’s causing all this, but I’m sure it could be fixed by chucking a few thousand pounds at a new machine. Shame, that

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Slump

Really not well. Have done nothing, basically but watch telly, most notably “The Day the Earth Stood Still”

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Some very slow knitting

I’m back in recuperation mode after having too much fun and getting too cold and eating a little too much yesterday, so today have done barely anything yet am still as weak as a kitten and totally exhausted. I did achieve a few rows of very slow knitting of the “Strangling Vine” scarf, which is probably about 70% done now. And quite a lot of TV-watching – Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Lovely convalescent stuff.

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Sent off the first batch of film-score files…

… to the filmmaker. I do hope he likes them. Guess I’ll find out in the next couple of days. I finally made the breakthrough I needed to with Finale GPO. The sounds are awesome, I have to say – very tempted to add the full GPO to my list of things I want to buy when I win EuroMillions.

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Video evening in

Another birthday treat – there wasn’t going to be anyone to do anything with, so I figured I’d treat myself to a proper video night. I went out to get a takeaway pizza from our local shop, which has just been taken over by new people – and they gave me a free coffee, a little biscuit and a mini KitKat while I waited! AND it was a great pizza when it came. And the bear had given me Quantum of Solace on DVD, so everything was set

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Had a slobby day

Did the grocery shopping – across 3 different supermarkets, Djeli failed to buy me a birthday present, then we came home and watched A Life Less Ordinary, which was just as quirky and fun as I’d remembered it being.

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Finally watched Jacques Tati’s “PlayTime”

I can see why it wasn’t a commercial success, and while more ambitious, I don’t think it’s as effective as Mon Oncle, which is one of my favourite films of all time. But there are some particularly lovely bits in it, and while the beginning is slow, it’s worth persevering.

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Went and saw “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

with djelibeybi and The Niece. Fantastic film. Amazing acting. Rush out and see it Right Now.

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Posted the first lot of snow photos from the film camera

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Finally watched West Side Story

which has been sitting around from LoveFilm for about 2 months now. Leonard Bernstein, as previously known, was a genius.

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