Oh MAN.......don’t you HATE those people who start blogs...get into it for a couple weeks then BAM...you never hear from them again.

Like some spoilt kid with a new toy.......sure I've got my excuses.....I’ve had NO INTERNET at home...a hideous setback that is STILL not rectified......don’t even try to complain about telecom in New Zealand.. British Telecom is like the evil monster you meet at the VERY end of a video game after you have already destroyed some tough dragon you believed to be the last one.(already dealt with New Zealand companies)..then all of a sudden you realise that you have to tackle the mother ship with what little shreds of patience you have left......

I'm just not going to go into it but REALLY.....

I’ve also been rather poor....so when i am at a net cafe you can bet I'm doing far more constructive networking/opportunity hunting style things than blogging to you lot.

But here I am and it is WELL time for an update.....

Well I have settled into my new home in Angel, it is a BEAUTIFUL area of London, green leafy trees line the streets, there is a canal running near my house with amazing charming longboats lined along it where gypsy style folk live...they have a boat club even...........there are pubs of all kinds (quaint, organic and plain old English pub) that are dotted all about.......on Wednesday and Thursday there is a little antiques market that takes place along the windy cobbled streets along the main road not 2 minutes walk from my house....and on Saturday there is a farmers market 5 minutes walk on the other side of the main drag where a whole street is filled with amazing produce etc.....

its gorgeous.....and as the sun shines as bright and clear as the N.Z summer I not long left behind...i am thinking of you all.

My life is going fairly well...I'm all settled now really, all the various numbers I need are finally sorted......and I have regular casual work in Albemarle Gallery. I'm also doing hospo and bar work to pull in the pounds for the rent, and have gotten into not only more art writing and more exhibition projects but also into music. I've joined a little band and it keeps me busy in the evenings.

I have images to show you...but at the moment i am rinsing some free internet cloud so am unable to post them up...I’m in the 80's and 100ks is a HUGE image to post...

Ill soon show you my house, my friends, my objects I’ve obtained from the antique store, my gallery and everything else I’ve got that’s fast adding up to my new life.

London in the summer is amazing, music, galleries, people flocked to the little squares of green in droves lying around with their shirts off behind the cast iron railings...their multitude and relaxed more animal summer induced tranquillity makes them look like monkeys in cages...outdoor zoos.......the ice-cream man pulls up and they all eat it lazily and drink their beer from the convenience stores...its really quite endearing...we really are spoiled for parks and space in NZ.

-S