I spent the evening with chums from RA - I had a really good time, lots of laughing, flow of reason and so on... big jabs at the Catholic church from Col - only 4 lapsed Catholics there, including him - discussion of Tour de France, Tracey Emin - again! 50 Shades of Grey - again! The festival, being 30, 30th birthdays, youthful experiences, Kent Miners, working in schools, production of The Tuggses of Ramsgate (briefly), how to get volunteers, "Who is that man?" (nobody knew his name - but Des knew something about him) Whether between us "we" know "everybody" in Ramsgate yet? (I think we're still on 6 Degrees of Separation for some of them), how difficult it was to write sex in novels and get it right (no one else ran with this one - I was trying to make a case for writing about sex, without writing a wank book), Shelley's car crash into Anette's front wall, hot flushes..And lots of conversations I didn't hear - 8 of us made enough noise... the failure of marketing on the Boat project,
Then I lost the horrible, harassed person I am at home for a while - a holiday from the quotidian - such bliss! Really, I must get out more. Although I often find myself preferring one to one chats being in a big group was fun - more frivolous, less intense... It was a contrast to say, equally enjoyable Saturday night - a 2-couple dinner party - fun, more intimate in lots of ways. Less gossipy, more sustained topics, more depth perhaps.
Actually I am going out tomorrow to meet some of the same people - the Pugin play sharing session - I expect there'll be other people too. Then I'm going to have a drink (or two) with Anna. And on Wednesday I believe we're seeing Alexander.... M is going to London on Tuesday to a much more hi-falutin thing - the preview of the Shakespeare exhibition at the British Museum - he thinks it might be good networking - but as he will be accompanied by his mother, who will want to meet all the most "glamorous" people in the room, he may not have a chance to do this freely. I will be interested to hear how the dynamics work.
That's what it's all about really - the dynamics of different groups... how we fit together, what we can say to one person or group that we can't say to another. I suppose we belong to such different groups that sometimes I do feel like a slightly different person. I would occasionally like to discuss politics and the economy - and this seldom happens... one can feel out of the loop... But the Kate out - the "party mode" Kate is a very different animal from the domestic version. I am not really a "party animal" I can get very tired of socialising - but at the moment I seem to be well balanced - plenty of my own company/writing etc. during the day - a bit of socialising at night. I also wonder whether the fact I did not write today made me a more cheerful companion this evening?
Then I lost the horrible, harassed person I am at home for a while - a holiday from the quotidian - such bliss! Really, I must get out more. Although I often find myself preferring one to one chats being in a big group was fun - more frivolous, less intense... It was a contrast to say, equally enjoyable Saturday night - a 2-couple dinner party - fun, more intimate in lots of ways. Less gossipy, more sustained topics, more depth perhaps.
Actually I am going out tomorrow to meet some of the same people - the Pugin play sharing session - I expect there'll be other people too. Then I'm going to have a drink (or two) with Anna. And on Wednesday I believe we're seeing Alexander.... M is going to London on Tuesday to a much more hi-falutin thing - the preview of the Shakespeare exhibition at the British Museum - he thinks it might be good networking - but as he will be accompanied by his mother, who will want to meet all the most "glamorous" people in the room, he may not have a chance to do this freely. I will be interested to hear how the dynamics work.
That's what it's all about really - the dynamics of different groups... how we fit together, what we can say to one person or group that we can't say to another. I suppose we belong to such different groups that sometimes I do feel like a slightly different person. I would occasionally like to discuss politics and the economy - and this seldom happens... one can feel out of the loop... But the Kate out - the "party mode" Kate is a very different animal from the domestic version. I am not really a "party animal" I can get very tired of socialising - but at the moment I seem to be well balanced - plenty of my own company/writing etc. during the day - a bit of socialising at night. I also wonder whether the fact I did not write today made me a more cheerful companion this evening?
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