Flying, curry and TV stardom

[mattp]

Depsite having a shitty week, I had a rather good weekend.

For once, the weather was not against me and I managed to have a flying lesson. I took dineleeeee and scrumpyncheese with me to the aviation viewing park and a number of photos were taken. It was a bitterly cold day,but I was wrappedup warmfor the flight. It was fantastic, and I can't wait to go again this weekend. Themost surprising thing was the low takeoff speed.I had thought it would be in excess of 100mph, but we took off at around 70kts. I startedhaving lessons 10 years ago and though my practical skills had dropped off, I remembered alot of the theoryso we covered quite a lot of content, ending up with spin recovery.

Sunday was a curry at myfavourite place with members of The Geek House and it was as excellent as their usual standard. I also managed to find someone to write the program I mentioned a while back, so that was productive.

mhw: I introduced a few more people to In C by Terry Riley. It's become one of my favourite contemporary pieces of music.

Got home far too late, bearing in mind that I was due in Herts. the following morning. That would have been a two day job, but I managed to complete in one so headed home.

On Monday, the documentary was shown. I skipped most of it though, due to self consciousness :-/ I got a load of phonecalls from various people and didn't get off the phone properly until midnight. Thanks for you rcompliements, everyone. Yesterday I spoke with some of the crewto catch up with them and let them know that I enjoyed working with them and liked the final result. I'm going to miss them, and am looking forward to when I can next head to London and play catch-up.

Busy yet productive day at work, so I ought to press on.

Comments

[tabatha-yeddap.livejournal.com]

You were a superstar!
Sorry congrats are a bit late but have had a manic few days.
See you soon xx

[elfgeek.livejournal.com]

Knowing my luck I probably missed it. What channel was the documentary on & what was it about?

[mattp.livejournal.com]

C4 9PM on Monday night. I have a recording, as does trishpiglet, I think. I've fiddled with the filters and youshould not be able to read the story. (I thought you were already in that filter group, but checked and saw that you weren't.)

[elfgeek.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I can see it now. Thanks Matt!

[mattp.livejournal.com]

Gah. This is a typo I make frequently and it annoys me. I keep mistyping "should now" as "should not", and it completely negates the sense of the sentence.

[x-mass.livejournal.com]

what documentry?

you havent added me so i didnt even know about it and i dont know what your talking about?

[probe.livejournal.com]

I got quite a shock when I watched that documentary, had no idea you were on it. I wasn't sure if I should say anything, but it was a really good programme and you came accross very well; the way you coped/are coping was very inspiring. Thankyou for telling your story I guess is what I am trying to say...

[mattp.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind words. And I wouldn't have done it if I didn't mind people talking about it. I was even recognised in a restaurant last night :-)

[cha-mel-eon.livejournal.com]

your journal is extremely interesting ^_^ would you add me? (lovin the geek code.. ! :D}

[mattp.livejournal.com]

*added*

Welcome to my flist :-)