If there is one thing about running your own business that I really like, it's meeting with clients. Although this might sound a bit weird (why on earth would you want to spend time in meetings?) I am a fairly personable person, and so it gives what otherwise is essentially a computer based lifestyle some element of social interactivity. And despite what people often think, I'd much rather be away from the computer than on it. Plus communicating in all things digital is often hassle-free, but it's much better to be face to face with the person. Ideas flow better. Its just generally better.

Yesterday morning I had to peel myself out of bed at 8am for a 9.30am business meeting. Not accustomed to getting up at such a ridiculous hour, I made sure the shower was set to scalding and the coffee mixed to the consistency of road slurry.

All went well. I met with Mark from Fragwear / MMDownload / DriverHeaven / PCdoesIT / EasyType / TradePrice to discuss a range of project work over the next six months and ultimately time immediately after my graduation. It looks like there are some fairly high profile projects on the horizon, and it sounds like there may well be extra strings to my bow (my portfolio), possibly including work on internet virals.

Due to the nature of the day (Friday) it was necessary to celebrate the traditional student festival (the weekend), and so I made my way over to Tongy's for a FND pre-party with a crew entirely made up of guys from IDT. We chilled for a while there before catching a drink in Orange Tree (briefly seeing Mario; Happy 21st mate!) and then a taxi to the Union. The queue was stupidly long , but the extra wait gave us time to meet up with Anna and her new boyfriend, who were back up from placement. Ginger Rich and DDS were also knocking about too.

Once inside we traipsed around the bars and eventually settled on the balcony for a while. As the night drew on I ran into a number of towers/ex-towers people and spent the end part of the night in piazza and Bocca. Chris made a major misjudgement during the course of the evening, and ended up outside, but thankfully nothing came of it. Overall a good laugh.

None of my house had been out. Rufio and Devito had met up with Flash in Notts for a Strokes concert, and had planned to be back in time to get to the Union, but didn't make it in the end. However this morning it gave me time to catch up with Flashman over a Maccy D's, his treat.

Tonight I think I'm being taken out again.