The end of an era

Looks like my record label, Ivan Lendil Music, home of The Plimptons, manc_ill_kid and sometimes The Just Joans, will be shutting down.

I'm in the middle of a huge CD making job and my printer has stopped working with the message, "Some parts of this printer have reached the end of their service life, please refer to printer documentation".

Now this came just after I'd bought £40 worth of ink and supplies, and printed out about 40% of the job. Damn you Epson and your Photo R300!

The girlfriend is somewhere out there in London, and I'm bawsdeep in trying to sort this printing. On the other hand I've done about as much as I can of the latest Plimpie video (NSFW link) I just need to do the end credits.

The label started back in 2004 when my Gran died and I used the inheritance to buy kits and stock to churn out CDs. But now the printer's knackered, my CD burner is on its last legs and we sold about 5 copies of the last album we put out. It was a phase

Mood swings all over the place

So I had the closest I get to a nervous breakdown at the weekend, there's only just so much pointless driving can do before owning a Smart Car doesn't seem quite so environmentally friendly.
Luckily Fiona saved my life by asking me to house-sit for her while she's away on holiday. She as the nicest house, and it'll be all mine for the next week or so. Finally I'll be able to do my laundry and cook food without The Fear. And its closer to town so I can get back in the gig-going tracksuit.

Last night I got my arse in gear making CDs. My room turned into a right little production line.

• CD Burning on on PC


• CD printing on my laptop


• QC on my CD player


• Packaging on my bed


• Drawing pictures whilst waiting on bottlenecks

Got about 10 frames of animation done too, its starting to get easier as I perfect my technique. Rather than tracking points on keyframes, I track blobs. It gives more fluid movement and better scaling.

Also this NSFW
I gotta get out more and see friends.