So started on time to a whole host of fun and bugs. Spent the entire day either trying to get a video player to play without corruption or fixing lens flare. Oh the joys. Need to get a build done today ready for testing and upload tomorrow, so all very busy.

There was a sale on, on FCPX plug-ins, so now got a few more. Expect them to be abused on to a video some time soon. I’m trying to order a ISaw A2 action cam, but the web site is shit and keeps falling over. Okay, so it’s not a go-pro, but it’s a third of the price and will probably do the job just fine.

Went to the gym and did Spin. No gym tomorrow as I’m being dragged out for Valentine’s day. We are going to the cinema and having a meal, I’m sure it will be awful.

Need to make a big list of things I need to pay for, like car parking, car hire, hotels and stuff. More money.

Started at 6:30AM, took Dillon to daycare, they are moving and their prices going up, this could become an issue. Sasha moaned. Went back to bed.

Got up and powered up, me, Sasha, the coffee machine. Still working on a load of graphical bugs, also doing some multi-player testing. Loads of work to do. Picked up Dillon mid-afternoon. Went to the gym an did Pump. Drunk my protein shake. Ate far too much chocolate, the good thing is I’ve almost run out of it now. Topped it up with salad. Didn’t finish work until late, lots of shouting at code.

Ordered a Rode videomic pro. Hopefully video audio will be a lot better then. Talking of video, I think I have an idea for a new one….

Woke up just in time to get Dillon in the car and take him to the vets. Just for boosters, all in good shape. There was a miserable women there who arrived with three cats in shopping bags. They asked her if that was all of them, she said no and that she had eighteen more. She smelt of wee.

Got back and started work. Spent the entire day fixing one bug, and to be honest by the end of it I’m still not a hundred percent it’s fixed.

I rang the B&Q customer services number, listened to some death metal music on hold for ten minutes then finally got through to a women with an IQ lower than the dogs, she told me my order would arrive Thursday, I said thanks for telling me, she didn’t get the irony.

Had a home check to do for a puppy. So went to the gym and then did the home check. Ate salad and then about half a box of celebrations. I may not be drinking, but what I’m lacking in alcohol I seem to be making up for in chocolate. Watched some telly. Think I’ll attempt an early night. Dillon at day care tomorrow.

Now been a week since I ordered the flooring for the kitchen, haven’t heard a bloody thing.

Got up, started work. Fairly dull today, looking to fix a couple of bugs. Did one.

Walked the dogs, Dillon walked well on his nose lead. He’s at the vets tomorrow for his boosters.

Went to Combat, my stomach still hurts a bit. Came back, did some more work. Then tried to catch up on a lot of television.

Last night we actually sat down with the whiteboard and planned our route. It’s a long way, a really long way, about 4,800 miles. It’ll be fun. I’m sure. I’ll be sharing the driving with myself. Still, eighty days to go, so enough time for lots of re-planning. I may cut out Kansas, I’m sure a lot of Americans may feel the same way.

So this morning started off very lazily. Don’t know how many times I went back to sleep. Took two cups of coffee to boot the system. Decided we really must sort this trip out, so thought the best way to do it would be to scribble it all on a whiteboard. Problem is we didn’t have one. So rather than get into DIY which I wasn’t in the mood for we went into Staples and got one. Came back and picked up the dog shit. Then had boiled eggs.

Finally decided it was time to do some DIY, so I’ve painted the door frames and the skirting in the hall. This is really temporary until I do the hall properly. It really all needs stripping back and redoing. But this will make it tidy so I can attach the beading. I took the door off the cloakroom and planed it down a bit. Will need to do the door strip and fit the door back. I’ll do the kitchen skirting next week. God knows where the flooring is.

Installed latest version of FCPX on MacBook. Also put Photoshop CS6 on here as well as the final cut plug-ins. Had a bath. Made a curry (it was in a jar, not as nice as mine). Now sat down and the whiteboard still hasn’t been used.\

Oh, I uploaded part 2 of ‘The Boyfriend Tag’ video, this is the one where Jamie asks me ten questions. Give it a view. ‘The Boyfriend Tag – Part 2’.

So started this morning like a normal Saturday. In bed. Read the paper, cruised porn. I saw something I found very disturbing last night on Facebook. It was posted by a 15yo kid (who is a friend of my nephews which is why it was on my feed). He was doing a ‘neknomination’, this is where you dare one of your mates to do something silly with alcohol. Alcohol is not something to be messed with, especially if you are fifteen. He poured a can of larger into a pint glass, added vodka, milk and then a raw egg and drank it. I’m sure he then spent the rest of the evening yakking up in the bathroom.

I walked the dogs, had lunch and then decided to shoot a new video. So I set it up in the kitchen and filmed it all. I then popped out, got some crickets and walked up and down Gloucester Road in the rain. Haven’t been there for a long time, have no desire to go there again for a long time.

Came back and edited the video. Did the accounts. Drew a jazzing penis on Jamie’s side while he was asleep. (Yes I have a photo). I’m now going to have a shower and make the food.

I’m still off the booze, not that it’s making any difference to my weight. My stomach hurts, but I think that’s more to do with Laverne and her personal training than anything else.

Here’s the video ‘No-Neknomination’ AKA ‘How to enjoy tea’.

For some reason I started very late. Anyway, got on with it. Once again I had one job to do and actually did it plus a bit more, so can’t complain. Weather is still shit. I’ve got a couple of bugs to trace tomorrow plus look into another small optimisation. Next week I need to start looking at shader resource tables. The principle is very simple, the implementation will be very frustrating, but hopefully all worth it in the end.

Walked Sasha, Dillon wasn’t interested. Went to Spin. Span. Did more work. Managed to get PhotoShop to work on the iMac. Ordered another memory card for the camera. Trying to get an external mic but everyone is out of stock.

Mother sent me an email to say her strip light is flickering. That must be the cue to either send in the marines or to ignore her for a couple of weeks. I think I’ll take the latter option.

Woke up at 6:30, took Sasha to daycare. Massively windy outside, I heard a recycling box fall over. I looked out the window and saw the women next door in a cardie, in the pouring rain, picking up my dog food tins. I let her get on with it. Went back to bed where I was then rudely awaken by a courier. Dillon escaped and went on a bit of a tour. I then ended up outside in the rain in pants trying to call the dog in.

Eventually started work. Had one task to do day, which I completed. I have another one to do tomorrow and then another complete batch of hell, where I have to do shader resource tables. These will be a massive pain in the ass, but will hopefully all be worth it.

Took Jamie to the bank. Picked up Sasha.

I now have my laminate flooring power saw. Also managed to buy a Joby Gorillapod from E-bay.

I read one of my mothers emails to a friend of her’s (yes I get a copy of all her emails, the NSA have got nothing on my abilities). She said “Oh, Tim’s learning to fly a helicopter, but before he can fly solo he has to pass a medical, he failed it due to the antidepressants he’s taking. Sitting at a desk writing computer games all day, would drive anyone to depression.” Actually it doesn’t, I’m usually pretty happy when I’m working, it taxes my mind, it can be quite stressful but it doesn’t make me depressed. Listening to her bang on makes me depressed.

Went to Pump. Increased my weights. It hurt. Drank a protein shake. Eaton too many sweets. I’ve upgraded to the latest FCPX now, all seems good. Haven’t heard from B&Q, god knows where my flooring is.

So finally at about 3AM the iMac decided to compress the bloody video and upload it to YouTube. There was then a bit of panic as it kept coming up unavailable. Then I worked out that it was encoding everything in five hundred different formats in the background. I then added the annotations and finally went to bed.

Woke up sober yet again, I’m getting the hang of it now. Cracked on with work which was mainly syncing and testing stuff. It’s all working now. Also did a bit at the end, which was another optimisation, but I need to think through that a bit more carefully.

Ended up finishing later than I planned. Went to the gym and did a run, but by god was I knackered. Came back and installed the iMac memory upgrade. Worked on second attempt after I gave it a bloody great shove. Then I upgraded the iMac to Mavericks. That all went okay. I’ll try and stick the latest FCPX on it tomorrow. It seems to be a bit more spritely now it has 12GB Ram. Jamie has lost my memory card. He still hasn’t cleared the plates and glasses in the bathroom. I posted another picture on Facebook which he asked me to take down as it was ’embarrassing’, why doesn’t he just clear it up? Updated the server, de-flead Dillon and updated WordPress.

So anyway, go watch my new video, “The Boyfriend Tag”.

Remember you can follow me on twitter @mannmansion

Captain James sent me a text, possibly flying Sunday. I ordered all the laminate flooring for the kitchen, plus a special power saw. That’ll be fun.

Oh the MacBook Air finally needed charging. And in about half an hour it’s gone back up to 45%.