Most of today I've been at my desk, battling with a grant application for a research project. Which shouldn't be a demoralising thing to do, but it is. So I've been peppering the day with other activities like learning a Purcell prelude, getting my notation folder in order for a fortnight's time, playing a few tunes, and preparing a demo CD to send out to a few key people in a particular line of work. And I learnt how to play the beginning of XTC's Complicated Game on the guitar (it's far from complicated), continued my efforts to get a stain out of the hall carpet with an iron, backing parchment, and kitchen roll, and listened more to this rather wonderful record.