I had my first Scottish all-nighter Wednesday, not in a pub but a Photoshop. It was highly silly of me, and in retrospect I would've rather had the sleep, but it's a lovely, reassuring feeling to clamp on headphones, brew some tea, and lose all sense of time.

This because I had a Thursday AM meeting with the studio prof, and wanted to have a bit of work to show for once. The meetings were running over their 15-minute allotments and I fully anticipated an expert belittlement, but it went surprisingly happily, ie, "..and you've used the existing pedestrian walkways for it, but of course! Why the hell wouldn't you!" The only real criticism, about an incidental feature: "Yes, well that's a wonderful thing you've just said, but then your drawings don't really show it, do they?"

I've still got a mountain to do to break even with the rest of the group. There's talent in there, and they're three years ahead of me in studio experience, so can all produce very quick and decisive stuff.

Might go to Edinburgh tomorrow with Claudia, who isn't happy that I work so much, but puts up with me regardless and is an all-around lovely girl.