Jonathan "Tempest" Phillips

I realised yesterday that I had several projects and tasks that I have wanted to do for a long long time. But every time I find myself with some sort of gap or ability to proceed with one of my projects, I find myself with either 2 or 3 other projects or a whole heap or real life activities that need to be performed. I’ve just moved house and not all of the boxes have yet to find a home. There is a PC to set up, Videos to pack away, stuff to sell on eBay or cash converters and Dishes that need to be unpacked and cleaned. Then there is all the things that need to be done to keep a clan up and running, mountains of work and car problems. Not to mention the huge pile of tasks needed to get the wedding sorted.

Now I want to point out, I am in no way complaining about having all of these items to do. I love all of them. yes even cleaning up the house. I’m a very active person. If I have to spend a day sitting around watching the TV I feel I have wasted the day. Even if I am sitting on the PC I’m either playing a game, working on a project or sorting out something clan related.

But all I really want to do, is all of the above with Claudia. Sitting around watching some crappy TV show all day, doesn’t feel like a waste if I have done it with her. But I feel it is harder and harder to make the time as work keeps filling up my day and then filling up my weekends. My fav past time is sitting in front of the TV with my arm around my Claudia and the other with a fork in a curry.

But getting to my original point. I seems to be loosing an uphill battle against time. Because no matter how much I do there always seems to be more things that need to be done. I have a script I started for a film in the summer of 2002, I have a film that is complete except the editing. Its been filmed for about a year now, but I have yet to find the time to actually edit the damn thing. And now I have shot myself in the foot by saying I will edit the TF2 Podcast Kritkast.

I now feel like I have made an immortal enemy, who everyday I battle with and every day loose at his hand. My nemesis is an evil I shall never defeat. A dictator with an unlimited supply of torture laid out for me. His name is Time.