[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-hey-cool-cat":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"The heat is on. It's been a bit crazy here since I got back from holiday, trying to catch up with everything. And jet-lag has rendered me almost ill with tiredness, but when I go to bed, I'm wide awake. I always sleep like a rock, so it's a good lesson in what people with insomnia have to go through. Last night I had a huge list of things to do, but I was wiped out and could only manage a drawing, to cheer myself up. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cool_cat_lion_zps9e6f9a36-f7748d76e4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHeh heh, and my normally flat hair's gone all frizz, I'm looking a bit lionine myself.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frizz_zpsb6c0a784-4c2f906431.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the \u003Cb>British Museum\u003C/b> with Shelley Mannion and Johanna Perez, who are going to help me with Sunday's \u003Cb>Create a Travel Comic Workshop\u003C/b>. Come make comics with us; there are still a few places left ! And while the Grand Court is a bit muggy, it's lovely and cool down in the guts of the museum, where we're having the workshops. I notice a few other people have discovered this; the sofas in the lobby are full of kids playing hooky from their hot school group tours. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?eventId=426&title=Create%20a%20travel%20comic&eventType=Digital%20workshop\">Details if you want to book.\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit: ARGH! I see my external links aren't working at the moment! Here's the link code, if you don't mind doing a clunky cut-and-paste into your browser. Or you can right-click and open it in a new tab. Sorry about that, I've sent a query to LJ!\u003C/i>\\r\nhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?eventId=426&title=Create%20a%20travel%20comic&eventType=Digital%20workshop\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/british_museum_zpsea1c94e8-38d443fa4d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOur meeting went so long that the British Museum was closed when I left, and I snapped this photo. Going to the British Museum was the thing I wanted almost more than anything when I was 12 and obsessed with Egyptology, and the thought that someday I'd be able to wander about after hours would've thrilled me to no end. Still does. In fact, I have a theory about that rather-rubbish book, \u003Ci>The Da Vinci Code\u003C/i>, that one of the reasons people liked it so much was because it takes them into the Louvre at night, when they're not allowed to be there. Same with \u003Ci>The Time Traveller's Wife\u003C/i> (which I love): Natural History Museum at night. If someone was writing a formula for a bestseller, a famous museum after hours would probably figure in there.\\r\n\\r\nOh, and Soho Square Gardens has turned into a beach, complete with palm trees:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/soho_square_gardens_zps36d90758-78da1d176b.jpg\">","2013-07-18T06:33:00.000Z","hey-cool-cat",[],"hey, cool cat",1776628725339]