Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit


The downward path’s worn and weary, and it’s not going to plan…

Thats one of the great things about not having a plan, you don’t notice when things don’t fit in with it….however, the nature of this world is such that we all need a plan, of some kind, to get along with each other.

The plan didn’t include annoying people by saying the wrong things at the wrong time in front of the wrong people.

The plan didn’t include a breakdown of talks about what happens next.

The plan didn’t include underpaying tax, then leaving the country.

The plan didn’t include coming back to the UK with no plan.

Now it does. It seems.

There is no plan.

“Well I wonder sometimes if I know what I’m trying to do
What I’m trying to say
Where the black and white lines converge
And the blue skies turn to grey
And they ask do I wonder sometimes if the songs that I’m trying to sell
Should be given away
And I wonder where should I draw the thin red line today”


5 comments

  1. Ooh, dear. I’ve got a bit confused about what you were planning, due to the general not-having-a-plan strategy, but does coming back to the UK with no plan mean Nokia are less keen to employ you in places other than Japan when you return than they were previously? I had some vague idea that you were going to carry on working for them, but somewher in the UK. Does this have to do with the inadvertent annying of people, or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

  2. ‘No plan survives contact with the enemy’ – Accredited to Sun Tzu. And they recon he knew what he was on about. Keep the faith, it will all come together.

  3. OK when life’s rich tapestry is starting to fray and unravvle at the ends, it’s a selfish sort of fellow that asks whether you’re still planning to be back in England on the 29th August.

    But I thought ‘d ask anyway!

    • You know thats not a yes/no question, don’t you?

      If things are the way they are, then I’ll try to redirect myself via Australia, in which case I won’t be back in time, unless I can’t change my ticket. But I don’t know if things will be the way they are for much longer. Remember, there is no plan.

      Speaking of which, hows the plan for getting the CD together? You gotten yourselves finance for that yet? You still got time to get it done for Whitters?

      • oooh what an evil thing to do: you managed to show up one of the half-planned mutable parts of my life!!!

        I’ll have to be vague because our plans are vague and because nothing is signed yet. But currently we are thinking of self-releasing something this year and then releasing an impressive German-Label-backed release next year…I’ll tell you more when we know more!

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