the heretic genetic algorithm

Well, one of the unexpected advantages of giving up smoking is that it seems to have made me very susceptible to the effects of other drugs. One cup of coffee sends me hyper, one glass of wine and I'm pretty drunk.

I was fairly assertive in my business group this morning, and took the time out of small group discussions on our business plans. Instead I actually wrote my business plan, which is pretty near finished.

Last night I watched Mirrormask. It was great. Completely trippy, and therefore what I'd expect from Neil Gaiman. The only negative point was that the main actor was a bit "stage school".

I just finished the first draft of my marketing plan for my Women Into Enterprise course. I've been working at it all day, and it's been fucking challenging. There's quite a lot of difference between thinking it would be nice to have my own gardening business, and actually justifying its existence with facts and figures.

One thing that I'm coming up against is fear of putting myself out there. One method of marketing my services that I've come up with is leaflet delivery, and there's a lot of fear in there for me. I'm a very private person - the thought of delivering my baby into the hands of people from work, for example, is quite frightening.

I guess I don't have to put my name on them :)

Anyway, this is at least a job well done.