Part Time Ninja

Wedding Bash

2007-05-06T00:34:01Z

I went to JL's wedding party last night.

She looked beautiful and I felt honoured that she came and spoke to us at our table considering all the people that she had to see during the party. I met JHa's Boyfriend Phil and he's a great guy, I also met JHi's Husband who's also pretty cool, he gets my Kurosawa references which is no bad thing.

I ended up slipping into an Irish accent halfway through the party which I thought might freak out JHa but she seemed to take it pretty well seeing as she as never heard me using it before. I just hope I did'nt say anything stupid.

The whole party was very good and I'm really happy for JL, Hopefully we can catch up when she's back from her honeymoon.

Well,

See ya.

New Job! - but don't get excited

2007-02-27T00:09:53Z

The other day I was asked by my boss to step in and cover some maternity leave for six months. The last thing I want to do is tie myself down to the place but the extra money will be useful in the meantime.

I was going to get my road tax tomorrow but I've just found my MOT's up. Arrrrrgggghhh! I hope it will pass but I may have to take it off the road if it doesn't and maybe look at getting something newer.

I hope it passes.

I'm still finding great videos on YouTube like Mark Leung's "College Saga". This has got to be one of my favourite short movies ever.
Check it out .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwLrgxtALWs

I should really put something of mine on here. Maybe later.

See ya.

My year so far

2007-02-12T01:38:59Z

I've been so rubbish at updating this journal lately.

It's probably because I've not had much to put in it recently. All of my new years resolutions have been floundering in no-mans land and I have'nt done much about my long term goals in filmmaking. I think I just need to stop worrying about writing or stories and just grab my camera and shoot something, anything. My biggest problem seems to be actually starting a project and its something I need to cure.

I was in Birmingham recently for a course on some new reporting software. Boring! It was time away from work so I can't really complain but I lumbered myself with it because they could'nt find anyone else to do it. What was I thinking? I guess I'm doing even more for the same crappy salary. Arrrggghhh!

Anyway,

I'm still supposed to go rallying again next month so I'll post some pictures if I take any. It might be better if the evidence doesn't exist in case I crash.

My brothers radioplay is still going strong and I'm still playing the Narrator, you can check it out at the link below. I still owe him lines for the next episode but it should be out soon.

http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?t=17629

I came across lots of MAD Tv sketches on You Tube and have been watching them to the extent that my incoming film stock is piling up unseen. It is hilarious though, particularly my favourite, the edited sopranos sketch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYN8loUboA

Other than that not much is going on. I'm so boring.

See ya.

A new vista looking back at the old one

2006-12-16T00:56:12Z

I've had my office move and I'm not sure how to feel about it. I'm right in a corner at the back of the room facing the window looking out at the old office, it dosen't really feel sociable but hey, sometimes that's a good thing.

My new boss still hasn't appeared and I have no idea what she'll have planned for us but until then I'll just crack on as normal. There's a real sense of optimism and apprehension that seems to be simmering away at the moment and we'll all wondering which one we'll get a taste of.

I just finished watching Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and it was absolutely fantastic as always, my favourite show EVER!!!!

I got a great Christmas Card from Jessi which I've put with the ones from work where I've been labeled a miser for my views on the whole event. Just because I think the whole thing is a big marketing scam plus the fact that I'm not religious in the least doesn't mean that I'm against anyone having fun.

Some People take it too seriously.

I felt awful on Thursday morning but still managed to drag myself into work at FW's disgust at my lack of self-preservation. I still felt off today but I'm getting over it. Stupid Bugs going around!

I've got to do my Christmas Shopping today and I don't know what to get anyone because no one has told me what they want or it'll be red "Santa Screwed me!" T-shirts all round.

Anyway, not much else going on right now.

See ya.

Visiting London

2006-11-29T21:54:51Z

I went down to London at the weekend to visit Zofnat and catch up.

It was fun, we went to see Casino Royale which was very good, despite my reservations that it might be a bit crap it seemed to be structured well and had moved away from alot of the over the top Bond that we've gotten used to lately. We spent most of Sunday wandering round Harrods eating scones with clotted cream picking out the raisins.

Virgin trains are useless, The brakes got stuck on the way there making me an hour late and the same happened on the way back de-training us and leaving me to take a relief train. Sort it out Branson.

Back at work on Monday I was a little worse for the wear and was mostly uncommunicative as I tried to stay awake in the fluorescent light pouring past my eyelids, uuuughhhhhh!

I need to concentrate on getting up a bit better in the morning.

I also still haven't got a camera yet but I'll go looking this weekend, these films won't make themselves without some effort on my part. I am finishing off the script now so I hope to have everything ready to go in a week or so.

Not much else going on at the moment though.

See ya.

Under Pressure (Well some of us are)

2006-11-15T00:24:37Z

Just had a pretty stressful week putting together a major piece of work on homecare for the government and feeling mentally knackered as a result. After completing in four days what normally takes 4 weeks, our management decided to go on a conference the day of submission. Arseholes.

This left my boss and the rest of us to get on with doing their dirty work after their fiddling of the figures. They're so concerned with looking good they don't want to tell it like it really is. If you couldn't tell before, I'm angry about the situation and it's just another reason to leave work sooner rather than later.

Aaahhh, so depressing. Never mind, just breathe.

I'm still working on this script idea, It's taking me ages to get motivated. I get so lazy without someone to bounce ideas of and kick me up the arse to do something about it. At the moment it's in fragments of a story rather than a complete picture but hey that's how I work.

Guy Fawke's night ended up pretty uneventful and the fireworks displays were mostly drab compared to last years, Maybe there's a gunpowder shortage after that last Wachowski Brothers movie, you know, to burn all the remaining copies.

I've been making some enquiries to go rally driving again, I miss doing sixty miles an hour through a forest only occasionally hitting the odd tree when on your roof. There's a place quite nearby that I didn't know about so I'll try there too.

Other than that I'm trying to think of a good business idea that I can run from home and keep me in funds while making films but most of the ones I've come up with aren't really that viable. I'm sure that there's something I can think of that'll work though.

Anyway, Later.

Birthday Boy

2006-10-26T23:31:44Z

It was my birthday on Monday and I hate getting older. On the other hand I did get I few nifty things for free so I can't complain that much.

My sister managed to find me a clapperboard which I can use for shooting the movie when I get the script finished. I also got a hilarious e-card from Jessi in addition to a couple of DVD's and books. Oh and I got a cool little speaker unit for when I'm at work from my Dad.

Yesterday Zofnat rang me to congratulate me and we had a general chat about moving to London and finding work. Why can't I be a bit more organised and motivated about practical things like she is. BB at work suggests that I just leave work and move to London finding temporary work when I'm down there. There are loads of low paid office jobs needing people and if it would pay the bills, I might just consider it.

Other than that I've on my own in the office all week filling in a blank spreadsheet, Ugggghhhhh!

Ah well, I'll post again later.

See ya.

Warcraft Addict

2006-10-22T18:06:25Z

I recently got hold of a copy of World of Warcraft and thought, "I like RPG's, this might be alright." So I sat down and spent 4 hours installing it and started playing. Six hours later, I realised the time and instantly knew I liked it and felt a need for some sleep.

I've since been spending so much time on the computer that I should probably go to some AA meeting for Warcraft players.

Other than that I've been writing a short script for a film in the back garden using inanimate objects and an epic storyline. I need to spend more time on it.

I haven't been doing much else recently other than working but my birthday's tomorrow so I'll probably be up to something then.

See ya.

Team Disband

2006-10-12T22:30:13Z

I thought I'd be able to ease myself back into work after a month off but It's been one of those weeks.

Monday and Tuesday were spent running around trying to put a series of pieces of work together for CB, all with totally unrealistic deadlines. Why does she tell everyone that it's possible when she's not the one doing them?! Arrrrghhhh!

Wednesday I was'nt feeling that great so I took the day off. I ended up missing the meeting I was supposed to have with the boss but I'm sure I'll get over it. I spent the rest of the day trying to keep warm while I psyched myself up for the following day in order to attack it with a renewed vigour.

I should have spent more time doing something useful.

Today, I was annoyed. It seems that it the meeting I was to have with the boss, she was to tell me where I would fit in a restructure of the department with me being integrated into another team. My team effectivley disbanded.

This made me angry, I mean, What the fuck?! What was wrong with it the way it is?!

It seems that I'm going to be working for another manager who sees my team and I as an antagonist to hers. Great! Well, if I wasn't sure before about getting another job before, I am now!

Aside from that, Zofnat got in touch and told me that she's coming back to London next month. I'll have to see if I can get down there. I'm also writing a short film that I'm thinking of shooting in my back garden, it could be fun.

Right now I feel pretty sombre about work and my situation but fairly optimistic about everything else. I guess that's a start.

See ya.

Back at Work Again

2006-10-09T17:36:29Z

I'm back home and it's weird. Everything seems to be coloured a darker shade than when I was in London. It just seems a less happy place. Guess it must be me.

Yesterday I left Shepherd's Bush for another day of editing with Derek and we started laying audio tracks into an adventure holiday promo I had cut. I didn't really have time to finish it off but I think that it was starting to look pretty good. I had a lengthy chat with him about how he sees editing and about ways into the industry. Soon after, we were all leaving for home but I enjoyed the course even though it was only two days.

Jessi and I went back to Earl's Court and stopped at the Prince of Teck for a bite to eat. We weren't there too long as I wanted to make sure I caught my train. Again, I really didn't want to leave and I hope to see London and Jessi again soon.

The journey back on the train was more tiring than the course. The constant toilet alarms and the Train managers sarcastic messages about it kept me amused though. The problems started at Crewe when the wrong train turned up on the platform and then details of the right one disappeared altogether. Eventually it turned up half an hour late.
Not happy but too tired to care.

Today seemed to drag on forever as I was half-asleep at least half of the time. I'm really not enjoying work. Aaaaarrrrrghhhhh!

Anyway, I'm going to get something to eat now. Bye.

Avid Editor

2006-10-07T16:57:34Z

Hey, I'm here in London and I've just finished day 1 of my editing course.

I arrived last night and found my way to Shepherd's Bush despite all the tube closures. I'm at Uxbridge Road, right on Shepherd's Bush Common so it was pretty loud all last night.

I met up with Mehdi and Jessi at the "Prince of Teck" and caught up, they really scared me with false tales of my adventures last Friday so I ended up ringing Tim to put my fears to rest. Mehdi and Jessi partied on in the city while I tried and almost failed to get some sleep.

Today, we went through all sorts of things with Derek Young, out tutor and now know a heck of a lot more about editing as a result. We started by editing a promo for a rainforest charity and then moved on to scenes from a 14 year old episode of Casualty, Charlie still looks the same though!

Well, that's really all at the moment.

See ya.

On My Way Back

2006-10-05T20:00:52Z

Well, this week has been enlightening. I knew my work was boring but after four weeks making movies I can't express just how boring. TEDIOUS!!!!!!

I've already started looking for other jobs while I try to get into the film industry. I think that I'll start shooting my own movies here while I'm working. There are plenty of actors around and hopefully they're cheap.

CB at work has been hounding me for all sorts of things with a completely unrealistic deadline and very little in the way of please's and thank you's. I gotta get a new gig. Anyway the whole situation sucks as usual.

Tomorrow I'm off back to London to do the Avid Express weekend course. I managed to get a last minute place through Abi and I've got some accomodation in Shepherd's Bush. I'll have to leave work a little early but sod it.

I can't wait to get back and start doing something creative and while I'm there meet up with Jessi and Mehdi to see what's up.

As I write this I'm freezin' my butt off in the study as the heating's off so I'm going to pack my stuff and get a hot drink down me.

See ya.

LFA Week 4

2006-10-03T18:06:41Z

Well it's week four and it's nearly time to head home.

Monday and we were supposed to start our film editing but our teacher Brian Blamey, failed to show up. Instead we jumped on the Avid Express machines and started editing our DV Rushes. We were told the basics by JP and made quite a bit of progress putting it in scene order. We went to the pub afterwards.

Tuesday and Brian came in to teach us Film Editing. Physically taking the film negative, cutting it with a 16mm Joiner and sticking it back together with cellotape. He had plenty of great stories about Stanley Kubrick as he worked on "A Clockwork Orange".

Wednesday and we were back editing on the Avid Express. A professional Editor named Catherine Fletcher sat in with us and was available to ask questions of but mostly, we were left to get on with it. We went looking for sound effects in the library and also borrowed the schools DV Camera to record some sound effects. We even got Will to produce some dialogue for us too. The day was pretty frustrating in terms of getting the film the way we wanted and Jessi and I had some disagreements over what we should put in or leave out. We went to the pub later and I forgot about it for the evening.

Thursday and the edit was coming together. We had started to add titles and had layed down most of our soundtrack. We had both been hunting for music and sound effects in the library and came up with a couple of things which would work. We were pretty much there but after a quick look at the other films, I wanted to do more. Jessi and I were there to at least 6pm trying out different things. When I got back to my room I tried to get some sleep for the final day.

Friday and I got to the school at about 9.20am and started making the credits for the film. Jessi came in a few minutes afterwards and we put together the cast and crew credits before arguing over the order. She won and I got moved up and Alex, our one-time Producer/Whiner got demoted to Runner. Ha. A few people turned up for the screening including Daisy, Lincoln, JP, Abi, Leon (one of the actors) and a couple of the Diploma students who are on their week off. They all seemed to enjoy the screening but I'm not sure if it was because of the films or the wine that Nicolo had brought. We went to "The Cock" afterwards for the real Wrap party and most of us ended up getting completely hammered. I ended up falling asleep in the pub and missed a good chunk of it.

Saturday and I was up at 5am after being asleep at my desk all night. I went to bed but ended up getting out again at 8pm as I couldn't sleep. I decided I'd go to Euston to find my train times for tomorrow. Only when I was one stop away did I realise that I could have looked on the internet. By this time, Tim had left for Manchester and Zofnat had left for Cardiff. I came back and Austin and I went to Picadilly so that he could go to Lilywhite's to get some stuff to take home. He later left for his hotel at Heathrow and I went upstairs to see Jessi. We ended up chatting while we watched the altercation across the street involving some girl hiding behind some bins, I gather.

Sunday and I finished packing for the trip home. I went to the Internet Cafe with Jessi and forgot to update my blog again. When we came back, Jessi and I said our goodbyes and I started welling up afterwards. I'm going to miss her.

The train ride was pretty slow considering it was a tilting train and after Crewe it seemed as though the train company couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.

Well, I'm home and I've got to go to work monday. I would much rather stay in London so I'm going to try and get back there as soon as possible.

The last four weeks have been some of the best of my life and so much of it is down to Jessi, Zofnat, Austin, Will, Mehdi, Nicolo and Tim. They are some of the greatest people I've ever met and I feel lucky to count them as friends.

Well, See ya.

LFA Week 3

2006-09-24T10:02:09Z

Week three has been really hectic as we spent most of it shooting.

Monday was a production day, a chance for everybody to get some last minute work done before we shoot. Jessi and I spent it going over the few things we still had to get in terms of props and securing the location while Alex our producer was his normally useless whining self. We also had a final meeting with Daisy to look over the final script and preparations we had made. We then helped Medhi and Austin get the studio set-up for their shoot the following day. Medhi decided he wanted the set blue and brought in a tin of paint to our horror since we had to be out by 7pm. We had a quick drink at the pub before getting an early night for the next morning.

Tuesday - Shoot Day 1. Medhi was directing Tim's Script "Bag Lady". I was allocated the role of Focus Puller which means being in charge of all of the camera equipment, pulling focus and zoom, changing lenses, checking the gate and a few other things. We had 4 slates in the studio upstairs and the rest of the story took place outside. It went pretty well and everybody including Lincoln thought we had done a great job. We ended up changing the set around to accomodate the next shoot and repaint it at the same time. Uhhh.

Wednesday - Shoot Day 2. Will was directing Nicolo's Script "Blind Date". I didn't have a specific role on this one as Jessi and I had a final production day before our shoot but we spent most of the day on set helping out and watching the action. Margeaux (The director of phtography) was running around like a pretentious headless chicken without clue as to what she was doing. We all hate her. The shoot turned out pretty well and we went for a quick drink prior to getting of home.

Thursday - Shoot Day 3. Jessi was directing Austin's Script "Recyle". The day started of pretty well as we started shooting at 9.30am before Lincoln came in and mentioned all the things that we hadn't thought of and started again. We had 3 or 4 slates in the LFA kitchen and the rest of the scenes were to be shot outside. We had a pretty good time animating the juice carton with a combination of nylon wires and hand puppertry. We also got in a 48fps waterfall shot that we wanted to try. I'm the DP on this one and I think I may have made a mess of the aperture settings and under-exposed it a bit. IDIOT!!!!! We all got drunk that night on Sambuca, beer and various other alcoholic beverages.

Friday - Shoot Day 4. Tim was directing Don's Script "Identity Theif". All of the scenes were to be shot outside and it bucketed it down. we ended up having to waterproof the camera but the four actors had to make do as we couldn't reschedule. We spent 6 hours standing in the rain but it was great and the only one that complained was our resident princess Margeaux, we all took the piss. I was down to be 2nd AD but was instantly promoted to a variety of jobs as the unreliable whiners took shelter or failed to turn up at all. Afterwards most of us were so knackered that we just went home and the wrap party idea just fell to pieces. We ended up just sloping off home and going to sleep.

Saturday. Austin, Zofnat, Jessi and I decided to see Children of Men which although there seemed to be some general disappointment regarding the overall story I loved it and we all thought that the cinematography and direction were both fantastic. Later we came back and Austin, Zofnat and I met up with Medhi at the pub and drank until closing time and chatted about the week into the early hours.

We're editing the films next week and we screen them on Friday. I can't believe that were into the last week already but I've loved every minute of it and I don't really want to go back yet.

Anyway, see ya later.

LFA Week 2

2006-09-17T09:50:01Z

We've been pretty busy so I'll make it short.

Monday and Tuesday were spent doing pre-production on our shoot. Storyboarding, Creating a Shotlist, Blocking scenes and scheduling.

Wednesday, we had a production meeting with Daisy Gill, our Production Manager and did some further work with John on any practical problems we might have.

Thursday and Friday were spent in Camera and Lighting workshops with Lincoln.

Yesterday the other groups were holding auditions so we helped out with looking after the actors and afterwards we went to see Taladega Nights.

Gotta go.

LFA Day 4 and Day 5

2006-09-09T11:14:41Z

We didn't finish shooting on wednesday until gone 7pm and still hadn't finished shooting Zofnat's film. We got together before 9am thrsday in order to get the exterior shots of the pub and the street. It turned out pretty well.

At 9am we had our actors workshop with Rachel Tilliston (Actress/Director) and professional actors Sally and Andrew. We were split into groups and went through auditioning the actors for roles in a script we were supplied with the day before. We auditioned the actors one to one and went through the internal / external masks of the characters. I was working with Sallly who said that my introduction and thoughts about the character and teh situation were very good but I wasn't able to get across how I wanted her to change her performance. At lunch we took the actors to the pub and talked about how we were getting on and the industry in general.

After lunch, we went through blocking, which is planning an actors movement through the scene and where the camera considering camera placement and the script. It was really useful to be able to see two actors being directed and how a scene can be changed dramatically by a few notes from the director.

Afterwards we saw the movie that we were auditioning the actors for which Rachel directed. It was good but we had all directed in a way which was different from Rachel's. At the end of the day we had a short talk with the actors and each other on some of the issues we were experiencing during the direction.

Rachel was to be recommending people as directors for the moving image project in week 3, I wasn't confident of being one of the four.

Friday would be the day that we would get our slides back and show our movies to John, our Directing Tutor and Bruce Webb, our Production Tutor. First, they went through the moving image project, roles on the shoot and the time and resources we would have available to us. The slides came back at around 10am and I was pretty excited about seeing mine but nervous about how Wills turned out as I shot his. Everybody's came back fine except Jessi's which were slightly over-exposed. John and Bruce said this is only the second time that this had happened as there are usually some blank film rolls.

We had to show the still silent movies to Bruce who had no knowledge of what we had been making so he could be an objective judge. The stories were all really good and Bruce said he liked how I had put the narrative together and the shots that I had used to convey what was going on to the audience.

After lunch they went for a chat and decided on the four films they wanted to make. They chose Donald's "Theif", Austin's
"Recycle", Tim's Bagladies" and Nicolo's "Blind Date". Based on Rachel's input, they picked four directors and assigned them to scripts. They then named myself and three others to be Directors of Photography and had the Directors choose who they wanted. Jessi got first pick and chose me to shoot Austin's script. I think it's going to be the most challenging as it involves an inanimate object which becomes alive but I didn't want an easy shoot. the producers got to choose their projects and Alex chose to join us.

Afterwards we went to the pub with John and Lincoln and talked about our projects. They had some good advice to give us specifically regarding the story and how we could go about manipulating the character to best effect.

We've got an awful lot to do and I'm going to meet Jessi a little later and go through some ideas with her.

I'll tell you more later.

LFA Day 2 and Day 3

2006-09-06T14:55:56Z

After a tiring night putting together storyboards for my action short, which I did'nt like for the project we'd been given. Monday night ended at about 2.30am putting together the loose script. It revoloved around a private detective whose been given something to protect and ends up fighting a villian thats been after the items owner. Pretty standard stuff but I felt the narrative belonged to a much longer storytelling medium.

I was'nt happy. On Tuesday morning I got the idea for a guy that arrives in London with his A-Z, walks around the streets with signs that try to tell him which way to go but he doesn't take any notice. Eventually he is told about the signs which change as he retraces his route. At the end he has started to look around at things more and more and forgets the signs as he walks straight past his destination.

This seemed better.

We had screenwriting class with Robert Sternberg at 10am and each went through our stories and expanded on them in terms of character, dramatic irony, etc. We also watched Dekalog 10 by Krystof Kieslowski which illustrated the points Robert was making.

In the afternoon we went through our storyboards with John, our directing Tutor one to one. It seemed that everybody had their stories ripped to pieces as major cuts or re-writes were evident everywhere. Mostly due to there complexity vs. the medium we were shooting on and the time we had.

My story lost the signs completely and instead would open with a shot of a man getting off the underground and walking past a shop. Getting hopelessly lost and finally gets to the door he was trying to reach which is revealed as the shop in which he passed at the beginning.

More storyboarding that night led to staying up to 3am with a production call time of 8am the next morning to start shooting.

This morning, we got over to the academy and I srarted as Director of Photograhy on Wills film about a play on conventional stereotypes. We wrapped at about 9.30am and waited to start on another shoot. At 11.20am I started shooting my own with Medhi as D.P. and Alex, Don and Zupnut as actors. We ended up losing the underground and using a post office / laundrette we found. It seemed to go well but I think I rushed it.

Right now we've done about 8 or 9 Wraps and are finishing off the last 1 or 2.

Tomorrow is the Actors workshop where we'll be directing professional actors. I got a script to read tonight.

I was saddened to hear about Liz from work, she always looked after me at work and helped me whenever I managed to make work even more difficult. She was a wonderful person and I'll miss her greatly.

I'll post more later.

LFA Day 1

2006-09-04T18:19:42Z

First day of Film School.

First of all, got down to Earl's Court and saw off Austin's friend Andy whose going to Africa for 4 months on a AIDS Education program from with the University of Arizona. Seemed like a nice guy.

Got to the Film School around 0920 and waited for everyone else to arrive. We seem to be a mixed bunch on the course.

2 Americans, 1 Venezuelan, 1 Israeli, 1 Italian, 1 French, 2 English, me and 2 others whose nationality I can't remember.

We kicked off with a talk from our resident directing tutor, John Le Broc. He's pretty passionate about film and gave me a sense that we would be working hard for the next four weeks.

Tonight we have to storyboard a short silent film were going to make with our 35mm Stills cameras. I not entirely sure what I'm going to do but I've got a few ideas.

We went to the local pub for lunch and I was glad to find ideas were pretty thin on the ground elsewhere too.

The afternoon was taken up by Lincoln Ascott, our Course Leader and Cinematography tutor. We went through stills cameras and he assembled a Super16mm camera to have a look at and change lenses, film magazine etc.

I going to go back to my room and work on my storyboards but I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow.

See ya.

London Calling

2006-09-03T20:34:31Z

Arrived in London with my arm aching from all the luggage hauling. After arriving at the Shepherds Bush Accomodation I had been assigned, I was told trek across to Earls Court where I was now to be based.

Works for me, it's closer to the School and opposite a main station so getting around should be no problem.

Met my Roommate, Austin from Arizona whose on the same course.

I start tomorrow so I'll tell you more than.

See ya.

Plan in Motion

2006-08-31T23:15:06Z

Regular postings from now on!

Off to London for Film School on Sunday. The first proper break from work in three years.

I'm really excited about it all and I reckon I'll have a great time.

It's not a minute too soon as work is getting me really down at the moment. The idiots in charge want to go through the some of the work we officially submitted and redo some of it for a freedom of Information request. This means tons of needless graft for me and a potential problem with descrepancies in numbers. Tossers!

But I'm going to leave them all to it after tomorrow. Sod 'em.

I've recently bought a 35mm film Stills camera and a 6M digital stills camera (missing an a/v cable, arrgh). Expect some shots in the future.

I'm really sorry about leaving JEH on her own on Fridays for the next month but I'm sure she'll cope.

As for me, I'm going to try to stay sane at work tomorrow and I'll let you know how I get on when I'm down there.

Later.

Fort Minor

2006-07-03T23:53:00Z

Damn, I haven't posted in ages!

Trying to survive in the mini heat wave were having at the moment while keeping sane at work. It's just gotten so boring! I need a new gig.

As hard as I try to not be bothered about it, the loss of England at the World Cup is becoming irritating, like a rash when you're out of ointment. I'm sure I'll get over it.

My IPOD's working again after I thought it had died a few days ago. Turns out the battery was out of juice. So seeing as I didn't have to buy a new one my sanity is in check . . . . for now.

I just got "The Rising Tied" by "Fort Minor" from ITunes. It's awesome, thumping beats and fantastic lyrics. Buy it.

Reduced Shakespeare Company

2006-05-07T21:02:10Z

Felt that I hadn't been to the theatre in a while and heard the R.S.C. were in town.

I saw them yesterday afternoon and it was hilarious. The writing, the props and the performances were all fantastic. There was great improvisation with the audience and each other when scenes with props didn't go exactly as planned. They also brought people out of the audience to play extras and someone was even used as a stand-in.

I'm glad they didn't pick me!

Aside from that I've just got myself a new bookcase for my ever-growing anime collection. You know that you've got it bad when stacks of DVDs start appearing on your bedroom floor.

I've really got to make an effort to post here more often.

Anyway, See ya later!

Blogged Beginning

2006-04-21T20:36:30Z

Well, Here goes.

I thought it was about time to start a journal to document some of the less mundane things I get up to.

Anyway,

I went to see a great musical called Carousel on tuesday starring a friend from work. It was fantastic, there were some fine performances and the songs sounded great. I did miss the first scene because I could'nt find the theatre, the drawback of having a sense of direction worse than a lemming on a cliff edge.

I've enquired at work about getting time off for a film school course in London, so far it looks promising so all I have to do is get my arse in gear and I could be down there as early as next month. Yeeaaaahhh!

That's all for now.