when i say last post before christmas i really mean my last post before the christmas doctor who - for im a big boy now, not terribly excited about presents, santa got no list from me this year and when pushed the best i could come up with was a couple of suggestions. im hoping the fact that material posessions arnt the most important things for me, shows that im growing as a person, but really it just means ive been to busy to sit down with an argos catalogue and flick through the toy section (ok so i havent done that seriously for years) but i havnt really thought about what id like either
but ill tell you what i am excited about. Doctor Who. christmas special. yay
looks like crazy fun and i cant wait.
also torchwood ends around new year! something about time travel and meeting captian jack in the past. cant wait.
and dracula and ruby in the smoke. BBC TV fun! huzzah! huzzah!
i could bore you now with a list of every thing i have done since i last felt like blogging but its been mostly work and travel. im back in southam doing unexplainable things to boxes of books in northampton.
the nice thing about being back in southam is that i am back with my dvd collection -a week without them was to long, i went into lord of the rings withdrawl after the first couple of days. not that i need to watch them over and over, i just like having the option, but im back and im watching them now yay!
i also say yay to seeing my friends this christmas.
dont know if its my exciting new course, mountains of dosh or the fact that i may never spend another christmas with them but something makes me appriciate them more this year than for the last 4/5 years. (honestly that was meant with more love than it sounds, because i am happy to see them)
damn it another long blog.
ok ill end it fast (in a cheesy but very christmassy way) in my very high pitched muppet christmas carol tiny tim voice,
god bless us, every one.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
May Contain Nuts
im going to get a bit geeky now so if you really couldnt give a monkeys about computer games like halo skip to the point where you next see these : 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
still reading? on our own head be it. im talking about how awesome the halo trailer was (for a few lines)
Clickedy : http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=halo3ad
so cool, sheilds, brutes hell yes, course if you are reading this bit ull probly of seen it so ill move on with the story
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that was less than i expected but oddly appropriate.
u see my perceptions of time are completely fried.
since breaking up for the christmas holidays i hav been working so hard its... unusual
when last i left you i had a cold. good news, im over it and i passed it on to joana - thats a two-fer
we had classes and our group chrimbo dinner - unfortunatly i look miserable in the photos, but thats only because i was doped up on painkillers and vitamin C, i had a really good time.
lennart an i worked our asses off on the doing science magazine, and wrote news article ranging from dull (it may be possible to store CO2 under the sea) to the ludicrasly exciting (0-60 in 4 seconds in an electric car) ok it doesnt sound ludicrasly exciting but wait till i force you to read it and stand there looking expectant. you will act impressed.
i got the cameras i mentioned. anyone reading my facebook status may have spotted my excitement
1 word NIGHT-VISION
ok so its a bit creepy walking round your flat in the dark with a video camera, but im fairly sure any stealthy leanings were lost every few seconds as i went duuuuuude in a hurley-like way
most noteably i am not home right now, not even at chris' on the way home. i am still in bristol! ARRRRRR!
we were all set up for max gameage it would of bin 10 kinds of awesome easily, but noOOoo. i get offered work at the producer magazine again for 5 days so im stuck here til next thursday (going home over the weekend for my Omi's birthday but getting the train back to an empty room) i was so looking forward to resting
problem is all this activity combined with a memory that makes a thing-full-of-holes look like a-thing-with-no-holes-in, is making me mix up days. i spent the morning telling my boss about yesterday before i realised it was the week before i was talking about. not good
also im a little confused as to the amount of trust people are showing me.
i have been given 2 pretty expencive cameras, been allowed to film in a school and today i was given someones house key to let myself in early tomorrow
as someone who uses duuuuuude in regular conversation im just not sure these are good ideas
not that id do bad things in any of these situations but im a danger to myself, others be warned
you want an example?
we had our kid brainstorming thing on wednesday (yesterday apparently) so we need space books. as a doug i naturally think of my firefly book, theres some cool pictures of spaceships in it. unfortunatly we were half way through filming when i remember it also contains creative swearing, nudie references and chopped up people, not really 9 year old fodder. oops
im only a small step away from mittens with string and a note pinned to my chest telling people where im supposed to be going.
oo an day 7 of my doctor who advent calender and ive got all the trivia questions right (but they actually were tough) had 4 tardis chocs 2 dalek chocs and a gold coin. i swear this is a calender designed by me for me. it is teh awesome
and yes fine my varsty trivia knowledge seems a little contradictory with my leeky brain pan but ask any one whos had to live with me and they can 'testify' (lennart) to both being very true.
im going to go start prepairing my pin on note for tomorrow, bus-work-swings-work-bus-home, if your interested
still reading? on our own head be it. im talking about how awesome the halo trailer was (for a few lines)
Clickedy : http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=halo3ad
so cool, sheilds, brutes hell yes, course if you are reading this bit ull probly of seen it so ill move on with the story
88888888888888888888888888888888888888888
that was less than i expected but oddly appropriate.
u see my perceptions of time are completely fried.
since breaking up for the christmas holidays i hav been working so hard its... unusual
when last i left you i had a cold. good news, im over it and i passed it on to joana - thats a two-fer
we had classes and our group chrimbo dinner - unfortunatly i look miserable in the photos, but thats only because i was doped up on painkillers and vitamin C, i had a really good time.
lennart an i worked our asses off on the doing science magazine, and wrote news article ranging from dull (it may be possible to store CO2 under the sea) to the ludicrasly exciting (0-60 in 4 seconds in an electric car) ok it doesnt sound ludicrasly exciting but wait till i force you to read it and stand there looking expectant. you will act impressed.
i got the cameras i mentioned. anyone reading my facebook status may have spotted my excitement
1 word NIGHT-VISION
ok so its a bit creepy walking round your flat in the dark with a video camera, but im fairly sure any stealthy leanings were lost every few seconds as i went duuuuuude in a hurley-like way
most noteably i am not home right now, not even at chris' on the way home. i am still in bristol! ARRRRRR!
we were all set up for max gameage it would of bin 10 kinds of awesome easily, but noOOoo. i get offered work at the producer magazine again for 5 days so im stuck here til next thursday (going home over the weekend for my Omi's birthday but getting the train back to an empty room) i was so looking forward to resting
problem is all this activity combined with a memory that makes a thing-full-of-holes look like a-thing-with-no-holes-in, is making me mix up days. i spent the morning telling my boss about yesterday before i realised it was the week before i was talking about. not good
also im a little confused as to the amount of trust people are showing me.
i have been given 2 pretty expencive cameras, been allowed to film in a school and today i was given someones house key to let myself in early tomorrow
as someone who uses duuuuuude in regular conversation im just not sure these are good ideas
not that id do bad things in any of these situations but im a danger to myself, others be warned
you want an example?
we had our kid brainstorming thing on wednesday (yesterday apparently) so we need space books. as a doug i naturally think of my firefly book, theres some cool pictures of spaceships in it. unfortunatly we were half way through filming when i remember it also contains creative swearing, nudie references and chopped up people, not really 9 year old fodder. oops
im only a small step away from mittens with string and a note pinned to my chest telling people where im supposed to be going.
oo an day 7 of my doctor who advent calender and ive got all the trivia questions right (but they actually were tough) had 4 tardis chocs 2 dalek chocs and a gold coin. i swear this is a calender designed by me for me. it is teh awesome
and yes fine my varsty trivia knowledge seems a little contradictory with my leeky brain pan but ask any one whos had to live with me and they can 'testify' (lennart) to both being very true.
im going to go start prepairing my pin on note for tomorrow, bus-work-swings-work-bus-home, if your interested
Friday, December 01, 2006
Lucky socks, Lois Lane and Lesbians
i have a cold - its not fun but im being a man about it
thats right im whingeing constantly and making a big fuss
its karma you see, well twisted doug karma. ill explain:
this week has been hectic
after a weekend of stationary contemplation of the televised media, monday saw the beginning of the article prep
The Article is 4 pages of the magazine thats being made for writing science and has been the focal point of this week.
I am working on it with Joana (of course). Its very odd that we keep getting paired up, but shes probly reading this so i am glad that keeps happening i have absolutely no complaints :) honestly its getting helpful, we are starting to develop systems for working together, Clark Kent had Lois Lane, so having a female sidekick is helping my superman delusions and i need writing partner to complain in an amusing way. Plus shes a much faster typer than I am.
tuesday was 5 hours of sitting at my desk writing without a subject - surprisingly difficult, but i stung together 450 words into something useful - give an infinate number of monkeys an infinate number of typewriters and theyll write you the works of Shakespeare
but wednesday was a huge day
now i knew it was going to be tough so naturally i wore my lucky socks (they're hairy on the outside - gear)
it was an uber lucky day
we blagged our way past clare and the university by not saying anything (no clare we had no idea those short people in our brainstorming session were children)
we went down into the basement to book a good quality video camera, we listened to the keeper of the cameras give us a half hour list of suggestions for how to shoot a brainstorming focus group of short people in a library type setting, and then we left with a booking for 2 cameras, a tripod and an external mic - nice (we complained for the rest of the day about that but if we have to complain at least its about someone being too helpful)
they also just handed over a tape machine and tape for the interview later - so much easier than warwick where i had to get the girls in the group to start crying to get a tape machine out of the techies
then after lunch we interviewed Dr Darren Reynolds - what a cool interview subject. his stories were interesting and at the end science communication style quotes just fell out of him, and i made it throught the whole interview without making a fool of myself - very proud
4 swift hours later and we had the article done
then i got back found a 70 word article i thought id lost and sprinted to sainsburys to pick up wine for our flats james and oz's wine adventure session (they drive round france tasting wine while we sit in our flat realising our wine tastes of feet) but noooo ive missed the start - no not in these socks, in their final act of the day the program starts half an hour later and im eating dinner and drinking wine as they discuss which wines go best with food - lucky
then in a bonus act torchwood had lesbians in it. - all hail the power of my socks
now thats a full and well rounded day. covert dealings, deceit, surprise, lunch, fear, surprise, enjoyment, relaxation, torture, physical exertion, alcohol, lesbians
dear santa, this is how I'd like every day to be.
of course in my universe such a fantastic day is going to cost me big in the karma stakes
the universe maintains a balance, if im going to get a day like that im going to get a massive amount of not good to keep it stable. so naturally ive got a cold :( its sad but im not going to mention it that much.
i got a good day for it.
thats right im whingeing constantly and making a big fuss
its karma you see, well twisted doug karma. ill explain:
this week has been hectic
after a weekend of stationary contemplation of the televised media, monday saw the beginning of the article prep
The Article is 4 pages of the magazine thats being made for writing science and has been the focal point of this week.
I am working on it with Joana (of course). Its very odd that we keep getting paired up, but shes probly reading this so i am glad that keeps happening i have absolutely no complaints :) honestly its getting helpful, we are starting to develop systems for working together, Clark Kent had Lois Lane, so having a female sidekick is helping my superman delusions and i need writing partner to complain in an amusing way. Plus shes a much faster typer than I am.
tuesday was 5 hours of sitting at my desk writing without a subject - surprisingly difficult, but i stung together 450 words into something useful - give an infinate number of monkeys an infinate number of typewriters and theyll write you the works of Shakespeare
but wednesday was a huge day
now i knew it was going to be tough so naturally i wore my lucky socks (they're hairy on the outside - gear)
it was an uber lucky day
we blagged our way past clare and the university by not saying anything (no clare we had no idea those short people in our brainstorming session were children)
we went down into the basement to book a good quality video camera, we listened to the keeper of the cameras give us a half hour list of suggestions for how to shoot a brainstorming focus group of short people in a library type setting, and then we left with a booking for 2 cameras, a tripod and an external mic - nice (we complained for the rest of the day about that but if we have to complain at least its about someone being too helpful)
they also just handed over a tape machine and tape for the interview later - so much easier than warwick where i had to get the girls in the group to start crying to get a tape machine out of the techies
then after lunch we interviewed Dr Darren Reynolds - what a cool interview subject. his stories were interesting and at the end science communication style quotes just fell out of him, and i made it throught the whole interview without making a fool of myself - very proud
4 swift hours later and we had the article done
then i got back found a 70 word article i thought id lost and sprinted to sainsburys to pick up wine for our flats james and oz's wine adventure session (they drive round france tasting wine while we sit in our flat realising our wine tastes of feet) but noooo ive missed the start - no not in these socks, in their final act of the day the program starts half an hour later and im eating dinner and drinking wine as they discuss which wines go best with food - lucky
then in a bonus act torchwood had lesbians in it. - all hail the power of my socks
now thats a full and well rounded day. covert dealings, deceit, surprise, lunch, fear, surprise, enjoyment, relaxation, torture, physical exertion, alcohol, lesbians
dear santa, this is how I'd like every day to be.
of course in my universe such a fantastic day is going to cost me big in the karma stakes
the universe maintains a balance, if im going to get a day like that im going to get a massive amount of not good to keep it stable. so naturally ive got a cold :( its sad but im not going to mention it that much.
i got a good day for it.
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