Well my drought is over. I've finally drawn something that wasn't work related (not intended to be, anyway), wasn't a scrap on a train or a pissed night out, and is actually not bad!

Think I'll stick to writing on white board for a while. I like the thick pens, and I need the erasability! It is a portable white board, so I can rotate it when necessary.

There are some more pieces like this from last year, I'll upload soon.

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1. Name one person who made you smile today:
Jon, at work, with bad geek jokes

2. What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
Making toast!

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Riding bus back to work.

4. What is something that happened to you in 1994?:
Went swimming (not been back since).

5. What is the last thing you said aloud?
Meet at 2pm? to boss.

6. How many different things did you drink today?:
Water, pink grapefruit cordial, Dr Pepper - 3.

7. What colour is your hairbrush?
Don't have one.

8. What was the last thing you bought?
Rucksack with 70% off, closing down sale in Arndale Centre.

9. What was the last gift you received?:
Olive wood end-blown flute from Corfu, from Vicki.

10. What color is your front door?:
White

11. Where do you keep your money?:
Wallet and bank

12. What was the weather like today?:
Cold for May, drizzly

13. What is the best ice cream flavor?:
Cherry Garcia

14. What are you excited about?
New songs in the funk band I play in.

15. When was the last rainbow you saw?
A few months ago, in Streford. Brightened the place up a bit!

18. Are you very random?:
Yes, I jump between topics when I'm talking like there's no tomorrow.

19. Do you want to cut your hair?:
I sometimes thin it out myself.

21. Do you talk a lot?:
Oh yes, when I'm on a roll.

22. Do you still watch the Disney channel?
No, don't have cable or satellite.

23. Does your screen name have an "x" in it?:
No

24. Do you know anyone named Steven?:
Yes, a few.

25. Do you make up your own words?:
Yehhs.

26. Are you ticklish?:
The most.

27. Are you typically a jealous person?:
I try not to be.

28. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter "C":
Chris

29. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter "J":
Jemma

30. Who's the 1st person on your received calls list?:
Mike

31...... ???

32. Do you chew on your straws?:
When I'm stressed or frustrated

33. Do you have curly hair?:
Yes

34. What is the next concert your going to?:
Running one for an act called Karmal Afara tonight

35. Who's the shittiest person in your life?:
The bastard from 2001.

36. How many times have you swore today?:
None yet, tis plenty of time for that though yet

37. What is something you say a lot?:
I'm hungry

39. Have you seen the movie 'Donnie Darko'?:
yes, and the extended one

40. Do you have work tomorrow?:
Yes

42. When was the last time you said "I love you"?:
God knows

43. What should you be doing right now?:
Reading up on JTables (Java application stuff)

44. Are you a heavy sleeper?
Once I'm off, especially after wine

46. When was the last time you used a skateboard?:
Tried once when I was 13, couldn't do it.

47. What is the best movie you've seen in the past two weeks?:
Blazing Saddles

48. Is there anyone you like right now?
I like several people, but in what way...?

49. When was the last time you did the dishes?
This morning (don't ask when the last time before that was...)

50. Did you cry today?:
No

51. Does anyone know your password to your MySpace besides yourself?:
No, not my personal one anyway

52. What was the last thing you ordered at McDonalds?
Probably the only veggie thing on the menu, there is but one.

53. Are you an emotional person?:
Yes indeed

54. Do you like your name?:
Yes, but I could do with two syllables in the surname, might flow better

53. Do you believe in love at first sight?
Lust at first sight

56. Ever felt jealous of your friend?:
My friend? I have more than one friend I'll have you know.

57. What did you do earlier today?:
Washed up.

58. Ever been in love?
I thinks so.

59. Who was the last person you ate with?:
I gave Mike some of my chocolate last night, I guess that counts.

60. What song are you listening to right now?
None.

61. How's the weather right now?:
Sunny ints

64. Lost a friendship over something stupid?:
Ha, yes.

65. Last thing you drank?:
Water

66. Last thing you ate?:
Cheese, tomato and marmite sandwiches

67. What are you doing right now?:
This quiz, and pretending to work

68. What time did you wake up today?:
very late, no further comment

69. Last person you talked to on the phone?:
Mike, planning a meeting and making a game board

70. Last person you made fun of?
not sure

71. What are you wearing right now?
Black top, black shirt, black jeans, black shoes... just felt like wearing black today

72. Are you too quiet to ask anyone out?:
Not usually

73. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?:
smile or scowl

74. Where are you right now?
the office

75. What's a date you'll never forget?
me birthday!

Mini journal entry, it's been 8 months since the last one.

I've not done any drawing for AGES, but have done various web pages, and learnt new musical instruments and styles, which is fulfilling my creative urges.

I'm playing in the Irish/folk-rock band still, plus flute in a jazz band and keyboard in a funk band, and loving it, however tired it makes me. All logged on [link]

As soon as any new sketches come through, I'll scan them in and put them up.

bye for now
Px

I think the only time I'll end up posting here is tags as the moment! Busy with band and gigs and travelling to them and travelling to work.

Anyway, here goes...


Name 3 schools you went to:

1. Heyes Lane Primary, Timperley
2. Longdendale High School
3. Sale Grammar School (there were about another 5 schools I went to...)

Name 3 things in your wallet:

1. a fiver
2. cards
3. metrolink pass

Name 3 things you always wear:

1. boxers
2. grey hair (ish)
3. a smile (awww, if only it were true)

Name 3 things you do when you are really stressed:

1. nibble finger tips (ex nail biter)
2. clasp hands
3. pace

Name 3 favorite songs right now:

1. New Born - Muse
2. Killing In The Name - Rage Against the Machine
3. Only When I Sleep - The Corrs

Name 3 favorite places to shop:

1. [link]
2. Lik-Sang.com
3. big Tescos

Name 3 places you go to on a daily basis:

1. work
2. bathroom
3. bedroom (surely this is the same for everyone?)

Name 3 things you like to do:

1. Play music
2. Play Nintendo (Mario/Zelda)
3. Draw sketchy characters

Name 3 most valuable possessions:

1. Most expensive - piano
2. Most sentimental - ???
3. Most rare - mini koopa trooper

Name 3 favorite fruits:

1. Strawberry
2. Apple
3. Pear (when ripe)

Name 3 things you are addicted to:

1. music (duh)
2. chocolate
3. cheese

Name 3 favorite hobbies:

1. same 3 things I like to do
2.
3.

Name 3 career choices:

1. web/application programmer
2. child care
3. musician

Name 3 goals in 2006:

1. Learn the flute
2. --cannot print this one--
3. Find a new sport

Name 3 plans for next week:

1. Buy apples
2. Eat oranges
3. Finish writing history of band for website

Three Names You Go By:

1. Phil
2. Flip
3. Pip

Three Parts of Your Heritage:

1. Manc
2. Midlands
3. Irish

Three Things That Scare You:

1. Wasps
2. Losing loved ones
3. Physical accidents

Three of Your Everyday Essentials:

1. MP3 Player
2. pen and paper
3. fruit

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now:

1. bright scary blue checked shirt
2. cords
3. lots of hair gel

Three of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists:

1. Muse
2. Apocalyptica
3. think you should know the other one

Three Things You Want in a Relationship (OTHER THAN Love):

1. Hugs/holding for great lengths of time
2. The ability to spend time apart without falling to pieces (so maybe that's trust?)
3. Being able to talk about ANYTHING

Two Truths and a Lie (in no particular order):

1. I hate it when drivers don't signal or go through red lights.
2. I can hold my breath for 2 minutes.
3. I am gready and eat three different flavours of Ben and Jerry's at the cinema sometimes.

Three PHYSICAL Things about the Opposite Sex that Appeal to You:

1. Eyes
2. Backside
3. Lower arms

Three Places You Want to go on Vacation:

1. Seattle
2. New Zealand
3. Eygpt or Ghana

Three things you want to do before you die:

1. Learn the cello
2. Run the 10K or something similar
3. Get more people to recycle, including Manchester city council officials

Rules: The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a journal about their 6 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their devpage comments and tell them to read yours....

It's been 5 months since I was last tagged, and that was an essay I was supposed to write compared to this. However I'm still struggling to come up with 6 things here...

1. First thing _has_ to be my nose blowing, trumpet style. I blame my sinus problems. Apparently when I do it in the bathrooom it sounds like I'm enjoying myself a bit too much...

2. My random blond (sorry, grey) patch of hair that appeared over night when I was 13. I was stressed from bullying at the time.

3. My feet are different sizes and shape - okay everyone's are to some extent, but I've been known to wear shoes from different pairs that still look the same.

4. I'm slightly opposed to being vegetarian on the grounds of "it's not natural, we were meant to eat meat" etc., yet I'm for it because of mass-production of animals with no quality of life at any stage. Plus I don't like many meats. And I eat meat if someone's cooked it for me because it is morally worse to waste food than eat animal flesh.

5. I have a thing about clean windows in my car. They have to be clean or I get upset.

6. I also get upset when signs are wrong or badly designed/placed or are misleading, be it road signs, web page headings, toilet door signs... I am pleased when signs are done well, to. It's all about information transfer, which I think is important.


Well, I don't know six more people to tag, and all the ones I do have already been tagged. Same rule as at school, no tag backs.