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Jaz’s Birthday & The London Eye

Sep 14

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Ok, so my birthday was like a month ago, but I never did talk about it and I would like to!

My birthday this year fell on a Monday, so the weekend was filled with a party with my friends and a party with my family – lots of good food, good conversations. I had a fantastic weekend!

For the actual day it was just the Mister and I, he took me up to London for a trip on the London Eye – having never been.

You can find some of my photographs on flickr. I thought it was a great experience. Would love to go up at night as well! We were fortunate enough for it to be a mild day, with some cloud cover but lots of sun, so the views were clear, but it wasn’t too bright.

Big Ben - Pseudo Tilt-Shift

I’ve fallen in love with the pseudo tilt-shift effect and so thought I’d try it out with some of them, since I was looking from above and all :)

I got a ton of presents. I love presents. I can’t help it, everyone loves presents. And I loved everything everyone got me this year. Such great choices! Some things I never knew I needed until I had them (I’m thinking of the book about how to make felt animals – see below)

This is a small selection of my presents, I still have one to cash in (shopping!) and any money I got went on the Great Devon Trip to see Muse. These are the ones I hadn’t found homes for before remembering to take a photo!

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In that black box is some incense. I’m halfway through the “Logo Design Workbook” now. The notebook has become my art/design notes book.

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Check out the TRADITIONAL SHERBET at the top there. So much better than the plastic packaged stuff. I’m eating it sparingly, trying to make it last as long as possible. I’ll probably keep one forever. The earings were made by my friend Michelle, you can buy more of her excellent jewellery on her Etsy page.

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The Cute Book is the felt animal thing. I love sewing. It’s not something I ever make time for, but for some reason I just love it. I took textiles at GCSE as a result. I didn’t know I needed this book until I had it. I’m now in the process of making my first lizard, something more than one person has asked me for. Getting the felt involved a trip to a Hobby Craft and my God was I in heaven there! SO MUCH ART STUFF. I nearly had a heart attack.

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And the Mister was so kind as to replace the cheapo Claddagh ring I accidentally put through the wash, with a nicer, more expensive silver one :D

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Visual Review: Delia’s Complete How to Cook

Jul 15

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deliaThe other half is an excellent cook. He received Delia’s Complete How to Cook for his birthday and since then he’s made one meal and one desert almost every weekend. I’m going to share some pictures of the delicious things he’s made, and as for the book, I’d recommend it to anyone! The resulting food is beautiful, the recipes aren’t excessively difficult and everything’s explained very thoroughly throughout the book, complete with excellent photographs. The information about eggs, fruits, veggies etc is also very interesting to read.

In addition to the recipes after the jump, we’ve also had leak and goats cheese tart and souffléd omelette. This weekend we’re having a blue cheese gratin and lemon roulade.

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Mallorca

May 6

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Just before Easter the Mister and I spent a week in Mallorca. It was beautiful, a fantastic chance to relax and take lots and lots of pictures and try the beautiful Mahon cheese. There’s an album of these pictures on my flickr! There’s also an album of sandcastle pics on facebook.

In other photography news, I finally finished my black and white film I had in my SLR and now have those to upload when I get a minute (mostly photos from The Great Snow and a day in Brighton). I’m also planning to sit down and sort out my Project 366 photos (though I think this year didn’t start out so well with that as last year).

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Graduation and the Big Move

Sep 15

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Posts long overdue…

The last two months or so has been quite a rollercoaster, so much so I’m still not sure what normal is!

Me and the mister at our graduation, outside of the Guildhall, Portsmouth.

July 21st the mister and I graduated from university with a bachelor of arts in design for interactive media. I managed to get my first class honours despite glandular fever doing it’s level best to ruin my second year.

Dressing up in the gowns was great fun, I got to do a batman impression (if he had pink hair…).

The ceremony was great, it felt good to have a final “closure” as it were for something I worked so hard for. Sheila Hancock, the chancelor of the university gave an awesome speech at the end. She’s such a great lady and it was an honour to meet her, allbeit briefly.

I also enjoyed watching the mister and my friends graduate. The trip to the pub afterwards was well deserved ;)

You can view more graduation photographs on my Facebook.
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I moved into my little apartment not long after that. I’m on the third floor from the car park entry and it was the hottest day of the year.

Fortunately for me I had an ever helpful mother and mister, and the help of Paul’s Moves. He was a great help – if you need a man and a van, check that link and ignore what the website looks like ;)

With the arrival of “The Sims 2: Apartment Life” I’ve made a sims version of my apartment block. Once The Sporum returns and I find the time, you’ll be able to peruse and download the lot for your games.

I love my little flat and it feels quite homely now I’ve been here a while. I had a housewarming with excessive pizza, and my birthday drinks out on the balcony.

I’m not too keen on being so close to town, the estate agent and it is a bit expensive, but it’s more than adequate for now.

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My Degree Show

Jun 3

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100 Years Degree ShowFor anyone interested (and in the area) Friday is the beginning of mine and the Mister’s degree show at the University of Portsmouth. We will be exhibiting work we’ve done on our course and will be available to chat to. The rest of the school is exhibiting too and from what I’ve seen going up, there’s going to be some really interesting work to experience!

For more information please visit this link.

The Mister is also looking for a web or Flash designer/developer job in the Woking, Surrey area. You can view his portfolio here.

I’m still PHPing mine up with my custom built cms and whatnot :)

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An update on my 365!

Feb 22

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I’m all up to date since the last update I think, here are the thumbs. Actually this is going to turn into a massive post now that I think about it, interspersed with thumbs of my 365.

Jan 26th - Cups Jan 27th - What day is it? Jan 28th - Space Dimentia Jan 29th - Chocolate

Jan 30th - No Smoking

I had this photograph featured in a piece on NowPublic.com about the government maybe enforcing some kind of smoking licence scheme. I know it’s not that big of a deal, but it’s really nice that they asked to use my photograph. Also VOTE PETE for student support officer. This be him, pictured here.

Jan 31st - E4 Feb 1st - Think Pink

Feb 2nd - My arm...

I saw Sweeney Todd. Whever it was, with the Mister. I thought the movie was good. Not my favourite Burton, but it kept me entertained. Here I tried drawing with white on black paper, which is much harder than it sounds. I will post the finished piece, when I finish it, I guess.

Feb 3rd - Crystal Water Feb 4th - What makes a beast? Feb 5th - Cop out! Feb 6th - Steamy Veg Feb 7th - Digital Squirrel

Feb 8th - Camel

The Mister’s mum sent us pressies from Egypt. This is the little wood camel we got. Name suggestions in the comments please!

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Feb 9th - Tinted

My best friend came to visit that Friday. Haven’t seen him since Christmas so it was a blast. The Mister cooked us up a good dinner and good times were had by all. These are some of the flowers he brought me.

Feb 10th - Light Feb 11th - Love Feb 12th - Thirsty?

Feb 13th - Skyways

I honestly adore how in England going to the beach in winter isn’t a bad idea. I spent the best part of my day down at the beach whichever day this was, just listening to music and sleeping on the pebbles. It was awesome. The weather was nice too. I love this photo.

Feb 14th - Rainbow Feb 15th - I want to kiss you...

My Valentines present was oil pastels which I asked for. Expect an art in the next few weeks :D This is also the card I made for the Mister, the idea for which I stole from Dinosaur Comics. Check that out. Hilarity with dinosaurs. It’s hand painted anyway. Check me out. Little miss artist.

Valentines day itself, the Mister cooked me a lovely meal, we had lots of wine, and watched Lost in Translation. I quite liked the film, it kind of reminded me of Eternal Sunshine in the way it was formulated and how it was two people making a connection.

Feb 16th - Olympus

Selling my blue Olympus 410. Buy it here.

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Feb 17th - Bleeding Rose

Massive emo moment, haha! I’ll post when I have the rest of this set up, I have a few of them. They’re sort of a sequel to my Descent themed set and part of my Self Elected project.

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Feb 18th - Liberry! Feb 19th - Pancakes! Feb 20th - Claddagh Feb 21st - Jenga

Today’s picture is about something so exciting, it’s getting it’s own post.

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Jan 8th

Jan 9

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Jan 8thJust a quick one today.

ETA: My boyfriend says my description is crap, so, I took this early on in the day, it’s a giant candle my best friend gave me for my birthday last year. It’s on my windowsil and I like to look at it while I’m working. I changed the tone slightly to get rid of all the blue from the outside light.

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The Christmas Haul

Dec 30

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Butterflies and HurricanesI had a lovely Christmas, I spent Christmas eve and Christmas morning with the mister and his family, which was great and I really enjoyed myself. We spent Christmas eve snuggled up watching telly, drinking Champagne, and then woke up uncharacteristicly early Christmas morning to open our presents.

We’d decided to do a “serious” present, a “silly” present and a bunch of stockingy presents for each other. I’d bought him Mass Effect (Xbox 360), the Muse poster from the gigs we went to in June, a Screaming Flying Monkey and a lot of chocolate and sweeties :D

He’d accepted my suggestion of jewellery, and got me the beautiful set shown here. I picked butterflies because of the Muse song “Butterflies and Hurricanes” which is my favourite song of all time, it’s pretty special. He also got me Lego Star Wars II (PS2) (which I haven’t had chance to play yet), a make and display Play-Doh parrot which is awesome, and lots of sweeties. :D

My Mum got me a subscription to Adbusters magazine which is awesome because I won’t be able to read it at the library once I finish uni ;) , I got money, a new duvet and set, lots of chocolate and sweeties, a nail varnish set, Sleepy Hollow, Design Without Boundaries: Visual Communication in Transition and I’m sure I’m forgetting some stuff.

As an aside, watch Toy Story, it’s awesome. I’m Woody, howdy howdy howdy.

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This year quizzle…

Dec 28

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1. Who did you have relationships with this year?
Edward, aka the mister

2. Have you had your birthday yet?
Yes, it was an interesting couple of days

3. Kissed two people in the same night?
Er, no. Just the one, and only the one.
4. Been on a diet?
Nope

5. Pulled an all nighter?
Surprisingly not, there’s been some very late nights though!

6. Drank Starbucks?
Yeah, caramel frapps
7. Went Camping?
Ew, no.
8. Bought something?
A fair few things, most recently Christmas presents, this pink laptop…

9. Met someone special?
I have someone special :)

10. Been out of the country?
No… really had to think about that. No.

11. What are you thinking about?
Tired, Friends is funny.

12. Have you hugged someone this year?
Yeah. Hugs are awesome.

13. Slept in someone else’s bed?
I’ve slept in so many beds, but they’ve all been mine or the mister’s, just at various different places. And the bed at the Travel Lodge.

14. Had a job?
Yeppers, I miss it a little.

15. Loaned out money?
The mister and I are always in debt to one or the other of us.

16. Gotten in a car accident?
No, don’t jinx me, I still have to make it to Harpenden before 2008.

17. Gone over your mobile phone bill?
I don’t spend much on my phone.
18. Been called a fucker?
Haha, probably.

19. Who was the last person you hugged?
Err… Michelle. It’s been a huggy week.
20. Who was the last person to call you?
Mum
21. When was the last time you felt stupid?
The other night, trying to reverse the car out of the drive

22. Who did you last yell at?
My housemates in my head

23. What did you do last night?
Built a fort, played Uno on MSN with the mister while watching Tru calling.

24. What is the name of your hometown?
Guildford

25. Describe your hairstyle?
Choppy, multicoloured.

26. What is your relationship status?
In a relationship :)

27. How tall are you?
5 ft 8ish
28. Do you have any pets?
Nope, unless a play-doh parrot counts?
29. What sort of mood are you in?
Chocolatey
30. Where would you rather be?
With my mister

31. What was the last thing you drank?
Water
32. Do you believe in love?
Indeed
33. Why did your last relationship fail?
Er, wow, that’s going back years… to do with an ex if I remember correctly

34. Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
Don’t know
35. Have you ever fallen for your best friend?
I did many many years ago

36. Have you ever loved someone and not told them?
Yes, I waited a whole year before I told him. Twas worth the wait.

37. Are you afraid of commitment?
Not anymore
38. Have you had more than 5 serious relationships in your life?
No
39. Are you missing someone right now?
LOADS
40. Are you happy?
Pretty much
41. Are you eating anything?
Praline seashells
42. Do you like someone right now?
I love someone right now…

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Garden State

Dec 28

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The Garden State
The mister and I watched Garden State last week. He told me not to get my hopes up, but I really enjoyed it. Yeah it’s cliched, it’s not five star acting, but it’s sweet. There’s a few things that made me think. I think if you fancy something that ends up a bit feelgood, something a bit soppy, something a bit odd, then this is your movie.

Amazon Synopsis
Andrew ‘Large’ Largeman (Zach Braff of TV’s Scrubs) is returning home to New Jersey for the first time in nine years to attend his mother’s funeral. A struggling actor in Los Angeles, he’s been living under clouds of medication prescribed by his psychiatrist father (Ian Holm). After drifting through the funeral with the same emotional numbness he’s felt for years, he reconnects with old friends Mark (Peter Sarsgaard), a gravedigger, and Albert (Denis O’Hare), a millionaire who invented noiseless Velcro. In a doctor’s office, he meets ebullient Sam (Natalie Portman), an epileptic whose lust for life inspires Andrew to feel things that his medication long denied him. Over four days, he develops feelings for Sam he didn’t know he was capable of, and faces up to the resentment his father holds toward him about an accident that happened long ago.

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