Another sporadic update
Hello, hello, hello.
It's 2008! How scary. I've got some downtime at work, due to waiting for Torchwood related things to be updated, so I thought i'd give this much abandoned blog some attention. And a cookie. And a bit of a stroke around the ear.
Things have been okay. Christmas was very christmassy and new years was very new yearsy. I was back in Brum for Christmas, which was nice. For the first few days. Then it got a bit tiring, being around family constantly. I think the summer has maxed my tolerance for being around the Ashman clan fulltime. The day of crimbo itself was great, but bless my poor mum...she was diseased with flu. So we all helped and whatnot. An incredibly awesome highlight of the day was getting my shiny new SLR. It is a sexy, sexy beast of a camera. Take a gander at some of my first tentative photos at my Flickr. I'm paying for half of it, but it's all for the greater good (read: my film).
I came back to Cardiff for New Years, which was spent boogie-ing at Clwb Ifor Bach (or the Welsh Club) with Mike, Farrah, her flatmate Meg and thier friends. Fun was had and alcohol was consumed.
It was my birthday too! So, yes, i came back to Birmingham (lots of travelling) for that to spend it with friends and family. I recieved some shiny things. Cute t-shirts, DVD's and essential items. Oh, yeah and a WEEKEND IN FREAKIN' PARIS FROM MIKE! Squee! February 1st shall see me floating around Paris, trying to look fabulous, like the female lead out of a 1960's New Wave film. My birthday night was lovely, except for the Claudia shaped spaced next to me on the dance floor and next to the bar. She is going through some tough times, so I toasted to her and good times with her. This also made me feel a bit mature for toasting someone.
Work is going okay. It's nervewracking not knowing what i'll be doing week-by-week, but pretty interesting too. I've made the realisation that I have to make the most of my remaining 9 months here (and in my external company), sucking all of it's juicy BBC work experience goodness out until it's a disgusting, lifeless husk of a corporation. Or something. I should be grateful i'm here at all really.
I can't actually talk about what i'm doing here, due to confidentiality and all that jazz, but think of a web assistant/production assistant on the Torchwood website and what that might involve. There's a bit of an office dynamic happening around here, which is all new too. Three weeks at ReactFast doesn't really count (that's not what my CV will say though..HOOHAH!). I even went to an office christmas do. How scarily mature. Then again, office crimbo do's as a level of maturity? Grow up, Jess!
I'm rambling now. Anyway, yes. 2008. My goals for this year will be along the lines of these:
Make the most of my placements, make contacts and learn.
Make another film, no matter how shite it turns out due to lack of resources and money.
Not get fat. My vortex like metabolism is obviously buckling under the pressure of fattening fancy pants cheeses and too much booze (Curse you, Mike). My exercise regime? Bellydancing and jogging. Aw yeah.
Save the fuck up. This is the first time i have something that resembles a salary, and September could be a haaaarsh time.
And finally
BE CREATIVE. In any way possible. Be it drawing, painting again or forcing my camera in peoples faces.
Hmmm..i think that'll do. This year shall be an interesting one. Let's see what happens!
P.S. I've also moved into a new flat. It is slopey and tiny but i think it's loveably peculiar. Well, that's how i'm trying to approach it.
It's 2008! How scary. I've got some downtime at work, due to waiting for Torchwood related things to be updated, so I thought i'd give this much abandoned blog some attention. And a cookie. And a bit of a stroke around the ear.
Things have been okay. Christmas was very christmassy and new years was very new yearsy. I was back in Brum for Christmas, which was nice. For the first few days. Then it got a bit tiring, being around family constantly. I think the summer has maxed my tolerance for being around the Ashman clan fulltime. The day of crimbo itself was great, but bless my poor mum...she was diseased with flu. So we all helped and whatnot. An incredibly awesome highlight of the day was getting my shiny new SLR. It is a sexy, sexy beast of a camera. Take a gander at some of my first tentative photos at my Flickr. I'm paying for half of it, but it's all for the greater good (read: my film).
I came back to Cardiff for New Years, which was spent boogie-ing at Clwb Ifor Bach (or the Welsh Club) with Mike, Farrah, her flatmate Meg and thier friends. Fun was had and alcohol was consumed.
It was my birthday too! So, yes, i came back to Birmingham (lots of travelling) for that to spend it with friends and family. I recieved some shiny things. Cute t-shirts, DVD's and essential items. Oh, yeah and a WEEKEND IN FREAKIN' PARIS FROM MIKE! Squee! February 1st shall see me floating around Paris, trying to look fabulous, like the female lead out of a 1960's New Wave film. My birthday night was lovely, except for the Claudia shaped spaced next to me on the dance floor and next to the bar. She is going through some tough times, so I toasted to her and good times with her. This also made me feel a bit mature for toasting someone.
Work is going okay. It's nervewracking not knowing what i'll be doing week-by-week, but pretty interesting too. I've made the realisation that I have to make the most of my remaining 9 months here (and in my external company), sucking all of it's juicy BBC work experience goodness out until it's a disgusting, lifeless husk of a corporation. Or something. I should be grateful i'm here at all really.
I can't actually talk about what i'm doing here, due to confidentiality and all that jazz, but think of a web assistant/production assistant on the Torchwood website and what that might involve. There's a bit of an office dynamic happening around here, which is all new too. Three weeks at ReactFast doesn't really count (that's not what my CV will say though..HOOHAH!). I even went to an office christmas do. How scarily mature. Then again, office crimbo do's as a level of maturity? Grow up, Jess!
I'm rambling now. Anyway, yes. 2008. My goals for this year will be along the lines of these:
And finally
Hmmm..i think that'll do. This year shall be an interesting one. Let's see what happens!
P.S. I've also moved into a new flat. It is slopey and tiny but i think it's loveably peculiar. Well, that's how i'm trying to approach it.