8 years in 30 seconds

check out this piece of film! 8 years worth of work for this online artist!
http://vimeo.com/106228

Aspirations of Gnarlyness!!!

Battered and bruised as I am, I must say that Gisburn Forest  Mountain Bike trails on Sunday were AMAZING! We made the 90 or so minute trip to just north of Clitheroe, for what I was told were amazing trails. We rocked up and parked at the side of the road, no trail centre or even toilet block, the paths weren't advertised greatly and for that I was thankful.
We spent around 3 hours on the Red technical route and  hardly a soul passed us, the views were beautiful and the trail was very technical........ fun and bruises all round.

at that funny age

So! at 26 and a half, and having been on Facebook for a few years, I now find myself subscribing to a linkedin account. Social networking for the mature and career conscious. Is this the end of my carefree youth I ask myself?
I’ve accepted that I can no longer drink 3 nights in a row and sleep until tea time. Dance all night in high heels or get ID'd at Tesco, but am I really ready to switch poking and sheep throwing for such social elevation??? mmmm
Wikipedia sites LinkedIn as "LinkedIn (pronounced /ˌlɪŋkt.ˈɪn/) is a business-oriented social networking site", erm did I miss something? whose big idea was it to take the Champagne and Canapés out of Socialising and networking? I’m just wondering if the people you know on linkedIn are the people you would ever talk to in a "networking" situation. Much like many people’s Facebook friends that "like" everything they say but wouldn’t make eye contact if you saw them in the street.
At least there is no farmville on linkedIn, I swear if I get one more request I’m going to surrender my account, now to find out who I can throw a sheep at!

26 miles and a bacon butty

After no preparation and a very small hangover - due to a night in with good Friends a bowl of chili and too many bottles of red wine. I completed the Macclesfield bikeathon in a time of 2 hours.
The day was beautiful, gorgeous views and a great atmosphere for a great charity, East Cheshire Hospice. Anyone that would like to donate, please do so by visiting their website. My legs are still aching but im looking forward to next years ride already!

Always A Woman

I'm currently loving the latest John Lewis ads, not only can i not get that song out of my head ( always a woman - originally a hit for Billy Joel in 1977) but now i fancy Fyfe Dangerfield, whose recording of the track was used for the advert. I guess  I'm a sucker for a beaded man with a general sense of unkempt.

Its not only the melody that's so beautiful about the ad, but its simplicity and neat execution.The 90-second commercial is part of a £6 million campaign for the department store, and was viewed 130,000 times in six days on Youtube. The tune has now been made available on iTunes and will no doubt feature heavily on the UK’s radio stations.....

...the big question is whether the hype around the advert, stops short at the tills?

First Time Blogger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK here we go my first ever blog!



I’m giving this "blog stuff" ago, hope I have interesting stuff to say!

I will probably end up using it as a way to tell my favourite jokes ( two eggs in a frying pan, one says " god its hot in here", the other says "aaaargh a talking egg") or maybe it would be a good way to find out what on earth my weird wierd dreams mean (giving birth to a rat baby or the witch on my wardrobe)

Probably the best use is to get down all the weird and wonderful thoughts that happen in my head, to save my poor long-suffering colleagues from having to listen to me!



Ta for reading!!!!