Back to crafts!

So I've started tablet weaving again! I was feeling ill, which is when I seem to do crafty things like this, I'm not sure why! But i've made a couple of narrow bands, blue and white chevrons, and another one with an orange border, which isn't quite done yet!

That's it :) There's also a rather exciting development going on. I'm a student again! Woohoo! Off to York to do a Master's Degree :D The housing is developing slowly, but I should have it sorted by the end of next week, aall being well. Anyhoo, I'm off out to lunch, this was just a small post to let y'all know I was still about :) Also, if anyone out there is interested and doesn't know yet, go to www.kateordie.tumblr.cm and look at what is the BEST comic I've read this year! I admit to sending a slightly lame email to the author, because her comic actually really helped me come to terms with some of the things that have troubled me. It's a very good comic, heartfelt and enthusiastic, and the art is, of course, cute as a button! TTFN chaps! Jx

Tiredness

Well, I'm tired. Tired of working, tired of trying to sort out my uni stuff, tired of having the volatility of human emotion thrust upon me. Tire, tired, tired. But, on the plus side, ZZ Top's new album "La Futura" is coming out in a few days, and I shall be getting the record, to boost my vinyl collection! :D It's just under £20, which is fine by me as I love a bit of music, as you've surely gathered by now! If that's not your bag, I recently discovered that the new series of Dr. Who was going to be almost identical to the last, in terms of story arcs, script styles and, indeed, companions. No more the thrill and excitement of people dying, getting kicked off the show, storylines with interesting new planets and aliens, different situations and stuff like that. Oh no. We shall have the Doctor's identity being questioned, love between him and flirtatious women, the "Pond Saga", and now there's a grandad again (Remember Bernard? He was Donna's grandad. Originalitylol!). Oh, and buggering up the Daleks, don't forget that. Well there we go. Predictability, thy name is the BBC Wales scriptwriting department of the 2000s and 2010s. Anyhoo, enjoy the next episode! :D TTFN chaps! Love J x

Wow, been a while!

Greetings The Internet! Sorry for the loooooong delay, I've been working liek a dog! However, I have now paid off my tuition fees for next year ^^ And I'm working on moving into somewhere as well soon with Friend James, who is a Lovelington. Anyhoo, I'm now a Fireman on a steam railway, which is...kind of a dream come true for me! Yay! :D Seriously, I've been dreaming of this job for several years now, and to have actually finally accomplished it is...amazing, to say the least! :) It's quite nice to know that if you try and you work at it, you actually can achieve your dreams and goals, even if you don't quite realise you're doing it... Have a photo! I promise I'll keep up the posts from now on! Peace out y'all! J x

New ZZ Top!

So ZZ Top, the bluesiest, filthiest, beardiest band ever to come out of have a new album out. Texicali is their first prper new album in 9 years, and I'd heard mixed things from over the Atlantic about it, as you tend to with new work after long breaks. Oh, but they still got it! The new album has some crackers on it, like "I gotsta Get Paid", which is based on a rap song by Fat Pat. It's low down, dirty and very ZZ Top! The whole thing feels more like the ZZ Top albums of the 1970s, the ones that make you feel like you're in a hot bar in the desert sweating into your beer whilst these bearded musical leviathans pour molasses into your ears. Or something. I like ZZ Top. Some of the tracks are slower and bluseier than others, but many of them are the head nodding grit that we all love from The Top. Go and buy it! Go and buy it now! Jx

Artefact Analysis?

Know what that is? I'll tell you. It's a ginger beer bottle. Well, part of a ginger beer bottle anyway. It's late nineteenth or early twentieth century, and it originally said "The Pier Mineral Water Company Bangor Stone Ginger Beer." How cool is that? Shush, I think it's cool! The website odds and codds is very interestng if you want to find stuff out about cool old bottles and things, after all, they're part of history too you know! :D Anyway, I was back at work for the first day since early June, and successfully didn't kill anyone or break anything! Yaaaaay! Right, time for a cup of tea and then bed methinks! Nos da! Jx

I'm back!

So I just spent nearly two months digging and working in Ireland and the Isle of Man. It was wet, windy and wonderful! Now back to real work (Agh!) and money (woohoo!) Now that I'm back I'm looking forward to an article I wrote in the Spring being printed next month (hopefully!) and also to getting myself a few more bits and bobs here and there if I can. So sorry about the absence, I shall now make up for it with a pair of 17th century trousers I found in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin last month:

I hope that helps. Ciao! x

Inspiration? We shall see!

Yo! Well, I'm working full time, sorting out my Master's degree for next year and having a mini quarter life crisis. ARGH EXISTENTIAL CRISES! O_O But despite all this, I have got a paper accepted for a conference, organised an illustrated talk for next month, and sorted meeting my girlfriend at the airport when she arrives in two weeks :) Productive? Maybe. But I think I can do more. Therefore: I shall! Never let anyone tell you that you have limits. They don't know your potential, they only know the limits of their own. Keep on pushing people's expectations, surprise them, and make them proud to know you. That's my plan. I shall let you know how it goes. peace and love to all! Jxx