It has been too long!

Well its been along time. Well, its been 15 months since my last blog post which is ridiculous. Shall we get up to speed? I THINK SO! Here's what y'all have missed:

1. I left Studio@55. It was an amazing job. I got to take pictures of families that they would cherish forever AND I got paid for it! It felt like it was time to move on so I handed in my notice and had the intention of finding a part time job whilst I wanted to go back to university then POW the next step happened.
2. I was employed by Felicitas Media in July 2012. I landed myself a good job opportunity at a company who handle social media for businesses. Basically I represented a company on Twitter which was awesome. After a few months there I learnt quite a bit about social media and the problems companies with it. After a few months there I landed myself with another opportunity.
3. Landed a job at TheSnugg.com. I was offered a job as a Marketing Assistant at a company that is one of the top mobile device case companies in the industry. I have been there 4 months now and have learnt a whole lotta stuff in terms of blogging, SEO and marketing in general. I love my job there and the company as a whole is amazing!!! The selection of employees quite diverse which means I am not the only oddball there, everyone is equally as "different" as myself which makes the work day a little more different than most.

So in terms of my work life that is where I am at now. 

I am currently sat at home with a giant abscess on my face after a bad tooth complaint. My fiancee Helen actually quoted the following when she saw my face:

I am sat at home with a giant lump on my face and feeling pretty bad about my overall sloth appearence to be honest. As I have been going through my emails I saw a link about the importance of Google Authorship and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to update my blog and let anyone who reads this know where I am up to.

OH SHIT! I bought a house too. Me and my fiancee were so lucky to have the cash to put a hefty deposit down on a house so that the monthly payments were less than the rent we were previously paying. Cool stuff huh? WRONG! A life lesson has been learnt which is that bills are a bitch! Here is a pic of my humble abode:

We grabbed it at exactly the right time. BARGAIN! It has had it problems though. For example the earth connector for the electricity supply was managed by a jump lead from the mains to the gas main, which was SAFE AS HOUSES. Also had to get a new boiler. Life is expensive man, I wish I was a 12 year old StarTrek watch motherfucker without a care in the world again. Dam I am getting old!

Also as you can see in the pic I HAVE A DOG! His name is Darwin and he is now 1 year old. A home isn't a home without a dog, so mine is now feeling more complete. 

Anyways I think this was enough crap to post, sorry if it isn't as juicy a read as I would usually hit with but as I said I look like the elephant man on a bad day. I still intend on posting more often so hopefully it will be a little more of an interesting read then!

Goodbye Kristiina

Yesterday one of the Christmas temps at my works has had to leave early. Soon she will be flying back to Estonia before she hopefully goes to be with her partner in Dubai. She was a lovely character who seemed a little quiet sometimes. After weeks or talking and getting to know her I learned she loved anime, art and most things creative. Here is her page:

http://thesorceress.deviantart.com/

As a farewell present I offered to do a photo shoot for her, so last night after work I spent 45 minutes taking photo's of her and I can safely say she is the best model I have photo'd so far. She posed brilliantly, she had a natural smile and could show any emotion I asked with ease. Here are afew of the images we captured:

Pork is the king of the meats!

Just on our way home from the Manchester markets. I'd refer to them at the Christmas markets but as we are halfway through November i'm not going to be that kind of an arsehole. Just thought I'd post and say how most excellent it was and thank you to Helen, Kingham and Richard for coming along. Here's a few pics from the iPhone.

Amazing Atmosphere

I consider myself quite an open minded person (within logic) and I am rarely shocked by anything. A couple of weeks ago I was asked by a previous customer to attend her babies 1st birthday. I was really happy that someone liked my services so much they would hire to me attend such a special event, so I accepted the job. When I arrived it became apparent that in Indian culture a 1st birthday is a kinda big thing.

I was soon surrounded by what seem to be a thousand children (all amazingly well behaved), great food, lots of alcohol and some of the happiest people I have ever met. The colours were amazing, women wearing all kinds of colours and jewellery, it was more colourful than any Kodak advert I have ever seen.  Everyone was so accepting and friendly that it kinda shocked me, reminded me that there are some good/friendly people in the world.

The whole night and the atmosphere were amazing. It was a privilege to be paid for something so enjoyable to be completely honest. Another thing that shocked me was this lovely fellow:

He was the birthday girls father, he approached me as soon as he saw my tattoos. He asked where I had them done, then revealed to me that he had been a tattoo artist for over 40years, he first set up in 1970 in middlesbro. This is without a doubt the happiest guy I have ever met, and from all the images I can see he is also the proudest. He stood tall and proud of his children and grandchildren, it was truly inspiring! 

Die Alone? A Hardcore Saturday Topic

Ok, so I was waiting at the bus stop this morning for 10 minutes or so until I realised there was a sign that said my Saturday Morning bus to work had been cancelled, first goose of the day. So then I called a local cab. He turns up and I remember the guy, lovely smiley Indian chappy. We had what I would consider a “normal” conversation until we talked about family and weddings. I happily told the driver I plan to get wed in the next couple of years, maybe 2 or 3. He congratulates me, then tells me about how the grooms are the ones who get stuff paid for at their weddings and then proceeded to tell me about a £3k necklace he bought his daughter and so forth. Then he asked me my age, I replied and said “27”. Then he proceeded to tell me I should REALLY concider kids asap as “nobody wants to die alone”.

I think what the driver was trying to tell me was that everyone needs somebody, so if me and my fiancée Helen decided to never have kids then we would only have each other to depend on. I know its the circle of life kinda thing where we get raised by our parents and then the roles reverse as our parentals get old and depend on us, but is it wrong to not be a part of this cycle? Now bear in mind I’m only 27, I have loads of time right?

Its not like we are against kids either, I’m actually looking forward to parenthood someday, at the minute taking care of myself seems like enough work (current parents out there have my respect). At the end of the day we do what we have to do, just thought I’d share this thought and if anybody has anything to say then go for it!

Ciao for now