birds of albion

i took this little video on my phone the morning we had breakfast on the beach. some times these little feathered creatures are so amazing that i feel an ache in my chest that is so profound that i feel like i don't want to get out of bed.

print your own christmas cards! number four

print your own christmas cards! number two

this one is mainly for fans of enter the dragon.

Print your own christmas cards! number one

i took this photo

this Birdy came and got some bread but then everyone else came over and it got a bit "beatlemania".

i saw a doughnut machine

i need one of these strapped to my chest. feeding them into my mouth like a mother bird who doesn't want me to eat chewed up worms, but instead a delicious, hot, fatty treat.

cooking and grey skies, then electric blue.

woke up and the sky was erratic and electric.

i made uncle mikes dirty chicken and dirty quesadillas. which was chicken stuffed with beaten phillidephia, cholula hot pepper sauce and spices and a fried quesadilla stuffed with cheese and

spicey pepper cream sauce.

and min cooked fish pie. we'll have that later and i'll report on it after.

i am making a bunch of download-able christmas cards that you can print to send to people. you just print the picture and stick it onto the blank piece of folded card. i'll start posting them up on december the 1st.

i ate too much cheese

for about 3.50 each we ate a vast amount of pizza and sat behind a guy who i claimed was a bbc correspondent, but i don't think he was. i was just feeling bummed out that i hadn't seen anymore more famous. possibly it's like fairies. if you don't care much then they don't appear to you. i thought i saw brian harvey the other day but it was probably some other burk who hadn't shaved and looked like the 90's were the best part of his life and he'd never get them back. so anyway we ate loads of pizza and then jess put sour cream on her top lip and pretended it wasn't there when talking to people. which was so funny i got a bit of coke in the back of my throat and it was a bit stingy. then we were so full that we both felt sick. this was yesterday so it's pretty much irrelevant now, but it was a nice day.

world aids day

i am having a dream where your birds are coming alive in a bath in the back of a car.

but got up early, went to mac dons then went to waterstones quickly, then we ate our breakfast on the beach, the sky and birds and sun were perfect. went to a small gallery on our way to the pier to get some machine donuts. then took the donuts home and ate them in bed watching spaced and then had a nap. then working all afternoon and evening on our uni work. my thesis is making me learn about loads of interesting stuff. which is great. then had a relaxing bath and now updating my blog and listening to the beach boys to counteract the hammering rain outside.

it's been a beautiful day.

this lady was really angry about hash browns. poor dear.

actually the epilogue of the one before it.

after these doughnuts then we had this amazing sausage and mash. it was amazing. team effort. now i'm going to sleep.

tasty burgers and walking on the beach

we got up and went for a cup of tea, then we had a really good lunch. it was freezing and i got my winter coat and we walked along the beach and went to some galleries. then we went and got an ice cream on the pier. i'm having a little break from painting to work on my thesis. which is going ok.

territorial squarkings (2009)

woah. not looking up there again. (2009)

how to make a lightsaber

i warn you well in advance that this isn't so much of an instruction of how to make a lightsaber, but more just a video of me waving about a torch with an iphone app making the sound effects, while wearing jessy's dressing gown and a leopard print skirt over my head. i am very tired and have been working my ass off all day. also note the resolution is terrible because i am lazy and can't be bothered to wait for a high res render to take place.

at christmas i'm going to turn all the lights off and chase tim and ken around the house with this awesome thing. in a santa jacket, hat and beard with no trousers. merry christmas boys.

oh well. plenty more fish in the sea (2009)

I'll give them a minute and then i'll shout over (2009)

it's a bit windy up here (2009)

The blocked drain shower (2009)

today in less than 20 words.

woke up. did painting. ate cheese sandwich. more painting. had curry with naan bread. then probably hit the hay. sweet.

and that ladies and germs is today's blog. eat your heart out norman mailer.

Up in the eaves (2009)

The sofa of kings (2009)

The path of a single leaf (2009)

cracked drain bath (2009)