olly

For those of you that knew about my freefall jump for children in need, as you can see I landed safely.

xx

Well the year is moving on and an update on life in the world of Ol must be given.

The last few months have been interesting. First teaching year out of the way and workload has reduced courtesy of a change of planning style meaning I can actually start produce more artwork again. The summer saw Myself and Jonny travel up through Sweden to norway and back down (PHOTO INSERT: Sweden/Norway Border "Narvik"). Alas I am in the world of the singleton again as myself and Deb have seperated but I have to say she has been brilliant and in terms of breakups it's been good (if that's a word you can really use?) Friends for life. I've been painting the barn 'fireside' red which is a kinda terracotta and also started printing up some of my photos large format. I've had various peeps online and off asking about copies of my photos and there will be a website online soon to sell a few limited prints I'll email those interested wth details. I'm teaching 12 students this year which makes life easier and spending time either playing World of Warcraft (pop onto argent dawn and wisper Olivius if your online peeps), looking forward to City of Villians in a month or so; people interested in MMORPG's will know what I'm talking about. apart from that I'm saving up for holiday next year, haven't decided where yet; possibly sweden or barcelona again otherwise zimbabwe (victoria falls), japan, new zealand... depends on costs and who I'm going with. Anyway enough for now, hope you're all well fellow livejournalists, take care, Olly x

Today heralded a trip with Jonny to see the festival's "Luminarium" offering. For more photos see my flickr photo archive.

A picture of my new russian hamster; Boris!

yay, Spot are back in existence and playing the Ferryboat in May - I shall indeed be checking my diary.
http://www.ferryboat-inn.co.uk/gig_dates2.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39297207@N00/

i haven't updated this journal in so long I thought i'd just post to let those who i'm not in regular contact with know i'm still alive...

.....since the last post i have:

.....got a hamster called comrade boris.

.....become a fully fledged teacher. www.easton-st-peters.norfolk.sch.uk

.....bought a new 'reliable' car.

.....bought and absorbed albums from matthew good, franz ferdinand, scissor sisters, closure, my chemical romance, green day and alike.

.....made £350 selling my photos, and lost £150 on an idiot buyer.

.....become a super hero in an online world (eu.cityofheroes.com)

.....knocked a wall down to make a bigger kitchen.

.....bought a sleigh bed.

.....broken countless high-e strings and stix.

.....dreamt of canada, barca, notre dame and reykjavik.

.....uploaded one photo to a flickr account i should use more.

i will post some pictures of various things later.

just incase anyone ever needs to know, an RAC breakdown van cannot make it to the 11th floor of Norwich's Riverside Car Park...

..however the little man inside can so despite having to wait from 5pm until 7:40pm for him to arrive all was well with what could have been an awkward vehicle recoevery had he not fixed my car by simply spraying a few connections.

two more links to articles following the Masters of Sand competition:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?J33D224E8">-J33D224E8
http://broadland102.musicradio.com/homepage.jsp

we (myself, jonny, and lyndsay) returned triumphant from the British National Sandsculpting competition this weekend with 2nd place in the adult category; Which netted us a shiny trophy and £200 worth of shopping vouchers... not bad for a day in the sun. Hopefully I've managed to attach pictures/links below.

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exscuse the photo's they're not the best.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3923177.stm
http://www.teletextholidays.co.uk/Microsites/masters_of_sand.asp

article of the day:
http://www.indiewire.com/people/people_030414dowd.html

my current escapades around the investigsative net yield a few interesting related links:

http://www.oxstud.com/news.php
and the article on:
http://www.helenawhitford.net/2diary.html

wow.. one year on from my BA Hons degree graduation and my head has increased by 1cm in circumference;

noticed this while measuring for my PGCE graduation hat/mortarboard thingy.

...I can just feeel the brain mass pulsing with intelligence;)



...or the tape measure is wrong.

cue REM...

http://www.levity.com/eschaton/sheliak/

..."It's the end of the world as we know it..."

a ha.. cow tower:



also, now back from doctors and thankfully my tonsils are fine; it's a "general infection" as he termed it. 7 days worth of penicillin to conter it is the solution apparently.

have a rather sore throat today so am conserving energy until doctor's appointment this afternoon; have a funny feeling it may be tonsil related, tho' I hope not as I really need to be illness free for the next few weeks while I finish my post-grad studies and practice... fingers crossed.

Other News:
This snippet from the EDP looks cool, I may check it out:

"Vikings made a return visit to Norwich on Saturday to help launch an exciting new history trail and competition.

Warrior Falco and friends caused a stir when they set up camp at the Forum to promote the trail, which starts at Cow Tower, Riverside, and takes in Viking sights across the city.

It is one of a series of events leading up to a special celebration at Cow Tower during the May Bank Holiday weekend, when there will be a chance to see longships and follow the trail with county archaeologist Brain Ayres.

Vikings settled in Norwich from the 880s and by 1000AD there was a mix of Anglo-Saxons and Scandin-avians.

Copies of the trail leaflet are available from the Forum and city hall along with a form to enter the competition to win a trip to Legoland in Denmark.

Other events include a Viking craft demonstration and coin making at the Forum on Saturday, talks on Vikings at Norwich Castle on May 29 and a living history day at Norwich Cathedral on May 29."

Some people will try/buy anything:
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Todays article of interest:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_1933000/1933267.stm

in other news: I'm successfully growing kiwi bushes... yay!!!

Took a journey partly random trip around the wilds of north norfolk on saturday with Jonny and Deb, nice day out and it's good to see things in the same county that I've never seen before.

We stopped at the following:
1. Noroflk Children's Book Centre - Alby (Wind Powered book shop) where deb spent £15 of mine in a rather nice bound facsimilie editon of Winne the Pooh.

2. Letheringsett Watermill (Where we encountered an unpassable river ford)

3. Stiffkey, Blakeney and Wells

4. Binham Priory (Gorgeous ruins)
Norfolk Article - Binham Priory in Norfolk

5. Fakenham Safeway for provisions.

6. Foxley Wood (not explored due to knackeredness)

7. North Elmham Cathedral Ruin (First Cathedral in Noroflk 1077)

the word 'sporadic' fills me with mush forboding...