Photography, random posts and very little about kebabs.
Birmingham has been my home for the last 14 years (previously lived in Solihull before). Now in that time I’ve constantly heard how rubbish it is. Now, maybe it’s age but I’ve started to document more of the city. I like the place, it has everything I want and need (though some independent camera shops might be good).
So expect more Brum in the future.
….sort of.
Well it’s been over a week since the last post. So finally think the cold has gone. Still a bit phlegmy, but getting there. Should start Yoga again tomorrow, regretting now not doing any of the exercise that Jayne gave us to do. Still I can blame it on the illness.
One hangover from the cold however is food, for some reason I cannot eat at normal times. I’ve been skipping breakfast and eating later. Once I’ve eaten I feel a bit sick (none of that novavirus shitting stuff though), so I tend to not eat much in the evening. I should feel starving now at nearly midnight, but I’m not too bad. Maybe it’ll help me to lose weight!
Quite a varied year really. Started off the new year as a contractor, finished it as an employee. Hopefully 2008 will be a reverse of this.
In terms of photography, I got accepted on to Alamy, still not had any sales yet but I’m looking long term for this. Plus my stock images are still fairly low in numbers (Currently about 460 images). I would like double this as a minimum for the next year. The last few months have been fairly quite photography wise, still got a couple of photo shoots planned for early in the new year.
Best thing about this year is watching Rachel grow up, she is getting cuter by the day.
So the upcoming new year what will I hope for. Fitness (again) and hopefully less colds. I need to stop eating all the shite I do.
2008 will start with a cold as I’ve currently got bloke flu. Sitting here typing away in my wooly hat, hoodie and sleeping bag. I may venture to try a medicinal vodka later. Hopefully will be better for the traditional New Years day walk in Sutton Park.
Also from a tech point of view I need to sort out MySQL and WordPress, one of them falls out with the other. I’ve applied a few updates/mods which have improved things a bit. A dedicated server might help, either this Mac Mini or something smaller (8watt solid state PC I’ve been looking at).
Have a good one, Steve
You know how it is, you fancy a quick sandwich on the way home. So as Subway is near the station I thought a simple pop in and get grub might be in order. But no, on the door there is some bloke with a Subway T-Shirt attempting to sign me for a money off deal.
I mean this is fucking Subway. So for £10 I could have a voucher that entitles me to 3x free subs and plenty of buy one get one free deals. Now I explain I’ve only got £4, but then he can do this for a fiver. So a good deal, but to be honest it wasn’t a good deal as I walked away. In that brief few moments of bullshit he’s lost a customer. Probably for a while to come as well.
So well done (probably the area manager) Subway.
Anyway, partially inspired by my friend Chris (who I will meet for a drink sometime) a picture from today (edit yesterday now!)
Frosty lamppost, Acocks Green Station, Birmingham
Early start today, bridge duty on the SS Failboat. Quite a tedious task, sit in a quiet room for a couple of hours and look as the ships system monitors. Though only one of the six actually applies to me.
Seems that all the crew members of the SS Failboat need to spend time in here, well nearly all. The senior captains seem not too. I think this is probably my fifth time on duty and as with before I managed to get a bit of a kip. Easily done as the room is much quieter than the rest of the vessel.
The galley was a little shite this morning, 4 pieces of brown toast were requested. However as with the current policy of not actually getting stock when at port I find that brown is not on offer. However white bread is available. This took longer to actually prepare due to the galley chef not realizing that toasters can be switched on. So 4 stodgy slices of white later I’m full and ready for the 2nd part of my bridge kip.
Further developments from within the SS Failboat have kept myself and other crew members busy for a while. The Admirals ledger books have been due for replacement. So the Failboat governors have introduced a new ledger which the team from SS CACKSON have been busy working on.
Slight teething troubles with this new ledger
Only slight problems though. It has saved the Admiralty a vast amount of money though. However we can no longer dock into certain ports due to these problems. I’m sure these minor issues will be sorted soon, without the need to those ports to involve the services of SS Smallclaimscourt.
Anyway, as this has been a major ‘suck’cess for the crew from SS CACKSON we will not be critical of their decision to hold a large party when their voyage was complete. Despite large numbers of people from SS SHATONSUPPORTSTAFF not turning up.
Anyway, must dash almost time for me to move away from the bridge and continue to work in engine room.
Yours,
SS FAILBOAT crew member