Huh, it's been a while, hasn't it ( Read more... )

Finally, here it is: the writeup for Ayacon 2009! With an awful lot of photos too!

( Friday: The shape of things to come )

Back from Ayacon! Best con I've been to in a long time. Got a stack of photos and stories to share, so they'll be coming soon!

Huh, been a while.

This weekend it's Ayacon. After the disappointment that was Amecon last year, I'm quite looking forward to it; the previous Ayacons have always been a blast, so hopefully the weekend should be great ( Read more... )

Last night I went to see Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular.

'Holy shit this is fucking awesome' is probably the best way to describe it.

I'd actually heard about it a few years ago, when I found the following video on youtube. Have a watch, it's totally worth your time:

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You're sitting there thinking 'huh, people painting models', but ( Read more... )

Phew, it's been a while. Handed in my Masters dissertation on Thursday, so for the past few weeks I've been chained to the spot doing it. Well, it's in now (apart from the abstract which I need to email), so that's all good ( Read more... )

Went to visit my Aunt Vera in hospital today. It's also her birthday, so we bought cards and presents. The woman in the next bed is a lady named Sylvia. Like my Aunt Vera she's in her 80s and they get along brilliantly. When we were chatting my mum bought up the time my grandad came to visit me in Portsmouth and I accidently sent him into a gay bar ( Read more... )

This is what I bought in Nottingham the other day:


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Meme taken from carlitwo and majesticarky

( Favourite Disney songs meme )

So, uh, I was messing round with the stats dashboard on Photobucket. Turns out 430 people looked at my Pikachu skull, 252 (heh) looked at my EV record and 61 people saw the bit from Silk and SteelOh man, seriously, what? Are loads of guests reading this? It says some views come from 'other' sites, but I have to pay to see where, bah ( Read more... )