life

here it goes again.

so me and rachel broke up. it was a mutual decision really, since i’m moving to leeds soon and we don’t want to become too attached. i can understand, but i still feel pretty shitty about it!

also, i still haven’t finished all my work, and some of it was due in today. i’m sure they’ll call me back but i’m a bit worried.

best friday the thirteenth ever, eh?

June 13th, 2008 ~ No Comments ~ life

this geometry is dangerous!

christ, i just saw a post from like a year ago. god.

anyway, i am still frantically getting work done. although i’ve had a few extensions which is a good thing.

i saw young helen the other day at work. had a lovely bit of banter, we’re just hoping young smoodge has a house party this year. i know i need one.

the other day the most bizarre thing happened. it was about half eleven at night, and i was laid in bed, and i heard something under my bed moving and scratching and stuff. well naturally i shit myself, and i was laid there not wanting to move. i mean, something big was under my bed. anyway, i looked down on the floor and my neighbour’s cat had found its way into my house, into my bed and was now looking at me like i was a complete knob. just lovely.

middlesbrough music live is next sunday, can’t wait.

May 22nd, 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ life

she’s just a devil woman.

not much to talk about here, college work is due in like two weeks and i’ve got most of the years work to do.

new girlfriend, i asked her out friday. kept it a secret until wednesday, which was groovy.

quite hungover so i’ll write something later.

May 15th, 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ life

no dice.

yesterday was amazing.

we had the day off so we made plans to go to the park and play football and have a picnic, which i’ve wanted to do for ages. anyway, i met up with rachel and rob whilst we waited for the others, and just had a laugh. kelvin and bayla eventually turned up and we just had the best day ever. there was ball games (in every sense you can think of (seriously, bayla and kel in the bush)) and we went to the beach for a while. we buried kelvin in sand (the usual beach stuff) as well as playfighting with rachel. eventually we head back to the park and rachel had to go, so we just chilled out after a hard day. hide and seek and what not. basically we were big kids for the day. and i loved it. we’re doing it again next friday.

i have all the information i need now and will be making a move soon. you know what i’m talking about.

in other news: middlesbrough music live line-up has been announced, and it’s looking fucking good. noah and the whale, pnau, sam isaac, the anomalies, scoobius pip, black kids etc. i’m there. no los campesinos! or grammatics which i’m a bit disappointed by.

http://middlesbroughmusiclive.co.uk/

May 3rd, 2008 ~ 2 Comments ~ life

the low-down.

so it’s been a while (i say that quite a lot), so here’s what’s been happening lately.

i got a haircut.

LEIGH DUMPED ME.

i made a game.

i’m back on track.

yeah, life is pretty great right now. i can finally do all the things i’ve wanted to for a while, but haven’t been able to. my priorities right now:

make new friends

learn to drive

get a job

and i’m well on the way to completing all three. i’ve got lessons booked, i’ve got a cv ready and i’ve already met quite a few people. i can finally go out legally, which is always good. i haven’t been out in like 6 months or so, and i actually can’t wait. i’m going to london in june which will be great. but right now i just want to focus on college work, since there’s so much to do and so little time. i’ve got 5 weeks of lessons left, after that it’s play catch-up. but yes, i’m back on track and it’s great. i could just do without being called a smartarse.

April 23rd, 2008 ~ No Comments ~ life

the world’s moving but i’m standing still.

well well well.

let’s see, due to popular demand here is my first ever game, platform ball.

platform ball

controls: W - gravity A - right S - stop D - right

aim: guide the ball to the exit by clicking on the blocks and changing them.

it’s really buggy but it’s my first game and was made in about 4 hours using game maker 7 lite. i hope it gets some plays at least.

in other news, i saw leigh on saturday. no comment.  

April 8th, 2008 ~ 2 Comments ~ video games, life

what does anyone want but to be a little more free?

so, as of about two hours ago, leigh got a place at huddersfield university, which is excellent news. i’m so happy for her! i also finished my first ever game which i am very proud of, but it’s no where near good enough to post anywhere so i’m going to work on a new project which i may or may not post. still won’t be BLOC-standard though.

i’ve also found out a lot about my accommodation at leeds met, and it turns out i have a guaranteed place like i thought i did. though where i’m not sure. it says the becket campus (which is ideal, it’s like 5 mins away from leeds met) but i’ll have to find out. it’s not until august that i need to worry about it anyway, but it’s taken a lot off my mind.

anyway, my latest game idea is called “gravi”, in which you switch gravity to progress through levels. it could be good if i execute it properly.

March 31st, 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ life

this one’s about me.

so this post is about me. oh boy.

let’s see. well, firstly, i made some levels for crayon physics. if any of the seven viewers play it, check them out over at the crayon physics level blog available here: http://crayon-physics.blogspot.com/2008/03/two-new-packs-added.html which is a great project. thanks to cama for putting them up!

next up, i’ve had a great idea for a game which i’m going to make. but i’m going to have to learn C++ properly, which is going to set me back a while. anyone know the learning curve?

yesterday i went to see leigh, which i gave her her suprise: chocolate nests! oh yes, i went through all the effort of making chocolate nests for her. basically its just chocolate and shredded wheat but i added some chicks and mini eggs. i was quite proud. we got up to the usual stuff and i had a great time. although i felt really ill when i got home. the snow is absurd.

March 25th, 2008 ~ No Comments ~ life

people won’t be people when they hear this sound.

wow, so like. hmm. i’m a bit in shock.

kelvin is using his mum’s iPod shuffle to store files. which is fair enough. only we found porn on it. not just any porn. oh no. bizarre and weird porn. feet in… vaginas, men with 3 penises (WHY? it looked like it had meaty wings) etc. not only that i had a lovely conversation with some girls about men cutting bits of themselves off. it’s been an interesting day.

also, i can take 28 five year olds in a fight. possibly the best survey ever. since i’m lazy you’ll have to google “how many five year olds could you take in a fight”. it had me rolling with tears.

i need sites to pass the time.

December 18th, 2007 ~ 6 Comments ~ life, internet

i’m not scared anymore.

well, a few things. mostly talking about what happened yesterday.

yesterday was the two month anniversary of me and leigh. only i couldn’t phone her, but i got the best text ever from her, actually made my day amazing.

whilst out yesterday, i came across a lovely man windboarding. i took some pictures (which i used for a sf0 task), here he is in all his glory. he was a really nice bloke as well, told me all about it and how it keeps him fit and stuff. he also allowed me to take pictures!
windsurf

anyway, what else happened on thursday? well, my time.space.repeat cd FINALLY came! TSR are a band that i’ve befriended from DiS, and i must say they are very talented. sort of post-rock, so far they’ve released an ep and an album. they’re very good! i’ve listened through the album a few times (favourite track probably being “blue skies”) and the ep lots (i love “end of the world”). i hope they make it big! i recommend you go listen to them, i think their album is on their myspace for your listening pleasure. definitely for fans of the likes of gregor samsa.

i finally finished my university work! i’ve been fretting over it for a while now, but it’s finally done. i just hope i bloody pass! i celebrated in style (in the form of 10 malborough reds, i thought it was a special occasion and i haven’t smoked much recently) and now i feel great. and i get to see leigh tomorrow so huzzah! life is good! (i bet you weren’t expecting that from a teenager’s blog eh?) (why am i bracketing things lots in this post? i don’t know).

December 14th, 2007 ~ 4 Comments ~ opinion, music, life