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Monday 30 April 2012

Photo Every Day #121

Life is really rather mundane at the moment! Bit of a lame time of year really. Ah well. I have this little guy.

Jacques:
Jacques

Song Of The Day: Metallica - Seek & Destroy
Reaon: Tune!! Such a chant-able song!

Sunday 29 April 2012

Photo Every Day #120

Today has been a busy but not much to show for it kind of day. We went food shopping, made a gammon joint for dinner and visited both families.

Mr Angelfish:
Johnny Angelfish

Song Of The Day: Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Reason: Loved her performance on The Voice. I think she's really different live and don't really see why she gets any crap!

Photo Every Day #119

Today I went for a meeting about working on a short comedy horror film, the script sounds really good and I can't wait to start shooting! Whilst in Manchester, I also went to the Slipknot photo exhibit by Paul Harris at the Manchester Photographic Gallery. It has really enforced how much I adore Slipknot and they are still my ultimate favourite band! I picked up a signed photo book too! We also went into Liverpool to Jamie's Italian. It was actually bad this time, super poor and slow service, uncooked seafood in my dinner and it just generally had an unpleasant after taste. I've really been put off and won't be going again.

Nine:
Nine

Song Of The Day: Slipknot - Surfacing
Reason: One of my ultimate favourite songs!

Friday 27 April 2012

Photo Every Day #118

Today I spent an hour enouraging the ratties to venture into the outside (of the cage) world. They were eating peas off my hand but having to reach outside the door to get them, Quigley was the bravest and managed to climb nearly all the way onto my hand but chickened out coming any further!

Dot Art:
Dot Art

Song Of The Day: Azealia Banks - 212
Reason: Catchy but rude!

Thursday 26 April 2012

Photo Every Day #117

All I want today is my bed, far too many nights of not enough sleep!

Pillow:
Pillow

Song Of The Day: Lullabies
Reason: Someone please sing some to me so I can zzzzzz!

Wednesday 25 April 2012

Photo Every Day #116

My little rat babies are getting so big already! They've already grown and seem to be quite settled into their new cage now. The love digging about and rearanging everything and also love throwing all of their bedding out of their house! Jacques and Quigley have also started to go a bit lighter grey on top, and all three of them are bigger. They're getting used to us fairly quickly, we've been feeding them frozen peas in the palm of our hands and today I managed to get Quigley to climb on to me and eat some peas! He also climbed up my arm and had a good think about whether he fancied coming of out his cage, which he decided against in the end, maybe in a couple of days! I really love having them and they're great pets!

Jacques:
Rats - 25th April 2012


Quigley's Cleaning Time:


Jacques Sniffing:


Song Of The Day: Metallica - Unforgiven II
Reason: Love this song, really like Metallica when they slow it down a bit!

Spring Outfit

This is what I'm looking to wear this spring. The weather is getting better but it still isn't summer, so I've teamed a nice floaty skirt with tough boots and a bleached jacket. I think the chain jewellery gives it a tough, biker style edge.



Dkny shirt
£30 - houseoffraser.co.uk

Crafted cropped denim jacket
£35 - republic.co.uk

Forever 21 ruffle skirt
$20 - forever21.com

Marc by Marc Jacobs black booties
$290 - stylebop.com

Multi strand necklace
£155 - farfetch.com

Jigsaw chain bracelet
£45 - jigsaw-online.com

Photo Every Day #115

Super late one today as I've been doing the stocktake at work, fun times! We were allowed to wear our own clothes which makes it seem less like work but it was strange coming out and it being so quiet! I've started wearing my padlock necklace again, although I've put it on a normal silver chain rather than the thick chain it was on so that I can wear it in a more subtle way.

Padlock:
Padlock

Song Of The Day: Green Day - 86
Reason: Not heard this in ages, reminds me of being younger

Tuesday 24 April 2012

Photo Every Day #114

Today isn't strictly a photo I've taken but I wanted to showcase my friend's artwork, which stars little old moi! The theme was vulnerable women and I dressed as a hooker so that she'd have a basis for her ideas. The things you do for friends eh?!

Artwork:
Charlottes Artwork

Sunday 22 April 2012

Photo Every Day #113

Today my mum got me a gift from the shop formerly known as Octopus, I think it's called Psyclone now. It's a noodle/rice bowl in the shape of a face with a chinese style hat! So cute!! Apparently they don't make them any more, but this one was in a store cupboard!

China Man:
China Man

Song Of The Day: Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow
Reason: Really love this song and the Stereophonics are one of my favourite bands.

Saturday 21 April 2012

Photo Every Day #112

Todays PED is just a quick one as its my friends birthday. We've finally eaten most of the easter chocolate, so here's the last duck!

Quack:
Chocolate Duck

Song Of The Day: Swedish House Mafia & Tinie Tempah - Miami 2 Ibiza
Reason: One of my ultimate going out tunes!

Photo Every Day #111

The rats are definately getting more used to us, today I've been feeding them frozen peas and made a little video to show the boy.

Feeding Frozen Peas:




Home Sweet Home:
Rats

Song Of The Day: Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Reason: I was watching some of her videos before and it reminded me how much I love her Stripped album.

Friday 20 April 2012

Photo Every Day #110

Today we made cupcakes! Everyone loves cupcakes.

Cupcakes:
Cupcakes

Song Of The Day: Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Reason: Still loving this girl!

Wednesday 18 April 2012

Photo Every Day #109

Today myself and Stu made some stop motion animation clips. We actually spent most of our time making our 'Morphs' out of plasticine but did make a couple of short clips. We're aiming to practice some more and then make a 'proper' short piece. You can see the video below or on our Little Lost Pegasus Films YouTube Channel, where you can also see the 'Vanished' trailer which has been getting quite a few views!

Mini Morphs:
Baby Morphs

Waving:


Song Of The Day: Korn - Here To Stay
Reason: Tune!!! One of my favourite Korn songs.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Photo Every Day #108

The rat babies are settling in well today, they seem to have a bit of a mad hour or two of running about and feeding at around 8pm and they've settled into their little wooden cottage. I've been trying to get them used to me by feeding them bits of lettuce which they seem to love. They weren't too mad on the cucumber we bought especially just for them though! Quigley also went into the hammock for a quick run around, I'm not sure he was too convinced by it yet though!!

Quigley:
Quigley

The Working Day:
Working Day

Song Of The Day: Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy
Reason: Amazing song!

Monday 16 April 2012

Photo Every Day #107

Today we got our new rat babies!! We ended up with 3 males and have called them Klaus, Jacques and Quigley, inspired by characters from A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

Trio:
Rats

Klaus:
Klaus

Quigley (Left) & Jacques (Right):
Jacques & Quigley

Song Of The Day: Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
Reason: Super great song when you're angry!

Sunday 15 April 2012

Photo Every Day #106

Today we cooked the venison burgers we got from Chester Food & Drink Festival. To be honest, I wasn't a huge fan as I found it to be really dense and wasn't mad about the taste really. Ah well, at least I tried it!

Venison Burgers:
Venison

Song Of The Day: Pink - Sober
Reason: Really live Pink's angsty stuff

Saturday 14 April 2012

Photo Every Day #105

Today I decided I want a cute furry type of pet. We're going to look at the pet shop tomorrow :D so excited!!! Today we went to Pan Y Vino in Stockton Heath for some tapas.

Tapas:
Tapas

Eat Like A King:
Tapas

Song Of The Day: American Hi-Fi - Rise
Reason: Their stuff just makes me feel full of energy and cheerful

Friday 13 April 2012

Photo Every Day #104

Today has been a crappy day overall. But it is Friday 13th so I'll just let it go. However, me and Stu, my co-filmmaker at Little Lost Pegasus Films, decided to make a stop motion together using the crappy kinder egg toys. It was just a super quick go before we get together next week and have a go at making some proper ones (better than Hippo Love!). I have decided that Final Cut Pro X is a piece of shite and would like to declare my undying love for Avid. If someone would like to buy me Avid please get in touch...

Feeling Blue:
Feeling Blue

Song Of The Day: Michael Andrews - The Portal (For Whom The Bells Tolls)
Reason: Stunning.

Photo Every Day #103

Today I went to visit my beautiful puppy. I really miss her :(

Ears:
Ears

Song Of The Day: Metallica - Sad But True
Reason: One of my fave Metallica songs, really 80s video!

Wednesday 11 April 2012

Photo Every Day #102

Today Facebook has bought Instagram (one of my favourite iPhone apps, ever!) for $1billion. That's a pretty hefty sum of money for a little company with just a phone app, so huge congrats to them. I've ready several articles commenting that apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic (another of my personal faves) are killing 'proper' photography. I have to say I disagree. I love film and photography and am interested in anything visual. Although I think of photography as just a fun hobby of mine, I do want to get better at it and am interested in retro cameras, toy cameras, lomography etc. As you may know, I've recently been given a Praktica BCX and this is really the first proper film camera I've ever had so I'm just adoring it at the moment and having fun experimenting. I can honestly say that if it wasn't for my initial interest in photography followed by the fact that I was able to use apps such as Instagram that I may not be the proud owner of that Praktica at this moment. Instagram allows me, and its millions of other users to, experiment super cheaply and is fun to use to make my photos a little different from the norm. So, good luck to Instagram, here's hoping you only change for the better!


Heart Shaped Basket:
Heart Shaped Basket

Come Dine With Me:
Lunch For Two

Song Of The Day: Machine Head - Elegy
Reason: Beautiful song

Tuesday 10 April 2012

Photo Every Day #101

After making up with one of my best friends and a nice meal at good old Nandos, it's been a decent, if not slow, day. It's also been an eye opener to how two faced silly, immature little girls can be. Hasn't anyone heard of being professional in the workplace?? On a lighter note, aren't the toys you get in Kinder Eggs rubbish now! What happened to the cute collectables et al?

Kinder Surprise:
Kinder Suprise

Song Of The Day: Trivium - Dying In Your Arms
Reason: My fave Trivium song, haven't heard it for probably a year or so, but still a great song.

Monday 9 April 2012

Photo Every Day #100

Woo! Today is my 100th Photo Every Day post! I wish I'd have remembered this earlier in the day as I would have tried to take more photos for a special post. Boo! I have however been taking a few photos with my Lomography Fisheye and my Praktica so stay tuned! Today we went to the Chester Food and Drink Festival which was really good. There was loads of stalls and plenty of things to try. We watched a cooking demonstration too and the boy was selected to taste test the final dishes. We ended up buying some homemade fudge, some wood pigeon breast, venison burgers, some honey and 'the world's best knife sharpener' (which in fairness is pretty damn good). We also got more easter eggs from the boy's family, so we'll be super fat for the forseable future.


Wild Boar Burger:
Wild Boar Burger

Song Of The Day: Refused - New Noise
Reason: One of my ultimate fave songs, just makes me want to jump around

Photo Every Day #99

So, today was Easter and here is mine and the boy's easter stash! My mum also bought me a nice heart shaped picnic basket, it's very cute! I spent the evening sorting out my vintage cameras, a Praktica BCX and an Olympus Trip 35, and reading manuals so that I can try and get the best out of them. I've also managed to find two rolls of expired film so I'll be using those in the Praktica and my Lomography Fisheye tomorrow when we go to the Chester Food and Drink Festival.

Stash:
Easter Stash

Song Of The Day: Nine Inch Nails - Wish
Reason: One of my fave NIN songs

Sunday 8 April 2012

Photo Every Day #98

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday, so this means presents and eggs! Woop!

Egg:
Egg

Song Of The Day: Usher - Climax
Reason: Been stuck in my head after hearing it on the radio, not sure I like it tbh :|

Friday 6 April 2012

Photo Every Day #97

Today I recieved some exciting news! I got a runner/driver's job in London for this Sunday. Just waiting to hear final details then I will reveal all! Also, bought two big tubs (like 1kg each!) of sweets for a mere £3 odd from work today. Going to use the containers for storing my baking stuff.

Candy Land:
CandyLand

Song Of The Day: Ed Sheeran - Drunk
Reason: Lovely song, very real too! Can't say I can identify too much with being a gangsta, hoes and bitches and the like!

Thursday 5 April 2012

Photo Every Day #96

Today has been a bit of a day of realisation. The realisation that people can be silly, daft and can also become delusional because of others two faced behaviour. My geckos never let me down however.

Carcass:
Carcass

Song Of The Day: Slipknot - People = Shit
Reason: Cos some people are shit!

Photo Every Day #95

Today has been a busy day off. Full of the average tasks that need doing on a regular basis, such as cleaning the bathroom and doing the washing.

Flowers:
Flowers

Song Of The Day: VNV Nation - Structure
Reason: Short and sweet

Tuesday 3 April 2012

Photo Every Day #94

Today has been a rather dull day. Which matches the weather really! Here's today's PED of some nice shortbread in a funky London themed tin.

London Town:
HipstaPrint

Song Of The Day: Linkin Park - What I've Done
Reason: One of my fave walking-from-my-car-to-work songs


Monday 2 April 2012

Photo Every Day #93

Today's PED is of the Bird's Eye polar bear. So cute!

Bear:
Polar Bear

Song Of The Day: Carly Rae Jepson - Call Me Maybe
Reason: Super catchy and a tad cheesy

Sunday 1 April 2012

Photo Every Day #92

Last night was the Spring Party which was really fun. It's nice to see people outside of work. I also had a meal cooked for me by the boy today which was nice since I'm super tired!!

Debs Girls:
Spring Party - 30th March 2012