Photo Every Day #252

Today I went shopping in Manchester with my Mum. I had no intention of buying anything but came back with two matching deer pictures, a green dress, a pink jacket and a cupcake! I'll upload some photos tomorrow! This evening I had my friends round and we had takeaway and watched X Factor. I think the X Factor is really running out of steam with this latest series. The format is so predictable that it's just boring to see so many talented people that they just all seem average. There are barely any auditions shown anymore, definitely no real crazy people auditioning like they used to have, no real advice given to hopefuls, no family interviews, even the sob stories are appearing as though they've been sent via the bland machine. I personally preferred the original format with more intimate auditions and with judges who know more about the industry as oppose to just being performers. However, it now seems to have turned into a huge bland fest where it's all about dramatics with no real climax. It's a shame as I did used to love watching the audition segments of the show. Maybe one day they'll bring back the old style!

Emerald Takeaway:


Song Of The Day: Olly Murs - Heart Skips A Beat
Reason: Love this song and he's a bit of a guilty pleasure as his style isn't my usual cup of tea!

Highlight Of The Day: A nice day with family and friends.

Photo Every Day #251

Over the last couple of days I've been sorting out our second bedroom. I rearranged the furniture and it looks a lot better and a lot lighter. I've been wondering what to do with all my cameras, films, accessories, developed negatives and prints for ages, but so far I have compiled them onto our new tv bench since we haven't bought a new tv yet. I call it my Lomo Mountain! I also won some more piggy points on the Lomography website! Woo! This is my lomo home if you're wondering.

Lomo Mountain:


Song Of The Day: Fiona Apple - Red
Reason: Haven't listened to her in far too long, still one of my ultimate idols.

Highlight Of The Day: It's Friday! So that means the weekend is tomorrow!!

Photo Every Day #250

Today I have been uping my search for jobs, training and events that might be of use to me. I've found a few things that may be of interest and I'm hoping to go to BVE North with my friend in November to pimp ourselves out to people in the industry! Klaus helped me look too.

I Iz Surfing The Interwebz:


Song Of The Day: Panic! At The Disco - Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Reason: Firstly, love the song title! Not that I necessarily agree however. But even though its a bit of a teenage anthem, I still like it. I remember taking one of my sisters friends to see them at the Academy in Manchester ages ago, but sadly don't remember if they were good or not.

Highlight Of The Day: Managing to tidy up and sort out most of the spare room

Photo Every Day #249

Today I have been working on my short film script. I don't want to say much about it yet really as it's going quite well. It's going to be a short film and at the moment I'm thinking of having no spoken dialogue a la Resume. There are two characters so it's quite a focused piece which I'm hoping will be quite intense.

Script Writing:


Song Of The Day: Natasha Beddingfield - Soulmate
Reason: A big inspiration for my script!

Highlight Of The Day: An early finish from work and the season 3 finale of Gossip Girl!

Photo Every Day #248

Tomorrow I am going to make it my mission to write a longer blog. I'm feeling exhausted most of the time at the moment, but a higher dose of my medication may help, or make it 100x times... only time will tell.

Pebbles:


Song Of The Day: Simple Plan - Shut Up
Reason: Such a cheesey, bratish song, but I love it all the same.

Highlight Of The Day: Nice chats with friends

Photo Every Day #247

Today we went for tea at The Black Swan, where the boy now works. The food was really tasty and the decor was amazing. Very country with a homely feel. I would definately recommend going if you're ever in the Lower Withington area.

Fish n' Chips:


Song Of The Day: Paramore - Ignorance (Acoustic)
Reason: Hayley Williams is an amazing singer, but acoustic songs highlight it a lot more than most of their other songs do.

Highlight Of The Day: Getting in bed.

Photo Every Day #246

Another lame quick post cos I'm dying for sleep! Today my parents came back so no more full time looking after of Pixie until next year for me. I did take her to the Walled Garden for her usual Sunday cake to finish our week together off nicely. I also wen to Ikea with my Dad to get our new tv stand, sadly the tv that I was given was a bit rubbish, a lot worse than our current tv so the new stand is currently waiting in the bedroom until we get a new tv set. I begrudge having to pay a lot just for a tv as there's better things that I want to spend money on first! My Dad had also been making some cakes which were very nice.

Have Your Cake And Eat It:


Song Of The Day: Bowling For Soup - Punk Rock 101
Reason: I've been listening to pop-punk for most of today as it's been a fairly nice day

Highlight Of The Day: Seeing how happy Pixie was to see my parents back from their holidays.

Photo Every Day #245

Just a quick one to finish off a busy week. My parents are back tomorrow so I can finally move back home with my ratties and geckos! I'm also getting a new tv tomorrow so I need to go and pick out a tv bench from Ikea. No rest for the wicked! Today's PED is one from my Rent A Lubitel workshop.

1980:


Song Of The Day: David Bowie - Space Oddity
Reason: My favourite Bowie song, rather fitting as Neil Armstrong has recently died. I wonder what it was like to be the only person to have ever walked on the moon and to have been so far away from Earth.

Highlight Of The Day: Watching tv with friends