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8月11日 Summer Breaks...Time flies when you're having fun...doesn't it?
And once again,i take a break from MSN Spaces...and when i return to it,it's all changed!
Do i like it? Hmm...i don't know,although this new thing of different backround and text colour is kinda fun...artistic almost!
But there,i've amused myself enough,back to normality
 As Master Aaron commented on,its been since June that i last updated 'Breaks'...and i seriously had no idea that that amount of time had flown past. Have i filled the time constructively...probably not,although that should have been the case lol. Bugger it,roll on the list,see what's been going on...
1) Me,myself and Irene...well,not Irene,but as in 'How am i?',im pretty good. I've been off work for the last 2 weeks,summer shutdown! For all the faults i could pick i the company,this is one of the saving graces,a good break in the middle of the year. I kinda feel like i've earned it,getting into my new role as Forktruck driver was taxing at times,a lot to keep an eye on,so i have loved waking up in the morning,and thinking "what do i have to do today? hmm...nothing,lay in!" And so,i have...
But,i've also been pretty active,i've been out most days,visiting people,catching up,and its been great. A highlight was visiting some people i haven't seen in about 4 odd years! I used to work with the guy,John,and as these things happen,we lost contact. But,he saw my miniatures in White dwarf the other month,left a message with the Cambridge store,and then,for a weekend,i spent some time with him,another mate i hadn't seen for the same amount of time,Phil,and his budding family. I thought it'd be a bit weird at first,but we took off like we hadn't been apart really,was great! It was John's little lads 5th birthday on the sunday,so was invited to a BBQ for that,generally chilling and watching people break one another on the bouncy castle! Good food,good people,good time. In exchange,i did a few painting tutorials,they are both hobbyists getting back into it,and i kick started his girlfriend into the hobby also,so i like to think i was inspiring...
2) Another thing i've started quite earnestly,is playing Pool. I've dabbled a few times when out with mates before,but we're all as useless as one another,and i never thought about it seriously as something i'd like to do. till the other Thursday night,i went out with some of the older crew from the store,and i didnt realise that Scott used to play in a team,and is damned good. He went about the table like he was ronnie o' Sullivan,and it was good to watch...not so good to get 7 balled by him,but inspiring nonetheless.He started giving my pointers,and suddenly,i was potting balls! I have this knack of hitting difficult ones and good safety shots (watching all that Snooker paying off there!) but if the ball was right over the pocket,i'd miss it ..and i had no idea why...probably complacency or something,thinking it was an easy shot etc...but,now i rather like the game. We played again this week,and i think i will enjoy improving.It's better with good mates and a beer!
3) Finally started a new sculpting project!! It's been nearly a year since i picked up tool and putty on a serious intention,and i was dubious about how it would go... i assumed the long break would mean i'd have to brush up on a few bits,but,i started well...and carried on well! I surprised myself,i didn't have any concept art drawn up,just a vague idea in my head,so i just went with that.So far,so good! Had a good response,and even a pretty exciting 'project' mentioned to me,although that's way off in the future.Does make me think i can do something with this skill though! I used an armature from Reaper Miniatures as a base,the pre-sculpted basic human dolly is very iseful,but other than that,i've done everything from scratch,and features my first face at the 30mm scale,and i think it's ok! If i can finish him,and paint him,i may well enter him in the Golden Demon competition in September,i think i could get a Finalist with him at the least,and that would be great in the hard fought category that is Fantasy Single Miniature.I still have to get seriously into the painting side of things for golden Demon..which is slightly worrying,i've had time and not used it as constructively as i might have...too much going out..whoops. Still,it wouldn't be Games Day without the last minute painting before the event!! Haha...
4) Quiet on the tune front,i've contented myself with buying albums,listening to what A-List Djs are playing,seeing what i like and dont. I do this quite often,thinking "if it's good enough for sasha,its good enough for me". I listen to quite a few different styles,so end up with a eclectic collection,and then enjoy finding ways to put them together. It's something i've recently passed onto Padawan Chris,he was visiting a couple of weeks ago,and he had his first go! He likes his tunes,so i thought he'd find it interesting...he did,has had another go since,and is now on about getting his own equipment and so on,which i think is awesome! Me,inspiring? Never... Still,will be fun i think!
5) Drawing continues to go well,ive had a few more to do over the holiday,so a steady stream of things to do.Still quite surprising to me,but also happy for the opportunities..never know where it might end up. There's also a drawing competition at Games Day,and apparently,no title,meaning i can draw anything from the backrounds of Games Workshop....that should be fun,will give that a go too i think!
6) New 'Tune of the Moment' up,excellent selection,if i do say so myself... and yes,im still reading 'Faith and Fire'!! I started it a while ago,but kinda ground to a halt with it...then got distracted,i read the awesome autobiography of Mick Foley AGAIN,and that kept me amused for a while...now,im back onto the Battle Sisters book,and i have a new leash of life on it,has got very interesting,so guess i needed the break from the slow start! Bit of a bugger,is tempting me to start a new army of the 'Nuns with guns'...they are awesome...but have other ideas elsewhere too,which isn't helping! Curse my imagination and the people that fuel it... Actually,no,i love it,cheers peeps! I should curse my amazing (ly crap) willpower...need to learn to stick with one thing at a time!
This will never happen.
But worth a thought.
That's it for now i think,a reasonable update,i hope to keep on top of things a bit better from now on!
Love,Peace and Grease
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