Third-Perspective

Pastures New

Ian — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:33:51 +0000

So it’s looking likely that life is about to change dramatically. Shelley and I are planning to move to a massive flat in Gravesend next week. I’ve never lived with a girlfriend before it’s going to be interesting. The flat is amazing, it will be nice to have more space and a fifteen minute drive to work. Shelley and I have been already looking for things to fill it, she’s desperate for a 52″ telly but I think that’s perhaps a little over the top.

We signed the paperwork yesterday so they’re currently running credit checks on us, then we’re meeting the landlord tomorrow afternoon. If all goes smoothly we get the keys next Saturday and I have to be out of my current house by the end of June so it all works rather well.

Fanfuckingtastic.

Ian — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:29:26 +0000

Why is it that just as things start going well something has to come along and make it all a mess again? I’ve been so happy lately why do people have to interfere with my life? Someone that I could happily never see again seems to have managed to somehow fuck everything up. Please get the fuck out of our lives!

A Sheep in Wolf’s clothing

Ian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:14:42 +0000

I’m on a train on my way to London and the guy sat next to me pulled out a MacBook when he sat down and I grinned to myself in the tragic way I do when I see people with Apple kit. Then he opened it and there was Windows XP! I’m still not entirely used to seeing Windows on Macs. He was writing something in Microsoft Visual Studio and he was running it all through Parralells. It got me thinking, I wonder how many people have bought Macs because they look pretty but use them mostly or entirely to run Windows. It’s the technological equivalent of hiding a text book inside a comic.

Still Smiling

Ian — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:04:44 +0000

Things have been going really well lately. I got promoted at work so now I teach all the time. Shelley and I are still very happy together and we’re discussing living together in the near future. All in all I’m a happy bunny.

I’ve had a few freelance jobs on the go; updating Tony’s site and redesigning Danni’s site. I’m also working on a redesign of third-perspective which should be live fairly shortly as well as relaunching imagecircus. I’ve decided that once I’m finished with my current jobs I’m going to take a break from design work again for a while. I just don’t have the time to fit everything in at the moment and I don’t want the company to get a bad reputation. I would rather turn down jobs than do them badly.

Having a break from deadlines will also give me a chance to catch up with some other projects I have on the back burner as well as giving me some time to learn some more languages; php, ruby and Japanese to start with.

Soppiness

Ian — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:47:47 +0000

I had the best Valentine’s day ever and now that it has a meaning I’m looking forward to the rest of them. I finally wore her down and now Shelley and I are together. I’m so happy and overcome by how glad our friends are for us. She continues to surprise me and I can’t imagine my life without her in it. We’re both truly smitten and it’s great.

Sickeningly Happy Post

Ian — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:51:40 +0000

I haven’t stopped smiling since Sunday. Seriously, people have commented on it, people I don’t know that well asking why I look so happy. It’s amazing. Neither of us are sure what “it” is but I know that will work itself out. I’m blissfully, deliriously, euphorically happy and it’s her fault.

Early Morning Musings

Ian — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:11:49 +0000

I’m sat alone on my sofa at 4am typing this whilst my friends are asleep upstairs. I have a happy feeling glowing about me at the moment which is tinged a little in frustration at the things I can’t change. I have made my decisions though and regardless of how things pan out I am certain I have made the right choice.

The Pleasure of Friendship

Ian — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:44:22 +0000

It’s been a full-on weekend. Chris’ brother Graham came down on Saturday so we had a quiet evening chilling out at home watching Robot Chicken until far too late. After I finished work on Sunday I said goodbye to Chris and Graham as they have jetted off to Oz for a fortnight. Then Ellen, Shelley, Sophie and Craig came over to enjoy a night of movies and highbrow conversation.

We ended up watching High School Musical 2 and Stardust (which, as an aside, you must watch as it is beautiful), with various cult comedy shows thrown in for good measure and talking all through the night. Due to a bout of insomnia on Saturday night and the random blatherings last night I have now been awake for a little over 55 hours but I’ve had a great time.

Profound

Ian — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:43:00 +0000

In a conversation with a friend today I mentioned that I felt bad about something I had thought briefly. He said “We all think like that. That’s why our mouth speaks but our minds are silent.”. I don’t know if that’s a common phrase but regardless I think he is wise beyond his years.

James Blunt

Ian — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:04:43 +0000

I never thought much of Mr Blunt until I saw him on Top Gear and he came across very well then. Now he’s been on Sesame Street I have the utmost respect for him, if not for his music.