Friday, 17 August 2012

Totally killed a mosquito on the ceiling with a tie. Had two awesome braais, moved half of our stuff over to Croft Road with the rents' help. Chatted to my sister for long and long.

First fencing class this week!  Was amazing! Good workout and very exciting...


New blog on Maak'it. New header for my digital sphere too :) Got my new phone back. Went out for drinks with Mel and some of her friends on the beach at the Roundhouse in Camden.

Friday, 10 August 2012



Curiosity lands on Mars! First Paypal invoice sent :) Packing, olympics, dealing with a water leak from our bathroom into the basement flat. Thanking the universe that we're moving :) British Gas Infographic Interactive complete - Rusty AS2.0 took half a day. Going to see The Woman in Black tonight - free tickets! New image uploaded to Imgur. Woman in Black was terrifying.

OMG I'm on the Guardian website!!
(I did the Interactive Infographic)

Friday, 3 August 2012

Olympics

Watching fencing, swimming, tennis, beach volleyball, shooting - discovered handball. Table tennis, Judo and archery are not as exciting as I thought they would be. Three golds for SA! Sarah organised fencing classes :)  Booked tickets to Australia in December and Geneva after Christmas. Saw Nessie's dungeon puzzle and suggested entering a game competition together. Possible collaboration with Vida on a new website...

Quick tattoo design for Azza

Joined Guardian Soulmates dating site lol. Pushed back successfully on a client project after visuals came back indicating work way out of scope. Virtual awnings installed for Kenrock Estate.

Friday, 27 July 2012

Finally!

Caught up with 95% of my life after that project. Amsterdam was great.



Will probably go alone next time though. The jet stream that has been responsible for the worst summer in my UK memory has finally lifted - Sunday evening braai after coming back home was amazing. At Seven for 3 weeks now - good for some routine :) Potential tenants viewing our flat this evening.

Injured my left arm quite badly doing I have no idea what. 

Dying to play with Adobe Edge...

Arm feeling much better after being strapped in yesterday. 


Friday, 20 July 2012

Finn's 1st birthday!!

Finn's 1st at Helen's house. Awesome party, and I feel great for finally having left MBA.

Organised to see a doctor at Parkside for the tiny bump on my Sternum, found a gardening service to mow the lawn, de-weed the garden and remove the tree branch that had fallen over.

Dentist appoinment made for next week, tax affairs sorted out by going back to original company. Delayed Maak'it blog up, Ultrasound done, Bupa organised, quote for Augustine, Sarah's headphones taken back to Currys - stood there until they took them back :-/
Planned and cooked another Leon Gobi with Poppadoms, and Chocolate Mousse cups for dessert for Sarah's early birthday celebrations. Chopped up the rest of the veggies in the fridge and made butternut soup. Painted two T-shirts for Sarah.

Phoned Ouma and Mom. Sorted out erroneous Southern Electric Bill. Updated Jackie's Destiny Duo website.

Sense of achievement!!

Dinner and cocktails with Lynda on Thursday. Amsterdam on Friday!
After a whole year of keeping a M&S voucher for Ms Harkin (intending to use it), the lady herself comes knocking on the door to ask if another money envelope had been delivered. It does, the next day.

Omg - discovered that AE animation can be controlled by mathematics.


Friday, 13 July 2012

Friday the 13th

Farnborough Airshow STAG video done, and client is happy. Wednesday this project will be done too and I can run away!


Very excited about Amsterdam. Also about next week which I've kept open and free of anything. Wimbledon continues...

Missed Maak'it this week. Missed a lot of my life, actually. Note to Self: Overtime baaaad. Almost missed getting Mom a birthday present - thank God for Nessie.

Notice given on our flat :) Client invoice misunderstanding with STAG. MS website goes live 2 hours late and with a host of precicted problems. Thank fuck I wasn't there. Sarah placed an ad on Gumtree for our flat.

Friday, 6 July 2012

Wimbledon!

Carrying my laptop into work to watch the Tennis >:-) Crunchtime for the STAG video. Learning After Effects on the fly again. Working late almost every night, eating Nandos, smoking, and trying not to jump every time I see a mouse. Company-paid taxi home every night. Swapped from monthly subscription to After Effects for £65, to a monthly subscription of the entire Adobe package for £30 :-DAleph is amazing. Great LinkedIn recommendation from Rob on LinkedIn - returned the favour. Managing people is stressful, especially when it's not your job!