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Friday Update 10/1/14

By Iain 10 January 2014Creativity, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Ten days into 2014 and I feel like I'm back at the beginning already. I'm back to 100% well, so I'm back at work, and the usual routine has slipped back into place. I know I don't work the longest hours at Asda, but when I get home I just can't get creative. I want to kick back, relax, unwind.…

Friday update 3/1/14

By Iain 3 January 2014Creativity, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

First update of the new year. Yeah. I've already finished a piece of art - being off work with a dodgy stomach will tend to have that effect. It's one I started in 2013 but put off for whatever reason - a Zinogre from the Monster Hunter series. Lewis loves the latest one on the 3DS, and I was quite…

A Zinogre from Monste Hunter

By Iain 3 January 2014Creativity, VideogamesNo Comments

Inspiring words, for me to read from time to time

By Iain 1 January 2014Creativity, ReflectionsNo Comments

If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All…

2014 fitness and other random targets

By Iain 1 January 2014Books, Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

I need a new routine. If the start of a new year spurs that change, then so be it. I can understand that some people don't like those people that make "resolutions", but I'm all for them to do so - if making a resolution makes that person sit up and admit they have a problem they'd like to fix,…

2014 creativity targets

By Iain 1 January 2014Books, Creativity, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

I think the targets should be the same as last year, but this time I should stick to them. Daily Draw more. Even if it's just a silly little doodle, or a sketch on a scrap of receipt paper at work. Pick up a pencil, pen or stylus at least once a day and imagine something new or recreate what…

2013 creative targets update

By Iain 1 January 2014Creativity, ReflectionsNo Comments

I made three posts in early 2013 detailing some targets I had for the upcoming year, and all of them started well but fizzled out after I stopped smoking for some reason. I feel that if I acknowledge my mistakes, I can learn from them and improve myself. Here is my appraisal of the creative targets I set myself in…

Goodbye 2013

By Iain 31 December 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

So what happened in 2013 then? It was another mixed bag. The best thing ever happened: I stopped smoking. And I don't even miss it. I'm not suffering from some black depression because I'm holding myself back from smoking my precious cigarettes, I'm not deluding myself by switching to an eCigarette, I'm not counting down the hours until I can…

Friday Update 6/12/13

By Iain 6 December 2013Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

I wasn't going to do an update this week, as I usually do them on a Thursday night after work and post them early Friday morning, or schedule them for early Friday morning if I fancy an early night, but after the day I had, I was not in the mood to write anything. It's Christmas in retail yet again,…

Friday Update 29/11/13

By Iain 29 November 2013Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Let's start with work. I suffer from dry skin on my fingertips (of all places), and if I handle a lot of stock then the skin does tend to crack. I cracked my fingers at work on Sunday - not a good way to start a working week for sure. They usually end up cracked by Wednesday or Thursday, but…