fast week...

this week went by really quickly because I was pirating all day, and busy almost every night.

on Tuesday afternoon I was feeling really gross at work and went home a few hours early. I think maybe something I had eaten the night before wasn't sitting in my stomach to well... and then sitting on the bouncy castle with all the little kiddies was not helping much at all.

Back to work on wednesday morning The rest of the week just flew by...

On Wednesday I found what I thought was a desk-turned-vanity sitting in the street on my way home from the supermarket, and I picked it up and dragged it to my room so I would finally not have to sit on the floor or lie on my bed to work on my computer. When I got home and took off the pieces that would have normally held up the mirror (the mirror itself was missing) I discovered that it was actualy just a vanity, rather than a desk-turned-vanity. It had appeared to me that it was a little desk that someone had clumsily screwed tiny shelves and some pieces to hold up a mirror to, to turn it into a vanity - but upon closer look it turned out to be just a clumsily made vanity... either way it was homeless and it fit perfectly into my room.

After taking off the pieces that held up the mirror and playing around with it a bit. I've turned it into a desk... its a definite keeper, despite it having no drawers (the drawers must have been pilfered earlier that day). I'll post a photo of my sad little desk here, and use it as a preview to the album that accompanies this entry in my photo galleries...


if you're wondering the white symbol in the corner is, its a sticker with the Cube logo on it. I figured I needed to add something personal to the vanity to make up for its missing drawers and its generally shoddy state from being broken down to suit its new purpose as a desk.

Thursday night I watched movies with some friends at work, carved pumpkins and made a big chicken and leek pie with Hannah. It was a fun night for all, especially since Halloween is not much of a big deal here, and people very rarely carve pumpkins in England... Everyone was impressed with my carving abilities, though mostly that was because I have significantly more experience doing it than everyone I work with put together. I was wishing I had a photo of my George W. Bush pumpkin from our second year Halloween party... now that was impressive.

The weekend came and went so quickly because I was working all day Saturday. Mostly it was uneventful, except just before the end of the day the sky broke into a torrential rain pour and consequently we all got soaked trying to push the air out of and roll up the giant bouncy castle which we had running infront of the museum. It was a messy, wet and muddy affair...

Today I took a walk around Bristol just to relax a bit and set out to take some photos with the manual camera that my grandmother passed on to me a few months ago. It was nice to just walk around and take some photos, and I think i'm starting to get a better hang of this business of shutter speeds and apertures.

On my walk I noticed that Bristol and presumably England is home to some pretty darn big maple leafs. Canada may have the Maple leaf as its national symbol, but England takes the cake when it comes to the actual leaves in the wild. I took some photos of said leaves, including perspective shots which show you how big they are in comparison to my foot and my head. So if you haven't already decided to view the photos, I know you'll be eager to go ahead now.

That's all... I'm spent and need to get a good night sleep. My nose has been a bit stuffy today (probably fall allergies as all the leaves are falling and i'm allergic to some molds), but I want to make sure I dont get sick because I've been really good and fending off the colds so far.

One last bit of news is that my sister Kathryn is coming to visit next Saturday for a whole week - and I'm getting really excited to spend some time with her here and show her around Bristol. Just have to get through a few more days of Pirates.

- Chris