The colour when you're done dying.

Paint.
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First time out this year.

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Yesterday was the first time in 2008 that managed to get my track bike out on the road. Stopped next to the Minster for a break.

Today I'm:

Sick of;

Elitism
Sarcastic rubbish in ebay listings
Taxi drivers seeing you ride towards them but pulling out anyway

Looking forward to;

Getting my film back tomorrow
The Summer
Riding bikes



If you live in York and own a bike and you haven't already been, go to Cycle Heaven on Bishopthorpe Road. The best bike shop in town.

Cheers Rob.

For hooking me up 'nuff times today.

Style for miles.

Style for miles.
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BMX for life.

Word to the Wise.

I've finally joined the world and his wife, and gone and got me a website.

www.paperthinphotography.com

Content to be added soon.

Days off were meant to be this good.

It's only lunchtime and already I'm buzzing because today has been so good. Here are few reasons why;

1. Got up early enough to not feel like I'd slept too long but late enough to give me a couple of hours longer than I normally get.

2. Been listening to 'Rocket From The Crypt' since waking up. Do yourself a favour and do the same.

3. Went on a ride around town, for the first time in ages. Great to be back riding fixed, mashing between cars with hood up and tunes blasting (safety first) and finished off with a bag of chips for lunch.

Can only get better too, have some spare time this afternoon to plan for the Artist's Book Fair I'm part of in March, then chill with Katherine and then STEAK for tea.

Treats.

Bedford Rascal.

Bedford Rascal.
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The worlds smallest campervan?

I want it to be Summer again.

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An old old photo from the archives from when it was warm and not f-ing raining.

That tower on top of that hill.

That tower on top of that hill.
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It doesn't hurt to sometimes look at your surroundings through the eyes of someone else.

Her.

Her.
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Two, Double Zero, Eight

I'm currently down south, writing this in my girlfriend's parents kitchen. We made the drive after work monday, and spent New Year's eve in a south London community centre listening to her Father's band playing a set. It's actually one on the only year's I've actually gone out, having been up since 5 am, then driving over 200 miles it was slightly hard to keep awake but managed till 2 am before falling asleep in the car on the way home.
Got a couple of days yet before have to be back home for work, so today we're off to Katherine's Nans birthday party and then tomorrow is the return leg of the drive.

There's probably some new ideas happening in the BMX side of my life soon. As I've moved more on to other aspects of cycling, I have been slightly guilty of neglecting my small brown bike but I have a hankering for a home spray job and possibly a longer frame too.

sad girls and wet afternoons

'Travelling Man' in Leeds have sold all my 'zines, had the chance to pop in today and walked out with £6.50 for the trouble. Think I may try the York branch with some new work but main distribution these days is in the US of A, with little paper planes and also another shop, in the Midwest, interested in my work.

over-thinking

I'm not sure whether or not this blog should be photographs only or my written ramblings as well. I had half thought of changing things around early in the New Year, but now it just feels like I'm jumping on the bandwagon of change and false hope this time of year brings.
I'm feeling lonely this evening. We've just spent two days with my family having a good Christmas and today, we drove back to York, Katherine went to work and I'm left alone. I never thought I would ever have this problem. Loner is a strong word but through my teenage years I always enjoyed my own company. I had friends, I left the house, I had hobbies but I was never bothered about being by myself. Now, everything has changed.
Sometimes I feel as if I'm just passing time when I'm alone and nothing constructive happens.
This year I got what I asked for at Christmas, which basically consisted of time off work and time with family and friends. Also the presents I was bought were great and showed me that the people around me know me and care for me.


I don't think much will change. I'm not sure what 2008 will bring but I know whatever happens, I'll have to work to get it, nothing comes easy.
I wish everyone who reads this all the luck in the world for the New Year.

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Bedtime.

This week I have worked five straight days, from 5:30am for at least eight hours. I realise that this blog wasn't exactly created for me to write about work but that is the thing that is putting my creative actions on hold, so that is what gets written about.
As you can probably imagine Christmas is a very, very busy time of year to be a postman. It's not that really but it doesn't leave much time for anything else, therefore shopping has been very difficult but I think I'm just about all done. Yesterday we found out that Katherine has to work on Christmas Day, which isn't an ideal scenario. We'll make the best of it as usual.

Blast from the past

Wallace Arnold-1
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The days of printing my own work again could be one step closer after today,

Fingers crossed.

MADE

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Friends and Family

I couldn't live without you.

In riding news, got the long awaited MASH dvd and now have all the parts to build my new bike. Guess what I'm doing this afternoon.

wisdom from work

When you're reminded of how bad things used to be, can you be fully aware of how good things are now.