I walk by a canal to get to work in the mornings. It’s quite nice to have something better to look at than a road or a railway for a change. I’ve been a bit worried when walking along the path recently though. When I pass someone I end up close to the edge, and it’s very slippery with all the ice. I don’t particularly want a near-zero plunge before 9am, or at any other time of day, actually.
I think the buildings along the canal are pretty cool, although I often wonder how much water seeps through the bricks. Oh well, I guess the buildings don’t have cellars.
I like the reflection in this. It’s pretty unspoilt by ripples and such.
Posted by Stu on 6 January 2009 at 10:50 am under Uncategorized.
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I woke up and got ready for work today. I decided to go out and scrape the ice off Lizz’s windscreen while Lizz had some breakfast.
I opened the door to find that it had snowed overnight! Unfortunately it was only a little bit, and it had frozen over since then, making it very slippery. I started to take the ice off, but it was a lot more difficult than normal.
We set off for the train station only to get turned around because someone had managed to run off the road and into a street sign. I ended up missing the train and catching the next bus, which was either late, or the one before it was early, because I was waiting for over 20 minutes.
In Nottingham there’s not even a bit of frost. Amazing.
Posted by Stu on 5 January 2009 at 11:14 am under Uncategorized.
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Today we took our Christmas tree down. It was quite sad to do it, but oh well. It’s got to be done at some point.
I thought the needles on the floor and a bunch of presents in a circle around absolutely nothing looked a bit weird. So yeah, that’s my picture for today! 
Posted by Stu on 3 January 2009 at 2:12 pm under Uncategorized.
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I’m at work 5 days out of the week. I think I’m going to have trouble thinking of something different to take a picture of when I’m here all this time.
I’ve got a few pictures planned, but nothing particularly astounding, plus I’m using my phone to take pictures because I can’t easily carry the camera around, and Lizz wants to use it too.
Posted by Stu on 2 January 2009 at 10:25 am under Uncategorized.
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This project is going to be an extremely difficult one to manage, I think. I’ll be glad if I manage to get even a month in without forgetting at some point.
This first picture is from the sleeve of an album that I was given on vinyl this Christmas. Lizz bought me tickets to go and see Jeff Wayne’s The War Of The Worlds musical version. The show’s not until June, but I already can’t wait for it!
The picture says “The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one” he said. One of my favourite lines from the whole album.
Posted by Stu on 1 January 2009 at 7:22 pm under Uncategorized.
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In another year when we say the date we’ll be able to sound really futuristic by saying twenty-ten!
I spent the night at Il Rosso with Dave, JonP, Emma, and Rachael. It was a fun night overall. As with any end of year there was an element of retrospection (is that a word?) And also a bit of a sense of foreboding, but all things like that are expected, I suppose.
Hopefully the year will start well and continue in the same manner as much as possible.
I’m looking forward to seeing what unexpected things will happen.
Posted by Stu on 1 January 2009 at 11:15 am under Uncategorized.
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Lizz and I had a good Christmas this year. It was a bit strange to be working all the way up to Christmas Eve, but oh well.
Dave met me when I got off the train and we went straight to Il Rosso while I ate some mince pies that Dave had brought for me. Still warm from the oven! When we got to Il Rosso we spent quite a while scoping out the place so we could get a table and some seats for people by the time they all arrived. We discussed our techniques for spotting people who are leaving soon, and slowly moved our way up from standing to a 2-seater table. Then to a 4-seater table when Dave shouted at some poor girl. at that point loads of people arrived and we no longer had enough space.
We moved over to a table where only 2 girls were sitting, even though there was easily room for about 10 people. we eventually overcrowded them and they left.
It was a really good night, and everyone seemed to enjoy it just as much. Il Rosso closed at just gone 12, so I started walking home with Emma and JonP. David set off in his own direction to get home.
3 hours later Dave and I both finally got home. It’s a story too long to bother typing out, for which I’m sure Dave is quite thankful.
Christmas day consisted of Lizz and I travelling all over Mansfield visiting people. It wasn’t as bad as Lizz had expected, and it was good to see everyone.
There was quite a bit more drinking over the remaining days, and quite a few late nights, but oh well. Twas the season. I just wish it lasted a bit longer, and included more bank holidays.
Lizz has gone down to visit Jess for New Year just like last year. She should be getting there in a little while. It’ll be the first time we’ve been apart for more than a day in over a year of going out. Quite weird. Hopefully Lizz will have a great time with Jess, and I’ll try to make sure I have a great time here at work. 
Anyway, lunch is over, back to it!
Posted by Stu on 29 December 2008 at 1:08 pm under Uncategorized.
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Same time as I arrived here yesterday. 
Posted by Stu on 24 December 2008 at 7:25 am under Uncategorized.
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I’m at the bus stop for 7:30. Maybe the bus I saw yesterday will come soon and I might make the earlier train which left 5 minutes before I got there yesterday…
No sign of it now though.
Posted by Stu on 24 December 2008 at 7:21 am under Uncategorized.
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I see characters all over the place. Do you see the person with tiny eyes and a massive mouth surprised by something?
Posted by Stu on 23 December 2008 at 6:29 pm under Uncategorized.
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