Inwils

Found this on someone's profile..if anyone wants me let me know :) "Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, Who calls you back when you hang up, Who will stay awake just to make sure your safe asleep. Wait for the boy who kisses you on your forehead, Who wants to show you off to the world no matter what your appearance, Who makes you smile in your darkest hour Who makes you feel like theres no one else in the world but you 2 Who holds your hand in front of his friends, Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you And how lucky he is to have you. Wait for the one who turns to his friends and says, '...He's The One' and Smiles"

I was sat in Starbucks at lunchtime, reading Photoshop Creative Magazine, issue number 48. Well I wasn't actually reading it, I was flicking through looking at the various articles and entering their content into my Evernote program ready for future referencing. The first thing I actually did read was the editorial, which commented what it would be like if life in general came with the computer shortcuts and commands that we are all so familiar with. This got me thinking of the possibilities. Initially the article commented about the undo command. Ofcourse we could all se the great use of this. How many times have we actually thought I wish I could undo that comment, or that decision. Also all those times that we have said yes and we should have said no. How many times do we hear ourselves saying in our heads, "Why on earth did I agree to do this!" Then I got thinking what other wonderful commands I could use in everyday life. Certainly copy and paster would be excellent...

You might know this already but my chosen profession is a teacher. Yes I know what you are thinking. It will probably have something to do with to do with working only nine to three and having long holidays and spending the day talking to children. I've just watched a TV programme which was called, I think, Playing the role? or taking on the role. It was a great programme. It was based on the actress Denise Welch who plays a role in Waterloo Road, taking on the role of an English teacher in a secondary school. Many times you see programmes like this, the person is shielded from the reality of the job. But I was really pleased that the producers exposed poor Denise to the full extend of the teacher's job. Not just the teaching but the meetings and the inspections and the criticisms. I was impressed how well Denise coped with the children and the job. The way she interacted with the children was admirable, she related so well with all the children, especially the special needs gr...

What's happening to the weather recently? I know it must be a sad day when I have nothing to actually blog about apart from the weather, but it does seem to be really weird at the moment. It seems to be going from lovely and sunny to dark black clouds and really heavy showers, I have no idea whether to wear a coat or not! Oh the decisions I have to make.,/p> Did my final BSL exam tonight. Everyone is asking me how it went, and I really don't know. When I did 102, I thought it had gone really well and I ended up just getting 24/40. So this time I am just going to wait and see what I get. If I fail then I'll retake it and continue. Going to a deaf BBQ in June and then after that I am hoping to start level 2. Not sure what is involved in this. but I just want to continue so I don't lose what I have already learnt. Plus really looking forward to my bezzy and a friend learning. That will make having practice a lot easier. Just watched a Nerimon vid on Youtube. Really int...

Just got in from line dancing. Boy it was warm tonight, I really don't think the air con was working at all. Must have lost a couple of pounds at least! Was pleased that I managed to complete Chill factor again, think I have finally got it implanted into my mind. Now I think I want to learn It Hurts , mainly because I like the song. I've missed the main teaching of it so I will have to learn it from Youtube I think! Big night tomorrow night...no I haven't got a hot date! It's my final BSL exam. BSL 103. Once I have managed to pass the exam, then I will have attained the dizzy heights of BSL Level 1!!! Hooray! Really enjoyed the course and I really hope I manage to pass. If I don't then I will retake it and continue. After level 1 ofcourse there is level 2. Keen to get on with that as soon as possible. I really only sign on a Tuesday night and I need to keep practising or I know I'll lose it all. Off to bed now, just thought I would quickly get something down so ...

I know, I know, I missed a day of blogging, good job it wasn't BEDA, I would have failed miserably. Just had a quick look at the eurovision song contest on television. Must admit I don't really watch it at all, but I was interested to see how we were doing since we had Andrew creating the song!. Don't think we will be coming first to be honest, I figure maybe 11th? I'll look in the morning. Apparently Jade got too close to the violinist and got her mic hit! No doubt tomorrow it will be all over YouTube. Still posting to all three blogging sites, although I really want to get my own hosted wordpress site sorted. Its just getting the inspiration for the design. Then I will probably have to re-watch the training videos on CSS-Tricks, so that I can remember how to do it. Anyway, just a short one tonight, off to bed now...have fun!

Sometimes it's a good idea to stop and take stock of what is happening in your life and reassess things. Its a bit like reviewing everything and starting again, or like a spring clean, cleaning out what you are not using starting new things. Although it's often a pain it can be very satisfying to clear things up. I am currently working on my net presence, both what I use and what I am using things for. The trouble is I tend to like to have a stab at anything new that I see, hence it is often a good time to review what I am actually using and what I do need. Anything really without a purpose should go. I like using Twitter , that is literally my this is what I am doing at the moment, blog. I often reply to people, but really its not a real lot of content, just the spur of the moment things that I am doing. Tumblr I am trying to develop into a bit more than the twitter but not as much as my wordpress blog. Quick blasts of information, photos, etc. This isn't working this wel...

Today is one of those days that I have just sat staring at the computer screen for a long, long time waiting for inspiration for a blog post today. But its not coming. So rather than right nothing and head off to bed, I decided to right some waffle and then head off to bed. In order to make it slightly different, I thought I would sum up the day into bullet points, kind of efficient don't you think. So here goes; Just watched The Apprentice, pleased that Howard is still there, thought Mona should go Brother beat me at badminton 3 games to 1...never mind, revenge is sweet Impressed that I have remembered how to do bullet points with HTML code Tomorrow is Thursday...get to meet my bezzy after work Hopefully the housing trust fixed the hole in the roof today, but can't be bothered to go and have a look, dark now in any case Going to look at www.dan-gates.com and see what I think Enough waffle for today. Have fun!

As I was driving to work this morning, I heard this advert on the radio talking about education and how you can stay in full time education and get a vocational course etc. The advert itself didn't really interest me, but what got me thinking was the how the advert was portrayed. It is composed essentially of a person receiving a phone call from the future from themselves, detailing what they should do and giving them advice. Although the main advice is about education I do like the comment "your legs are too short for skinny jeans" and "he's rubbish!" Got me thinking about getting or leaving a phone call for either my past self or from the future. I was wondering what I would like to know or what I wouldn't like to know. Both might fill me with both excitement or dread. I suppose the first thing that anyone would want to know is whether or not they were alive, and that would certainly be on my list. I would like to know if I was happy, that would be imp...

Why is being creative so hard? Its a very simple question and yet one that stumps me every single day. I have read loads of articles and discussions about being creative and yet it still eludes me. Can someone please turn my creative switch on so I can start to move forward! Had an interesting discussion with a work colleague today. I have been trying to work out where to next go in my career. You might not know this but I am so not competitive its unbelievable. Coupled with that my almost lack of career ambition, it puts me in a very strange position. Basically I get very secure where I am and never know if I actually want to get any higher in my career or not. I sometimes try to mask this by saying that I believe in fate and that if something is meant to happen it would. This totally goes against the thought that if I really want something I should go out and get it. Which is something I also believe in. Perhaps those two thoughts contradict each other. Anyway, my colleague told me t...

I started to watch, although I never finished, the film Catwoman this afternoon. It is a good film, and what I saw I enjoyed. My favourite bit in the film is when Patience goes back to the cat woman and the latter tells her how she has gained the powers of a cat after being chosen by the cat Midnight. One of the powers Patience as gained is supreme confidence. It is very true, and anyone who has a cat will recognise this, that cats have great confidence in themselves. The way they enter a room as if they are the most important thing there. The way they consider that everything in the room actually belongs to them and they have the right to sleep where ever they want. I think most of us would crave for that sort of confidence in our lives. However its interesting that sometimes, actually quite often, you do see and encounter people who have that sort of confidence. Wouldn't it be wonderful to actually have that confidence. The confidence not to worry or care what others think or say...

I know this might seem unusual but I have actually changed my routine tonight...shock horror! Usually I blog then have a bath and then head off to bed to try and sleep, but today I have done it the other way round, so I am currently sat in bed, still warm from a lovely bath, blogging. Some of you might already know that I often play World of Warcraft, but you might not be aware that in my teenage geeky times I also played Advanced Dungeons and Dragons...and please take note of the word 'Advanced'. It was a really enjoyable game and although I took a lot of stick from my friends about it, I have fond memories of controlling creatures to the early hours of the morning raining havoc onto the characters that my fellow adventurers were playing. Each and every character had a list of attributes that helped to define how good they were at various skills. I can't really remember what they all were at the moment, although I know remember that Charisma was somewhat important to palad...

Another week under my belt and another weekend ahead of me. What a great life I have! The Euromillions is like 170 million jackpot tonight..how much is that! As you can imagine I have bought a couple of tickets and I look forward to getting that phone call to say I have won the money. Actually come to think of it, I don't really know what happens if you win the jackpot. I hope no-one comes round to your door, I ain't wearing the best outfit to be photographed receiving a huge cardboard cheque! As to what I would buy with my winnings...frankly I don't have a clue! Maybe pay off the mortgage? Maybe get a bigger house, rather than my little flat, or maybe an apartment closer to town. That would be nice. Definitely a cleaner! and someone to do the ironing...both jobs I hate. Probably give a bit to charity, CF probably and Cancer Research. After that I don't really know. More computers? More clothes? maybe a permanent reserved seat in Starbucks! Someone asked me tonight, wh...

Had a great course today, including lots of good food and tea. To be honest I am still shaking from the sugar rush! We spent the day working hard and had a good chat over lunch. One of the topics that surfaced was about money and being happy. I never have really agreed with the quote; "Money can't make you happy" because I think it can make you happy. If you don't have enough money I think you would be very unhappy. There must be a bare minimum amount of money that everyone needs to be happy with. Excess money might not make you happy, but having financial security certainly will help making you happy I think. The topic of conversation then turned to be what actually makes you happy. This was a hard one and still to this moment, I have know idea how I would answer this question. As the question was passed round the table, various people gave their answers. Their children was a popular one, and some answered that they were already happy and nothing could make them hap...

Just back from playing badminton, and unfortunately found some Quaver crisps at home...to my utter shock I've just eaten three packets!!! bang goes the diet ...well not a diet, more a healthy eating campaign. Anyway I am not going to let this influence me, I am going to start again tomorrow...ooops on a course that has danish pastries...maybe start the day after lol. When I was driving to work today after being online this morning, looking at my twitter and blog feeds. It was during this that I noticed that when you look at some people's feeds, some people have many followers while others have fewer. Initially I totally understand that this could be associated with the content of the blogs and twitter feeds. Boagworld, for example, produce high quality blogs and feeds for the market of web design. Having initially set up a following this is transferable to other platforms and so the popularity continues to grow. However I did notice another factor that might have some effect ...

Another signing lesson under my belt, can't really believe that I have only really got two more weeks and thats it then, my level one BSL course will be finished. When I started the course I didn't really think I would be learning a complete new language and eventhough I am far from being an expert I realise that I have placed my foot in another completely different language and culture. As part of the course I am encouraged to watch the weekly episodes of See Hear. Last week's was all about technology and how this has changed the deaf community. Many of the devices that they use now were things that the hearing person would also use, like MSN, texting and video calls. Although this was very interesting it was the final section that really got me thinking, since it was a section about how BSL (British Sign Language) was inheriting or obtaining signs from different languages and how american signs were coming into the language. I thought this was very similar to the English ...

Remind me to never try to update wordpress without backing up my files first! Yes I know...my inwils.co.uk blog is hosted with my domain and I am constantly trying to design and update the blog in order to move to that site permanently, but with varies problems I have been using my inwils.wordpress.com for a while. (plus blogger) Anyway today I decided to get stuck into upgrading the wordpress client on my domain, and it went dreadfully wrong, making me have to reload and install both the software and the database again. Then it wouldn't work with MarsEdit! Luckily I think it is all sorted now. So its back to daily blogs if I can manage it and then some redesigning of my own homepage. Yes I know I said I was going to do it ages ago, but things have cropped up, and now I am starting on it in earnest. Sad day yesterday, Tosca, my cat, who had been ill, sadly had to be put to sleep and is no longer with me. Sad I know and I do miss her and often think I can hear her or expect her t...