Down With CV's

My latest job application is ready to ship out now, after employing the assistance of Rebecca and Mark my covering letter and CV are in tip top shape. Latterly I found it quite hard to stay focused writing it, especially when Down With Love turned up on Film4. It really dose tickle me that movie.

Happy 7th Birthday to The Blog!

Wow, wow, wow. If the blog was a kid it would be old enough to ride a bike without stabilisers, and I would be one proud father - they grow up so fast. In all seriousness though, thank you everyone for continuing to stick around and watch this space as the years went by. Knowing that you lovely people continue to read my daily ramblings really keeps me motivated to do this day after day, and for that, all I can say is a very humble 'thank you.' Unfortunately, I don't have any big announcements like saying I'm going to grow a beard, or anything equally as witty, I guess if anyone has any ideas then feel free to leave a comment - I'm up for a good challenge or dare.

And if your feeling nostalgic like me in these Blog Birthday times, then here's one of my favourite old videos the Cafe Studios gang did together: Sunny Side Up!

Ticking up Views

Working on an application for a job I'm actually really holding out for. Its a position writing guides for video games, all those years buying and reading Prima's Official Strategy Guides might just pay off. Going in all guns blazing talking about my passion for gaming and then a segway into my most recent YouTube exploits... Speaking of which.

Took a stab at putting one of my recent videos up on Reddit, wasn't expecting much, but so far my least viewed video is now my most viewed! Only gone up by 30 views, but I'll take it as a little victory. Earned one brand new subscriber too which is a bonus, very pleased I actually had the nerve to put it out there a little bit.

Back Behind the Wheel

Its been a long time coming, but I at long last committed to another driving lesson! Sat down with my instructor, who's a big old Irish bloke, we went through the handling basics and I drove along a 30 mile hour road up in Clifton Downs. Pretty standard first lesson, until the very end when I had to drive back home and we got caught in a massive traffic jam. Really got a chance to practise my clutch control, and I really got my moneys worth since the lesson over ran by about 10 minutes. Learnt the hard way that traffic is even more boring when your the one who's actually driving the car.

Booked another lesson for next week too, really hitting this with all the momentum I can this time round!

Cuphead Review

Eyy, it took a little while to muscle through this one and wrangle over 4 hours of gameplay footage, but here is my review for the new darling, indie platformer/shooter: Cuphead!

Worth a watch if your a fan of jazz music or 1930's animation too since it has a wicked sense of style. 

Finishing Cuphead

Finished up the last remaining hours of Cuphead, the game Louis got me for my Birthday.  In turn, I've also written a review script for it which I'm ready to turn into another new video by the end of play tomorrow hopefully.

Rebecca baked cookies today too, flat smelt amazing for ages after and I got to tuck into some sweet treats while I wrote up my script. She watch The Girl on a Train in the meantime and vented about all the ways it was different to the book afterwards, maybe I need to get my hands on a copy of the book.

Animation Tour

Day trip to somewhere really special... Aardman Studios! Mark and I knew someone working there and got to go on a brief studio tour of the film sets for their upcoming film Early Man. Saw a handful of sets and character rigs, all the things I'd seen on DVD special features over the years, but up close and personal. Some people might love the magic behind Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, but for me, I love animation with every fibre of my being, and walking around there was like Christmas come early.

Mark came back to mine briefly so he could play a bit of Cuphead with me. I'm hoping to do a review of it very soon, and I needed some footage of some co-op gameplay. Actually had a blast playing with him too and it certainty made some of the harder levels a bit more bearable.

Just got back from another boars game session with Rebecca's old work friends. These nights have become more and more common now and we each get on really well with each other, and you can't really go wrong with games on a Saturday Night.