Journals112
Newest
A quick update
2 min read
Anyone here?It's been a while, I know, but things have been so monumentally busy it's been hard to keep pace. The biggest development in my life over the past year is that I'm enrolled to begin a teaching training course (PGCE) in September '12, training as a primary school teacher. Who'da thunk it? Working in schools is something I've really enjoyed over the past year and I'm hungry for more of it. Literally cannot wait to get started. I'd love to take a holiday over the summer before the hard work really kicks in but I'm going to need all the funds available to throw at it.
Oh, and I have a parrot now. A Timneh African Grey called Petyr! We rescued him from a very shabby home. When we first saw him, his cage hadn't been cleaned to the extent that his droppings were dissolving the metal bars at the bottom of his cage. He's adorable, but we're still working on getting him hand-tamed. It'll take a lot of time and love before he's intermingling with us apes!
That's it really. I'll probably be uploading a few more choice photos taken over the past year in the next few days. Maybe I'll go wild and upload them TONIGHT!
I'm also on twitter - @Jimcus87 - find me!
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
Le Sigh.
1 min read
I am currently torturing myself, searching dA for some incredible photos of destinations I visited this year, giving myself itchy feet in the process. Chicago, Taipei, Rarotonga...boohoo! Take me back! 
Another round the world trip is totally off the cards right now...But a man can dream, can't he?
Another round the world trip is totally off the cards right now...But a man can dream, can't he?
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
Well, I made it.
1 min read
I just kept going east until I got home. Simple.
The past 6 months have been absolutely incredible. From exploring Himeji Castle in Japan, experiencing the boiling pot of cultures in Singapore, to meeting the locals in the rugged south-east coast of Taiwan, sailing the Whitsunday Islands in Australia, cantering at the footfills of the Humboldt Mountains in New Zealand, chilling on a deserted beach in Rarotonga after walking across the entire island to crossing the entirity of the USA by Greyhound Bus, this trip is going to take some serious beating.
It almost makes me want to cry just thinking about the fact that it's all over.
I took a few absolute corkers of photos as I was travelling with my nippy little Panasonic camera, expect to see them in the next few days.
The past 6 months have been absolutely incredible. From exploring Himeji Castle in Japan, experiencing the boiling pot of cultures in Singapore, to meeting the locals in the rugged south-east coast of Taiwan, sailing the Whitsunday Islands in Australia, cantering at the footfills of the Humboldt Mountains in New Zealand, chilling on a deserted beach in Rarotonga after walking across the entire island to crossing the entirity of the USA by Greyhound Bus, this trip is going to take some serious beating.
It almost makes me want to cry just thinking about the fact that it's all over.
I took a few absolute corkers of photos as I was travelling with my nippy little Panasonic camera, expect to see them in the next few days.
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
25 things!
5 min read
Well, it's been positively ages since I've supplies any journal entries have haven't just been me mundanely rounding up the past few weeks events. I deserve a break, and more importantly, so do you guys. So I'm going to do something that's been passed along from manic-cure. Simple really, just a case of listing 25 things about yourself and then passing it along. So let's get crackin' before any of you fall asleep:
1) I'm a closet extreme sports fan. I never get the chance to do extreme sports regularly in my local area, but if you mention 'white water rafting' 'bungie jumping', 'skydiving' or anything else that pumps gallons of adrenaline through your system and I'm within earshot, I get very wet indeed.
2) I've only been to hospital twice in my life. Once, being born. The second time, I ate one too many 'Tums' indigestion tablets and had to go and be made to throw up before anything really bad went down! My health has always been really strong though, I couldn't be more thankful in that respect.
3) I've been in a fair few fights in my time. In my teens me and my brother used to fight it out regularly - luckily these days things have settled, although we can still get embroiled in a strong war of words. I'm not exactly a fighter, but I'm pretty hardy.
4) I'm always hungry. My appetite is massive, but thanks to an insane metabolism I never put on any fat. I should count my blessings - in a few years my body won't be able to keep up and I'll be a bona fide Fat Bastard within three months.
5) The only country I've ever truly visited is Australia, for a month. It was beautiful. If you ever get the chance, make a bee-line to Alice Springs. Stay there forever.
6) I hope to add more destinations to 5) this year with a five-month trip around the world. But you've probably heard enoguh about that
7) I've currently been listening to tons of Devin Townsend. He's a brilliant musician who blends loads of different styles, and then makes them loud as fuck. He's brilliant!
8) I barely drink alcohol at all anymore. But if I was to go out, lots of cider and a few shots of tequila are my poisons.
9) I really want to read more George R.R. Martin. I've only read 'A Game of Thrones' and it's easily one of my favourite reads, I just need to find the time to get through his 'Song of Ice and Fire' series!
10) I still play pokémon
11) I can ride horses fairly well, thanks to my girlfriend. It's good fun, challenging but not without it's rewards. Horses have my respect
12) I had a minor flirtation with dressing goth, very minor, but then I realised that I just liked the music, nothing else.
13) I am 23 this year.
14) deviantART is always there when I need it. Which is just great, really.
15) I used to be really shy, but these days I come across as a noisy bastard if I have something I really feel needs to be said, or if I'm in the right company. A number of life experiences have changed my social skills vastly.
16) I have been with my girlfriend Philippa for over two years now. We met back at Keele University, we lived in the same flat. She's a complete hero[ine] although she keeps refusing to post her artwork on here! Silly wench. 
17) I tried to find myself on Google Street View today, but failed.
18) I bob when I walk. I have long legs and take ridiculously long strides with them, which probably doesn't help my cause much.
19) I'm a rather casual Blackburn Rovers FC fan.
Take that Chelsea!
20) I've never been interested in learning to drive. Never appealed to me. I imagine myself turning into a real fatty if I turned to driving. I need to walk places. It chills me out.
21) I love all wildlife, but insects in particular. Praying mantises are easily the most amazing creatures on this planet. Especially their eyes.
22) I have streaked once in my life.
23) I can be a massive hypocrite, and a massive snob, at the best of times. My girlfriend points this out to me often. I deserve it.
24) I want to learn to play the drums.
25) I'm hungry again!
And if you managed to make it through all of those points, CONGRATULATIONS! You've been tagged.
1) I'm a closet extreme sports fan. I never get the chance to do extreme sports regularly in my local area, but if you mention 'white water rafting' 'bungie jumping', 'skydiving' or anything else that pumps gallons of adrenaline through your system and I'm within earshot, I get very wet indeed.
2) I've only been to hospital twice in my life. Once, being born. The second time, I ate one too many 'Tums' indigestion tablets and had to go and be made to throw up before anything really bad went down! My health has always been really strong though, I couldn't be more thankful in that respect.
3) I've been in a fair few fights in my time. In my teens me and my brother used to fight it out regularly - luckily these days things have settled, although we can still get embroiled in a strong war of words. I'm not exactly a fighter, but I'm pretty hardy.
4) I'm always hungry. My appetite is massive, but thanks to an insane metabolism I never put on any fat. I should count my blessings - in a few years my body won't be able to keep up and I'll be a bona fide Fat Bastard within three months.
5) The only country I've ever truly visited is Australia, for a month. It was beautiful. If you ever get the chance, make a bee-line to Alice Springs. Stay there forever.
6) I hope to add more destinations to 5) this year with a five-month trip around the world. But you've probably heard enoguh about that
7) I've currently been listening to tons of Devin Townsend. He's a brilliant musician who blends loads of different styles, and then makes them loud as fuck. He's brilliant!
8) I barely drink alcohol at all anymore. But if I was to go out, lots of cider and a few shots of tequila are my poisons.
9) I really want to read more George R.R. Martin. I've only read 'A Game of Thrones' and it's easily one of my favourite reads, I just need to find the time to get through his 'Song of Ice and Fire' series!
10) I still play pokémon
11) I can ride horses fairly well, thanks to my girlfriend. It's good fun, challenging but not without it's rewards. Horses have my respect
12) I had a minor flirtation with dressing goth, very minor, but then I realised that I just liked the music, nothing else.
13) I am 23 this year.
14) deviantART is always there when I need it. Which is just great, really.
15) I used to be really shy, but these days I come across as a noisy bastard if I have something I really feel needs to be said, or if I'm in the right company. A number of life experiences have changed my social skills vastly.
16) I have been with my girlfriend Philippa for over two years now. We met back at Keele University, we lived in the same flat. She's a complete hero[ine]
although she keeps refusing to post her artwork on here! Silly wench. 17) I tried to find myself on Google Street View today, but failed.
18) I bob when I walk. I have long legs and take ridiculously long strides with them, which probably doesn't help my cause much.
19) I'm a rather casual Blackburn Rovers FC fan.
Take that Chelsea!20) I've never been interested in learning to drive. Never appealed to me. I imagine myself turning into a real fatty if I turned to driving. I need to walk places. It chills me out.
21) I love all wildlife, but insects in particular. Praying mantises are easily the most amazing creatures on this planet. Especially their eyes.
22) I have streaked once in my life.
23) I can be a massive hypocrite, and a massive snob, at the best of times. My girlfriend points this out to me often. I deserve it.
24) I want to learn to play the drums.
25) I'm hungry again!
And if you managed to make it through all of those points, CONGRATULATIONS! You've been tagged.
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In