August Wrap Up

So loads has happened since my last post, the Edinburgh Fringe festival has started, we went down to Rebellion for the Punk Festival, and we had our 4 year anniversary (still sounds mental saying that). 

I haven't been to as many things as I would have liked to this year so far, I'm missing my days out buddy, but it feels like August is just whizzing by this year. The shop has been so busy with tourists that I am mostly so tired after work, it feels like a lot of effort to do anything. But I have succeeded in seeing two things including one that Dixon even agreed to see.  Firstly I saw Paul Foot with Gail and the Nick Helm with Gail and Dixon. Paul Foot was more mental that expected, but still hilarious, I would say you might want to have seen him on things before seeing him all by himself. But Nick Helm was excellent! So much fun.

Rebellion was really really good again this year, especially when I thought there wasn't that many bands that I wanted to see compared to last year. I would have to say that Thursday was the best day for me even with SNFU, DOA, and NOFX on the Sunday Cyanide Pills and Morning Glory where brilliant, and I got a wee photo with Ezra which as you can see I was pretty excited. I defintitely got the piss taken all weekend for that one, but it made my day so I don't care. I would have photos for NOFX and DOA but unfortunately my phone was stolen at the end of the NOFX concert so this is all I have what I sent to friends and things taken on other peoples phones. But what can you do.

So even ending on a down note, it is still one of the best times so I can't complain too much.

And then it was our anniversary, I can't believe it has already been four years, four years and I already ran out of things that I can buy Dixon as a present, so we decided to just do small things and go out for a dinner and a movie. Someone did not stick to that, someone replaced my phone for me, I was so surprised, he is really too good to me. Not only that but got me flowers and chocolates too. 

We did still go for dinner, it was amazing, we went to David Bann's again, and they did magical things with food. I tried many cocktails and new things this time for starters mains and desserts. I am pretty sure the dessert, Raspberry Jelly with Mint Sorbet and Amaretto Figs was the best thing I have ever eaten, and Dixon couldn't complain about the Budvar either, he doesn't really do dessert. And we topped the evening off with Guardians of the Galaxy, which I thought was excellent, and Dixon had a nice nap. We maybe shouldn't have eaten so much.

I've also done a bit of drawing, but I'll talk about that later.

Edinburgh Botanical Gardens

So yesterday and the day before have been brilliant days, yesterday Gail and I went to Roslin Chapel on Friday, just outside Edinburgh, and today Daniel and I went to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh and then to The Monuments Men at the Cinema. So it is safe to say I had two excellent days!

Now I would talk more about Roslin, but I took most of my photos with my new Camera so until those come back, I think I will just leave you with this sneaky one I took inside.

I have wanted to go to the greenhouses in the Royal Botanic Gardens since the last time Dixon and I went in 2012, so I got to go this time and one of the main things I wanted to see was the giant lily pads, unfortunately they were not there, but it was still gorgeous inside and interesting. We lucked out with a really nice day, but it seemed like everyone else had the same idea, but luckily the greenhouses weren't too busy.

  

So afterwards we went for an early showing of The Monuments Men which was great, a very worthwhile story and excellently portrayed.

And last but certainly not least, Dixon had got me an new record, just because, and its awesome!

Today I am off to Dr. Sketchy's to hopefully do some sketching, it hasn't been on since I last posted about it so I am glad its back.

Doctor Where

So Sarah's parcel arrived already, it must actually take a week to get to Canada, just once it gets to Canada it must take ages to make it to the west coast, because it usually takes at least a month for things to arrive that I send to my family there. So that was pretty exciting that it turned up already, what's not exciting is that along the way someone nabbed one of her Doctor Who stamps, and not just any one, but Tom Baker, pretty well the majority of peoples favourite. That is why I think that it was nabbed not just fallen off. I'm a little bit upset, but hopefully I can get another one to replace the missing one. It could have been worse though, what if they stole the stamp and sent it back to me for not paying enough postage! That would have been an outrage! Either way its exciting she got her parcel already.

 

So after work today, I went to the Filmhouse to meet Gail to see I'm So Excited. I had never been to the Filmhouse for a film before and you might remember from a previous post about the paper sculptures that kept turning up in Edinburgh, well the Filmhouse was one of those locations. So Caryn and I last year (last year already!) had visited it then, but didn't even think of seeing a film (Caryn might have fallen asleep, she was just off of the plane). Anyway it was really interesting to see in the cinema, it had amazing seats and pillars, all you would expect from a proper cinema. Though it had just as many adverts and previews as any other one, just as the film started the curtains closed and then opened for the film. That was a pretty nice touch.

 

 

The film was really good, if you want to see something camp and hilarious this one is for you!

 

 

Its also been a couple lovely days in Edinburgh so I have more pictures for you and also rainy today and yesterday but I like the picture from then too.

 

 

 

 

 

Day Off

Yay, day off! I mostly tried to do some drawing, bits of it I am happy with, other bits not so much. At least there was some drawing taking place. Hopefully some more soon.

 

 

In other news I am going to go see Frankenweenie today, for you guys over in North America, you're thinking oh whats the big deal. But for Britain we know its not out until the 18th. Hayley managed to get us some free sneak peak preview tickets for tonight so that pretty cool! Plus free tickets to a movie you already wanted to see is pretty cool! So I am watching the Nightmare Before Christmas to set me up for later!

 

 

Also,

Edinburgh was being kinda beautiful last night.

 



Film News

I recently(ish) recieved an email about the film from my Grandma's camera, and they said it has been finished! With the email they sent me a sample photo so we can work out when the film is from and quick as you like my mom had a really good idea even though the film was shot when she was around 13. Now they said they would be get back to me soon with how to pay and everything like that but so far no news. They were either going to send an invoice with the photos, which I haven't recieved yet or an email of how to pay online, also which I haven't recieved so hopefully more news soon cause the pictures loook awesome!

In other film news I went to see The Dark Knight Rises on the 20th and it was awesome I don't want to say too much as I'm not reviewing it so no spoilers here! It was so good me and Dixon almost went to see it again on Sunday, but decided we would see it next week when the cinemas have quieted down!

And for fans of Batman and comics in general check out this awesome tumblr Little League!

Thats all for now hopefully I will have some more updates for you soon! Maybe some art and hopefully a bunch more photos!

For Cammi

With the new Winnie the Pooh movie coming up I thought it would be fun to do something like this and Camille Said she loved Winnie the Pooh as the little black rain cloud and I pretty well love all of the old movies. It was a bunch of fun. C:

I am so excited that this looks good.

New Painting...

So Marshy came up this weekend which really nice! I was working but only in the mornings, so it wasn't so bad, and we went to see X-men! they did a really good job of connecting to the old movies while making it a really good stand alone film. Before the movie we stoped at the Paint Spot, I finally found an art supply store. And I got some new art supplies! So excited.

 The next day we went to the record store, but I'm afraid nothing good came out of there, but we went to the comic book store later! I found Maus in the original two part version, and if you haven't read it I recomend it thouroughly! It is brilliant. Its about the authors fathers, journey through nazi occupied Europe and his life now.

So after Marsha left, I decided to do a painting, I started it at about 8 30 and didn't go to bed until 2:30 in the morning. And finally finished off relining it this afternoon.