First Year of University - My 365

Day 125 - 21/01/2010

Today's image could be construed as offensive should anyone know someone who has suffered at the hand of drugs. What I would like to say is that it is a bit of harmless fun and that if anyone does take it offensively go and have a cup of tea and watch Jeremy Kyle and read the daily mail and your mind will soon be in a more offended place.

We have a bit of a joke with our friend charlie (right) that he is a drug baron.
He looks kind of like:

Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell from Prison Break:
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and kind of like Robert Carlyle:
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He looks like a crack den owner, and so we have a bit of a joke with him about it.
I then realised that if Drew (left) went on a Crystal Meth binge he'd look like Charlie!

And so this photoshoppery masterpiece was born :D
Processing on charlie includes:
-Desaturation
-Decreased contrast
-Red paintbrush used at 0% hardness and 55px diameter used to 'blotch' face
-Burn tool used to create bags and sags on face and darken hair
-Paintbrush tool (red, maroon and yellow) used at 100% hardness and 1px diameter to create scabs on face
Processing on Talk to Frank logo includes:
-Inverting from black text white background to white text black background (genius, I know)

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Day 126 - 22/01/2010

Not much to report today, hardly did anything today, just 'learned' some basic dreamweaver skills with my new digital media teacher. We have to design a basic website.

I can almost certainly guarantee my website is going to be more complex than that of the one I'll be making in class. Never mind.

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Day 127 - 23/01/2010

My friend is coming down to visit me today, should be nice.
Went into town earlier, needed some new shoes, and got a few new polo shirts as well.

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Day 128 - 24/01/2010

I suppose it's about time I show you some photographs of me out and about!

I don't really take my camera out with me (my little diddy one) when I go on a night out as I use 3 pockets - my left for my keys, my right for my phone and my back left for my wallet (which doesn't hurt or get broken if I sit on it). With my camera in my left, it will get battered by my keys. With my camera in my right, it will make my pocket huge, and considering most of the time I wear skinny jeans, it looks ridiculous. Back right, I'll sit on it and break it.

Anyway, enough of that which is irrelevant, here are the photos.

I don't have a lazy eye, just unfortunate lighting and posture :p
I'm on the right, Sophie my friend in the middle and Phil on the left.

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Day 129 - 25/01/2010

Me at Jesters enjoying a 70p Snakebite!

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Day 130 - 26/01/2010

Me and Ellie at the halls christmas party. An extremely messy night.

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Day 131 - 27/01/2010

Me with my two friends (and probably the 2 prettiest girls I know) April - the red head (whom I have a massive soft-spot for) and Jo - the blonde (she is my mates ex and there has been countless trouble between them. During an argument at my New Years Eve party this year, he stormed off down my drive way and punched my Dad's car, to which I lost my temper (the only time I have ever done so) and nearly beat his face into a pulp, but I managed to pull it together and didn't touch him, which I'm glad about!)

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Nice to see you putting up these pictures, gives us something to relate to when you discuss your days and suffering :p

It sure helps to make things easier when you keep company of good looking friends; with that said, I can't help but trying to understand is that green nail polish your brunnet friend (first picture) has on her nails :thinking:! It's things like this that make me realise how out of touch with today's younger generations I've become.

On another note, from the first picture; are you exceptionally tall or are your friends exceptionally short :shrug:?!
 
Liam said:
Great thread, a real insight into what uni is really like, can't wait to go next year!!

Love this picture, your best yet

Keep it up.

ps. How much does it cost you to have a website like yours?
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It's fantastic, and if you're a social person you'll love it.
Thanks for the kind words.

I paid for the domain name (seantaylor-photography.com/.co.uk) and that was hardly anything. The hosting is about £60 per year but you can do much better.

The real hard work is actually getting it all up and running. Have to be a fairly dab-hand at a web design program or HTML.

OptimusBri said:
Really like shot 121 :) Great work.
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Thanks :) It's a bit blurry because it was windy and it's one I'd like to try again :)

Wail said:
Nice to see you putting up these pictures, gives us something to relate to when you discuss your days and suffering :p

It sure helps to make things easier when you keep company of good looking friends; with that said, I can't help but trying to understand is that green nail polish your brunnet friend (first picture) has on her nails :thinking:! It's things like this that make me realise how out of touch with today's younger generations I've become.

On another note, from the first picture; are you exceptionally tall or are your friends exceptionally short :shrug:?!
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Haha, I don't have a single ugly friend. Am I incredibly shallow (as in I don't seem to associate myself with ugly people?) or am I incredibly good looking (as in attractive people are, for lack of a better word, attracted to me?) maybe it's just coincidence :p

And yes, that's green nail polish. Get with the times, man! :p

I'm not particularly tall... 5'11", just under 6ft. My mates in those particular pictures are just quite short.
The male in that picture is the one that punched my Dad's car. He has a classic, and quite aggressive, case of short-man-syndrome :p
 
Feel I ought to comment here and say that I'm really enjoying your 365. Words as well as pics. (especially after plugging your thread in my 52)

Keep it coming!

Ian.
 
Day 131 - 28/01/2010

Asda are doing 5 Classic Heinz soups for £2.
A loaf of wholemeal bread is 50p.
Soup for lunch with a few slices of bread is a moderately balanced diet for a student, and so I'm stocking the f*** up.

I've got Scotch Broth, Oxtail, Beef Broth, Minestrone, Mulligatawny Beef Curry, Tomato, Chicken, Vegetable, you name it I have it.

I'm doing promotion for the next unit in photography, perhaps I should practise :p

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Day 134 - 30/01/2010

I'm having a really bad day today.

I just feel like the weight of the world has come down on me. The straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak.

My girlfriend is driving me insane. She is constantly miserable, she acts as if everything that happens is a personal attack on her. As if everything that happens is an attempt to upset her. She was having a lot of trouble recently with the people on her floor (newcomers to the thread, she lives the floor below me on my block of halls).

Basically, the people in her halls organised housing without her, and she was left on her own. She went online, found an advert for 2 girls who needed a 3rd house-mate, she met up with them, got on spiffingly, and now they're all friends and sorted out a house.
What this has done though, has alienated her from the people in her halls. She locks herself away in her room, and the only time she comes out is to argue with people.

It has caused people to really take a dislike to her.
And she's always so god-damned f***ing miserable, I'm finding it really hard to stay attracted to her. I just want her to be back to normal, be her fun self.

I've spoken to her about it, suggested that she maybe suffering from depression, that she needs to stop alienating herself, and that she should try to relax more.
But all that followed was an argument - you don't know what's going on, I'm just going through a rough patch, I alienate myself because I hate the people I live with, it's easy for you because everyone on your floor is nice.

What she doesn't realise is that for friendship to work you have to work at it. It doesn't just happen, and stay that way.

I've never had issues with self-esteem before. Never. I've always been a confident guy, always sure of myself and bursting with self-confidence (not in an arrogant way, there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance).
Not now. I'm questioning what people think of me when they look at me, I'm looking in the mirror and being disgusted by myself, I'm just really lacking in anything good.

I'm going home in an hour, maybe being away from everything will help me chill out.
I was supposed to be seeing Sophie this weekend but I'm going to suggest I don't, and spend it with my family.

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This is such a good idea! Starting University myself in September and I'm inspired to try something similar.

Great shots all round. Good luck with the rest of the year mate :thumbs:.
 
thanks for being supportive nattelie, i do appreciate it :) i'm sorry to hear it too!

my parents are getting worried, too. without telling them anything about it, they immediately noticed something was up. my dad said, "there wouldn't be an issue normally mate. you'd be supportive and help her through her rough time. what the issue is, however, is that she's dragging you down, through an unbelievably important time in your life."
 
Sean,

Sorry to hear about these stressful issues.

Stay focused on your priorities, and don't lose track. There are no reruns in life, it's a one way train journey.

It's at tough times that the true essence of our souls come to play. Always, no matter how hard and tough it may be, look at the bright side of things. Find something good in whatever is happening.
 
Loving this thread! :thumbs:

Glad a weekend at home is doing you good - you can't beat home comforts sometimes!
 
Bretagnez said:
This is such a good idea! Starting University myself in September and I'm inspired to try something similar.

Great shots all round. Good luck with the rest of the year mate :thumbs:.
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It's great fun, I enjoy writing it if only for myself!

WozzaTT said:
Loving this thread! :thumbs:

Glad a weekend at home is doing you good - you can't beat home comforts sometimes!
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Glad you're enjoying it too :)

I had a big bacon roll yesterday, it was heaven in comparison to the soup and pasta I've been living off.
 
loving reading this thread too! :thumbs:
reminds me of my first year of uni...but without the gf/bf troubles. (hope everything gets sorted out!)

keep up the good work :)
 
Today (01/02/2010) I broke up with my girlfriend.

I'm not sure which is worse; breaking someone's heart, or having yours broken.

It wasn't working, I wasn't happy, and it was dragging me down. I think this will be better for both of us.
 
Oh gosh, I'm really sorry to hear about you and your girlfriend splitting up :(
Hopefully you made the right decision though, and by the sounds of it, you did.

On another topic, I have really enjoyed looking through your thread so far and look forward to see what photos you post next.

Keep your chin up :)
 
:( Sorry Sean. You seemed fairly set in the good mindset that you only live life once and have to enjoy it.

I know how much it hurts dude.... Look to all those great mates at home and Uni... It is what they are there for.

Hope you are ok matey. :hug:
 
I just got on line, this wasn't what I'd expected to read :(!

It's a shame, but I know that you are mature and wise enough to know what you are doing.
 
Basically, I knew I wanted to split up with her, and much to the contradiction of what everyone had suggested, I was really thinking more about her than I was myself.

I didn't want her to have, like, a mental breakdown or anything, but I needed my sanity, which was slowly deteriorating.

She has taken it fantastically. We both cried a little earlier, we spoke about what was going on.

She's been in 4 relationships, all lasting just over a year. I've been in one, and while she has always been the one splitting up with people, I've always been the one who has done the splitting up. She was gutted, as was I, because while I love her, love alone wasn't enough. I think we'll both be happier separated, as we'll be able to focus on the truly important things in these extremely important few years.

OptimusBri said:
Oh gosh, I'm really sorry to hear about you and your girlfriend splitting up :(
Hopefully you made the right decision though, and by the sounds of it, you did.

On another topic, I have really enjoyed looking through your thread so far and look forward to see what photos you post next.

Keep your chin up :)
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I think tomorrow morning I'm going to get up and go for a jog. Fresh start. So expect photographs catching up with that.

smoothedit said:
:( Sorry Sean. You seemed fairly set in the good mindset that you only live life once and have to enjoy it.

I know how much it hurts dude.... Look to all those great mates at home and Uni... It is what they are there for.

Hope you are ok matey. :hug:
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I'm alright, I think we're both smiling about the good times we had, and forgetting about the last 3 or 4 months that weren't so good.

Wail said:
I just got on line, this wasn't what I'd expected to read :(!

It's a shame, but I know that you are mature and wise enough to know what you are doing.
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I don't have a clue what I'm doing in all honesty, but I do feel in my gut that this was the right thing to do.
 
Day 135 - 31/01/2010

I've felt for a while now that I'm trapped in a dead end situation, the weight of the world bearing down on my shoulders.

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Day 136 - 01/02/2010

Today hasn't been a particularly good day:

foodpoison said:
Today (01/02/2010) I broke up with my girlfriend.

I'm not sure which is worse; breaking someone's heart, or having yours broken.

It wasn't working, I wasn't happy, and it was dragging me down. I think this will be better for both of us.
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However it hasn't been a particularly bad day, either.
The end of my first long term relationship, and the start of a new slate I guess.
Expect tomorrow's image to be entirely different.

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Day 02/02/2010

Last night is a bit of a blur...

You know why? Centurion.

100 shots of beer (25ml) in 100 minutes. That's 1 shot every minute.
4.4 pints, just under 2 and a half litres of beer in just over an hour and a half.

We all made it! We all completed the task! However literally just after the very last shot I had to make my escape to the bathroom to evacuate my stomach through my mouth :whistling:

I felt fine afterwards, and so we all had a bit of a harmless smokey smoke and I went to bed.

My now ex-girlfriend asked to talk to me yesterday. I told her that I was busy but that I could talk to her today, but I know that the whole thing will just turn into an argument. I think she has some unanswered questions.

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Day 138 - 03/02/2010

Today we had a photography training session, this time on still life equipment.
Thankfully this time it was actually a learning process.

I hadn't come across some of the equipment before, but as with all studio work you need to apply the same lighting principles, so that part was tedious. I had fun but hardly anyone else had used any of the equipment before so I stepped aside and let them have a go.

I think my ex-girlfriend is coming along well, she sent me a message basically saying that it was okay, she's okay, but that she wants me to know I hurt her, and that should I meet any other girls, try not to rub it in her face (Facebook photos, if I notice her in a club try not to be too obnoxious about the girl I might be with). I've never been much of a lady's man so I doubt that's going to happen :gag:

I'm glad she's okay though, and I look forward to catching up for a cup of coffee as mates, no pressure involved, in several months time.

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Sorry to hear the news mate,

looks like you had a good centurion ***, we did that every week last year (my first year out uni) and for charity some people gave up drinking for a month.....still didnt stop them...



..you dont want to know how bad ASDA 7p custard as a centurion is! or even cheap gravey!

this year is a lot tamer ***, loads more work! enjoy it while you can.

Wayne
 
Glad to hear things are going along Sean.
Glad aswell to hear that the course is starting to broaden your horizons finally!
Keep up the shooting and posting :thumbs:
 
Danger_Mouse said:
Sorry to hear the news mate,

looks like you had a good centurion ***, we did that every week last year (my first year out uni) and for charity some people gave up drinking for a month.....still didnt stop them...



..you dont want to know how bad ASDA 7p custard as a centurion is! or even cheap gravey!

this year is a lot tamer ***, loads more work! enjoy it while you can.

Wayne
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I didn't realise how ridiculous Centurion would be. I was, however, the only one to chunder. Poor show. Apparently it doesn't count :(

smoothedit said:
Glad to hear things are going along Sean.
Glad aswell to hear that the course is starting to broaden your horizons finally!
Keep up the shooting and posting :thumbs:
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Yeah, me too!
Today I found out that one of the women in my class was a glamour model!
She's banging hot but it's a terrible shame about the boat race.

NSFW: Search the page (CTRL+F) for 'Agata' and click her link :p

Mods, swap the link out if it's against the rules :)
 
Today (01/02/2010) I broke up with my girlfriend.
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Sorry to hear that Sean. Hope things get better for you.

I've not heard of this "Centurion" about which you speak, but I am out of my thirties now, and probably considered "old".

Best fun I had was failing the Withnail & I drinking game. It was very messy...

From Wikipedia in case you fancy it..
The game consists of keeping up, drink for drink, with each alcoholic substance consumed by Withnail over the course of the film. All told, Withnail is shown drinking roughly nine and a half glasses of red wine, half a pint of cider, one shot of lighter fluid (vinegar or overproof rum are common substitutes), two and a half shots of gin, six glasses of sherry, thirteen glasses of whisky and half a pint of ale. It may be presumed that this quantity of alcohol, if consumed during the course of the film, would prove fatal.
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Harlequin565 said:
Sorry to hear that Sean. Hope things get better for you.

I've not heard of this "Centurion" about which you speak, but I am out of my thirties now, and probably considered "old".

Best fun I had was failing the Withnail & I drinking game. It was very messy...

From Wikipedia in case you fancy it..
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Things are on the up mate, thanks for your concern.

Centurion was great, really good fun.

I started watching 'Withnail & I' but I just couldn't get on with it. It has fantastic reviews but I just found it excruciating to say the least. The same with the totally unrelated film 'Dark City'.

I would like to try that game, but unfortunately the people I live with don't have the longest attention spans :p
 
:lol: Attention spans.

Howsabout a 24 game - drinking everytime Kiefer says "Damn It!"?

Only an hour long, and if you pick the right episode people will not be able to walk after!
 
Try these on for size (requires listening):

I Remember: Listen to Deadmau5's 'I Remember'. Every time the words 'I remember' are uttered, you must take a swig of your drink.

Around the World: Listen to Daft Punk's 'Around the World'. You must split your group into 3 teams. The first team will be referred to as 'Around', the second 'The' and the third 'World'. Every time your word is uttered you must take a swig of your drink.
 
:eek: Whoa! Thems be gooduns! But alas I am 25 now and I feel my poor battered body would not put up with too much of that!

Quality tunes too :thumbs:
 
smoothedit said:
:eek: Whoa! Thems be gooduns! But alas I am 25 now and I feel my poor battered body would not put up with too much of that!
Quality tunes too :thumbs:
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Wait until you hit 40...

Ian.
 
smoothedit said:
:eek: Whoa! Thems be gooduns! But alas I am 25 now and I feel my poor battered body would not put up with too much of that!

Quality tunes too :thumbs:
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Both fantastic tunes. Deadmau5 has really refreshed his scene, it's brilliant.

MagicMynx said:
Sorry to hear that you split up with your girlfriend. :(

Great product shot :thumbs:

And the centurian, it was only just over 4 pints in just over an hour and a half, you pussy :p - glad you had a good time though ;)
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Expect more like that, my next bit in photography is promotion and advertising photography!

And I know, 4.4 pints (2.5L) in 1h40m. I would have been able to handle it, but it's the fact you're shotting it, taking big - and accidental - gulps of air down, plus the fact that it's a sudden overload of the nasty stuff. My stomach didn't like it, not one bit :p

Harlequin565 said:
Wait until you hit 40...

Ian.
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Can't wait *groan* :p
 
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