First Year of University - My 365

:lol: If you see one on your travels around the park nab it!

Plans for todays pic?
 
smoothedit said:
:lol: If you see one on your travels around the park nab it!

Plans for todays pic?
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I will do, don't worry :)

I will do my update but I don't have a picture as of yet. I will sort something out tomorrow, most likely an image from tonight's antics :)

MagicMynx said:
looks like someone has been a naughty boy! :nono:

Well done getting the job though xx
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Indeed :( :shake:

Many thanks though :)
 
Day 151 - 16/02/2010

Amazing day.

Got up this morning, had a little jog.

My Dad took me out for lunch at 1, as he had a meeting with a client in Southampton.

We went to Pizza Hut, then we went to Costa to grab a coffee, then went to Ikea to buy a crap-load of energy saving lightbulbs, then went to PC World to get a mouse+keyboard for the computer in the kitchen, and then went to Pret a Manger for another cup of coffee. He asked me to pay for the coffee with a £20 note and then went to find a seat. When I got back he told me to put the change in my pocket, "What's the point of having kids if they don't bleed you dry :D" he said.

On the way back to the car, I asked if I could pop into Asda for a bottle of Vodka, and he insisted on buying me some essentials - noodles, 9 chicken breasts, 4 tins of soup, some pasta sauce pouches, a 3kg bag of pasta, some bread and my bottle of Vodka.

I had such an amazing day. Me and my Dad talked for about 5 hours about everything and nothing and it has really raised my spirits. I have some money, I have food, and, christ, I feel great.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you guys who regularly comment on here with support, and just to keep me going. I hope you don't feel undervalued, because you mean a lot more to me than just a few bits of text on a computer screen.

Picture to come :)
 
Flipping AWESOME mate.

Glad you had an awesome day. Your dad sounds just like mine - a right dude and more of a mate than they would ever know.

Really pleased you are feeling on the up matey. Keep posting and keep togging.

You have a lot of mates around these parts and it is our job to help you when you need it :thumbs:
 
Glad to hear you had a good day with your dad hun.

Something I've definately noticed as I've got older (and I'm not that old, I'll have you know!) the parents that you glared and moaned about in your teens can turn into your biggest life role models (in a "how would Dad deal with this?" way) and you respect them in a whole different way. :thumbs:
 
smoothedit said:
Flipping AWESOME mate.

Glad you had an awesome day. Your dad sounds just like mine - a right dude and more of a mate than they would ever know.

Really pleased you are feeling on the up matey. Keep posting and keep togging.

You have a lot of mates around these parts and it is our job to help you when you need it :thumbs:
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Cheers mate :)

MagicMynx said:
Glad to hear you had a good day with your dad hun.

Something I've definately noticed as I've got older (and I'm not that old, I'll have you know!) the parents that you glared and moaned about in your teens can turn into your biggest life role models (in a "how would Dad deal with this?" way) and you respect them in a whole different way. :thumbs:
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I'm already starting to see that :)
 
Been a while...

Good to catch up on your goings on though I'm intrigued by the police notice... Was it an "I'm never drinking again" moment the following day? (for all of ten minutes!)

(#505)It was at that point I realised that what you see isn't, in any way, what you get.
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Also. You don't get what you deserve, you get what you get. Other people can be crap at times. Don't let 'em get to you!

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Don't think I've commented in this thread before (and this isn't a useful one). Just wanted to say this is the only 365 / 52 / 12 / π that I've ever followed. Good stories, and some proper decent photos to go with it. Keep it up.

This is a proper drinking game.. Probably skip the lighter fluid though.. maybe substitute it. And stay away from the anti-freeze.
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I'm glad you're enjoying it

I will bring Withnail and I back up with me to watch, just for you
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We expect a full report. The finest report available to humanity. We expect it here, and we expect it soon! :)

Re#513

It's funny, or it might just be me. Looking back at your other shots, you can tell when you're having a bad day. Certainly the shot for the day there seems to reflect your mood.

Chin up!

Ian.
 
Would just like to clarify the police note. I was given a cannabis warning for possession of a Class B drug. Me and a few mates were smoking, and the police came knocking at the door. Unwittingly I answered, and we all came very close to being arrested. I was the person who bought it (we only bought £10 worth and had £5 worth left when the police came round), so I owned up and took the full hit. Thankfully I don't have a criminal record, just a cannabis record. For certain jobs it is necessary that I disclose this, but I am fairly certain those jobs are ones within the Government or public services. If I am caught again with cannabis I will be given a criminal record, and possibly fined or worse, arrested/jailed.

I would like to take this opportunity to explain that I am not stupid. I know the effects, I know the dangers. I am a very liberal person, and I believe that most things are okay when used in moderation, and this isn't just to do with drugs. Too much coffee, too much video games, too much cake, too much work, too much weed, can all be a detriment to yourself and others. I do not smoke every day, nor have I allowed it to affect anything I do. I have just got some marks back for my work that I handed in just after I got back from christmas, and I achieved some of the highest marks in the class - 68% x2, 69% and 63% - all just a few marks away from a distinction.

After my run in with the Police I have decided that smoking marijuana in halls is not a good idea, especially not considering it is a Class B drug and I could well get a criminal record. It is just not worth it. I won't say I will never touch it again, that would be foolish. I have an enormous amount of willpower, and so I don't think I will until I'm in a more private environment.

I was never peer pressured into smoking it, I just enjoy the feeling, especially when used in conjunction with audio/visual art - i.e. films and music, as I'm a very creative person and it really does heighten the presentation and alters your interpretations of said art.

I am not proud of this, not at all. Don't get me wrong, I'm disappointed in myself primarily because when getting into trouble with the police about drug use you are almost instantly labelled.

I understand that not everyone agrees with it, I get that. But what I would like, and the reason I am clearing this up, is because I don't want to be judged. I am not, in any way, a detriment to society and I think the justifications the Government have given for making this drug illegal are ridiculous.

I'll finish with a quote from the Police officer who questioned me:

"Right, I'm giving you a Cannabis warning. This is what will happen if you are caught in the future with cannabis [goes on to explain to me]. I know it's not a bad drug, but it is illegal."
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Right, now moving swiftly on :)

Day 151 - 16/02/2010

I woke up this morning from a terrible dream. Sophie, my ex girlfriend, was getting married to another guy. She gave me a list of all the reasons why she was happier with this new guy than she ever was with me.

I woke up, and I had been crying. I then drifted off back to sleep to continue with similar horrible dreams, then wake up, crying, and repeating the cycle.

I do not regret breaking up with her, the stress was too much and the good times didn't outweigh the bad times.

A line from a song I heard once (I don't remember the song, or the artist, frustratingly - heck, it might even have been the film '500 days of summer')

"Looking back at a broken relationship, and remembering the disillusion of good memories"

I think this is the mistake everyone makes when breaking up - you broke up for a reason, and are only remembering the good times, and totally forget the bad times.

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Day 153 - 18/02/2010

This is the result from one of the studio sessions we had. Not really much of an eventful week. I have a fantastic idea for my 'Day in the life' brief - 'The mundanity of a dead end job'.
For my 'Promotion' brief, I'm going to be taking photographs of - a lynx spray deodorant can, a bowl of cereal and my HTC hero.

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Day 154 - 19/02/2010

I'm going to Cardiff on sunday to see my mate. I've decided, when I get home from Carnage, I'm going to stop drinking alcohol for 40 days. Sort my body out, save some money, and just to prove I can do it. People have begun to label me from my run in with the Police and this is a backlash.
I love this photograph.

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Day 155 - 20/02/2010

It's our friend Sophia's birthday tomorrow, and she gets back from home tomorrow. We spoke to one of the guys who runs the halls and explained that we wanted to fill her room with balloons, so he basically said, "Right, call her up, explain that you left something in her room and ask if it's okay for the residence manager to open up your room so we can get it - I just need permission to open the door," He supervised while we filled her room with balloons. Cool guy.

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First of all, great shot #535 - really sharp and good contrast. :thumbs:

I thought the note was clear enough to make out and personally, I didn't think you needed to justify or explain yourself, but that's my opinion. I thought it was very open of you to share the 365 and I certainly hope that no one here is doing the judging or labelling, after all, everything you have shared here has been totally voluntary and you didn't have to share the note if you didn't want to.

Anyway, upwards and onwards... Keep posting! Is Cardiff just for the day or longer?
 
It's super isn't it, I love it :) Don't mean to blow my own trumpet :p

Clarifying the note was something I feel I needed to do, mostly for myself.

I'm going to make my next post early, as I'm leaving for Cardiff fairly early.
 
Day 156 - 21/02/2010

Icing Sugar Fight.
It started off with the girls, Emily and Sarah, going on about how boys take things to extremes.
Then they started throwing icing sugar around. Then they got Charlie. Then Charlie got involved. Marc was saying, "No don't throw any near me you might get Sean's camera!"
This tactic didn't work. Emily went for him.

That is when all hell broke loose. Marc grabbed the back-up box of icing sugar and let rip which you can see in the photograph below :p

I'm going to Cardiff tomorrow at 12pm and staying there until Wednesday 4pm. No uni until Wednesday afternoon and so I'll only be missing 1 lecture.

I'm going to visit my best friend Ben.

Ben and I haven't known each other as long as everyone else. I've known 50% of the guys in our group for around 15 years, 25% for around 9 years, and Ben for around 4 years. I went to school with him, but we weren't friends, perse.

We just clicked. We bounce off of each other and get on amazingly well. We have tonnes in common and it is literally the perfect example of guy love.

I love Ben to bits. He is the only person from back home that I really miss, and if I ever lose contact with him I will be heartbroken.

Expect a few pictures from Cardiff to appear in this 365 of me and him rocking out hard.

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Your studio stuff is really good Sean.

And that shot above is very energetic. B&W definitely the way to go.

Enjoying the thread. Have a good time in Cardiff.

Ian.
 
Day 158 - 22/02/2010

Met everyone last night, but we're going out tonight to a bar called Varsity, then to a club called Tiger Tiger, then from there to a bar called Live Lounge, should be cool :) I'm on the left, and Ben is the one on the right :)

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Day 159 - 23/02/2010

Had a superb night out last night, really was great. Got extremely drunk, and just had a fantastic time. Really cool bunch of people.

Not going out tonight unfortunately, as everyone (apart from me, I was raring to go!) was feeling tender. Going to a Wetherspoons for a few soft drinks (except for me, I ordered 2x double sailor jerry and coke's :p) then on to a gig.

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Day 160 - 24/02/2010

Home today. Managed to catch an earlier train, and arrived in Southampton at 1pm instead of 2pm.

My friend came down to Southampton for an open day so I caught up with her, was lovely to see her.
Me and her have a bit of a history with each other, and as we were leaving halls to go into town we bumped into the ex - awkward! :p

I'm extremely tired, but I'm going to see Youth in Revolt tonight with a few guys so that should be cool.

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Cool pictures Sean, I like the last one. I am going to Cardiff in September, can't wait :D
 
sean, i've only just found this thread - great shots whatever your mood and i love the updates that go with them, i finished uni a year and a half ago and reading your experiences of uni life is making me nostalgic for being a student! :)

sorry to hear about the gf - if it's any comfort I think you made the right decision, there's no point being in a relationship if you're not happy. my ex and i were together 3 years before we went to uni, made it to our final year and then broke up... and it's taken me a couple of years to get over it. although we're still good friends, i've since realised we should have broken up earlier in our uni life. it was also very hard to compartmentalise the breakup and the concentration i needed for my finals.

but my waffling aside, your shots are fantastic and i shall follow this thread with interest :D

edit: and you will both be fine in time, i was the breakupee but time has definitely healed :)
 
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Good group shot #544! Funnily, is that your 'thumbs up'? Looks like someone off camera has done that! (Or is it just me?!)
 
I was getting the train back to portsmouth uni from southampton today and I happened to look out the window to see you on platform 2 at the train station. what a small world!! or it could have been someone else entirely..
 
Liam said:
Cool pictures Sean, I like the last one. I am going to Cardiff in September, can't wait :D
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It's a very nice place, and the people are cool.

Plus loads of gorgeous welsh girls :p

OptimusBri said:
Sounds like you're having a fantastic time at Uni :)
I like the shot from day 159 - great colours.
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Thanks :)

creamykiwi said:
sean, i've only just found this thread - great shots whatever your mood and i love the updates that go with them, i finished uni a year and a half ago and reading your experiences of uni life is making me nostalgic for being a student! :)

sorry to hear about the gf - if it's any comfort I think you made the right decision, there's no point being in a relationship if you're not happy. my ex and i were together 3 years before we went to uni, made it to our final year and then broke up... and it's taken me a couple of years to get over it. although we're still good friends, i've since realised we should have broken up earlier in our uni life. it was also very hard to compartmentalise the breakup and the concentration i needed for my finals.

but my waffling aside, your shots are fantastic and i shall follow this thread with interest :D

edit: and you will both be fine in time, i was the breakupee but time has definitely healed :)
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Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad you're enjoying the thread :)

Viewfinder said:
Good group shot #544! Funnily, is that your 'thumbs up'? Looks like someone off camera has done that! (Or is it just me?!)
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Haha, nope, that's my thumbs up :)
God bless self timer :)

alleysun said:
I was getting the train back to portsmouth uni from southampton today and I happened to look out the window to see you on platform 2 at the train station. what a small world!! or it could have been someone else entirely..
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If it was me with an enormous black duffle bag walking away from the platform at around 1pm then it is entirely likely that it was me.
My hair was probably a lot more wavey though :p
 
Day 161 - 25/02/2010

I feel quite ill today, and so getting up early wasn't fun. The reason I had to get up early?
Student Residence Misconduct - Substance Use and Misuse - Disciplinary Meeting.

Fun!

Basically, Sam the residence manager (who's actually well sound) said, "Right, I know what happened, and what the police said, and basically, as far as the uni is concerned, it's misconduct. What's going to happen now is that you'll be having a meeting with the Operations Manager, and probably get a written warning, basically stating that if you get in trouble again for anything else, it's likely you'll be kicked out."

Today I'm going to uni at 11:00 until 1:00, and then not sure what's happening tonight. Hopefully nothing as I'm trying to save some money.

I received a message from my recently made ex-girlfriend on facebook today. Yesterday I saw her to give me my jacket back, but i was cooking dinner and so had to cut the conversation short.

Her: February 25 at 12:35pm
I don't know if it was just me yesterday but you seemed as though it was really awkward seeing me.

i don't know if you think i still want you or something but thats the impression i'm getting and i can safely say i don't and i have moved on.

I assumed that we'd be back on a talking level by now but every time i try and say how are you it seems as though its such a big effort. You seem happy within yourself, i sure know i am so why the weirdness happens i don't know.

If you have no intention on being friendly and whatnot then tell me and we'll just act as strangers but i would much rather just know where i stand.
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Me: February 25 at 12:47pm
Woah, where did this come from?

I didn't realise there was any weirdness or awkwardness or anything.

But what's this about: "i don't know if you think i still want you or something but thats the impression i'm getting and i can safely say i don't and i have moved on."

I didn't realise that's the way I came across to you, but irrelevant, what a f***ing spiteful thing to say.

I don't know about you, but I felt that I was being friendly and welcoming towards you whenever I saw you, but apparently not?

I just don't entirely feel comfortable about being good friends with someone who I still care about, but considering I thought I was being friendly towards you, and after you said that vicious thing I quoted, maybe you should be the one telling me where I stand in comparison?
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Her: February 25 at 12:51pm
Okay. Sorry forget i said anything. i must have misunderstood your ways. Its more the fact when i speak to you casually on here i just feel as though you didnt really want to be. that must be me just misunderstanding so im sorry for saying anything.
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I'm pretty hurt by the line in bold, but you know what? I'm on top of the f***ing world.
She thinks she can ruin my day? Pah.

I feel I've been given a new lease of life: Forget about the superficial and the materialistic things. Embrace the beauty all around you - let those moments flow through you. Live life to its full, do whatever it is that makes you happy.

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No posts for a while Sean. Everything OK?

Ian.
 
Christ, it's been a week! Yeah I went home on Saturday and haven't caught up since. Don't worry I'll keep you posted.

I'll write myself a reminder here.

Friday 26/02 - Marc DJ'd at Whitehouse (photo: tbt)
Saturday 27/02 - Kitt came down, went to Lauren's (photo: tbt)
Sunday 28/02 - Training for L-Land (photo: name badge)
Monday 01/03 - 6 hours of Lost (photo: new kitchen)
Tuesday 02/03- Soton, open mic, out (photo: joe and his new guitar)
Wednesday 03/03 - Uni, going out (photo: charlie)
Thursday 04/03 - Nothing much (photo: pictures of marc, dan, jon and charlie merged fancy dress)
Friday 05/03 - Home, out, grand time (photo: train station B+W)
Saturday 06/03 - Lego training (photo: me on train)
Sunday 07/03 - Seeing my Granddad in hospital (photo: hospital)
Monday 08/03 - Southampton, sophie's new boyfriend :lol: (photo: empty train seat)
 
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Haha, no, her name is Kathryn and so consequently, through the use of inexplicable nicknames, she is now known as Kitt.

And she's a model ;)

Speaking of which, the ex has a new boyfriend.
And he's anything but an upgrade haha.

He's balding, has more hair around his mouth than on his head, and he lives 3 and a half hours away in Norwich.

I wonder how she'll cope with that when I wasn't giving her enough attention haha.
 
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Day 162 - 26/02/2010

Tonight we're going to go and see Marc play a set at Whitehouse. I'm looking forward to it, as it is the Ministry of Sound warm-up. (next month Marc is playing a set at Ministry of Sound in London - pretty big news.)

Unfortunately I won't be going to the Ministry of Sound, fortunately for good reason. I'm going Skiing :D

I got myself a new ski jacket and the coolest part is it has an ipod remote on the sleeve meaning I can pause, play, skip, vol up/down without having to take my ipod out. How cool is that!

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