chairs >>

as you may be able to tell from the last few posts I am not really having a great time of it at the moment, selfish and boring to others I realise. so I am consciously thinking in a more positive way.

for some reason I have been reminded today of the dinning room of the house I grew up in. my father (a man who is and has always been very particular about every thing) spent money wisely. especially on furniture when I was a child. we had orange and blue eames chairs in the dining room. I am wondering whether this has had a lasting effect on me as I have always liked them, I know it is a kind of obvious like amongst the supposed 'design world'. 

a well designed 'whatever' can make a massive difference even the obvious use-ability benefits, I believe just the look of a product can make you feel better.

illegitimi non carborundum >>

I was pleased to recieve this (in an email about something else) from my soon to be ex-boss this morning 'illegitimi non carborundum'.

its time to stop the complaining and get on with stuff now, in as much ignorance as usual.

disappointment >>

I thought I was prepared for the (professional) disappointment happening in my little life but I don't really think I was. I am more than aware of just how lucky I am and feel a little selfish to be this disappointed. but I should learn and be looking for the next thing as always.

oh well to tomorrow then.

I didn't even get to talk about the things I had worked on, perhaps I just didn't work enough? but perhaps ......

this didn't help even though I thought it looked good,

but perhaps .............

the surf directory >>

with so many new web sites every day (especially surfing sites) many do not last. or to be honest aren't very good. in the last month or so a new site the surf directory has gone live. I never see a new surf web site as a threat to my surf site (of 10 years already) surf98 in fact it simply increases the flow of web traffic to all of us. any way if you are so inclined have a look, I think it is a really good interactive site with loads of information as well as the usual surf reports and beach info.

oh well >>

so very often I am surprised at the way things work out.
today things work-wise have not worked out in a way that I would have liked. (if fact I am very disappointed).
I wonder if we only remember stuff when it goes against what we would have liked, rather than when it worked for us.
hopefully I will learn from today and be better if there is ever a next time. (and there is sure to be more disappointment on the way).

art or information? you decide >>

so often when you see a surfing photo, a postcard or a beach scene with a sunset. corny and cliched will often spring to mind. so thought I would provide you with another. though this picture (another taken by moby in morocco) fits this in a number of ways. it also supplies a surfer with a number of other things as for a surfer it is a great photo. rather than thinking of colour, design and composition and all 'arty' type of things you probably are. a surfer will see clean lines of swell a good size wave and a car roof to lean on when you are watching or checking the surf. 

skateboarding is not just for teenagers >>

I am sure that good friend moby (pictured above skating at the weekend) will not mind me saying that he is not the youngest skateboarder in the country. but the fact remains that he is still at the skatepark and having fun, as well as being the MD of a successful auditing company and gets respect for it.skateboarding is a strange thing, I still skate and I am nearer 50 than moby but because in sports terms is is relatively new if you are older than 15-16 and still skating people think there is something wrong with you that you haven't grown up. something that doesn't happen if you are playing tennis or golf.

I hope to still be skating in 10 years, I am sure moby will.

perhaps its time to 'go surf'

every now and again I have so much going on in my working life, much of which I can do nothing about I just have to see how things work in the future. so I just have to stop for a while and think about what I have, rather than what I want! I think today is one of those days. I am not trying to purposefully trying to make out that anything is more interesting or difficult than anyone else's as it probably isn't. what I do know is that I should have been at the beach on saturday when the picture (taken by chris cockett) was taken. that is a pretty well shaped wave; the sort I look for.