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last night, after work, I was leaving the building and laughing and talking with Leo, and being around him makes me so sad, but it makes me equally happy, and I love when he smiles at me b/c his smile is everything. when he smiles hard enough his nose, like, scrunches up, and I think it's the cutest thing, and ugh, I really wish he would of waited with me, but nah, he left. and I sat by myself and cried for 20 minutes at the doors wait g for my mom lol

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I love my Cadet group. Last night I had a little speech while their about how I'm one year free of self harm, and I started crying, and I told everyone how thankful I am for them, even if we don't talk. And when I was done, everyone came and hugged me and told they were so proud of me and I cried so much. I was so happy. I love them.

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Princess of Milk and Honey

I'll resume the usual code and food and productivity gubbins shortly, but I feel it is my duty to introduce you to the Princess of Milk and Honey

lush

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New Years Resolutions

I've had such a lovely time this festive season; lots of food, lovely people and a few odd party-games. I hope you've all had a great one too!

At the stroke of midnight I made 3 resolutions*

Bendy

Handy

Teeth

I bet you're thinking "what a weirdo, they're not resolutions", but there's wisdom in the brevity and I assure you they will serve me well!

Instead of "Bendy" I could write "do yoga every week" but what if I don't like yoga? What if pilates is my poison? If I miss a week will I give up? Lets be honest, it's a possibility! By simply saying "Bendy" I can have that running in my mind as a little mantra as I go about my business, it'll seep into the cracks of my year and God help me I will be a bendy man!

What about "Handy" then? Well, right now I really fancy going on a journey into woodworking and most likely that'll be what I end up doing to start with, but as with the "bendy" I'm free to meander into electrics, metalwork etc. etc.

As for "Teeth"... well I haven't been to the dentists in over a decade, my teeth look fine, but I'm pretty sure I need a filling or two...

That's all very well David, what about last years? How did they go?

Well, last year I only made 2 resolutions:

Posture

Books

Both of which I feel I have made great progress with! Hurrah!

My back and shoulders are looking great, I sometimes catch myself slouching a little but I correct it ASAP. TBH, I didn't really expect this one to be so enjoyable, it's really satisfying being the tallest person at the table (even a shortarse like me can tower over a 6ft something with lesser posture). Brilliant.

As for the books, I reckon I've averaged about 1-per-week for the year. Including the Harry Potter series, lots of Jasper Fforde, a stack of classics and quite a few business books. While my memory is still shockingly bad, I feel I've gained a lot from this one, not-least being that my reading speed is getting better with every book!

With a couple of wins under my belt I feel confident that I will be a well-postured, bendy, well-read handyman with a killer smile.

edit: ths entry looked lonely, here's some festive sushi I made last week.

* all the while smooching my lovely Roz :-)

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Ignite Newcastle, subtitle love and sushi

I love Thursdays, I love all days really; there's always something happening to make you smile! Yesterday was no exception, after a good day's graft (I must blog about this contract soon) I popped over to the Codeworks Ignite event to have my neurons tickled and tickled they were!

The first speaker Tristan Watson (a beautiful soul) talked about how an idea is only important once it's been acted on and to my mega joy he used one of my sideprojects as an example!!!

he was so kind about it I did a little blush!

We then watched Dan Gilmore talk about immersive technologies, a new face to me but so passionate! Love it! He sparked the memory of a thought I had as a child; "what would swapping sensory inputs feel like?" - if there's another Ignite event I may ask to talk about this cause it's such a giggle of a thought experiment.

Let the truncation begin - I should be working!!

We heard about finances from Jonathan Gold I noted that I need to talk to him about a concept business plan with a super-short-term exit strategy

Peter Hirst talked about hidden gems and easter eggs in technology Sparked another weekend tinkering of an idea, maybe next month ;-)

Dan Kolodziej (pronounced ko-lod-gee) went on a MEGA-TANGENT starting with shoes, onto Wi-Fi, cruised through Africa, financial institutions, and back to shoes again. DAN'S SHOES that is. Reminded me of frontline SMS - must see how that's evolving soon

David Erasmus (what a name!!) showed us some heart-warming holiday snaps then asked us about the nature of openness and friendship and why things happen the way they do I wrote - must buy a school bus

I had to cut the event short cause to cycle home and make SUSHI!!!! Yes.

I didn't get a shot of everyone; there was no incentive to move away from the food. That's just dumb. That last sushi was named "the loneliest maki", we proceeded to make it some "friends" then eat them too. We all had to lie down and ride it out cause we made soooo much!

Don't forget kids, every night is food night

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