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Who’s in cheers magazine this month then?

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:38:04 -0400

Who’s in cheers magazine this month then?

"Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it."

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:41:25 -0500

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”

- Vincent Van Gogh (via stellablu)

Tom McArthur: Obvious fake is fake; How to spot future 'golden eagle snatches kid' fake videos

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:03:18 -0500

Tom McArthur: Obvious fake is fake; How to spot future 'golden eagle snatches kid' fake videos:

tommcarthur:

‘Do eagles eat babies? Almost certainly not, especially in North American suburbs where sightings of such majestic winged creatures are rarer than rocking horse faeces.

So; why all the fuss yesterday about this video supposedly of a golden eagle attempting to snatch an unsuspecting toddler and…

Good Article by an old friend I often forget has a head on shoulders! - I was duped by this, but mainly because I saw it during a time of day (lunch at work) I want to find something entertaining. Saw it was from a reliable (i thought) source and enjoyed showing other people in the office it…not quite ‘hits’ but cudos none the less.

The worlds in general has gone a little obsessed with how many ‘Likes’ how many “retweets”. “views” and followers one has…I value one good friend, real person more than all of those things put together - and in general I think most people do. So why do we allow ourselves to be consumed by the pursuit of these things so often? The idea of it somehow translating into money? or Fame? - Or is it a warm feeling people get with the idea, that at in a moment of time, there is something in the world that ‘everyone’ is talking about, and that was caused by you. To be the centre of the ripple effect. To feel like you had the power to cause something on a large scale. And that’s it -Power.

WOEFUL!

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:04:16 -0500

Turned out MMA last night was moved to an earlier time so the team could go watch Northumbria Boxing Team after traininng - So by the time I finished work it was to late to go. So instead, i tried to be pro active and headed to FSI to do an hour Strength and conditioning. I also agreed to go see a film with my Girlfriend and was therefore on a tight scheduel…and there was traffic making the trip and extra 20 minutes!

So I got there and only had 30mins really to train. Stayed positive, was all set to go. Got going…and quickly realised how bad I had gotten!

First exercise set I always do is Pull-ups then Dips. When I first started at FSI a year ago, I could not do 1 proper pull up (full extension to chin above bar) but had gotten up to 3 sets of 10 - well 2 sets of 10 and one 6, then negatives. But last night, could barely do 2! TWO!!!….this is going to be hard.

Then with the lower body, Glute-Ham raises, when I started I was unable to do one properly. Kinda felt like I could not activated the muscle required when needed. After a month or so, I was bossing these, doing 3 sets of 8 no problem. Last night however, 3…then 2…then 2 again. RUBBISH. What have I done?

I have taken steps backwards, but I have the previous knowledge to make the needed forward steps quickly this time.

On the positive, my ankle is feeling much stronger, hoping in all directions is now doable and only causes discomfort going left to right. Reality check aside, Im going to kick this things ass. First weight in, this Sat - then set some real goals.

Back in the Saddle

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:47:38 -0500

SO. I have been injured. Ankle Ligaments injury - picked up at a grappling comp in Scotland this summer - had my 5th MMA Match with it, won, thought I could train around it, entered a BJJ competition at Newcastle - found that not to be the case…tried training light and actually really hurt it just pulling guard! SO…I have been out of actions since October.

I had my first session back yesterday morning with a personal session before work in the early hours. It was a great day to start back, the first signs of snow this winter, -5 degrees on the Car’s thermometer - totally great (not).

It was hard, very hard infact, which is good, its what I want - I couldnt help being out, I needed it. If I had been off the booze, eating really well and doing everything I could to stay as fit as possible, I would undoubtably been in better shape, but…I didn’t.

Not going to stop and dwell on that though, as what I did do was enjoy myself, put on a successful 3rd show for EIkö (My MMA Event in Newcastle) and used the time off to push plans for Eikö4 ahead as much as possible (BIG things for us in 2013).

But back to training. So…I guess I really want to make the most of the “new start”. Emphasis on improving the things I know I needed to anyway, correcting my bad habits from day one and doing everything I can to train ‘properly’. It’s worth noting, I am still not 100% where the injury is concerned. No kicking, no heavy twisting or sideways movember/change in direction. But I HAD to start training couldn’t take it anymore. Tonight, Im going to give MMA class a go, not train to hard, be aware of my injury, but also take some time once warm to do my Physio exercises to strengthen my ankle.

So to help me get through this properly, moniter my progress and maximise my potential, you may have guessed, I am back blogging. I will try and make an update every other day. We will see, but I tend to loose interest in this every now and then, so I have set some personal goals to attack with this.

Does this make this a Fitness Blog? Perhaps, but my training is a big part of me so Im not excluding it to my training, but it will get training heavy soon. However I plan to use it to continue my drive on my creative side, post designs and artwork made by myself, but I can’t say it will be 50/50 - or any other ration as I just don’t know.

I will look to get some weigh ins, but Im not weighing in now, it will be done on a Saturday morning so I have a regular day and time. Pics…yeah, but not so sure what kind, probs just ones I get of me training, every now and again, more the stuff im doing, than progress shots…Im probably not talking to anyone here so Im not too bothered it’s my blog for me about me and what I am doing.

Back to work, specifically working on jobs for a new brand I designed at work (surreal creative) which you may have seen on my portfolio blog (not very up to date either) but they just launched their new site which is pretty cool and carries the branding and beer designs I did really well. You can check it out here: www.sonnet43.com

And thats it for now. Treading this as DAY1(again)

Peace!

Twitter #fail - So turns out the co-op’s twitter is ran by...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:23:10 -0500

Twitter #fail - So turns out the co-op’s twitter is ran by a window cleaner?

Nice surprise came in the post today! Thanks @pixie_hazey

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:40:37 -0500

Nice surprise came in the post today! Thanks @pixie_hazey

Fireworks

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:16:38 -0500

Fireworks

Big ass bonfire at walker with haZel tonight!

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:21:08 -0500

Big ass bonfire at walker with haZel tonight!

nigeriantomboy: WoW! Because the victors right the history...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:49:57 -0400

nigeriantomboy:

WoW!

Because the victors right the history books!

Photo

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:08:42 -0400

Excellent turnout for the first ever TAWO! (at Gateshead...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:45:29 -0400

Excellent turnout for the first ever TAWO! (at Gateshead International Stadium)

Working on the bottles for sonnet, looking good! (Taken with...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:09:30 -0400

Working on the bottles for sonnet, looking good! (Taken with Instagram)

samspratt: “American Royalty” - Illustrations by Sam Spratt...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:28:26 -0400

Roots - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

Home Movies - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

Girls Nights - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

Trophies - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

Hope - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

Royalty - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

American Chariot - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

Heroes - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

Summer - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

Tag - http://royalty.samspratt.com/

samspratt:

“American Royalty” - Illustrations by Sam Spratt commissioned by Childish Gambino

Limited Edition Prints Available: royalty.samspratt.com

So, I’m pretty excited to finally share with you my full project with Actor/Writer/Rapper Donald Glover. What began as cover art for his last album “Royalty” evolved into a series of Rockwell-esque vignettes on Americana meant to highlight the side of hip-hop that tends to take a back seat to “money, cars, and jewelry” – where you come from.

The collection of 10 illustrations cover a wide-spectrum of the little moments – the struggles, the simple pleasures, the risks, the irony, the humor, the hopes, and the realities of the American life that maybe isn’t quite so cookie cutter. For me, this was a rare privilege to both work with an insanely talented person as well as learn an IMMENSE amount in the process of creating scenes completely outside of my bubble. All of these are available as extremely limited edition, signed, numbered, archival art prints at royalty.samspratt.com and a video interview on the project with Complex/Masked Gorilla is here.

A huge thanks to Funfere Koroye, who assisted and modelled for me on “Summer” and “Royalty”

This is some serious stylised art! I love this…all of it… really really nice! - Summer could be a cover for Regina Spekta - Samson!

New artwork for Eikö3 promo! I need more time to get the new...

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:26:20 -0400

New artwork for Eikö3 promo! I need more time to get the new style idea I really want to have a go at but theres all ways Eikö4!

AMAZING

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:59:01 -0400

AMAZING

OLD SPICE DO IT AGAIN!

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:33:00 -0400

OLD SPICE DO IT AGAIN!

Sonnet 43, a New craft beer brand I have designed at work.

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:05:00 -0400

Sonnet 43, a New craft beer brand I have designed at work.

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:30:31 -0400

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small” - Neil Armstrong

The dude did the most BADASS thing ANYONE has ever done….Rock and roll!

koningstuff: Legendary Olympians Estas são algumas das...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:49:22 -0400

koningstuff:

Legendary Olympians

Estas são algumas das ilustrações da série “Legendary Olympians” de Bram Vanhaeren. A ilustração acima é do atleta Edwin Moses.

Veja a seguir quais foram os homenageados:

Usain St. Leo Bolt

James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens

Frederick Carlton “Carl” Lewis

Allyson Michelle Felix

Por Anderson Tomazi

Cool style!