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Friday 3rd February 2012

Posted by Michael on Friday 3rd February, 2012

Hey blog!

It is Friday, Weekend is here woop woop :mrgreen: I cannot wait to have time off from work this week, I have done LOADS so now I will be completely off from work, I will not do anything no matter how tempting it is sometimes.

Today was the coldest it has been for ages, or at least it felt like it! I cannot wait for the summer, it will be great :D

I have to say that at the moment I LOVE Instagram, I feel like a kid with a new toy. If you are on it please follow me, I will follow back. My username is: michael84blog I have taken the pics off from my sidebar of the blog, for the time being at least, just because maybe I don’t want every Instagram to be on there, no particular reason :P

So at work today I made 2 girls t shirts, they are a “reality TV special”. I will post them up in a moment. It is Geordie Shore vs TOWIE: Battle Of The T Shirts ;)

 Today is Friday so how about some music…We can go all the way back to the 90s with this pop classic; Who remembers Alesha’s Attic? ;)

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I am, I feel – Alesha’s Attic

1st February 2012

Posted by Michael on Wednesday 1st February, 2012

Hello blog :)

Well it is the first of the month, February is here already, I can’t believe that we are into the second month of 2012 already, it feels like it has just begun! :mrgreen:

Today was freezing cold…Actually in Newcastle it wasn’t too bad, around 2C but I saw on the news that it was -42 in parts of Russia! :O That is unreal!! To the east of England they have really cold weather at the moment, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Scandinavia it is properly cold! Summer weather cannot come soon enough, I actually can’t remember what a nice, warm, sunny day feels like :D

Today at work I did a few things, including making myself a hoodie. I have seen this design which I think is cool, it is not new by any means, but I really think it is cool so I decided to make myself this hoodie:

  • Hoodie – My own!
  • Jeans – Dior Homme
  • Watch – ICE Watch

What do you think of the hoodie? Cool Story Bro ;) I will probably either wear it for bed when its cold, or maybe use it for training/running or something like that. I really like the hoodie though, it is nice and soft but not paper thin, it’s really good quality and should last.

Last night I watched Geordie Shore, and it was quite good, to be expected. Drinking, sex, arguments, fights, banter…You know, Geordie Shore. There is a new girl and new lad in the house, which is a new place in Wallsend apparently. It was quite interesting to see that the new lad was greeted well by the others, both boys and girls, but when the new girl came in the rest of the girls did not seem as friendly as the lads were, haha ;) It is interesting to see the differences with the lads and lasses.

Yesterday was also the transfer deadline day. Thank god Newcastle hung onto all their players, but for how much longer? Newcastle need to keep Ba, Cabaye, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Tiote and Krul, they are by far the best players and I hope they don’t go in the summer. The funniest rumour of the day was early in the morning, where Liverpool and Man City were going to swap Tevez for Carroll…Haha what a great rumour! :mrgreen:

To cap off Tuesday there was football with some interesting results. Man City lost 1-0 against Everton, and Chelsea should of got beat but scored a deflected goal in stoppage time against Swansea, it ended 1-1. Man City and Man U are now level on points at the top.

Tonight Newcastle play against Blackburn away, and a win will take us level on points with Liverpool and 9 points ahead of Stoke. Newcastle are having an amazing season, if we finish 7th I will be happy, any higher is overachieving, I think that the old top 4 is now the top 6 and nobody will get close unless something strange happens! 7th is top of the “2nd premier league” which I will be happy with ;)

 

Monday 30th January 2012

Posted by Michael on Monday 30th January, 2012

Hello blog :)

Oh it is Monday again, the start of another week, work to be done etc. :( I actually could not get out of bed today, it was freezing cold, but I obviously had to in the end :P Today I have done so much work it is unreal, I will do more tonight too, I am preparing my site to sell my hoodies to I have had to get everything uploaded and write product descriptions etc. It has taken all day! I still have loads to do, loads of graphics and such, so I will do all of that and hopefully it will all be done tonight, and then I will do even more tomorrow :P

Here is what I wore today, I think it looks smart, no? ;)

  • Blue Shirt by H&M
  • Hugo Boss Slim Fit Knit
  • Dior Homme Jeans
  • Converse Trainers
  • Marc Ecko Watch

 

Did you watch the new Top Gear last night? I did, I forgot all about it for a minute but it was great! You have to watch it again on the BBC iPlayer if you missed it.

I have no clue as to what I am doing tonight, other than more work. I have no idea what to do, to go out, to stay in, watch a film, watch something…I have no clue, I have been so into work today I have done nothing else! :mrgreen:

 

Hello! ;)

 

Missed Man v Food Today

Posted by Michael on Sunday 29th January, 2012

It has become a Sunday tradition of mine to watch Man v Food every week on Dave, I love that show. I missed it this week, which I am sad about :( I will have to see if I can watch it some other time through the week.

I have also just heard that Adam has now stopped doing the show, which is sad since I have only just got into it. I also read that the show is broadcast on Good Food so I will have to keep a look out on that channel :D I would like to see all the seasons back to back! :D You can read Adam’s “goodbye” on his official Facebook here. It’s a shame.

I also found out that Adam Richman is a Newcastle supporter!! :mrgreen: how cool is that!?

You might of seen this pic doing the rounds in the past few days, it is a genuine breakfast you can order in Great Yarmouth. Only £15, seems like a bargain to me!

 

That is a big breakfast! ;)

 

Sunday 29th January 2012

Posted by Michael on Sunday 29th January, 2012

Hello blog :)

How has your weekend been? I have had another quiet one, I decided not to go out or anything, and just stayed in. Yesterday I did the usual of watching Take Me Out which was good as always. Before that I watched Newcastle vs Brighton in the FA Cup; Newcastle lost 1-0 and were quite poor, it wasn’t the best match in the world.

Last night I opened my Belvedere vodka and also had an F:Fashion vodka and Red Bull too, both vodkas are nice, and the bottles are actually really similar in shape, both are Polish vodkas too. I did the usual of not being able to get to sleep, in fact I did not get to sleep until 6AM!?!! I have to stop drinking Red Bull! I have sort of stopped drinking it on nights out, which is actually a good thing and I don’t miss it.

Today so far I watched some of the tennis, the final of the Australian Open, Rafa Nadal vs Novak Djokovic, which Djokovic won after over 5 hours! I could not turn the game off! :P I also watched some of the Sunderland vs Middlesbrough game, which just ended 1-1.

For the rest of today I have not much to do and will just chill, I have to clean and tidy up a bit and apart from that I have a free day :) I will read some blogs because there are things I wanna catch up and thing things I wanna read too ;)

Thursday 26th January 2012

Posted by Michael on Thursday 26th January, 2012

Hey blog!

So today I have had a productive day :D Work, paying bills and went to the town to get my hair cut, god it needed it! I hate it when my fringe gets so long and it seems whatever I do with my hair it looks a mess, not to worry now since it is shorter again :)

Here is what I wore today:

  • Hugo Boss Jumper
  • Gant Shirt
  • True Religion Jeans
  • FCUK Leather jacket

Some people have asked for close up images of what I wear. I do not always do it since lots of things are plain or do not have a lot of detail, but I have some close up images of my jeans today :) You can see them below ;)

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Super Duper Busy Day With Graphics Et Al.

Posted by Michael on Tuesday 24th January, 2012

Hello blog!

Just a really quick update as I have not blogged all day since I have been really busy!

So I have decided to do exercise bike in the morning, it is an easy workout which I can do while I listen to Chris Moyles in the morning before work. I did that today, it felt ok. I hate the exercise bike, it kills my knees and the worst part is it hurting my arse! :mrgreen: I don’t feel like I am out of breath or anything, I just get really bad knees. I did 3KM this morning, not too much, it was my first go ;)

This morning my hoodies came…Well some of them! I seemed to be missing a box, so I have had to call the company and try to locate it, and then get it resent tomorrow. Such a pain! But at least I (sort of) have them now, and I can work on doing designs for hoodies and getting them up and ready to be sold :)

For the rest of today, and up until about 20 minutes ago I have been doing graphics…All day! Once in a while I update my graphics, I decide that “they are not good enough” and re-do them…I will probably re-do them again in the future :P

Now I am finished and will chill and watch Celebrity Big Brother while drinking DR Pepper Zero. Have you been watching CBB? What do you think? I have to say I have got into it this year, I did not think I would but it has been really good to watch. I can’t wait to see tonight’s show :)

 

Sunday 22nd January 2012

Posted by Michael on Sunday 22nd January, 2012

Hello blog :)

How has your weekend been? This weekend I decided to stay in and have a quiet one, I have been going out quite a bit lately so it was good to just relax over the entire weekend and not go out. I was still drinking yesterday, I drank vodka and Red Bull and finished my Ciroc vodka, I think I was making them a bit strong lol ;) I seem to have drank the bottle quite quickly, it doesn’t seem long ago since I bought it and I only have it now and again, but I have finished the 1L bottle…I have Belvedere and F:Fashion Vodka left.

Friday night I was brainstorming for work, and visiting lots of sites to get inspiration, and last night I just relaxed, listened to music and watched Take Me Out of course ;) I have got to watch the last episode of Desperate Scousewives, I can’t believe that I watched the entire series and forgot it was on last week and missed the final episode :P

Tonight I think I will watch a blu ray, and I have to read blogs and catch up. I feel really tired, I went to sleep at around 4am and woke at around 8am…Red Bull is bad!! :(

 

I Am Now On Instagram!

Posted by Michael on Saturday 21st January, 2012

I signed up with Instagram a long while back, but never really got into it or used it. I used to use it for the effects you could easily add to images, but did not really bother with it much. But now I am going to start to use it, and I have even added it on my blog to the right, currently called “latest photos” which means I will be able to add photos to my blog almost as soon as I take them, which is cool :D

What is Instagram?

If you don’t know what it is, it is a photo editing and sharing app for the iPhone/iPod. You take pics with your iPhone, and can use the editing and cool filters of Instagram, and it will upload them for you. You have to create a profile, and can follow people and others follow you. So it is more like a Facebook/Twitter social networking tool, but it’s core is photography. You can use the tools to automatically add the photos to your Twitter as I have done, and blog too :)

If you are on Instagram please follow me, you will find me @ michael84blog.

I am excited about using it because I will be able to update my blog with cool pics when I am out and about, without having to write a whole post :P So from now on you may see the same pic more than once, since I will try to update my Instagram quite a bit. You can see these pics in the right hand sidebar :)

Do you use Instagram, if so what do you think of it?

Spain 2012 – Jacket, Polo Shirt, Captain’s Armband & Gloves

Posted by Michael on Friday 20th January, 2012

I can finally post up my Spain 2012 things! Yeah, more things :P If you read my blog you will know I already have the Spain home shirt, the techfit home shirt, and both the Spain goalkeeper shirts, and now I can post the other things I have.

There was a delay in me posting them because the jacket I originally ordered was a ladies! :mrgreen: I order these from Spain, and there was no indication that this was the women’s version, so I had no idea until it came. I had to contact the company (in Spanish) and organise a return, then returned the jacket and bought the correct mens version.

So, here are the cool things which I got…

The official Spain polo shirt. I love this, and it is smart too, I will wear this, but probably not too much.

 

Official Spain and Adidas gloves. I wore these the other day, they are nice for the winter, but I probably won’t wear these too much.

Spain captain’s armband. This is just for the memorabilia, I doubt I will wear it, or maybe I will with my Spain Goalkeeper shirts, just like Iker ;) You may remember I have the same armband but a Real Madrid one here.

Finally my lovely, lovely jacket. I love this, and it was worth the wait. It actually cost me a LOT, because I basically had to pay the postage twice, so that was actually around €90. I do love it though, and I imagine I will wear it a fair bit for a long time, so it will be worth it. This jacket actually has a more polyester and waterproof feel to it, other than the womans version which I originally received, I think I actually liked that one better, but I couldn’t wear it, it’s for girls ;)

 

España printing on the back.