Day 74

March 14th, Wednesday - Yes, this is me reading. A book. I do read, oh yes, actual words. With no pictures or anything! I've been blitzing through A Game of Thrones, the first book in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin - mostly because I loved the first series of the recent HBO adaptation and in anticipation of the new series about to air soon. Blitzing for me, that is. I still read relatively slowly. To put in perspective, last year, I potentially read 100 pages of an actual novel (I read scripts for work, and graphic novels, and you know, written print of some form....) - This is my second book this year and I'm already 500 pages into it. That's 5 years of reading right there. I know what you're thinking; I'm like some kind of futuristic reading machine, sent back to the past to consume books and preserve knowledge for future generations. That was what you were thinking, right??? RIGHT?????!

Poy #13 and 14

You've all missed him, I know... So lets double up some Poy madness!

"I wish I were a Golden Peach". Words we can all live by, I think you'll agree....

Day 73

March 13th, Tuesday - Finally! You knew it was only so long before I jumped on the bandwagon, so here you go - 3D!! My blog in 3D*! Not two, but three whole damn dimensions!! It's the future! It'll stop war and cure cancer!! or so I'm led to believe....

If you know me, you know I hate 3D. I work in the film industry and I hate 3D. Its a fad and it WILL die out. I'm not an idiot, I can watch a 2D film and still understand perspective, I dont need to spend an extra £2 to wear glasses OVER my glasses to see a slight shift in perspective planes. I just don't. I have yet to really see a film where the 3D brings enough extra to a movie to justify its inclusion. Just stop now. Stop.

So yeah, today we saw John Carter. In 3D. Its only ok. And the 3D? It does nothing... but then, you already knew that....

*3D Blog requires glasses, which can be bought from me, for £2.40....

Day 72

March 12th, Monday - People are crazy in London. No, I mean it, People are actually CRAZY in London.

After two random encounters during the weekend pub crawl with a couple of flat-out crazies, we come across another one, happily singing in the middle of Piccadilly. Now there's nothing crazy about public singing, though right? There is when you only sing 4 lines, over and over. To random, scared looking people in the street. I mean standing over them and singing at them, while they run away. Possibly drunk...

"Hey, How are ya doing?

Sorry I can't get through.

Leave your name and number

And I'll get back to you."

This is not a song. But maybe it is a sign.... Three crazies in three days... It can only mean one thing...

The End of the World is Nigh. Get ready people...

Day 71

March 11th, Sunday - There aren't many things better than a sunday kickabout down the park with your mates. Except maybe a sunday kickabout down the park with Swain.

After a lie in post drinking, the sun was shining so football was in order. Swain doesn't play football very often and its not that he's that bad, but just that he is pure hilarity whilst playing. The attire was an interesting choice, his mazy runs outskilled only himself, he cushioned a cross loudly with his genitals, but my absolute favourite?? As the ball comes over to him, he chests down the ball by fronting up to it 'Newport' style, with an "Oh, DICKHEAD!" before shooting wide of goal. You may have had to be there, but I was literally in tears on the floor....

Day 70

March 10th, Saturday - Today was meant to be a Pub Crawl, from our house in NW london, to central. Note to self (well, to all actually) - Pub Crawls can not be done with this many sleepy hungover people. DO NOT get everyone down the local the night before a Pub Crawl, as it will get messy and that 11am Pub Crawl start will become 1pm if lucky. With a late all day breakfast. And coffee, rather than a pint (unless you're Phil). I guess we are getting old now....

But good on everyone for soldiering on and trying your best! (well done to Abi, about 8 months pregnant and still getting from pub to pub, though no Alcohol, dont worry!) They put up with at least 2 crazy London racists (Please don't talk to them Phil...), a bus journey from hell, a sleepy club attempt and some pricey booze. I salute you all. Huzzah!

Day 69

March 9th, Friday - So many of you may have wondered what happened to my blog... (or not, it is just a small doodle blog after all... but yes, WHY AREN'T YOU WONDERING?? and emailing me with concern??!) As my last blog was me crying in a corner, dont worry I haven't been there since.

But I have now officially turned 30, and its all gone downhill! Actually, I thought it wouldn't bother me so much, but there is something about hitting those milestones that is a bit depressing and to be honest I hit a bit of a wall. Feeling a bit clearer at the mo, so here we go, some new blogs - which are in fact month old blogs. Mega apologies to those who actually liked reading them and those of you who are more saddened by the absence of Poy from your lives!

So yes, 'today' I turned 30. I'm now a grown-up. With lots of my grown-up friends coming to visit me for the weekend. So what does a proper grown-up get for his birthday you may ask?? Well, among others gifts, I received; A blow up dinosaur space hopper (with inflatable club), my own personal Jay Muppet (kindly created by my uber-talented friend Elwick!), Archery Lessons (As I'm a geek and have always wanted to try to be an Archer....), an Emily Strange pencil case (Why Matt, Why?! "Cos you're Emo and Arty and shit innit") and two cakes. And books and Blurays, naturally. Swish.

Yes. I am actually 30. Who'd have guessed. But to cap being an actual grown-up, my wonderful girlfriend Vicki bought me a lovely shiny (well, matt black) new Fossil watch. Well, I am a grown-up now. Maybe I should start looking presentable....

*Thankyou to all my friends for coming to visit on my Birthday and for their generous gifts and drink-buying! For those who couldnt make it, I dont blame you - your wallet is probably much better off!*

Where the hell have all the blog posts gone?!

Hey Guys.... Yes, I know i've been pretty bloody awful at trying to keep up with these. Stuff came up, so I'd fall behind a few days. Then more stuff came up and I'd put it off a while longer. And then I'd look at how many days I had to draw and it all became a bit daunting to catch up.

And now I'm over 2 months of doodles behind. And Poy. Lets not forget Poy (Who could).

But I've kept a note of everyday, so I know what I need to draw and at some point I plan to catch up. I am working at the mo, so thats eating up time, but I'm going to try and find a quicker style and way to go about it. Plus, some days I'll just put up a picture of what I've been drawing/painting that day, rather than just draw me drawing again... thats getting old fast... This may become a weekly blog, rather than daily...

Oh and I'll update and explain through my '30 in 30' list and how its coming (or not) along.

But for those who might be slightly interested, I have a new tab at the top of the blog called Film 2012. Its my current list of favourite films from the year. I'm not doing too well, but expect it to be a pretty solid top 10 come December!

Huzzah! Sploosh! Excelsior!

J

Poy #12

A new week, a new Poy (though technically this is last weeks Poy... Oh, don't worry, you'll get your fill).

This week children, Poy juggles the Love. Clearly. Who saw that coming?

Day 68

March 8th, Thursday - B-Day approaches. Tomorrow I'll be 30. If you dont mind I'm going to go off somewhere and sob wholeheartedly...

*(I realise this is being updated and written retrospectively, so apologies for my use of present-tense... but sod it, it sounds better. Plus its my blog.)*

Poy #11

I know that, more than anything on this blog, you're all eagerly awaiting new Poy posts (PPs... ha...) - So sorry for recent delays but as you can see, I'm churning them out now (Not Poy, I can't lay claim to that wonder). So new Poy, here ya go! Oh yes.

Day 67

March 7th, Wednesday -

Day 66

March 6th, Tuesday -

Day 65

March 5th, Monday - Oh yes, its Killer 80s Robot Double Bill Madness Day!! (K80RDBM Day, for short. Catchy eh??) The PCC - which I don't frequent anywhere near as much as I should - have some brilliant double bills every Monday and we couldn't miss this one; especially considering that I'd only half watched Robocop before and never seen Terminator. And I'm meant to be a child of the 80s, I know, for shame. Self-flagellation imminent.

Well I have now seen them. And They. Are. Awesome.

Day 64

March 4th, Sunday - After popping Vicki back on a train west it was time to retire for the day. Main reason being my leg still feels bloody painful, especially after a few days of walking around on it. So I've taken up residence in the living room, foot up with some ice on it, in the hope that it can be fixed before my birthday next week (I'm gonna need it...)

It wasn't clear that there was Ice on my shin, so I'll added a handy label. There it is. Phew.

Film 86 - Once Upon a Time in America
So what better to watch when laid up injured with nowhere to go - how about a near 4 hour epic?? One of Rich's favourite films (he's been trying to get me to watch my copy for a LONG time) and now I can see why. Leone's film is a masterpiece - inspired performances (from De Niro and Woods in particular, of course) and a compelling narrative, though with a slightly odd ambiguity at the end. Actually makes 4 hours fly by. 

Day 63

March 3rd, Saturday - To the always wonderful Vicki, Happy 6 years together!

Yes, thats right, as its mine and Vickis 6 year anniversary (of dating, but that still counts as an anniversary....) we spent a lovely day together. So why is there not a picture of us for todays blog you may ask?? Well it was overshadowed slightly by this awesomeness. We had matinee tickets for Zach Braff's brilliant new show 'All New People' (and it is brilliant, oh yes yes.... I highly recommend it, a fantastic, talented cast and it's still running till the end of April at the Duke of York's Theatre... What, you're still here? Go buy tickets... Now... gogogogogo...) and afterwards thought we'd hang around, as others were, for the chance he might emerge.

And emerge he did (to huge cheers and calls of "EEEEEEAGLE"), before very kindly spending 15 mins signing, chatting and having photos with fans - A lovely humble gent. Watching Scrubs together was one of our things we did a lot before and after we became a couple so it was incredible to get a chance to meet the man himself on such a fitting day. Vicki (There's her head in the bottom left corner!) got our copy of Garden State signed and was overjoyed to be called sweetheart - sadly that was where I lost her, as all her love went on rolling out superlatives for Zach. Curse you Mr Braff....

Here as well is the Programme and Signed DVD, as well as the pretty nifty Anniversary card I made her. I'd been trying to find a Rob Ryan card (cutout style) and failed, so made my own (Welsh themed). And yes, that is one of the terms of affection we use - How cool are we...

Film 87 - Attack The Block
Gremlins with Hoodies is how I described this to Vicki and Rich as we sat down to watch it. They were less than impressed. I still loved it (though they brought me down somewhat!) and the young cast do a great job. The aliens are out of this world as well (narf narf!).

Day 62

March 2nd, Friday - Another big congrats here to one of our friends from Uni - Dan has recently get engaged to his lovely girlfriend/now fiance Clare and we were invited out for drinks down Waterloo way to celebrate. They're an awesome couple (apologies to you both for the drawing!) so massive happy congratulations! It would appear now is the time for Uni people to start getting engaged/married, so big question.... Who next??

Day 61

March 1st, Thursday - MARCH!!! Another month down. I had the day off before work and decided to go walk around London (looking for presents for the weekend). I made a grevious error. As you may have seen earlier in this blog, my almost 30 year old body is starting to fail me. Curse you Old Father Time. So after walking around a lot of London, for about 7 hours, my knee started to give out again. I then went to work, De-rigging, which meant carrying a bloody load of flats and heavy furniture into a van. Knee was agony, so I favoured the other leg while climbing up and down the tail-lift. Regretful decision.

The next day I could hardly walk on the other leg. Shin splints. So two legs down. Almost 30 Jay out. In hindsight, I should have paid for the tube...

I did walk past Danny Wallace on my travels, but he was too engrossed in his phone and I didnt want to stop him and plead him to carry me...

Day 60

February 29th, Wednesday - Chris recently said to me that this blog has become less about Storyboard practice and more of a comic (though I think he still liked it...). He may be right... So heres something a bit more boardy. I'm also gonna simplify these for a bit, to try and catch up (2 weeks behind, eek!)

Ext. Chelsea Football Club. Day.
Establishing shot - A young man arrives for work, engulfed by the vastness of the stadium. He then spends the day lifting flats and painting. Young man goes home tired. Fin.

Not my best story, I'll be the first to admit... But then this was the extra day in the year I forgot about...

Day 59

February 28th, Tuesday - CATS!!!!!!! These little guys are Zippy (In the front) and Bitty, our landlords cats who live below us. In a year and a half, I'd never met Zippy (who'd been a kitten when we arrived) - Today I opened the front door to go out and he was set on the step, meowing at me, so I sat down and stroked him. Cue Bitty appearing from nowhere.

I sat on that step for 30 minutes. Oh yes. Best. Day. Ever. Ok now, can I get a collective "NAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!". So fluffy!!