narshada

So I'm on day 1 of at least a couple of weeks off work. We've all been sent home, (on full pay thank goodness,) to help curb coronavirus. I know some people will get a bit stir crazy or cabin-fevery, but not me. I'm a happy little homebody. An introvert with a reason to stay home. It doesn't get better than this.

I have lots...
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A fair bit has happened since my last post, the major thing being that I've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

It wasn't a massive shock, I was symptomatic, so thought that was probably what it was. Unfortunately the blood tests also showed an extreme deficiency of vitamin D. A low count would be 30. Mine was <10.

So lots of new and exciting drugs
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So three friends and I decided to start a Star Wars related podcast. After several issues and a name change, we're finally on iTunes!

The Garbage Will Do

Also, if you're not an iTunes user, we have the raw feed too!

We don't take ourselves very seriously so there's some laughs in there and the first episode has a few sound issues, but we've gotten...
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📏height:6ft

⏳age: 42 years old

👀 eye color: Green, the rarest colour and the only one that can change colour apparently.

♒️ sign: Sagittarius, but I don't believe in star signs.

💁 hair color: Flesh tones. (I'm bald.)

🎲 favorite thing: Photography or sex. Don't make me choose.

🎨 favorite color: Black

🍝 food: Vegan - Avocado, artichokes, olives, tofu,

⏰ favorite time of day:...
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Just got back from an absolutely amazing three day weekend in London at the Star Wars Celebration. Finally, somewhere I can not only buy a lightsaber, (I bought a Vader force fx sabre and turning that thing on & off is never getting old!) but walk around with it without feeling marginalised or ridiculed.

I went with 4 other friends & we had the best...
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10 random facts about me:

Nickname: Don't really have one, apart form "Oi, beardy!"

Eye colour: Green

Natural hair colour: Dark brown. Now bald and mostly grey in the bear.

A fear: Falling from a plane towards shark tested waters whilst on fire. Oh and floors you can see through.

Favourite colour: Oh I dunno. Black probably. Also green and brown.

Favourite place: Santa Cruz,...
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This morning I met with a GP about my anxiety and depression issues. That in itself was a difficult thing for me to do and obviously made me very anxious. He was really nice and also funny, which helped. I am starting a course of medication from tomorrow, which will be reviewed in two weeks time. I'm not allowed to drink and I'm not recommended...
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In my last blog I talked about what a bad year it's been. I mentioned my daughter and my stepdad dying and started to touch on my mother's issues.

Shortly after that, she was arrested for drunkenly driving her car into a parked car. She was unharmed. Within a month or so she'd died of organ failure.

I've written a short piece about it all...
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This one was more conceptual in nature, (I always hate using that word, since that episode of Spaced.) hence the bodypaint. Anyway, the first shot came out pretty much as I'd envisaged it, which was nice. I was great to do a shoot to my own design, although I did steal the lighting setup from Peter Hurley for the first one and Joel Grimes for...
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I thought I'd written a more recent blog than July!

Wow, loads to catch up on. Our daughter has been diagnosed with hydrocephalus, (water on the brain,) as well as hypermobility. At the moment we are also awaiting more diagnostics to be done by Great Ormond St children's hospital, after being referred there by Addenbrookes in Cambridge by the genetics dept. She's also booked in...
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Just did a work friend's wedding recently. Yes, that's me in the feather boa and odd, censorship shades.

I also shot an SG set for @Darkdreamer, although I've heard nothing back so I can only assume it wasn't accepted.

Sometimes I look at my photos and think some of them are pretty good and that I've made the right decision to pursue this as a
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We bought a car! It's a grown-up's car and everything. I originally wanted a Honda Civic - the ones with the spaceship dashboard and rocketship handles and had my heart all set on one but I looked at several & they're REALLY expensive, unless they're slightly older or have lots of miles on the click. My stepdad put me in touch with a dealer near...
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