purplemattfish
Floating in the afternoon sun - Day 139 of Project 365
02/01/09
"Smile Matthew you are supposed to be enjoying yourself!" My excuse is that it was a bit chilly... there is almost a smirk there :)
I managed to get out flying today for the first time this year. When we first arrived on the hill at Holme Moss, the site was covered in low cloud. It took about 45 mins for the cloud to lift, when it finally did we were set for a beautiful but rather cold day.
This sort of falls in with the FGR task for today which is “New Year Resolution”, my resolutions (yep plural, I am on a mission!) this year are as follows:
Paraglide as much as possible: I let less important stuff get in the way last year
Start dating with a purpose: I am not getting any younger so I need to pull my finger out... any single ladies out there?
Tighten up my company credit terms: some of my customers take the piss! 120+ days to pay... so, default on the standard terms we agree and its back to zero credit, no if’s no butt’s. Don’t say you haven’t been warned!
Employ and an accounts/admin person: up until now I have always done my own accounts it’s a job I really hate and I don’t do it efficiently, so I am going to try and simplify my job and spend more time doing what I do best... err.. sleeping? which brings me onto.
Get to bed early: I really need to sort this out, I am often up at 2 or 3 in the morning messing about sometimes work sometimes flickr, so it has to stop, there is only so many days I can get 4 hours sleep before it starts to catch up on me.... particularly when I can be driving 500miles the next day :(
Bonus resolutions - (to be completed if possible!)
Sell my motorbike: all my friends seem to have lost their urge to ride after one our group of biker mates died in a crash about 18 months ago... and it’s just no fun riding a super bike on your own :(
eBay all my old junk: this has been a work in progress for a while now...
Move out: sad but true I still live with my parents, I did nearly move in with my girlfriend once, but we split up a week or two before the move. I might bitch and whinge about my parents, but they are not that difficult to live with really and it’s cheap! I think I am going to need a good excuse to jump this ship :(
....and finally finish my 365 without missing a day....
Right, it's in black and white now, there's no going back :)
Lightroom: set white balance to daylight and then nudge slightly to remove blue cast, clone out some dust spots (...time for another sensor clean....) use "fill light" tool to brighten me up, saturation +25, adjust red saturation down slightly, save to JPG.
Floating in the afternoon sun - Day 139 of Project 365
02/01/09
"Smile Matthew you are supposed to be enjoying yourself!" My excuse is that it was a bit chilly... there is almost a smirk there :)
I managed to get out flying today for the first time this year. When we first arrived on the hill at Holme Moss, the site was covered in low cloud. It took about 45 mins for the cloud to lift, when it finally did we were set for a beautiful but rather cold day.
This sort of falls in with the FGR task for today which is “New Year Resolution”, my resolutions (yep plural, I am on a mission!) this year are as follows:
Paraglide as much as possible: I let less important stuff get in the way last year
Start dating with a purpose: I am not getting any younger so I need to pull my finger out... any single ladies out there?
Tighten up my company credit terms: some of my customers take the piss! 120+ days to pay... so, default on the standard terms we agree and its back to zero credit, no if’s no butt’s. Don’t say you haven’t been warned!
Employ and an accounts/admin person: up until now I have always done my own accounts it’s a job I really hate and I don’t do it efficiently, so I am going to try and simplify my job and spend more time doing what I do best... err.. sleeping? which brings me onto.
Get to bed early: I really need to sort this out, I am often up at 2 or 3 in the morning messing about sometimes work sometimes flickr, so it has to stop, there is only so many days I can get 4 hours sleep before it starts to catch up on me.... particularly when I can be driving 500miles the next day :(
Bonus resolutions - (to be completed if possible!)
Sell my motorbike: all my friends seem to have lost their urge to ride after one our group of biker mates died in a crash about 18 months ago... and it’s just no fun riding a super bike on your own :(
eBay all my old junk: this has been a work in progress for a while now...
Move out: sad but true I still live with my parents, I did nearly move in with my girlfriend once, but we split up a week or two before the move. I might bitch and whinge about my parents, but they are not that difficult to live with really and it’s cheap! I think I am going to need a good excuse to jump this ship :(
....and finally finish my 365 without missing a day....
Right, it's in black and white now, there's no going back :)
Lightroom: set white balance to daylight and then nudge slightly to remove blue cast, clone out some dust spots (...time for another sensor clean....) use "fill light" tool to brighten me up, saturation +25, adjust red saturation down slightly, save to JPG.