Panic Over

When i got back form Sweden i had lots of updates to download and for some reason there was a problem with one of them, but the rest had downloaded fine so i clicked shutdown anyway. The next day when i turned it on it just wouldn’t and came up with a blue screen and the wheel turning round and round, i tried a few tips that i found on the web but nothing worked! At this point i wasn’t really panicking and thought all would be fine and went off camping with my friends for the weekend. When i got back i decided to take my laptop in the apple shop, the tried a few things and failed to make any sense out of it, so they signed it in for repair. I was asked to bring in my install disks so later that day i bought them in, and when i handed them of the guy told me “you’re mac may be more than a little broken” panic struck! oh shit oh shit oh shit! he gave the disks to another guy and came back and said “sorry that was another mac” few few few anyway the next day i spent it thinking that i had lost all my data and that they would have to re-set my mac. I phoned up the day after to see how it as going “i have no idea, we are going to re-install the disks and see, you realise that will wipe your data” waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah “yes” so i cried for a few hours and then just when i was coming to terms with it i got a voice mail! which was long and basically said, your data is ok, but u would need a new hard drive and a caddie for your old hard drive, which would connect via usb. Well in a rush of excitement i called the shop up, probably talking no sense at all and the guy ended up asking for my name and then he explained i could either wipe the hard drive and start again or pay 55 quid to get a new bigger hard drive and caddie and as i am stupid and have not backed up any files, i screamed new hard drive new hard drive, i was filling the old one up anyways!! “Ok, that will take an hour and we will call you when it’s done” “Thankyouuuuuuuu” 3 hours later. “hello, it’s all done and really to collect, but i would get your data of fast, your old hard dive is failing” shit shit shit oh shit! so i rushed in to town! and it doesn’t even end there, i went to pay but my card was declined because the bank are idiots. any way that sorted i paid and was told how to access the old hard dive as it wasn’t showing up when you plugged it in! I then rushed home and turned on my laptop and quickly dragged the filed over, took a few hours but it’s all safe now and my laptop it functioning pretty well!
Im sure no one will read this but panic over!!!

Gothenburg

Hey, Im currently in Gothenburg. Have lots of photos I want to share and reviews of art museums etc. I will be updating all this hopefully next week! But today I went to the design museum and saw some really interesting print work by two designers, Maud Fredin Fredholm and VUOKKO. I really liked Maud Fredin Fredholms prints, the colours and patterns worked really well and she is 90 this year and still working! so that’s something to aspire to!
TBC

Beer Milkshake

I have had an urge to make a beer milkshake since reading about it in cannery row by Steinbeck. The character doc wonders what it would be like to try one, he eventually ordered one in a diner and thought why not just make one so I mixed together 2 part beer to 1 part milk. stirred it up. and drank it down. At first it was ok and it really just tasted like beer with a hint of milk after taste, however about 30 minutes later, well lets just say my stomach was telling a different story.

Becky and Colette Show

Becky and Colette Show Podcast

Final show

so I figured that I should post something about my final show for my art and design foundation show, which I completed in june this year. My dad put this slideshow together using iphoto so I think it’s a good way to show my work. My project title was ‘lace like structures: overgrown gardens’ the idea was to look at my garden and the way plants overlapped each other creating interesting shapes. I worked a lot with paper and cut outs, as you can see from the photos, I used mainly prints and incorporated stitch into this I liked working with different papers and overlapping them to create interesting effects and shapes. Please take a look at the slideshow bellow.

Current Obsessions

Currently listening to: John Mayer

I am loving John Mayer! Well i have been for a awhile but I’m just listening to him now and so i thought i should blog about him! My favorite song would probably be comfortable, its just a beautiful song, then My stupid mouth or belief or daughters.

I think he is absolutely amazing live and would love to go to a gig one day, his fans scream ALOT! though!

follow him on twitter
@Johncmayer

Currently watching: True Blood

Awesome show! it’s on channel 4 in september so everyone in the uk should watch it! It has already been said that there will be a third season. The show is set in south america. The show centers around Sookie Stackhouse (a telepath), her friends and family and her Vampire boyfriend Bill Compton. At the moment the show is running it’s second season on HBO in america. There is usually some kind of mystery to the season and as the season goes on then it is slowly revealed. In the second season there are a lot more side stories. Go watch is now!!!

Currently reading: The time travelers wife

Beautiful love story by Audrey Niffengger.
It is about a guy who can time travel. He meets a young girl when she is 6 and he is 36 and they continue to meet as clare gets older and henry travels through time. They marry when clare is 22 and henry is 36. They both try to live normal lives but are drawn to together through time in a fate which neither of them can prevent. Very moving. If you have chance you should read it!, It has also been made into a film, which is release in the uk on August 14th
Watch the trailer HERE

Currently drinking – Peppermint tea

Since it’s summer and i have been getting the worst hay fever ever recorded…by me! I have been drinking it because it seems to help.
interesting facts about it! it contains methanol, which helps ease diarrhea, headaches and relieve stomach cramps it also contains vitamins V, calcium and potassium. The vitamin b helps performance and concentration in the brain and nerves! All the biology paid of a little then!

Tonight’s gonna me a profile pic

funny video!I know people like this, and probably have been a victim of it myself! Whenever I hear the black eyed peas version “tonight’s gonna be a good night” I just sing “tonight’s gonna be a profile pic”

check it out

‘sup

Hey, Im colette and this is my new blog page, I will share my thoughts on issues and post things which interest me to share with you. At the moment I am on my holiday before i start university! I have no job, but I’m off on holiday soon, so I’m finding thing to do to waste time. I am currently working on a summer project related to fragmetation which has been set by my university!

Please follow me on twitter for more regular updates on my mundane life! – i promise it will get more interesting!