Taking A Look Outside The Semester.

Time is fascinating. I am not going to talk about how time is relevant though, because that would need a Nuclear Physicist, a Dave Collins and a Kenneth Barnett.

What I mean is how when you have your full devotion and attention on getting your work done for the semester, a lot of other events outside of University work, get by that you may not be aware of or you only hear snippets of, but you do not have the time to find out all of the news or gossip if you can call it that. 

Im sure you may feel the same if you have ever been through a university semester. I can best relate it to going into hibernation. 

If you actually know me through college, high school, or even university, I can bet some big news has happened to you or someone close to you, that I may not even know about because I have not seen or spoken to you for a while, and it has taken me till now to realise how many different events have happened around the people I know. Time particularly fascinates me when I see people now from when I last saw them.

Some great highlights of what Im talking about is events such as:

My brother, whom obtained another Job, at Armani. When I last saw him he wasn't very far into his job at Next, which I hear he was doing well, but not giving him enough hours that he wanted.

My 2nd elder sister, getting another job at Ralph Lauren. I last saw her work for a clothing line in John Lewis, which she had not been there long either.

An old friend from high school, Kim Bushell, getting married. I last saw her when I was 16, when I didn't even know what Blogger was, when I was working for my father. Now she is married and going on a honeymoon.

My brothers old friend George Thompson, whom I last saw when I was in high school, when I was approximately 14. Thinking back hard enough, I remember last seeing him on the school field playing football. Now he's in the army. 

His brother, Jack Thompson, another old old friend whom I also last saw in high school, back when I was roughly 15. He now is a Father.

My eldest sister, who recently did the Race for Life. I last saw her when taking part in a charitable cause was just not for her, but from when I last saw on her donation page, she had received 106% over her target, and did well in the race.

My high school drama class group member, Daniel Moss. I last saw him back in high school when I was around 15 years old. I would notice on various occasions of him rapping to music. Now he is a rapper, professionally known as Mossy.

A friend from college, Colm Melarkey. I last saw him in Chester fairly drunk a year ago. He is now the world's strongest millionaire. 

Thats all that I can think of at the moment, but I am sure there is more that I am unaware of. Oh yes, and one of the events there is fake, but I bet you cannot guess which one. Im sure this may be a similar case to yourself, ask yourself, what has happened to the people around you?

The discovery of a New Sanctuary.

There comes a time where you get so angry and so stressed out, you just want to get away from it all, or just possible get away from a city. Well for me, I would personally leave the country for a bit, if I had the money and the time, but I cannot. Instead I find that going to peaceful relaxing places where I can relax and deeply thinking about general stuff and plan for the future works well to calm myself down. For other people you may have different tactics, or different places to go, or different things to do, but for me, this is it. 

That up there is Elvaston Castle. and these are pics of the massive park/gardens/forests that are apart of the castle grounds.

I would say that this is not the only place I enjoy going to get away from everything. Back home my ideal location for me to get away would be Eccleston Forest, which is not very far from Chester city centre, but is quite remote and a relaxing place.

Previously on Weekly Changy

Yes previously I remember using the last bit of my post to tell you how inspired I felt, and that I felt like producing a song. Well I am pleased to tell you that I am still on course for doing so, has been a bit of a struggle, but I am still on it. There are other projects that I am working on at the moment though, which has made the song creating be pushed into a queue of different things I have to do. 

My current project that I am doing is a long winded task, but that is running smoothly at the moment, but is not finished yet. I can imagine it will be finished in possibly a month, so I will let you all know soon what it is and where I am up to with it from now to then. Further more the song creating will be taking longer as I am also attempting to learn the software to make it, because I want to do it right, instead of messing around with it in general.

In the meantime I will leave you with this track that I am loving at the moment:

Common Sense & Finishing Lines

Here you see what I see when handing in my work. This glorious yellow slip of paper, is the signifier of completion of your module. However this is not the end of University work. No, there is still more to do believe it or not. As for the majority of other students, they have finished for the year, in which you may notice that they will be contacting you, asking how you have been, because they have not had the chance to socialise to you because of the semester. 


If you wonder why your friend in University is not talking to you, it may not be the fact that they do not like you, it is because they are nearing the end of a semester. So socialising gets thrown out of the window. Socialising, is the one to go first from the student. Socialising is the crew member wearing the red shirt in Star Trek. 


What you see there, is the completion of the following modules: Television Production, Media Ethics, Media Research Project and New Media Production. I am not going to lie, but this semester has been one of the toughest semester's of my entire University life. Emotionally straining, Stressfully straining and time straining. 

What about Radio Production?

To really test university work stamina, is to go through all of that, and to go and complete one more module... Just, one, more. James Chew, Marcus Bonnick and myself, have to march back into Markeaton Campus, and get back to it. As I sit here and wonder, I wonder why after working on harder modules, is it harder to even think about doing this module. It is to re-produce a 30-minute radio programme. Why so hard? Here's why:

Not because of work of course, because that is where this was taken. But because of the beginning of summer. Throughout the spring semester, when doing work, I look to the right of my desk and there is a window, and 97.999999999% of the time, there is bad weather happening outside, which makes me think: "huh, well there's clearly nothing for me to do outside, better carry on with work, derp." but now, seeing beautiful weather outside, its very tempting to put everything down, stop everything, and go do something entertaining that you want to do, I mean after all, lots of work has been completed now right? but there is still one more to do....

Common Sense?

Yes, common sense, the ultimate thing some people lack of, and to be fair, I have limited supplies of this common sense. Your probably wondering what common sense has to with this post? I'll tell you right after you finish reading this sentence, you finished yet? oh come on! hurry up! you done? not yet? okay well let me know when your done. Okay anyway this blog has got more common sense. This is because I have readers from other countries, and they visit my blog, bringing along their language, and where is the use of reading someone's blog if it is not in your dialect? Now blogger has implemented Google Translate! I have not tried it yet, however now, all of you people that have read my blog numerously from various places such as Russia, Germany, and France, you may now read what I have to say in your language now, Yay.

What now?

With most of university work done now, with just one more to do, what are you going to do with the rest of the summer Changy? 

When riding along the university semester, there comes various times where I think of personal stuff for me to do. Stuff that I want to do to make me a better individual in the specified industry, or just long personal projects that I want to begin planning or working on for the future, or just work on stuff that I think will be fun or just because I feel like it. I am sure that I am not the only one reading this that feels the same way, and I say the summer is a great time to do it, and that I support you in doing so. It takes inspiration for everyone to do something. For me at the moment, I feel inspired to make a song. As sad as it sounds it is because of Deadmau5's new song, 'The Veldt'. As sad as it sounds but some songs inspire me to work on something. 

I'll Leave you with that.

But Wait, There's More

Yes, indeed there is more. The reason for the lack of posts is due to the fact that the deadlines came around. After all the planning that was produced, it was a time to get my head down and really rally to the finish line of my work. 


These past few weeks (from the previous post to now) have been so far, the most stressful and the most time consuming. With the usual collaboration of University work and Costco work, the time for relaxation were very short. Of course you must take note, that It was not just me that was going through this torrid time, it was many of my consorts. 


We have snapped, we have shouted, we have typed, we have printed, we have written, we have drawn, we have copied, we have pasted, we have referenced, we have discussed, we have met, we have filled in, we have fallen out, we have angered, we have annoyed, we have pleased, we have come, we have gone.

We have handed in.

What was done first?

From seeing the work load, the first to be conquered, was the Media Ethics Major Assignment. This 2,000 word bad boy, was an interesting ethical debate in to the procedures to take in the radio industry, if your station isn't making enough money, basically. 

Next that was finished was my Media Research Project of 4,000 words. The most I have ever written when I think hard about it.... which my subject was about media convergence. Talking about the flow of old media content and new media technologies. This assignment was the most difficult and long winded assignment. As it may have been for rest of you that had to do this assignment. 

Next to come and go was not necessarily a essay, but an assessment. Pictured above is the studio design for the my Television Production teleshopping program. That day was as stressful and tiring as being told to walk on your hands to University, whilst naked, whilst having exactly 12 people around you laughing at you and your penis.

Celebrations Continue!

This silhouetted city is the city of Birmingham. On this day, which was recent, the 6th May was the night for SIXFIVETWELVE at Godskitchen. The very last event at the Air nightclub which is very  unfortunate. Once again the team that went to witness the mini festival night in Birmingham was of course Dave Collins and Dr Thornthwaite, and first and last time attendant Abigail. 

This blurry image is of the outdoor arena which, if you saw for yourself for those lucky enough to go, was a lot better and clearer to see for real. Another great feature about the night was the food:

The food was so convenient and great, we decided to get a picture of it, and because we loved it that much, we got a hand model to hold the hot dog whilst we took a picture of it. Tis a rather beautiful hand don't you think?

The time spent through this night out and the next day had its interesting features:

• The Pre drinking of lots of cider for me and Abigail, and the consuming of Whiskey from Dave and Dr Thornthwaite.
• The raving to Armin Van Buuren, and the drunk Paul Van Dyk.
• The queuing for drinks.
• The queuing for getting into Air.
• The queuing for eating.
• The queuing for queuing.
• The queuing for queuing for queuing.
• The dry mouth from lack of water in the morning.
• The knocking on doors from janitors trying to clean the room and to batter you with sticks to get out.
• The full Irish breakfast in O'Neills.
• The discussion of the broken door eventually closing via quantum physics cyber herpa harpoon probability studies.
• The walking everywhere in Birmingham city centre. 
• The return to my home and sleeping in my bed.

But Wait, There's More

Getting back to University work now, and yes that's right, there is more to be done. 

My website and mobile app design for New Media Production is still at large, and the re-production of Radio Production. 

Hopefully by the next time I post, the New Media Production work, will no longer require my attention.