Journal
I’ve made many mistakes over the years.Keeping a journal helps myself and others learn from them.It also keeps my parents up to date as to where I am.
4 December, 2018 Predatory birds in slow(l) motion
I try to talk about and photograph our children/great horned owls with the same annoying level of frequency as those who parent human offspring. Read in full...
27 November, 2018 Cutie sharks are on the way!
One of my responsibilities for SharkStuff is creating badass artwork for our various bits of merchendise. Introducing - Cutie Sharks. Read in full...
22 November, 2018 It’s like Fury Road, but shit
How to you beat a beautiful night by the water in Nizny Nozvorod? By waking up to the single greatest sight anyone could hope for. Read in full...
20 November, 2018 “Yeah the work’s good, but I can’t/don’t plan on using it, so I can’t pay for it”
That's right - because my entitlement to the remuneration agreed for my investment of skill and time, is subject entirely to your whims. Read in full...
8 November, 2018 From Red Square to an island forest in Nizhny Novgorod
As we venture toward Nizhny Novgorod, little do we know that today’s events are going to involve getting lost in another forest and a bare penis. Yay. Read in full...
2 November, 2018 Lost within the trees of Moscow
Tonight we play in a forest in Moscow and the only directions we have are – when you find this tree, turn left. I admire Russia’s simplicity, I must say. Read in full...
30 October, 2018 Our kids are getting big!
Sassy girl and Will are still barely a few months old, but their appetite and penchant for mid air tantrums could put even my own to shame! Read in full...
25 October, 2018 From Birmingham to Saint Petersburg
It begins – three and a half weeks driving across over nine thousand miles of Siberian wildlands! Will we die? Will we suck? Will anyone show up? All these mysteries and more, will be answered! Read in full...
17 October, 2018 Woah, we’re going to Siberia!
In August 2018, Krupskaya decided to challenge ourselves with one of our more ridiculous adventures yet: tour across Siberia, over nine and a half thousand kilometres in three and a half weeks. Oh, and survive, preferably. Read in full...
6 October, 2018 No, I’ve not died – I’m just lazy
It's been a fair ol' while since I updated my journal, though this hasn't been due to simple procrastination. Well, maybe not entirely, at least. Read in full...
27 July, 2018 Time to say goodbye
After a month of being loved, looked after and shitting all over my home, our children are no longer with us. I feel like how my parents must've when I finally buggered off, too. Read in full...
29 May, 2018 They grow so fast
While I'm happy to report that the children have become surprisingly tall, I'm sorry to say I must keep this entry quite 'short'. Hehehehe... ugh, I'm dead inside. Read in full...
22 May, 2018 How can something so small, create so much shit?
While they're definitely growing, there's absolutely no way animals of this size should yet be able to produce ten times their mass in faeces. Read in full...
18 May, 2018 They’re sooooooo cute!
I've never worked with owls before and I've never been comfortable around babies. Since these are a mixture of the two, I figured week one would be about getting to grips with the basics. Read in full...
9 May, 2018 Owl you doin’?
An insight into life with a pair of winged, infant demons who poo everywhere, devour flesh and make bizarre noises. Now I know how my parents must've felt. Read in full...
29 April, 2018 Creating ‘Countess – Paragon: Stylised Lighting’
I wrote one of these lighting articles a week or so back and a record-smashing FOUR people really dug it! Enthused and high on my new found fame, I seek to strike gold twice. Read in full...
27 March, 2018 Fudge you, pay me! Introduction