Skill Pages

I have just signed up to skillpages. It is a social networking site that was set up earlier this year, but focusses mainly on the skills you have. They call it a "website for your skills". You can create your profile to be a representation of your work and skills, and interact with other people interested in similar areas. If you have signed up already follow me at http://www.skillpages.com/rosie.slade.

Boo

Boo is a little pomeranian dog from America and is being named the cutest dog in the world. He is also probably one of the most famous, he has a facebook fan page with almost 2 million fans and has also just published his own book, ha! He is so fluffy and reminds me of the Panda Dog I blogged about last year.

You can find Boo on facebook here http://www.facebook.com/Boo there are so many funny little costumes he wears, I think he quite like being famous.

Emma Van Leest

Stumbled across another amazing paper artist called Emma Van Leest. She has an incredible amount of work, check out her website to see how intricate her pieces are. http://www.emmavanleest.com/home/ She has a wide variety of work including commercial design, and has even made her own range of jewellery. The stainless steel earrings and pendants are beautiful, I really want them! They are a little pricey though so will have to save up.

You can see her shop here http://www.polli.com.au/.

Ben Howard

Ben Howard's album is coming out next week, I'm so excited! He has such a beautiful unique voice, I really enjoyed listening to his EP over and over back when we had our last deadline for uni. His music bring back memories of extremely late nights working with Ellie and Pete!

His Debut album is called Every Kingdom and is out on the 3rd October. I have high expectations for this album. You can listen to a teaser here

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ktr8Rwpx1I&feature=channel_video_title

Jo Brand's Big Splash

Jo Brand came to Crystal Palace to learn how to dive. The programme was shown on Dave this weekend, and includes her dryland training as well as diving in the pool. The episode is hilarious, especially when Blake Aldridge gets into a matching polka dot swimsuit with Jo. Unfortunately you can't watch the whole episode online but it has been repeated lots on television.

Heres a link to the unseen footage in the dry gym, Jo Brand in the harness is brilliant.
http://uktv.co.uk/dave/video/aid/646835/searchArea/2687/navName/Dave/sr/1/cst//sb/recent/kw/7519

New Bed

Finally got myself a double bed at home. I'd had the same old single bed in this room for years and it really was time for a new one. I'd forgotten how small my room at home is though, it taken me ages to properly unpack after moving home. I'm looking forward to a good nights sleep tonight at last!

Little Post

Now that I am living in London, Ellie and I thought it would be nice to continue her post project and write to each other. She sent me a beautiful little package recently with goodies inside
http://rosieslade.blogspot.com/2011/08/exciting-post.html  and we also sent postcards from our holidays. My letter was only little but I had so much to write inside! Looking forward to going back to Bristol next weekend to have a proper catch up with all my friends!

Dive Display

Came across this video on the Crystal Palace Diving Team's website. The dives are incredible, they all land on the same spot and it gets much more complicated and faster! The chinese divers dive with such precision, they look like they just hang in the air. I'm wondering if my boss has new ideas for our team's diving display at competitions...

One Day

I read One Day on holiday this year, it was such a lovely book, I really enjoyed reading it. There had been a lot of hype about the book and film recently so thought I'd get involved. The film lived up to my expectations, and was pretty accurate to the book. It was beautifully filmed and Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess do a great job of being Em and Dex (even if Anne's accent is a bit dodgy to begin with). The story follows these two characters over 20 years showing how their lives are connected. We see what they are up to each year on the same day since they met at graduation. The story reminds me a little of 500 days of summer, where it is not a typical love story. Em and Dex are not a couple throughout and the storyline is very frustrating and emotional. I enjoyed the film but would recommend reading the book first.

Watch the trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU4qLmIXbOE

Turkey - Turgutries 2011

Merhaba, haven't been on blogger for a whlie! Since graduating I have moved back to London and am working for Crystal Palace diving Team. Its been a pretty busy summer, but had a break to enjoy another holiday in Turkey! 

We went to Turgutreis this year, I'm falling in love with Turkey more and more each year. We enjoyed two weeks of sunshine, swimming in the beautiful sea, diving off boats and into wishing caves,  learning backgammon, drinking apple tea, eating amazing food with beautiful sunsets, and lots and lots of cocktails! Can't wait till I get the chance to go back.