There we are, a blog title beginning with U probably one of rare sights that pops up now and again!

Hello by the way, I'm still around, and to get the question out of the way. Does time seem to fly lately? Before you know it months have flown by before you've had a chance to wake in the morning properly and think about what day it is.

It's August now and since I last posted on the front here, the most exciting thing to have happened is that I finished Uni for this back in May and got good results, which I was really pleased with considering I had struggled with some modules. So I just one final year to go now. It's scary to think that this time next year I will be a full University Graduate and will be entering the real world looking for a full-time job.

Which actually leads nicely into my next point, apart from being on holiday in Devon in June, I feel I haven't done an awful lot, but yet I have, because most of my time although relaxed has been spent catching up with DVD box sets or doing little jobs that had been piling up for a long time. Most of the summer so far though I have been searching for a summer part-time job which has not been successful. I've tried loads of places but due to the Credit Crunch and everything there's just nothing available. I'm not the only one though, all my friends on facebook and twitter (hello!) are saying exactly the same. It's very frustrating.

However I have been doing little things to boost my profile a bit by doing odd filming jobs like weddings and stuff, building websites, and also did my DJ set in The Picturedrome which was the first time I'd done it in a major venue which I was quite proud of, and I've been asked back too which is equally good.

This week is my church's annual Holiday Club where once again I'm involved with organising the drama sketches. This year it's based around drama and theatre. I worked out the other day that this will be my 8th year of helping which means I've been helping longer that I actually attended it growing up.

Behind the scenes I've been making little tiny adjustments to this site, mostly cosmetic, but the Doctor Who part has been kept up to date, and there's more updates to come eventually. It just take time.

Anyway, that's about it for now, keep checking back for more news.

Si.

I'm back...and it's about time!

Did you miss me?

And to answer your questions - No I'm not dead yet I can jump and dance and sing! Haha.

But there was valid reasons for leaving the website unattended for four solid months as it's been a rather stressful time. Up until Christmas I was heavily bogged down with University work (5 assignments together) and so every spare moment that I had I was working to try and get them all completed. I had a 2000 word essay on psychology and media to do, an 8 minute audio piece, and 8 minute video, a website to design and 12 photos to take. All of these had to be done by the time I returned to Uni in January.

Added to which, the day after I broke up for Christmas in the middle of December, my grandad was rushed into hospital. To cut a very long story short the police had to break down his door after a neighbour alerted them after seeing him through the window lying on the floor. He ended up staying in for 9 weeks and all sorts of problems were discovered with him, which I won't go into here. Although it was mostly my amazing mum and dad that dealt with the situation, I was obviously involved too to some extent so that added stress onto us all. So we didn't have that enjoyable christmas and new year with everything going on.

My main present though was a karaoke machine which I am absolutely hooked on and love it. Every chance I get I have a little sing on it. My voice is still flat though but I think it's getting stronger and you never know it may improve eventually. My best songs to date are The Time Warp, Monster Mash and Tribute (Tenacious D) and I don't think I'm too bad at U2 songs either.

So it's only really been the past week that I've started to be able to return to normality. Obviously I've still got Uni which I'm concentrating on most, then there's my driving lessons which are ongoing. I did my 4th Mock test yesterday and only got 1 serious and 7-8 minors, so still got work to do but it's getting there. The main thing is to get my theory test out of the way first which I plan to try and get down asap.

Also I'm still very involved with church - next week is our annual Holiday Club Reunion which I've written a drama sketch for. Future plans include trying to get a youth weekend off the ground and possible more events just to try and get it more youthful and less of the stuck in the past as it currently is.

With all that in mind and all the busy stuff that I'm doing - where does this leave SiSpace? Well, that I can't really answer. I'll still keep it updated and work on it as often as possible but it may be less frequently than it used to be. Even if I don't post in this section much I may still be working behind the scenes. And added to that - it's the 7th anniversary of this site at the end of the month. I feel I have changed so much in the web designing abilities and skills since I first started.

Finally, big shout out goes to...Tree - thanks for being a brilliant friend and for all the fun times and laughs we've had since we've met up again! To Jen - thanks for being there and helping me through the recent difficult times.

And last of all to all the newbies (and everyone else) at Aimhigher. I love every minute of working with you all - it's so brilliant and rewarding!

Keep rocking and I'll post again as soon as I can...

Si.

It's been a long time coming but it's finally here at last!!!

The next generation of Simon's Website has finally arrived.

As you can see there's a brand new layout, new banner, and best of all - new icons where you can set this site as your home page (oh yes!) and marvel at the new technology that's been introduced - we now have an RSS feed! Awesome isn't it?

I'm so excited about how the new site looks, I'm like a little kid again. Although I haven't gone as far and done a Louis Walsh squee yet. (X Factor fans will get that!)

So yeah, take a look around at the new new new new site, all the stuff there is to see, I guarantee you won't get bored. And if you feel like it you can sign up to forum, or leave comments in the guestbook.

And hopefully, you'll keep coming back to the site to see what's new. Oh yes - there's more where this all came from!!

Keep Rockin'

Si.