Pavilions pavilions pavilions
Oooh, it's been so long since I updated! Apologies - not that anyone will have missed me, I'm sure!
Work is manic (did you expect anything else?) We've FINALLY finished Shanghai. WOOOOOOOOOOO!!! (Photos of many pavilions, including the UK, here).
But have run headlong into Chelsea Flower Show. Where are Pavilion which was scheduled to take 12 weeks to build and was made with copper, now has 5 weeks to be built and is made of brass. Oh, don't you LOVE working for organised clients? And last week we were told it isn't just a pavilion...it's Chelsea's FEATURE PAVILION this year. The joy, let it be unconfined.
You can see a video of the design here, should you so wish.
I shall post some pictures of Shangers and Chelsea. (My Father splutters when I say I work in SheBu, building a project for Shangers. What can I say..I like nicknames.)
Anyone watching Ashes to Ashes? (I mean, apart from the obvious ones amongst you.) I'm loving it. I have a new theory to replace my old theory. I'll past it up sometime. Although currently it's written very incoherently.
It's the first Brighton Marathon today - which is great, I went and watched from the Elite runners up until the 4hr pacer went past.
And what post would be complete without the Election being mentioned?
I'm a floating voter right now, although I'm leaning LibDem. My const. is currently Labour, but with a tiny majority over the Tories. Really tiny. And I imagine the Tories will get in here. I dislike the Tories intensely, and David Cameron really isn't helping that. And George Osborne is just...well, I don't even have words. So I would naturally vote Labour to attempt to keep the Tories out, but my MP is SO USELESS that I can't bring myself to vote for her, even if that means the Tories are more likely to get in. So I might vote LibDem. The support for them has been steadily growing in this area, so it'll give them a wee boost. I actually hope we have a hung parliament, tbh. I like to think the Libs can temper whichever party gets the majority and everyone can calm down some before we go to election again - which would almost certainly happen within the next year.
I am quite fascinated with who thinks they might vote what. I know quite a lot of 'young people' ha, I'm not one anymore! 18/19yr olds, some older. People who don't remember the Thatcher/Major years. It shocks me how many of them might go blue, and their reasons for it.
I know it's a massive, complex issue, but on their stance on Gay Rights alone, I could never vote Tory. They have the most terrible record, even now, no matter how much they say they've changed. So bad that the founder of the Tory LGBT rights group is going to vote Labour! Here is an informative website on the issue, comparing the three big parties.
Feel absolutely free to discuss anything in comments, anonymously if you wish :) I promise I would never track your IP.
Oh, and in totally unrelated news, I now post on Twitter as @EmbassyCourt, for those of you interested in Embassy n Brighton and Hove. And I've scheduled tours for this summer. Most of which are sold out already.
Work is manic (did you expect anything else?) We've FINALLY finished Shanghai. WOOOOOOOOOOO!!! (Photos of many pavilions, including the UK, here).
But have run headlong into Chelsea Flower Show. Where are Pavilion which was scheduled to take 12 weeks to build and was made with copper, now has 5 weeks to be built and is made of brass. Oh, don't you LOVE working for organised clients? And last week we were told it isn't just a pavilion...it's Chelsea's FEATURE PAVILION this year. The joy, let it be unconfined.
You can see a video of the design here, should you so wish.
I shall post some pictures of Shangers and Chelsea. (My Father splutters when I say I work in SheBu, building a project for Shangers. What can I say..I like nicknames.)
Anyone watching Ashes to Ashes? (I mean, apart from the obvious ones amongst you.) I'm loving it. I have a new theory to replace my old theory. I'll past it up sometime. Although currently it's written very incoherently.
It's the first Brighton Marathon today - which is great, I went and watched from the Elite runners up until the 4hr pacer went past.
And what post would be complete without the Election being mentioned?
I'm a floating voter right now, although I'm leaning LibDem. My const. is currently Labour, but with a tiny majority over the Tories. Really tiny. And I imagine the Tories will get in here. I dislike the Tories intensely, and David Cameron really isn't helping that. And George Osborne is just...well, I don't even have words. So I would naturally vote Labour to attempt to keep the Tories out, but my MP is SO USELESS that I can't bring myself to vote for her, even if that means the Tories are more likely to get in. So I might vote LibDem. The support for them has been steadily growing in this area, so it'll give them a wee boost. I actually hope we have a hung parliament, tbh. I like to think the Libs can temper whichever party gets the majority and everyone can calm down some before we go to election again - which would almost certainly happen within the next year.
I am quite fascinated with who thinks they might vote what. I know quite a lot of 'young people' ha, I'm not one anymore! 18/19yr olds, some older. People who don't remember the Thatcher/Major years. It shocks me how many of them might go blue, and their reasons for it.
I know it's a massive, complex issue, but on their stance on Gay Rights alone, I could never vote Tory. They have the most terrible record, even now, no matter how much they say they've changed. So bad that the founder of the Tory LGBT rights group is going to vote Labour! Here is an informative website on the issue, comparing the three big parties.
Feel absolutely free to discuss anything in comments, anonymously if you wish :) I promise I would never track your IP.
Oh, and in totally unrelated news, I now post on Twitter as @EmbassyCourt, for those of you interested in Embassy n Brighton and Hove. And I've scheduled tours for this summer. Most of which are sold out already.