As you’ll have seen from my tweets, Emma and I headed up to Shetland over the weekend.  Not been home since January (a complete change from last year when I seemed to be home every 4 weeks!)

Not much had changed. It was nice to be back but there’s still little to do for someone who has seen the island as much as I have.

I went paddling. Water still as cold as ever, global warming has not kicked in yet.

Also got the perfect chance to try out my new camera on some puffins.

And Emma got to meet some Shetland ponies. A highlight of the trip for her.

Back off the boat this morning. Feeling a little home sick but I’m definitely back in the right place, all the excitement of Tescos coming to Shetland would be too much for me.

1.09am - it’s not quite as light as being at home, but I suppose it will have to do.

The face of pure evil on Flickr - taken by me

Aberdeen Seagulls. They are getting bigger, and they are getting less scared of humans and I feel it is only a matter of time before they will be governing us (saying that I have now just realised that a seagull in charge of the country couldn’t do any worse than our current government).

There is one seagull (pictured below) who now lives in our car park at work scaring everyone as they leave their cars. One day he even managed to get in the building. First he hangs around, I predict he’ll then be doing travel news before the end of the summer shortly followed by getting his own weekend show on the station. Much like my progression at work… only no doubt he’ll be more entertaining.

Also, in the current economic crisis, I’m sure the expense of window cleaners, thanks to this seagull, isn’t a welcome cost.

Sea Gull on Flickr - taken by me

An exciting time for my broadcasting careerer today…. my first ever station photo.

Sounds quite nice, but I have a little bit of a tough decision to make. To shave or not to shave. Here’s the pros and cons.

If I don’t shave I look a bit scruffy and like a typical student (not that good a look). If I do shave, I look about 12 and you can see my spots (again not a good look). Eventually I went for the shaved look, so it will now look like Original are employing a 12 year old presenter.

I hate getting my photo taken. My brain seems to shut my eyes automatically every time the shutter goes off, flash or no flash, resulting in a load of photos that look like I’ve had too much to drink. Also the reason I did radio was to be heard and not seen.

I was thinking the other day how weird it is I can sit in a radio studio and speak to potentially hundreds of thousands of people, yet I would struggle to stand up in front of a room of 5 people and do a talk.

I shall post the results here when the photos arrive.

David

About a year and a half ago I met Michael Barrymore in night club in Aberdeen. Now you can’t meet Barrymore in a night club and not get your photo taken with him. So I did.

And that’s the story. Not a very good story I may add.

That photo of Barrymore and myself went on my photos on Flickr, and I thought nothing else of it.

Today I get an email from an editor on Wikipedia wondering if it was possible to use my photo of Barrymore for free on the Barrymore page. Not a problem I’m thinking, always nice when someone wants to use your work.

There’s only one problem with the photo… and you’ve got to remember at the time I was a student without any romance in my life. I had little money, and spent a bit too much time in the pub. With that in mind… check out my hair in the photo.

I can’t believe I’ve just posted the photo again.