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Instagram

Jasper — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:18:55 +0000

I’m not really a huge fan of fake filters and silly borders. If your photo isn’t nice to look at, a filter is only going to do so much. A border is going to make it worse. I don’t care for borders.

Yet, for some reason, I have become enamoured with Instagram this week. I feel encouraged to take a nice shot with a filter in mind, and you don’t have to use borders. Sharing and exploring are incredibly easy. The whole experience is just fun.

I don’t take back all I’ve ever said about Instagram – most of the photos I see come out of it are horrible, but there are some people on there producing amazing photographs, which I really enjoy looking at. Definitely a keeper for snappy iPhone photos, I think.

Tattoo

Jasper — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:45:53 +0000

Jake’s here, getting tattoos. I got the most expensive, awesome haircut I’ve ever had.

Gas Mask.

Jasper — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:13:27 +0000

Dan farted.

Bonus points for repping the awesome Bored Seaside Special shirt.

Breakfast

Jasper — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:00:31 +0000

Here’s the deal. If you say you’re going to allow yourself a lie-in, you’ll be up at 6am. Wide awake. So that’s what I do on weekends now. I’m pretty easy to trick like that.

I made this thing. It’s a Facebooks page for this here website. A friend brought it to my attention that RSS is too nerdy for some people, but Facebooks is OK. So I guess I’ll use that to syndicate this for people on the Facebooks. If you like what I’m doing here, it sure would make me happy if you liked me officially. Because I like you so much, I’ll make it real easy. Here’s a button for ya (not in your RSS reader):

And here’s a photo of some food I ate. What a morning.

Onetribe

Jasper — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:23:15 +0000

If you have flesh tunnels and want the best jewellery, Onetribe is where you need to be shopping. If you’re even mildly interested in this, they are the most amazing craftsmen; imaginative, talented and incredibly friendly. Even if you’re not planning on buying, I’d definitely recommend following their Facebook because they post some amazing stuff there.

Against my better judgement, I went for an untracked, uninsured international shipping method. Luckily for me, they arrived quicker than I was expecting, in a lovely presentation case and in perfect condition. Thanks so much, Onetribe – these aren’t coming out until I buy my next set from you!

Friends.

Jasper — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:45:31 +0000

Remember when you were young, right. If you wanted to be friends with a person, it was proximity and lack of irritation. You hang out with people long enough and don’t piss them off or seem needy and eventually you’re just friends. This doesn’t work with Twitter. So many people I’m acquainted with on social networks that I think are super cool and I want to be real life friends with, but I’m not sure how you make that transition. How do you even do that without seeming like a loser? Is it even necessary to not come across as a loser? Does that make you seem more accessible?

I probably shouldn’t publish this, but you take the rough with the smooth, right? I’m not always the exterior-motivated persona I put out for people. Maybe if I come across as vulnerable sometimes, that will make me seem more accessible.

Andy; this toffee whiskey is fucking dangerous, man.

A fucking POUND!

Jasper — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:31:59 +0000

Seriously, my hair (bear in mind I had more cut and some solid roots taken out), I lost nearly a pound just by losing my hair. I suppose, if you want to be a dick about it, it doesn’t really count.

Fuck you, though, I’m counting it.

Done. I’ll shut up about it now.

Jasper — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:45:15 +0000

Went to see a professional to get my hair finished.

Looks OK, I reckon

Dreads…gone?

Jasper — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:42:30 +0000

So. For some reason I decided that it was necessary for my hair to go bye-bye. Lots of changes recently.

Here’s the process, as photographed by the inimitable Andy Stanton.

He was concerned that he’d done a shitty job, but I couldn’t have asked for better. These are awesome!

A Few

Jasper — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:00:11 +0000

Been a bit camera-less since I got my bike. Not even sure why. Tiredness?

Like a twat, I fell from my bike. It was like in the movies where time slows down and you get to watch everything that happens. Considering it’s been about 3 years since I fell from a bike (I think it’s important to be good at falling from bikes!), I thought I handled it pretty well. Bike was about 4 feet away from me, and all I have are some scrapes and bruises. Not bad for hitting a kerb at about 15mph.