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*yawn*

if i could do just one near-perfect thing...

About Me


a whole mess of contradictions that somehow works most of the time, a genuine nice guy, an ex-rugby player, a damn good cook, a 'wegie and proud of it.
originally from the mighty land of the weege, home to the glorious glasgow rangers, haha, been living in the 'burgh for too many years now. i'm a qualified multimedia designer with an architecture honours degree and a digital media MSc from edinburgh uni, working full-time in a wee office in the 'burgh doing 3D animations and images for architects, developers, product designers, anyone who wants an interesting piece - altho truth be told the work is pretty boring, so i dream of moving into a much more creative job!
i've a thing for inkwork of all varieties, but in particular interesting graphix and original tattoo work, 5 nice inkstains of my own so far and few more ideas still to get out of the sketchbook...
i love to travel, i lived in vancouver for about 7 months in 2001, best time of my life, other than that i've been around bits and pieces of northern europe - germany, sweden, holland, denmark, hungary and the republic of ireland,i was in australia in september, but just for a couple of weeks. all said, i've been back here too long and i'm getting itchy feet again, so saving has started to get back to Oz next year!
still pulling pints part-time for shits and giggles, missing the joys of a rainy saturday on the rugby pitch. always a hopeless romantic. always a sarcastic wee bugger.
my website is a work in progress, eventually it'll show the world what i do! meantime, take a look if you want ;-) dragonsizedesign

My Interests

rugby (scotland, all blacks, canada), football (scotland, rangers, nottm forest), ice hockey (canucks only ;) ), gigs, music, cinema, films, shopping, collecting endless crap, pubs n clubs, designing and getting tattoos, art, digital design, good books, generally, i have too much time on my hands!

I'd like to meet:

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who do i want to meet? i want to meet a talking cricket that wears a top hat and knows a fairy godmother that'll grant me my wish to be a real boy.... alternatively i'd settle for meeting the devil (just the top man tho, none of the lackeys!) and strike up a deal - who needs a soul anyway? ... of course, i'd also want a real-life transformer, lol!

Music:

pumpkins, zwan, pearl jam, queens of the stone age, siobhan donaghy, cardigans, underworld, yyy's, the gossip, sleater-kinney, stereo total, the thrills, radiohead, nirvana, soundgarden, stp, the clash, pink floyd, led zep, skunk anansie, the killers, sons and daughters, kt tunstell, the roots, tlc, madonna, kylie, christina, the streets, NWA, bjork, de la soul, nick drake, eminem, kings of convenience, elliot smith, foo fighters, ash, c average, turin brakes, zero7, morcheeba, john martyn, neil young, green day, weezer, roni size, the jam, the who, pj harvey, hole, daft punk, cocteau twins, boards of canada,jeff buckley, belle & sebastian, dinosaur jr, i'll listen to anything really

Movies:

platoon, it's a wonderful life, wayne's world, so i married an axe-murderer, kevin smith movies, alien, crouching tiger..., enter the dragon, the crow, grosse point blank, eight men out, thin red line, hot shots, top gun, apocalypse now redux, the ring trilogy, lotr, original star wars movies, the eye, spirited away, transformers the movie, blade 1 + 2, interview with a vampire, fallen, the one, pretty in pink, the breakfast club, high noon, the dollars trilogy, austin powers 1 + 2, the big lebowski, o brother where art thou?, obscure japanese horror, akira, ghost in the shell, blood the last vampire, so much more i can't remember...

Television:

family guy, futurama, spaced, scrubs, the OC, ER, sopranos, red dwarf, anything sharp or with a subversive edge!

Books:

hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy, any terry pratchett discworld, maus, anne rice, michael moore, ian fleming, tanizaki's in praise of shadows, foucault, jennifer government, no logo, XS, anything that makes me think or makes me smile!

Heroes:


optimus would have anyone in a fight... even alien... and he's a moral guardian for our times too, haha!

My Blog

check out my site, www.dragonsize.com

new version of the website up and running (well, mostly running, still need to finish two sections, but i don't have the necessary images in the office!)everyone go take a look!dragonsizehave a wee lo...
Posted by *yawn* on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:27:00 PST

the return from Oz

well, the big holiday is over, 2wks off sleeping and drinking in Oz, back in the office and feeling very sleepy! the trip was a blast, it was brilliant to see reyna after 5yrs since the last time we h...
Posted by *yawn* on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:05:00 PST

it's going to be a good week... oh yes...

i feel this week is going to be a good week, it's sunny, my hayfever isn't going too badly anymore, work is fairly relaxed and the gossip are playing on wednesday, then on thursday me & lins are flyin...
Posted by *yawn* on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:00:00 PST

iain's T in the Park review... (saturday)

so, it's been a few days since the return from ballado, time to review before i forget! ;-) saturday first up we caught the tale end on manu chao on the main stage, kind of interesting hispanic bunch,...
Posted by *yawn* on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:17:00 PST

<b>random thoughts from an empty office</b>

random musings on the world of iain....things what i like today...T in the Park tickets, i don't care what anyone else says, i had fun this year after missing last year, and i'll be back next year, th...
Posted by *yawn* on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:14:00 PST

fairwell sleater-kinney...

reposted this from the sleater-kinney site:After eleven years as a band, Sleater-Kinney have decided to go on indefinite hiatus. The upcoming summer shows will be our last. As of now, there are no pla...
Posted by *yawn* on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:56:00 PST

ex-es

either be nice or get out of my head..... but stop with the act.... hmpfff....
Posted by *yawn* on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:34:00 PST