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Ned

A wish for wings that work...

About Me


Those who live by the sword
get shot by those who don't


My name is Mathew, but everyone calls me Ned, the reason why is not a very exciting story but I would be happy to explain if asked!
I originally come from Aberystwyth! I have now been living and working in Bristol for over a year! What a year it's been too! Thankfully I'm still having an awesome time!
I draw for a living! Well not quite... I actually work as a creative artworker for the Institute of Physics Publishing! It's basically graphic design but has more to do with marketing, corporate identity and branding for those who care! It's an awesome job and I really enjoy it!
I live in a houseshare in Bishopston! My four housemates are awesome! We are all very sociable which makes for interesting nights out and plenty of ridiculous adventures!
As you may have guessed my two favourite words are 'Awesome' and also 'Ridiculous' I use them far too much!
I have a morbid fear of wasps and clowns! If a half clown half wasp hybrid is ever created I am in trouble! I also don't like fixing punctures on my bike, chewing gum, food shopping, bad manners and getting my hair cut!
Siarad Cymraeg! Yes I can speak Welsh fluently even though I have no accent! Always useful! I also speak German badly but well enough to make myself understood!
I have no sense of smell... but you wouldn't make fun of someone who was blind or deaf would you? As a result I am totally paranoid about smells and things, including myself, smelling which leads to me being obsessively clean and tidy!
My spare time is mostly spent on my little bike, travelling, exploring, making new friends and finding new places to ride! My bike is shit and I'm rubbish at riding due to a complete lack of convidence but I don't care! I just have fun which is what it all should be about anyway!
Oh yeah... while I am at work I can't read my messages! They are blocked IT! Please don't get offended if I don't respond! I will when I get home! :-)
Just remember kids... It's only MySpace... It's not real life!

My Interests

BMX BMX and more BMX! Hardcore you know the score! Graphic Design and Illustration! Apple Macs, Photoshop and QuarkXPress! Spending time with friends and family! Meeting new people! The seaside! Art galleries! Eating and drinking! Sleeping late! Strong cups of tea... No sugar! Spicy food! Wasting time on the internet! Small shirts and low trousers! Pubs with beer gardens! Taking photos of everything! Travelling and exploring! Sunny days and summer evenings! Spending money! Hot air balloons! Ebay! H&M and Topman! Having fun!

I'd like to meet:


Fun, positive people to send and receive random comments and messages!

Especially people from Bristol or Aberystwyth and people who ride BMX!

Add me on MSN Messenger with [email protected] and get chatting!

Music:

Norma Jean, Hopesfall, Small Brown Bike, Deftones, American Analog Set, Modest Mouse, The Postal Sevice, Jurassic 5, Azriel, Thursday, Poison The Well, Eighteen Visions, Will Haven, Boards Of Canada, Hatebreed, Shai Hulud, The Red Chord, From Autumn To Ashes, Glassjaw, The Shins, Remembering Never, Weezer, The Beautiful Mistake, The Album Leaf, Snapcase, Vision Of Disorder, Atreyu, Skycamefalling, Terror, Dillinger Escape Plan, Champion, Comeback Kid, Bring Me The Horizon, Far, Minus The Bear, Saves The Day, Cave In, Thrice, Mr Scruff, Taking Back Sunday, Alkaline Trio, Isis, Millencolin, The Movielife, Nora, Pelican, Hot Water Music, Converge, Deftones, Gunmoll, Throwdown, It Dies Today, Architects, Mastodon, Love That Kills, Sigur Ros, Portishead, The Go Team, Ensign, and many many more...

Movies:

Empire Records, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, Mallrats, Requiem For A Dream, Ghost Dog, Sin City, Predator, Donnie Darko, Chasing Amy, Goodfellas, Star Wars, Labyrinth, American Beauty, Aliens, Fight Club, Never Ending Story, God Money, Clerks, Battle Royal, Dodge Ball, Pulp Fiction, and many many more...

Television:

Scrubs, CSI and Family Guy!

Books:

Chuck Pallanuik! John Grisham! Irvine Welsh! James Patterson! Iain Banks!

Heroes:

All my friends are awesome! Here are some of them...

Sunday lunch outside with my housemates Ben, Dan and Tom plus Dan's girlfriend Gail!

James & Will on a trails riding weekend in Shropshire last summer!

Blythe and myself on my last weekend in Aberystwyth!

My cousin Nick!

Lindsay is an awesome friends and makes the best cakes!

I have know Isis for the longest time! She truly is a unique and beautiful person!

My sister Amy doing what she does best!

My Blog

Another front cover...

...this time for the ESRF Newsletter! How exciting! Five attempt before they were happy with the design! Got it done in the end though! Awesome! :-)...
Posted by Ned on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:44:00 PST

My first front cover...

My boss asked me if I would like to do the front cover for our biggest magazine! I don't usually get to do these so it was a bit exciting!Thanks to the joys of editorial design I had three days to do ...
Posted by Ned on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:05:00 PST

An artistic moment...

So I have been doing some painting! It's all quite exciting as I haven't done any for ages! I have been inspired by modern architecture in Bristol and from that have abstracted shapes and colours!This...
Posted by Ned on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:01:00 PST

Bristol Festival of Nature...

Just thought I would show everybody one of the more exciting projects I'm currently involved with...The Bristol Festival of Nature is an event that is being sponsored by the company I work for through...
Posted by Ned on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:20:00 PST

Birthday cakes...

For those of you who don't know I turned twenty five on Friday 13th of January! I am officially old! Might have to start being mature and sensible now but I doubt it! That evening when I got hom...
Posted by Ned on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:21:00 PST

Happy Halloween...

I did say I never dress up but Lindsay and Andrew made me do it!Ned x
Posted by Ned on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:39:00 PST

Back from beyond...

Just got back to Bristol after an awesome weekend in Aberystwyth! Went out friday night with my old housemates and got a bit drunk! Saturday day started wioth the biggest fry-up ever then was spent w...
Posted by Ned on Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:38:00 PST

Bristol...

I guess this is a bit late as I've been here nearly a month but I finally made it to Bristol! I'm living in a houseshare in Bishopston with some awesome people! My new job is as a creative artwork...
Posted by Ned on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:41:00 PST

End of an era...

So it's my last day at Cambrian Printers in Aberystwyth! I move to Bristol next tuesday to start work at the Institute of Physics Publishing as a creative artwoker! I've been working here for ...
Posted by Ned on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:31:00 PST

This makes me so happy I can barely cry...

The term "Emo" is derived from the word "emotional," but has recently come to entail much more than that. Its not a sensation, but rather a lifestyle. Once an idiom for an underdeveloped subfolder of...
Posted by Ned on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST