What have I been up to and buying?

Hello all it has been a while hasn't it this is what money and work does to me. In the day time I work and at night I shop / do stuff other than blog. Well here it goes the big catch up.

First a few off topic things I have done since being back. Well I said I do shopping online well I also do it in the real world and a couple of weeks back I got served by someone called Goose. I had to ask and no it has nothing to do with Top Gun, which she mentioned she had never seen before. I recommend it if you haven't seen it before it is quite good, bit cheesy but I like that every now and again. She said it is just what she had been called for most of her life.

I also have been catching up with friends playing some beer pong and trying out their reasonably sized swimming pool. Only the inflatable kind. Even though it was a hot day the pool was still mighty chilly and unfourtunatelly I did not win beer pong tourneyment. However there is a chance once a month to win the belt so thats something I need to work towards this month.

I am also travelling to work on the train and rediscovering how much of a pain it is. I have resorted to sleeping most of the way then doing a rather speedy walk to get to work just on time. I have also been catching up with my grandma, having a chat about houses and such. Need to pop down at some point when grandad is in.

Now with the shopping, mostly online, I have been getting a plethora of things. I have got some electronics such as arduino pro mini and some motors as I am looking at making my own quadcopter. I have an idea how it is meant to go but how it ends up is a different matter. I have also got some polymer clay for making some models (See below for the horrors I have created so far). I need to practice a bit more.

Cat but I can't do heads so ended up looking weird with a mustache

Zombie from Plants vs Zomies

Along with all these things I have also gotten myself a keyboard in the attempts to learn it. So far I have been learning reading notes, scales and a bit of left and right hand co ordination. This is where I always struggled, trying to get left and right hand working well together. I will hopefully when I get better start to upload videos to YouTube of my practices as I am really hoping to get good or at least bearable.  

If you made it this far congratulations and why not check out some of the other stuff I have been up to.  

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So the past couple of weeks has been super busy so here goes it.

The first big thing that happened was me and a good friend went to seafood festival in Aberaeron. I got to try a load of lovly seafood and sing, singing in the rain, in the rain. As well as this I got to try oysters for the first time with chilli sauce. They taste nice but I could not quite decide if I liked the texture or not, so I had another. Overall I think I like them, after got some delicious mint cake.

On the job front I have a job in Leicester as a Web developer. It is going well and getting on ok, only done first day though. Will have to wait and see how it goes in the long term.

Also I officially graduated in a lovely and warm gown then got my expensive bit of paper(Degree). Already missing Aberystwyth, considering trying to become a lecturer there but we will see on that front. See picture below.

YouTube videos should be back on schedule now and hopefully more live streams, so stay tuned :).


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Results....SOON!

So the time is almost upon us Aber people. Those who are graduating will be getting results this Thursday, that includes me. Can not lie I am a little nervous but I think it should be ok, can not see why I would not get a 2:1. Really hope I don't get a 2:2 as I said I would go graduation in a tutu otherwise but chances of that are really unlikely (touch wood).

My time at uni really is coming to an end as the first flat mate has moved out and the other one to be gone by the end of the week. I hopefully will not be too far behind as I hope to get a job sorted as soon as possible. Speaking of I have a few phone interviews and a couple face to face meetings to get through so hopefully some of them will prove fruitful.

As well as looking for work and preparing to move I have also been playing some 7 days to die with flat mate which you should be able to see on my channel soon (link below). I have also watch an excellent new Netflix season called sense8, really good and recommend checking it out. As well as checking out Daredevil tv series if you have not already checked that out and Dark matter. Dark matter is a little Firefly esk but so far not that level of awesome, it has the potential.


Finally yesterday was fathers day so I hope you all (who can) wished your father a happy day if not there is still time, a few days late won't matter :).


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So it has been an interesting week. There were bats(well just the one), driving, coffee, job talks and many youtube videos and adjustments.

 So first off the bat? Well the other day it was nice so me and a friend went on a walk up Pen Dinas a hill near where I live. After watching a never ending heard of cows we decided to head back home as my hayfever was playing up. On the way down I spotted a bat on the path crawling along. Upon closer inspection the bat appeared to be injured as such my friend decided to contain the bat(carefully) in her hoodie. After calling flatmate to drive up with a container we managed to get the bat back to our house where we proceded to call bat conservation society and RSPCA. They said to put it in a shoe box with a tea towel(to snuggle into) a milk lid with a wet kitchen roll for drink and bit of cat food for sustanance.

When we finally go through to someone who could help they said that no one could pick him up the next day. As such we kept the bat over night, unfourtunatelly no one came to pick him up but there was someone only an hour away. So me and my friend drove to Carno a small village in west Wales to a lovely b&b where we met a lovely woman who was a drop of location for bats. After speaking with her and being shown the lovely b&b we found out the the bat was not a he but a she and had a damaged wing. She said she would take care and get her to someone who looks after bats and let us know what happens. There is a picture below of the bat

 That was the most hectic it has got this past week. On the other end I have tried some delicious orange liquor coffee that a friend brought and was very nice. Tasted exactly like the chocolates but hot and coffee like.

My job hunting is going alright I a few phone interviews and a face to face as well. I have a few emails which I need to send out soon, got to keep on top of these things I want a job you know.

 Finally videos been going up and got thumbnails sorted as well as links to this blog so everything is getting connected. Check me out online at the links below or by googling mentalmarriott and until next time laters.

As always constructive criticism welcome :)

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Well it is update time and the past week or so has been busy but not all around great. Not terrible just few things going wrong most of which have been remedied.  Also A few little rants a bout things mostly job applications and the passing of an acting legend Sir Christopher Lee.


So job applications, it is that time of year when graduates who do not have a job spam out applications left right and center in hopes to get a job. I am no exception, however, some of the jobs that I have applied for have been asking for a minimum of 260, 280, 300 ucas points.

Now this would be fine if my ucas points were that high but due to a not so good sixth form I went to university as a mature student. Here I have more than proven my determination at working and that I can get good grades, likely to get a high 2:1 and that I can combine that with an active social life. While at university I have undertaken archery, fencing, football, dancing( both latin and ballroom) and competed in them.

So because of this I just wish jobs would judge you on you latest qualification and achievements, because after all that is who I am/have been for the past 4+ years.


It has not all been applying for jobs I have also been trying to get Ad Sense working on my blog and having issues with ads being shown but not displayed in the layout manager. Turns out if you have an add blocker it hides the ads even in the layout manager, so after disabling it I could then remove most of the ads that were spamming my blog page.


I have been trying to seek out work in other areas such as free lancing on sites such as Elance. This site seems pretty good so far giving you choice of pay limitations and what work you take on. However I came across an issue when trying to add my address, no matter what address I entered I always got the error;

'Please enter a valid location.'

This was slightly irritating so I tweeted Elance and they responded quickly asking for user name and screen shot of the issue. I am still waiting to hear from them about a fix but until then I can work without an address.


Now to the sad news, I woke up today to hear the passing of Sir Christopher Lee at the age of 93.He was well known for his iconic acting roles as Dracula, Saruman, count Dooku the list goes on. He was in the Wicker Man, the man with the golden gun and countless other, he has had an amazing acting career. I have not seen everything he has been in and I doubt many people reading this will have too or just not realised it. I think that I am going to have to have a Christopher Lee marathon of films at some point soon.


He passed away at 8:30am on Sunday 7th June 2015 due to heart and respiratory problems. He is now out there with some of the great actors and my sympathy goes out to his family and friends.

Finally got round to this

Well it took me long enough to getting round to writing this so here it goes.

I have finished my industrial placement at IBM and it was the most amazing year I have ever had. I did things that I never thought I would be able to do such as teach, I lead a team developing an educational activity and learnt so much that I look forward to taking into my final year. Not to mention some of the amazing people I have met while being there who I wish all the best for their future endeavors. Now I have to wait to hear if I have got the graduate position and apply to tons more graduate positions.


So currently I am at my parents home for a couple weeks before heading back to Aberystwyth for my final year *trembles with fear* which should be, interesting and very busy. While at home I am sorting through all my stuff and catching up with my friends back here which is nice as I haven't seen them in ages. Been playing football with them on Tuesday evenings which is good as I am trying to keep my fitness up. I need to go for a run but that is a problem for future me.


Next week I have a wedding to go to that my friend has invited me to so that should be fun but the night before I might be camping with friends so it could be a busy week. I am looking forward to putting my suit back on and looking all fancy. Then off to Aberystwyth the next week to get all my stuff unpacked and get myself properly settled in.


I have already seen where I will be living and it is a lovely place and I can wait to live there. Going to try and enjoy my last year as much as possible as I am going to miss Aberystwyth when I leave, if I could I would never leave. I am planning on joining many socials and getting to know more people also need to speak to my year head to see about the possibility of some teaching experience.

One last note, if you have made it this far and you have a graduate job going or know somewhere there is a graduate job in computer science going please let me know I would be ever so grateful :) .

New Stuff

First of new videos on youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/mentalmarriott go check it out.

Now shameless plug is done bit about what I have been up to. Currently still in Uni durnig a bit of the holidays doing some of my individual assignment. I have to create a Point Of Sale system for a pizza shop and revise over a short holiday, not nice at all.

I keep trying to update my blog more and more but been a bit dull recently. Been swimming, done work, made few youtube videos. I need a project for me to work on so over the next week or so I shall hopefully find something to do.

I NEED a job. Money Is being stretched really thin and I want to earn some money. So far I am hoping my Google AdSense goes up to £60 so I can claim it. Just wish I could make a popular video, that would be brilliant.