Blackfish : A must see documentary.

I feel bad for neglecting this place. I am not spending a third as much time on my PC as I once was, its rare I get time to sit and think let alone think of interesting things to write about.

Canny sleep tonight so just popping on to suggest a film for you all, if anyone is still with me, to watch.

I am recommending you all try and watch Blackfish. I have recently and I experienced a variety of emotions throughout. Its not a film for those easily upset or angered because I can assure you it will make you hurt on the inside, they'll probably be tears and an anger will surely be felt, even if just a little.

I can see why 'Blackfish' got a 98% on RottenTomatoes. It's a harrowing documentary about Killer Whales in captivity entwined with plenty of real footage of these whales attacking and killing humans at SeaWorld, as well as interviews with past trainers and witnesses to these events.

The film is an indictment of SeaWorld, its safety practices, its animal husbandry, its mendacity, and its whole reason for being. SeaWorlds attempts to cover it up and pass the blame is shameful to say the least. Blackfish is definitely worth a watch. Be warned it's a very emotionally captivating hour and a half that will change your outlook on animals in captivity.

Maybe I'll return soon, who knows.

 Behemoth.

Aspiring Vet: A friend of mine.

Hey folks,

Wow it's been long since I last hit up this place, I remember the days when I would update you daily on my day to day events, sadly I don't find myself with time to write these days, which is a shame.

Hopefully I will get up to some crazy shit in the near future that I can tell tales of.

Anyhow back to the topic in hand...

My friend Lucy is an aspiring vet currently studying at Liverpool university. Vet school can be expensive though so she is in need of funds to help with studies.

If y'all could check out her blog to get to know a bit about her or the website to help raise funds have a gander here

God Speed.

The Olympic Dream is Alive.

I know I know, I really have been leaving it too long to write on this thing, but with a new job and spending a lot of time away from my PC now I am back home for summer it's tricky for me to get involved on the bloggerverse.

I really felt the need to bring some excellent news to you guys (whoever is still reading, yeah you!) you see my brother Charles Cousins was officially selected today to represent Great Britain in the coming Olympic Games, and I could not be more proud of him.

"Charles Cousins is one of five rowers with Cambridge connections to be called up to the Great Britain Olympic squad.

Cousins, who writes a blog for the News website, will compete in the quadruple sculls, alongside Stephen Rowbotham, Tom Solesbury and Matthew Wells"- Cambridge Evening News

We kinda knew deep down that him and the lads would make it, they have been putting a ton of effort in lately and really deserve the shot at an Olympic Gold Medal.

I remember when he first started out and we went to watch him row in an indoor arena in Birmingham, the place was packed with youngsters starting out and it was an exciting experience, the race started, we saw his little boat icon on the leaderboard racing across the screen, suddenly he jumps off the machine and throws up in a nearby bucket/bin, we are all thinking "Oh god what's happened" turns out he had finished the race but got a little sea sick on the way,

Ever since then he has been such a great inspiration, not only to me but to many others in the rowing scene and Team GB as a whole.

He's visited schools, been the local celeb for local events and is always up for sharing his enthusiasm for the sport to the youngsters who are taking it up.

In 2008 Charles narrowly missed a chance at the competing in Olympics however I can only see this as a good thing, it really has given him and the lads time to work their butts off to get the strokes and state of mind down to a tee; that in hand with the determination to make it this time around.

The hours put in, all the training all the sweat, it really has paid off and they're on their way to *fingers crossed* an Olympic medal.

As a brother there is nothing that pleases me more, my sister has recently gotten engaged, my brother is in the Olympics....Bring on the Summer!

Competition Winners!

I decided to pick 6 winners folks and they are as follows, in no particular order might I add.

The reason I picked these are because they really stuck out to me and I really appreciated the effort that must of been put into creating them.

Note: If you won and submitted more than one (pretty sure most of the winners did) I really appreciated all the entries you sent but I picked the one shown because I loved it the most.

I shall be emailing all winners to sort out prizes.

First we have this wonderful piece by Juliano F.

Next we have this stunning entry from Pridexs, which I use as my background, might I add.

Then we have this gem from Selles which really put a smile on my face.

Up next it's this stunning piece from GringoDC!

And then we have this epic piece from 'Award'

And the 6th and final winner was this image by Dj Paragon, dang I'm hot!

I hope people aren't upset with the results, and don't forget you all got a chance to win Space Marine too!

It's been a fun competition. All entries can be seen here by facebook users. (will add to blog soon)

Photo-Shop Me : Updates

Evening folks, There are 4 days left to enter the competition so get those entries in ASAP.

So far we have 49 entrants with over 60 picture entries.

Here are a couple more of the entries.

I have emailed all entrants the link to the private give away for Space Marine.

God Speed!!

"Photoshop-Me" : Update

Wow, absolutely flooded with entries and I must say a good amount of them are excellently done.

As of posting this there have been 32 individuals who have submitted nearly 40 images, I have not checked all entries but the ones I have I've enjoyed thoroughly.

So yeah keep them coming, deadline is on April 30th

For users on SteamGifts I will be emailing out a private link (Space Marine) Wednesday.

Here is a glimpse at the competition so far with a selection of entries:

I look forward to seeing more entries over the next few days.

ALL ENTRIES WILL BE DISPLAYED ONCE COMPETITION IS OVER

Win Steam Games. "Photoshop-Me" : take two.

Before when I ran this I only had the competition open for a day or so and to a select few and for a little joke, you can see the results here.

However this time the competition is going to run until April 30th with better prizes!

All you are required to do is with the aid of photoshop (or any photo editing software; yes paint counts) create or edit a fun/serious/dramatic/exagerrative image...heck do whatever you like with one or more of the images below (however please keep them safe for work).

If you know me and have access to any other images feel free to use them.

There are 6 prizes;

For the five images I like the most I will buy you any 1 item on steam that is no more than $10, this can be a gift for you or a gift for a friend, you earned it.

That's not all

Private giveaway on SteamGifts if you are a member contact me after entering and I will add you to the draw.

You can use as little or as much of these images as you so desire however you must be able to clearly see my face in your production.

There are no limits to how many entries you can have :)

Anyone with Steam can enter! Spread the word.

Enjoy

If all entries could be emailed to willliamcousins@gmail.com (yes I spelt william with 3 l's when i signed up so make sure to spell it with 3 l's. inb4 nub) with 'Photoshop-Me' as the title, it would be easiest.

Feel free to comment and share pics here too! I will upload every entry once competiton has finished!

My Steam