I'm back

Well kids, I've not blogged for a while, but I'm back!

I've been really busy at work, working on sites for Cable and Wireless, D-Link and Cadbury's. Why not take a look at what I've been helping with over 2007.

So a quick catch up, since I last blogged, I've been up to all sorts...

...In December, I spent a week in Geneva with Nicole and Sam, it was very cold and snowy, but I got plenty of cuddles from Nicole and she even let me wear her (ear) muff....s. The snow got me in the mood for Christmas, so I spent some time drinking with my new buddy Rudolph, then we went ice skating, although I was pretty bad at that, so spent most of the day on my bum :(

Some pictures below, more on my photostream



I spent Christmas with Mat in Derby, and Son of Zippy spent his up near Stoke with Claire, where he ate so much he nearly burst!

Claire bought Son of Zippy some lovely chocolate coins, and Mat got me a satsuma and an apple. We bought them nothing in return!

Before all that, Chemistry Digital had it's Christmas Party, and being as I'm not allowed to drink, I volunteered to take lots of photographs, unfortunately that meant I wasn't in any of the photos, perhaps that's why everyone was so keen to let me take them!



So after Christmas, I was sooo tired from all the partying Tony and Sofia offered to take me on holiday to lovely, wet and windy Sweden, the 12th country I've visited with my amazing friends from Chemistry Digital. Sofia is from Sweden so we had a very good guide to the local customs and language...Tjéna, hur är det?



I've been living and working in Nottingham almost a year now, but with all the travelling I'd never had chance to see the local sights, so Steve decided to take me out for the day around this little town.



Being such a great company, Chemistry Digital decided we'd worked so hard in January that they would take us Go-Karting for the evening. After a long trip, and a lot of getting lost on the way to Wymeswold, we got suited up, got our game faces on and crashed into loads of tyres. Except of course for Lee, Karen H, Tony and Mark H on Team 3, who wiped the floor with the rest of us to claim the Chemistry Digital Karting Championship 2008.



So there you have it, as you can see I've been very busy, but I'll be writing loads this year, I promise.

See you soon kids

Norfolk and Keira K

So I've jut got back from Norfolk with my good friend Mat and his wifey Gemma.

We spent a lot of time walking around on the beach and eating and drinking in the masses of pubs around there. I sampled the local real ale, and really liked Nelson's Revenge!

Then we went to Holkham Hall to see the herds deer, and it turned out they were making a film there! I tried my best to get a picture with Keira Knightley, but she said her boyfriend might get jealous. I can understand...

Some pictures below, more on my photostream

Wedding of the year...

Congratulations to James and Caroline who got married last weekend! I'm so glad I managed to make it, after being "tied-up" elsewhere all week and was very honoured when the Groom decided to promote me to chief usher. Apparently the previous employee hadn't been doing too well!

So a good time was had by all, and I drank far too much champagne, check out the pictures below, or view more on my Flickr photostream

Zippy Free!

Well, just in time to run off again, my dad is free!

Zippy safely returned with David Coe to Chemistry Digital today, and has immediately left to go to James and Caroline's wedding which takes place tomorrow.

When asked about his ordeal, Zippy remarked "I'd rather not speak about it, being tied to a chair is bad enough, but listening to those accents all day is torture!"

Update: Zippy Kidnapping - Ransom

Well it took us all day but the guys at Chemistry Digital finally pulled through and made the Rainbow video...here it is



Now send my dad back you evil b$%?$*@s

Update: Zippy Kidnapping

As the evil girls at Chemistry have kidnapped my father I feel it my duty to keep you all up-to-date on the latest...

We have received a ransom demand in the form of an email from Mags Pietras (see below). The police believe that Mags is one of the lower level terrorists, but they don't know who the ring leader is yet.

We are working on the acquiring the ransom as we speak.

HELP! I've been kidnapped!!!

Hi Kids

I'll make this short as I've managed to sneak onto a computer in the Chemistry offices in Fulham while my kidnappers conspire to get filthy rich off ransom money in the other room.

As you might know I was off to Palma on the company away weekend with the lovely folks from Chemistry Digital...unfortunately Chemistry Fulham were also there, and some of them are clearly hardened criminals.

Despite this they managed to persuade my so-called "protectors" from Nottingham that I should visit Fulham for the week, and now I'm bound, gagged and having to type with my zip-end!

SOMEBODY HELP ME!

PS Son, please keep my blog up-to-date, because even in my time of need, my fans come first.

Turkey with Layla

My new facebook friend Layla decided to take me on holiday to Turkey last week and as you can see from my photos we had a great time!

Unfortunately when I got back I found out that Facebook had closed my account down! :( I'll have to have a word with those Americans...

Access Denied! :(

I tried to log in to Facebook today but couldn't!

I think somebody has gotten soooo jealous of my abundance of friends and love that they have reported me to the big wigs! I bet it was that George fella!

But don't worry you can still read all about my life here on my blog and look through my photos on Flickr.

Please sign my petition to reinstate my account by entering your name and email address below.

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James' Stag Do

Me Dad's on holiday in Turkey, but to keep you all entertained he asked me to post this blog post he wrote before he left:...

Last weekend I went on James Hayward's stag do and had a great time! (Well most of it anyway). James is one of those odd people who likes Cricket so we started on Friday night by going to see Derbyshire get thrash by some old guys with zimmer frames. Unfortunately nobody told me I'd be tied to the guy for the evening, but we soon left the boring cricket and went to the pub. I had my first taste of Whisky and very soon forgot I was tied to some weirdo!

The next morning I woke up with a really bad headache! So I couldn't got paintballing with the rest of them :( and apparently they had a great time. But I was feeling all better to go out on the tiles on Saturday night and gorp at the girls who were young enough to be my daughter! :)

So in conclusion:
Cricket = :(
Whisky + Girls = :)





James is my friend on Facebook, why not add me as your friend?

Back from Austria off to Turkey

Well my Dad's jetsetting again so it's up to me to keep all his internet stuff up-to-date! :)

The old man just got back from his trip to Austria with KarenH, before jumping straight in the post to Doncaster to go on holiday with Layla (his new internet friend!).

He stayed in Mayrhofen in Austria and managed to visit Salzburg and the Mirabel Gardens. Apparently part of "The Sound of Music" was filmed there, but I have no clue about that as I'm only likkle.

He froze his nads off on the Hintertux glacier but Alan was kind enough to warm them up for him. (sounds a bit rude to me).

Anyway have a look at the photos he gave me before he buggered off again! (or for more take a look at the Flickr photostream)

Layla's party!

So, as I said, my Dad jumped in the post to go on holiday with his new internet friend, Layla and he arrived just in time for the party she was throwing...

Here are some photos from the party...





Layla is my friend on Facebook, why not add me as your friend?

Sunny Mallorca, here I come!

I'm off to sunny Mallorca in October for the Chemistry company away weekend!

David Coe, MD of Chemistry Digital and personal friend of mine, is taking me on the pre-holiday golf tour with the rest of the big wigs, and then we'll meet everybody else for sun, sea and Sangria.

I'll have some lovely photos to share with you all when I get back, but for now take a look at the Hotel Nixe Palace (below) where we'll all be staying.

If you work for Chemistry and are not already coming, there is still plenty of time to sign up, but don't forget the sun block!

Isle of Wight, Blackpool and the evil Croc!

Well I'm back from my trip to the Isle of Wight with James and Alison. We stayed near Ventnor on the south coast and the weather was great!

On one of the days, I'm too dazed to remember which one, we went to Blackgang Chine where I discovered a wild Crocodile. I had to wrestle it to save the kids, but I think he came off better than I did. Needless to say I had a sore head in the morning...

Then when we came back to lovely old England, we went for a day trip to Blackpool. It was really hot again, so I topped up my tan (I'm almost as orange as David Dickinson now!)

Take a look at some of my snaps below or for more pictures check out the photoset on Flickr

Graffiti competition winners

Congratulations to Chris Bailey from Nottingham who won my Facebook Graffiti competition!

Runner's up prizes went to James Moss and Ami Lovelock.

Click below to see a nice picture of my son and the lucky winner.

Barcelona, Bloc Party and Bikini Babes

So I'm back from my latest trip. This time I've been to sunny Spain. I fell in love with Paella and Tapas, but more importantly I fell in love with my new favourite band....Bloc Party. I even touched Kele Okereke's arm as he came into the crowd (so to speak!).

The Summercase Festival was huge, and I got to see loads of cool artists like Arcade Fire, Lily Allen, The Flaming Lips, The Editors and best of all Mika was ill, so didn't turn up!

After a hard few days moshing in the sunshine, Dan and his brother, James, took me to see their Aunty and Uncle in Malaga, were we spent the rest of the week chilling out on the beach, checking out the girls in their bikinis. (Dan tried to get some photos, but kept getting rumbled, sorry!)




For more pictures check out the photoset on Flickr

Canada, and my naughty son!

Hi guys! I'm back from my trip to Canada with Karen and Andy. Wow! What a long plane journey it was too. But I was happy, because I had my walkman and the Fratellis album!

So I'll tell you a little bit about my trip, but first I've got to apologise for my sons behaviour! Since I've been away he has been a bit naughty and went to Glastonbury and got drunk at Mark and Marie's wedding, no doubt making a fool of his self!

So, below are some pictures from my trip to Canada, hope you like them, we went all over British Columbia (Vancouver, Hope, Princeton, Glacier National Park, Banff etc.) and I managed to see a Grizzly bear with cubs. She was pretty grouchy so we had to run, but not as fast as we ran from the American tourists who all wanted a piece of me! I didn't realise I was famous over there too!

Son of Zippy goes to Glastonbury

Well being as my Dad's in Canada he had no choice but to let me go to Glastonbury and I had a great time! (The girls were just loving the orange man!)

It was so muddy I could've drowned, but Vicky and the girls really looked after me and helped me enjoy loads of massive artists like Arctic Monkeys, Killers, Kasabian, Shirley Bassey, the Magic Numbers, Just Jack, Bloc Party and my favourite, the Fratellis.

I DIDN'T WATCH MIKA!

Anyway here are some pictures of me and the mud...

Life is great and so is Facebook

Wow! I've started using Facebook to keep up-to-date with all my friends. I hope you will join me and my new friends and be part of the Everybody Loves Zippy group.

Why not take a look at my Facebook profile and, if you've not already, add me as your friend!

Below is a montage of some of my new Facebook friends, but I'm hoping to make loads more:

Major hangover!

With my Dad away in Canada, I had to represent the family at Mark and Marie's wedding on Saturday.

I had a great time and more importantly so did the Bride and Groom. (I'll post some pictures when I get some.)

Unfortunately Mark was a bad influence on me, and I drank far too much sambuca for a small guy, so now I have a really bad hangover.

But keep it to yourselves, because if my dad finds out, I'll be in trouble!