Accent Disasters!

You know when people get your name wrong, only its not wrong, they just pronounce it differently due to an accent or dialect?! Well, I found out I may have the worst name in history for this.

I was called a while back whilst at home by our (Olivia and I... Livvy is the missus) Internet Service Provider (take out 'service' and it sounds about right). As per usual they ask for the bill payer, the head Honcho... only this time it wasn't actually Liv. Liv deals with all the details usually... apart from the internet, thats a mans job (chest puffed out right now).

So yeah, they asked for me, Simon Gough. Phonetically, I would probably spell my name as such - 'Sy-mon Goff'. Now, the call centres for BT are in India, and the chap I spoke to, very polite guy, had a very thick accent (then again, it doesn't help that i'm deaf... i'll tell you about that later).

So how did he pronounce my name?

'Is a Mister Semen Goo there please?'

I told you I had the worst name for this predicament ;)

Early day today, up at 6am for p/t work, and then back to the desk for career work (colourist) from 4pm till dawn I guess. Oh joy, haha, nah I love it really.

Just tweaking some current work, and starting an Illustration from my pencilling partner Ian Richardson.

When its finished i'll show you a sneak peek, and i'll be posting some other pieces tomorrow too.

Have fun!

Wow... first blog of 2099!

First Blog, what to say, what to say!!

I am a freelance colourist hiding under the guise of the name '2099'. I dont know why I chose to use 2099 as a signature, it just seemed to come to me... I know its not profound, but it just fits.

Maybe its because I loved the Marvel 2099 series. Yes, I think that might be it.

I'll try and update a little everyday, just so I can stay in touch with the world from the comfort of this agonising pink platic chair I use in my 'office'. 1 cushion is never enough. And this desk, where to start... ergonomics was not a subject learnt by the designer thats for sure.

Toodlepips,

Si