Tony Eckersley – Welcome…

Me and the Mrs…, originally uploaded by tony.eckersley.

Hey – My name is Tony Eckersleyy. Ok, this is my blog. The idea for this blog is kind of like most blogs I guess, however, I am using it as a way of keeping track of my life and history, and hell, I am rubbish at handwriting a diary and considering I spend half my day on a computer I thought I would have more success keeping a ‘log’ using the internet as an excuse/resource.

So, in a nutshell, my aim for this blog is for me to keep up with me and my life, remember what I have done, where and what etc. The fact it’s public on the intertubes means that anyone can see it but that doesn’t matter to me – it will always be here for future generations to see (maybe?!). When I am old I can tell my grandkids to look me up and they can see how I lived as a 24 year old UK citizen, married to a US Citizen (who from here on will be named Dannie) living in the USA in 2008.

So, more about me? Ok, well as we have established, I am married. This ‘event’ happened on September 15th 2007 and it was to a beautiful girl named Danielle who I met 2 years prior. We met playing Mini Golf through two mutual friends, (Casey and Dorothy) and we pretty much instantly hit it off (at least I think so anyway). I was in the US doing an internship as a graphic designer and would be staying there until my J1 visa ran out 15 months later.

We moved in together quite quickly (and it had nothing to do with her living 1 mile away from where I worked as apposed to me living 3 miles away – honest!) and then decided to move to England together for a year as I had one more year of studies left at University and this was a great excuse for Dannie to study theatre in the UK at my University. So, that all happened and worked out great in our flat that we shared with 2 great friends. We later got engaged and started the rigorous journey of obtaining a marriage visa for the US. Luckily we started early enough and got through all the interviews, medical, paperwork in time to leave the UK in July after a big send of at Glastonbury Festival 2007.

After arriving back in the US, I applied for a work permit and started back at Mediastudio where I had my internship. Here I enjoy work as a Graphic Designer for a small branding agency in Falls Church VA. It’s quite nice to be paid to enjoy what you do!

I have many hobbies based around a whole different array of things. I guess photography is my main hobby. I shoot with a Canon 40D with various lenses focusing mainly on landscapes. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to travel as much recently due to other commitments, so while I am proud of some of my landscapes shots, I am aware they are hardly original. However, this is something I am actively working on. My other main hobby is based around cinema and films. I have built my own home theater which I am very happy with.

…To be completed over time…