Monday, January 26, 2004

   Monday...ugh
I got to bed last night about midnight after watching Con Air. It was a re-run on the T.V. but it's a great film, so I watched it through. I was woken up this morning at 7:15am by my mother, who was screaming "Craig" up the stairs as if I had stolen the contents of the living room. I did all my usual morning rituals, and went to school to begin a new week, which went as follows:

Periods 1 + 2: ICT. Still working on that damned project, as I will be constantly until mid-February without rest. About 1 1/2 hours through the lesson the teacher, Mr Phibben, started whining (as he usually does) about how we'll be begging him for more time come April. If he would sit his lazy ass down for a second and look at how productive we've been, he'd think twice before running his mouth.

Periods 3 + 4: English Lit. An hour of 'Othello' followed by an hour of 'Great Expectations.' For Othello I was treated to writing an essay, which had to be completed in twenty minutes... that's right, twenty minutes. I had barely realised we had started when the teacher said "5 minutes left". However, I think I did pretty well considering the conditions, so with any luck I'll get a 'B' for it.

Tomorrow I have my third English lesson in which we study 'The Color Purple'. We had an essay to write for that over Christmas of all things, but I got it done before the holidays even began. We get the marks back tomorrow, and I am quietly optimistic about this one, and I think an 'A' is on it's way.

Anyway, after I got home I went out for a run with my friend Craig again. Week 2 of his 8 week programme... and this one was far more difficult. The intensity and length of the run increases every week, and we have to do the programme four times each week. Judging by today's run, survival of the fittest has been enforced. The last few weeks are not going to be pretty.

6pm now, and since I have no homework and have already showered... I guess I'll just sit back and take it easy for the rest of the day. Which is all good, since my body stopped working after the run.
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Sunday, January 25, 2004

It's always a good day with two scoops of raisins.
Another eventful Saturday. My friends Thomas, Gavin and I went to see a rugby game in which one of our other friends, Gruffy, was playing. His team lost, but Gruffy got man of the match, for which he was treated to a Yard of Ale, which he had to drink infront of everyone. That was at about 4:30, and, from then on the four of us didn't stop drinking.

Some of you will have noticed via my DOB that I am 16, thusly I am too young to drink, making this a lie. All I have to say to that is come visit South Wales, where proof of age is a thing of fantasy.

Anyway, after that we went to Johhny's house, and spend the rest of the night there. Gavin, who had been drinking for much of the day, now had to suffer the consequences... as he stumbled up and down the street outside Johnny's house, trying to find a place to sleep. He was adamant that he didn't want to go home, and so we eventually convinced him to sleep in Johnny's house. So, he lay in Johnny's bed unconcious for the rest of the night.

Gruffy was still struggling from his yard of ale, but John was constantly offering drinks... and it never seemed to occur to anyone that they could say 'no'. Before long we were all in a Wayne's World like state, all sitting on the sofa, bobbing our heads as Bohemian Rhapsody blared out on the television. I then spent the rest of the evening fighting for the TV remote with some girls... I still can't figure out where they came from, but I was drunk, and they were trying to get me to play Kylie Minogue video's. Needless to say, I had the last laugh... because when 'Warning' by Greenday came on, even the girls knew it was time to shut up. They just laughed as me and Gruff sang along like idiots.

I was about to phone my Dad to pick me up, when Tom said I could sleep over his house. My parents said that was OK, so we were good to go. We left Johnny's house, leaving Gruff, Gavin, Johnny and the girls to wonder where we had gone.

I woke up at about 8am, amazed that my head felt fine and I could remember so much. Thomas was far more worse for wear. Thomas' mother was gracious enough to cook us a lovely breakfast, all the while making jokes about how drunk we were the night before. Then my Dad picked me up, I posted on Star Wars: Potential Revealed... then I came and wrote this. Now I am off to play soccer with the boys and make fun of Gavin for passing out and being a jackass. Fun times...

I don't drink very much at all... but over here people certainly are a lot more lenient than they are in a place like America. So, for all you up and coming underage drinkers, come to Wales... it's great.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2004

   Lazy days... again
Well, I can't say today was very productive... if at all actually. I went to school as per usual and spent the majority of the day working on my ICT project. A 150 page booklet on the wonders of Microsoft Excel and a working stock counting system are what I can look forward to making up until April. I spent a lot of time correcting programmes that went ballistic because I deleted a row or some other stupid act, and these things, though pretty easy to work around, are time consuming.

Anyway, after school me and my friend (who is also named Craig) went out for a run. He found an 8 week workout programme, which must be good for my heart... it hasn't had that much to do lately. A pump here, a pump there, just enough to keep me in a stable, lying down condition. A work out like this will keep it on it's toes.

Afterwards, I came back home and had a shower... because quite frankly I stunk after the run, and then I played on Dragonball Z Budokai 2 for a while. Kid Buu is finally mine... mwuhahaha.

Well, tomorrow will be a lot more hectic than today, I have a lot of work to do in all my lessons, as well as the "buddy" reading scheme I do on a Thursday morning. That's I take a child of about 11 with literacy problems, and I sit with him/her and help them improve their reading skills. See, I'm not all bad.
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Monday, January 19, 2004

   Post #2...
The second time have made a log in MyOtaku... ever. Yes it is due to lazyness. But seeing as I am more or less talking to myself, who cares? I don't.

Anyway, today was my day in school where I have to sit through triple-English lessons. That's three straight hours of enthusiastic elderly women who speak with perfect diction trying to teach the magic of Othello to half assed teens. I'm sorry, but I don't see how anyone can be as gullible as Othello is, and the only great "tragedy" about this book is that is is consdered a masterpiece. Well, maybe not a masterpiece... surely no-one is that generous.

Patiently waiting now for Boba Fett to start up his RPG. I think he said he was starting it Monday, but I can't be bothered to check. I'll just bide my time and wait for it to show up. Basically how I live my life.

Last week I had two AS Level exams, nothing too special. I was pleasently surprised at how easy they were, seeing as how the teachers constantly preached to us about how hard a time we would have with them. But then again... I was born ready. Once these exams are done, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.


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Wednesday, December 31, 2003

The year comes to an end...
Well, I woke up this morning near midday, as I usually do during vacation. Went straight to the RPG section, as is usual, and posted on an otherwise currently lifeless "Star Wars: Potential Revealed". So far, very acceptable. Boba continues to post well, as he has since I've known him, and I was pleasently surprised by Drix, who I have actually not seen around much.

Well, the Dallas Cowboys got into the playoffs for the first time in four years (yay!) and they play the Panthers on Saturday. I shall expect them to pull out a win, as the Panthers, though good, are a beatable team. The Cowboys proved this themselves earlier in the year, lets just hope they can repeat. Unfortunately they lost to the Saints this past week, so I'm sure Neil is happy.

As for the Orlando Magic... well they seemed to take an eternity to get out of the 17 game slump they were in, but now they're winning more often than losing. The problem is they stil have a 14 game deficit to make up if they want a chance of making the playoffs... but with T-Mac on the roster, who knows?

Generally it has been a pleasent Xmas week, but it flies by as usual... in contrast to the week before when the second hand takes two ticks forward and one tock back.

Good point of the day; I am in a good mood for no reason at all.

Bad point of the day; The board is pretty dead right now, plus I realised that I turn 17 in three months. I am in no rush to grow up.
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