I won!

The trophy. It's got my name on it and everything.

I won! Says it all really. The Sports and Societies awards was Friday. I was looking forward to the night, I mean wouldn't you be? Been nominated for an award for like the first time ever. I walked in and had a chat with John "Wetty" Fernadez who was also nominated for the same award and then found somewhere to sit. I ended up sitting with the Rowing Club as I'm flatmates with a couple of them and they had space. Eventually they read out the nominations for Sport Personality, at this point I admit I was kinda nervous. I never thought that I'd hear them call out my name as the winner, I honestly didn't. I mean come on! It's me! I'm not an athletic person, never have been. I'm not great at Ultimate but I try my best which I guess is what I got nominated for but I honestly never thought I'd win. It came as a total surprise when they called my name. The rowing team stated cheering for me, the lacrosse guys (thanks to Ant, Annie and Sam for that one) also chimed in by chanting "SPUD! SPUD! SPUD!" at me as I walked towards the stage. I shook hands with the award giver guy and said thanks to the ultimate guys for nominating me and for supporting me as well as everyone else. Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a man of few words, so I kept it short and sweet and hopefully it sounded as genuine as it felt. Gotta admit it's one helluva boost for the upcoming tournament, LSD.

Aside from Friday there hasn't really been much to talk about. Had a good couple training sessions this weekend and the flat is now kinda empty. Just me, Biggs and Zoe. Willis is about too, but he's going home for a bit tomorrow and won't be back while I'm still here. As much as I'm gunna be sad to leave Lincs again, I can't wait to be back home, hopefully the weather is just as good down there as it is here right now. Would make some awesome outdoor training weather. Sadly outdoor isn't until Wednesday and I've got a load of work that I plan on doing this week so no random throw abouts because I'm bored for me. Shouldn't take me too long (famous last words right?) but I got an awesome 89% on my first lab report so I've got a good grounding to work from. The biology report thing is gunna be new but I should be able to make an educated guess at it.

Well that's all I've got to say for now. Next week will hopefully be full of tales of victory from the tournament. Come on Lincoln Bombers 3! HUAH!

Catch ya later folks.

Past week....?

So what happened over the last week of any note? Not a whole helluva lot to be completely honest. I'm sure stuff did happen....I just don't quite remember what. Almost certain I should. I mean the other day I know I was sat here thinking "Haven't written a blog in a few days and you did decide to make it weekly....I know! I could write about....." but now I can't remember what I was gunna say for the life of me. 

I could talk about how I got dragged out clubbing Friday night, but there's not much to say really. While back the guys "claimed" it when I said I'd go to at least one Superbull (a club night here in the 'shire) and since Biggs' (Dan) buddy Roy was in town I thought it'd be a good time to fulfill that claim. Night was definitely different I'll say that much. Can't say I'm in a hurry to repeat the experience although it was cool seeing some friends out and about and meeting some new people.

Other then that? Nothing really springs to mind. Had a few good training sessions which is always good considering LSD (Lincoln Spirit Derby, the ultimate tournament we hold here) is only two weeks away. I can't freaking wait. It's been ages since I've played competitively properly, not that I haven't had the chance to attend more tournaments, just haven't had the money to do so. Hopefully next year that'll change since my accommodation won't be anywhere near as expensive, meaning I'll have more of a disposable income and should be able to do more which will be awesome. Although I do finish this weekend and so have to hang back here for a week, probably alone too which oughta be fun...'Course after the tournament I get to head home for Easter, hell yeah.

Also, the SU Ball/Awards Ceremony is this coming weekend which should be a good night out and pretty interesting. Get to find out if I won the award for Sports Personality of the Year, which as I said a while ago, it'd be awesome if I did but if not then I'm just honoured to be nominated in the first place. The guys have been joking that if I win then they're going to yell "Speech!" at me. Not sure if that's the done thing, I've never won an award before so I don't know if I'd be allowed to...it might even be expected of me in which case I'll wing it and hope for the best, but we'll see on Friday I guess.

As I'm sure I've said many a time, I love it here in Lincoln. It's a great city and I've made alot of friends up here, but there's nothing like returning home and hanging out with old friends in a place that was full of good times. Obviously I'm gunna miss the gang from up here when I go home but I'm only home for 3weeks so that won't be so bad...but then I won't wanna leave to come back because its all gunna be exams and assessments and all that serious stuff. I'm still gunna be working over Easter, I got a couple assignments due in just after I get back which is going to be fun and I gotta revise for the exams too. When it rains it freaking pours.

Anyone who knows me, knows that my approach to life is way too relaxed. I like to cross bridges when I come to them, not try and plan for something as things change that you can't predict and then your plan becomes wasted time and breath. So I find it's easier to take life as it comes and deal with situations as they arise. Some might call it reckless, other think it foolish, personally? I see it as a way to cut down on the senseless worry and the problems it causes.

Anyways, that's all I can think of, for now anyways. Thanks for reading, if anyone actually does read this thing. After all it is literally just me saying whatever happens to stick in my head about the previous week or comes to mind when I'm sitting about bored.

Catch ya later folks

House visiting laser deer!

Unfortunately the events of the past 6 (wow 6 days? been that long?) days are not as awesome as the title would suggest. I was not visited by a laser firing deer....although you gotta admit that'd be pretty awesome. Nah this week (well...most of a week but you know) has been pretty freaking sweet. Found out we had got a house for next year, was visited by an old friend, played some laser tag and tried some venison.

We've got a house for next year! Hell yeah! Living with Alex, Dan and Sam is gunna be awesome next year. We were exited about it since we started viewing houses, but then when we found out we'd actually gotten a house (and an awesome one at that) then we got a bit more excited and went out for a celebratory Nando's. Sam (being the douche that he is) didn't come with because he was hanging with the Lax guys and "working". So next year is set to be awesome, we're gunna cause some havoc but have a real good laugh doing it.

Then comes the visit of Ben. An old friend from back home. Last saw him during the Christmas holidays and well it was nice to see him this weekend. Admittedly he was in town to visit another friend for his birthday but he stayed here one night and it was great to see him again. Didn't really get up to all that much, just sorta chilled out, was cool. Although the bastard did get a quote in the quote book before I did and I freaking live here! The quote book isn't particularly new, it's just had few contributions until recently. Mostly just stupid shit that's been said by us, it's not just quotes either, it's full of pro tips and our house/life rules.


Lasers! Lasers are always cool right? Spent the afternoon today playing laser tag with the ultimate guys which was absolutely awesome. I mean paintball is still great but I think laser tag is a helluva lot more fun. It's cheaper since you don't have to buy paint, less painful because you're not getting hit with paintballs and it can be played anywhere due to the fact you're not firing paintballs that can damage stuff and make a mess. It'd be awesome if you could like hire those guys out to somewhere like an office block or something and just go nuts.  Anyways, the day itself was great, we spent it tearing around a stretch of woodland with lasers trying to capture a box and a flag. It was brilliant.

Lastly, venison. I'd never tried venison before tonight. Gave it a go. It was incredible. One of the best meals I've ever eaten. Willis is a culinary wizard. Venison cooked in red wine served with caramelised onions cooked in red wine, roast jerk seasoned potatoes and gravy. It was brilliant. Seriously....mind blowingly good. It was awesome. Words don't accurately do it any form of justice. All I can say is if you ever have the chance to ask for the recipe, ask for it. I'd give it to you here, now but this thing could be worth alot of money some day. Seriously, it's that good.

Anyways folks, pretty much all I've got to say for now,

Catch ya later

Well that's cool....

Haven't posted a post in a while, haven't really had much to say to be completely honest. Still don't really but hey ho.

SSX came out last Friday. It's incredible. I love it. It's every bit as awesome as I hoped it would be. I haven't spent anywhere near as much time on it as I thought I would but maybe I'm growing up....pfft nah! Just haven't felt the urge to sit down and log a 12hr shift on it. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game and I love it to bits, just haven't wanted to sit there and play it for hours on end. One of the very few things that annoy with that game is that it constantly reminds me that I like the ability to snowboard and will probably never get to go snowboarding on a proper slope, let alone some of the truly awesome ranges on the game! Learning to snowboard has always been a dream of mine and someday I WILL learn to do it, it's on my list of "Things To Do Before I Die" after all. I absolutely love the RiderNet feature built into it. It's great. It updates you on what your friends are doing and tells you when they beat your time/score on a run. It's awesome constantly driving you to improve your skills all the time by competing with each other for the best times/scores. The global events tab is also great, giving you the ability to throw down with people from all over the world. I know it's nothing new but the way it works in this makes it feel it. I don't know how to describe it really....it's just awesome being able to take part in them....you'd have to play it for yourself to get what I mean really.

My interest in snowboarding began when I first saw the Winter Olympics when I was a kid and saw some of the snowboard events. I remember thinking "That looks amazing!". I'm not a devout follower of anything like it. In all honesty I know nothing about the sport, I'd love to learn more but there's hardly anything about it on TV over here. Only time I've seen anything for it is during the X Games or Winter Olympics. I remember staying up 'til 3am February '10 watching the Men's Snowboarding Half-Pipe event. It was the best display of snowboarding I've ever seen. It was insane. Shaun White absolutely dominated it. He coulda won the event using just his first run of the final round. He didn't even need to go out for his second (well he did because he probably woulda been disqualified if he didn't but....shhh) but he did and showed off the new trick he developed called "The Tomahawk". It was incredible! So glad I stayed up til somewhere around 4 to watch it. Like I said, I'd love to learn to snowboard, I just need to journey out to one of the indoor slopes over here somewhere sometime and take lessons or something. Winter Olympics 2014 in Russia should be cool, I'll definitely have to stay up 'til silly o'clock again to watch it.

Is it bad that I've already put a lot of thought into learning the skill and then going to snowboard on a load of different mountains around the world? People go traveling round the world backpacking  across countries and stuff so what's to stop you from doing it with a snowboard? I'd start off in the Alps and work my way round finishing in the Rockies before coming home. I won't be taking off anytime soon I mean stars this trip'd be expensive! Maybe in a few years time when I've had time to save some money for it. I don't think I'd be able to go alone but equally don't think I'd be able to go with anyone, with the risk of sounding cliche it'd be a journey of self discovery and all that. 

I know a couple people who've been off traveling. They both went to Australia and said it's one of the best things they've done, well one of them is still out there but from what I've heard he's having the time of his life. Becky, my second sister, (she's not really my sister but she's been friends with my sister for so long she pretty much is) came back and even though she was still the same person she'd changed quite a bit. Can't see me changing much over my travels though. I've had the mental age of a 12yr old for years (about 6 actually) and everyone who knows me, knows that. I like to think it's one of the things they love about me.

I don't spend all my time dreaming of the future, I do actually work....promise. I had a maths test the other day, scored 65%. I'm happy with that, only need 40% to pass this year since it's not really worth anything. Scored 74% for my photography portfolio too which I'm quite proud of. It was my favourite piece of work so far after all. Also scored 89% on my first lab report, which I'm more then happy with. Worked hard on that thing.

Well that's all I got to say...for now at least.

Catch ya later folks

PS. Did you catch the pun in the title? ;)