1 Year On....

Yeah, it's two days late but there's a reason for it this time. I first made this thing on the 30/1/2012, so this is kind of a special post.

So it's been a year? What's changed? In short I won an award, we viewed some houses, got some keys to the new house, I got a year older, I met a girl, played in regionals and saw a band but I'm still the same old me just with a few new battlescars and experiences but all in all I'm still the same Spud y'all know and love. I'd give a recap of events but there's nothing really for me to say that I haven't said before in previous posts.

The question is have I changed much as a person since being here? Personally I'd say no I haven't but I'm sure others would disagree with me. I came to Uni scared about living on my own and trying to survive without the comforts of home and having to fend for myself. Now I don't give coming back up here after spending a month or so at home. It's my home away from home, there's a few differences in things but nothing too severe and I like to think I'm managing just fine.

For the blog's anniversary post I really don't have much to say....

The past week? Only a few things spring to mind. Spent the weekend with Christina which was awesome. We didn't have to get up for anything but still ended up waking up around half 8. We spent all of Friday laying in bed watching tennis and some awesome films. We pretty much did the same on Saturday too, we woke up and rediscovered the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon though and that was pretty freaking awesome. It's been years since I last saw that show and had forgotten how awesome it was. Now we kinda have to watch all of it.

Oh yeah, I became an uncle for the third time too. Lexi Olivia King joined us in the early hours Friday morning. I don't really have much more to say on the subject as I'm yet to meet the kid. I should be journeying home sometime soon to meet her though. I kinda feel sorry for my sister and brother-in-law as they now have three daughters to deal with....all of whom will be teenagers at roughly the same time. Good luck with that! So glad I'm only their uncle, don't have to deal with the constant screaming and arguing. Don't get me wrong I love my nieces but they can be really, really loud and quiet annoying at times.

Well I'm pretty much done for now. I was going to make this post like some kind of clip show and look back on everything I've done over the year but that'd take far to freaking long and would just be repeating everything I'd already said before.

Catch ya later folks

Freeze-thaw!

So things are beginning to thaw out up here in the Shire. It's been nice having more than a light dusting of snow on the ground and being able to go take some nice photos of snowy/frozen Lincoln. It's a shame to see it got really but all good things must come to an end right? Sucks that I still haven't gotten to play snow frisbee properly though but there's always next year.

Last week being Christina's Birthday was pretty cool. We went to see Les Miserables...I'm man enough to admit that I thoroughly enjoyed that movie. It was really well done. I knew nothing of it before I walked in so I didn't know what to expect really. I'd heard that the movie is meant to be horribly depressing, but I didn't think it was too bad. Yeah it has its sad moments and it does bring out more than its fair share of tragedies but all in all I thought it ended on a high note. I was not expecting pretty much every word in the movie to be sang though....it was different but not in a bad way and after getting used to the sight and sound of Russell Crowe singing I began to really enjoy the film. It was a little odd seeing Hugh Jackman sing as well but not quite so odd as he is a surprisingly good singer. We then went on to watch Pitch Perfect with Bekki and Lizzy when we got home and....as much as this pains me to say....I really enjoyed that movie too. I don't care what anyone says it was really good, had some funny moments and was easy to watch despite being a really predictable chick flick....I just hope she enjoyed the day as much as I did.

With that said next week will be approaching or will actually be a year since I started writing this thing....kinda scary thought. I guess I'll have to come up with something a little different for it but we'll see when we get there.

Catch ya later folks

Snow worries!

Sorry it's a day late, sorta forgot to write the post til around midnight last night.

Having a skylight is awesome

Last week was exam week as I mentioned in last Monday's post. Well there's not alot for me to say about it really. Exams are never fun at the best of times and these were no exception. Some were worse than others and some were better. All in all I don't think I've done too badly, least I hope not. The last exam of the week though was ridiculous. There were too many people for the room we had and we didn't have enough exam papers so we had to sit there for half an hour waiting for some copies to be made which threw everyone's focus. We sat there talking for half an hour so when we finally did get under way no-one was really focused on the task at hand. The exam content was predictably difficult considering the module and how everyone feels it was taught to us and there were a couple questions in there that everyone swears we were never taught and yet still asked about. It's not like we could have done any extra reading as we weren't given a reading list or even a chapter list for the lecture slides. All in all that exam was a travesty. If I pass it'll be nothing short of a miracle.

This weekend was the York Indoor Tournament (Yindoor 2013) and lets just say it was a little different to the average indoor tournament. Their sports hall was pretty much a big tent...literally a big tent. Due to the tent being outside without any heaters or anything everyone pretty much froze as it was icy cold all weekend with little to no respite. The tournament itself was really fun and I quite enjoyed it. I think I played a bit better than I have done recently which is good. We had quite a successful weekend, holding 10th seed, but we should have been playing in the Plate final against 9th seed. However due to some odd structuring we didn't get to play off against them for both the Plate and for 9th seed. Personally I had a great time playing with the team and getting to play some more ultimate even in the subzero temperatures. Chris bought a card game called Jungle Speed for the train journey and to kill time while we were there. I think it nearly gave Jon a stomach ulcer, everyone sitting on the edge of their seats playing what's effectively a more intense game of snap. Not really all that much else to say about the weekend really. It was a good laugh and we played some really good frisbee.

The view from out my skylight

Yesterday (the day this should have been written/posted) brought one of my favourite things ever to the Shire....Snow! As you can probably guess, facebook lit up like a christmas tree with everyone talking about the fact that it's snowing and everything. I love the snow, I'm just kinda sad that I haven't been able to go out and mess about in it. It's mostly melted now and we didn't go to play YOLO frisbee (You Only Lay Out) which sucks but we're forecast some more snow on friday which will be great if we get it and it settles 'cause then hopefully we will get to go play some snow frisbee!

I'm hoping the icy conditions hold off for tomorrow at least so that Christina's parents can come visit her for her birthday. Usually the more snow we get the better but since this country seems to break as soon as we get anything more than a light dusting, it'd be great if it held off just for a day. Thursday it can full on blizzard if it likes and I'll welcome it with open arms, but for now I'm happy for it to stay clear and bright.

Well that's pretty much all I've got to say for now....

Catch ya later folks

Back in the fray!

Been back in Lincoln since Friday now, so what have I been up to?

Well I saw Christina on the first night back which was great but since I haven't exactly slept properly in about 2 weeks, I was feeling kinda under the weather which sucked but it was great to see her again nonetheless. We caught up and watched a couple movies which was awesome! Then it was on to the weekend with the Frisbee family and LSD Warm-up!

Despite the injury she's still smiling on Sunday

I brought Christina along on the Saturday so she could meet the family and find out what it is I spend so much of my time doing. Sadly I forgot my camera for the Saturday so I don't have any photos of it, however hopefully Adam or some of the others will have a few photos to share at some stage. I can't remember who we played when or what our scorelines were but I can tell you we lost every match which sucked. The opposition would take an early lead and we would begin to pull it back towards the end but then we'd run out of time and ultimately (no pun intended....seriously) we'd lose. Part of our slow response might have been due to rustiness and all that Christmas food slowly being burnt off. I'd go into more detail on our first day but I honestly can't say much more about it...my memory is awful which doesn't bode well since I've just started exams....I do remember having an incredibly close game though where it could have gone either way but we had a few unlucky drops and that kinda lost it for us. I also had a shocker of a game at some point which I feel was the main reason we lost that game...I made some very stupid drops that should not have been drops, needless to say I got subbed off and stayed off for that match. I also managed to injure Alana with a shit forehand disc that didn't do what it should have done, caused her to fall awkwardly onto her wrist in the second match, becoming quite a handicap for the rest of the weekend, nice one me!

Team 3 huddle before the Spoon final

The victors and their trophy

Day 2! Sunday was just as disappointing a result as Saturday but we gave it our all and ran into the same trouble as we did on Saturday, we'd begin to pull it back and run out of time. Don't get me wrong we had our moments and we put in some awesome points at times but in the end time was against us. Personally think that our freshers (Carlton, Pete and Amy) really came into their own this weekend, I'd go as far as to say they out played me. It's unfortunate we didn't win anything and lost or battle for the Spoon against Team 2 which we took an early lead in but I think fatigue set in and we began to get a little lax and that cost us the win. I did remember my camera for Sunday which was good, I'm happy with the photos I did get. Team 1 did brilliantly all weekend and managed to place first and win the trophy! All in all it was a great tournament to play in. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, I know I did. I'm now really looking forward to the proper tournament in April where we should get more teams which should add to the already great atmosphere!

I'm possibly heading to York this weekend coming for another tournament depending on how many people decide to go. I figure that the best way for me to try and improve is trial by fire. Although I'm kinda dubious about going as I don't want to go and be a hindrance more than a help...but I guess the only way I can improve is by actually playing and trying to improve.

Today was the start of the exam week.....I haven't prepared anywhere near as well as I should have done but hey ho....it's too late to start revising now, cramming always seems to have a negative effect on me. The first exam was tough and I won't be surprised if I fail....oh well, got three more to go....I'm not looking forward to this week at all....

Catch ya later folks