The last 6 months have been a bit of a blur to be honest, and I genuinely didn't think it was that long ago that I made my last post.
So let's have a quick re-cap of what has happened:
1) I'm now really hoping that I've finished my law course - I had to re-sit an exam last Wednesday, which I'm now very glad is out the way. I've had about 18 formal assessments during this year, and failed only one of them by 2%. The particular exam in question was a REAL bitch, and without any sleep the night before I overdosed on caffeine in the morning, giving myself the shakes! I knew as soon as I handed in my paper to the invigilator that it wasn't going to pass. In fact I was surprised I only failed by 2%. The re-sit went a lot better than the original, which I even got 'close' to finishing (not something I've managed to do in any exam this year) I have to wait until the middle of October to find out if I passed or not; which is a bloody ridiculous amount of time if you ask me. So up until October I will be unable to give employers any definite answer about my qualifications, which will make getting a job in a law firm infinitely harder than it already is (....more about the job situation later)
2) For two weeks at the start of July I went on a road trip through California with Botten. It was an incredible trip; starting in San Diego; up to Los Angeles; up even further to Santa Cruz and San Francisco; cutting in land down to Yosemite National Park; down through the deserts and the stifling heat of Death Valley (125 f at the time we were there); and then finishing up by being completely staggered and pretty much in awe of Las Vegas - in two weeks. I might recount some funny stories when I'm short of material in later blogs, but I've pretty much bored to death all the people who will read this blog with most of the stories already.
3) The biggest change to my life in the last six months, both as a hobby and a way of life, is darts. I'm not sure how the craze actually started, or for that matter exactly at what moment myself and the rest of the Lowlands gang became absolutely consumed by everything about the game/sport (call it what you will). I think it happened whilst placing mug punts on the weekly PDC Premier League evenings, which we all watched so intently. But whenever it happened, it was a glorious and life changing moment; the Lowlands Darts Corporation was born. Since then we have formed our own Premier League (which is still ongoing mostly due to the fault of me and the Bottler not getting our matches played); we have had offers from other rival darts factions in an attempt to poach LDC players (most notably the ongoing Woodman Darts Corporation saga); calls for players to be banished; complaints from various players as to the validity or even existence of matches played; and the most recent scandal 'Ochegate'. This evening we are going to hold a committee meeting to try and iron out a few creases and sort out a few issues once and for all, I will report back on the events.
On a more serious note, I have really enjoyed getting into darts recently. Everyone seems really up for playing all the time and it's a really good excuse for a few drinks and a bit of raucous, unadulterated banter. And what is more the club seem to really be indulging us in our enthusiasm; from ordering new expensive boards for us to play on when there really was nothing wrong with the old one, all the way to installing a new oche (albeit wrongly measured) Long may the craze continue.
I really hope that this isn't the sort of conversation we are having six months down the line:
COVEY: "do you remember when we used to come down here all the time to play darts?"
J: "Yeah, vaguely...I'm really glad we gave all that up to play competitive tiddlywinks though"
That would be a disaster.
4) Going out at least three to four times a week.
So, that's the re-cap of my life for the last six months. As I'm now officially unemployed I should be able to keep this blog quite regularly updated, even if it isn't with anything worth reading.
Until next time.....
On a more serious note, I have really enjoyed getting into darts recently. Everyone seems really up for playing all the time and it's a really good excuse for a few drinks and a bit of raucous, unadulterated banter. And what is more the club seem to really be indulging us in our enthusiasm; from ordering new expensive boards for us to play on when there really was nothing wrong with the old one, all the way to installing a new oche (albeit wrongly measured) Long may the craze continue.
I really hope that this isn't the sort of conversation we are having six months down the line:
COVEY: "do you remember when we used to come down here all the time to play darts?"
J: "Yeah, vaguely...I'm really glad we gave all that up to play competitive tiddlywinks though"
That would be a disaster.
4) Going out at least three to four times a week.
So, that's the re-cap of my life for the last six months. As I'm now officially unemployed I should be able to keep this blog quite regularly updated, even if it isn't with anything worth reading.
Until next time.....
