Time for a decent post

Ok, time to see if I can write a decent post, I think there a few things I have to talk about. Might as well start off with the 'diet' situation. The Police got in touch and said that I have an assessment day in early April, and that there are physical tests and so on, so I thought it would be a good idea to try to reduce my weight a bit. Whether I'm actually going to be attending the assessment is another issue, as I'll have started working for BA by then, but I'm sure there'll be a few posts in the near future about that problem. So, losing weight.... I went to the gym with Daz and we nearly killed ourselves on the bikes and rowing machines, and I made a pledge that I wouldn't drink beer. So when we went into town on Wednesday to watch Arsenal v AC Milan, we started in Walkabout on Charing Cross Road. A pint was over ₤3, a glass of white was ₤2, and a bottle of Chardonnay was ₤7.90. Obviously, I thought I was onto a winner! I started off with a glass of white just to test the waters, then soon after got a bottle. That was down the hatch by half time. For some reason they were showing the Man Utd game on the big screen and Arsenal were only on the little TVs with no sound (how many bars in Manchester would have been showing Arsenal I wonder...) so we left and went to a bar near Piccadilly Circus. Had another two glasses during the second half, then met up with Alex, Carl and DP. Couple of beers. So yeah, it was a lot of alcohol. On the tube home, we got to Oxford Circus and I got off to change to get to Baker Street for the Met Line. The others stayed on the train though, haha! Turns out, I thought we were on the Central Line from Tottenham Court Road (which is where we went on the way into town), but instead we were on the Bakerloo Line from Piccadilly Circus, which was going to Baker Street. So I got off, went all the way up to the top of the station, looked for the Bakerloo Line, and went all the way back down to the same platform. Thankfully I caught the last train, it would have been a total disaster if I'd missed it! Consequently, I have abandoned the no-beer policy. For my own good.

Next. A few weeks ago I wrote to MTV with an idea I had for a gameshow, haven't heard anything back (wasn't expecting to), but had a good conversation with everyone last night about the idea. They all seemed to like it, and suggested making a version for YouTube. I'm slightly worried though that someone will nick the idea; I don't know how copyrighting works and all that, so at the moment I don't want to outline the show on here! I'll try to organise a filming session or something before I start at BA so I can put something up on the Tube, should be a laugh at the very least!

Next. Business. The idea of running my own business / the concept of entrepreneurship has been on my mind a lot lately, and my mind has been spinning with trying to come up with original business ideas etc. Trouble is, I can't really seem to 'think' properly here at home, I always end up getting distracted. So today I was playing with the idea of heading down to Starbucks by myself (lol) and sitting there just.... thinking. Jesus, reading this back, it sounds like I'm on the edge! I just really fancy the idea of setting up a small company or project, something I can really dig my teeth into. Who knows, anything could happen. At the very least, it will help me pass the time before I start at BA.

And finally, a gambling update for those of you who are interested. Haven't really been doing much trading lately as all of the cricket is being played in Aus / NZ at the moment so it all happens in the middle of the night. Real pain in the ass. I've been playing a fair bit of poker to compensate, though at small stakes as my bankroll is too small for anything meaningful at the moment.

Ok, that should be my longest blog entry ever.

Thanks for reading!

J