Is this the beginning of the hot summer that's been tipped? Let's hope so. Unfortunately I'm back at work today until next weekend so I'll probably miss all the good weather.
Yesterday was good fun, played cricket in the park and went to the Oddfellows in the evening. The beer garden in that place is amazing, you'd never guess it was so big. Great music too.
Tomorrow I'll be starting a vegan diet as a weight loss experiment. Until then, ciao.
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Friday, 29 May 2009
Random ideas
Yesterday I was spectacularly bored. Thursday night, a night which is usually steadfastly reliable as a time to get together with the boys, turned out to be a total washout. This has happened rather too often lately and I was quite low as a result. When I'm at work for six days on at a time, I always look ahead to my days off and hooking up with the lads in order to keep me going. I have to stop doing this because it makes it all the more disappointing when no one is around.
Anyhow, as my mind wandered in my quest to find something to do, I came up with a couple of half-interesting random things that I might be able to blog about.
1. Vegan diet
In order to continue my weight loss and at the same time do something other than just not eat, I thought of embarking on a vegan diet for a trial period. This would definitely not be for a sustained amount of time, just a couple of weeks or something. It would also have absolutely nothing to do with me taking a stand against killing animals or whatever - I love meat and cheese and milk and all that stuff. It's just that I think I would definitely lose weight if I went vegan - it's basically only eating fruit, veg and grains isn't it? In any case, I was thinking of starting this in June - stay tuned.
2. 'Hikes'
The writer Will Self (makes regular appearances on Have I Got News For You) has gone on random 'hikes' before and then written about his experiences. This includes walking over 20 miles from his house in South London to Heathrow Airport, before boarding a random transatlantic flight. I found this idea quite amusing and inspirational - next time I'm strangled by boredom to the extent that I was yesterday, I might go on a 'hike' of my own and record what happens. (At present my longest hike has been walking the seven miles home from Watford in the pouring rain, and another time dressed as an old man... I must aim to beat this)
Anyhow, as my mind wandered in my quest to find something to do, I came up with a couple of half-interesting random things that I might be able to blog about.
1. Vegan diet
In order to continue my weight loss and at the same time do something other than just not eat, I thought of embarking on a vegan diet for a trial period. This would definitely not be for a sustained amount of time, just a couple of weeks or something. It would also have absolutely nothing to do with me taking a stand against killing animals or whatever - I love meat and cheese and milk and all that stuff. It's just that I think I would definitely lose weight if I went vegan - it's basically only eating fruit, veg and grains isn't it? In any case, I was thinking of starting this in June - stay tuned.
2. 'Hikes'
The writer Will Self (makes regular appearances on Have I Got News For You) has gone on random 'hikes' before and then written about his experiences. This includes walking over 20 miles from his house in South London to Heathrow Airport, before boarding a random transatlantic flight. I found this idea quite amusing and inspirational - next time I'm strangled by boredom to the extent that I was yesterday, I might go on a 'hike' of my own and record what happens. (At present my longest hike has been walking the seven miles home from Watford in the pouring rain, and another time dressed as an old man... I must aim to beat this)
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Slacking
I've slacked off the blog in the last week which is a shame because up until then May had been the most-frequently-blogged month in the history of this blog (could I fit the word blog in any more in that sentence?)
I was unfortunate to have some late shifts over the course of last weekend which ruled me out of a big night of banter in central London for Loz's and Alex's joint birthday bash. I heard from Gareth though that he bought something like a vodka & lemonade and a gin & tonic and it came to £17.95... when he said he'd pay by card, the price went up to £19.95!! So in that respect, maybe I had a lucky escape!
I've been emailed another guest blog which I will put up soon. I just thought I'd better make a blog post myself before I put someone else's up...
On the gambling front, I had a lucky evening on Monday when we went to Wembley Arena to watch the final night of the Premier League Darts. I'd put a cheeky score on Wade to win at 5/1 as we passed the William Hill on the way to the tube station. Collected it this morning :)
Might have a look at the French Open this afternoon, probably a bit of poker thrown in too.
PS. Hleb didn't even make the bench for Barcelona in the Champions League Final. Another big player to have left Arsenal who has failed
I was unfortunate to have some late shifts over the course of last weekend which ruled me out of a big night of banter in central London for Loz's and Alex's joint birthday bash. I heard from Gareth though that he bought something like a vodka & lemonade and a gin & tonic and it came to £17.95... when he said he'd pay by card, the price went up to £19.95!! So in that respect, maybe I had a lucky escape!
I've been emailed another guest blog which I will put up soon. I just thought I'd better make a blog post myself before I put someone else's up...
On the gambling front, I had a lucky evening on Monday when we went to Wembley Arena to watch the final night of the Premier League Darts. I'd put a cheeky score on Wade to win at 5/1 as we passed the William Hill on the way to the tube station. Collected it this morning :)
Might have a look at the French Open this afternoon, probably a bit of poker thrown in too.
PS. Hleb didn't even make the bench for Barcelona in the Champions League Final. Another big player to have left Arsenal who has failed
Friday, 22 May 2009
Newcastle
I haven't blogged yet about Newcastle. It's quite simple, it would be brilliant if they go down. Please, please let them fail against Villa at the weekend.
If the Toon go down, unfortunately that means that Hull stay up. Today Cesc Fabregas has been cleared by the FA due to lack of evidence (read: no evidence) of those spitting charges. Phil Brown just made that up after the FA Cup quarter-final at the Emirates, what an idiot. If Newcastle stay up then I can't think of a nicer team to go down than Hull.
That's all for today. I'm missing a couple of birthday bashes this weekend because of work, but someone has to keep BA running in these hard times.
Backed Delhi to beat Deccan this afternoon too.
Ciao
If the Toon go down, unfortunately that means that Hull stay up. Today Cesc Fabregas has been cleared by the FA due to lack of evidence (read: no evidence) of those spitting charges. Phil Brown just made that up after the FA Cup quarter-final at the Emirates, what an idiot. If Newcastle stay up then I can't think of a nicer team to go down than Hull.
That's all for today. I'm missing a couple of birthday bashes this weekend because of work, but someone has to keep BA running in these hard times.
Backed Delhi to beat Deccan this afternoon too.
Ciao
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Weather pt 2
The weather in London is fine at the moment but up north it is bad. As a result the England v West Indies ODI is delayed, which is very annoying as I have £140 at stake on it (nothing to do with Dheeraj). So for the time being I'm just sat here twiddling my thumbs.
Later my dad's band has a gig at the RE Bar. Could be a good night, depending on the outcome of the cricket.
The Flyers website
Update: the cricket has been abandoned. Stakes returned but no fun.
Later my dad's band has a gig at the RE Bar. Could be a good night, depending on the outcome of the cricket.
The Flyers website
Update: the cricket has been abandoned. Stakes returned but no fun.
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Get off your iPhones
What is it about iPhones that so totally engrosses people? An iPhone owner just cannot put his iPhone down, even if he's having a conversation with someone. He can't resist the temptation to whip out the phone, at any time. Give him half an excuse to get it out and my God it will be out faster than you know it.
The only thing worse than an iPhone owner is a group of iPhone owners, all sat there umming and aaahing over the latest application.
Even Daz now has an iPhone, meaning nearly all of my friends join the ghastly race described above. I hope this doesn't mean all our get-togethers are now going to turn into iPhone wankathons.
Till tomorrow.
The only thing worse than an iPhone owner is a group of iPhone owners, all sat there umming and aaahing over the latest application.
Even Daz now has an iPhone, meaning nearly all of my friends join the ghastly race described above. I hope this doesn't mean all our get-togethers are now going to turn into iPhone wankathons.
Till tomorrow.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Weather
In the last week the weather has been crap. Overcast skies, wet and certainly not warm.
Looking back on my blog at this time last year, on May 26th I wrote: "Dreadful weather here in Northwest London today. It's nearly summer. Why is this happening? I'm not sure if I can stomach another summer like last year's."
We all know how last year's summer turned out, and the one before that. This year I've read several articles in the papers about how it's going to be hot in 2009, and each time I've read this I've said that I'm not going to be holding my breath. Long-term weather forecasting is notoriously unreliable and more often than not just plain wrong, so if anything these forecasts of a hot summer have actually dented my hopes of having some sun.
Today it's the first of three days off for me and I'm looking out the window at yet more unacceptable weather. In less than two weeks it is going to be June, which is offically summer. What the hell is going on? Why can't we have normal summers any more? I thought global warming was meant to result in hotter weather. Maybe I'll go out the front and leave my car running for the day, that might help. And I'll go and squirt all my CFC aerosols into the air.
Daz, I know you're a fellow sufferer of SAD. What are your thoughts? You must be getting jittery by now over the prospect of ANOTHER shitty summer.
Looking back on my blog at this time last year, on May 26th I wrote: "Dreadful weather here in Northwest London today. It's nearly summer. Why is this happening? I'm not sure if I can stomach another summer like last year's."
We all know how last year's summer turned out, and the one before that. This year I've read several articles in the papers about how it's going to be hot in 2009, and each time I've read this I've said that I'm not going to be holding my breath. Long-term weather forecasting is notoriously unreliable and more often than not just plain wrong, so if anything these forecasts of a hot summer have actually dented my hopes of having some sun.
Today it's the first of three days off for me and I'm looking out the window at yet more unacceptable weather. In less than two weeks it is going to be June, which is offically summer. What the hell is going on? Why can't we have normal summers any more? I thought global warming was meant to result in hotter weather. Maybe I'll go out the front and leave my car running for the day, that might help. And I'll go and squirt all my CFC aerosols into the air.
Daz, I know you're a fellow sufferer of SAD. What are your thoughts? You must be getting jittery by now over the prospect of ANOTHER shitty summer.
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