So yah, things are going pretty smooth since my last blog post. Me and my mom are good again, I've since had some holidays (which I loved) and I finally found a hobby which I could keep up in the long term. Which is big for me, I never thought I'd do that. Anyway, let's start from the start - and that would be my aforementioned holiday.
I've just gone back to college this week, having had 2 weeks off. Didn't do an awful lot the first week but oh boy did we go out the second. We've got a new tent you see (new to us at least) which means one thing - camping. Now we've not been camping in ages, due to a hellish experience the last time we did (which was years ago, basically everyone but me got ill), but this trip was OK. Well I say "this trip" but I really mean "both trips" as we stayed somewhere in Lancashire for one night, then went home for one and went to Yorkshire the next. Both ones were great, I liked them equally.
As for what we actually did on the trip, well not much since we only stayed overnight both times. The first trip was fun though, the day we arrived we looked round the town of Lancaster (which, on a completely unrelated note, I've had a RP character come from). It was actually really nice, even though we didn't see much of it. I'd sure like to go back. We got something to eat at a Wetherspoon's (a chain of pubs, I later found out), at which I had arguably the nicest veggie burrito I've ever had. Seriously, I don't even care about the fact it was 1000 (!!) calories, it was that nice.
The day we went home we had a nice look around Blackpool too, which is a seaside town for those not in the know. Funny enough, I'm from a seaside town - but on the east side of England rather than the west, so it all seemed familiar to me (especially the chips), except Blackpool was a hell of a lot bigger and a hell of a lot nicer. Again we didn't do much but we got some chips and we had a ride on the tram (fun fact: Blackpool has the only first-generation electric tramway in England). We didn't get to go to any of the attractions though, which is a shame. Maybe in the summer we can go again.
Anyway, holidays done, we came home and then school happened so yah. Moving on to hobbies, I guess, since that's the next point on my list.
Recently (well I say recently, I've only recently decided that I definitely want to pursue this) I've decided that I really likethrowing metal pointy things at a target on the wall the age-old sport of darts. I'm not entirely sure how I became interested but I think I watched some on the telly once and thought "Hey, I could do that". And then my parents got me a board as a late Christmas present. And that's how it started.
So yeah, I've been playing for 4 months now and I think I'm getting better. In the space of 2 days of getting my most recent set of arrows, I've already hit a maximum score (which, if you didn't know, is ONE HUNDRED AND EIIIIIIIGHTY-whoops, sorry, just felt obliged to over-exaggerate it like they always do on the TV), and I'm getting more consistent with my throwing too. I really do think that, if I get good enough, this is something I could look into doing professionally. There's loads of tournaments in pubs and other places in England, and the scope for younger players (like me, I'm 18) in the game is rapidly increasing. So if I keep at it and get good enough, I might have a chance at getting good.
I suppose that's all there is to it really. Not much else major has happened, but my exams start in 4 weeks so I guess there's that. Then come the big-ass summer holidays, which we'll be going out a lot in I suspect. But... yeah that's all for now, folks. s2 out.
I've just gone back to college this week, having had 2 weeks off. Didn't do an awful lot the first week but oh boy did we go out the second. We've got a new tent you see (new to us at least) which means one thing - camping. Now we've not been camping in ages, due to a hellish experience the last time we did (which was years ago, basically everyone but me got ill), but this trip was OK. Well I say "this trip" but I really mean "both trips" as we stayed somewhere in Lancashire for one night, then went home for one and went to Yorkshire the next. Both ones were great, I liked them equally.
As for what we actually did on the trip, well not much since we only stayed overnight both times. The first trip was fun though, the day we arrived we looked round the town of Lancaster (which, on a completely unrelated note, I've had a RP character come from). It was actually really nice, even though we didn't see much of it. I'd sure like to go back. We got something to eat at a Wetherspoon's (a chain of pubs, I later found out), at which I had arguably the nicest veggie burrito I've ever had. Seriously, I don't even care about the fact it was 1000 (!!) calories, it was that nice.
The day we went home we had a nice look around Blackpool too, which is a seaside town for those not in the know. Funny enough, I'm from a seaside town - but on the east side of England rather than the west, so it all seemed familiar to me (especially the chips), except Blackpool was a hell of a lot bigger and a hell of a lot nicer. Again we didn't do much but we got some chips and we had a ride on the tram (fun fact: Blackpool has the only first-generation electric tramway in England). We didn't get to go to any of the attractions though, which is a shame. Maybe in the summer we can go again.
Anyway, holidays done, we came home and then school happened so yah. Moving on to hobbies, I guess, since that's the next point on my list.
Recently (well I say recently, I've only recently decided that I definitely want to pursue this) I've decided that I really like
So yeah, I've been playing for 4 months now and I think I'm getting better. In the space of 2 days of getting my most recent set of arrows, I've already hit a maximum score (which, if you didn't know, is ONE HUNDRED AND EIIIIIIIGHTY-whoops, sorry, just felt obliged to over-exaggerate it like they always do on the TV), and I'm getting more consistent with my throwing too. I really do think that, if I get good enough, this is something I could look into doing professionally. There's loads of tournaments in pubs and other places in England, and the scope for younger players (like me, I'm 18) in the game is rapidly increasing. So if I keep at it and get good enough, I might have a chance at getting good.
I suppose that's all there is to it really. Not much else major has happened, but my exams start in 4 weeks so I guess there's that. Then come the big-ass summer holidays, which we'll be going out a lot in I suspect. But... yeah that's all for now, folks. s2 out.