2010

Hello Hello is anyone there? Helloooo? Well I should try and change that shouldn't I? 


2010 it was a year in which ... I didn't post here. Who would have thought it? Apart from that though, there were several things that happened, too many to really count but there are certainly many things which had a profound effect on me. Here I shall attempt to detail them. If I leave anything out it doesn't mean that I don't care about such an event more that I am an idiot and thus forgot about it. 


The major thing that sticks out in my mind would be the passing of my first year of university. This came as something of a surprise to me because I am kind of an idiot. However self deprecation aside (yeah like that's going to happen around here) It was a brilliant turn of events as now I am doing modules which I truly enjoy as opposed to ones which I barely tolerate. Though it does lead to an annoyance, now that I genuinly enjoy my lectures I find the lack of actual contact time quite infuriating (either 8 or 4 hours a week depending on it being an even or odd week) As while I am doing more work for my course I am still finding that I am spending most of my time without anything really to do. 


I seem to be getting ahead of myself though, as between now and then there were six months, I am trying to think of some of the things that happened in the interim. Well there was one thing, on the 6th of March my Grandfather passed away. Yet as always life does go on. I am pretty sure that he would have preferred me to hold such a view. 


This of course would have been the darkest point the first half of the year, however there was of course upshots, one of these would be the continual presence of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Society. It is somewhat strange because looking on the outside many would likely consider them to be terrible people. I mean there is yet to go a meeting in my knowledge that doesn't descend into discussions concerning some form of horrible perversion. However among these are those whom I consider to be my closest friends. Now what that says about me I will allow you to decide. However these group of people are a constant source of joy to me. Which is a lovely juxtaposition against the despair I feel from the films we watch (Conan being a perfect example of such) so if any of you are reading this (bah like people read this nonsense) I do thank you from the bottom of my heart. 


The summer once again brought me to Hunter NY for a second year working at Camp Loyaltown AHRC once again I cannot praise this place enough. (Seriously if you get me onto the topic of camp I will likely talk at you for hours) once again the love and care shown by all those working there astounds me and reminds me that humanity isn't quite the pit I often feel it is. (that will teach me for living in either Middlesbrough or Hull number one and two worst places to live in Britain respectively) there were far too many periods of nonsense during camp that I can't even begin to list them. First among them that strikes me is the stealing of a space hopper and riding around camp on it like some sort of horse, the cross dressing, painting myself blue (again), the average man and many more. I love this place more than I can ever truly describe. 


Apart from all of the wonder of Camp in general this summer (and by proxy Camp) brought a different kind of joy. It was the first time I was able to see my ladyfriend after ten months. Naturally this was something of a positive to me and anyone who has been in a long distance relationship can understand my happiness at this fact. Indeed the summer brought mine and her year anniversary. Something I was incredibly surprised about for two reasons. Firstly as I was somehow able to maintain any relationship for a year is somewhat amazing I am after all one of the dullest personages that I can think of. Secondly she somehow found me interesting enough to maintain a relationship with what amounts to a laptop for ten months and didn't grow bored with me. That is for me more surprising as essentially anyone is more interesting than me in person I can't conceive of how dull I must be when they don't even get to laugh at how funny looking I am. Oh well more fool her I suppose. 


The end of this summer of course therefore did bring sadness for I was once again forced to depart from my lovely partner but we keep soldiering on etc. Thus with a vaguely weary heart did I begin my second year of University... and it's been brilliant, I have joined several new societies well I say several I mean two and maintained my membership of Sci-Fi. The two I joined were the Anime Society and WARPS which stands for War And Role Playing Society. Of the two I confess that I have spent more time with WARPS as I have several issues with the choices of the Anime soc. However both have yielded either new friendships or deepening of old ones or both. Due almost entirely the efforts of a single friend (whom knows who he is) I joined WARPS and discovered pen and paper RPGs while I had played many video game RPGs I had never tried my hand at their table-top cousin's. This was something of a mixed blessing. Firstly it's good as I enjoy them a great deal. Secondly it's somewhat bad as I threw myself headfirst into the passtime to the extent that two months after starting I am now running a game myself with plans for others while also playing in several. However apart from that through these things I have met some pretty darn amazing people. My main point here is that my second semester has been filled with an influx of extra interesting people. Something which is always a positive in my books. 


So my year overall has been pretty good. There have course been dark points which this thing has glossed over as the positives have outwieghed the negative. Overall I feel this has been a pleasant year. If I was forced to give it a rating I would be in a very strange situation as who rates years they are a continual event and really memory is so poor there can't be an accurate comparison to any other. Really this wasn't a review (though it feels somewhat like one) it was more of an exercise to reassess my current situation in order to remind myself that really things aren't quite as boring as I feel they are most of the time. If anyone is foolish enough to read this I thank you as I assume to an outward viewer my life appears incredibly dull. That would likely be an apt estimate. I hope that your year was pleasant and that the coming one is much the same. 

All my best and be well dear friends