Xbox 360 Slims and their Wireless madness.

Hey Guys and Gals.

I know only two or three people out of the five followers I have actually enjoy video games, but I thought I'd post it anyway.

Back in October, I purchased a 250GB Xbox 360 Slim. Today, I returned that very same console to the shop I bought it from, thinking it broken. Anyway, got the new one back today, and it had the very same problem.

Turns out, it wasn't a genuine problem, just a stupid thing Microsoft have done. Now, this following problem is only wireless, it works fine if you're on a wired connection.

I brought up my network connection page on the Xbox, did everything correctly, and it still refused to connect. Me and Dad had added the MAC address into the filter, applied a static IP address, you name anything within reason, we did it. So, we rang up the ol' fellas at Microsoft, and began speaking to some Indian people. They asked us to try plugging the xbox into the router via ethernet cable, signing in, and then removing the ethernet cable. To our surprise, this worked.

Not very interesting, but a good thing to know if you're thinking about getting a slim on a wireless connection!

And since there's no place to go - write a blog post!

I didn't really want to use a cliche title, but it was all too much to resist.

It doesn't seem like to long ago that I was writing my last blog post on snow, turns out it was a good 11 months ago!

That in mind, this snow really kicks previous snows cold white ass! In January/February, we got about 2 inches of snow, and everyone was please with that. Then, on the night of December 2nd, we got about 5 inches! Granted, places up North have about 12, but 5 inches is pretty good for the South Coast.

Anyway, me and my little sister wake up on Thursday morning, take a peek outside and cheer. Went to the nearest laptop, looked on H'cliffe school website, yet another cheer! School was closed.

So after that, when everyone was ready, we went for a walk up to the Rec. It was like a white blanket, and it was really surreal. Even though the sun was behind clouds, it was still strangely bright because of the snow. And there was still snow falling, so it was great fun.

But today has surpassed any activities from yesterday. Me, Dad, Mum, Esme, Ben and I went to Buckland Rings to go sledging. Buckland Rings was a settlement for a large group of people, and they had a defense system of hills to make it more difficult for people to get in uninvited. Who'd of thought that hundreds of years later people would be sledging on it eh?

There were two main hills. One that was short and steep, the most popular one. But there was another hill in the field just further on that was longer, and slightly less steep. This had about ten people in total on it, and was great.

Now, we had two pieces of equipment, if you like, for sledging. We had a skimboard, which was great for tandem stuff and going stupidly fast, and a make-shift snowboard. This snowboard was made of an old skateboard that had been left in the rain too many times, minus the trucks. This was excellent for sledging, i.e. sitting down/lying down on, or standing up. Me and Ben preferred the snowboard, whereas the others preferred the skimboard.

Where the skimboard was relatively safe, the snowboard was not. And, there was barely room to
stand on. So you get the idea. On a few occasions, whilst going on the skimboard in a tandem fashion, me and Esme managed to somersault over eachother! Another occasion, whilst on the skateboard, some girls decided to walk and stay in the path me and Ben had been fashioning for about 10 minutes. I was already half way down, so I tried to stop by pressing down hard on the back of the board. This didn't work, the board ended up hitting some less compact snow and I went flying two or three meters in front of me.

Overall, it was amazing. I thoroughly recommend it! Go sledging at your nearest hill today!

WI Hall - 20/11/10

The Hordle WI hall was the place to be last night! Loads of brilliant musicians grouped together and played some really nice sets.

First off it was Matt and Louis. A really good duo that played the guitar really well and had an interesting style of singing. It was a shame that there was a constant level of talking though, it would have been nice if everyone had just listened to them.

Then, Max Doohan took to the stage. He was good, but I didn't find him very engaging.

After that, Luke Adams started playing. He was excellent. He managed to get the crowd singing back to him, and really got the crowd going. He played the guitar like it was an extension to his arm, and he sang brilliantly as well!

Shrunk it the Wash came up next. They too were great, managed to get the crowd moshing, and quite hard too! They played some older songs, but pulled (most of them) off really well!

New Royalty, however, really stole the show. When the curtains were drawn back, the whole crowd let out a cheer, and everyone started getting really excited (or I was!). The moshing really went mad at this point, so I thought I'd give it a go :p But seriously, New Royalty were brilliant, well worth the £2.50.

Although, it did suck that some people didn't get it. I guess they should have brought tickets beforehand!

The Black Keys

Alright, now, I've been to a few gigs, this being the fifth I've been to, so I think that I can make a reasonably good comparison/review.

The venue was great. Not too big, but it wasn't too crowded either.

The support act, "The Watchmen" were dreadful. I found they were whiney, nothing innovative and quite boring. Their only redeeming feature was their drummer, who I found was quite good. Aside from that, they were lifeless, had no charisma, and didn't get the crowd going at all.

Then, there they were. Stood on the stage with the lights in the background and their logo/insignia, whatever you want to call it, hanging behind them. And when they started playing...words cannot describe it, but I'll give it a go.

They're a two piece band and they filled the stage like an orchestra. The drumming was so intense you could feel it in your chest, almost like a heartbeat. And the guitar... one of the people that came with us, Sally, described it as:
"It was like the guitar was just an extension of Dan Auerbach's arm!", and it was true. He played the guitar as easily as he breathed. They played the perfect tracklist, although there was one other I would've liked for them to play, "Set you free".

It wasn't too bad mosh pit wise, but there was one main one. It was good fun, but it did get a little irritating after a while. Even though I'm not the biggest lad, it was still good fun just jumping around.

Not the most in-depth review of The Black Keys, but I just felt the need to put it up. They were brilliant, and I would recommend it to anyone!

Duane & BrandO, and other thangs.

Alright, couldn't think of an eye-catching title, but who really cares? I have like 3 people that actually read this.

Regarding the title, Duane & BrandO are a duo that make songs about games, mostly. They tend to do them on older games, like on NES/SNES games, and they're really original and innovative songs.

Phil Haddow told me about them, I gave 'em a listen and haven't regretted it. Although, they could swear for America, so be prepared!

Other thangs!
Yes, I had a very good weekend. On Saturday I finally got my new Xbox 360 Slim, which has taken ages to save up for. It's much better than the old 360's. Although mostly the same, they have inbuilt wireless adapters, virtually silent compared to the older version, and it is more compact. Although, I think that the box I got is slightly faulty, as in I reckon that the wireless component is broken. Yes, unfortunate, but at least we discovered it early.

And Sunday...Sunday was amazing! Me, Zak, Mike, Phillip, Patrick, Logan and Alex went down to Wingfields to play football, and I don't think I have laughed so much in one day. Ever. With various fouls and complete flukes, it was genuinely hilarious. Hopefully we'll do it again sometime!

So, go listen to Duane & BrandO, get a new Xbox (non faulty one) and play football, and you shall have much funsies.

Massive Pterodactyls!

Same tactic as last blog post, grab your attention with the title!

Although massive pterodactyls would be awesome, they would also reek a lot of havoc, so it's best they stay extinct. Forever. And a little longer. But then they could roam free for a while.

Anyway, away from ramblings of dinosaurs! Now onto ramblings of zombies!

Well, to be precise, not zombies themselves, but more of a TV programme on zombies. I've always liked the zombie apocalypse sort of comic, movie, programme etc. So this one seems right up my street. It's called The Walking Dead, and it's about a guy who gets shot, and wakes up in hospital with no one anywhere. He goes outside and *Dramatic music* everyone's dead! Shock!

Aside from all the FLESH EATING ZOMBIES! Hell yeah, we're into the good stuff. In the trailer I saw, there was lots of zombies being shot and big guns, but there was also a valid story line and reasonable acting going on, so this show has the potential to be very good. But it could just be another 30 Days of Night sequel, that got shockingly bad reviews.

Oh, I also want to mention a little project I've got going on with Phillip Haddow at the moment. It's called Alternate Autosaves, and it's basically reviewing a huge range of games, going from NES, to N64, to Xbox 360 and back to the N64 again! Phillip's going to be doing most of the reviews, but on the last Thursday of every month I get to post a review of my choice.

I know that I don't have a huge following on here, but go and check it out. It's in its early stages at the moment, but hopefully we'll be able to develop it a little and get a bigger variety of games. Here's the link: http://alternateautosaves.blogspot.com/

I also want to mention Zak Evernden, because he's the definition of awesomeness, and he was in a P&P episode recently! If you wanna see it, click on this link here: http://www.youtube.com/Haddowinc and their newest video should be up. I hope I'm correct in thinking they update their YouTube channel mostly every Monday. I have genuinely laughed out loud at some parts, so I'd say that it's worth 5 minutes of your time to go have a look, eh?

Pirates!

Alright, I'll say one thing. The subject has nothing to do with this post, aside from this paragraph, it's mainly to draw your attention. It's worked though, hasn't it?

Mainly, this post is themed on the first few weeks of school, and contains a little bit about my Xbox-y stuff.

School. The first day. Yes.
I thought it would be different really, but it wasn't. The only noticeable difference is the obvious one, black school jumpers. Charlie Barrington made a good point that he'd grown up going to the same school as me and Ben (currently walking back from the bus stop at the time) all of his school life, and it was weird that we were the highest year of Highcliffe.

My timetable was relatively the same, with 2 new teachers and all of the lessons at different times than they were last year, but most of the teachers were the same. As I think I've mentioned I now have Mrs Hunt for Physics, which hasn't been that bad really. Aside from one lesson, but I'll come onto that in a bit.

I now have Mrs Cullen as a biology teacher, and I must say she is a most definite upgrade from the Frazer-nator. Miss Frazer, who is now married, knew what she was talking about, but was horrific at controlling the class. I believe a pair of scissors were thrown on more than one occasion, and that just about sums up her lessons.

Mrs Hunt doesn't reaaaaallly know what she's on about. A common answer of hers, if she doesn't know the answer to your question, is either "That's not my field of expertise," or, "You don't need to know that for GCSE level,". Both of which are quite annoying, seeing as a teachers job is to teach, not make excuses. Mr Evans was a much better Physics teacher than T-Hunt, " 'nuff said".

But, the best lesson of hers so far (not down to her) was last week's. Everyone else, aside from the people in question, was sat down. We hear the turning of the door handle, and look to the door. And in comes 4 people, only 3 walking, striding into the room. On closer inspection, we can see none other than James Bonney being carried by Luke Adams, Jack Case, and Tom IB. I'd just like to add that Luke isn't even in our half of the year, let alone our class!

As to be expected, she went ballistic. Genuinely red-faced from shouting, and that was just at the rest of the class for laughing. I dread to think what she was like with James, Luke, Jack and Tom! Then, when she came in from "having words" with them, she saw Callum standing up. Immediately, he was sent out for disruptive behavior. Her eyes then drifted to the back of the room, to see Theo waving his hands around. At this point, Theo was explaining an equation to Amy. Miss Hunt sent Theo out on the grounds that he was "playing golf shots". She then wrote on his Incident Report that he had acquired a meter ruler, and was hitting balls of paper across the classroom. Although, this is what Theo said, and he is an avid user of hyperbole.

It was a hilarious lesson, but laughing could have ended in an incident report, so there was not a peep from the class.

Now, on a more cheerful note, I'm finally gaining some money! Not from a renewable source, but it's money all the same. A few weeks ago, my Xbox 360 broke, as it came down with the 3 RRoD (if you don't get it, google it, I'm not going into any detail). This is a hardware fault that renders the Xbox useless, so it worth nothing. So, a week ago, I (well, I say "I", by this I mean "my dad") put all the other bits and bobs on eBay. These bits 'n' bobs consisted of a wireless adapter, a 60GB hard drive and a Xbox 360 controller. They were put on at 99p, and, all together, managed to scrape up £63! The Hard drive and the adapter went for £32 and £30.99, and the controller went for £13.50. Either way, a healthy bit of cash for what I paid for them.

I intend to buy a new Xbox 360 Slim, which has overcome the problems that cause the RRoD.

Anyway, that was a very long-winded article, thank you for reading it!

Summer "Review" if you like...

Well, it's been at least a month and a half since I've blogged, oops!

Every time I "come back" to my blog, I always say that I'll keep it up this time blah blaah blah. So, to avoid lying, I'm not going to say it at all.

Anyhoo, summer. Lets start off with Work Experience, which was right at the beginning.

Overall, I enjoyed it quite a lot. It was nice going back to where I spent the majority of my childhood. It's strange how it smelled exactly then same as it did back then, and not much had changed. It was great meeting all the teachers that once taught me, and walking the grounds and playing football with the little'uns was nice. Although, it did surprise me how much they disrespect teachers, even at such a young age.

So yeah, W.E was great.

The next key thing, really, is Wales. We have some friends that live in the Gower peninsula, and they went on holiday to the South of France, so we "house sat" if you like. It was brilliant, the weather was perfect, aside from Wednesday, and we had a brilliant view. There was a great beach literally five minutes walk away, and there were some even nicer beaches only half an hour's drive away. It was a really nice break away from England and stuff :)

Whilst in Wales, the family and I saw a film called "Scott Pilgrim VS. The World". All in all, it was a brilliant film. It's a sweet rom-com, with a bit of nerdy gaming stuff put in. It had me laughing hysterically at a few points in the film, and it was just generally well written. I feel I'm on a streak of good films at the moment. Avatar, Inception, maybe not Shrek, and now "SPVTW".

There were other smaller parts of the summer I enjoyed, like crabbing, beaching it, seeing Zak and co....it was a very nice summer all in all. Thanks for reading my blog post.

Work Experience

Hey all!

I did my first day of work experience today. It was, without a doubt, much better than I thought it would be. Seeing as I'm "working" at a primary school, I thought there would be lots of small children biting my ankles.

Surprisingly, I received no injuries throughout the day. The worst thing that happened was I got a blister from sharpening lots of pencils. No wait - scratch that. Lots of small children took it upon themselves to call me "Spanner", "Dictionary" and a newer one "Thesaurus". Those names I can laugh off, but I ended up laughing directly at a small child that called me a 'Douchebag'. I couldn't help it!

I also realised how big I had gotten. Or, to look at it differently, how small I was in primary school. I thought Hordle's field was about one third of the size of Highcliffe's, when really, it is about the size of the tennis courts + the humanities huts. It was quite astounding really.

On the topic of childhood memories, I had a mini blast from the past. I walked into the school grounds - nothing. I walked into the library and BOOM! I remember a child burping fantastically loudly in the library and that child being told off. I then recalled maths lessons with my year 3/4 teacher...she gave us biscuits. It was great.

I also got to witness the year 6 production. It was good, for the age we're talking about. It was based on lots of different countries, then a child would walk out and read some facts about said country. A song would then play and the children would sing/perform a routine based on that country.

Well, that's my first day wittled down to a few hundred words. Hopefully there'll be more good times to come!

The End of Year 10

Last Friday was the last day of Year 10, as the title may have given away.

It felt no different to any other day, if I'm completely honest. I went in to school on the bus, partook in all my lessons as usual, and went home. If anything, it was slightly worse than a normal day, as we couldn't play football at lunch! The fatal flaw being the lack of a football...and if you've ever tried playing football without a football, it's not much fun.

Everyone was saying "Yeah! Last day of purple! Yeah! Lets wreck our reasonably expensive school jumpers! Yeah!". Why would you do that? There is no point whatsoever in ripping your jumper, except from looking like a twat, and wrecking a jumper. If you didn't want it, you could of given it in to Student Support, I'm sure they'll need them. I kept mine because my little sister may need one if she loses her current one. Basically, ripping/cutting/making origami out of your jumper is stupid, and a waste.

It's not even the summer holidays yet. Sure, we're not at school, but we've still got 2 weeks of work to do, so why say it's summer? 'Cos you're a fool, that's why!

A slightly skeptical view on things so far, but that's because this has been my worst year at Highcliffe. I'm not going into details, because complete strangers may read this, so...yeah.

Well, hopefully you're having a better time of it than I.

World Cup Match - England VS Germany

Ok, just so everyone knows, I'm not a football expert, quite the opposite, but these are just my views really.

Yes, I was annoyed that we didn't get that last goal. I think that, if we had, the team *may* have rallied, and gone on to score however many more goals. However, it did not count, even though we have the technology to prove it should have.

We, as a team, did not deserve to win. We have only managed to get through the world cup through luck. From Rob Green's cock up, to losing against algeria and now losing against Germany. We have played pretty abysmally throughout the tournament, and we were bound to go out sometime, the way we were playing.

Did anyone else notice that we wasted heaps of chances? The amount of times Gerard (SP?) shot to no avail, the amount of long shots and terrible passes? Well, I sure did.

Don't get me wrong, I would have loved England to get through, but it just didn't happen. The media over-hyped it (as per usual), put all the pressure on Rooney, and look what happened. We lost.

Back in the Blogging spirit!

Well, recently, I've seen a "dry patch" of blogs. The mist recent one was Niall's Walker's Crisps blog, which is great by the way!

What a terrible change in the weather! There we all were, all psyched up for summer, then, quick-as-a-flash, back to the rain. Always the way eh? It happened in April/March, and it happened again. It's quite funny how, at the slightest bit of sun, Britain is ready to strip right off to get some of them UV rays!

Anyhow, my last post was about my Physics exam (and Zak EverNden (spelled right this time!)). It didn't go as well as I would have liked, but it could of gone a lot worse. I think!

In my opinion, the exams went in this order, from best to worst:
- Biology,
- Chemistry,
- And physics.

Coincidently, that is the order the exams were taken!

Zak Everden (Splet properly this time!)

What.A.Rascal.

English being a prime example of his Rascality. I was there, playing Gratiano in The Merchant Of Venice, all psyched up and ready to roll, when Zak began to make me laugh. In one instance, granted, it was not his fault. He was merely turning a page in a strange way with a black rod based thing. However, this one was so funny that it made me laugh whilst I was reading out loud, which didn't embarrass me in the slightest *sarcasm*. The line was something along the lines of "Lorenzo and his group of infidels", and Zak told me to say it in a - to quote - "Terrorist voice". This genuinely cracked me up, and it took every ounce of my being to control myself.

Ah well, Zak is great.

Onto other things; my current exams.


As a studier of the separate sciences, I have had to partake in two exams so far. For every one of these exams, I have had to learn three modules, and remember a lot of them. Thus far, I have had two, Biology and Chemistry. Biology, I found, was reasonably easy. I think the revision I put in helped me a lot. Chemistry, however, was not as good. It wasn't "bad" as such, just not as good.

Tomorrow, I have to complete a Physics exam. This, I am not looking forward to. I do not think I will do badly, I just think I will not do as well as in the other two, as Physics is my weakest of the three sciences. I am predicted a 'B', whereas in my other exams I am predicted "A's".

Ah well, after this, I will let myself have the half term to relax, and not do much revision, and then when I return to school, it will be back to revising, but for maths.

Zak Everndern

Today in English, I was asked to write a post about/of/including Zak. I am now doing this with pleasure.

Zak is awesome. I find him genuinely hilariously funny, he never fails to make me laugh in English, or any lesson we share. He's brilliant!

Exams, Exams and wait.....more exams!

Last week, I had a few exams, that spanned across most of the week, apart from Friday.

They were OK, but I messed up slightly. I was lead to believe that we were going to have a Triple Science exam. I really want to get a good grade in my sciences, so I spent most of my time revising for that. In doing so, I shunned my other topics like Italian, Maths, RE and Catering.

If I'm honest, I did alright alright in my exams, but not exceptionally well. I got 69% in my Catering (which equates to a B, I am told) I got a low C in my maths, unfortunately. However, I will revise a lot in time for my Module Two exam, so I will boost up that grade. I also got 57 marks in my English Language, which is a high B. Those are the only results I have received so far.

I think I'll do well in my Italian, and I'm not too bothered about RE.

Ah well, it'll be alright in the end...I hope.

Organ Donation

Yesterday, I registered to become an official organ donor. My family and I had been discussing it near dinner time (not the best timing, but hey), and I remembered the conversation afterwards. I then went to https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/ukt/RegistrationForm.do and filled in the fields. I know posting this won't make a huge lot of difference, seeing as I only have 4 followers (one up from the last time I checked :D), but I'm going to post it anyway.

Not too long ago, there was a debate about how organ donation should work. At the moment, it is an 'opt in' situation, meaning you have to sign up. However, Gordon Brown, or another member from the labour party, suggested it should be an 'opt out' thing. Meaning you would have to take yourself off of the register. This is what my family and I were discussing last night. I think it should stay as an 'opt in' based thing. I would not want a decision as big as thing (because it is a reasonably large decision) to be made for me.

Anyway, I didn't used to want my organs given to people. It's quite an awkward though, if I'm honest, having your organs in another persons' body. But I decided that if I could have the chance to save someone's life once I had passed away, or if they needed a kidney or part of my liver, while I was still alive, I would be happy to do so.

That must have been an incredibly boring post to read, but I felt it necessary to be written. Thanks :)

Brace Update

Well, I've had braces for about a week and four days now, thought I'd give an update, as the title suggests.

They're good. I can chew solid food now, however I can't bite into it, unless I want to feel like someone's attached crocodile clips to my gums, and sent a good few hundred volts into 'em!

Getting food out of them is a completely different matter! It's extremely annoying wondering if there's a seed, bit of skin off of some various fruit in between my braces...*Sigh*

Ah well, it's all for my own good, so that's that.

All in all, a pretty pointless blog post, I just felt like writing it. Apologies.

Ah, Revision...

It's like that cousin that you're forced to see every so often, even though you don't really like him/her at all...

I've just started revising for exams that are coming up soon. I have a Triple Science mock on the 30th of March, general year 10 exams, and some actual triple science modules. Module 1,2 and 3 of every science. May take me a little while, but I'm doing it in bite size chunks. 20 minutes to half an hour on each, then move on to the next subject.

At least I feel like it's helping me now. In previous years, it hasn't really felt like it's helped, but now that I'm looking down at the revision-filled pages, it's jogging my memory. Almost like an old watch has started again....

Although I could talk about revision for many an hour, I feel something else necessary to mention in this here blog post. I am getting braces tomorrow! On the 17th of March, at approximately 14:00, I will be a member of the 'Brace Race', as Richard Gibson kindly said.

I've had a total of seven teeth taken out, four elastic bands put in my mouth (although one of them has fallen out :/) and I'm now ready for the Train Tracks. I'm glad, I'd like to get it done properly now, then have a 'bodged' job later on.

As I await my dinner...

I thought I'd do a blog post. Yes yes, I did one yesterday, but I'm not forcing you to read it! I've had a few people say I blog too much, that's why I say that part.

Anyway, dinner, yes. On Sunday nights, me and my family sit down and eat our dinner. We do this every night, but what makes Sunday night special, is that we watch a fantastic program called 'Lost' on Sundays. I'm sure you've heard of it, it's a massive hit in the US, and it's reasonably big here in the UK as well.

To sum it up, it's about a group of people that land on an Island. These people have to overcome loads of obstacles to get off this island, but when they do, they feel the need to go back. I won't say anymore, and in hindsight, that's a pretty bad summary. Ah well.

I love this program, and highly recommend it. It's well written, it's a great thriller - it gets the blood pumpin' a lot-. If I'm honest, I couldn't complain even if I tried. Saying that 'tis a tad confusin' at times, but all is revealed eventually.

WATCH IT! I'm sure it's been pirated somewhere!

Musical Merriment

Hey guys,

I have been aware that there's been a thorough lack of blogging on my part, and for that, I apologies. (The text has gone into Italics and I don't know how to change it!) However, I am aware that some people dislike my constant blogging. Meh. You don't have to read it!

Anyway, Musical Merriment, yes. Well, I began this week by downloading Mumford & Sons album 'After The Storm'. Personally, I love it. I like the folk-y aspect to it, and the skilled use of Banjo, which, if I understand correctly, is a reasonably hard instrument to play.

A good friend then lent me the new 'Fall Out Boy' album. Again, I am aware (I like that phrase) that a lot of people don't like F.O.B. I do, I don't know why, but I really enjoy their music. Although I do like FOB, this album has not been their best. 'Foile a Deux' hasn't particularly captured my interest, but I shall listen a 'wee bit more', and report back.

I also re-sat my Module One maths exam. I'm reasonably confident that I got at least a B. Or, at least, I hope so. I easily did about 10 hours of revision, including about six pass papers. I feel a lot better about this exam than I did about it the first time 'round.

I've decided to ditch the crappy little tag line. It's just a bit crap to be completely honest.

'Peace out'

Teeth Extractions...

Are finally over! Thank god.

I got back from the dentist about an hour ago, face still numb with two open wounds in my mouth. Great!

Only braces to go!

Well, fellow bloggers, it's come to the time where I must bid you a due.
Bye!

[No Subject]

Well, it's a been a while, hasn't it?

Just thought I'd have a lil' blog! I went into Bournemouth today with Chris Lockyer, which was excellent. We saw Avatar (the second time for me), and it was great, just as it was the first time. However, I did notice a little bit of 'fuzziness' in the 3D...ah well. Also, there were subtitles this time, which really annoyed me. It took away from the experience somewhat. I know that contrasts with what I said earlier, but I still enjoyed the film!

Well, fellow bloggers, it's come to the time where I must bid you a due.
Bye!

Great.

Well, I'm in a bit of a crap mood at the moment. I just got my Maths Unit 1 result back. A C. 74/108.

I know it's not the worst grade imaginable, it's still a pass...yeah yeah yeah. I would of been happy with a B, that would of been good. But no. I get a C.

I admit, I could of worked harder, revised more etc...But it's still frustrating. I've no doubt that there are people that did next to no revision and got great marks. I guess I'm just not very mathematical.

Ah well, better luck next time.

Not in the mood to put the little catch phrase at the end!

Fun Times!

This last week has been AWESOME!

The snow, which was only a little bit of snow, started on Tuesday. To be honest, it was pathetic, but it was enough to get us off school! Then, at about 9:00amish, it started snowing reasonably heavily for about 3 hours, and we got a good inch or two of snow! That snow has kept us off school for four school days (counting tomorrow)!

My little sister, my Dad and I went 'sledging' at Buckland Rings this morning. We didn't use a sledge, we improvised and used a Skimboard. It was great! The hills are reasonably big, and you can get a good bit of speed off them! I managed to stand up on the skimboard to the bottom of the hill, I was chuffed :D

It's supposed to snow tonight, but I have my doubts about that.

Well, fellow bloggers, it's come to the time where I must bid you a due.
Bye!

Oh My Lawd!

Normally, I'm very cynical about the weather forecast and snow. It never really happens. But today, it's like a blizzard! I can't believe it!

I woke up this mornin', and realised it was about 8 o'clock, and realised I wasn't in school. My first thought was, "oops", then I looked out the window. I saw a pathetic little layer of snow on the floor, and thought that school must be closed! YAAAAAY, but then I saw the snow again and was slightly dis-heartened.

However, as I said earlier, now it's like a snow storm! It's been snowing constantly for about an hour now, and must have about an inch of snow!

It's great. I'm off to enjoy it now!

Well, fellow bloggers, it's come to the time where I must bid you a due.
Bye!

Oh.

Well, my Holidays could of been better.

Or, my social side could of been better. I had a great time with my family, but I barely got out of the house with any of my friends.

It's been pretty crap. I heard hints of a Mighty Boosh-athon, but there was none to be found (I'm not taking any digs at anyone :L). It's just a little disappointing.

Ah well.

Nothing else to post about really. The final days of my holiday have been highly uneventful.