Fads. I'm well known for them, and also known for my incredibly fickle nature where I become obsessed with something, commit to it taking over my whole life until I get bored or simply forget about it and move onto the next 'big thing' that I happen to stumble upon. Some examples? Taking AS level law in college because Ally Mcbeal and Legally Blonde made the law look so much fun and then dropping it after the first year when I realised it wasn't the slightest bit fun. Joining the gymnastics group at uni until I realised the sessions clashed with my favourite student drinking night. Wanting to become an Olympian during the height of London 2012 mania. And more recently deciding I want to move to New York after my visit over there. I'm surprised I've even managed to continue writing this blog after a year and a half, I would have thought I'd have long ago got bored of it. Well, I'm about to change everything and actually go through with and then stick with a fad. No, really. And the fad in question? I'm going to become an Olympian.
OK, so maybe that's being a bit optimistic and a bit of a long shot, but the unexpected desire to get into sport is still with me, despite the Olympics, and Paralympics ending some weeks ago. And furthermore I've finally done some research online and have found some organisations that I'm going to get in touch with to me kick started into my new sporting lifestyle. First up is volleyball and I've found a club that has teams of various levels including the complete beginners that are pretty much clueless. That's where I'll be starting. I'm sure in no time I'll be working my way up into the more skilled teams of course, however I'm happy to start with the basics and see where it takes me. And who knows in 4 years time you could be seeing me volleyballing my way to Olympic gold victory in Rio 2016. Either that or volleyball will be a distant memory and I'll be learning how to be a stuntman, breaking into political science, deep sea diving, or some other fad that I've discovered after watching a film or TV show. I have faith though, and I'm sure in updates in the future I'll be explaining how well I'm doing in my volleyball team, or still going to the team socials at least...
That is all.
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Friday, 7 September 2012
True love? Just found it, thanks.
Wow it's been a long time since I last wrote anything, well, I've been busy ain't I? But I'll get to all that later, once I've addressed the most important thing right: I've found true love.
People say you can wait for years and years to find it, others say you'll never find it, some even say it doesn't even exist. But I've gone and done it, against all odds and quite unexpectedly, I've found my one true love: New York.
OK, sure it's not a person, and technically it can't love me back, but now I've made it to the city that never sleeps I'm a changed person, I've fallen in love big style and I want to spend the rest of my time together with my new found love. Since moving to London I knew straight away I am definite a city dweller, craving the hustle and bustle of city life, the drama, the big lights, the out-all-night crazy times and the grand scale of everything. Except now London doesn't seem so grand. Yes, I do still love the place, it has some amazing sights, places to go, and I love living here, but everything now feels so small, not dramatic enough, not enough lights.
New York to me is the ultimate city, a vast city filled with amazing buildings that touch the sky, an atmosphere buzzing like nowhere else, some of the most impressive sights, fantastic shopping, a million exciting places to eat and drink, and places and people so diverse and full of life. It's like every other big city out there, only much bigger, and much better. Much, much, better.
OK, so enough swooning over New York, the reason I finally made it to the city was for myself and La Pats 10 year friendship anniversary, and after years of saying we'll go to New York but never doing it, we decided to just go full speed ahead and do it. Possibly the best decision ever made. We were there for just 5 days and crammed so much in, although we barely scratched the surface. Wandering down the busy Manhattan streets taking in the everyday life whooshing past us, chilling in central park on the lake, drinking vodka on the roof of a 21 floor building with the Empire State Building overlooking us, seeing the sights so familiar in many TV programmes and films. It was amazing from beginning to end. And literally EVERYTHING amazed us. A steaming manhole cover in the road? Riding the Subway? Asking for the 'check' rather than the bill? Hailing a New York yellow cab? Whatever it was we loved it, and soaked up every last moment of New York life. And the 700 odd photos I took were proof that I loved everything I saw. There's 200 or so on my facebook page should you want to check them out... OH MY GOD, how could I not mention? I finally went to Serendipity, 10 years I after seeing the film in the cinema, I made it to the little cafe/restaurant. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
So obviously now my latest obsession is to move over there and live the New York dream. I'm not sure yet how this will happen, although I have already looked at merchandising jobs over there to see what's about (Assistant Merchandiser at Saks on Fifth Ave anyone...?) although for now it's just a distance dream. For now.
So what else in my life? Well obviously last time I posted I was ridiculous obsessed with the Olympics. That didn't change until the very end. I watched more TV, and more sport, in those 2 weeks than I think I had done in my life. AND I GOT TICKETS TO VOLLEYBALL!! The obsessive click-click-clicking on the ticket website finally paid off. Get in. And now the Paralympics are in full flow and guess what? I GOT TICKETS TO THE ATHLETICS IN THE OLYMPIC STADIUM!! Double get in. Not only that but we were 3 rows from the front, right near where they start the 100m sprints, AND I was on TV behind one of the South African men as he prepared fro his race. Amazing night, and some amazing athletes. Truly inspirational. I've decided I want to be IN the Rio 2016 Olympics. I'm thinking rowing, swimming, volleyball and potentially some form of jumping and running. The training starts soon. Seriously, I'm looking into joining clubs and everything.
Anyway, can't spend all day typing random nonsense, I've got to put an action plan together to get a US green card, a job in Manhattan, and a cool New York apartment. Don't try and stop me, New York will be mine.
That is all.
People say you can wait for years and years to find it, others say you'll never find it, some even say it doesn't even exist. But I've gone and done it, against all odds and quite unexpectedly, I've found my one true love: New York.
OK, sure it's not a person, and technically it can't love me back, but now I've made it to the city that never sleeps I'm a changed person, I've fallen in love big style and I want to spend the rest of my time together with my new found love. Since moving to London I knew straight away I am definite a city dweller, craving the hustle and bustle of city life, the drama, the big lights, the out-all-night crazy times and the grand scale of everything. Except now London doesn't seem so grand. Yes, I do still love the place, it has some amazing sights, places to go, and I love living here, but everything now feels so small, not dramatic enough, not enough lights.
New York to me is the ultimate city, a vast city filled with amazing buildings that touch the sky, an atmosphere buzzing like nowhere else, some of the most impressive sights, fantastic shopping, a million exciting places to eat and drink, and places and people so diverse and full of life. It's like every other big city out there, only much bigger, and much better. Much, much, better.
OK, so enough swooning over New York, the reason I finally made it to the city was for myself and La Pats 10 year friendship anniversary, and after years of saying we'll go to New York but never doing it, we decided to just go full speed ahead and do it. Possibly the best decision ever made. We were there for just 5 days and crammed so much in, although we barely scratched the surface. Wandering down the busy Manhattan streets taking in the everyday life whooshing past us, chilling in central park on the lake, drinking vodka on the roof of a 21 floor building with the Empire State Building overlooking us, seeing the sights so familiar in many TV programmes and films. It was amazing from beginning to end. And literally EVERYTHING amazed us. A steaming manhole cover in the road? Riding the Subway? Asking for the 'check' rather than the bill? Hailing a New York yellow cab? Whatever it was we loved it, and soaked up every last moment of New York life. And the 700 odd photos I took were proof that I loved everything I saw. There's 200 or so on my facebook page should you want to check them out... OH MY GOD, how could I not mention? I finally went to Serendipity, 10 years I after seeing the film in the cinema, I made it to the little cafe/restaurant. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
So obviously now my latest obsession is to move over there and live the New York dream. I'm not sure yet how this will happen, although I have already looked at merchandising jobs over there to see what's about (Assistant Merchandiser at Saks on Fifth Ave anyone...?) although for now it's just a distance dream. For now.
So what else in my life? Well obviously last time I posted I was ridiculous obsessed with the Olympics. That didn't change until the very end. I watched more TV, and more sport, in those 2 weeks than I think I had done in my life. AND I GOT TICKETS TO VOLLEYBALL!! The obsessive click-click-clicking on the ticket website finally paid off. Get in. And now the Paralympics are in full flow and guess what? I GOT TICKETS TO THE ATHLETICS IN THE OLYMPIC STADIUM!! Double get in. Not only that but we were 3 rows from the front, right near where they start the 100m sprints, AND I was on TV behind one of the South African men as he prepared fro his race. Amazing night, and some amazing athletes. Truly inspirational. I've decided I want to be IN the Rio 2016 Olympics. I'm thinking rowing, swimming, volleyball and potentially some form of jumping and running. The training starts soon. Seriously, I'm looking into joining clubs and everything.
Anyway, can't spend all day typing random nonsense, I've got to put an action plan together to get a US green card, a job in Manhattan, and a cool New York apartment. Don't try and stop me, New York will be mine.
That is all.
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