‘Ey, Gwingo!

It’s been so long since I posted here, even my spam commenters had seemingly given up on it, returning back to Yahoo! news articles and twitter bothering. To get some more posts going, I need to get out with my camera again soon, I’ve even bought some lovely new little bits and bobs I can add to it to help try out a few new styles – fisheye curves and close range macro shots here I come!

I might have to invest in cleaning my lens first though – while fixing the colours and contrast of a photo gives me some wonderfully bright and unique photographs of even just a seagull, it does highlight the dirt something terribly. I’ve done a little cleaning myself, but I’ll have to wait until I next take it out to see if I’ve managed to get rid of some of these bits of dust!

Anyway, the main aim of this post is to bring your attention to a 12 hour football match I’m playing in on the 9th June. Organised by the community at Football Manager, it is designed to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation for the good work they did in helping Fabrice Muamba, and also in raising awareness of similar problems that other footballers may have, encouraging (and even providing) tests so as to help avoid such an incident in future. They also do great work up and down the country to help people stay healthy. You can read more about their work at their website, www.bhf.org.uk. Anyway, the point is that on the 9th June, myself and two of my housemates will be travelling across to Warrington for a 9am kick off to start the 12 hour marathon of football. Rolling substitutes will occur throughout the day, but the current attendance numbers would suggest that everyone is going to get some serious playing time.

I’ll try to keep everyone updated throughout the day, but if I’m not, just assume that I’m running around absolutely loads. I’ve already got one plan in reserve – play it simple until everyone is tired, then hit them with my skills like some kind of Messi/Crouch hybrid on a caffeine high, net an unstoppable hat-trick, then retire back to some kind of holding role. Maybe keeper? You can sponsor me (and anyone else taking part in the event) on our justgiving page, here.

Anyway, until then, I’m firmly entrenched in revision season, with 6 exams over the next 3 weeks. The upshot of this is that although my Maths will be razor sharp, any more useful abilities (like conversations, cooking, cleaning or anything that involves being awake) will be pretty much put on hold.

Cheers!