They drew first blood...

It is Saturday afternoon and it has been a fairly relaxing day. I shall list my days accomplishments!

1. I woke up but it wasn't an easy time. My mother shook me awake to show me a present she got for my sister graduating from her years primary teaching at Strathclyde. Its a nice little picture frame with something about being a teacher on it. The picture was of my sister as a 5 year old, complete with pigtails and her school uniform. I'm so happy I got awoken to see that >.>

2. Internet addictions require that you go through your daily websites before anything else. So without fail the laptap was hauled into bed with me and I checked what was happening in the world. BBC News and Sport, Facebook, My home on the internet- the surrogate, Facebook, Hotmail and today I even had a look on Myspace to see what was going on. As it turned out NOTHING was going on, as usual.

3. It is important to eat a solid breakfast. In line with recent decisions regarding my health I have chosen to forsake the usual full cooked breakfast and take up, as my Saturday breakfast, two poached eggs and a tattie scone on a piece of toast, another slice of toast and a glass of smooth orange juice. It was delicious.

4. Kick back and relax with something good on the TV. Today that something good is First blood.

Me and my mate Fraser watched the 4th Rambo movie last night, aptly named Rambo, and it inspired me to watch the first three over this weekend. Its such a mental film. The last 5 minutes are amongst the bloodiest in cinema and if you take heed of this helpful table, you'll notice that the 4th movie is without doubt the most brutal of the series -

So now you can see how much of a bloodbath Rambo is. Rambo III comes close. Actually, here is the video from those last 5 minutes compressed into a minute and a half - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrIxIl7VIew

Me and Fraser have started running nightly for about 40 minutes or so. It is our attempt at getting healthy and losing all the beer and burger weight we're carrying. Its been good fun and even when he was away for a few days through the week I still went out myself and had the motivation to complete the circuit! So in tandem with a healthier eating plan and a marked reduction in beer consumption i hope to be a fitter and leaner in a few months.

I dont know what is different now to the last few years that has made me very motivated to do this. I'm still the immature kid of old and I know I would much prefer to stay at home eating cookies, drinking a beer and watching TV. Maybe is those pesky endorphins!

Anyway, its dinner time now. I'm going to find something to cook and then I am going to watch Rambo: First Blood part 2 before 8pm when the next stage of running begins! :D

From the chasm he returns!

Hello!

Well once again that time has come where I reignite my annual desire to keep a blog. Its been over a year since my last update and this time, THIS TIME, I was update often and with added enthusiasmso to capture your hearts and minds (though I'm sure this attempt will again end up more like the hearts and minds of the Iraqis... ¬.¬)

I'm 23 now and just about to enter third year of university so things should be interesting enough. I have many things I can blog about and this coming academic year will no doubt suprise me (and you) with many periods of hardship, stress and pain. I've heard third year can do that to people.

I'm also going to cut down on the political commentary that started to creep into this blog last year, but like my 2009 resolutions, this pledge might also be forgotten.

Actually, no plans. I'm just going to take 30 minutes every so often to write on here whatever comes to mind. Limiting yourself in a blog/journal/diary format isn't the best way of doing things.

Before this can all begin, however, I must go to bed. Its 0235, and even though I'm not tired, I feel laying down would help remedy this. In fact, I may even put on one of the Lord of the rings appendice DVDs on a low volume to help my mind continue to feed on input, but not at such a level that its engrossed (as it is now with Amorphis blaring through my speakers!).

Goodnight!