The new year and me
January 10th 6 commentsA lot has happened since my last update…I went to that football game, we went to Shrewsbury (where we spent New Year’s Eve), I got a mean cold, I turned 25 and now everyone is back at work and we now have to entertain ourselves.
Football
I had a really great time at the football. It’s more about the audience response to the players and the game than the game itself. There was much singing and standing up and sitting down…very similar to church actually. Arsenal were playing some other team whose name escapes me - but it really isn’t all that important cos Arsenal won 4-0. If I lived here and I could afford the £35 tickets I’d probably go to more games.
New Years
We took a train from London to Shrewsbury (which is in Shropshire - which is really really close to Wales) on New Year’s Eve. We arrived in the tiny Tudor village of Shrewsbury and went directly to the pub. Guiness. The night was spent at a pretty big house party with far too many Welsh people and far too few places to sleep. It was an awesome night, though. Three of my old mates were brave enough to actaully drive from London to Shrewsbury to spend the evening with us. Go Warren, Terence and Sam!!
25
Monday the 9th is my birthday. Those of you in New Zealand have already celebrated it (right?!). On Saturday night we went to a very cool rockabilly pub called Big Red. It was a massive reunion of sorts. I’d seen people there that hadn’t seen in well over 5 years. It was fucken awesome to catch up and get mangled on Wife Beater (this is what the locals call Stella lager…it’s cheap and strong).
I think I’m going to buy myself a 350D for my birthday. It’s all quite exciting - and on that note I’m outta here.
happy birthday! sound slike you kids had a blast. now i’m going to rip your shrewsbury entry to bits.
1. shrewsbury is not a tiny tudor village, it’s a medieval market town.
2. that house party may have seemed big to you, but was actually rather small in comparison to the ones we’ve had in the past. this is just me being picky cause i guess you wouldn’t know, having not attended any of the previous shindigs.
3. there weren’t that many welsh people there. nobody i would go so far as to actually call welsh. kay grew up in wales. oh, dan lived in south wales til he was 2, i suppose that counts. & andy lives in south wales but wasn’t really at the party cause he went off to that rave. & si lives in wales for uni but isn’t welsh. what have you got against welsh people?
4. get you complaining about the lack of spaces to sleep. who got my foldout sofa all to themselves eh? some people don’t know a good thing when it hits them with a pillow & a stripy quilt. ingrate!
5. no mention of your fabulous hostess at all. pfffft.
Happy B/day Darren! Sounds like you guys are havin a great time, Happy New Years to ya both!
Phil
Happy Birthday my good man.
25 man. Are you really 5 years younger than me? That explains why you always passed out so early.
She’s a good time. Enjoy, please. I’ll give you a ding tomorrow if I can catch you at your bros (would have tonight but it’s like 2am and for sure your under newspapers somewhere :)
Jeez J, can’t you find any friends your own age??
Happy birthday Darren!
Happy Birthday!
Your 5 years younger than me as well. I remember when I was 25, I was passing out after 2 pints as well :)
Very belated Happy Birthday! Wow! the QC! I can barely drag my mind back that far - scarily I’m closer to the half century now …