Fifa 13- Paddy

Today is my last day in the small Hampshire town of Farnborough. Tomorrow, I shall be making the journey up to my halls of residence at Leicester. I am looking forward to it, I've packed all my stuff away and am raring to go. The one downside is that I have had to pack away my Xbox 360 in order to transport it tomorrow. This unfortunately means that I am not able to play FIFA 13, the disc of which arrived earlier today. Don't get me wrong, I already played 2 and a half hours of it earlier today, kicking of my new manager mode with French side PSG. I have only played 1 league game so far, but I won it 4-3 and I have already made several big name purchases in order to bolster my squad. I am looking forward to continuing it, but doubt I will be able to play much over the next few days, what with fresher's and meeting new people and what not.

Tournament- Paddy

Sorry for not doing my blog thing at the weekend. I was rather pre-occupied with a tournament of sword fighting. For realsies. In my spare time, I am a member of a HEMA school that teaches 16th century style rapier fencing. Here is a video of some other people doing some. That was actually a demonstration by my coaches.
But anyway, back to the important matter, I had a tournament of this all weekend. It was my first ever tournament and it did not go so well. I lost all 3 of my fights in the group stage and placed 11th out of 12 fighters. In my defense though, I did have last years defending champion as my opponent for my first ever tournament bout, a bout I lost 5-1. I also lost 5-2 and 11-2, rounding out my exit from the tournament. Despite my complete and total defeat, I did enjoy the tournament and I am already in training for next year when I will undoubtedly win, of course.

Prepared - Alex

I am as ready as ready can be for moving into university tomorrow. My xbox and television have been taken down (my room looks naked without them). My boxer draw is nearly empty and my sock draw is less empty but still noticeably depleted. The most important piece of preparation that I could do, however, is get the booze ready, and boy have I. I have over time got 1.4L of spirit (half scotch and half Jaegermeister) and 8.36L of lager. That's nearly 10L of alcohol! Now I'm just watching QI and awaiting the moment I can rest my head upon my pillow after using my toothbrush at home for the last time in weeks. If you're ignoring tomorrow morning that is. I have only one pair of trainers left out and am really considering throwing another pair of jeans in my car tomorrow morning. For now I want to go and watch Stephen Fry however I suspect that I will post on Sunday as I may well have something to tell you about AND time to kill. LOVE YOU GUYS.

A Green Scouring Pad on a Stick- Paddy

Today I went shopping with my Mother for a list of things I would need to survive successfully at university. This list included, but was not limited to, a green scouring pad on a stick for cleaning dishes and plates and what not. If owning your very own green scouring pad on a stick is not a sign of being an adult, who has to fend for themselves, then I don't know what is. It is not something that I would even have considered adding to my basket of items, had it not been for my Mum. With all her adult experience  having been one for more years than she'd like me to tell you, she told me that a green scouring pad on a stick was something I was going to need. So I splashed out roughly £1.50 on (by I splashed out, I in fact mean that my mum paid for it). I have never felt more prepared for university.

Penultimate - Alex

Well this is my penultimate regular blog, as I said a while back I would halt my bi-daily blogging in favour of posting when I felt like it. What can you expect after this change? Well the obvious answer is "for there not to be a post from Alex every other day", however on this blog we like to dig deeper than the painfully obvious. I like to think that you can expect a higher quality of post from me as and when I do post, primarily because I will only post when I have a genuine idea of what I'm going to write. Therefore you can expect less boring filler and more comedic wit. Also being at university I will be surrounded by intelligent sorts who will no doubt teach me all sorts of amazing new words which will allow me to tantalise your imaginations. No longer will I bore you with FIFA talk that only I or Patrick find interesting, instead I will no doubt keep you entertained will interesting uni anecdotes or other whimsical and entertaining snippets of text.

My Tuesday- Paddy

Let me tell you about my day. Not because it was particularly interesting, but because I have little better to tell you all about. I woke today at the late (even for me) time of 1pm, for no particular reason. I then, surprisingly proactively, gathered various items and belongings of mine from around my house and placed them in my study. This is because I was gathering items to pack for university, where I shall be going in 11 days. I also made a list of things I need to buy, like stationary, because I am an organised human being. Once this was done I played roughly 3 hours of FIFA 12, because I could. I had a pork chop sandwich for dinner. This is 2 pork chops in a baguette, and is a manly sandwich. Post-dinner I watched the Champions League fixture between Real Madrid and Manchester city, which was won rather excitingly by Real 3-2. And that brings us to now, me writing this blog. Telling you about my day. I hope you enjoyed this little insight into my hollow, empty life.

Packing - Alex

I have begun packing for leaving for university, which is a bit rubbish. As it stands I have all of my shower gels, deodorants, appliances and such in a big box. I have my crockery and glassware ready for one last wash before being packed up. The most crucial things I am taking up are A.) my huge mug for big servings of tea or coffee and B.) a crate or two of beer, for those first few days of bonding. It would be incorrect to label myself as nervous for university, but I am a touch anxious to meet the people who I will spend countless hours with over the next year. I am absolutely positive that most of them will be genuinely bearable people, but I am also fairly certain that one or two of them will be complete burks. I'll fill you in within the next week I reckon!

Also just a little note, I just signed David Beckham for free for Wigan on FIFA 12, a 77 cm on only 20,000 per week can't be sniffed at. I also signed a 36 year old cb (Legrottaglie - 75), a 36 year old rb (Neville - 74) and a 36 year old cdm (Brocchi - 75). All for free, in order to quash an injury crisis rising at my club. So I am not the proud owner of an old persons club.