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DaveAtherall
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Name: Dave
Birthday: 3/20/1980
Gender: Male
Interests: I am interested in lots of things. Here are some of them. I'm a Christian and so God interests me a lot. I also like football, especially Brighton & Hove Albion. I'm also interested in reading and writing, playing racket sports, Scrabble, politics, badgers, films and sleeping. I like rock music too; Oasis, Reef and Supergrass are my favourite bands.
Expertise: Claiming expertise in anything sets you up for failure I'm sure but I reckon I know more than most people about football and can beat most people at Scrabble. I like to think I can write a bit too.
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
5/5/2005
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| My newfound commitment to blogging has waned slightly but I'm still here chucking my words upon this blank canvas for you to peruse at your delight. Evenings out doing stuff have prevented me from quite as much football as I had been watching but I'm pleased to see the Dutch masters thrashing everyone.
This weekend seven of the CCK team travelled up to Croydon to take part in a badly organised five-aside tournament. After going ahead in every single game, we managed to come away having failed to win whatsoever. I returned home with a raging headache that could only be solved by watching Russia beat Greece. It lingered till Monday and I had to spend the day in bed tending the sore throat that had come to join the party. I watched a slightly amusing film called 'The Darjeeling (something)' and pottered around wasting time.
I've returned to work with wily stubble since. | | |
| Panther in the WoodsApparently a panther has been spotted in Bevendean Woods. A dog has been attacked and the Argus is in a truth-fabricating frenzy. The relevance of all this is that this is my favourite spot to go badger-watching. Kids at school who have seen me wandering in the woods searching about the black and white beauties have been warning of the dangers and encouraging me to embrace them. It seems pretty unlikely that a panther is indeed wandering the woods - it is only a tiny patch of woodland but you never know. I shall keep you posted. | | |
| Communism and BadgersMonday has come away, following Sunday like an unwanted and slightly snotty younger brother when you want to play football down the park. The snotty younger brother - Jethro, this is an imaginary younger brother by the way, not your fine self who managed to generally keep the snot within your snout - didn't treat me too badly. I spent most of the day researching poems from different cultures that are featured in the GCSE anthology. It is genuinely fascinating stuff. My investigations into 'What Were They Like?' by Denise Levertov led me to learn about the Vietnam War and communism.
Before the snot dribbled into today - I think the metaphor is going a little far now and getting slightly confusing - I had a nicey-nice Sunday. After church I wandered to Stanmer Park for the Springwatch Festival. There were copious stalls about various environmental stuff like birds of prey, plants and badgers. The badger stall is one I have manned in the past and due to my lack of attendance at the Mid-Sussex Badger Protection Group I felt slightly nervous about going to greet my fellow badger-loving beings. When I was behind the Badger Stall the head honcho of the MSBPG grudgingly admitted that there was more to life than badgers. Indeed there is but badgers to make a fine part of life; that cannot be denied.
Football has continued to be watched and we are now approaching game 6 - so far they haven't been crackers but I'll stick with it and no doubt the first match I miss will be a goalfest. | | |
| The Football Has BegunThe European Championships have begun. I've been sitting on my sofa since 5pm watching two only very slightly entertaining football matches. Without England to support I have a number of different interests in this summer's tournament. I support the individuals in my Fantasy Football team, support the Dutch of which I am a quarter of, support the Croatians because I got them in the work sweepstake and support the predictions I have made which will win me my bet with Gary. It all gets quite complicated because quite often you seem to want conflicting things to happen. Sometimes I want it to have the simplicity of yesteryear when I just wanted the underdog to win each match but these other interests do liven things up a little.
Other then watching the football I have spent the day eating breakfast with Mr Rose, mowing the lawn, going to Christine Liddiard's leaving do at an incredibly beautiful place called Banks Farm and breathing. The room has started to darken now and it is probably time to go to bed as I have no interest in watching 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider', 'The Minotaur: Part 2', 'Gone in 60 Seconds' or 'Team America: World Police'.
The battery is also hobbling towards redness and my bed is beckoning so I shall pay heed to these hints and retire until tomorrow comes. | | |
| Back to Back BloggerationI have just been spending the last fifteen minutes trying to work out how to make the font size bigger on my page but amongst the many many options that are available to me, font size changing is not making itself apparent to me. Oh well, you will have to continue to get the binoculars out to check out my blog.
Today was another day at school - the first Friday in fact that I have worked this year. The downside of qualifying is that I have to work on Fridays as well now. My year 7s have been writing film reviews for me. My favourite line is: "Watching 'Stardust' was like doing a poo when you've got constipation". I thought that was quite an apt description of watching a painfully long film. Most similes they produce are boringly cliched but this young feller's got a crude flair that will probably do him no good whatsoever.
After three lessons and a bit of marking the weekend finally arrived and now I get to watch two football games a day for the next few weeks.
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