So, upon some inspiration from a good friend and recent events, I have decided it's time I fed the world another spoonful of my brain. I of course speak in metaphor, this is not a tribute to Anthony Hopkins' famous psychotic screen creation.
For that matter, when I talk about inspiration from 'recent' events, I actually mean the events of the past few months. It's been stupidly long since I posted, so not much of this will come as 'recent', but I'm hopeful it will feed your thoughts and desire to be entertained sufficiently.
"What's been happening, Matt? I've been sat here stewing in the same pair of knickers for months waiting for you to post a new blog!" I can see these cries being let out from the desks of my millions of followers worldwide. I promise to make it up to you in the form of more writing in future (especially as I'm now only occupied a few days a week and don't have the subconscious nagging of a scholarly dissertation demanding to be written (it's time to go anecdotal)).
Why am I only occupied a few days a week? Well, I made a mistake. Yes, it's true, a head as big as mine just admitted to making a mistake. As much as I enjoy the beautiful surroundings atop Lincoln's famous steep hill, or it's sparkling swan-topped Brayford Pool, or it's high concentration of watering holes- nothing actually happens here for the ambitious graduate. Rather naively, I assumed success and happiness could be found in the same city that had provided such gold to me in the past three years. Unfortunately, however, happiness often depends on context. What do I mean? Lincoln- it's nice. It's a great place to be a student. It's a great place to befriend students and live the life of a student- but I must sadly now dissaociate myself from this, and, as a first time outsider, I am increasingly finding myself trapped in a city where NOTHING HAPPENS! 'The village of Lincoln' is a much more apt description when we see beyond the guise of 'cathedral'. It took me four hours to get to Birmingham- a city classed also as 'midlands', and a search on the biblical website prospects.ac.uk will reveal very little employment offerings in the surrounding areas.
Anyway, it has to be said that I'm a happy man although my life has completely changed again. I am alive, I have a house, and I just ate some fantastic chicken. Although my job is often thankless, I feel I am gaining a more recognition. I do have a lot of respect for my colleagues who plough through each day to make it all worth while in the form of a paycheque of laughs and beers one in every four saturday nights! Hello to you all, past and present. While we're on hellos, I would also like to offer my greetings to anyone who has flown through my life and I sadly see little of any more. You're all thought about, especially if you Facebook enough for me to banter your 'status updates'.
I graduated two months ago with a good degree on what was a fantastic afternoon both in terms of weather, surroundings, people and silly hats. Bring on the PhD so I can dress as a 'creme egg' and sit on the stage twice a year.
Got a bloody good bargain on toilet rolls today. Girls use too much of that stuff, can't they just shake as well? I'm thinking about the trees here, ladies...
Some other things going through my mind at the moment:
- Battenberg cake. Not really the purchasing or consumption of, I think I'm more fascinated by the general architecture of this magnificent dessert item.
- Why can't I carve an amazing pumpkin? Last time I tried, it had triangles for eyes, another for its nose, and a kind of postbox slot for a mouth. Sound like a poor effort? I lost a little bit of my thumb; so marks for trying, please!
- How is the iPhone so popular given the astronomical subscription fees?
- 'The Fourth Kind' is a shit film
- Excitement for 'Toy Story 3' (anyone remember 'falling with style'??)
Matt Schofield BA(Hons)
