Day 22 A photo that makes you happy

Another obvious cheesy one, but here we are.

It combines my two of my favourite accomplishments - getting a degree and finding a lovely girlfriend. If i could have superimposed an image of me finding a job in the background it would have been even better, but this will do for now.

Day 21 Your favourite television program

Tony sure does like tv. Not sure what I could call my favourite though. So lets look at a few.

The Simpsons - Every one likes it, but only the mega fanboys would try to claim that it's as good as it ever was. It's still funny, for sure. But in the older episodes there was a real backbone of a story. And you believed that they were a real family who just did odd things occasionally. Nowadays nothing can be resolved without some wacky, outlandish routine tacked on to the it. Like the other day I saw the one where Homer gets addicted to marijuina. And by the end him and Smithers were using Mr Burns' dead body as a puppet. Whats that about eh?

Lost - Super awesome show. It is true that the last season wasn't the best, but it would never have been as good as the other 5 series. It could either be lame and try to resolve every single mystery one by one, or it could ignore a few of them and just concentrate on a tale that would lead to a finale. I could witter on about how much I enjoyed their take on time travel (which incidentally is the same as mine) or how even the shittier characters felt fairly believable. But the last 5 minutes made me well up with tears, and so that's a good show right there.

Special shout outs to those children's shows that stayed with me as well

Knightmare - Outstanding show. Ahead of its time and still kinda fun to watch now. Even though computer graphics are way ahead of that now. They could certainly make a new show in a similar vein - you know dungeons and dragons style thing.

Dangermouse - Very funny still. Loved Penfold, but so does everyone.

Sooty and Sweep - I know the show wasn't called that, but the latest Sweep obsession gfoing round these parts reminds me how funny Sweep was.

Gamesmaster - Dexter Fletcher made it bad, but at the time it was the only tv show like it. And as a game nerd I always watched it until they axed it. Sob.

That'll do. I'm sure there are more but you'll all have to do without knowing them.

Day 20 A letter to someone that changed your life

Well I'd like to be less predictable but I guess I'll have to go with the easy option here.

Dear Rebecca

You did change my life well. Before I met you I was bitter and twisted and lonely. Then you came and took me as I was and loved me. And I loved you back. And we were happy. And still are.

Day 19 Whatever tickles your fancy

Time to take another look back at Tony's life. I think we left off in 1991. Vanilla Ice and Mc Hammer ruled the world, Sonic the Hedgehog was selling its millions and most the children i now teach were 9 years off being born....

Tony - The teenage years (1991 - 2000)

Tony was still doing well at school, this being junior school still. Come year 6 and Tony was still in the top of the class. Especially as Janegan had left now to go to another school. The 11+ tests came around and Tony passed, getting a score of 227 i believe. (I think you needed 195 to pass). So off to Sutton Grammar I did go.

Now unfortunately, being a smart fish in a stupid pond stops being fun when you move to a smarter pond. Which is what Sutton Grammar was. Still I was smarter than most, just stupider than most in the class. With my intelligence not seeming as great as it once had been, my role as class clown became far more pronounced. This was of course a blessing and a curse. My year 7 bullying time disappeared, as the bullies went onto the proper geeks, rather than the kinda weird/amusing geeks (that was me).Alas, I was known throughout the school by teachers as someone who'd rather prat around than work hard. And I know how much that pisses off teachers. Or at least i do now.

So fast forward to 1998, and the GCSEs were upon us. I wanted to stay on to Sutton Grammars sixth form, but hopes were a little low. After all, I'd wasted most of my school life dicking around telling jokes. But yatta! I came out with the 4 B's I needed. Off to sixth form I went - where my inablility to work hard increased.

Those who were the bottom of the smart pond had gone, leaving those of us who scraped in as the little stupid fishes sucking dirt off the pond floor. But by now I wasn't even sure what I wanted to do in life. And when you have only 2 years left to decide it ain't good. Especially when you go to the computer room to write a personal statement and then get involved in a quake tournament. Quake was new back then. And it rocked. So no UCAS form and no personal statement, Tony had no plans.

'I think I might take a year off', I said to my Mum in May, knowing that it was too late to really do anything else.
'No you won't' she replied. 'You get a job or you go to university. I'm not having you lying around for a year.' And so, with 14 days til the closing date for UCAS forms, I went to decide my future after school.

And so we're now in the year 2000. A lovely time to leave this. Next time - Tony's lazy life catches up with him as we enter the darker years.

Day 18 Set or share a goal

For when? Soon? Well getting a place for me and my beloved would be good. Hopefully this year but who can tell what the winds of change might bring. And in the long term? Well that 'm' word keeps popping up in convos, and I guess I can't avoid it forever.....

Day 17 A photo that makes you sad

This was another tricky one kids. What could possibly make Tony sad? So I went with an easy option (a photo I could find on facebooks).

This is sad for a number of reasons.
1) Block 3 was one of my favourite times ever. Every day was a blast, or at least gossip-filled drama.
2) I made some good friends, and some of them I probably won't see much anymore. Some of them I'll probably never see again even.
3) Dukes decided not to be in the photo, so even when reminiscing, I won't recall what her face looks like.

Now I will go for a little cry.  (sob sniff, snuffle)

Day 16 Provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes

Hey blog fans.
I've not updated this in ages, simply because I couldn't think of how to fill this one. And it's not cos I'm worried I'll offend Becca or something by naming crushes. Its just that I've not reallt fancied celebrities. None of them ever interested me. I was always far more interested in having crushes on people i knew, as I always figured I'd have more chance with friends. Back in me single days this is. So rather than try and pick some girls that most men would pick, to try and fit in and be cool I'll just leave this and do something better tomorrow.

bye

Day 15 A letter to someone you wish you could meet

Dear Boba Fett

Be careful with that jetpack of yours. It might end in tears one day.

Love from Tony

Day 14 A song from your childhood

I'm sure most of my childhood was just listening to the kind of random, inane songs that little kids listen to. You know, those ones that you kinda have some weird half memory of 20 years later, but can't quite recall if they were real or some dream. But hey, heres one I do remember being on a tape my Grandma used to play. And I think I posted it on the facebooks a while back, but here it is again.

Even with this mad video, tis a classic.

Day 13 Whatever tickles your fancy

Egad, what happened? 3 days without posting? Guess teachers are busier than I first figured. And I'm also at Becca's right now so I have a little less time to just sit around typing stuff up. But hey, here I am, with Day 13 (which I believe is now 17 days after I started this. Or maybe 18). What does tickle my fancy then? I think a study of Tony's life.

Tony - The early years (1981 - 1991)

I think a ten year span is a nice start. Born on 31st December at about 4am, I don't recall much of my early life. What with being a baby and all. I believe my earliest memory is my 3rd birthday, as I had a cake the shape of a cat. It was brown. Next I remember being at my brother's christening. I was sitting next to my Nan....that's all I remember. David and Robert were born 2nd February 1984, so I imagine this memory is 1984 sometime.
I started Cheam Park Farm Infant school in 1985 I think. There I met long term chum Andrew Budden. He was playing some game with Janegan Annilingham and I believe I latched onto them both. The three of us were to become class boffins, and when James Guzy joined us in year 2 (or top year as it was when we infants) we were four good and clever chums. Being super smart meant that primary school was always a good time for me. It was a shame that I was always third smartest in the class, but when Janegan moved schools at the end of year 5 I was upgraded to second. Just.

So life was good in these years. However, bad times were starting to form.

I don't remember my Uncle Gerald dying, but I know from later conversations that it happened while we were on holiday and so had to come back early. This was 1987....I think August. However, I do remember Uncle Curly (David) getting killed some 8 or 9 months later. Myself and my brothers were playing in the garden, when Mum came out clutching her head and told us to get the Moffats, who were our nice elderly neighbours. We thought she was sick, but she wasn't. She just been given bad news. Perhaps I was too young to appreciate the gravity of all this, but I imagine that losing 2 brothers in the space of a year was pretty tough for all involved - Mum, Nan and Granddad. But I was young and had no idea so continued being quite happy and smart. By my 10th birthday I would have been in year 5, so I think we shall stop just now. (As I now teach year 5, it seems to have worked out well).

I think there are more whatever i fancy entries on this thing, so we'll continue my life then. Byeee.

Day 12 Post a self-portrait

The crapiness of this is more from my inabilty to draw with a touchpad than anything. But i think it covers everything - the oversized ears, the unkempt hair, and the overall goofy look.
Lovely stuff.

Day 11 Share your favorite recipe

Ingredients : Bread
                   Cheese

Place 2 - 3 slices of bread under the grill until toasted on one side.
Place several slices of cheese on the untoasted sides and then grill again.
Once cheese has melted, take out of grill and eat.

Well that was certainly simpler than yesterday's. Ciao

Day 10 A letter to the person you hate most or caused you a lot of pain

Hello

You may not remember me, but you sure did piss me off a while back. I almost wrote some jokey made up letter, but I figured it would work out better if I wrote to someone who actually pissed me off. The problem was, and still is I guess, that you never really knew or understood how much you cheesed me off, nor did you or will you ever understand why your actions caused me to have to regard you as my arch nemesis for life. Heck, the girl you took, I don't even think I liked her that much when I look at it in retrospect. But come on! I'd been alone for 23 years by this stage. You could have just let me had a small bit of success, even if it was clearly doomed to fail sooner or later. Yeah, I was having bad times for sure. But our little MSN conversation tipped me over let me tell you, and this is where the hate comes in. Or came in. past tense. Yeah, I remember it well. You came and told me you knew my feelings but were going to 'take her off me'. My natural response was fairly expletive based, but your reply cut me bad.
'I don't know why you're mad at me. It's not my fault that girls think I'm better looking than you.'
Now I'll never know whether you meant that as a KO blow to me, or whether the fact that you'd never failed in love meant that you couldn't comprehend how I felt. But as someone who was growing a little desperate and needed reassurance that nice guys could eventually win the girl, it was a comment which was covered in stark reality. Cos I knew that in the real world, girls would always go for good looking guys over the guys who just wanna look after them. And indeed she did.
But it's ok. Cos I fled to America, and got a little bit of confidence. And now things are much better.
So score one for the good guys!

Love from Tony

Day 9 List some of your favourite bloggers

Hey gang.

Seems i missed the first day of 2011, cos I was at Dan and Aimee's house. So here we are, on the 2nd of January with a new blog entry. And what is it today? Oh....favourite bloggers? Sounds crap. And also fairly pointless as most the people who read this are no doubt people who have their own blogs which inspired me to write this one. So lets see then...

http://meemsyblog.blogspot.com/

Oh look, it's Aimee Hannah's blog. Pretty good stuff but fairly pointless if you don't know her. I liked her day 20 entry best. Good stuff.

http://tabbinator89.blogspot.com/

Oh and here is the blog of Tabitha De Garis. Check out her crazy ramblings, or just the quite touching Day 40 entry she did a while back.

http://stevensfoodieadventures.blogspot.com/

And how about Steven's 'Adventures of a Foodie'. No doubt it's a lil pretentious at times, but he probably does know more than most of y'all about food and stuff.

Check em out. Or just ignore all i've written and wait for a better entry tomorrow...