Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Graduation
My Graduation last week signalled an end to University education and life for me. The past three years have been the most enjoyable of my life thus far, and I’ve maybe even learnt a thing or two along the way. All that I have now is a certificate, some great friends, and some even better [...]
Voids
It has been a while. I have not written a proper blog entry since the start of January, the start of a new decade. Why the absence? To be succinct, my dad passed away in early January and I lost the urge to write. I was – and I still am to an extent – [...]
15th April 1989 – In Memory of the 96
Twenty one years may of passed since the terrible events at Hillsborough, but the 96 who lost their lives will never be forgotten. John Alfred Anderson (62) Thomas Howard (39) Colin Mark Ashcroft (19) Thomas Anthony Howard (14) James Gary Aspinall (18) Eric George Hughes (42) Kester Roger Marcus Ball (16) Alan Johnston (29) Gerard [...]
Robert
Robert was a loving father, brother and friend to all who knew him. Robert born and raised in Speke, Liverpool, with his mother Estella and father Philip, his sister Margaret and brothers Raymond and Kenneth. Robert spent time living in Runcorn, before moving to Wigan due to work commitments. He had two children in Martyn [...]
Hello 2010
A New Year, as well as a new decade, is upon us. As we leave behind the annoyingly so-called ‘noughties’, perhaps now is a good time for reflection on the last ten years. For me, the last decade has been a big one, as I transformed from a 10 year old kid to the most [...]
A New Decade
The Verve – A New Decade
Future Thoughts
Among leaflets about depression, letters about fire safety and other general crappy bits of paper Lancaster University crammed into my hands during Freshers Week over two years ago, I remember receiving a giant A3 poster. The poster outlined a three year plan, and thinking back it told me (it was a talking poster) that around [...]
Injured
The last 5 days have been pretty damn shitty for me compared to my usually perfect life and I feel like a good moan. Last weekend I had a cracking time in Carlisle whilst staying at a friends house, a cracking time that was added to further by Liverpool’s fantastic 2-0 victory over Man Utd. [...]