The Cut Block, some lineman's best friend, other's worst enemy. Seen by many as an act of cowardice and surrender to your opponents greater skill or strength. Be it on the field, or in life they will lead to bad feeling in a local radius. Only acceptable when done to topple your housemates around blind corners.
Another year of university done. That makes two whole years of my life spent in Aberystwyth. This year has flown, probably due to me not once wanting it to end. Inevitably it had to happen, and people gradually packed up and left. Now I'm packing, and if I'm honest it feels like time to go home. (For those of you that know me at all, you'll know this is huge as I usually dislike being home). So with my bags piling up in Steve's recently cleared, surprisingly tidy and nice smelling room (----->)I sit down to write about the year gone by.
Reflections on this year.. hmmm in short its been great, but that doesn't mean it hasn't come with it's bad moments. Before further expansion I'm just going to list the good and bad things about this year. Here goes:
Good: Thunder, Beer, Pussy, Chicken, Gateau, Sleep, Kick Return, Mexican, Mohawk, BEAR, D-captaincy, THE Jack, Madden, NCAA, Bcs National Championship, Das Experiment, Wrestlemania, Old Boys , Top Flight Cricket, Lucy, 16 Prospect Street and all it's visitors, Tiger Woods, Golf, Fancy Dress and Working Out.
Bad: Losing Season, Hard Work not Being Rewarded, Friends not Getting a Deserved Send Off, Joint Socials, Revision, Lecturers, Bitches being Bitches, Packing, Phil not Finishing Friday Night Lights, 70% of Socials, Weather and People Leaving.
The good has been very good. Thunder, beer, pussy kicked it all off and from there it escalated. College football Saturday's were amazing, as were early socials when people still made an effort. The majority of this list speaks for itself. Das Experiment was perhaps my favourite night out of the year. The good bits couldn't have been attained had it not been for 16 Prospect Street and its distinguished set of visitors from #85, #59, #4 and #3 to Roofio. To expand fully on this list would take a while and a lot of blog space, so if you weren't involved... waaaaaaaaah.
The bad needs to be mentioned, such high hopes for this year, and an amazing start tailed off to a bad end. Piled with stress of revision, I saw but barely noticed the hardships of my friends. People left without the bang they should've gone out with, nights out were missed and until the last month Steve barely lived here. People went out of their way to spoil things and cause harm, showing how small a place Aber is. I love it, but I'm beginning to outgrow it.
A year that begun with such promise of chicken, gateau and sleep ends with cut blocking and distractions. Fun that it is running around the house distracting everyone, or always being around a corner waiting to scare it has come to an end. Second year of Uni, a year that started so well and ended in a bad way because shit people were awful. Just like lineman when they Cut Block.
