Strike Factory

Its looking more likely I might be drifting back to work. Thanks to Connexions I was shown a nice little IT job which I might get and currently tidying up my CV, in preparation to send it off. I will keep an ear out for other work and currently getting in touch with the jobcentre. Hopefully this will lead to something good!

I had some fun at Audio on Friday Night at the popular Minimal night, that featured popular minimal techno Berlin DJ Steven Beyer.It was a quality night and great to experience a German alternative style club night. Apart from continued research for secret new project (partly involving watching episodes of Knightmare!), not a massive lot has gone on.

Not long to go until England take on the United States of America at the World Cup, and I look forward to the World Cup. I will be watching matches within the comfort of home (with maybe some guests if you are interested in coming along, get in touch!) rather than down a pub with lots of drunk gloryhunting usual Chelski/ Gooner fans that will think a draw with a decent USA is a bad result. The Americans will not be easy they have much improved in football recent years. I for one hope with the BP nonsense we beat them though will take a draw. My predictions are as follows

England 1 USA 1 A nervy start for England but manage to grind out a respectable draw against the colonials!

England 2 Algeria 0

England 4 Slovenia 1

England progress to Round 2 along with most likely our US friends! We progress to the Quarter Finals where our quest ends in yet another penalty competition (provided we don't face Germans in Round 2)!

2nd June 2010

What to say, well I am starting to be clueless about what I want to do with myself. I dont want to be stuck at home twiddling my fingers, I really want to do something. I am currently split between attempting to enter college again go to university studying history to be lecturer now my personal lifes a lot more stable, but with what happened at Haywards Heath will they still doubt me?

Or should I take my diploma in Business Admin (which I gained 2004 despite the college and a silly school tutor suggesting I go for the mediocre Essential Skills course and leaving home), and try and enter the workplace again and do endless free labour work hand smart CVs to places and not really get anywhere. I am depressed by the statistics that only 15% of people on autism/ aspergers syndrome (I have a mild form) are in full time employment.

I really do want something to give me purpose (as someone said in BBCs Autism and Me) in life I dont want to be a scrounger stuck not doing a lot. Provided its reasonable pay to let me do more than I currently do I would be happy with a reasonable office admin data entry job. I know I am a bright lad thats capable, but dont know  what to do. I have tried chatting to Connexions but unsure, and they seem to busy. Should I go to the job centre and enquire there?

Outside that I am looking forward to the Sussexs Twenty Cricket campaign and also the World Cups just ten days away and I will be attending the WTA Eastbourne tennis event, hopefully with fellow fan English born Aussie lover Roger Russell! The Strike Factory celebrations will be low key and not sure how to celebrate this weekend, though it might be with some cool dudes and dudettes, or it might be nothing.  

It still seems like yesterday I launched this blog amazing to think its 5 years since it all began. Hardly anyone was using Facebook. I had just finished as Youth MP unsure what to do with myself.

Apart from the intro the first blog entry on 31st May 2005 was about the art of kissing. Not the best way to start off a weblog. But almost overnight the classics arrived about the stresses and pleasures and passions of life. It was a difficult time in my life 2005 but I got through it.

Also praise in the early days of the blog goes to the classic blog comments of fans Kristian 'Biscuit' Towell, Andy Rumble and Abi Jones aka Boo Sticks, esp involving an entry about a journey on a Eastbourne bound train and my fondness for a girl on the way, with the then mystery Boo Sticks (I had not met her then) outing my fondness for skirts though I was in my jeans at the time of the journey.

The following year I returned to study at Central Sussex Haywards Heath doing an access course for 2 years, I gave an insight into life at this wonderful college at the very heart of Sussex, including the stresses of work, and the occasional classic debates about feminism the religious debates between Pete Andersen and Stephen Pope, people curious about the origins of Neil Sonsthagens surname the wise words of Jenni Collins, Kusi Kimani, Tim Davies plus many other fine people that would take forever to list whilst at college there, the first year was great, whilst the second year was a bit disapointing due to personal problems (no not you wonderful guys and gals who enjoyed or got sick of my statments in access class!).. During that time I launched a separate project Seagulls Nest via Rivals.net to mixed success. Strike Factory played a bit part role to a degree in saving the WTA Eastbourne event in 2007 with my blog mentioning about the Save Eastbourne Tennis group that had key people in the likes of Philip Pemberton. It led to yours truly appearing on BBC Southern Counties radio discussing about the campaign! Eventually the famous tournament was saved and now has mens event.

Strike Factory has been a proud supporter of charitys and people doing personal challenges ranging from REMF, Scott McCarthys great Burgess Hill pub crawl, the NSP Lizard Ladies challenges to fellow former Youth MP Claire Bridges Mount Kilimanjaro challenge. I plan to get back into long distance running myself and raise some money the next 12 months at the Brighton Marathon hopefully.

I have discussed about the joys and pains of being single, my battles with depression, living with mild autism, meeting great and also nasty people. Finally my recent move to my first flat in Three Bridges. All in all its been an up and down 5 years whilst covering this blog, and heres to another 5 years of Strike Factory hopefully thanks for reading, and hope i offer an entertaining insight into many areas of life..