Catching Up

So I have gone through the stage of ignoring this again. TO be honest I have wanted to write, I love doing it, just there is never enough time these days. That's a lie I could make time just I wanted to give this the attention it deserves when I write.

Anyway I realised a while back that my goal, dream, aim, whatever you want to call it, is to get to America, to live there and to grow there. People often ask me why, and I kind of can't explain it but I'll give it a try.

Life is complicated, that won't change wherever you live, but there will be different complications. My time in America was magical, the truth is I loved going in to work, I loved being where I was, but most of all I loved the people. In the UK if someone smiles at you or wishes you a good day we think they are a freak. People seem to believe that if people do anything nice they must have an ulterior motive. Since Jan last year, following my time in America, I decided to do one good deed a day, or one thing that puts someone else first. They don't need to know it was me, I don't go around looking for things to do, but there are numerous opportunities we get every day that use to be seen as common curteousy. I'm glad to say that to this day I have achieved it every day. It is awesome, the feeling you get after is such a buzz and at the end of the day as your settling down to sleep you can think back to it with a smile on your face. You see no matter how shit a day you've had, it's one where hopefully you have had a positive effect on somebody else's life... so it can't of been that shit.

This isn't something I can say I learnt in America, but it's something that I realised I needed to change in myself. The weather in Cali was so glorious and I made some of the best friends ever. I love Baseball and American football, I love the process behind it, that people play at school/ college and enter a draft where teams bid for them. It's perfect to allow for the competitive nature in the leagues and the fan support is an experience everyone has to have.

Another reason is my interests, where I see my working career go. I love the online gaming industry and the people in it, particularly poker. I am blessed to have some of the contacts I do, and to have worked in online gaming in 3 different countries at such a young age. My degree in law, whilst a realisation that it wasn't a career I wanted, developed an interest in reading some legislation and trying to see what they writers meant when they wrote it. I enjoy partiuclarly what is going on in America, it is exciting times for people interested in online gaming as it will determine the future, when America is legalized and they make changes most people, as per usual, will follow suit. I want to be a part of that and my working experience puts me in good stead for being able to help people out there. This is something I need to do.

There's not much to update on in my life. Things are going good and I have a great bunch of close friends. I'm working pretty hard putting in 16-18 hour days at least once a week which is a lot on top of 4 11 hour days. There's times I love it, and times I hate it, but it is what it is and I'm pretty happy.

I;ll do another update soon