Happy New Year!

So last month I played a rugby game in which I got knocked out. Not a rare occurrence you might comment, but it did mean I missed a week of work because as a result (or entirely coincidentally) I caught the flu. A terrible flu that caused fevers and a runny nose that resembled Vitcoria falls. I also had a splitting headache, but I don't know whether to attribute that to the concussion or the flu.

I don't remember the day before the game, the day itself, or the following two or three days. I don't really remember how I got home, or how I even managed to open the door. It's pretty frightening to think of how many hours I will never be able to recall.

On the plus side, for Christmas I got a remote control helicopter, which is an absolute pig to fly. If I ever get good with it, it'll be something of an achievement. Even getting everything set-up is a challenge; as is setting the trim and all that. When flying with freedom in three dimensions, your brain starts to struggle (at least mine does) so I absolutely find myself cycling through each axis, rather than focussing on everything at once (is it flying straight? Is the height okay? Is it veering left or right? Is it flying straight? Is the height okay? Is it veering left or right? Is it flying straight...). It's probably not how professionals think, but damn it's hard!

I also used some money I received to buy a NAS! Finally, all my photographs are once again secure (my previous internal RAID sprung a leak). It took literally days to get the information off the broken internal disks, as they kept dropping the link between the motherboard and themselves.

Oh, and my computer breaking on Christmas Eve didn't help. I HATE COMPUTERS. It broke the day before Christmas. Can you believe it? Well, regardless if you can or can't, I certainly can. I had to get a new motherboard, reformat the boot drive, pray it didn't need a complete overhaul (money is always an issue) and click the go button. Of course even the new motherboard was a pain in the ass, having a fried capacitor and bloody jumpers (of course I lost the jumpers as soon as I saw them) meant I had to bodge the whole thing. I've since replaced it, thank god, BUT I STILL LOST A FRIGGIN' JUMPER. Again. Twice. What in the world possessed ASUS or whoever it is, to include jumpers on their boards. It's pathetic. Last time I checked we had left 1999 far in the past. Grow up, ASUS.

Anyway, after the incredible stress of not being able to phone Mum and Dad over Christmas, it was a pretty uneventful break. I had a lot of spare time so I modelled something in MODO (equivalent to 3dsmax I guess?) and all that's left to do is skin it. I practiced with the helicopter (it's terrifying indoors) and ate a lot of chocolate. I've lost 5 kg's so my training regimen starts again from today.

I took some photographs as well, which you might be able to see above or below. Apart from that, nothing else of note happened that I can recall.

I hope your Christmas wasn't as bummed out as mine.

Bye!