It is hard to believe 2014 is now into its second half but after the way
June ended, maybe the second half will be the better half overall.
This summary begins from Friday 20th which started with a huge change on the A&L group which saw me invited as an admin something which is a big thing for me as it shows people like the way I do things.
The afternoon began with some writing on the World Cup followed by some browsing and the creation of my weekly Super League preview with some World cup and Super League viewing in the evening.
Saturday began badly as in turning on my laptop, I was greeted by a flashing power light and no further action which meant there was a problem so some research later, I noticed a couple of cables were damaged and that the power supply could be the main problem so ordered new parts. I had to use my mum's spare laptop in order to order the parts and to use until such parts arrived.
So the day was taken up doing the above but some World Cup viewing took up the evening as well as some blogging and a session on Watch Dogs on the Xbox One.
Sunday began better than the previous day with a trip to Wigan for the coach up to
Yorkshire for the away game at Wakefield meaning another new ground to add to
my list but despite a good atmosphere and meting some friends, it was a loss
and meant the curse of new grounds had resurfaced since the loss in May to
Leeds.
A quiet trip home was followed by the viewing of the F1 Austrian GP which was an interesting watch and the day ended with more play on Watch Dogs.
Monday meant the beginning of a new week and some blogging with the Wigan and Super League reviews followed by some more World Cup coverage and a strange but very intriguing drama on BBC3 called 'Murdered by my Boyfriend' which was even more harrowing because it is based on a true story and shows just how sick some people are out there.
Tuesday saw the arrival of a new power supply but without the other required cables, I was unable to test it out fully so no progress there but I found my old laptop which had overheating problems and got it working in the afternoon. To add insult to a bad week, later on after I had turned it off due to not needing to use, it turned on but the screen and processor had failed so that was the last straw with that one and it had to go.
The evening saw some World Cup coverage and the start of play on a previous Games with Gold download in the shape of Deadlight.
Wednesday began with the arrival of the new cables form my laptop but to my devastation they made no difference so it proved to be a waste which made me glad I only spent £20 overall and had to decide whether to get a new laptop as the one I was using was a borrow and of course not mine so in future would be taken back.
An afternoon of blogging and searching was followed by more progress on Deadlight and into Thursday, I made the decision to get a new computer but set a limit of £250 which I spent on the current ASUS system I am writing this post on. The afternoon saw more blogging and the creation of the weekly Super League preview with the evening featuring a split viewing of the World Cup and the Hull Kr v Huddersfield game which sadly ruined my weekly SL accumulator as I had tipped the home side.
Friday has the best start to a day of the entire week as my new laptop arrived followed shortly after by my ticket and travel for the away game in London. The day was focused around setting up my new system while also installing and transferring the required files from my main HDD which stunned me as I have around 170GB of documents/music/pictures combined which will be sorted out hopefully later next week.
The afternoon saw a chat session with Microsoft to sort out my MS Office activation problem and was followed with the trip to Wigan for the A&L meet ahead of the derby game against St Helens but despite a good meet-up the game went along the lines of the previous weekend which meant another loss.
A return to the pub after the game was nice and met some new people and the night ended with the trip home which went into Saturday which saw more setting up of my new system and in the morning was followed by the monthly shopping trip to the Concourse but after spending on my new laptop the purchases were few.
The afternoon saw me travel to Orrell to watch
the U19's derby but annoyingly the result was similar to the previous night
meaning I had watched three Wigan
defeats in the space of a week, something that ironically hasn't happened since
this time last year so next June, let's hope there is a change.
The evening saw further World Cup coverage and the continuing road to completion on Deadlight. which continued into Sunday with only two unlocks left before completion just after 1am and the morning saw the final setting up of my new system and some spreadsheet updating and research on Xbox storage.
The month came to an end with Monday which saw some early morning Twitch viewing followed by the writing up of my Wigan and Super League report and in the afternoon and evening some World Cup coverage and the beginning of Minecraft on the 360.
A mixed ten days overall but in the grand scheme of things, I cannot really complain as what was a bad week for me is nothing compared to the problems that a lot of people are having round the world which is a very sobering thought and a strange way to end this post.
This summary begins from Friday 20th which started with a huge change on the A&L group which saw me invited as an admin something which is a big thing for me as it shows people like the way I do things.
The afternoon began with some writing on the World Cup followed by some browsing and the creation of my weekly Super League preview with some World cup and Super League viewing in the evening.
Saturday began badly as in turning on my laptop, I was greeted by a flashing power light and no further action which meant there was a problem so some research later, I noticed a couple of cables were damaged and that the power supply could be the main problem so ordered new parts. I had to use my mum's spare laptop in order to order the parts and to use until such parts arrived.
So the day was taken up doing the above but some World Cup viewing took up the evening as well as some blogging and a session on Watch Dogs on the Xbox One.
Sunday began better than the previous day with a trip to Wigan for the coach up to
Yorkshire for the away game at Wakefield meaning another new ground to add to
my list but despite a good atmosphere and meting some friends, it was a loss
and meant the curse of new grounds had resurfaced since the loss in May to
Leeds.A quiet trip home was followed by the viewing of the F1 Austrian GP which was an interesting watch and the day ended with more play on Watch Dogs.
Monday meant the beginning of a new week and some blogging with the Wigan and Super League reviews followed by some more World Cup coverage and a strange but very intriguing drama on BBC3 called 'Murdered by my Boyfriend' which was even more harrowing because it is based on a true story and shows just how sick some people are out there.
Tuesday saw the arrival of a new power supply but without the other required cables, I was unable to test it out fully so no progress there but I found my old laptop which had overheating problems and got it working in the afternoon. To add insult to a bad week, later on after I had turned it off due to not needing to use, it turned on but the screen and processor had failed so that was the last straw with that one and it had to go.
The evening saw some World Cup coverage and the start of play on a previous Games with Gold download in the shape of Deadlight.
Wednesday began with the arrival of the new cables form my laptop but to my devastation they made no difference so it proved to be a waste which made me glad I only spent £20 overall and had to decide whether to get a new laptop as the one I was using was a borrow and of course not mine so in future would be taken back.
An afternoon of blogging and searching was followed by more progress on Deadlight and into Thursday, I made the decision to get a new computer but set a limit of £250 which I spent on the current ASUS system I am writing this post on. The afternoon saw more blogging and the creation of the weekly Super League preview with the evening featuring a split viewing of the World Cup and the Hull Kr v Huddersfield game which sadly ruined my weekly SL accumulator as I had tipped the home side.
Friday has the best start to a day of the entire week as my new laptop arrived followed shortly after by my ticket and travel for the away game in London. The day was focused around setting up my new system while also installing and transferring the required files from my main HDD which stunned me as I have around 170GB of documents/music/pictures combined which will be sorted out hopefully later next week.
The afternoon saw a chat session with Microsoft to sort out my MS Office activation problem and was followed with the trip to Wigan for the A&L meet ahead of the derby game against St Helens but despite a good meet-up the game went along the lines of the previous weekend which meant another loss.
A return to the pub after the game was nice and met some new people and the night ended with the trip home which went into Saturday which saw more setting up of my new system and in the morning was followed by the monthly shopping trip to the Concourse but after spending on my new laptop the purchases were few.
The evening saw further World Cup coverage and the continuing road to completion on Deadlight. which continued into Sunday with only two unlocks left before completion just after 1am and the morning saw the final setting up of my new system and some spreadsheet updating and research on Xbox storage.
The month came to an end with Monday which saw some early morning Twitch viewing followed by the writing up of my Wigan and Super League report and in the afternoon and evening some World Cup coverage and the beginning of Minecraft on the 360.
A mixed ten days overall but in the grand scheme of things, I cannot really complain as what was a bad week for me is nothing compared to the problems that a lot of people are having round the world which is a very sobering thought and a strange way to end this post.
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