I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of January already, this year is already starting to go so fast but it is set to be a cracking year.
On Monday Matthew and I are spending the night away in an unspecified location to celebrate 3 years of putting up with each other! Who knew when I asked him out for a casual drink, it’d turn into this? 
Then we have numerous football games in February including a trip to the Emirates and a couple of nights in our favourite hotel in Leyland for QPR at home which doubles up as our Valentines celebrations. February also holds my fate as I have my final assessment for work at the end of the month! :/
March sees us off to Berlin, splashed the boat out and have booked a 5* hotel, have always wanted to stay in one but never had the opportunity until now!
April, argh, scary April, I am doing the London marathon in April and I haven’t been to the gym quite as much as I’d have hoped so I really need to crack on ASAP. Am raising money for the Adam Stansfield foundation, please sponsor me https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/samanthacawley
As well as the marathon I am off to Dublin for my cousins wedding as my mums “date” haha!
May, can’t mention my plans for May as I’m plotting a surprise for someone!
June, we are going to see Coldplay at the Emirates and if they’re half as good as they were at Wembley a couple of years ago then it’ll be fantastic. It’s also Matthews birthday in June so I will have to see what else I can plot….
Can’t wait for July, this is where I will see all my money gone as we are planning on going to DisneyWorld in Florida! Yay!
It’s my birthday in August so hopefully you know who will organise something 
Errm, that’s all I have planned at the moment, I say all, it’s still pretty damn hectic and I have to fit work around all of this, somehow!!
This isn’t the most interesting blog I’ll admit but I am bored on the train to Sheffield and am testing out the WordPress app for iPad, I recently bought one and they are amazing. If you don’t own I e then I suggest buying one, perfect for killing time especially on train journeys 
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However, despite joining the gym on 1st November, I have totally failed to get to the gym due to being so knackered from work. Tomorrow, I am out watching Dave Gorman so will do my best to get to the gym on Friday as I really need to build up some strength in my knee. I have decided that I will fundraise for The Adam Stansfield Foundation and will be doing the marathon in full yellow Yeovil Town kit with “Stansfield 7″ on the back of my shirt. Please donate if you can at https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/samanthacawley I will blog on a regular basis with updates on my progress towards the London Marathon! I am a bit concerned about my fitness, but I just need to work extra hard and make sure I put the effort in and I am determined to finish even if it means crawling to the finish!
Yeah I’ve neglected this place somewhat. I’ve become increasingly bogged down in a personal online identity crisis and wary of putting as much out there as I do, on here, in an uncontrolled, googleable environment. I resolved that the blog served no purpose – a blog needs a purpose. As my friend Ross put it, a good blog either covers a niche subject or has a clear target market. My blog? Talking about me? No-one cares bar a few close friends, so the dangers way outweigh the benefits. I decided to delete it, but Sam urged me to keep it – so I have. I have edited a few of my older posts, where information was a bit too personal, but it’s all still here. I may or may not blog more in the future. But only in a way in which I am comfortable… Well it would appear that this blog has been somewhat deleted, so I doubt we have any readers left other than Ross, Hi Ross! I thought i’d let you all know that we are both still alive, Matthew just seems to not like his blog anymore… he goes through phases like this, one minute he loves it, the next minute he hates it! He seems to post more crap videos on YouTube than anything else these days so head over to www.youtube.com/scrxisi for some awful awful videos, mostly of car journeys sped up, quite who wants to watch those i’ve no idea…. That’s all I have to say! Ta Ta xx
The blog has, for no apparent reason, decided to not display spaces after punctuation. They are still there in the database – but they just aren’t displayed. It looks odd. I don’t like it. I’m going to sit on this for a few days and hope it fixes itself This blog has been prompted by my boyfriends inability to ever have a decent profile picture on a Social Networking site. Both his Twitter and his Facebook have a picture of some random hideous old man. Now, I appreciate no-one wants to be over done with the same old pictures of someone thinking they’re drop dead gorgeous when they’re really not in their profile picture or a soppy picture taken somewhere so called romantic, yes I know, I am guilty of such a picture myself. Seriously though, there are better pictures out there then Previous profile pictures of his have included, him with a sign at Silverstone, yes, this is a good picture, quite why it was replaced with THAT, only he knows. Before that, it was a picture of a sheep, because of the “make your profile a sheep” campaign, which I also didn’t mind as sheep are one of my favourite animals So to sum it up, my boyfriend is rubbish when it comes to profile pictures Hello – this blog is brought to you in association with East Coast’s 0900 to Glasgow Central (Coach F, Seat 62). It’s a quiet train but nearly every pissing seat is reserved so it looks set to get full. We’re established in our seats though, all the way to Newcastle, so here comes a random blog. Continue reading On the train A time constrained (I have work soon) stream-of-conciousness type post. Away we go! Continue reading The 03/05 Edition  scrxisi |  anto thistlethwaite, barnsley, carlisle, clare island, durham, nights, ps3, psn, sam, saw doctors, skipton, sunderland, train |  Antirants |  0 As I have mentioned previously, I have been wary of social networks and the role they play – not so much privacy concerns per se, but the worry it will kill stimulating communication and meaniful contact. Anywho, I have concluded that I quite like having it but I can be more comfortable if I set up my privacy levels to match appropriately the level of friendship I have with people in a more offline environment. Whilst this sounds a touch creepy, I think it sits well with the objectives I like to achieve whilst keeping everyone in touch – as no matter what I set to visible for certain groups, everyone can still contact me on it (if that is their preference). Continue reading More Latest Obsessions
On the 1st May 2011, Andrew Foot, Vikki Langsdale, Mike Stone and I will be taking part in a 5k “run” in Exeter raising funds for The Adam Stansfield Foundation. The Adam Stansfield Foundation was set up in memory of Adam Stansfield who sadly passed away in August 2010 following a battle with Bowel Cancer. Adam was a cracking footballer but an even better man/husband/dad and he is missed by all who knew him or even just saw him play. I don’t like to write too much about it as I get emotional so i’ll just point you to this post from the time…. Adam Stansfield: 1978-2010 Doing the 5k is going to be difficult for me as back in 2007 I injured my left knee and it hasn’t been the same since. I’ve now got a job which requires me to spend a lot of the time on my feet and it’s been getting very painful recently, so much so that i’ve been back to the doctors and am waiting for physio which starts on 10th May. Even just walking a mile to Ewood Park yesterday was painful so 5k is going to be hard. I feel like i’m letting the others down as they have trained so hard and I simply haven’t been able to, but they can put their hard work into practice and get a good time and i’ll just amble round and get to the finish when I can!! Please make the pain worthwhile by visiting our sponsorship page and I know it’s a cliche but every little helps so please donate whatever you can. Thanks for reading Sam Yesterday I witnessed Yeovil Towns biggest away win in EIGHT years!! They beat Leyton Orient 5-1 on their own patch, the same patch that has seen the O’s go unbeaten at home for 6 months! I wasn’t sure whether to attend or not having spent £50 last weekend watching a vital 3-2 win away at Exeter, and it costing £22 to get into Leyton Orient. £22 could get 2 people in to Blackburns game vs Birmingham and 2 tickets on the Rovers gamble! That’s how mad this football lark is! However, having enjoyed the game last week so much, and travel costs being £0.00, I decided to go and thank the lord I did as someone was shining down on Yeovil! I like to think it was Stanno, but I cannot prove this; one thing I do know is he wasn’t shining down on Exeter who suffered another defeat at the hands of Colchester United this time, also 5-1! Early on, Orient had some good possession but then the ball fell sweetly to Shaun MacDonald who fired in a powerful shot from at least 30 yards, leaving the keeper as stunned as the away faithful, Yeovil were winning!! :O Orient then had a man sent off, much to the amazement of the home crowd who seem to think that going in two footed, studs showing is an acceptable way of tackling! Poor Welshy only has small skinny legs so I feared for them for a second, luckily he was able to carry on! Yeovil then got a second, again thanks to Shaun MacDonald, that man really is a different class, if we’re able to sign him at the end of the season, it would be amazing. He is at least a Championship class player! Orient then decided that handling the ball was a good way to get themselves back in the game, referee didn’t approve though and quickly pointed to the spot! There was only one person ever taking this penalty, yes you guessed it, Shaun MacDonald, he stepped up and slotted away a cool penalty to send the away gathering wild and the home crowd silent! And that’s how it stayed to half time. 0-3, not sure anyone could quite believe the Yeovil side that had turned up were the same side that were battling relegation with the opponents fighting for a play off spot! Yeovil started the second half the same way they finished the first, with fire in their belly and a real want of more goals, they didn’t have to wait long… just 2 minutes actually as Andy Welsh knocked in a goal from a position that he really shouldn’t have been allowed to get into! 0-4!!! GET IN!! Unfortunately, a moment of weakness at the back saw Orient get one back, and a few nerves started to form from within, could we really throw away a 4 goal lead, you wouldn’t have thought so, but this is Yeovil so expect the unexpected! Luckily, my worry was meaningless as Yeovil went onto get a fifth thanks to Dean Bowditch, that was it, signed, sealed, delivered, 3 points in the bag! And then full time came. It still didn’t really hit home that Yeovil had scored FIVE! Yeovil don’t score five, especially not away from home, yet they had and the whole squad looked delighted. It’s great to see such a squad unison and the sheer passion from the players. People say loans don’t really care that much, but I disagree, those at Yeovil all wanted the 3 points and none of them would have been happy should that have not happened! Leyton Orient 1-5 YEOVIL TOWN
I can’t quite decide if Facebook is spawn of the devil or fantastic keep-in-touch tool that has kept many an otherwise doomed-to-lose-touch friendship bubbling along. I previously left Facebook for about 6 months when disillusioned with it, and now I am getting pangs to do so again. It’s a lazy tool that lets people keep in touch with me by stealth. I don’t communicate with Facebook friends, I pass comment on their life, or if I can’t even be bothered to do that, I show a simple mark of approval. If I want to talk to someone I still reach for my email – excepting those people who generally don’t respond to email, or for which I don’t have an email address. So there is an argument straight away – it has enabled communication with someone who I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to contact. No it hasn’t, it’s enabled communication with someone I have been too lazy to ascertain correct contact details for because of Facebook. I recently lost touch with a friend who wasn’t on Facebook – maybe had he been on Facebook we’d have kept in touch, and that is the future for me if I get rid of it. No, hang on – we got back in touch by phone and had a happy beer fuelled reunion, in which it turned out that he’d had so much going on with work that he’d largely neglected everything else. Facebook would have been everything else and would not have helped. Regular reader Ross is not even on Facebook and we text and email regularly. In fact arguably more than we ever did when he was briefly on Facebook. In fact arguably more than we did ever. There is no pro-Facebook counter argument at all for this point! It’s never been needed and would no nothing to enhance things. It’s its creepy laziness that I think I want to get away from. But there’s something about it that I don’t want to lose. I am aware that I will stay in touch with my closest friends whatever – but I’d lose a lot of social interaction around activities and events I partake in and enjoy if I wasn’t on Facebook. It’s more the funny links posted and events of the TCDL that I enjoy on there. If I didn’t have Facebook, I think I’d fall out of a lot of loops rather quickly. So maybe I should resolve to make it something I use for what I want it for, and tidy up my profile to counter privacy concerns. And then of course, anyone who seems to be “Facebook-only” can still get in touch. But I am also going to go throught my contacts on my email and make sure I have an email address for everyone. Sorted. I’ll stick around. For now. MY NAME IS SPELT SCRIVINHello and welcome to another random blog post. Last time I used a phrase, “lets take a ride on my train of thought” – and that will very much dictate whether or not this post has anything in it or not! All aboard! Continue reading Podcastery If I were to identify one feature of roads in London that is different to anywhere else in the world, it would be the humble roundabout. I learned to drive up north Continue reading Roundabouting London scrxisi | a24, a3, bus, clapham, Elephant & Castle, google, hammersmith, heathrow, holland park, hyde park corner, london, microsoft, mitcham, morden, roundabout, sam, shepherds bush, skipton, wales, wandsworth bridge | rants | 0 I was and still am a great fan of those comedy writers who do things mildly termed as a stupid boy project – for example collecting people who are also called Dave Gorman, trekking around Ireland with a Fridge, or visiting random odd place names to make a calendar whilst also training a dog. A genre gently tickled by Mitchell and Webb in this sketch, but entertaining nonetheless. It inspired me in foolish ways too. Continue reading Random Collections Lets talk about random shit. Continue reading Recent Findings SO yeah, Christmas happened. Continue reading Weight Check :: Week 12ish Lots gone on since I last updated this blog – firstly 2010 ended and I didn’t do a “Review of the Year” post. I had every intention of doing so but didn’t do it on time and now it seems a bit late and irrelevant. Continue reading Catch-up Well, the time has come where we say goodbye to another year, this time, we’re saying goodbye 2010, hello 2011. This year has had it’s highs and also had it’s fair share of lows, although overall, i’d say this year has been a high! Here’s a round up of my 2010: January - This month started well, Matthew got out of hospital on 31st December 2009, so I got to bring in 2010 the way I wanted; with Matthew. OK, so it was just a case of staying up just past midnight, a quick kiss at midnight and off to bed, but it was lovely. My first quiet New Years for a long, long time, but at least it’s one that i’ll remember! January 23rd saw Matthew and I celebrate our 1st anniversary, so off to Paris we went, ooh la la! And it was just perfect, a trip that will also always stick in my mind, I can’t fault anything about that trip, grumble about the racist Chinese restaurant but not complain February- In February I decided to take Matthew to Eindhoven in The Netherlands, ever since we got together I’d raved about how much I loved the country and I wanted Matthew to see why, except, he didn’t really see why and I don’t think he really does understand even to this day why I love Holland so much, but hey I do. We saw PSV chuck away a 1-0 lead in around the 87th minute to finish 1-1 against a team, they really should have put 6 or 7 past but hey ho, that’s football! March - The beginning of March began by me having 2 of my wisdom teeth removed, the first time i’d ever had general anaesthetic – tad scary but I was much better off afterwards April- Having enjoyed my trip to Ewood Park so much, I was eager to go back, so just 3 weeks after being there against Chelsea, we were in attendance for the visit of Manchester United, all I can say is wow, do they travel in numbers! The whole away end was FULL and they outsang the home fans for sure. Again, a game which, on paper, Blackburn should have been destroyed but an on form Robbo meant that it finished 0-0, so once again, we saw a draw, a very entertaining draw though! This month, we also went to see Ash, which is a regular occurrence in my life, as I think they are simply fantastic live and I try and go every time they are in London May - I don’t have anything of note for this month really, I think in May, we were too busy catching our breath from the busy start to the year to organize anything major! Ah, one thing that did happen in May, was the Tube Challenge team took part in the 5-a-side football at Worthing, they didn’t do too well and Matthew got fouled by a worm June - At the beginning of June, I took part in my first Zone One challenge and I actually really enjoyed it, coming second probably helped, but after all those years of being adamant I wouldn’t take part in an alternative challenge, I cracked and boy was it fun July- All that really happened in July, was another Ash gig. One that had sold out, so I was worried I was going to miss out, but, they tweeted that another 20 tickets had just been released, so straight on the phone and I was going, yee ha! August- August was a month of mixed emotions really, I turned 23 and didn’t really do much, Matthew did take me for a gorgeous Chinese though September - In September, I took my mum over to Eindhoven, as I didn’t think Matthew enjoyed his trip, I took my mum as it was also her birthday in September, so I combined the trip. This match was a lot better than the one that Matthew and I witnessed in February and saw PSV win! woo October - My year ended quieter than it had began and nothing of major note happened in October, so I can only assume it was a good month November- Again, another quiet month, I don’t think I did anything major…. oh yeah, I started my new job, yay December- December, December, December, this month has been fantastic!! Christmas was simply perfect, after Christmas went wrong last year, this Christmas was much, much better! Christmas Day, Matthew and I spent it together in London, quiet, but lovely, wouldn’t have changed anything! Then, on Boxing Day, we trekked up to Blackburn for the game against Stoke. It was cold, bloody cold, temperatures dropped to minus six, brrr! The game was crap, there was nothing positive to take from it… and Blackburn lost 2-0, they were shite, lets hope the next game is better!! So… that’s my year in a nutshell! Here’s to a cracking 2011! Happy New Year  Tickets The Saw Doctors have been in existence since the late 80s – but I have only been going to gigs of theirs since 2002, when I made it all the way from Durham to Shepherds Bush Empire Continue reading Saw Doctors Gig :: 18/12/2010 scrxisi | all the way from tuam, bradford, clare island, durham, gbk, green and red of mayo, hay wrap, i hope you meet again, i'll be on my way, manchester, midnight express, oxford, pearse doherty, preston, sam, saw doctors, shepherd's bush empire, snow, st georges hall, the zodiac, wetherspoons, why do i always want you | Antirants | 0 Catch up time – website issue presented problems last week! Continue reading Weight Check :: Week Seven I currently have 317 public videos on YouTube. Continue reading Video Experimentallism The website is back – new host, no viruses, and just as crap as ever. To celebrate this, I have toned down the orangeness of the site and made a couple of other subtle changes that no doubt won’t be noticed. 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So in 21 and a half weeks I am taking on the London Marathon. It is something that I have always wanted to do and have been trying to get in for the past 5 years, failing the previous 4. I was shocked to receive a “congratulations you are in the London Marthon 2012″ and after doing zero training for Dublin marathon in 2007, I am determined to actually train for London. It took me just under 7 hours to walk Dublin and would like to do London quicker, but once again will be walking it.
the picture on the left, is this what people think my boyfriend likes when they click on his profile or what? I just don’t know what he’s thinking with this picture. Yes, granted, it’s different and is more than likely unique, but come on, it’s AWFUL!
