Saturday, 30 May 2009

More Notes From A Small Islander

Hang on to your hats, readers! It's time for the third and, mercifully, final instalment from my childhood diary.

Thursday 29th May

Played my first game of pool with Lee. Also played table tennis and bar football. Met several more friends.

Friday 30th May

Went into Sliema to stock up on shopping. Roamed the games room and met more friends.

Saturday 31st May

Met more friends in games room. Dad ordered a car for Monday and Tuesday

Sunday 1st June

Caught a nice tan sunbathing by swimming pool. resist the temptation of jumping in pool once or twice

Monday 2nd June

did touring around country in car. got back at about 3 in the afternoon

Tuesday 3rd June

finished tour round country. after continued playing pool in games room

Wednesday 4th June

Walked puff! all the way into puff! Sliema puff! Us and Lee went along to rocky sand beach for afternoon

Thursday 5th June

went home and got home at approxamently six pm

Friday 6th June

went back to school. Boo!

Thursday 12th June

had sportsday. got through to flat race final came 3rd out of 9 runners

Friday 13th June

nothing happened for a lot of days

Wednesday 2nd July

went after school swimming with andrew at runnymede

Saturday 5th July

comic day. did same as I did on wednesday except did it with adrian

Saturday 12th July

went to Adrians barberque. comic day

Monday 14th July

had day off school. unfortunatly it rained all day! HUH!

Friday 18th July

went swimming at school. went to school disco only for 3rd and 4th year kids

Saturday 19th July

comic day. From 11pm till 12.45am watched Clint Eastwood film hang em high

Sunday 20th July

caught up with my diary. had beautiful chicken for dinner

Saturday 26th July

Comic day. Had to look after laddie for 2 weeks

Monday 4th August

fell over my bikes handlebars

Sunday 10th August

Mum and dad took me and ad to canvey

Saturday 16th August

COMIC DAY. FOOTBALL SEOSON STARTS. BURY 1 SOUTHEND 2

Monday 18th August

SOUTHEND 5 PORT VALE 1

Tuesday 19th August

mum and nan had market stall and found Richard and played with him

Friday 22nd August

SAW SOUTHEND 2 TRANMERE 0. I saw it

Saturday 23rd August

comic day

Monday 25th August

Went to SOUTHEND SEAFRONT

Tuesday 26th August

Went to Richards while mum was in wickford

Wednesday 3rd September

mum and nan went to sell antiques so I stayed at richards

Thursday 4th September

went back to SCHOOL. YUCH!

Saturday 13th September

Hereford 0 Southend 0. went swimming. comic day

Wednesday 17th September

got chosen to be a PREFECT

Tuesday 23rd September

went football. scored 1 goal

Wednesday 24th September

went swimming

Thursday 25th September

not at school cause I caught a cold at swimming

Monday 29th September

Back to school

Tuesday 30th September

football but had to play left half

Friday 3rd October

football at school. saw Southend play. Score SOUTHEND 2 MANSFIELD 0

Saturday 4th October

COMIC DAY

Friday 24th October

broke up for half term from school

Tuesday 28th October

WENT WITH MUM AND NAN TO MARKET STALL, BUT WENT TO RICHARDS AT 9.45am

Thursday 30th October

WENT SHOPPING BUT WENT DOWN RICHARDS AGAIN

Friday 31st October

WROTE OUT A FOOTBALL QUIZ OF MY OWN

wednesday 5th November

WENT TO FIREWORKS UP NANS

Thursday 6th November

Beat LEE CO. AT CHESS

Friday 7th November

BEAT TIM AT CHESS. BEAT DAD AT CHESS

Monday 10th November

45 DAYS TO XMAS

Tuesday 11th November

44 DAYS TO XMAS

Wednesday 12th November

43 DAYS TO XMAS. BEAT ROB AT CHESS

Thursday 13th November

BEAT LEE CO. TWICE AT CHESS

Unfortunately/thankfully the entries dry up here as I was obviously far too busy beating allcomers at chess, counting down the days to Christmas and starting my own CAPS LOCK FARM to bother keeping up with the diary.

And that was that for me, diary wise, until I kept this Diaryland journal for a while four or five years ago. (Although that one was more just a case of me arsing about and acting the goat than anything else. I know, I know, hard to imagine now!)

The Wannadies - Kid mp3

7 comments:

dickvandyke said...

Don't worry Kips - I'm here mate;

Hanging on to every ... fuck me has he finished yet?

Only kidding - I still consider this hilarious. (Perhaps my admiration is unique? Come on people - comment. You'd pay good money for this on Britain's got Talent!)

Lots of 'Comic' days there - please re-define your perspective in life, my good man.

Nice use of the word 'roamed'.

Why could you not jump in the pool?

3 puffs in 1 afternoon!

Friday (aproximately) is an odd day in which to return to one's school.

Can swim with andrew at runnymede but unwilling to jump in on holiday. Explain.

Clearly prostituting oneself with both andrew and adrian.

Was the chicken 'beautiful' due to the late night with Clint? This may have affected your culinary clarity.

There was an empty week following the worrying incident over the handlebars. Was this perhaps due to a coma?

Southend Utd seem to have stormed the early season. Including a tricky away fixture at Edgar St.
Did they maintain it? (Everton promised but couldn't deliver).

Playing left half should not be seen as a relegation - it is, or was, a fulcrum of a specialist position. (Or summat).

Do you still possess the football quiz? Try me.

Chosen to be a Prefect eh.

Is chess for puffs?


I may be the only person on this particular planet who gives a flying fuck. But, hopefully, this is enough?

davyh said...

No Dickie, there are at least two of us. For truly, I have found this to be magnificent.

How cruel that diaristically you were cut short so prematurely; like Keats, almost!

Friday 13th June - nothing happened for a lot of days - *sigh* try being 44 mate...x

Kippers said...

LOL! Yes, it's more than enough. Bless you Dickie! Suddenly all that dreary transcribing seems worthwhile.

No idea why I couldn't jump in the pool. Perhaps it was shark-infested?

I suspect I mentioned the Clint Eastwood film purely and simply to show off about the fact that I'd been allowed to stay up inordinately late that night. Parents must've left us with an easy-going babysitter or something.

I don't like talking about the week-long coma now. Mainly because I can't remember anything.

Southend stormed to the fourth division title that year, if memory serves!

Sadly the football quiz has long since been consigned to the dustbin of history. A tragic loss, I know!

Kippers said...

*blush* Cheers, Davy. Far too kind, as ever!

Spike said...

Wednesday 17th September

got chosen to be a PREFECT
Swot!

It's reassuring how little has changed over the years. Only now comic day is Friday, right?

adam said...

'Caught a nice tan' was my favourite bit, that and 'roamed the games room'. I was starting to expect you were going to be hired by a mysterious blonde to find her runaway no good Irish husband.

ally. said...

bloomin marvelous dearie. i wish there was more.
x