Believe it or not, I am still breathing.
I had hoped that the 365 last year would make me want to blog more. It has achieved the exact opposite. The thing is, there were many times where I had incredibly little to write about. My job being what it is pretty much rules out most of that for discussion on here. I can’t really talk about the things the children said or did, most of which are wonderfully funny and fabulous. I can talk about the lessons I teach, but that is inevitably dull. My passions for maths and quirks in numbers tend to be of limited interest to most people I understand why too. The F1 posts, though fun to think about and write, weren’t exactly the best either.
So, the 365 thing became quite hard work in the end.
Things have been interesting this year in many ways. There has been a decent shift in life that has made for some hard work but is ultimately proving more satisfying when it works well. I don’t really want to put my thoughts about that here though yet. I want to wait a little longer to summarise all that.
I could tell you all about the wonderful things I am doing to change my outlook on life and finally tackling my weight. But… then again, maybe not.
Here I am then, the eve of the final race of the F1 season, thinking about the blog for the first time in a while. I don’t know who will be the 2014 World Champion. I have known all along that it would be between Rosberg and Hamilton. I am not particularly fond of either of them, though I believe Lewis to be the better driver overall. A British Champion will be great for the sport in the country, the one place that does more than anything to keep the thing going, so I think I’ve nailed my colours to his mast for now.
I will, in time, update all the Championship standing graphs to reflect the development of the title race throughout this amazing season. I want to reflect upon the fortunes of the teams in the sport too – those who have found themselves in administration, those who make up the numbers, those who cheat to try and gain an advantage and the dominance of Mercedes. Although, others will do a better job of that, I will get demoralised about it and never hit the ‘publish’ button…
I will, in time, write more but for enjoyment rather than wanting to complete a challenge and now let down those who read religiously (there were a few of them too).
Whatever happens, this site has been a part of my life for such a long time, over ten years, and it has opened up many avenues for me. I have plenty of different websites to look after because of my experiences here. The shame of it is they all take up time I could be writing online here.
Until the next time someone wants to find out about rotational symmetry, or a picture of Ed Miliband looking like Beaker, both of which remain in the top searches to bring people here, I don’t mind filling a little gap of oddity in the internet.
I’ll blog again soon.
