New Years 2008 didn’t start off too well. My mate Goz and his brother put on an ace house party at their gaff, with lovely nibbles, chili con carne, and quite a sizable amount of alcohol, however – my first moments of 2008 were spent in the bathroom, and the first thing I hugged was the toilet.
Lovely.
Anyway, after I had cleaned out my system I sat down and played Halo 3 for the first time. I’ll be honest, as a Nintendo fanboy, the whole Halo franchise passed me by except for a couple of post pub “Ay-law” deathmatches on my Yorkshire mate’s original XBox. I was smashed then, so I can’t remember much of it.
I was actually pretty good in classic deathmatch mode, but still was distinctly average enough to be middling around. However, it was good fun, and with good people.
That got me thinking though, when I was growing up I was deemed “anti-social” because I spent ages playing video games in my room. It’s wierd that – midnight chunderfest aside – I was laughing, joking and being happy with mates. I was being, lack of a better word, social. Whilst playing video games. If I was to go out, urinate on a copper than scream “HAPPY NEW YEAR” then stab a chav, I’d be considered anti-social. It’s incredible how a word has gone from being quiet and shy to meaning loud and boistrus.
Anyway, that was just me. My new year got off to a bang with Colwyn Bay beat Warrington Town 7-1. Hurrah!
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Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay. 
You sent me a text saying you were in Paris……?
I am quite impressed I didn’t do any toilet hugging this new years.
Halo 3 looks pretty cool, I can’t wait to get the time to sit down and try it out.
Have you tried the sonic and mario olympics game on your wii? That is a lot of fun, especially when drunk.
Anti-social – I hadn’t thought of the change of meaning before but I guess this is what happens to our language.
I remember when Elvis used to sing, “I’m gay every morning and at night I feel the same …”
Mike.
For a moment I thought I had seen in the new year hugging a toilet, but then I went downstairs and realised people were cheering because someone had just drank half a yard of beer. There was still half an hour to go until new years. Yay for me.
Happy New Year, Rhys!
That’s how drunk I was! I wanted to beat the New Year’s Rush, so sent it before midnight, so I also said I was in Paris
I had a holiday party like a week ago and surprisingly, it wasn’t just the alcohol making strange bed fellows but Rock Band! I guess ppl of our generation who grew up with games are now old enough to start congregating together with it? (Just a theory)
Halo 3 is awesome.
See here.
And here.
I love it!