I can recall that the 3rd of March of this year was a bitterly cold day. I remember that day specifically because at 8:30am, I was queuing up outside our local TicketMaster outlet for an Oxegen ticket in nothing more than a shirt and jeans. I’ll put it this way, even people wearing big thick fur coats were freezeing. I could barely hand over the money, not only because of the frostbite, but also because of the high price with the ticket coming in at a hefty €160.
A lot of time has passed since then and initially I planned on going with a few guys from school but as it transpired, they weren’t able to get their tickets in time. So then I made some plans with some lovely girls from the Presentation to go with them but in recent days it’s emerged that one guy in particular doesn’t want me accompanying his girlfriend to the concert and admittedly his fears aren’t unfounded. Any possibility of me saying “Of course I won’t go up with her” and then jumping on the bus with her dwindled when she told me that she was being forced to sell her ticket due to a current lack of funds to survive on. It just so happens that now I’m, rather ironically, in the same boat.
At the beginning of the Summer, I made a deal with myself that I’d only work weekends because after all, next year I’ll be saving for college and then I’ll be working for the rest of my life. This means that I don’t have much money spare. I’m guestimating that preparing for Oxegen would easily cost about €200 when you take in the cost of the tent, transport, food and of course, dhrink! Now thankfully, I’m getting Holiday Pay next week in work which should be in the region of €150 which would put me well on my way to having enough money for Oxegen. But €150 would add up to about 5 good nights out in the pub and add €200 or so that I’d get for selling my Oxegen ticket and suddenly the possibility for a week long bender presents itself.
I suppose the smart thing to do would be to get as much money as possible for the ticket and couple it with my holiday pay for me to able to live in relative financial security for the remainder of the Summer, but financial security is boring and a weekend up at Punchestown listening to an Astounding Lineup sounds just like what the doctor ordered. Well it would be if I was a doctor!
I’ll definitely have to make my decision in the next few days but I have a feeling that no matter what decision I’ll make, I’ll have some regrets!
It’s been a long time since I have strayed near this site I must admit, but I promised myself a lazy Summer, a Summer full of relaxation, food, sleep and sunburn. And thusfar it seems to be turning out that way! To keep me occupied over the past few weeks, I downloaded a little extension for Firefox called StumbleUpon which adds a little toolbar to the top of the browser that, at the click of a button, allows you to view sites recommended by other users. You can then rate these sites and as time goes on, you are presented which content that is valid to your proven track history of interests! A nifty little piece software to say the least and one which is lightyears better than comparable sites such as Del.icio.us and Furl and has the potential to change the way we surf the internet forever!
Don’t worry though, surfing the internet isn’t the only thing that I’ve been doing. I’ve also been converting 32 years worth of Formula One reviews that I downloaded over to DVD while trying to play around with my new DVD recorder which was as cheap as (lots of) chips and has been astounding so far! All this, I realise, isn’t doing much for my quest to appear like less of a nerd than I really am.
Speaking (vaguely) of Motorsport, I can tell you that I can’t get enough of it. Watching some of the Formula 1 Season Reviews brought back memories. The 1993 season is the oldest season I can remember watching but the 1994 season is the one which I remember the most thanks to the tragic death of Aryton Senna and of course, that clumsy defence of first place by Michael Schumacher at Adelaide where he had run off the road and when Hill tried to pass, Schumacher veered out in front of him resulting in both drivers retiring and the title being defaulted to Schumacher who was one point ahead in the championship at the time! The 90s was an era of F1 that saw the FIA place less emphasis on downforce and aerodynamics which made for closer racing. Nowadays though, F1 cars are all about aerodynamics and I just don’t think it’s right that the flow of air past a cars carbon fibres winglets should decide the winner of the race! It’s for that reason that I have become a massive fan of both GP2 and A1GP as to me, they are where F1 was during the mid-late ninties and provide some of the best racing I’ve ever seen which never ceases to amaze me! The fact that the drivers are generally less experience than they are in F1 makes for some spectacular racing as well. I’ve always been one for the crashes 
So what’s in store for the rest of the Summer? Well, taking it easy is at the top of my priority list. Of course, we have Oxegen coming up thick and fast so I should really start planning something regards that. As for work, I’m still there but only working in banqueting because I just wouldn’t be able for the 7am starts everyday that I would be getting in breakfast. Anyway, the Restaurant manager wears fake tan…
Does this post mark an Adams Rants resurrection? I hope so!
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