The weather fits this month pretty well actually, it's been a mixed bag. Had a blip moment at the start of the month, thanks to me thinking too much as usual, about the future, about not having a job, etc - this is something that happens too frequently with me. Once I get into a funk, I find it hard to get out of it.
Speaking of jobs, I landed a job interview, the first one in over year! However, it didn't go very well, especially when I learnt that the job I was being interviewed for would be no higher than 15 hours, nowhere near enough for me to get by on. They didn't call me back, so that was the end of that. That interview also postponed my inevitable shove onto that compulsory jobcentre course - that'll be happening next month, and I'm dreading it.
Also, as you'll probably know already with every form of media under the sun shoving it in our faces every waking hour, this summer is the Olympics, and this year it's in London, in my country. You'd think I'd be excited by that, but the truth is I'm not. Don't get me wrong, I like watching the actual sporting events, but I just can't stand all the pomp and circumstance of the occasion, including the fake "world comes together" mantra, as well as the masses of corporate sponsors promoting themselves to high heaven. It's supposed to be about the sport and the taking part, not the profit - but then again, that seems to be the way with everything, really.
That aside, there was a highlight to this month - on the 21st, me and my brother took a trip to the Sunderland Airshow for the first time in 6 years, it was the third time for both of us. The weather was brilliant that day too, which meant we got the full airshow experience. Each of the aircraft displays were terrific, though for me the highlights were the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster bomber); the Breitling Wingwalkers (two biplanes with a lass strapped on top of each one's wing, performing acrobats while in the air); two Tornado fighter jets, complete with pyrotechnics on the ground; the RAF Falcons parachute team and of course, the Red Arrows. Great day all around.
The Red Arrows in action at the 2012 Sunderland Airshow.
As I said above, I can't say I'm feeling too good about August - but as always, we'll just have to see how it goes. I'm hoping for better weather, anyway. As always, I'll leave you with some artwork.
The latest addition to my ever-growing bunch of cartoon characters - Bartholomew the bat.
