Tonight I am seeing my best mate, Carl. This will be the first time I have seen him in 6 months. He is very cosmopolitan and an international playboy. He has lived in many different countries, including South Africa, Poland, New Zealand, Yorkshire, Switzerland and Sri Lanka. He is currently back in the UK for four months before jetting off to Toronto to spend a few years dossing around as a bloody student. He is going to become a Doctor! Of Classics! Which is Ancient History, Greek and Latin! As degrees go this is probably one of the more useless. At least a film studies major can get a job selling popcorn at the local flea pit. Although that said, he is very clever and his intellectualness is second only to mine.

We have a checkered history.

Many years ago, we were supposed to go and see Outbreak - the Movie that starred that Monkey from Friends. (Note to David Schwimmer's Lawyers - If you look, he wasn't even in Outbreak. So there's no need to sue.) But Carl cancelled to spend more time with his new Girlfriend. They decided to spend that time watching a movie called Outbreak. I managed to forgive him for this treacherous act. However, he is still working off the debt he owes me for taking me to see Wishmaster.

I have also managed to forgive him for hitting me over the head with a Latin to English Dictionary. Its not had any lasting effects although for a while I did find it difficult to sentence string a together. Given the size of the book, it was way to harsh a punishment. I mean all I was doing was going through some of his intimate personal belongings. I also defended him during the Drugs Scandal of 95, in which he was accused by Stern Maurice, our School's Deputy Head, of taking illegal substances.

We are playing badminton tonight. I am playing for the first time in 14 years. I retired from playing after Big Jeff and I were beaten in three sets in the Semi Final of the School's inter-form tournament by Simon and David. My work will be cut out tonight because Carl and Dan T, went on to beat Simon and David in the final. So you could say it was a bit of grudge match tonight. Although since he's been playing pretty regularly since and I haven't, I think it will be slightly one sided.

Although have a trick up my sleeve - I'm planning on faking injury just before I lose.