Why is he so special?

Why is Pete Doherty such a popular man? I really can't see it after witnessing a performance of his last night, where I can only really describe him as a man with a guitar. As a gig, yeah it was a good night out, however, no thanks to the 'star of the show'. I am not a lifelong follower of his, like many I witnessed within the venue and therefore I would not have any biased towards him whatsoever.
So, what makes him so popular, that tens of thousands of fanatical people know every word to every song of his, to the extent that they know his songs better than Pete does himself? Is it the fact it's now cool to take life-destroying drugs? Is it the fact he's a total mess and that's now 'in fashion'? Or is it just luck that he's been chosen by a group of people which has grown drastically like a flock of sheep. It may be the fact that he has been a member of two relatively successful bands or that he has been a partner of model- Kate Moss. Is that it?
I'm really not too sure. The conclusion that I'm going to come to is that he's a clever lad, 7 A*'s at GCSE and 2 A's at A-level surely can't mean that its pure luck that he's got to where he is but I believe that all of his life events, public or private, have fallen in the right places at the right times, leaving him with a strong fan base, a mess of a life and a set of songs which will make him money by turning up and strumming a guitar, whether he sings or not.

Oh the irony!

Yes, oh the irony! Turning up at the cricket ground I was meant to be playing at on Sunday, on Tuesday, I really did not expect to end up driving across the city to be turned away again. But, as I’m sure you have gathered from my tone, I did end up driving the total 26 miles to and from Newcastle and Hartshill Cricket club without a game of cricket. Short but sweet I tried to make it, you may hear from me again as I attempt to play at the same ground for the 3rd time in 5 days. Fingers crossed, hey?

There's someone worse!

Slaving over revision today for AS level exams, I feel so sorry for myself to be trapped inside my house on a day where I could be doing anything else BUT revision. However, looking through facebook I find condolance messages all over a profile of a 19 year-old who hit a tree at 7am this morning with two lads in the car who are severely injured in hospital. Tragedy. A life lost and two on the edge, it really makes you see how lucky you are to only have the worry of revision or of whether i'll perform in my next match, compared to those families who are in intensive care hoping, or those who have lost a son or brother. Rest in Peace Joe Johnson.

Frustration

After a frustratng day in my cricket career in terms of weather, my play next week may be hampered for a second time. Chatting in the pub, I realise the red and white side of the city seem to be playing on a sunday, for the second time since the start of our cricket season. We had previously cancelled a game due to them playing as I lose players either beacause of work or season ticket commitments. I fail to see why the Premier League decides to hold the final games of the season on a sunday, when the majority of all games in a season are held on a saturday. Childish though it is, I feel like the Premier League or maybe just Stoke City themselves are in a conspiracy against my sporting life. Anyway we trudge on, let's hope a better week is in store.

Grumpy Groundsman

After travelling across the city, I was expecting to partake in a cricket match, that was not so. There were clouds and it had rained but the surface was playable. So, disappointed I was to see the home team groundsman trudging out broadcasting his pessimistic views that there would be no play on HIS pitch today. It did begin to rain, and rain, and rain an hour after the start time, but that is not the point! This game had been in both my and the teams thoughts throughout the week and our hopes of a game of cricket were dashed.

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