So first off I shall talk about Liverpool FC. Now 7 games unbeaten in theleague with the 3-0 win over Wigan today. We currently have the Premier League's top scorer in Luis Suarez (without his goals so far this season wewould be rock bottom of the league) and now are only 8 points off 4th place, 4 points behind Arsenal and 2 points behind Spurs. All that with still 26 games to go. I thought immediately after the draw with Chelsea, with the fixtures coming up and especially during the Christmas period that this was the time of the season that we had to come alive and judging on today’s performance that might just be about to happen. Of course there are still many challenges ahead and unfortunately Brendan Rodger's assertion that a finish above 8th this year would be progress is accurate, but who knows, with a potentially 20 goal season in Suarez's reach and if the correct reinforcements are brought in January who knows what will have unfolded by May! So Liverpool and I are gaining confidence.
Next up, time to talk about Fly FM (You might see where I got the Post Title from now). I've done 4 shows now and I do feel that I'm getting better with every two hours on air. It has actually helped me rediscover my love of music.Now I'm listening to all different types of music finding what is the best tune to be played as song of the week and listening to the songs off the official station playlist to learn more about them. Heck I have even put Taylor Swift's new Album on my Christmas list!
The Student Radio Awards were held last week and Fly were nominated for five awards. And while we didn't win any awards we did get one Third (in best Female Presenter) and two Seconds (in Best Male Presenter and Best Station Sound & Marketing). This shows that we are one of the best Student Radio Stations inthe Country & we are on the cusp on moving to the next level. Our station manager gave a passionate speech (well it was a post on our Facebook page but all the same) asking to keep up the good work but to strive more, think of new ideas & generally make the stations content even better than it was before. Needless to say I'm up for that challenge! I was following the twitter feed from the Student Radio Awards and hearing the stories of the evening from the committee made me want to be attending next year. Who knows? If I work my arse off to make my presenting better, my show better, so therefore the station better then perhaps I will be there next year. There is a best newcomer category y'know! So there is that aspect of gaining confidence covered.
And the final aspect relates to me. Since being at University, I feel I have become a much more confident person, more willing totake part in things, and being positive for the majority of the time. I am a firm believer that everyone has a dark side and I know all too well that my darkside is having negative thoughts, not thinking that things are meant to happenfor me. But that has all changed since I came to Nottingham. Something just feels different this time. Hopefully this newfound confidence in myself and my abilities will come in good stead in the coming days, weeks and months!
So to round off I give you this: Optimism the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence - HelenKeller. And here's a cool picture!
Thanks again for reading! Just to remind you, I am on Fly FM every Tuesday 1pm-3pm. You can tune in on www.flyfm.co.uk through the Live Player on the website. Alternatively you can listen via the TuneIn App which can be downloaded off the App store on ITunes. Also I know some of the readers from this blog come from America so for you my show is on 5am Central Standard Time (Hey you might be up by then) 8am Eastern Time so by my reckoning that is 3am on the West Coast. Please feel free to correct me if I'mwrong!
So until next time (haven't used this line in a longtime), The Outsider is Out!
