The Desperately Sad Diary of a Fantasy Premier League
The SHOUT team recently came into possession of a diary. We are a shamelessly nosy bunch, so we read it. It was a moving story of how life gives us more happiness than we ever wanted, only to take it away on a whim. Upon closer inspection we discovered the identity of the diary's owner, and suddenly it all made sense. Here are some choice excerpts made available for YOU:
AUGUST 13
This was one busy day! I'm not complaining though, I loved all the attention I was getting. I made so many friends today and they all promised they'd come check up on me every week. For a moment I was quite overwhelmed and froze for a bit, but I had to be up and running soon enough, everyone HAD TO see me! xxReddebilzFC and UriyeDaoNeelPotaka literally came up to me every hour to make sure everything was okay. People sure are crazy!
OCTOBER 8
My Saturdays are getting stressful. I sometimes wonder if there is a thing as having too many friends, because it's impossible to keep everyone happy, and people simply can't understand that. I sometimes wonder if all my friends actually want is to use my wildcards and get some stupid points. I don't even understand why they get upset with me when their own decisions put them in tough positions. I'm just doing my job.
DECEMBER 10
I know it's weird but I think people have started forgetting about me. It's been at least a month since Kala_Pakhi_United last checked up on me, I even saw G00na4eva in the street today. It was as if he was trying to decide if he'd come talk to me but then decided not to and walked away. It makes me feel bad that these people were really close to me only a couple of months ago and now they just don't care. There are some who still see me every week, although they don't seem too eager to introduce me to their other friends. I wonder why.
FEBRUARY 4
A couple of people came up to me today and asked me about the new acquisitions from last month. The attention I got was nothing like it was back in August, but we gotta take whatever life gives us. I've come to appreciate the smaller things in life, I sit by myself in social gatherings nowadays, and people who really care about me come up and say hello. To be honest, I wish I was a bit more relevant.
MAY 20
Loneliness is difficult, but only until you get used to it. People don't care about me, they see me sitting by myself and pretend to not know me, and I'm used to it. There is this one dude though, who kept contact with me all these months, week in week out. It doesn't particularly bother me that he doesn't have much of a life, or that he has beard growing out of his neck. He's nice. I think I'm going to ask him to come to the UK with me this summer.
JULY 29
I was walking down the street today and a group of guys came up to me and said hi. It felt odd, but good. Could it be that people have started liking me again? I don't know what caused this but I can't stay I didn't enjoy it. Let's see where this goes.
Azmin Azran is terrified of the challenges life is about to throw at him. He watches football and listens to weird music to find strength. Give him encouragement at fb.com/azminazran
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