Runners Up

Well. A mixed weekend really. Jake's team (Pinnstars FC) had 5 group games to get through with the top two teams getting to the final. They had 3 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday, and if they were successful then the final would also be on the Sunday. They didnt play too well on the Saturday really... they can and have played better. The results were won one, drew one, and lost one. This meant that they really had their work cut out to get to the final on Sunday. They had to win both their games (the last being against the team top of the group) and hope another result went their way. And you know what? They did it. They won the first 1 - 0, and then against the top team they went 1 - 0 down before coming back to win 2 - 1 with a real gutsy, confident performance. Just like the Pinnstars of a few weeks ago. So into the final.
And they lost 1 - 0. It was such a shame. The final was against the team they had just beaten, but I think that the performance took quite a bit out of the boys and they just couldnt raise their game enough. The goal that was scored against them was a fluke to be honest, a long range shot that looped in, and the other team didnt really threaten their goal, so it was a tight game... but it was not to be. It was a shame of course, but considering their performance on Saturday we were all so very proud of them for even reaching the final. Still, not too bad - two away tournaments and two finalists trophies (they did the same last year in Clacton).
Well done Pinnstars Under 8's!

Half day

Only working half a day today, this weekend is Jake's football tournament in Weymouth.
For me, (as I get in so early) that means I can leave at about 11.00, which is nice.
We'll pick Jake up from school at lunchtime then its off we go.
Im hoping the weekend goes without problems... Im not too worried about the result of the tournament, as long as Jake enjoys it.
The downside is I miss the derby (City v United) because its the derby thats the one game I really want to watch- however, if the result goes as Im expecting maybe its a good thing I won't see the carnage!
I have now put a hit counter on the site. Im curious to know how many people do visit the site.
So, there will be no posts over the weekend seeing as there isn't any internet access in a caravan (!) but I'll update what I get back on how things went.
Hope everyone has a good bank holiday weekend.

Peace

Soundtrack of the day: (Well, morning anyway) "Bone" by Tim Booth.

Happy birthday

It was a friends birthday yesterday - happy 34th Barbara.
I was at a (different) friends house last night watching the football, and again I was encouraging them to start their own blog. Both of the friends that were there told me stories that are prime blog material. Blogs dont have to be all singing all dancing sites full of philosophy and wise insights... I mean, look at some of the dull-as-ditchwater stuff I fill this site with! The point is communicating to the world at large. I will keep on hounding my friends to get on with it, and post their sites here so the whole world (or the tiny part that stops in here) can share their thoughts.
We had a discussion at work today about 'sexual fantasy fiction' and how easy / hard it is to write. I am thinking about writing a post in the style of an 'encounter' in one of those books (YOU know the ones, Mills & Boon etc. where man meets / seduces woman with all the romantic detail) to see if I could do it. If I can be @rsed of course. I'll see how I feel later. Comments would be appreciated if I post it up here.


Anyhoo, more dribblings later...

Rediscovering the joy of buying CDs

For a long time I downloaded new albums I wanted from a certain Russian website. The reasons for this were to save money on albums I wanted, and to lower the risk of wasting money on albums I didnt know anything about. However, the site has not let me update my credit balance for quite a while (technical problems) and so I have had to resort to buying CD's again. But I forgot how pleasureable that can be. Today I bought "Baby 81" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank" by Modest Mouse (Johnny Marr's new band). I used to be a bit of a CD addict... I would spend far too much than was sensible on new albums each month, and downloading sort of saved me. But now I have no choice it feels good to be back. Actually having the CD in my hands is a good thing. (And as a side note, the case for the BRMC album is really cool. Its not like the normal CD case you get. Check it out for yourself if you get the chance).

So, obviously, Soundtrack(s) of the day are the above.

Update: A suggestion to the people who read this - and in particular the people who know me who read this: Create a blog yourself. Its easy. More people should do it. The more people who create them, the more interesting things there are to read. Spread the word. Tell more people about mine and others you have found, and create your own, and I will do the same.
Its a big, wide, horrible world out there, we need to keep each other company.

Banksy

Spread the word

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A plea for help

I have been having some problems on my blog with comments. Could someone out there please send me some comments on any of my posts to see if this is now working? I will be publishing them more or less as soon as I get them.

Thank you in advance.

More posting later.

One of those days

So its day one without alcohol. Its nice to turn up to work sober for a change (thats a joke) but today is, and will continue to be "one of those days". You know the type where all these little things go wrong, and they build up and build up and before you know it you're standing at the top of a tall building with a high powered rifle playing 'kill the stranger' (well, ok, maybe not going THAT far, but you get the message).
You want a list? its only 8.30 and here's whats happened so far.

• Banged my head on the car roof as I was getting in the car to come to work
• Got all the way to the office door from the car park before realising I had left my swipe card in the car
• Burnt my hand when making my morning tea
• Dropped a new CD I was going to take back to the shops and broke the case rendering it useless
• Held the door open for an ignorant w@nker who just walked through with so much as a thank you
• Tripped up a curb on the way to the newsagents to get Q magazine

Now I know taken in isolation these things are not that bad, but one after the other, (and I will re-iterate its only 8.30!) I can feel my temper rising.

Anyway - its going to be a quiet day today, as I have very little work on, so I think Im going to be bored. I will mostly be listening to Oasis' album "Be Here Now" today, in recognition that its been 10 years since its release.

Hopefully my day will get better....