Brand New Colony.

Well well well... You check the scores right? Shava´s first goal for Arsenal. A real piece of a master´s work. I can´t remember the last time I saw someone (on our team) give such a beautiful solo performance. A weird match all in all, if I´d started to bet, Eboue on scoring sheet twice wouldn´t have been the first thing in my mind. He has scored three times for us this season (league only) and I can think of a couple of assists. So, in a way I can see why Wenger trusts him. Still not my favourite though. Bendtner was having the worst off day a striker can have. He must have missed five or six scoring opportunities. And I think the crowd booed to him when he was subbed. Again. I feel sorry for him, he´s still young and he can be good, but everyone has a bad day. It was nice to see Theo again, he seems to work very well with Arshavin. (I keep thinking of this midfield/forwards with Theo and Vela on wings, Cesc and Nasri in the middle and Eduardo up front, Arshavin just behind him. And that sounds dirty if you want to think it that way... It could work really well. No need to get more strikers or midfielders. Maybe not even a DMF since Denilson seems to be doing quite good. He and Song were having a terrific match and frankly, can´t remember the last time. Maybe spring brings out the best of them all. This is horrible, but I haven´t even missed Adebayor. I remembered him when someone asked when he´s going to be back. Strange. The pressure is on Aston Villa now, let´s see how they entertain the neighbours tomorrow. First time I want Spurs to win...

I finished Stieg Larsson´s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. You should definitely read it, I enjoyed it very much. Might seem like a boring story in the beginning, but I like the way it works the weak parts. I went to our local bookstore today, for the first time in four years, to see if they had the second book so I could read it. But no. So I keep doing like before and buy my books online. It´s easy. Too easy, judging by the looks of my bookshelf which is full and I have no idea where to shove the next pieces I´ll get. Just like with my DVDs. Right now I´m piling them on my player, but eventually I have to come up with a better place.

I saw some guys I used to go to school with. By seeing I mean I saw them when Mum was getting the lottery ticket, but didn´t speak to them. I just know the other lost his money because he was putting his money on the wins of Swansea and Hoffenheim. (Swansea lost and Hoffenheim drew.) And then I saw this one guy on the grocery store and he sure did look different from the last time I saw him. Well, people change. In a way it was gun to see them, but I haven´t really missed them. At all.

More when I´m up to it. Take care!

Listening to: Modwheelmood - Thursday

Such Great Heights.

I know, I promised this a bit earlier, but do not kill me for stalling once again :) Frankly, I cannot remember the last time I wrote something, but let´s see what I´ve been doing.

First. Arsenal. After that 0-0 four times in a row they managed to beat WBA last week and then Burnley on Sunday. I loved Sunday´s match. For many reasons, strating with Eduardo as captain and scoring an unbelievable goal. You really wouldn´t think the man was out from the pitch almost a year. Someone on BBC chat said: "100% international, 100% genius - great to have you back Eddie" and I could not agree more. Really, you do not even realise how much you miss someone until he´s back. (Dudu played last night too, but that in a bit.) Sunday was great. Vela´s chip to the goal was sweet for a guy of my age and I think we all can give Eboue a rest for a while.

So, last night. If you obsessively check UCL results like I do, you know already it was torture. 1-0 to Roma after full time and extra time meaning penalties. I cannot stand penalties. I´m not going to list all the emotions I went throught last night, but it included everything from wanting to throw up to euphoric crying. I can´t even tell if they played well or not, I have kind of forgotten the little details. Nor do I really remember the penalties. I was once thinking myself who I´d let take Arsenal penalties (given all of them were fit to play) and the list was something like RVP, Ade, Dudu, Shava, Cesc, Nasri, Rosicky, Walcott. Four of them did take a penalty last night (Dudu missing his, but he had the honour of being first with all the pressure), but when the likes of Denilson, Sagna, Diaby and Toure net in penalties for us... What can I say, they are good at it. I never doubt we have good penalty takers. We´d win Spurs anyday. (I mean, who managed for them... Corluka?) Crocked stars are getting fit (Dudu and Theo already are :D) and I am feeling optimistic. We won´t win the league, but won´t end up on the relegation zone either. Now if only Pompey would manage to drag themselves out of the bottom...

Then then. Movies. I have watched a huge bunch of them. And all good too, I do not watch bad movies. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, V for Vendetta, Gomorra, Benny & Joon, Children of Men... All fabulous movies and very different too. Well, okay, V for Vendetta and Children of Men have the same kind of idea, got from a different perspective and it´s not the same at all. And Gomorra is great, even if it resembles more a documentary than a movie. I can recommend all of them. Jesse James has music by Nick Cave, so it´s even more great.

I haven´t been reading that much lately, but I did start Stieg Larsson´s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (?) the other day. I´m not sure if that is the English title, but I remember seeing that one somewhere. Literal translation of the name would be "Men Who Hate Women". 100 pages in and nothing has really happened, but the build up seems really good and I´m convinced I have read it in a couple of weeks. Swedish crime novels are always good. I´m also reading a book for the university entrance exams and so far I have liked it. Yes, liked. It´s weird since I didn´t really care about that topic bac in high school, but I guess it´s the different way the writers approach it this time that makes me like it. At least I´m not suffering when reading it :)

And. I did mention I was in Tallinn. A quick weekend trip with my Mum, nothing special, but it was nice. A small break to the every day routine. It still looked the same it did the last time I was in town, but now I found a nice park that had this snow park for kids. I don´t really know what to tell about Tallinn, since I´ve been there so many times that it´s almost like some sort of second home. The food was still excellent though.

Don´t know what else I should write about. Ask me, I´ll answer. Until next time, take care!

Listening to: Foo Fighters - Everlong

Ok, I´m sorry all. Football has been so fucking boring lately (0-0, 0-0, 0-0... you know) I haven´t felt like posting. But, since I travelled last weekend I think you deserve to know something about that. BUT. Forgive me for being a tease, I´ll post a nice proper post later since it´s way past midnight here and I have been up more than I should.