Oh yeah – my weekend…

Spent another great weekend in London, in the company of the gorgeous Marina…

Saturday she threatened me with shopping, but I thwarted her plans by suggesting a drink in The Anchor pub beside the Thames:

Really nice place and as an alternative to shopping it certainly gets my vote

After a few pints in here (well, I had several pints, she had coffee and one glass of wine – basically her limit), we walked across the Millennium Bridge towards St Paul’s Cathedral – as it was getting dark, it looked exactly like this:

This was the first time I’ve ever seen St Paul’s in real life – amazing huh? 41 years old and only just seeing some of the sights in the UK…(first time across the bridge too). I would have taken some pictures, but it was drizzly and I didn’t want to get my phone wet – besides, it was cold too, and my hands were buried deep in my pockets…

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Sunday was spent in another nice pub – The Angel Inn in Highgate:

We had lunch here, and spent the entire afternoon just sitting there, reading the papers, drinking, and people watching – most relaxing It’s a great place – and the barstaff were very friendly

Having heard from Harriett (she was in London with her daughter at some concert in Earl’s Court) that the trains were running erratically, Marina dropped me off at Finsbury Park at about 7.30 so I could get the train home…

Ah, Finsbury Park – just down the road from the shithole Emirates Stadium (where the gooner scum play) – and they played on Sunday there too – against Chelsea, so the whole area was full of gooners (fair made my skin crawl it did). A quick check on my phone revealed they’d been beaten 0-3 by Chelsea, so that put a huge grin on my face. Spurs got a late equaliser against Aston Villa on Saturday, so we move up to third, the table looking like this:

Happy days We go to Manchester tonight to play United in the Carling Cup quarter final. Redknapp has already said that a Champion’s League place is a priority over winning trophies this season…but even our reserves will want to win (or emulate Defoe’s 5 goal glut last week ), so it should make for a good game…

COYS!

Close? it doesn’t get any closer…

Spurs are off to Wembley to defend the Carling Cup against Manchester Utd. – a lethargic display last night saw us almost lose out despite a 4-1 lead from the first leg. Burnley have always been my ’second’ team – I generally look to see how they get on, and the way they’ve played in this tournament shows they have a squad that believes in themselves – I mean, they knocked out Chelsea and Arsenal in previous rounds.

Full match report here.

In other news, Harriett’s daughter Nat has the Sims game. She made a character that actually looks a lot like me and has been keeping me updated on how I get on in the game.

I forget what job I have – something to do with politics I think (ha! I’d NEVER work in politics…), but I had a lovely girlfriend (Nikkie).

I say had because I apparently proposed to her and we got engaged. Nat being the fast worker got me married the same night, and Nikkie became pregnant too (what can I say?).

Anyway, last night, just after the football, Nikkie gave birth to a beautiful daughter – we’ve called her Charlotte

All this excitement AND it’s Thursday – have to work out what I’m doing for the weekend…

100 things about me…

While looking around at blogs I follow, I noticed Rik has posted the list of 99 things I’ve done/want to do.

I’m working my way through that list, but it made me think and so yesterday I sat and wrote a list of 100 things about me:

1. I was born in Huntingdon, Cambs.
2. My middle name is John.
3. I am left handed.
4. I have 2 tattoos.
5. I walk very fast.
6. Love to eat.
7. Drink lager.
8. I hate liars.
9. Enjoy recreational drugs on occasion.
10. Support Tottenham Hotspur Football club.
11. Love to drive.
12. Drink black coffee.
13. I hate cheese.
14. I detest people who drop litter.
15. I’m terrible at reading people.
16. I failed my driving test when I was 17.
17. I have never watched ‘The Sound of Music’.
18. I do not care if I am cool or not.
19. I can never remember names.
20. My blood type is O positive.
21. I hate seafood.
22. I never wear a watch.
23. I’m a cat person.
24. I’m stubborn.
25. Love washing up.
26. My star sign is Virgo.
27. I hate marmite.
28. I was born in the Chinese year of the Monkey.
29. I’m afraid of heights.
30. I have NEVER been overweight in my life.
31. I prefer toilet paper to go OVER the roll.
32. I was born in 1968.
33. I am single.
34. I love Burger King.
35. I hate McDonalds.
36. I am very loyal.
37. I have blue eyes.
38. I drink a lot of black coffee.
39. I can easily read a book in a day.
40. I’m quite shy.
41. I love cinnamon doughnuts.
42. I love flying.
43. I hate airports.
44. I Google my name from time to time.
45. I fell off my bike aged 11 and have a scar under my nose from it.
46. I am the 3rd of 4 children.
47. I have trouble telling people I need them.
48. I am terrified of knives.
49. I give blood regularly.
50. I’m halfway there.
51. I used to have a paper round.
52. I hate cauliflower.
53. I collect old computers.
54. I don’t like people (in general).
55. I’ve been in jail.
56. In more than one country.
57. I’ve been in love (still am).
58. I’m a summer person.
59. I prefer brunettes to blondes.
60. I wear jeans.
61. My dad died in 2006.
62. I still miss him.
63. I enjoy being a geek.
64. I never dance.
65. I love to get a back rub.
66. I’m terrified I’ll end up alone.
67. I love music.
68. As I get older, I find it easier to tell people ‘STFU’.
69. I would do anything for my true friends.
70. I’ve had my own web site since 2000.
71. My first computer was an Acorn Atom.
72. I’ve never voted.
73. I’ve only had my driving licence since January 2008.
74. I have never heard anyone whistle using their fingers louder than my mum.
75. I like doing sudoku puzzles.
76. I enjoy airline food.
77. I hate shopping.
78. I’ve never missed an episode of ‘Lost’.
79. I love plain chocolate.
80. I love my job.
81. I used to love to design and build web sites.
82. I’m very irresponsible.
83. I’ve owned my domain name for several years now.
84. I never add salt to anything.
85. I don’t like wearing socks.
86. I sometimes get claustrophobic.
87. I have dimples on my cheeks.
88. I hate to see my name misspelt.
89. I hate so called ‘reality’ TV shows.
90. I’m addicted to Google.
91. I prefer email to any other form of communication.
92. I’ve never liked talking on the phone.
93. I love travelling.
94. I very rarely turn my mobile off.
95. I can’t keep a relationship going.
96. I listen to one song over and over sometimes.
97. I have the same waist size as 10+ years ago (30″).
98. I spend way too much time on the internet.
99. I am terrified of earwigs.
100. I hate writing lists…

So, there you go – some things y’all knew, some you didn’t, mostly unecessary knowledge.

Spurs beat Burnley 4-1 in the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final – we went 0-1 down and wasn’t until the second half we started playing well. Was a shame Defoe signed just too late to play last night – at least he’ll be in for the second leg .

Burnley have always been my ’second team’ – I always look to see how they’re doing. Last night they showed how they’ve managed to knock Premiership teams out of the competition – they play with confidence and were definitely the best team in the first half.

Don’t mention knickers (or panties)

WordPress has a new look dashboard – I like it

And so here we are again – right at the edge of the weekend.

I’m determined to get ALL my shopping to last me the rest of the year so I don’t have to deal with the sheep.

Got back from testing onsite at Manchester yesterday. As ever, it was a good time – I get on well with the guy up there (Hi Martin), even if he’s a huge Man Utd. fan. Chances are now that it’ll be a Spurs v Man Utd. Carling Cup semi-final (4 teams still in it are Spurs, Man Utd., Derby and Burnley), so we stand a real chance of retaining the cup. We’ll find out who plays who when the draw is made on Saturday lunchtime.

Spurs are away to West Ham on Monday night – we need another win seeing as we slipped back down after losing to Everton. COYS!

Oh yeah, I just noticed that one of the top searches people use to get here is ‘poo pub’ WTF?

Happy birthday Liam

15 today…I love you son

Some people may have picked up on the fact that I’m a Spurs (that’s Tottenham Hotspur Football Club) fan, and that of late, we’ve got a new manager and REALLY started playing well – taking points off 3 of the top 4 clubs in the Premiership and last night our glorious honeymoon with ‘Arry continued with a 4-2 tonking of Liverpool in the Carling Cup.

I must admit, when I first saw the line up, I thought “Ah, he doesn’t care too much about this competition – he’s saving players for the league game at Fulham on Saturday.”

How wrong could I be?

From the kick off it was plain to see this was going to be a strongly contested game – Spurs however, played Liverpool off the park in the first half, going in at the break 3-0 up.

At this point I picked up the Indian meal I’d ordered and hot-footed it to Harriett’s (a thank you for her help), where I watched the second half (I DID miss 2 goals though – turning on the TV at 4-2).

It’s never good to see any footballer lying on the ground apparently knocked out, and the applause from all the fans at the match showed this, when , after almost 10 minutes treatment on the pitch, the Spurs goalkeeper Gomes was finally taken off the pitch having apparently swallowed his tongue.

The only sign of negativity in Spurs’ game was after 96 minutes (9 minutes exra time due to Gomes’ injury), we kept the ball in the corner to wind the clock down.

2 goals from Pavlyuchenko, another 2 from Campbell, an absolutely stunning display from the whole of the team, means we’re in the hat for the quarter final – is it too soon to be thinking we might actually retain the trophy?

When Spurs play like they can, they play the most beautiful game – the opening 10 minutes last night showed we have no reason to be afraid ofd the top teams – it’s only a matter of time before we’re up there with them.

COYS!