Archive for September, 2005

i am going to think out loud this afternoon because i am bored at work

Friday, September 30th, 2005

11:42 after this song ends i will get the stuff out of the autoclave, i swear. it’s so jpop i need a little energy.

11:43 the song is over and i’m not getting up. i blame iron and wine. people try to be deep but i think it’s just a projection of what we want people to see in us. most of us are not deep 100% of the time, and i think it’s better that way. life is so simple, people want to make it complicated instead of being thankful.

11:46 ahhh i’m going to the autoclave now.

11:50 it’s so hot. not outside, of course. i like this fall weather. too bad i don’t have time to wander boston anymore. stupid work. oh work. you pay the bills.

11:54 huh. i realized i could buy final fantasy X-2 for $10 at best buy after this coupon. finally i can use my stupid giftcard.

12:02 my thought process totally slowed down after i listened to the eternal sunshine soundtrack.

12:04 i’m not sure whether or not i want to go tomorrow. who are these people? i guess i’d have to go to find out but i’m really sleepy. maybe after i sleep in, but by then it’s too late to decide oops.

12:11 i watch all these time-life informercials and really want to listen to these old-ass 70s songs. not right now, of course, i’m at work. i do other time-wasting things. like wait for the stuff to cool in the autoclave.

that ended fast. guess i’m not as bored as i thought. but is busy the same as not bored? good question.

how to beat chelsea

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

i haven’t posted about football in a while

chelsea’s defence is miserly but really nobody has run at them all year besides aston villa, who finally breached that defence, and still lost

i think the key to beating chelsea is to not roll over. (you still need a little bit of class though, but i don’t think it’s out of the reach of most of the premiership clubs.) i think if anyone, wigan can beat them in the return fixture, but that’s in a while. fulham, blackburn, manchester city, and spurs have a good chance too i think, i hope they do not change their attacking philosophies. john terry can be exposed for pace, for example, although his superb positioning makes it difficult most of the time. stretch them, give your side some width. make the defence work a little harder, warm cech’s hands. cech might be a great keeper but nobody’s made him earn his probably ridiculous salary, his skill might turn out to be an illusion under pressure.

i also think you need to go back to the time-honoured method of playing against superior opposition–steely tackles. while they aren’t going to run home to mommy like arsenal, certainly teams give them way too much respect. they are human. they might play well as a team but they are still human. while the team probably knows that, mourinho doesn’t seem to, so consider reminding chelsea of that as a favour to him.

watching the nfl is kind of depressing

Monday, September 26th, 2005

because it’s really watching a sea of obesity. you could swim in the fat.

they need to build treadmills in the stadiums.