All the pretty things...

It's a thin line, between love and hate
-the Persuaders

Atletico vs. Real Madrid
Well the Derbi was great, except it was fixed! Real Madrid won in the 96th minute with a penalty. Are you joking me! It was at the other end of the field, but who calls a penalty against the home side in the 96th minute? And in the 93 minute Aguero got killed in the box, the defender never touched the ball, and there was no penalty. I sit by the north goal, tenth row, so i saw the whole thing. Real scored in the 1st and 96th minute, Atleti in the 89th. Suffering, suffering, suffering! It really was ridiculous, the Real Madrid players flying through the air every time they were touched and the Atletico players only getting every 3rd call after they were mauled.

It is considered common knowledge that certain games were fixed during the 40 years of Dictatorship, because Real Madrid was the Generalisimo's team. They are still the team of the political right. How else can you explain Atletico not beating Real Madrid at home since '98/'99?

But the atmosphere was electric and i've been to my first derby (when teams from the same city play each other). The Liverpool game is going to be played here on Wed., so that will be fun.

Still trying to get more hours. Still slogging through the new novel. Still wondering why have no clean boxers.

The Redsox just won't die. They are vampires. You need to stake them through the heart, cut off their heads and bury them in the meadowlands with a gallon of lye if you are going to kill them. The poor people of Tampa.

vientos de cambios
Things are changing. I find myself getting closer to new friends, rekindling friendships with people i have drifted from, and very much wanting to separate myself from some people i know very well who are insane. It's a thin line between love and hate, i suppose.

Dating in Cyberspace
Well, Sheri Mellon, who is really probably a 6 foot Nigerian dude named Okeafor Anande, finally asked me for money. I had it figured out long ago, but had to play along cuz i am so intrigued when it comes to stuff like this. It was a very strange experience. And this person was not very skillful. If I ever do write a novel from the outline i have for GOD OF THE DAMNED, it will be a much smoother operator.

Mercifully, the Seahawks play at 2:30am so i do not have to watch them.

Okay! Time to plan lessons, write and clean!

This just in: General Francisco Franco is still dead.

A happy Sunday to you all. And a pleasant tomorrow.



Lastly;

• the Redskins and Shaun Alexander deserve one another
• i think i'm going bald
• the Seester is recovering form her surgery and is well. She's back in the game.
  
• i'm an idiot
• the new Marillion album is dense. 2 discs worth. Very layered and textured. sounds cool so far but i have still have no idea what the hell is going on when i listen

I taught a lesson on emoticons - the smiley faces and stuff used for test messaging. I found it very strange but it was given to me by the new academy. Surprisingly, the students enjoyed it.

• i'm not always correct
• I don't know why - but somehow Facebook thinks i'm gay. It keeps sending me dating messages for guys. WTF?
• The terminator movies and the Dune book swarned us machines might ruin our world someday