Poetry of Life

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river


Forever and ever

/TSO

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Havaji

Where to go when we're gone

I am working the nightshift and I am worried. Or rather, I was worried. I was afraid we would come to chicago and not know where to go. So I did a quick google-raid and I am now reassured.
Pretty much straight across the road from our hotel is a brewery with a pub. Phew...

So no worries!

/TSO

Come Hell or High Water

It's 19.09 (*beep*) and the workday is winding down, one hour to go. Track & field on the telly. Shitty excuse for sports. If it ain't two teams and one ball of some kind then it's not a proper sport.

Aaaaanyway... I have a problem. Two days 'til the GAIS-train rolls towards Henkeborg and I still feel a bit ill. Can't have that. At the moment it's held at bay by a twice-daily dose of Fernet Branca but tomorrow is a 17 hour workday and that can be the last drop that makes it blossom to a full scale virus invasion of the immune-system.

So I need all fingers to be crossed. All breaths to be held. All gods to be spoken to. And don't forget the dark lords either, I'm taking no chances.

If all goes well I'll be there, even if I have to over-medicate myself compleatly on Fernet. And you'll get some drunken live-blog-entries come sunday. One can only hope...

/TSO

Tick Tack

I read the linked entry inRobban's blog, and thought I might do a similar post about my day, just to give him even more perspective on his day. So here it is, my "Tick Tack" for today.




*wissles and clamour outside from football game* at about 8.34
Go to toilet
Brush teeth
Still feeling too hung over so back to bed
Wake up 13.30
Take a shower
Sit at computer doing nothing productive at all
Go to the market at the corner, buy juice
Go back and lie on the sofa watching a stupid movie.
~17.00 maybe get a pizza.
22.00 watch Bones
01.00 Go to bed

It's the hard-knock life for us, it's the hard-knock life for us...

/TSO

The devils tool

So as i have been under imense pressure to join the so called "community" Facebook im actually starting to collapse and give in, so the question is how does the bloody thing work?

Also ofc i will work as a mole and report everything suspicius to my own high command (me myself)!




/IA

EPL minus two weeks and counting

It is now two weeks until the premier league start again in England. About time to dream about the golden moments come and gone. And to check out the status of one team in particular. The team where such modern legends as Limpar, Schwarz, Bergkamp, Ian Wright, Adams....the list goes on when listing cool players.

It is, off course, Arsenal Football Club. Est 1886.

But what have they been up to in the silly season? Let's take a look.
What they needed from last year was a reliable goalscorer, a solid defender and perhaps someone evil in midfield to intimidate the opposition. Have they filled the gaps?

Players out:
Emmanuel Adebayor

Kolo Toure

Players in:

Thomas Vermaelen

So on paper, no they haven't done enough. I for one am glad money-crazy City bought Adebayor but we need to replace him with someone better. That Kolo Toure followed him there is worse, but hopefully Vermaelen will fill that gap. Other than that not much has happened. Arsenal never splash out much for players but maybe they should bring in some new talent to Emirate Stadium soon.

Still, it's not too late yet and there is talk of a old favourite returning. It is the man with some of the most evil tackles ever awarded, not punished with, a red card. It is Patrick Vieira. He would be welcome.

And up front english papers link Marouane Chamakh with a move to the Gunners. The Bordeaux striker scored 13 goals last season for his french club and has been targeted by a number of clubs. Maybe he will finally get Arsenal some glory? No pressure though...

To round things off, and because I know l'pool fans read this, I'll leave you with this golden moment in english football history:

/TSO

Half time

The swedish football season just hit the half time mark and now goes into the last half of the games. And this is the same when it comes to summer. So here comes a resumé as well as a look at things to come.

First, off course, is GAIS. We have played good football and Wandersson has been fenomenal. This is good. But we don't win games because we concede way too many goals. That sucks.
So from GAIS I demand a lot more from the last half of the season. Maybe Calum and Romarinho will give us the wins we desperatly need?

When it comes to general festivities I have held a low profile this summer. But still some great parties, not least the hat-party that you can see in the picture here. Apart from that me and IA have gotten a little tipsy at Rockbaren, some good nights as well!

More to come here as well I'm sure, but nothing is set in stone just yet. Probably a hippie party in august to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.


When it comes to travels me, IA went to Rüdesheim am Rhein to check out wine country. With us we had "the finnish femme" to add some female beauty and rather sharp wit. Here beers were drunk, meat was devoured and Shitguy was played. A great trip that feels even better now with some distance to it. More trips will come, that much is certain already and will be dicussed further down.



So that was how it's been so far. Now for the future.


One of the major events will be the day when I finally get that licence. Lots of grown-up points there. About time, yes I know...

Then there is some loose plans to fish for mackerel further up on the west coast. Kalvö in september is the plan. Earlier if oppertunity presents itself. And fishing in general needs to be more frequent from now on!


Another idéa is to go to Malmö and it's summer festival. A visit down to Majk and then further down to Malmö is the idéa. This is in august if it works out. I know, Malmö... but I have it on good athority that it might be fun.



But the big trip will be Chicago and a visit to the Chicago Riot Fest, with Cock Sparrer headlining it all. If you know who Cock Sparrer is then enough said. But if you don't then you better hit YouTube and check it out. It's proper music. But it's not just music, we'll try to fit in some baseball, waterfalls and some rollercoasters as well. If you have any ideas about what to do there, let us know!

/TSO

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Note to self: I hate Ullared

Save Us Jeebus!

This season GAIS has scored goals. But that is not the defining aspect of GAIS transformation from last season. Regretably.
No, what has been GAIS main transformation is the shaky defence. Two games in a row we have conceded goals in the very last minute and lost very important points.

We need a defender, a fighter and a general.


Can it be that we have found the man for the job?

This is Calum Angus.

Originally from Portsmouth he has most recently played football in the US. Was able to google the following fact, cut/pasted straight to the blog for your convinience:

"Angus Named All-American. Voted to first team by NCAA Division I head coaches. -Calum is obviously a great player and extremely deserving of this honor, Billiken head coach Dan Donigan said.

Angus, who also earned first-team All-Region plaudits from the NSCAA, is widely considered one of the best defenders in the country."

Welcome to the fight Calum!

/TSO