Everyone is away

Seems like just about everyone is out of the country right now. Tim is somewhere in Germany, Munich I think, Sam is in Bolivia (If someone's arrested for arms smuggling, there we'll know who it is...), tall Chris is somewhere, big Chris is somewhere, Daryl is somewhere, most of the Sec 3 squad is in either Malaysia or New York, and JC is at NCC camp, which might as well be in another country.

Anyway, the night before he left for Bolivia we stayed at Sam's place again, but it was much quieter with Sam Wang and Big Chris. On the bright side, that meant that with just four people we didn't have to take turns using the Box Of Fun. Our theological discussion this time being about Halos, and what counts toward a Beyond the Grave kill. Though I have significantly improved at multi-player, most of my kills consisted of waiting for Mark, Bryant and Sam to fight each other then moving in to pick off the survivors who would by then be low on ammo and other nasty, painful implements to hurt Slummer with, although people have stopped depending on me to be a quick source for kills, that much I'm grateful for...

Sam's dad ordered us to sleep around midnight, and we could have kept ourselves occupied the whole night with my laptop if Sam had remembered his password to his wireless, but seeing as how computers commit harikiri when he goes near them, it might have been a bit much to expect that of him. I tried guessing his password but gave up after 10 minutes. On the other end of the spectrum Tim's wireless wasn't even secured when I went there. Made life easy, but I wouldn't have done that if I were him.

Anyway, unable to play on the 360, I raided Sam's ample bookshelf in the hopes of finding interesting reading material. I settled on Ciaphas Cain : Hero of the Imperium. We were just starting up his computer when his mum came in, and we promptly claimed we were hungry, which wasn't a lie at the time, and his mum, the wonderful lady she was, made us a quick supper of corned beef and instant noodles. I continued to read about the exceedingly lazy, but quick thinking and amazingly lucky commissar with the most plot armour I've ever seen until around 3 before I dozed off.

In other news United has come out tops in last night's hot tempered with Liverpool, winning 0-1 at Anfield, with Giggs unexpectedly sending the corner kick away from the penalty box across the ground. I actually though he mis-kicked when I watched it, but he actually intended to send it to Rooney, who took a low shot/pass which somehow went through the legs of 10 players without being blocked. I doubt he was actually passing, and Tevez just happened to be there to deflect it in during first half extra time. He would have been offside if Benayoun hadn't been camping on the goal line trying to block a goal he didn't manage to stop. Anderson and Evra on the other hand, did a much better job of it when Van Der Sar crashed into his own defenders twice when trying to catch a corner kick, but still saved by the goal line camping duo. Admittedly though, Liverpool could, and should have won, after being denied two goals on the line and the referee not seeing a Tevez handball in the penalty box. Zach will be in a bad mood, I can tell you that...

Although my dad demands I be a United fan since he's been one for the last 22 years, I do enjoy watching Arsenal games, and normally back them if they aren't playing against United. Against Chelsea (minus one Drogba and one Essien) at home, I was quite sure Arsenal would win, and win they did, with another goal close to the end of half time, with more than a little touch of irony. The one who sunk Chelsea just happened to be William Gallas, the ex-Chelsea player who turned renegade and supposedly threatened to score own goals when Chelsea refused to let him transfer, out jumped Ben-Haim to score from a header after Cech strangely failed to catch the corner kick.

The match was hostile at best. The home crowd booed loudly whenever Ashely Cole had the ball. Seen as a traitor to Arsenal and dubbed "Cashely Cole" after he moved to Chelsea for higher pay, he was pelted with fake notes on his first match against his old club with Terry pulling a sliding tackle on Fabergas AFTER the latter had already fallen to the ground which meant his studded foot plowed straight into his chest, which earned the Chelsea and England captain as well as Lampard (Probably couldn't keep his mouth shut) a yellow card, and Arsenal retaliated with Eboue crushing Terry's foot which resulted in a yellow card for him and Terry having to be brought off with a suspected broken foot. The home crowd also chanted "Ian Wright, right, right, riiight..." when Wright-Phillips was taken off to taunt and remind the Chelsea winger that he is simply no where near as good as his adoptive (dad says illegitimate more likely) father and Arsenal striker hero Ian Wright. The tension spilled over after the final whistle had blown, a brawl erupting between Joe Cole (No relation to Ashley Cole) and Fabergas.