A comfortable win over Tottenham in the north London derby!

1-0...



2-0...



3-0...



Thank you and good night...

Michael Joseph Jackson

I could not believe this.

Lying in bed my phone rang just after 11pm, it was my dad...MJ is dead. Shut up, I thought it was a wind up. He was adamant, have you got the TV on...turn over to sky news and there it was.

August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

FIRST ride on a swing!

Well, how long had it been since I attended Danson Park?

Pulling up as usual, to my horror...the parks gone.

Panic over, its just been totally rebuilt and relocated to the opposite side of the entrance road.

...and how modern it looks too.

So here we are making good use of the late mid week sunny days...

FIRST day at the races

I didn't win much at Sandown Park, but loved watching the Gee Gees in the parade ring and stuffing my face with ice cream!

vs Stoke City

So here we are at the end of the 2008/09 premier league campaign and we finally get to go our our first Arsenal match of the season! Yes we just manage to squeeze in the very last game...

We won 4-1, all the goals were scored in the first half.

So we finish the league in 4th place with 72pts, which is a massive 11pts off third place and an enormous 28pts off the champions.

View from our seats...



View from outside the club shop...



...and now for some useless but interesting facts.

First goal of the season: Samir Nasri for Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion, 3 minutes and 44 seconds.

Last goal of the season: Kenwyne Jones for Sunderland against Chelsea, 90 minutes.

Fastest goal in a match: 31 seconds – Steve Sidwell for Aston Villa against Everton.

First and fastest hat-trick of the season: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) against Manchester City (17 August 2008); 7 minutes and 3 seconds.

Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals – Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) against Liverpool.

Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Manchester City 6–0 Portsmouth.

Most goals in a match: 8 goals, Arsenal 4–4 Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool 4–4 Arsenal.

My FIRST Neice

Maisie May only one day old...

P!nk

OK, I like her, I like her music, but she just loves herself way too much!

I find her performances just a little bit too overindulgent for my liking.



But hey ho, went in the o2 lounge before the show, it was our first time...very funky mobile phone bar code scanning in process. The 2-4-1 cocktails kept us going for a while and texting in your messages to the huge screen thing would of kept me occupied all night.

vs Liverpool

OH MY GOD, what a match.

1-0 Arsenal
1-1
2-1 Liverpool
2-2
3-2 Arsenal
3-3
4-3 Arsenal
4-4

POOR Harvey, he finds our over exuberant celebrations terrifying, so unfortunatley he was screaming terror tears four times over tonight. As much as you try not too, when the moment comes you just can't help it!

There's only one Andrei Arshavin, what a ledge!

There was me, smug as you like, thinking the game was all over at 4-3 on 90min. So I marvel at those unbelieveable stats, what a picture...



Man of the match Arshavin becomes the first player to score four league goals at Anfield since 1946 and only the sixth player in Premier League history to score four goals in an away match.

Then blow me down a few seconds later, can you believe one final twist...



Phew its over and we didn't lose. I was happy with that. I feel knackered now, what an emotional rollercoaster! God knows what the neighbours must think of all the screaming.

Russell Brand - Scandalous

So we arrive at the o2 with just enough time to get our usual bucket of chicken & chips and get to our seats before the show starts. It was a little empty in our section with it being almost showtime so I start looking behind wondering why? OMG there he was JIMMY CARR, like hello...casually sitting there with a lady friend. Usually I am discreet, but JC come off it, no shame I don't care I just had too...



So I get over that excitement, while the area behind suddenly starts to fill up. Then if I'm not discreet, check out the three girls in front of me. All of a sudden they begin to stare and point in the face of the guy sitting in the seats directly behind me...its a little awkard cause I look back and he almost looks embarresed slighly saying hi - BUT they don't stop. Eventually after looking a couple more times I give in and ask (the girls in front of course) ...so who is he? OMG they cry, don't you know who that is (make us feel like were 101) er, thats Jason Segel. Right yeah, that helps WHO...'they don't know who he is' OMG, have you not seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall...yeah (reel us in) well thats the lead guy in it, DOH one more look back OH YEAAHHHHH! Still not that impressed, but hey ho did you know he not only starred as the lead role in that film but he actually wrote it too, now thats pretty impressive....until he gets up to make way for: CHRIS O'DOWD. OK now I'm going to wet myself. Nothing like a bit of celeb spotting to work you up in to a frenzy. Now I officially think I am actually part of the VIP section and it was obviously empty cause they were all off v.i.p'in it up somewhere.

So off I went again, I just love him and he was so nice to us too...



I was so impressed with this picture, but I hate to say not many people I showed it too were quite so enthused. I felt like the three girls in front of me, come on he's sooooo funny, you don't know him?? He was in Roman's Empire, you must have seen The IT Crowd, FM...no. Well I must be his bloody stalker then, cause I see him in the west end show under the blue sky too,
remember.

This round two of the photo session I found easier, as I now had a bit of courage since Jimmy was so nice to me (isn't that a relief) don't you just hate it when you love a celeb then you get to meet them in someway and they are just horrid, how does that make you feel! Well don't worry cause I didn't have to wait long for a taste of that, QUE Jack Black. OK A-List and all that, so he sat in the seat behind me next to Jason Segel. But while Jason had happily shook peoples hands and had photos etc Jack Black flanked by his heavies was just so misserable, rude, dismissive and blatently horrible. OK maybe he wanted some privacy, but you are a celeb and how hard is it to really smile for two seconds with a fan, after all that is part of your job and at times it is 24/7 but surely it comes with the territory? OK maybe thats harsh, but thats just my opinion. It was amusing hearing him giggle/laugh all night, it was just weird, I felt like saying that guy behind really sounds like Jack Black...oh yeah I forgot it is. Although maybe ol misery guts is just him keeping up his persona, as my cousin said it would shatter all illusions of him if he saw/heard him laughing all night?!

So anyway, needless to say this made my night meeting Mr Carr and Mr O'Dowd! AND now on with the show... Little ol love muscle Russell was great of course, seen him live once before and he was top drawer again. Although I still can't get over the fact that he actually managed to fill a whole show (more or less) with Sachsgate ...amazing. AND funny. I mean when he started prancing round the stage to the news at ten theme tune saying he even began to consider it his own show, classic I was in stitches. Using the stage to ridicule/respond to internet message boards, amusing what some idiots have to say about him, it really is. Did his usual of clearly stating he’s not exactly picky and encouraged girls to come back stage afterwards for a go on his ‘wand of fame...turning sluts into celebrities’ LOL he is so damn sexy, even I would be tempted, for a kiss and a cuddle 'only' of course.

Pourquoi?

So google's new street view has come under some criticism!
Thought I'd go for a test drive myself.

So I checked out my house, my cars are parked up outside alright. Went along to my parents, found the front door open...popped in on a few aunts, uncles and grandparents... fascinating!

Then I cam across this (I know sad, as if you could accidentally stumble across such a monstrosity ;-)



Oh how it made me smile. I mean what the hell is this group of family/friends doing strolling along here without a care in the world. Its hardly the green chain walk. How did they get here and where are they going! Anyone familiar with the Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach will know this is the end of line, there is literally no where else to go.

Begs the question - WHY?

Alrite 6 MONTH old ickle boy!

...looking well like a top Gangsta Rappa?!

A little bit of snow

...and nobody makes it to work?!

I managed to drive in only to find (with the exception of two other people) no one else from my whole building had bothered.

I must say though it was a lovely journey, the raods were empty, LOL.

My two colleagues made their way home, so did I...TO HIT THE SLOPES BABY.

Ok with the inflatable beach gear, but they worked!



Then me and the boys put the afternoon to good use...

The legendary lets dress up when it’s not fancy dress!

Probably our last Christmas Eve out before we should really start staying in and waiting for the reindeers with our carrots, anyway we'll see ;-) But for now do you see the resemblance...