As you might have guessed…
Friday, June 30th, 2006…I haven’t really had much to write about as of late, I’m just writing so this month won’t be without a post. This past month’s been mostly work, listening to a lot of music, going to a lot of gigs, taking a lot of pictures and trying to hone my previously non-existent photography skills, reading a lot of comic books, hanging out, lamenting my lack of love life…in other words, the usual, the same old, same old.
Oh, and the World Cup, hoping England will finally win. Not that they’ve been setting the tournament alight with their football; in fact, they’ve been rather crap. But at least they’ve been winning, and they’re still in it, at least until tomorrow. Can’t say the same for the Netherlands or Spain, for example. If they crash out against Portugal tomorrow, well there’s not much I can do apart from curse their luck, and look ahead to the next major tournament.
I think I’ve actually calmed down in my fervent support for my favourite football teams. I take heckling - which has always been something I’ve gone through since England supporters seem to be the minority in this country - with a pinch of salt and shrug of the shoulders. Not much point in defending your opinion against someone who’s just trying to piss you off, regardless of the blatant inferiority of what they’re defending. A few years ago I’d be most pleased at the elimination of the teams other people supported, and be really depressed when mine got the chop. Now…well, to be honest I still hope the other teams will get knocked out, as soon as possible, so England will win the tournament. But I won’t rub it in, at least not in those other supporters’ faces. I’ll just have a private chuckle. If England lose tomorrow, it won’t mean much apart from no longer staying up to watch their matches. And life will be back to the same old, same old.
