Verdi

So, the last couple of days I have been sick in bed with a cold. Not that much fun.

I think I caught it off one of the jabroni immigrants at school.

Sore throat, coughing, runny nose all that inte sa mycket bra stuff.

Went outside for a walk today because it has been warmer the last couple of days, up in the balmy plus degreeses.

Thing is, this means that the snow is turning to water so everywhere is really puddly.

Also it means that the huge amounts of snow which are collected on rooftops everywhere are beginning to melt.

In some places, where people haven't bothered to get on the roof and knock it all off of there, it presents a very real risk to ones life.

A woman in a nearby town had her arm broken the other day by a piece of ice falling off of a roof.

No thanks. When you see the chunks of ice which they knock off the roof, it is quite frightening, they are basically anything upto the size of a car bonnet, and six inches thick. Enough to put you in the sjukhus.

I went to Sundsvall's crazy video shop today by the seafront. It is called Videorama. I was quite impressed. They had everything from Asian super obscure gore flicks, to Holy Mountain, to blaxploitation movies, on dvd, vhs and whatever else. They also sold N64 games and operas on cd. I purchased Verdi's Aida, in a 2 cd box set and listened to it in bed with my sunglasses on under a blanket, blowing my nose and reading the synopsis with a cup of tea. It was unbelievable. Track 12 is 2:31 of pure joy.

Arsenal vs Porto tonight on tv. Have £2 on Vermaelen to score at any time at 6/1 and arsenal to win if it goes to penalties, £2 at 25/1. A scary and depressing thought I know, but I thought I might as well bung on 2 quid and when we win on penalties I will win £50 as well.

Come on Arsenal!