50c bag of mixed bloggies, please

Thing
Simon Amstell is hilarious. He's a well gay public school boy from Britain and he used to host Popworld from 2000-2006 and Never Mind The Buzzcocks from 2007-2009. This article talks about his time on Popworld, where he used to get bland popstars in and bag the crap out of them. On NMTB he was hilarious - some quotes here. Anyway, if you get a chance to watch him, check him out.

Another thing
Goal 3 was incredibly annoying. For some unknown reason they stopped following the story of young Mexican-American player Santiago Munez and made him a bit-part character while two English players goofed around onscreen at the World Cup. It was very disappointing. We'd seen Santi make it in England, win a transfer to Real Madrid and make it big there, but at the cost of his relationship. I would have liked to see some resolution on that storyline. Instead, he gets "injured" in a car crash at the start of the film, and spends the rest cheering on his English friends. It was a complete waste of the story they built up over the first two films. Same writer, apparently, which makes it even more perplexing. To add to it all, the actual football scenes in the first two movies were top notch. They looked real - more real than any movie soccer I've seen before. For some reason they decided to poorly greenscreen the players into the games this time. It looked atrocious. Major disappointment from a fan who actually liked the first two (slightly cheesy) films.

Third thing
If you're not watching Friday Night Lights, you are doing yourself no favours. I'm a few episodes into the third season and still in love with it. I hope they show it in Teen Drama School for writers and showrunners who want to know how to give characters realistic conflicts and motivations to drive the story. Other shows often rely on characters changing completely from one episode to the next, or coincidences or misunderstandings to drive the story. But not this one. When something happens, you know instantly how someone is going to react. There is a sense of trust between the show and its audience. It's great.

Things I now say thanks to Friday Night Lights
"Damnit Riggins!"
"It'sa Smash, baybee!"
"Mrs Coach."
"Oh you know I looooove Panther Futbul."

Final thing
Today might be the last indoor soccer game I play for a while. I think the new team is disbanding after this weekend. It's sad because I love playing indoor at Kingborough. We used to dominate the Friday night league, with a physical, skillful and mentally strong team. It's different now. I fill in for this team, and while the quality is there, we haven't played enough together to really understand each other. We keep losing to teams who stack their defence and hit us on the break. It's annoying, but understandable. Anyway, hopefully we can go out with a win.