Happy Boxing Day, I'm in England still, and had a great Christmas. I can't remember ever eating so much food in my entire life. There was turkey, ham, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, cranberries, sausages, brocolli, bread sauce, stuffing, christmas pudding, bailey's mousse, mulled wine, white wine, I could go on cause there were about 15 more things, but I'll stop there because I get the feeling you understand what I mean now.
Last year around this time I went to a Nottingham Forrest football game and the team surprised us by winning 3-1 against Millwall. Ever since then I have been following the team quite closely, hoping they will get a promotion into the Championship Division. Yesterday, my cousin Andrew suprised me and bought a forrest top for me. So I'm now a member of a second red army, one that is not as prominent, but I feel a sense of attachment to them that I don't even feel for my first favorite team Man United. I think its mainly in part because I haven't been to Old Trafford yet, which is something I want to change in 2008.  ¶ 9:24 AM

  i have been so busy with work that I haven't had time to even write about my up-coming trip to England and France. Since I've been here I have gone to England quite often, but I haven't been to any other EU countries. This week Damien is in Scotland and I'm a bit jealous cause I've always wanted to go there, but come friday I should get my fill of traveling for a while. I will spend 5 days in England and 6 days in France. In England I will be in Leeds with my cousins and Uncle, then London for a night. In France I will spend 3 days in Montpellier, Toulouse, and Rodez, before going to Paris and spending my last 3 days in the city of lights. I can't wait because after I come back from France I will be able to do a list of favorite cities for that country as well, as long as I see the minimum 5 that are required.

29.) Remember the Titans 28.) The Bourne Identity 27.) Just Friends 26.) Bad Santa
25.) Eraser 24.) Titanic 23.) Telling Lies in America 22.) The Spanish Apartment
21.) Caddy Shack 20.) Commando   ¶ 8:11 AM

  Spent the weekend in Dublin, and it was great to be up there for the christmas shopping rush. It reminded me of shopping in New York or Boston around this time of year. Everytime I go to Dublin it makes me want to live there more and more. I have been looking at the prices of apartments there and I would need a much higher salary to be able to afford to live there comfortably. So that plan for the moment is still a good few months/years away.


39.) Eurotrip 38.) This Boy's Life 37.) Saved 36.) Speed 35.) Halloween 34.) BIG
33.) Uncle Buck 32.) Major League 31.) Elephant 30.) Canadian Bacon  ¶ 6:30 AM

 
The baseball off-season is sometimes the most important part of the season for me, you really get to see which teams are elite and which ones should be minor league teams. I have to say I'm really disappointed wit hthe New York Mets once again. The Red Sox and Yankees are in a class above every one else, and Angles seem to be right behind them. Then trailing at a very distant 4th place seems to be the Mets. Instead of trying to make a deal for the Best Pitcher on the planet right now ( Johan Santana) they go and make the worst deal possible that doesn't get them a star pitcher but yet another mediocre catcher. On top of that they gave away Lastings Miledge after hyping him up to be one of the best prospects in years. I gaurantee this will come back to bite them in the ass. He will go on to have a hall of fame career and the players they got in return ( Ryan Church and Brian Scheinder) will be average at best.

To start with the Yankees, they will have a fantastic squad next year with the possibility of going to World Series just as they are always the favorites to be the last team standing in October. Their starting line up for 2008 is lacking the fire-power that they have had in recent years. Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina, Phil Hughes, Jobba Chamberlain, and Chein Ming Wang. If they add Satana, I'm sure he would win 25 games with this team.

Now on to the Red Sox, what Josh Beckett did this year probably earned him a spot on a shortlist of best pitchers of all times and he's only 27 years old. Thier starting line-up for next year is already set to be the best that I've ever seen in my lifetime. Beckett, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Clay Buchholz, Jon Lester, Tim Wakefield. Each of those guys are capable of 15 wins next year. Scary isn't it? On top of having the best starting 5 in the MLB already they are possibly going to add Johan Santana. If that happens I expect him to have Pedro Martinez-like years with Red Sox, and that team will be completely unstoppable in 2008.  ¶ 5:55 AM