El Zen

I’ll be careful and only talk about this in as general terms as possible: Having had to deal with some pretty heavy emotional trauma in the fairly recent past, I’ve developed some pretty heavy trust issues in the present and it’s pretty f***ing exhausting. How does one deal with that constructively?

I wasn’t aware of this, but I haven’t watched a European Tour or Ladies Tour event for years either. I’ve really only been following the PGA Tour for Victor Hovland, but that too ends here.

Did anyone have the PGA on their list?

There goes the rest of my interest in professional golf out the window. F***ing disgusting.

Celtic mosaic at Hampden yesterday. Insanely good.

I’m gonna put this here as well, as I’m so damn pleased with I could die. This is the outside of the stadium after a derby win away:

We won. Draped the stadium exterior in this beauty after the game:

Second round of the 2023 Cup already today. Travelled to level 5 Råde a week ago and saw Vålerenga win an uninspiring 1-0 ticket to round two. There, we’ll be up against city «rivals» Lyn (literally: Lightning.) Lyn is a manifistation of so many things I genuinely hate: They represent the wealthiest neighbourhoods of Oslo west, they are the Conservative Party Football Club. They hardly have any fans, but the ones they do have seem to rear their heads whenever they play us. Normally, we should be wiping the floor with them. They play at level three in the same division as our reserves. But they’ll have nothing to lose and be fired up: this is their cup final. I’m dreading it.

Yeah, IFK are shit. Nothing new there. Still by far the biggest club though. Häcken will fade away eventually, och Blåvitt står kvar

Palace tifo. Fair f***ing play.

Vålerenga ultras travel to Stabæk away by Metro. I hope I can find some vids from inside the trains, because that was mental. The cars were literally bouncing at full speed.

That’s just what happens to us handsome Scandi men. We get hotter the older we get.

I’ve been Villa since the early nineties, and I don’t think I’ve ever been more confident in a manager ever.

We f***ing did it! Unai Emery, I love you

So I have time to get to my mate’s place and get a couple of beers in first.

Heading to my mate’s place now to watch it with a small crew of Villa boys. It’ll be nice to get a few beers in to take just a little of the edge off those intense nerves.

Haven’t got any, but you’d know wouldn’t you?

So this got significantly better by Monday, then by Tuesday had developed into an absolute bastard of a sinus infection instead, which goes terribly with my pollen allergy. Had to leave work early today as the pain was just too much to handle. The left side of my face is just relentlesly pounding with pain. I have severe nose aids, for readers just skimming through. Any tips for pain relief? Injecting opiates is out of the question, all other ideas are welcome.

You mean someone like, say Joe Biden and the vast majority of congressional Democrats? Yeah, if only they were in charge of the Democratic party, and not the crazy left wing fringe (whoever they are.)

Ah, man. He was brilliant in Rome. Good actor.

You’re probably right, but getting back into Europe is something I’ve waited for like forever and at times felt was almost impossible. It’s a massive step.

Already bricking it. Feels every bit as massive as the Play Off finals.

The abuse Vini jr has had to suffer is just horrible. I’ve hated Real Madrid all my life but I almost want them to win now, just so Vini can lord it over those (many, many) racist pricks who’ve been chanting vile shit at him all across Spain.

Aston Villa FC

BVB win 0-3 and can win it in front of their own fans. Scheiss FC Bayern.