I think that just about sums up my hopes for this weekend of sporting action.

Let's get you back up to speed in 10 quick steps...
1. I won that poker tournament - £80 - on a diamond flush.
2. I'm now writing for Music-Zine aswell as Local Secrets and Big Cheese. It's keeping me pretty busy. Just reviewed the new Stereophonics album which should get the lead in the new MZ magazine.
3. Our library has finally got a lick of paint - the pot said terracotta, the walls say salmon. It's making me hungry.
4. Got a couple of beer festivals coming up which I should get into free as I'm now a member of CAMRA. Beer of the week = Ridley's Old Bob.
5. Still no outcome on my appeal for more pay. And this year's deadline for a regrading is now approaching again. Crazy.
6. Christmas is in the shops - it's pathetic, it's not even halloween for fuck's sake.
7. Spent a week in Eastbourne in a pretentious, bleak studio flat. If it wasn't for the company I think I may have thrown myself off Beachy Head.
8. The new TV series Heroes is awesome. I've blogged a review on my portfolio - you know where it is.
9. I've dicovered I'm allergic to wheat. Not sure if it's the gluten in the wheat or just the whole wheat itself. Anyways, it means no pizzas, burgers, kebabs, cakes or doughnuts. The pounds should fall off.
10. The footy season has started back up and my pub side has just won four in a row - I've switched to centre-back although to be honest it scares the shit out of me. Broke my glasses last week - I'm not good with my head (or my feet for that matter).