cokeguzzler

because this is more private than fb

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:26:41 GMT

why does Haruki Murakami resonate so deeply with(in) me?

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:34:36 GMT

When I leave your postcode and your commuting station,
When I leave undone the things that we planned to do,
You may feel you have been left by association,
But there is leaving and there is leaving you.

When I leave your town and the club that you belong to,
When I leave without much warning or much regret,
Remember, there’s doing wrong and there’s doing wrong to
You, which I’ll never do and I haven’t yet,

And when I have gone, remember that in weighing
Everything up, from love to a cheaper rent,
You were all the reasons I thought of staying
And you were none of the reasons why I went

And although I leave your sight and I leave your setting
And our separation is soon to be a fact,
Though you stand beside what I’m leaving and forgetting,
I’m not leaving you, not if motive makes the act.

Sophie Hannah "Leaving And Leaving You"

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:48:38 GMT

This has been done on FB, so whoever isn't tagged there (or is tagged there but wants to respond here), please go ahead.

This can be a quick one. Don't take too long to think about it: fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. Make sure it's the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what books my friends choose.

In no particular order:

1. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
2. Season of Mists - Neil Gaiman
3. The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4. The Complete Black Widows compilation (not sure of name) - Isaac Asimov
5. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
6. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
7. The Bible
8. 1984 - George Orwell
9. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
10. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - Roald Dahl
11. Chosen - Mark Millar
12. The complete Far Side - Gary Larson
13. And then there were none - Agatha Christie
14. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
15. Asterix & Obelix (any one of the originals) - Goscinny & Uderzo (i think)

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:15:54 GMT

trying the tweething out. message or find me if you can!

Girl 4!

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:44:03 GMT

All things considered, Maggie Tan looks better in a simple black dress than in a bikini. So, who knows her?

Ganked from domz...

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:05:45 GMT

$4790.00

Mingle² - Free Online Dating

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:44:11 GMT

Anyone want anything from Sydney? Email /SMS.
LOVE.
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California!

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:47:55 GMT

So it's gonna be more of California Dreamin' and less of Californication.
Will be there from Sunday to Friday -- anyone want anything? Reasonableness principles apply.
Any one within visiting distance too? Will be at Long Beach.

Just call or SMS.
toodles

the easiest vocab test ever

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:46:49 GMT

Your Vocabulary Score: A+

Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!
You must be quite an erudite person.

How's Your Vocabulary?

Leety Utd Season 2

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:57:19 GMT

Things of note:
Contract extension. I currently lead Div 1 with a 100% record out of 3 or 4 matches. Here's the current lineup.

GK: Dida (f)
LB: Heinze
LCB: Cannavaro
RCB: Thuram
RB: Toure
MC x3: Emerson /Deco (f)/Vieira
LWF: Robben
CF: Shevchenko
RWF: Cristiano Ronaldo
Subs: De Rossi /Emre /Legrottaglie /Gudjohnsen /Djibril Cisse
Yes, my team is rather Fast and the Furious. I think another 10-15 matches of friendlies ++ training and I'm ready to storm the world.

Nothing really notable in terms of pulls.

Leety Utd Season 2

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:49:51 GMT

Under the erstwhile deleterious /salubrious influence of my kaki geekski, I decided to abandon the u5 team as well and make it a Mostly Black Team.

GK: Cech
LB: Ashley Cole /Heinze
LCB: Cannavaro /
RCB: Gallas /Puyol
RB: Legrottaglie /Toure
DMC: Vieira
DMC: Edmilson /Emerson
AMC: Deco
LWF: Robben
RWF: Cristiano Ronaldo
CF: Shevchenko
The alternates in the position are the current team.
Monday was Friendly Day + some Div 2 scrimmages,

Match 1 (Friendly 1-0)
The team had 60+ % of the possession, but only had 2 chances at goal and won 1-0 thanks to Ashley Cole.

Match 2 (Friendly 3-0)
A Shevchenko hat-trick seals my opponents' fate. Robben and Deco with the assists.

Match 3 (League 0-1)
I control possession again, but fail to convert my 2 chances and the opponent puts one away with CPU Iaquinta

Match 4 (League 2-2)
Robben scores the first, but 2 breaks by the CPU allow Simone Inzaghi to steal a double. Shevchenko gets one in injury time to get the draw.

Match 5 (Friendly 2-0)
Robben /Ronaldo score.

So I decided to switch the defence around. Funny how I alter my defence when it's my offence that seems to have problems huh?

I got promoted to Div 1, but only finished 2nd due to a record of 4 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss. I then proceeded to go to the final of the Title Holders' Cup but got knocked out by a hat trick from geekski's David Trezeguet. Trezeguet ftw indeed ;)

No notable pulls, but my luck sucks at this game.

We officialy welcome AK to the club.
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WCCF Season 1

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:18:26 GMT

Have been playing WCCF of late. The best description I've heard thus far is "CM plus WE 1 on the PS2". Needless to say, if you didn't get that, this game is probably not for you.

Season 1 record, 54W-28L-18D.
Titles won: Division 2 Champions, Title Holders' Cup, Continental Cup, Super Continental Cup
Other cup performances: Finalist of the U5 cup, Semifinalist of the Champions' League.
Stadium improvements: 2nd tier, roofing, floodlights and corner stalls.

Notable team achivements:
Jon Dahl Tomasson: 38 games, 20 goals, 5 assists
Andre Shevchenko: 25 games, 30 goals, 8 assists
Bernardo Corradi: 29 games, 9 goals, 4 assists
Arjen Robben: 20+ games, 9 goals, 13 assists

Due to my lack of imagination, 2nd data card contains the same team name as the first. Uniform and my nationality changed. Current team (still U5 legal) is as follows:
GK: John Molina
LB: Silvestre
LCB: Cannavaro
RCB: Legrottaglie
RB: Toure
CMF: Emerson (c)
CMF: Ooijer
CMF: Fabregas
LW: Robben
RW: Deco
CF: Shevchenko
Subs
Phil Neville
Heinze
Djibril Cisse
Bernardo Corradi
Emre
The team plays more of my preferred formation: which is 4-2-3-1. Think France but with a less pronounced right sided attack..
8 games into 2nd card. So far I've been knocked out in the 1st round of the Title Holders' Cup (another human), and am presently 2nd in the league. The defence is holding out well, I've only conceded 2 goals in 8 matches, but the problem is funnily enough, scoring. Then again, the team is yet to get in sync, though my wingers and striker have all scored. The current record is 4 wins 1 loss 3 draws.

The bench could use some work. I've been toying with the idea of benching Legrottaglie and moving Heinze into LB, which means Silvestre goes into centrehalf. But why mess with a defensive formula that apparently works? Here's my non-U5 formation (all black unless stated)

GK: Cech
LB: Silvestre /Heinze (white)
LCB: Cannavaro
RCB: Puyol
RB: Javier Zanetti
DM: Emerson
DM: Vieira
MC: Gerrard /Lampard in the 'hole'
LW: Robben
CF: Shevchenko
RW: Cristiano Ronaldo

Subs (would be all white):
Toure
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Marco Di Vaio
Fabregas
undecided

Similar to the geek's, but what to do when you have a card pool of only 220++ players? Not to mention I like the U5 format. Oh retraining is such a pain.

WCCF

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:45:27 GMT

To immortalise my WCCF team (U5) that topped Div 2 in its 3rd season... Here are the players who played the majority of the games:

GK: Petr Cech^
LB: Mickael Silvestre
LCB: Fabio Cannavaro^
RCB: Nicola Legrottaglie
RB: Javier Zanetti^
LMF: Arjen Robben^
LMC: Emerson^
RMC: Francesc Fabregas
RMF: Nikola Lazetic
CF: Jon Dahl Tomasson
CF: Bernardo Corradi

Subs:
Jose Molina
Gerard Lopez
Obafemi Martins
Kolo Toure
Joe Cole

Now, Div 1 should be a bigger kettle of fish. How to keep my team (U5 eligible) but yet improve? Heinze is currently in for Zanetti, which means I run a back 4 of Heinze /Cannavaro /Legrottaglie /Toure with Silvestre as the sub.

Special players (the ones with ^) I want to use: Shevchenko, Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo. I can't even think of how to fit Deco in.

Tentative Div 1 side (MF/FWs only)

(a) Robben /Emerson /Cesc /Lazetic + Tomasson /Shevchenko. The right side looks outclassed though.
(b) 2 holding midfielders in Emerson + another fella. Then Robben /Ronaldinho/Tomasson/Sheva

oh this thinking is such sweet agony. The geek has more foils though ;)

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It all comes to an end...

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 17:54:40 GMT

It's been a good month. So what the heck. France to take it 2-1 in extra time. Trezeguet FTW :D
The more realistic approach would entail Italy winning 1-0. but where's the fun in that?

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Punts!

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:55:55 GMT

As messaged to Jusan and Dr Rat over MSN.
Optimistically? Germany to take it 3-1

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on punts, and the deeparted

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:37:30 GMT

Early in the morning 2 o clock.
cokeguzzler's punts hopefully won't shock

ok that was bad. no coherence and lack of logic.
see ibid for the punt. Since we're 4 matches away, here goes nothing!

Draw-Away (assuming Italy is away). it'll either be 0-1, or 1-2 but it's a good bet for 0-0 at the end of first half. Klose to cement his Golden Boot here, Gilardino and Totti.
Of course, if it goes to penalties, ze Germans will take it.

The Deeparted! Enough said.
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Punts!

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:58:14 GMT

Ok. 2-1 to the Portugese says the head. I'd rather the Brits carry on fumbling.
Brazil nick it 2-1 over France.

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Quarterpunts!

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:25:55 GMT

Germany v Argentina:
Darn this is too close to call. I call it 1-1 at the end of regulation. One team is gonna have to pick the other team's pocket. Argentina have the edge in subs, but Germany might well ride the 40K of people home, which would suck a bit, given my chronic dislike of ze Germans.

Italy v Ukraine
The finest of Serie A v Serie A's finest striker. 11 on 1 doesn't sound like much of a contest does it? 1-0 to the itaLians. Hopefully they don't get overzealous, especially with Gattuso on a yellow already.

The winner of Germany v Argentina to then get the better of Italy /Ukraine.

Half hour to go!
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The Usual

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:16:07 GMT

2-0 to the Brazilians. France to nick it by a goal, most possibly 2-1.
The scenario is interesting though: They're better off without Zidane, but if the Spanish midfield is going to be La Liga-based, then Zidane is a better choice since you know, the Spanish 'play' football isntead of hustling and bustling.

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:08:05 GMT

I really should get my SMS punts and the punts here to be the same. Too bad I don't seem to have much of a short-term memory.
On the 2nd round thus far...

Germany was a relative no brainer. The Argentine game will give the Germans hope that they can beat them. Discipline is key. I got Arg v Mex wrong though.

England were good to win, and my revised punt was actually 1-0. But margin there anyway lah. Portugal v Holland I got wrong as well, unless you count the draw in red cards (hurhurhurhur)

Anyway, for tonight's matches!

Italy v Australia
1-1 after fulltime. Italy to score from a setpiece while Australia score an equaliser after a substitution! Sadly I suspect Inzaghi will toepoke something home and break the hearts of Aussie fans in extra time. Luca Toni not the ideal player against the Aussie CBs. So tough to call.

Switzerland v Ukraine
Ukraine to nick it 2-1. in fulltime.

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Portugal Punting

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:13:48 GMT

Think the 90' score for Portugal v Netherlands is 1-1. England are blah as usual.

Random Round 1 stuff

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:47:57 GMT

First XI of the First Round

Goalie: Kawaguchi
Leftback: Lahm
CB1: Terry
CB2: Puyol
Rightback: Cafu
Leftmid: Robben
Center Mids: Ze Roberto
Center Mids: Riquelme
Rightmid: Figo
Striker: Miroslav Klose
Striker: Robinho

Yup. Perhaps a couple of controversial decisions but it's just my opinion anyway.

LOVE
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Of Punditry

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:34:48 GMT

Ze Germans take it 2-1 with Larsson scoring the consolation. Ze Brits are hard to call, but it should still be Rule Britannica. Expect lots of Ecuadorian rolling on ground. Er, 2-1 as well is my best guess.

heading over to RipCurl's.
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EDIT
Proof that I should never be trusted as a pundit -- I get the games wrong. Argentina v Mexico is the later game. Since I have 2 beers and some wings in me, I feel happy. Thus it's 3-1 to the Argentines.
Swedes were relatively unlucky weren't they? Larsson shoulda scored the penalty, obv.

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:30:09 GMT

dozed off. gah. H would have been easy to call at any rate, I suspect. I had them pencilled in at 2-0 apiece. Now for Group G

France 2-0. It should be a good match to see what a Thierry Henry-led France can do. Full of running I suspect. Switzerland v South Korea 1-1, which means the Koreans are out, sigh. That's what the head says, my heart wants the Koreans to go through with a 1-0 win.

Coming up, review of 1st round!

LOVE
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Pundit Alert!

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:07:48 GMT

I guess I should apologise to any non-soccer oriented people that I've been spamming this fortnight.
SORRY =]

Anyway, tonight is the group I NEVER get right. Not that I need any further disclaimers right?

Czechs v Italy: 0-1
Ghana v USA: 0-1
I think the latter punt is highly optimistic, my head says 0-0 but since I predicted the States to make it through....

Group F later on...
Japan v Brazil 0-2
Croatia v Australia 0-2 (but probably only after a Hiddink double sub).

Might do a humour post if I can find pics.

love,
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