it being the F.A. Cup third round draw tomorrow - this is my earliest memory of football

trying to write again with two obstacles.. a rat (marvin) on my shoulder but desperate to get onto the keyboard and a wee bit of a hangover (not at your level my northern friend ) so as you might have gathered i did go out with SheWho. part of the problem was that i had just about decided she was going anywhere and so had had a couple of glasses of chilean red and had settled in for a quiet evening when She texted. so i braved the rain and trotted round to the pub which smelt of sick and was full of under dressed females and overweight males and a sixty-yearold who really should have taken some advice before donning long boots, a split skirt and too much slap. SheWho had a a very nice friend with her who i had met years ago (which was why i decided to go) so we tried to have a good time. but builders bums and dancing grannies invading our space meant we moved three times trying to find sanctuary - add to that the pub had decided that it was xmas eve and were playing the xmas hits album full pelt! so at last orders (and after 2 pints of guinness) we went back to mine. back here we drank more wine (well SheWho and I did..her friend was more circumspect) until about 2. once again the undercurrent of suppressed emotions between SheWho and myself came dangerously close to the surface. whatever its too late now and i cant help but noticing her negative qualities much as i like(love) her. upshot of all this is that this morning i feel rough and so have reduced my expectations for the morning - a long breakfast, the guardian and then clearing out the rats (hence marvin's baalncing act) before leaving here at 12 to go north for beer and curry in leicester with friends - very glad im not driving because i think im still over the limit.

have a lovely day blogs chums and fingers crossed that arsenal can triumph at villa park (without cesc ) and the mighty U's can push past weymouth into the 3rd round of the FA cup.