Holiday

This time next week I will be in Jacksonville, North Florida and the week after that I will be in New York.

I can't wait to get to New York especially.

I have been listening to Jay-Z more or less non-stop and his new album is excellent. We're staying in Brooklyn so I might catch up with him in 'our' local boozer.

Here it is;

Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn.Now I'm down in Tribeca.Right next to DeNiroBut I'll be hood foreverI'm the new SinatraAnd since I made it hereI can make it anywhere(Yeah they love me everywhere)I used to cop in HarlemAll of my Dominicanos (Hey yo)Right there off of BroadwayBrought me back to that McDonaldsTook it to my stash spot560 State StreetCatch me in the kitchen like Simmons whipping PastryCruising down 8th streetOff-white LexusDriving so slow (but BK, it's from Texas!!) Me I'm out that BedStuyHome of that boy Biggienow I live on Billboardand I brought my boys with meSay what up to Ta-taStill sipping Mai TaisSitting courtsideKnicks and Nets give me high-5N**ga, I be Spiked outI could trip a referee...tell by my attitude that I'm MOST DEFINITELY FROM...[Alicia Keys]New York!!!!Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,There's nothing you can’t do,Now you're in New York!!!These streets will make you feel brand new,the lights will inspire you,Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York[Jay-Z]I made you hot n-gga,Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,sh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,you should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a crip tho,but I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my clique though,welcome to the melting pot,corners where we selling rocks,Afrika bambaataa sh-t,home of the hip hop,yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back,for foreigners it ain't fitted act like they forgot how to act,8 million stories out there and they're naked,city it's a pity half of y’all won’t make it,me I gotta plug a special and I got it made,If Jeezy's payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,3 dice cee-lo3 card marley,Labor Day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade,long live the king yo,I’m from the Empire State thats…[Alicia Keys]In New York!!!!Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,There's nothing you can’t do,Now you're in New York!!!These streets will make you feel brand new,the lights will inspire you,Let's hear it for New York, New York, New YorkWelcome to the bright light..[Jay-Z]Lights is blinding,girls need blindersso they can step out of bounds quick,the side lines is blind with casualties,who sip the lite casually, then gradually become worse,don’t bite the apple Eve,caught up in the in crowd,now you're in-style,and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,the city of sin is a pity on a whim.good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them,Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,everybody ride her, just like a bus route,Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,and Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends,came here for school, graduated to the high life,ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,MDMA got you feeling like a champion,the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien[Alicia Keys]New York!!!!Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,There's nothing you can’t do,Now you're in New York!!!These streets will make you feel brand new,the lights will inspire you,Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York[Alicia Keys]One hand in the air for the big city,Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,no place in the World that can compare,Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahhcome on, come,yeah,[Alicia Keys]New York!!!!Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,There's nothing you can’t do,Now you're in New York!!!These streets will make you feel brand new,the lights will inspire you,Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York

Fuck it might as well add this for the cheese factor;
Start spreading the news, I’m leaving todayI want to be a part of it - new york, new yorkThese vagabond shoes, are longing to strayRight through the very heart of it - new york, new yorkI wanna wake up in a city, that doesn’t sleepAnd find I’m king of the hill - top of the heapThese little town blues, are melting awayI’ll make a brand new start of it - in old new yorkIf I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhereIt’s up to you - new york, new yorkNew york, new yorkI want to wake up in a city, that never sleepsAnd find I’m a number one top of the list, king of the hillA number oneThese little town blues, are melting awayI’m gonna make a brand new start of it - in old new yorkAnd if I can make it there, I’m gonna make it anywhereIt up to you - new york new york

tidy

Saturday

Last week saw some sad news - a club stalwart SP had to hang up his boots due to a recurrance of a femur/hip problem and unfortunately his prospective send-off game v Hillhead Jordanhill was postponed, so he didn't have a chance to don the famous blue and white one last time since the news.

I hope that the op goes well and there is no doubt that he will continue his membership of EAFC.

Anyway, we went round to his house armed with loads of beers to watch the Autumn international matches on BBC / Sky Sports etc.

This ended up in a full on rammy taking in Hamiltons, The Baillie, Grand Cru and Bar Napoli.

The next morning I received this text from one of the younger lads, who I saw leaving Grand Cru with two birds in tow - "Woke up to a swampy licking my balls. Finished by jizzing in her mouth. Class nite"

Class night indeed!

I was pretty hung on Sunday but still managed to get some chores done round the house and watch the Ireland v Australia game.

Rugby

The 1st XV lost to Selkirk last Friday night and the 2nd XV's game against Hillhead Jordanhill was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

I listened to the Selkirk v EAFC match on BBC Radio Scotland and the EAFC coaches comments to the reporter after the game reminded me of a desperate clown who had escaped from the circus.

He blamed the weather, the referee, the crowd, the pitch etc etc. Yawn.

Please have a look at the usual websites for reports / league tables etc;

www.edinburghaccies.com

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/tables/4777199.stm

As I predicted in pre-season - a few losses would lead to more ridiculous coaching, ridiculous decision making, unmotivated players, more losses and another relegation battle. Mystic Meg strikes again.

Players are also leaving the club - SW to Currie and AB to Currie? I have also heard that talent coming through from the Edinburgh Academy are either being told to go to other clubs or have decided to go to other clubs because of our fun filled head coach.

Roll on next season.

Thankfully I'm off to Jacksonville and New York on Friday so I won't be taking part in any misery at Raeburn Place for a while.

Good luck against Stew/Mel lads - it's a must win game now.

250 up

That's the double tonne 50 up!

WALLOP

Sod

My mate used the word 'sod' the other day - what a great word.

SOD.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sod

SODDING SOD - SOD OFF

Movember 2009

I'm doing Movember for the first time.

I'm growing a fucking monster moustache for charity.

I'm growing a fucking patch of fur on my top lip.

It's going well so far and I can't stop touching it.

Please give generously - i have raised £70 to date.

Rugby

Both 1sts and 2nds lost at the weekend to Melrose and Stirling County respectively.

Match reports and tables as usual;

www.edinburghaccies.com

http://www.scottishrugby.org/community/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showResultsRank/p,102/Itemid,302/

http://www.scottishrugby.org/community/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showResultsRank/p,68/Itemid,302/

Haye beat Valuev on points.

I got very pissed on Saturday night and didn't get up until 14:30 pm on Sunday afternoon.

Dirts

Most of the dirts I have done in the last week have been MASSIVE FLOATERS.

Arnie's Fireworks

Arnie's Fireworks last night were awesome!! He was running around lighting fuses and everything went off without a hitch.

The crowd were well behaved and everyone went home entertained and safe thanks to the efforts of the Health and Safety Manager.

Good job all round.

Barcelona 2010

I have booked my flights to Barcelona in May 2010 for the Barcelona 7's.

I believe that this year we will be going as the Ben Tod Mungdusters.

Watch out.

Poke's Firework Display

The display took place at Raeburn Place in Stockbridge.

I had bought rockets, mines, fountains, sparklers, a catherine wheel, a krazy klock and three chinese sky lanterns from - http://www.fireworkfactory.com/

They all went off without drama and I'm sure that the missus was very impressed!

Apparently you aren't supposed to ignite sky lanterns within a 5 mile radius of an airport but we did and as the three lanterns drifted up and away, a plane diverted it's route before rediverting back on course to Edinburgh Airport!

Luckily the lanterns were the last part of the display so we could make a quick getaway before any of the authorities could nab us!

There were no reports in the Evening News about UFO's over North Edinburgh the next day either.

Monday

The lass and I were off work on Monday as it was her 30th birthday.

Happy Birthday!!!

We had a sleep in and then headed off to South Queensferry on the train (armed with Starbucks) for a walk around and some lunch.

The weather had improved immensely from the evening before so we decided to let the fireworks loose that night.

South Queensferry is a nice wee place and we went to Orocco Pier for lunch - http://www.oroccopier.co.uk/ - we had smoked bacon and seafood chowder, croque monsieurs, greek salad and a side of puffy fries with aioli. It was great and as we had a window seat we could see right over the Firth of Forth to the Kingdom of Fife.

We then walked back along the waterfront and jumped back on the train to Edinburgh to get prepped for the firework display.

The rest of the weekend

On Sunday i was tired, sore and hung to the fucking gills. I had to be in action sharpish though as I had the small matter of my Dad's 61st birthday and my girlfriend's 30th birthday parties to contend with.

We had piles of brisket and stew and chocolate mousse and then cheese and biscuits before relaxing on the sofa and taking it easy.

I thought that I might have been stressed to the max but it was really easy going and I just stuffed my face and generally made small talk with the masses.

All the food was fantastic and went some way to helping me ease my hangover.

I bought some fireworks to set off that evening but it was so wet in Edinburgh that day that there was no chance!

That was to be a blessing in disguise however...

Rugby

Here are the rugby reports from the weekend;

www.edinburghaccies.com

http://www.dundeehsfprugby.org.uk/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.pl?file=News&report=DHSFP_News4_SingleArticle&ArticleID=0860

http://www.dundeehsfprugby.org.uk/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.pl?file=News&report=DHSFP_News4_SingleArticle&ArticleID=0861

Tables;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/tables/4777199.stm

http://www.scottishrugby.org/community/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showResultsRank/p,102/Itemid,302/

A massive game for the 2's this weekend v unbeaten Stirling County. The 1sts play Melrose.

Both games are at home.

Halloween weekend

Both 1sts and 2nds beat their respective Dundee HSFP opposition on Saturday to really get the party started at Mayfield.

As the successful 2nd XV trudged off the pitch towards the clubhouse, we saw the 1st XV raise their arms aloft in victory and the call of 'paaaaaaaaaarty drinks' was bellowed in their general direction.

It was into our Halloween outfits in the changing rooms and then it was off to the clubhouse for some scran and some bevvy.

It was nice to meet my old pal Jimmy Drainpipe aka Eddie the Smoking Cat at the Dundee HSFP clubhouse. He was an integral part of the original Dundee HSFP 'Crazy Gang' before captaining the Edinburgh Accies in the Colin Mackay era.

Then it was onto the Vengabus where some tube decided that we should stop at Aldi to get our booze - I don't think so ya chump! Arnie sorted this out and before long we were marauding round the 24 hour Tesco on the Dundee Kingsway. We were armed with hard cash and we wanted a plethora of paaaaaaaaaaaaaaarty drinks.

With the bus fully stocked we headed back to Edinburgh in fine fettle. Beers, ciders, party drinks and port were all sunk on the bus and then we hit the clubhouse for a frenzy of Morgans Spice, lasagne and party games involving the Gauntlet and bottles of Taboo.

After that it was up to our main sponsor - The Standard. More Morgans and cider and shots followed before charging up to Fingers and Grand Cru. I had a bit of an altercation outside Bar Napoli so I ran off to Madogs and scoffed my two pizzas on my own. I then went back down to Bar Napoli and lingered about for a bit before finally managing to get a cab home at 5am.

A great night!