Forest for the Prem, Fitness Update and Beer!

Well so far so good, got a couple of things to report, one that some may find disappointing but to be honest I still think I've done very well and the circumstances were exceptional.

I had a few drinks the other night, 3 pints to be exact. To be honest i didn't really enjoy them but we decided to go out and celebrate, at this stage I wont go into why, but I'll certainly let folk know at a later date.

The gym is still going well, My body is now starting to get used to the current workload so I'm not feeling the niggles as much. I think I need to raise my game over the next week.

I've also started playing 5 a side with some of my work mates on Wednesdays so all in all I'm doing OK.

Went to see Valkyrie the other night with Tom Cruise and loads of Brit actors, very good film and I highly recommend you watch it, i find most WWII stories incredible and this was certainly an amazing event.

In other news Nottingham Forest won again on tuesday night this puts us 17th in the championship, certainly not out of danger just yet but encouraging signs. Playoffs here we come....I jest of course.

The Wrestler

I went to see The Wrestler staring Mickey Rourke last night, it was good film. Quite moving in parts. I'd certainly recommend watching it. The way it shows how the guys all prepare for their fights is entertaining and the matches themselves looked great.

The film really seemed to capture how battered the central character (Randy) was. Good film.

Went to the gym for a short one today, just to try and burn off the dirty food I eat this weekend. I'll be back in tomorrow too. Hope you all had a great weekend.

Congratulations

I'd just like to give out a big congratulations to my good friends Rich and Sarah who just gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Ellis.

Good health to you all.

Derby V Forest

Well that was interesting, wasn't a bad game of football to be fair. I'd say Derby got the better of the first half and subsequently got a goal. Forest came out guns blazing in the second half and Rob Earnshaw scored an almost Carbon copy of the Derby goal. Paul Smith pulled off some great stops to make the game finish up 1 - 1 so we'll get a replay at the City Ground in Nottingham. Better than losing I guess.

It was all overshadowed by a bad injury to Paul Anderson, who apparently fractured his forearm and dislocated his wrist, looked very rough on the replay! Hope he mends quick, been a great player for us. I also hope we can convince Liverpool to flog him to us permanently.

As an aside to last nights game I cant see how both teams are where they are in the league, both sides looked competent, As much as I hate to say it I don't want Derby to get relegated this season or us for that matter. The local Derby's always make for great games, so here's to both sides finishing the season strongly.

I had my weekend treat during the game last night a nice dirty pizza. I quite fancied a few beers too but yeah I stayed strong again. I won't be going to Galway at the end of the month now either so I will manage the whole of January without a beer.

Should make our trip to Prague in February relatively cheap, one beer and I'll be gone.

Big Game

Tonight's the night Forest play Derby at Pride Park. I'm very confident that we can win this, having a few mates round to watch the game on TV. At the very least I want a replay at the city ground and an entertaining game tonight. I guess we'll soon see.

I recently read Batman Under the Hood parts one and two, very good. They continue on from the Hush plot line so don't read these unless you read Hush. I cant go into too much detail without spoiling the story so I'll just say give em a read if you haven't already.

Hit the gym again last night, proper tired myself out, it was a good work out so all good, I'm also going to be joining in with our newly formed 5 a side football games on a Wednesday night so its whole world of fitness.

Just over a week to go before I can have a beer, I will enjoy that very much, but that said I've only missed the booze on 2 or 3 occasions across the whole month and even then I still had a giggle. I wonder if I could just give it up..........Nah! ;)

Complete Madness!

You have to check this out, an awesome video. What these guys are doing looks amazing. Extreme sport called Wingsuit Base Jumping.

http://vimeo.com/1778399

OK so they may well feature in the Darwin awards one day, I hope not. But lets be honest its quiet likely.

The new F1 season gets under way on the 27th of March, Should be a great season again loved last years. You can check out the race calender here.

http://www.formula1.com/races/

Hoping to get Silverstone tickets this year though I suspect that may be difficult with it being the last ever Silverstone.

Dawson's Creak Unde....sorry Twilight

Went to see the film Twilight yesterday, now I watched the trailer and thought it looked interesting and I'd heard that it was supposed to be a decent film from numerous sources.

I was a little disappointed, I think the main reason was because it isn't what I expected, and yeah I know that's not necessarily fair on the film but it was just like watching an episode of the OC or Dawson's creak with a lot more rain, pale skin and vampires, although i guess the latter go hand in hand.

I was expecting something more along the lines of The Lost Boys, a bit more action perhaps and further development of some of the peripheral characters, that said I didnt know it was based on an existing book until I saw the film so that may explain a few things. Ah well it wasn't rubbish just expected a bit more.

Role Models on the other hand had me proper belly laughing, great film if you fancy something funny.

Went to the gym again yesterday, all still going to plan I had a Chili burger for lunch today so I think I'm going to have to work a little harder in the gym tomorrow.