Monday's Random Thoughts

Yeah, yeah, yeah ... haven't done one of these for a while. Busy. Real job. Also, this happened. Here is a list of winners. I don't know King's Speech deserved an Oscar over The Fighter, nor Colin Firth over Jeff Bridges for Best Actor. I LOVED both their preformances, although I found a drunken, slurring, old west gunslinger far more entertaining than a Nazi sympathiser whimp monarch who had greatness thrust upon him. Natalie Portman was always going to win Best Actress. It might be UnAustralian, but I'm glad Christian Bale's crack addict/boxer/trainer won over Geoffrey Rush's Geoffrey Rush Australian speech therapist with an understated thing for thing for the king for Best Supporting Actor. Helena Bonham Carter was robbed for Best Supporting Actress - anyone who can make the Queen Mum sexy is all right in my book. The chick who won it by acting like a piece of trailer park trash in The Fighter slipped up by showing she was just playing herself.

Some crazy stuff happened over the weekend, including one of the best games in cricket World Cup history. Good on both teams, I was surprised England could mount such a spirited chase, especially led by Andrew Strauss. I still think Sri Lanka are the team to beat, despite losing to Pakistan. Australia have impressed the hell out of me too, disposing of Zimbabwe and making the pesky New Zealanders looks silly. While his team-mates on the subcontinent were celebrating a masterful escape act, discarded England keeper Steve Davies was doing something worthy of celebration in its own right. In this day-in-age, Davies' revelation shouldn't even be a talking point, let alone an issue.

Know what should always be an issue? This. By the same guy who repeatedly cheated on this lady. Muppet. Know who are trophy-less muppets? Arsenal, after they conceded late to let Birmingham City snatch the League Cup. The sad thing is, thart was probably Arsenal's only chance of getting some silverware this year. On the domestic front, Brisbane took their rightful place in the A-League grand final, but only after a cracking second leg against Central Coast. The Mariners will have to beat Gold Coast next week to get into the decider and will be praying Shane Smeltz has used up his supply of wondergoals. One team that will just be praying is the embattled North Queensland Fury, who are expected to be kicked out of the competition later this week.

Locally, the Wollongong Hawks bounced back by thumping the league-leading NZ Breakers. My beloved Hawkies now need to just win a few more games to claw their way into the play-offs. On the other side of the planet this happened. Yippee. Or something. I forget.