I’ve only watched the briefest of highlights from the English league but it was a miraculous morning. Man Ure went down 2-0 away to Everton only to storm back to win 3-2, and Chelski went down 1-0 Bolton, leveled it, then went up 2-1 before finally drawing 2-2. A win to Man Ure and a draw to Chelski means the sides are separated by five points with only three games to go. Man Ure basically needs to lose two out of three in order to give Chelski a chance and they’ve only lost four all season. A last-gasp collapse seems unlikely.
The Premier League has never been won by the same team for three consecutive season. Man Ure has been frustrated by the Ars* in the past (a team that’s never even repeated a title I’ll be quick to point out), and now it looks like Man Ure will frustrate Chelski. For my money, this is a good thing. The relegation race is as tight as ever although Charlton’s hopes took a serious dent. West Ham are pressing hard but need wins against a stubborn Bolton side and a Man Ure side on the last day of the season. I wouldn’t put money on them escaping, but it’s not impossible.
In prepping for my MA exam I’m re-reading Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle since I haven’t read either in about a decade and figured I was due for a refresher. I remember loving of both but, my word, I’d somehow forgotten just how good they are.
I also started Jonathan Lethem’s Fortress of Solitude as the last book of the semester, a prime example of today’s literary fiction that bores me to death. I only need to read 30 pages a day in order to finish it by the class deadline and I’m finding it a difficult, snore-a-minute chore. Yes, Lethem can write poetic sentences and yes, he paints a vivid picture of his New York neighborhood but my God, nothing happens. It’s all character development and no action. There’s little here but pretty writing, and I need more than pretty writing to keep me interested. I’m told it picks up in the second half and I certainly hope it does.
Current Mood: Pretty Good | 
Currently Listening To – Beck – “One Foot In The Grave”
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I’m sure you’ve asked this, but why didn’t Spurs play like this in November-January? And a Bolton-Chelsea draw is about the best possible result there. I’m ABC for the title, but it’s nigh unto impossible to cheer for Bolton.
Monday afternoon I’m staying home to watch Kieron Dyer run over Michael Owen at Reading and break both their ankles. Should be fun.
Um, because they blow? Seriously though, I think they had to adjust to get over losing Carrick and after the first ten games of the season went pear-shaped they lost interest in the league (per usual) in order to focus on the more instant gratification of the cups. The league calls for consistency over ten months, and Spurs have never been a consistent team. On their best days they can beat anyone which makes them dangerous in the cups, but it’s sort of a lottery to see which team shows up from game to game. That’s why last season’s streak was widely seen as more of an anomaly than some new era of league superiority.