My beloved footy team is off to an amazing start this season - the best ever in the 5 years I've been following them (holy shit, 5 years??? how can it have been that long already?) and it's really exciting. All the things I have heard this team can be, the glimmers of it I have seen over the years, the drama that has unfolded especially in the last two (since Rambo was injured) it's all coming good now. We are undefeated in 9 now (PL games) have qualified and are gonna do battle with Dortmund* on Tuesday in Champs league action (which is also pretty amazing) and are currently top of the league - I've led a couple of my fantasy leagues already (without playing a single Stoke Orc or nasty evil Spur - who dropped a lot of cash - it's almost like trying to avoid playing a City player at this point) and am second in my Arsenal sponsor's team*, so that's exciting. As much as I'm curious to know how it feels to have your team win the championship (though I suspect it will be more like the first time I heard Bad Religion on the radio: exhilarating for a nanosecond while you realize "holy shit, I love this band!" and then the crushing realization you have become The Mainstream; I'm also curious to see Theo and Bacary get the payoff they deserve for continuing to persevere in what surely was an onslaught of offers to go to other clubs, and they have remained. Bac is my absolute favorite player ever, and Theo has come to encapsulate the British footy ideal for me - he's just such a nice, good guy. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but clearly an honest player.
*update: as of this week i'm leading the league, and we lost to Dortmund. I forgot to hit "publish" on this post last week. ah well. still loving this season.
