Rant.

I cant help but think that the departure of Thierry Henry as a totally selfish act. Let me spell it out for you.

Arsenal are amidst what many are calling as a crisis, all starting with the failed takeover by Stan Kroenke and subsequent departure of David Dean. This has ruffled many feathers, including the likes Henry and Wenger.

The talk of the town, at least in Goonersville, is the uncertainty of Arsenal's future. Wenger might not sign his contract and he could well be the second departure of what I personally call the Dean Effect. If, or maybe when he goes, other will sure follow. The starlets that would have been Arsenals future may try to find other kicking grounds.

Henry could have stayed. Sure, this would have put his future at stake, but it would have been for the good of the club. Instead by leaving, his message to me is that 'I'm bigger than the club'. No one is bigger than the club.

Had he stayed, in the times of "crisis", he would have been a true legend. He could have led the others to glory, and lifted the team into new heights. But no, he chose to pursue his own personal glory.

Damn.

All of you in America should consider yourself lucky, the iPhone is due to come out later on today. Australia wont get it till early next year, so yeah, fuck.

An exception to the rule.

I have this unhealthy love/hate relationship with essays. It's unhealthy because in the course of my studies, I have done an average of 6 per semester, so yeah, it's an unhealthy relationship. What I hate even more is when they have big word limits, say 3000, 4000, or even 5000 words.

However, I do kinda like it when I have to write about the Asian Financial Crisis. Not because the subject matter is interesting, frankly it's so confusing all I want to do when I'm working on such a piece is blow my brains out.

I like it because in the body of the essay, it would be very tedious to write 'Asian Financial Crisis' over and over again, even with the beloved copy-paste. So I tend to skip it down to just 'Crisis', or 'the Crisis', and being a massive DC Comics fan, I can't help having a smile on my face and get that tingling feeling in my stomach when I type it down. If you don't know what the significance of the word 'Crisis' is for the DC Universe, I suggest you Google it, Wiki it or even go to your local comic book store and buy the Trade Paper Backs.

Yes, I am that much of a (self confessed) nerd.

Things I Should Raise With My Counselor.

I have just realised how badly I handle compliments. I mean, when someone says something good about me, I do not know how to act. Should I jump for joy? Should I play it cool? Or is there something else I should do? Am I that much of an emotional train wreck?