Rubber Chicken’s Dojo

here’s an image that shows the expected ocean movement, most likely a tsunami, coming from the chilean earthquake that occurred on the weekend. it measured 8.5 on the richter scale. that’s pretty massive. australia is not expected to see much result from the tsunami. it looks as though new zealand will get a bit, but it is more likely to come from undercurrents and rips rather than a full-blown tsunami wave.

the less said about about this game the better. the owls traveled to madejski stadium, trying to lift themselves from the relegation battle. However, five goals and insipid attack later, they limped out no better in their struggles than before the game.

they were able to hold out for almost the entire first half. but three minutes before half time, the dam broke, with jimmy kebe got his first of two goals for the day. the owls couldn’t staunch the flow and the goals kept coming after the break. gzregorz rasiak got one after the break, then simon church got his first. rasiak got his second, and kebe rounded off the scoring, completing his brace.

at least reading’s aussie keeper, adam federici, played well, coming away with a clean sheet.

headed out with my mate peter to check out the soundwave music festival yesterday. it was mainly a rock line up, headlined by the main man, mike patton, and the newly-reformed faith no more. other headliners included jane’s addiction (pictured above… badly), placebo and afi.

fnm were, of course, awesome. jane’s and placebo were decent. afi weren’t flash and poor old jimmy eat world sucked hard. other highlights included great sets from glassjaw and comeback kid.

Jean-Paul Sartre “Vertigo is anguish to the extent that I am afraid not of falling over the precipice, but of throwing myself over.” [Being and Nothingness]

note to self: don’t be late to the movie. you end up sitting down the front and having a headache and bloodshot eyes for the rest of the day.

note to self: don’t go to see a movie in ipswich. not only do you have to shell out $25 for a ticket and refreshments, but the yobbos that constantly talk will just annoy the piss out of you.

the movies itself was not so flash either. a bunch of no names in the lead roles and some cameos that looked like they must be strapped for cash.  having said that, maybe i’m just lashing out because i couldn’t see properly.

Craig Seymour

btw i googled the info and got it from the official chinese olympic committee website, of all places.

sheffield wednesday lifted themselves to temporary safety with a midweek win over blackpool. james o’connor opened the scoring within three minutes while darren potter scored just after the interval.

this awesome pic is from the official swfc website… sweet

sheffield wednesday’s run of recent form hit a highflying speed bump over night with a 2-1 loss to promotion-hopefuls, nottingham forest. a dexter blackstock (cool name) double, including the winner ten minutes from time, was enough to see off the owls and dent their survival hopes.

with an uneventful first quarter, blackstock opened the scoring from the penalty spot after darren pooter, for reasons beyond all sanity, raised his arm to black a shot from the aforementioned blackstock.

the rest of the first half was forest putting pressure on the owls’ defence, steadfastly held by lee grant. at the other end, the other lee, forest’s keeper, lee camp, was hardly troubled by attempts by tom soares and tommy spurr.

a scrappy second half saw wednesday score a scrappy goal as the in-form luke varney slotted home a etienne esajas cross to level the scores. it didn’t last long though as blackstock finished off a parry by grant to put forest back in front for good.

the loss brings wednesday back towards the relegation zone as some other results did not go their way. nottingham forest, at the other end, are now one point away from automatic promotion.