Far too happy to rant

Although this probable just a temporary situation. In my experience something always comes along to spoil the moment. However I am in far too much of a good moment to bring myself to rant about anything. I'm all loved up and have seen my insecurities and fears of the future melt away in the fire of this girls feelings for me.

Will no doubt be back to feeling misanthropic soon - something always comes along to make me angry!

The balance of good vs bad

Why is it that as soon as something really good happens in life it's immediately balanced against something toss? I don't mean in the sense that 2 events occur that are good and bad in equal measure but that one happens usually around the same time as the other. Take today for example: Went to work this morning fully expecting another dreadful day in my dead end keyboard monkey job, instead I had a really good day and ended the day with a new girlfriend! Then tonight, I fully expected to leave work and mosey on over to Huddersfield to see the excellent Prof. Mike Page give a lecture on the origins of Darwins theories of evolution. Instead, thanks to a combination of bad weather, shocking traffic and someone selfish enough to crash their car in Bradford city centre, I ended up missing the start of the lecture by 40 minutes and sitting in the University library waiting for my lift home.
See what I mean - Good thing happens = Bad thing happens.
I demand an explanation - and if anybody mentions karma I will not be held responsible for my actions!

Footballers and gloves

I thought I'd start with something easy. This has been niggling away at me since I ended up watching some of Arsenals last European match against some random Dutch team. I'm sure it was a relatively cold night in Holland but what really irked me was the number of players wearing gloves. This is not a new phenomenon but I feel it's indicative of the way footballers expect to be treated in general (I'll save that topic for another time).
The one player that really stood out for me in the aforementioned match was Andriy Arshavin - running round in a pair of sponsored gloves. FFS the guy is from Russia - I'm no expert on global weather but I'm damn sure it's colder in Russia than Holland in October. The question remains WHY GLOVES???