urban.spaceman

Same down here in Cape Town! Was in the pub (an Arsenal bar - shirts around the walls, disgusting) for their Man Utd defeat and after I told someone I was a Leicester fan and was cheering on Man Utd people were shaking my hand, saying we've been amazing and that they hope we can do it.

Leicester are nobodies? The same Leicester that's taken 4 points off them this season? The same Leicester who, after taking 3 points away from WHL, had been top of the league at that point for 33 days this season; more than Spurs have EVER been top of the league?

My flat here in Cape Town only has access to Supersport 3 on DSTV (which is fortunately the sports channel that caters mostly to English football); Saturday mornings appears to be its preferred spot for "classic matches" - last week I tuned in and we were playing Arsenal's invincibles when we got relegated in 2004 - so many awful players; today because it's the FA Cup, it was Wycombe. I was there what a dreadful day - I texted my dad "CUP. TELETEXT. THE DAY THE CURSE BEGAN" and he guessed it instantly. I'm hoping someday soon I'll be able to tune in and see us winning.

Can't remember where I saw this; may have been on this thread, but it still blows my mind: Fun fact 1: Leicester City have not had to play any team who were above them in the Premier League table before that match kicked off. Fun fact 2: For the remainder of the season, they won't have to.

Could not believe my eyes when I saw this in Cape Town on my way home from work!!

Last home game of the season, whatever happens between now and then, regardless of where we finish, the tifo should simply read: THANK YOU.

Went out with my flatmates to Long Street in Cape Town; ended up spending 2 hours chatting about Leicester City to an Irish bloke called Shane in the Dubliners pub. Rescued my Kiwi flatmate from some bloke that kept chatting her up, so we went home at 4am, then our unlikable new American flatmate came out and had a massive go at us for being so loud and drunk at 4am on a Saturday, to which I apparently reacted very badly to. (She has extremely unrealistic expectations of other people and basically has no life experience) Either way, yes I was being a bellend but she was being the bigger one. Of, and earlier in the day I found myself at a pub in Green Point watching us thrash Man City with some fellow Foxes. All in all, what a wonderful day!

Went to my placement site this morning for my internship in Cape Town... It looks amazing and a great place to work. Plus it's air conditioned too which is important as Cape Town is high 30s at the minute (so warm). Only downer is that I don't start for another 2 weeks so I'm at a pretty loose end with not much to do except find somewhere to watch City's matches.

Panicking about getting everything sorted before I leave the country on Friday! What have I forgotten?!??!?!??!

To the tune of the Maid Marion theme tune: Why don't you carry on, With what you're doing. You've made heroes, Out of each of them. You've turned our Leicester boys, Into a real force! Whoa, Claudio!

Thanks! I'm working on a few things at notes stage but my next thing will be a comedy about a little old lady who's trying to visit her husband in his care home. While I'm doing that I'll be doing my second draft of a sci-fi comedy script I did a year or so ago about about a guy who's trying to correct something that happened in his past but when he gets to the incident he's paralysed in his younger self's body and has to re-witness the worst thing that's ever happened to him. Some of it is set at Filbert Street! My advice would be to write down every funny thing you hear or read either on a notepad or an app on your phone. Then let those ideas sit for a while, stewing in your thoughts and before long you'll start to expand something into a bigger thing and gradually into the nub of an idea and you can develop things from there. If you master little things like that first then you have a basis to work from. Alternatively join a writing course, which was terrifying but really helped me. The Phoenix do all sorts of things so it's worth looking there. I certainly plan to! Watch this space!

So... Last August I entered a script competition, to find the top 250 amateur scripts out there. I'd said all along that I'd be happy to have one of my scripts accepted, then one did; a 5 year old first draft (finished at quarter to 2011) I'd been meaning to re-draft for years, but decided to submit it on a whim in the hope it might get read by a professional script reader and reviewer. To have been accepted in the first place was mind blowing. Then I said I'd be happy to come 249 out of 250... Then this happened: Top 35. "Title: Itchy Feet Writer: urban.spaceman Genre: Comedy Logline: After a South African holiday goes hilariously wrong, two friends decide to make their way home to England – by driving up through the African continent. Notes: This writer is really green. Script is 134 pages. Scenes go on for 3-4 beats longer than they should. But he’s got comedy dialogue down. It sucks that you can’t reward this because in addition to his knack for comedy, he’s given us a movie we’ve never seen before. How often does that happen? But this writer needs to learn how to focus his story (outline, only write the scenes you need, get into every scene late and out of every scene early) as well as get a few scripts under his belt. Potential is great but you need to learn the nuances of the craft before they’ll let you in the door." WTF. Bloody hell!!! Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

Been let down (again) by my longest serving friend, who cancelled plans at the last minute (again), so now I won't see him before I leave the country for a few months, after a rather tumultuous 2 years in which his support and understanding has been zero. Although in fairness, he has become a total and utter, flashy convertible driving, Apple Watch wearing knobhead. Shall I ruin Star Wars for him?

This has got to be one of the weirdest articles about Leicester City I've ever read: http://xtheline.co.uk/the-christmas-surprise-of-leicester-city/ THE CHRISTMAS SURPRISE OF LEICESTER CITY By Ollie Baines Not many would have guessed Leicester City would be occupying the top spot in the Barclays Premier League at Christmas. Ollie Baines looks at why the Foxes have more to cheer about this festive season. Even now I still find myself in shock when I look at the summit of the Barclays Premier League table. For so long we have been used to seeing the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City & Liverpool taking centre stage. But not this year! Claudio Ranieri’s, Leicester City have defied the odds thus far and are the cream of the crop in the worlds best league. After 17 games, the Foxes sit in first place on a very healthy 38 points and have kept the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and-co well at bay. If that wasn’t enough of a surprise, then wrap this up and put it under your tree… 28-year-old, former Halifax Town striker, Jamie Vardy is the Premier League’s top scorer and has also made history after scoring in 10 consecutive Premier League games. Leicester have a lot to thank Jamie Vardy for, who has now been drafted into the England senior squad. Meanwhile, his fellow team-mate, Riyad Mahrez is also turning heads. The Algerian midfielder has been in sensational form for the Foxes; turning goal-scorer and provider for the surprise outfit with 14 goals and 7 assists. The question is, can the Foxes keep going? We’ve seen teams flit between the top 4 for a few weeks before they petered out, but not this side. Not yet. Surely they have gone past the “fluke” stage and now Leicester City can really been taken as a serious title contender. Can the Christmas surprise, Leicester City win the Premier League? Final Thought As Christmas day looms, many of us will be getting the last of our wrapping and festivities done before the chaos descends on us all tomorrow. Whilst Leicester might be the surprise package of Christmas, we must not forget the best surprise that was given to us all. The best present anyone could ever ask for. Jesus. Luke 2 v 10, ‘But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger’. Spare a thought and remember the true meaning of Christmas. Don’t take the ‘Christ’ out of Christmas. Merry Christmas! ---------- WTF the latter part has to do with us I'll never know! Baffling.

Turns out journalists are the worst source for facts. Who knew?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/12064099/Ranking-the-20-best-players-in-the-Premier-League-December-2015.html?frame=3533109 Ranking the 20 best players in the Premier League: December 2015 14 - Christian Fuchs, Leicester Leicester’s astonishing rise to the top of the Premier League table is as a result of the entire team playing out of their skins, and the first of this group to appear in this month’s Babbello Index is Austrian left back, Christian Fuchs. Fuchs is a fundamental part of Leicester’s play and has made more interceptions (26) this month than any other player in the entire league. So often this season Fuchs has been the first of Ranieri’s side to win the ball back, the ground zero of those devastating counter attack moves which have resulted in Leicester’s apparently unstoppable momentum. And he’s a left back. Oh and he assisted that record breaking Jamie Vardy goal against Man Utd too, with an absolutely perfect pass. 8 - N'golo Kante, Leicester The previously unsung hero of Leicester City’s table topping team has been spotted by a few people now, in the same way that it became ‘really cool’ to tell people Paul Scholes was the best midfielder in Premier League history about five years ago. Kante doesn’t play like Paul Scholes of course, but is the key to Leicester’s counter attacking plan in the midfield. He has made 24 interceptions this month, slightly less than his teammate Christian Fuchs, but has also made 25 tackles. It is his vision to break up the play in the centre of the park that puts Leicester’s rapid transitions to attack in play. You wouldn’t put him in your Fantasy Football team, but right now you’d really want him in your actual team. Especially if your team is Leicester, which is who he plays for. 3 - Jamie Vardy, Leicester It’s probably time we realise that Jamie Vardy is actually quite good. Three goals and two assists in five games is a phenomenal achievement for any Premier League striker but it has become routine for Leicester’s. Vardy is perfect for the counter attack - direct, aggressive and really quick, defences throughout the league have not been able to stop him. It feels like the goalscoring will have to slow down at some point and we’ll all return to reality, but it’s been going for so long now… is he good? This is all so confusing. 1 - Riyad Mahrez, Leicester He’s brilliant, this guy. A bag of tricks, a pocket full of rainbows and a first touch that would make Ronaldinho sit up and take notice, Mahrez has been tearing teams apart this month, scoring two and assisting six. The way he controlled a high ball in the box against Swansea and slotted past the goalkeeper was nice but the way he left Cesar Azpilicueta tangled in knots in the Chelsea box was borderline erotic. We can only hope that he maintains this form and Leicester don’t think it a good idea to cash in in January. What a player.

Leicester City on the national news, and not for something bad. We've arrived.

We're on the 10PM news again!!

"Money they haven't earnt" Man U "earned" £20m more than us from PL TV money by virtue of being given more games than us last season. He seems to forget that our team assembled for less than £15m beat their team that cost £300m+. Also, our success this season can hardly be attributed to spending a lot of money. Our best players so far: Vardy £1m 3 years ago Morgan £1m 4 years ago Fuchs FREE 6 months ago Mahrez £350,000 2 years ago Kante £4m(?) 6 months ago Drinkwater undisclosed 3 years ago (from them!) This pillock just exemplifies what is so detestable about fans of the "big" clubs. The paradigm is shifting and it's brilliant to not only see the league being enriched but also to see them suffer for a change. What a twazzock

Someone cried at Wembley!

Technically not a stat but I'm pissed, so who cares?!

Six. Points. Clear. Of. Fourth.

He's starting to piss me off a bit which is a shame, as I didn't dislike him all that much beforehand. My favourite bit of commentary he ever did was when Germany were 5-0 up against Brazil and he said "Germany are going to declare in a minute". It's almost as if he's not even watched us once!

A friend of mine was knocked off his bike on Uppingham Road summer 2014 outside subway; he was overtaking what he thought was a parked car when going up the hill but the driver opened her door without looking and twatted his elbow, sending him into the other side of the road. He's lucky that he wasn't run over by oncoming traffic, which just managed to stop in time. The woman admitted responsibility and still the police refused to do anything (as they did when my sister was knocked off hers at the smaller Hobby Horse roundabout by a drunk). Cut to now, he's still waiting for compensation and still struggles with his arm. Ever since I've steered well clear of the "door zone" when on my bike and receive similar abuse from drivers - more drivers need to understand what it's like on a bike and that a) they're allowed to use as much of the road as they need and b) that they're vulnerable road users and should be given as much time and space as a car would.

I used to work at Millets in town (both of them) and it annoys me a little that it's not the one in the picture! Even more annoying are those grotesque kag-in-a-bags on the rail in the door. Vile