you're the one i want you're a chance to take you're a heartbreak you swore you'd never leave again you're the only one that i ever trusted who ever cared at all is this how it's gonna be? is this how you wanted me? broken down again it's almost over now is this why you wanted me? to watch as you walk away kept on killing me you don't even want to touch me i was wrong i've wasted on can't figure out what happened to us i won't count on you anymore i'll be alright don't worry about me are you happy now? got what you want i wanted you but i'm over that now i'm over it so sick of you what we went through your lies to me won't win again so don't kid yourself it's better this way it's all back to me

I've spent quite a lot of time adding bells and whistles to the site to make it visually more appealing, and even more time pondering what other doodads would be cool to code and/or use. But lately i'm realizing that the slickest interface in the cyberworld is all for naught if you don't have anything to present. Whether my rants are worth reading is debatable, but the long and short of it is i'd like to have more content on the site. In that vein i've taken to writing more album reviews, as you'll note by the four i've generated in the last three days. I'm also resolved to generate more frequent posts in the journal (although that's been said before).

I did indeed watch the Chelsea/DC United match yesterday, and to be honest was thoroughly unimpressed. José Mourinho put it bluntly after the match when he said"in the first half we were very bad, in the second half we were better but we were still bad". He blamed it on a lack of motivation when playing an MLS team versus playing AC Milan or Benfica, i'd blame it on that as well as still rusty players and unfamiliar squads and formations. A ton of errant passes and miscommunications. Jiri Jarosik in particular looked totally out of sorts, and Didier Drogba did his usual bit of pandering to the ref for more calls. When DC United went ahead through a headed goal from a corner, it seemed to light a fire under Chelsea, who responded four minutes later with an absolute stunner from Damien Duff. Newcomer Shaun Wright-Phillips lofted a cross in from the left that Duff volleyed, sending a left-footed screamer past the DC United keeper from a tight angle. Mourinho made no less than 10 changes at half-time, bringing off everyone except Tiago (god knows why). The second half squad, featuring Frank Lampard, Arjen Robben, and Hernan Crespo, thoroughly controlled the rest of the match. When a poor DC United pass was intercepted at midfield and quickly sent forward to Robben, there was no doubt in my mind what was going to happen. He surged past the helpless DC defense and cued the ball for Hernan Crespo to slot an easy goal past the keeper. Final report cards ... Robben looked his fantastic self, Crespo was active and could yet assert himself in England, the young Carlton Cole was surprisingly effective with the ball at his feet, and Shaun Wright-Phillips demonstrated the kind of skills that are worth £21 million.

Again the commentators gave the U.S. side all sorts of credit, and to be honest they did play well in the first half. My favorite bit however was when sideline commentator and former U.S. womens star Brandi Chastain asked DC United coach Peter Nowak at half-time what he thought of his team's performance in the first 45 minutes. He responded that they were playing tentatively and needed to improve. Chastain actually corrected Nowak, saying that he had to admit that his team had played a great game in the first half. It was almost like someone had told the announcers to always praise the MLS team regardless of the scoreline or their inadequacies. I'm amazed Nowak didn't tell her to shut the hell up and let him manage his own team.

I finished Sector 2 of Coded Arms last week. I still love the game, although it is getting a bit repetitive. I'm now on "Infinity", which isn't looking like it's going to break up the monotony. There are a s@$tload of weapons in the game, which unfortunately means that my tried and true, levelled-up shotgun and assault rifle are slowly running out of ammo since all the stores i find are for things like the virus pistol and bolt launcher. I'm anxiously awaiting the PSP version of Grand Theft Auto, due out in October. Hopefully the recent outburst over pornographic content in GTA: San Andreas won't cause the new release to get watered down. Of course kids should be protected from this kind of content ... it's not intended for them. But that's not an excuse for Congress to ban it outright. I'm an adult, and i'll have sex with video hookers and then beat them with a baseball bat to get my money back if i feel like it.