Tears4Piers

I love this; an amazing comeback.

A couple days ago, Piers Morgan sent a series of tweets:

So. I just received a package from Manchester United press office. 'Robin wanted you to have to this.'
The package contained a double sided framed photograph. Of Van Pursestrings kissing the Premier League trophy.

He tweeted two pictures, one of each side of the photograph:

"To #Tears4Piers,
Piersy my man.
Thank you for all your ongoing support and concerns!
You made this day even more special!
All the best,
Van Pursestrings"

"Great to be a champ
So many Tears4Piersy"

After a whole season of insults from Piers, RVP definitely deserved this. Piers Morgan took the joke well, though:

After all the grief I've given Van Pursestrings, he's allowed a whack back.I'll just have to take it on the chins.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 24, 2013

Whichever way you split it, we win

It was just one of those mildly interesting stats post on Reddit, but I'm very happy with what they showed. The post was "How the Premier League would look in an Apertura / Clausura format," and it shows that Manchester United still tops both tables.

I kinda expected it, seeing as how we won this season by consistency. It's still nice to see. One of the comments in the post also has the Home vs. Away split; and we still top those tables! Love it!

PS - was gonna do a write up in Sir Alex Ferguson and United's season, and another one on David Beckham's retirement. Haven't had the time and I'm now on vacation. Hopefully I can do it when I get back.

Farewell, Ginger Prince!

There's so much going on at Manchester United this past week, but I think Paul Scholes deserves his own post. I wrote this back in 2011, when Scholes announced his retirement the first time. Unfortunately, we haven't seen much of Scholes on the pitch lately because he's struggling with a knee injury. On the last home game of the season against Swansea yesterday, Sir Alex Ferguson put Scholesy on the starting line up and gave him a chance to bow out of the game at Old Trafford. It also afforded the fans the opportunity to give one last standing ovation for the midfield maestro. It's been months since he last played a part in United's title winning campaign, and it really is a shame.

Welcome, David Moyes!

Manchester United has officially announced David Moyes as the club's next manager. Moyes signed a 6 year deal, which would start on July 1st. I'm glad that it's a long contract, because it shows the board's ambition and their trust towards Moyes.

Sir Alex Ferguson on his successor:

When we discussed the candidates that we felt had the right attributes we unanimously agreed on David Moyes. David is a man of great integrity with a strong work ethic. I've admired his work for a long time and approached him as far back as 1998 to discuss the position of Assistant Manager here. He was a young man then at the start of his career and has since gone on to do a magnificent job at Everton. There is no question he has all the qualities we expect of a manager at this Club.

Great quote from Sir Bobby Charlton:

We have secured a man who is committed to the long-term and will build teams for the future as well as now. Stability breeds success.

And here's what our new manager said:

It’s a great honour to be asked to be the next Manager of Manchester United. I am delighted that Sir Alex saw fit to recommend me for the job. I have great respect for everything he has done and for the Football Club.

I know how hard it will be to follow the best manager ever, but the opportunity to manage Manchester United isn't something that comes around very often and I’m really looking forward to taking up the post next season.

I have had a terrific job at Everton, with a tremendous chairman and Board of Directors and a great set of players. Between now and the end of the season, I will do everything in my power to make sure we finish as high as possible in the table.

Everton's fantastic fans have played a big part in making my years at Goodison so enjoyable and I thank them wholeheartedly for the support they have given me and the players. Everton will be close to me for the rest of my life.

I'm happy to know that Moyes was Sir Alex Ferguson's recommendation -- I had suspected this but it's nice to have confirmation --, and that it was fully backed by the board. I do believe that one of the main reasons Moyes was chosen is the fact that he's a long-serving manager at Everton, and that United is searching for stability. His appointment is also a risk, but one worth taking, in my opinion.

I'm also glad this was resolved quickly, because that strange feeling of insecurity not knowing who our manager is? Not great! Us United fans have been so freaking lucky that we don't have to deal with this for so many years. We're a spoiled bunch, that the question I have every season is just "what trophies are we going to win this time?" This time, a new era is starting and a new challenge is ahead of us. I'm really glad that the sadness and fear from yesterday have started to evolve into excitement with this announcement.

Here's to the exciting new era!

Sir Alex Ferguson retiring

I have no words. I'll edit this post when I've managed to gather my thoughts.

I went to my first JT show!

A flier they handed out to people in line.
Still not sure what the surprise was.

Apparently Justin signed a partnership deal with MasterCard; and as part of the partnership, MasterCard hosted a Justin Timberlake show for its cardholders at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC last night. I'm not a MasterCard customer so I had to call a friend who is and, lucky for me, is willing to accompany me to the show.

The ticket states that doors open at 7 pm and show starts at 8 pm. I planned on going at around 3 or 4, grab an early dinner, before lining up about an hour or so before the show starts. But, I started panicking because at around noon, I saw tweets about people who are already lining up, and that there were 20-30 people in front of them! The little fangirl inside of me was upset at myself for not being a bigger fan. But I decided to stick to my original fan, mostly because I didn't want to drag my friend -- who's not a big JT fangirl like I am -- to line up for hours.

2013 C2E2

I was in Chicago this past weekend for Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. I was a little disappointed by the guest list. I really need to start watching Walking Dead and Game of Thrones because those guys seem to be everywhere these days.

The only guests I kinda wanted to see were Felicia Day, Peter Davison, and Adam West. Adam West canceled. I've been to a Felicia Day panel at a different con, and I've met her at yet another con. Even though I'm a big Whovian and I think Peter Davison seems like an awesome guy, I've never seen any of the Doctor Who episodes he's in. So, I wasn't really looking forward to any of the panels either.

I ended up unable to attend neither Felicia Day's nor Peter Davison's panel because I didn't line up early enough to make it in. However, I did end up in a few interesting panels. There was one of "Star Wars Origami," in which we learned how to fold origami light sabers and Boba Fett helmet. There was also Comedy Mutant, a stand up show featuring Brian Posehn, Myq Kaplan and Mike Drucker -- I thought Myz Kaplan did a fantastic job; my favorite out of the three. And I also went to a panel "Writing for Comics" that actually helped me a lot in understanding how to write in general. I wanted to go to "Writing for Television" but that one was on the first time slot on Saturday, which meant that it was too early for me. I kinda regretted it a little, seeing how much I enjoyed the "Writing for Comics" panel.