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.

Champions 20|13

Manchester United has secured their 13th premier league title last Monday, April 22nd, after defeating Aston Villa 3-0. Our number 20, Robin van Persie, scored a first half hat-trick that secured us our 20th top division title (yes, I know, this 20/20 thing has been played out but I just love it too much not to use it). Side note: It took me embarrassingly long to realize that the Twitter hashtag "#champions2013" means more than the year 2013.

The Aon Training Complex

It was recently announced that Manchester United and Aon have extended their relationship with an 8-year partnership deal. This deal includes, as written on manutd.com:

• New Carrington training ground named Aon Training Complex, a state-of-the-art facility focused on performance
• Training kit to carry the Aon name
• Aon to be Presenting Partner of Manchester United Tours
• Manchester United Business Network to work with Aon to enhance partnership themes of talent development, health, risk management, retirement and data & analytics through global programme

I don't know how I feel about this. I understand that this means a lot of money for the club, which is great and all, but I don't see how this benefits the fans. I know that United is a business, and the Glazers acquired it to make profit, but I just wish these huge deals would include a tiny reason for us fans to get behind it. I doubt that this would mean cheaper tickets or more money for transfers instead of just profit. And renaming Carrington? That wouldn't sit well with the fans. Although  from the wording, they might just mean that a new section of Carrington would be named the Aon Training Complex. Either way, I doubt any fan would start calling it anything but Carrington. In any case, I still stand by my position throughout this whole Glazer thing; as long as it doesn't negatively affect the team, I'm okay with it.