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7th February 2026

After a bit of break, here's today's three things

Drew Pontikis
Feb 7, 20261 min read

t's been a dark time recently, but finally coming into the light. Finally have enough inside to go back to writing these again

1. Woke up with a sore head this morning, having drunk too much Highland Park last night

2. Listened to the Arsenal vs Sunderland game - it makes me very happy when Gyokeres scores

3. Spent the evening playing bass until my fingers were too sore to carry on. For the first time I managed a fairly passable version of In The Meantime by Spacehog, which when I picked up again about this time last year was about as hard a song as I could imagine. Here's a video of someone way better than me playing it

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