:: Tuesday, May 20
must be toros in the atmosphere
so this past weekend i went to play in the Stampede (v2.0) in Bathurst. at the risk of using a hyperbole it was pretty much the coldest place that any one has ever played any ultimate frisbee. my calves objected to me playing by choosing to cramp up at the same time.
on day one we made it thru to the semis undefeated.. but lost on golden point after i literally crashed out of the game. i managed to run into my own teammate whilst (successfully) attempting a D. it probly wouldnt have been too bad if i hadnt had a similar collision on the previous game. i stopped by the hospital for the usual blaise doctor telling me to take 2 tablets and call him in the morning. useless.
the party was ok. i was kinda floating on a rather toxic mix of panadine forte, sambucca, citrus vodka and melon snaaps. it was pretty fun i spose im still no fun at parties...
day two was the hat. where my team lost on golden point in the grand final. boo. i played pretty badly.. but i did get a big hand block which got a few cheers from some onlookers. the prize for winning was a case of Crownies.. and i ended up sneaking a couple anyway so i dont really care that we lost. there were special rules for this hat, with girls scoring 2 points. as well as layouts and greatests.
i made the terrible decision to play league on monday. my ribs are still sore from the weekend's multiple collisions.. and we won both games so easily that it wouldnt have made a difference if i played or not. especially since the points i played i was pretty much just mucking around and not doing anything particularly productive.
in another amusing story. I sorta had a car accident, where i ran into the back of another car at a traffic light. it was this old lady who was maybe, and we both get out of our cars to inspect the damage.. to which she decides that ive removed a fair bit of paint from the rear of her car. i dont argue, then she goes back to her car .. at which point im assuming she is getting a pen and paper to exchange insurance information. but instead she just drives off. wtf? so i was thinking "uh.. i hit you, you arent supposed to do a runner". i dunno what she was thinking.. unless it was like a stolen car or something, but then why even get out to have a look?
on day one we made it thru to the semis undefeated.. but lost on golden point after i literally crashed out of the game. i managed to run into my own teammate whilst (successfully) attempting a D. it probly wouldnt have been too bad if i hadnt had a similar collision on the previous game. i stopped by the hospital for the usual blaise doctor telling me to take 2 tablets and call him in the morning. useless.
the party was ok. i was kinda floating on a rather toxic mix of panadine forte, sambucca, citrus vodka and melon snaaps. it was pretty fun i spose im still no fun at parties...
day two was the hat. where my team lost on golden point in the grand final. boo. i played pretty badly.. but i did get a big hand block which got a few cheers from some onlookers. the prize for winning was a case of Crownies.. and i ended up sneaking a couple anyway so i dont really care that we lost. there were special rules for this hat, with girls scoring 2 points. as well as layouts and greatests.
i made the terrible decision to play league on monday. my ribs are still sore from the weekend's multiple collisions.. and we won both games so easily that it wouldnt have made a difference if i played or not. especially since the points i played i was pretty much just mucking around and not doing anything particularly productive.
in another amusing story. I sorta had a car accident, where i ran into the back of another car at a traffic light. it was this old lady who was maybe, and we both get out of our cars to inspect the damage.. to which she decides that ive removed a fair bit of paint from the rear of her car. i dont argue, then she goes back to her car .. at which point im assuming she is getting a pen and paper to exchange insurance information. but instead she just drives off. wtf? so i was thinking "uh.. i hit you, you arent supposed to do a runner". i dunno what she was thinking.. unless it was like a stolen car or something, but then why even get out to have a look?
- ian, 12:30 PM ::
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:: Thursday, May 8
i dont go to parties baby, cos people tend to freak me out
so i finally won a hat tourney this. like 4 years ago i played in a hat final and lost on golden point.. and since then ive never really gotten close to winning.. so its nice to finally win. we managed to go undefeated all season with our rather stacked team.
i played like suck in the grand final.. but luckily my team played well to make it look like my terrible throws were actually ok. my forehands throws were all over the shop.. i wouldve subbed myself off.. cept we had no subs due to none of our beginners ever turning up.
however i did score a ton of freebies that nite. giant straw hat for winning the hat, nationals wine cooler for designing the logo, a frisbee holding backpack and a water bottle from a botched jersey ordered like 9 months ago. not bad =)
indoor started this week.. and i managed to squeeze in a pickup game before my 2 back to back late games. we won all three although the pickup game was actually a forfeit. i did the stupidest play ive done in a long time in the last game. we were up by a lot and in the last 5 seconds of the game i tried to make a ludicrous layout D. on the play i not only fouled the guy, i corked my thigh really badly.. on a meaningless play. there wasnt enought ime for either of us to score.. so the only possible result from that play was the end of the game.. or.. me injuring myself. this was compounded by the twisted knee and jarred pinky finger i sustained in the pickup (also a meaningless) game... so so stupid.
other than frisbee i had a rather busy friday last weekend. on top of a family dinner at this ramen place in eastwood.. i managed to make it to 2 farewell parties and also a birthday gig. how unusual for me.. id normal jsut pike on one or all of those cos i cbf turning up. also im so socially awkward, at some point in time i got sick of small talk.. which doesnt leave much at parties where u dont really know anyone... its all like.. "hey a person i vague recognise from uni 5 years ago, but was never really frens with"... "oh, hey.. i havent seen you in years.. are you still working at that same place?" ... *look around the room* ... *attempt to sound witty with esoteric reference but end up sounding smug* ... ... *explain what ultimate frisbee is* ... *absorb mocking about it* ... *attempt to sound interesting with other topical banter* ... *get a beer* .. *stand around looking at a painting or vase or some other inanimate object* .. *try and find an opportunity to leave* ...
luckily this time i actually did have somewhere else to be. i went to see Chris Duke and the Royals at the Excelsior. and i got there jsut in time to for the start of their set. although they rocked out the crowd was mostly ppl they knew (i think) and the dancing wasnt the normal skanking u get, but some weird shoving moshing instead. how odd. also they removed the reference to frisbee in the frisbee song.. but i did get mentioned in a shout out before the song so w00t for that.
i played like suck in the grand final.. but luckily my team played well to make it look like my terrible throws were actually ok. my forehands throws were all over the shop.. i wouldve subbed myself off.. cept we had no subs due to none of our beginners ever turning up.
however i did score a ton of freebies that nite. giant straw hat for winning the hat, nationals wine cooler for designing the logo, a frisbee holding backpack and a water bottle from a botched jersey ordered like 9 months ago. not bad =)
indoor started this week.. and i managed to squeeze in a pickup game before my 2 back to back late games. we won all three although the pickup game was actually a forfeit. i did the stupidest play ive done in a long time in the last game. we were up by a lot and in the last 5 seconds of the game i tried to make a ludicrous layout D. on the play i not only fouled the guy, i corked my thigh really badly.. on a meaningless play. there wasnt enought ime for either of us to score.. so the only possible result from that play was the end of the game.. or.. me injuring myself. this was compounded by the twisted knee and jarred pinky finger i sustained in the pickup (also a meaningless) game... so so stupid.
other than frisbee i had a rather busy friday last weekend. on top of a family dinner at this ramen place in eastwood.. i managed to make it to 2 farewell parties and also a birthday gig. how unusual for me.. id normal jsut pike on one or all of those cos i cbf turning up. also im so socially awkward, at some point in time i got sick of small talk.. which doesnt leave much at parties where u dont really know anyone... its all like.. "hey a person i vague recognise from uni 5 years ago, but was never really frens with"... "oh, hey.. i havent seen you in years.. are you still working at that same place?" ... *look around the room* ... *attempt to sound witty with esoteric reference but end up sounding smug* ...
luckily this time i actually did have somewhere else to be. i went to see Chris Duke and the Royals at the Excelsior. and i got there jsut in time to for the start of their set. although they rocked out the crowd was mostly ppl they knew (i think) and the dancing wasnt the normal skanking u get, but some weird shoving moshing instead. how odd. also they removed the reference to frisbee in the frisbee song.. but i did get mentioned in a shout out before the song so w00t for that.
- ian, 2:00 PM ::
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:: Monday, April 14
See I'm a young soul in this very strange world
so i've recovered from my illness which turned out to be shingles. which is very strange since no one can remember me ever having chicken pox.. and its a pre-requisite to getting shingles. hrm.. i guess i mustve just had a really really mild case of it. so mild that no one noticed i had it =p
on the weekend i went to hunt and connie's farewell.. which involved a small picnic in the park.. and some fake skateboarding (insert link to facebook). followed up by some laserzone-ing. its been a few years since i last went.. but its totally awesome. i got better each game.. but in the first game i didnt know where any of the bases were which sorta made my score heaps crap. also the first game had these annoying kids who would follow you around after u killed them.. and just constantly shoot at u until their guns turn back on.. grr.
the place also featured DDR for the wait between games =) im heaps rusty so the diagonal ones kinda screwd me.. but its still such a mad game.. ill have to break out the PS2 version again sometime =)
anyhoo the fare was cos they are leaving to travel around the world making a documentary... which is awesome. if only i could quit my job to do something adventurous..
.. speaking of which i got a letter in the mail today which was mostly fluff.. but included this segment "You are now scheduled for a placement in a Contracting Organisation, which is possible in almost all cases." w00t! in "almost all cases" im in.. although im not sure how many "almost all" is =p .. but if you're not doing anything from this July thru till next July, you should come visit me at some undisclosed location in japan which i might be at.. hopefully.
in other news: ur maybe wondering why ive got 3 posts in one day.. its cos i wrote the first 2 and forgot to publish them.. i guess i wasnt paying attention or something =p
on the weekend i went to hunt and connie's farewell.. which involved a small picnic in the park.. and some fake skateboarding (insert link to facebook). followed up by some laserzone-ing. its been a few years since i last went.. but its totally awesome. i got better each game.. but in the first game i didnt know where any of the bases were which sorta made my score heaps crap. also the first game had these annoying kids who would follow you around after u killed them.. and just constantly shoot at u until their guns turn back on.. grr.
the place also featured DDR for the wait between games =) im heaps rusty so the diagonal ones kinda screwd me.. but its still such a mad game.. ill have to break out the PS2 version again sometime =)
anyhoo the fare was cos they are leaving to travel around the world making a documentary... which is awesome. if only i could quit my job to do something adventurous..
.. speaking of which i got a letter in the mail today which was mostly fluff.. but included this segment "You are now scheduled for a placement in a Contracting Organisation, which is possible in almost all cases." w00t! in "almost all cases" im in.. although im not sure how many "almost all" is =p .. but if you're not doing anything from this July thru till next July, you should come visit me at some undisclosed location in japan which i might be at.. hopefully.
in other news: ur maybe wondering why ive got 3 posts in one day.. its cos i wrote the first 2 and forgot to publish them.. i guess i wasnt paying attention or something =p
- ian, 3:03 PM ::
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:: Saturday, April 5
cant get you out of my head..
so im bedridden again.. but for once its not due to some horrible knee injury. its due to a horrible virus which has somehow gotten into my head. thursday was maybe the worst ive ever felt, i had this headache which the most painful thing ive ever felt, cept it happened every 2 mins in the right side of my head.
an overnight stay at my local hospital yielded little but a bunch of blood tests/swab tests/CT scans. i got sent home the next day with a prescription for painkillers and some rather pricey anti-viral meds. i need to take six of these $10 tablets a day for 10 days.. that adds up to crazy expensive =p but worth it if it can stop this terrible pain in my head.. *clutches skull*
.. other than that not much has been happening.. just the usual frisbee.. drinking.. sex and the city marathon...
an overnight stay at my local hospital yielded little but a bunch of blood tests/swab tests/CT scans. i got sent home the next day with a prescription for painkillers and some rather pricey anti-viral meds. i need to take six of these $10 tablets a day for 10 days.. that adds up to crazy expensive =p but worth it if it can stop this terrible pain in my head.. *clutches skull*
.. other than that not much has been happening.. just the usual frisbee.. drinking.. sex and the city marathon...
- ian, 9:23 PM ::
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:: Thursday, March 20
everything was going perfect until.....
last nite was the div1 final at hills league.. and boy did we play woe at the start. we kept dropping easy ones and were down 0-4 in about 5 mins. but we stepped it up after that.. out scoring them 8-2 the rest of the way. i managed a few good D's and another greatest! thats two in three days =p
i havent won a league since we won the first 2 of the first 3 seasons i played (thats a long time ago), so this was pretty exciting. although i did get cleated badly on my already blood blistered big toe.. causing a rather painful/icky mess in my shoes. bleh.. it probly did it some good though.. cos that toe is much less bad than the other one now..
i havent won a league since we won the first 2 of the first 3 seasons i played (thats a long time ago), so this was pretty exciting. although i did get cleated badly on my already blood blistered big toe.. causing a rather painful/icky mess in my shoes. bleh.. it probly did it some good though.. cos that toe is much less bad than the other one now..
- ian, 10:09 AM ::
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:: Tuesday, March 18
This is no Bridget Jones!
I've done nothing much except play frisbee since last post.. so my shoulder/knee/calves/feet/toes are all telling em that i need a day off =p My toes are actually the worst.. both my big toes are suffering from a weekend of playing in new cleats. They both have a horribly bulgy blood blister under the nail which threatens to cause some sort of gross toe killing explosion.
anyhoo.. regionals was disappointing.. we didnt win a game and finished in dead last. Which was in some ways quite predictable.. but i was clinging to a small shread of hope that we'd rise to the occassion and topple one of the teams which we supposedly had no chance of beating. while we werent winning anything on the field i did manage to get thoroughly plastered at the party.. as the numerous facebook photos will illustrate. My streak of 10 solid years of drinking without chucking came to an sorry end... as the bathroom in "pub across the road" said hello to the previously lost Hogsbreath ribs and steak..
on monday night was the first week of the NSL Hat.. my teams won both games.. partially due to the fact that two of our absolute beginner girls dropped out. i didnt really contribute heaps except a waist high foot block and a contentious (arent they all contentious) greatest.
in other news: if you have a chance, go and check out the Wombats, theyve got some pretty cool songs.
anyhoo.. regionals was disappointing.. we didnt win a game and finished in dead last. Which was in some ways quite predictable.. but i was clinging to a small shread of hope that we'd rise to the occassion and topple one of the teams which we supposedly had no chance of beating. while we werent winning anything on the field i did manage to get thoroughly plastered at the party.. as the numerous facebook photos will illustrate. My streak of 10 solid years of drinking without chucking came to an sorry end... as the bathroom in "pub across the road" said hello to the previously lost Hogsbreath ribs and steak..
on monday night was the first week of the NSL Hat.. my teams won both games.. partially due to the fact that two of our absolute beginner girls dropped out. i didnt really contribute heaps except a waist high foot block and a contentious (arent they all contentious) greatest.
in other news: if you have a chance, go and check out the Wombats, theyve got some pretty cool songs.
- ian, 1:55 PM ::
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:: Friday, March 14
..woke up with hope and only found tears...
gah!! i passed on a whole day of overtime (at double time its worth probly $600) to go to regionals this weekend.. but it looks like im not going to be able to play anyway =( at training on tuesday i layed out and landed badly on my right shoulder.. and now my right arm doesnt work properly anymore! gah!!! i think i might be doomed never to play in major tournaments. before mixed regionals i had minor tear in my quad.. before mixed nationals i managed to tear a ligament in my left knee.. and now its open regionals.. so ive apparently pinched a nerve in my right shoulder.. which doesnt sound that bad.. except it means that my right arm doesnt really do what i tell it to do. which makes it quite hard to throw and/or catch. not to mention to ridiculous pain everytime i move.
*sigh* welcome to my life..
in other news: i went to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show last nite at Starcity. it was pretty cool, but the sound engineers kept making stupid misakes like accidently turning off a mic.. or doing something which resulting in heaps of feedback .. bleh.. we had pretty awful seats but it was still pretty cool cos we were close at least.
*sigh* welcome to my life..
in other news: i went to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show last nite at Starcity. it was pretty cool, but the sound engineers kept making stupid misakes like accidently turning off a mic.. or doing something which resulting in heaps of feedback .. bleh.. we had pretty awful seats but it was still pretty cool cos we were close at least.
- ian, 1:00 PM ::
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:: Monday, January 14
one step closer
today i found out that ive got an interview for the JET Programme.. so im one more baby step towards japan.. yay me. it also makes me scared of being returning home to some kevin rudd created recession.. instead of in a comfy govt job in 2 years (meep)
on the weekend i was quite busy. saturday involved yum cha at eastwood with some frisbee ppl.. it was ok. frisbee ppl are very white.. and they didnt really know what they were doing at yum cha.. which is kinda hilarious sometimes.
the rest of the day was futilely trying to depend a few patches on the Domain for the Jazz that was to be there later in the day. we were trying to retain a spot for about 20 ppl but for the first 4 hours we only had 4 ppl to hold off neighbouring picnic rugs who were slowly encroaching.
during the actual show we were squeezed in due to lack of rug space.. and i was too wasted thru most of it to know what was going on. i had this rather horrible drink which consisted of red wine, apple juice, coke and port. i dont recommend it. we also stopped for one of Harrys famous pies. mmm, good for sobering up a lil bit.
sunday involved waking up with a hang over.. and frisbee training. at the start of training it was painfully hot.. but later on it was pouring rain. so in the end it was not a very productive training session at all. the good news is that my knees are feeling better.. not quite ready for high level competition yet.. but theres a few tourneys in 1-2 months which im feeling good pretty good about now.
on the weekend i was quite busy. saturday involved yum cha at eastwood with some frisbee ppl.. it was ok. frisbee ppl are very white.. and they didnt really know what they were doing at yum cha.. which is kinda hilarious sometimes.
the rest of the day was futilely trying to depend a few patches on the Domain for the Jazz that was to be there later in the day. we were trying to retain a spot for about 20 ppl but for the first 4 hours we only had 4 ppl to hold off neighbouring picnic rugs who were slowly encroaching.
during the actual show we were squeezed in due to lack of rug space.. and i was too wasted thru most of it to know what was going on. i had this rather horrible drink which consisted of red wine, apple juice, coke and port. i dont recommend it. we also stopped for one of Harrys famous pies. mmm, good for sobering up a lil bit.
sunday involved waking up with a hang over.. and frisbee training. at the start of training it was painfully hot.. but later on it was pouring rain. so in the end it was not a very productive training session at all. the good news is that my knees are feeling better.. not quite ready for high level competition yet.. but theres a few tourneys in 1-2 months which im feeling good pretty good about now.
- ian, 10:04 PM ::
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:: Saturday, January 20
i must be fine because my heart's still beating
so its been a while since i posted. mostly because ive been way busy with this crm thing im working on. its not even that much work, but i can only work on it at night, and they can only test it in the day. so i jsut make a change (which sometimes only takes 5 mins) then i have to wait a whole day for them to tell me that they changed their mind, or theyd like me to move and image 2 pixels to the left. seems like its going on forever..
anyhoo over that last week ive also been doing other things... last week Haleh left the rba which is all very sad (boo). but me and betty spend a lot of the week running around trying to find her a going away/bday gift. we decided on a digicam, to replace her rather awful 35mm film camera, but theres jsut so much variety nowadays its hard to make a choice. in the end we went to like a dozen stores about like 100 cameras, and ended up buying it from the first store we went to =p
.. from what i can tell she quite liked it. it was a pretty big day which included visits from a few ex-rba'ers who came to catch up. unfortunately very little work was done by anyone in our team that day =p although i jsut realised that im now at the bottom of our team again.. after 4 years of slave labour, im actually going backwards!! *insert generic comments about quitting*
due to wii tennis and the australian open, i decided to go play some tennis. which closely follows soccer as the sport i am the most woe at. it was still fun to get out into the sun though. quite randomly i rang kallie to see if she wanted to play tennis, and it jsut so happened that she was already playing tennis =p so i joined them for a bit if a hit. i always have to play with the girls cos the guys are too good for me =p i had this racquet i borrowed off chito years ago, and the grip has sorta disintegrated causing me to suck even more than normal.. and also get blisters.
on monday i went rock climbing with the guys from work at st leonards. my arms are jsut as weak as they always were, but it was my feet that were hurting the most. the shoes are meant to be really tight, but these were so painful i could barely even climb in them. also my knee was hurting when i tried to push up onto a hold (gah!)
re: frisbee this week, i only managed one game.. but that was enough to end my season i think. My knee could love nothing more than a rest for 4 weeks before snowboarding in Canada. frisbee + tennis + rockclimbing quite a problem for a bad knee, which sucks so so much.
today i had to work (boo). we had a change to our firewall/proxy and i had the option of oncall or overtime. i picked overtime because i figured id probly be in the city anyway for something or other. i had nothing to do today, but i needed to be at work about more than 3 hours anyway, so it was probly worthwhile. that roughly translates to a whole day of pay at double time =)
ive done a fair bit of driving this week, including a trip to see the Big Merino in Goulburn. it is much less impressive than i remember (from when i was about 10). its pretty much deserted now, apparently they are dismantling it to move it down the road. no doubt to make it visible from the bypass which has killed its business =p
ive noticed my posts being quite disjointed lately, i thin i have trouble concentrating.. maybe i actually do have ADD =p .. anyhoo this post is too long already.. time to end it..
driving hours left: 6
so its been a while since i posted. mostly because ive been way busy with this crm thing im working on. its not even that much work, but i can only work on it at night, and they can only test it in the day. so i jsut make a change (which sometimes only takes 5 mins) then i have to wait a whole day for them to tell me that they changed their mind, or theyd like me to move and image 2 pixels to the left. seems like its going on forever..
anyhoo over that last week ive also been doing other things... last week Haleh left the rba which is all very sad (boo). but me and betty spend a lot of the week running around trying to find her a going away/bday gift. we decided on a digicam, to replace her rather awful 35mm film camera, but theres jsut so much variety nowadays its hard to make a choice. in the end we went to like a dozen stores about like 100 cameras, and ended up buying it from the first store we went to =p
.. from what i can tell she quite liked it. it was a pretty big day which included visits from a few ex-rba'ers who came to catch up. unfortunately very little work was done by anyone in our team that day =p although i jsut realised that im now at the bottom of our team again.. after 4 years of slave labour, im actually going backwards!! *insert generic comments about quitting*
due to wii tennis and the australian open, i decided to go play some tennis. which closely follows soccer as the sport i am the most woe at. it was still fun to get out into the sun though. quite randomly i rang kallie to see if she wanted to play tennis, and it jsut so happened that she was already playing tennis =p so i joined them for a bit if a hit. i always have to play with the girls cos the guys are too good for me =p i had this racquet i borrowed off chito years ago, and the grip has sorta disintegrated causing me to suck even more than normal.. and also get blisters.
on monday i went rock climbing with the guys from work at st leonards. my arms are jsut as weak as they always were, but it was my feet that were hurting the most. the shoes are meant to be really tight, but these were so painful i could barely even climb in them. also my knee was hurting when i tried to push up onto a hold (gah!)
re: frisbee this week, i only managed one game.. but that was enough to end my season i think. My knee could love nothing more than a rest for 4 weeks before snowboarding in Canada. frisbee + tennis + rockclimbing quite a problem for a bad knee, which sucks so so much.
today i had to work (boo). we had a change to our firewall/proxy and i had the option of oncall or overtime. i picked overtime because i figured id probly be in the city anyway for something or other. i had nothing to do today, but i needed to be at work about more than 3 hours anyway, so it was probly worthwhile. that roughly translates to a whole day of pay at double time =)
ive done a fair bit of driving this week, including a trip to see the Big Merino in Goulburn. it is much less impressive than i remember (from when i was about 10). its pretty much deserted now, apparently they are dismantling it to move it down the road. no doubt to make it visible from the bypass which has killed its business =p
ive noticed my posts being quite disjointed lately, i thin i have trouble concentrating.. maybe i actually do have ADD =p .. anyhoo this post is too long already.. time to end it..
driving hours left: 6
- ian, 9:08 PM ::
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:: Wednesday, December 13
not a gay cowboy
so reckless layouts have finally caught up to me. im more injured than ever before after getting cleats to the hip .. and finishing the game with ambulance-worthy knee to the back. gah! normally i bounce right back up from such collisions, but my old bones dont spring back like they did when i was young =p
after waiting a million years at the hospital.. the doc says i should be fine with a lil bit of rest and a lot of bits of Nurofen. she says i can take nurofen 3 times a day along with panadol 4 times a day.. mm druggy. moni was nice enough to give me a ride home at 1am.. cos my parents accidentally left our home phone off the hook and my brother was too busy playing Zelda to answer his phone.
anyhoo im at home today.. not doing much get taking drugs and grimacing every now and then. also playing some guitar hero, which i suck at. you would think that spending all my days typing at a keyboard would make my fingers just a lil bit nimble, but theyre all just unco =p
.. earlier this week i went to see the new Bond movie with the work peeps. I was skeptical at first, but the trailer looked good and it started out ok. then they reached the texas-holdem scene.. or should i say river of endless scenes. once they reached the casino (which you can imagine happens quite early in a movie called Casino Royale) the movie spiralled into a hole of cheesy acting and long winded "drama" if you can call it that =p theyre were some limited action scenes not very subtled squeezed in, but frankly all the best bits happen at the start of the movie. the best scene involved some jackie-chan-like parkour scenes at a construction factory.. but even that wasnt the best ive seen =p it gets 6/10 from me only because ill probly watch it again and think it "wasnt that bad" as i tend to do with bond movies.
on a related note.. heres my list of fav bond movies =)
notably absent are bond movies with roger moore or timothy dalton =p
so reckless layouts have finally caught up to me. im more injured than ever before after getting cleats to the hip .. and finishing the game with ambulance-worthy knee to the back. gah! normally i bounce right back up from such collisions, but my old bones dont spring back like they did when i was young =p
after waiting a million years at the hospital.. the doc says i should be fine with a lil bit of rest and a lot of bits of Nurofen. she says i can take nurofen 3 times a day along with panadol 4 times a day.. mm druggy. moni was nice enough to give me a ride home at 1am.. cos my parents accidentally left our home phone off the hook and my brother was too busy playing Zelda to answer his phone.
anyhoo im at home today.. not doing much get taking drugs and grimacing every now and then. also playing some guitar hero, which i suck at. you would think that spending all my days typing at a keyboard would make my fingers just a lil bit nimble, but theyre all just unco =p
.. earlier this week i went to see the new Bond movie with the work peeps. I was skeptical at first, but the trailer looked good and it started out ok. then they reached the texas-holdem scene.. or should i say river of endless scenes. once they reached the casino (which you can imagine happens quite early in a movie called Casino Royale) the movie spiralled into a hole of cheesy acting and long winded "drama" if you can call it that =p theyre were some limited action scenes not very subtled squeezed in, but frankly all the best bits happen at the start of the movie. the best scene involved some jackie-chan-like parkour scenes at a construction factory.. but even that wasnt the best ive seen =p it gets 6/10 from me only because ill probly watch it again and think it "wasnt that bad" as i tend to do with bond movies.
on a related note.. heres my list of fav bond movies =)
- Goldeneye
- Live and Let Die
- Goldfinger
- Moonraker
- From Russia with Love
notably absent are bond movies with roger moore or timothy dalton =p
- ian, 2:17 PM ::
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