the mighty weddos

i'm a pretty happy camper tonight after having seen the mighty weddings parties anything play down at the freo arts centre. it's the first time in 10 years they've visited perth and they've lost none of the magic in the meantime. here's hoping it's not another 10 years before they come again. it was also great to catch up with tim beeck for the first time in a long long time and finally meet his missus. hopefully we'll be able to catch up more often now.

ahh.. civilisation

i had a hot shower last night. now, most people take a hot shower for granted but that was my first one since early november when my hot water system went on the blink. to put that in perspective, the last time i'd had a hot shower, little johnny was still prime minister. it actually found rather strange on my skin and my face didn't like it at all

it's not that i was broke, i'm just not the most organised person when it comes to getting things like that fixed and in the past hols either arranged things for us or hassled me to do it. now that i'm single again i guess i'll have to actually get my arse into gear and start doing things every now and then.

help me fulfill THE bet

for those who came in late...

in late 2003 there was a sunday night tea at our shared house in finchley. at this tea i made the statement that freo would win a premiership before the e-girls. now, bear in mind that freo had just finished 5th on the ladder whereas the weagles had finished 8th. we had a young, exciting list and we'd also had something of a dominance over wet toast in derbies that year so the statement wasn't as outrageous in its correct context as it obviously became.

at this infamous tea was a certain mr p. munro who is as rabid a weagle as i am a docker and he took exception to my bold statement and decided a wager would be appropriate. for something as important as this, money is not enough of a gamble so it was decided that the person who lost the bet would have to wear the opposition guernsey to the next home & away derby they attended. i have to admit that as i agreed to this wager i was sizing up munners to ensure he'd fit into my vintage (bought in feb 95) freo guernsey.

well, it's now history that a 'high on emotion' weagles managed to snaffle the narrowest of wins in the 2006 grand final and i lost the bet. i did attend the second home & away derby last season after returning to perth but wasn't able to source a wet toast guernsey so i'm yet to meet my obligations.

this is the bit where you, the reader, comes in. i've bought my ticket to the derby on sat 5th april and want to finish off the bet but am still having trouble sourcing a weagles guernsey. i'd be appreciative if someone could loan me a jumper for the day so that i can fulfill my obligations and put this humiliation behind me.

i need to point out that the limit of the bet is the wearing of the guernsey.. it doesn't extend to actually barracking for the hated opposition, driving a 4wd to the ground, voting liberal, sipping chardonnay at the game, sitting silently until a goal is kicked, throwing pies or bottles at freo players, booing the winner of the ross glendinning medal or discussing the performance of my stock portfolio and the destination of my next overseas holiday.

long weekend

wow.. it's already thursday again. it's funny how the weeks just fly by once you've been in a job for more than a few months. it was the long weekend last weekend and really lovely. i managed to catch up with an old school friend on saturday before going out snorkelling near the marmion angling and aquatic club. i took out the camera but there was a swell in so the water was a bit too full of debris to get any good pics. i went in to watch the freo game on saturday night and was suitably disappointed with a pretty poor performance against north melbourne.

sunday arvo i went over to megan's and we put up a basketball hoop for ve.. and then spent time dominating her on the 'court'. after watching a movie it was home in time to catch the end of a programme on abc1 that wasn't as good as it looked in the previews.

on monday i got up relatively early (about 9am) and went back down to the rocky beach to try snorkelling again but the water wasn't any more clear so i headed home, got my gear and walked down to my normal beach for some body surfing.

all in all, a very nice relaxing long weekend!!