Favourite quote from the Olympics TV commentary: “He’s a big fan of giving it to himself, and he’s really giving it to himself.” The mind boggles.
The lights make some cool effects in the hockey. All the players have four shadows, spreading out like an “X” – it must be really distracting when you’re playing. Anyway, it looks like a computer hockey game I played once where each player had a little X underneath them to help you line up your shots. But now I wonder if it was a lighting simulation that I misunderstood. Or maybe, the lights are set up to help the players aim. There’s so much about professional hockey that I don’t understand!
Things have been bizarre over the last couple of days, I’ve spent most of my time driving between Mel’s and Deb’s and hospital and home. Mel’s got a nasty problem with her ankle and is in hospital, so I’ve been organising Alex’s clothes and feeding cats and visiting Mel and all sorts. It’s nice to be able to help her out like this. One of the advantages of knowing social dropouts with time on their hands – they’ll come to your aid when you’re sick!
Seriously though it is very nice to be in a position to return some of the favours to Mel and help out where I can. Luckily Alex apparently like me, so that’s cool, and he’s happy to hang out with me and watch TV or read books together. He’s a sweet kid but I worry that he’ll think I’m a bit weird, since I keep forgetting he’s six and launching into long-winded explanations of that Doppler effect or something where an answer of “just because” might be more appropriate!
Thank you everyone who commented for being nice over Henry – it was really hard to make the call to do it, so thanks for not making me feel bad. It’s such a tricky decision to make. Ultimately I decided it was more about motives than actions, so once I was happy with my motives, it became obvious what the best decision for us both was. But lord knows, I can beat myself up over anything ;)
Fantastic! NZ just got gold and silver in the triathlon! That’s amazing!
(In case anyone is wondering, or cares, I write these entries over the evening and then post them the next day – or the next time I get online. If the tense or context is screwy sometimes, that’ll be why)
hmm. didn't see this post before.. i think my netscape is refreshing all funny.
i was gonna say - lil kids like it when u give them proper answers to stuff. it's when u convincingly lie to them that they never forgive you! my dad told me that the lil bouncy head dogs you sometimes see in the backs of old cars acted as shock absorbers (cos the real ones would b wearing out) and i knew enuff physics to see the logic behind that and never questioned. apparently my parents did this a fair bit cos i was always asking "why". i think they figured i'd learn otherwise at school or wot not. heavens knows what other bits of 'fact' like that i carry round in my head!
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