Random stuff

Listening to: Anthology disc 2-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Thanks Ed for playing it at your party and inspiring me to listen to it again.

Had a good weekend, went to a couple of good parties (at one of which I finally found out exactly what Cal meant when she referred to me as milk chocolate, and decided on a most likely idea for my 30th) and a curios and collectables fair. Fi was fascinated by my knowledge of 1980's Matchbox Cars. Judging by the prices on offer, my near mint collection of about 100 cars which are currently stashed at my folks could sell for several hundred dollars. Which is kinda scary.

I had a cold all weekend, and took yesterday off to kill it finally. Which I have achieved, and had my first beer tonight in ages. I don't drink when I have colds. My sinuses (which I am reliably informed are far from ideal) can't handle booze when I have a cold. Plus decongestant medecines have a known catastrophic effect on my already low alcohol tolerance.

Netball was fun last night. The first half anyway, which is the half in which we won the game. The second half was a shambles, but the game was won by then, so we could afford a shambles. My indoor soccer team got smoked tonight, 8-3. I got one of the three (my fourth goal in two years), despite my usual position of full-time goalkeeper. I was on the field as one of our team can only play goal for fear of re-injury to a delicate knee. One player of the oppostion team got five of the goals. I'm not sure I am any good at indoor soccer. When I played outdoor I was a specialist defender/midfielder, and goalkeep. I have a reasonable defensive game, but no real attacking game. Indoor requires both a defensive and attacking game, as there aren't enough players to specialise. This is why I prefer keeping. The objective is clear (stop the ball any way you can, pass it out to your team, who will promptly score at the other end), and thanks to netball I have reasonably quick hand-to-ball reflexes (I am sometimes referred to as 'The ninja' by my team).

Fi didn't want to watch me play soccer, so scored two netball games with teams we recently retired from. I scored no freebies. I could have filled in for another team, but I watched them win 58-23 with only five players on the court ( 1 A), and figured I would have just slowed them down. Admittedly they had one of the best two point shooters I have ever seen (like a metronome). Tuesday night netball at Petone is either really mediocre or stratospheric when it comes to skill level. Lots of good players there.

Notkate has been prolificly posting in the past few days. Her latest list is most thought provoking. It will take me a little while to come up with ten things I really like about myself, but I like a challenge so will give it a go.

I like how ideas and inspirations like the above spread through the blogosphere. I love the written word, it allows for a clarity of expression I seldom attain verbally.