Goodbye

Ok, this will be my last post on this blog.... But dont worry, i have set up another one, more relevant to the politics of today... I mean, in the way that the Boys are all back from New Zealand and im not alone anymore!

So follow my new blog, shed a few tears on the death of this one, and maybe learn a thing or two...

Peace

alexis

bbl

We played our second (should have been our third, what do you expect from duns but?) game on Monday night against last years winner, Colts Green. And we shot the friggen lights out.

Actually, to be more accurate, Jarryd shot the lights out. Four 3 pointers in a row in fact. We were up 14 to 6 and we continued our dominance in offense to finish the half 25 to 17. Against the top team. Not a bad effort, needless to say. But i did anyway, cos i like talking us up.

All was good, Brock was smashing the boards, Lachie was darting around as always and our turnovers were right down. Brock even had a couple of rejections to his name, and Kelly had one too. Our D let us down however, because while we didnt let them take outside shots, they shot from the paint in almost every offense.

Then we came back to earth with a hopeless 2nd half, not helped at all by one of the umpires, and for naming purposes, we will call him the Hater. If you see the calls he made, you would know why we call him that. Shocking. Shockingly shocking. I was shocked.

Our turnovers sky-rocketed, our shots rimmed out and our D kept failing. The score finished at 34 to 38, with Colts outscoring us in the 2nd half 21 - 9. But we took it to the top team and we know next time, if we at the top of our game, all game, we will bring those dinosaurs back to earth by crushing them... Mark my words.

Anyway, for fun's sake, here is a photo of Brock doing what he does best:

Impressive. Well we have Saints White this week, with the one they call the A - Fray, and an old nemesis in Snooky. Shall be fun. 8.20 Monday night, be there early so we can sign your posters and jerseys...

Peace

Herro

Hi all.

Just a quick post to firstly apologise for the lack of finger exercises i have been doing on my keyboard lately...

Secondly, i just realised that the whole reason i created this blog was for the boys while they were away. They are back now, and i sort of miss blogging. Okay, i miss it.

So i just need to get some feedback and find out if anyone still reads this despite my absence, and whether this blog is worth keeping and continuing, or whether a joint blog with Brock would be a better idea?

Anyway, this is a democracy so please let me know what u reckon i should. Take the time to write a comment, please.

I love you all.

Alexxx

Halo

Ive been doing some research. It seems that the next installment of the Halo: Combat Evolved series is not Halo 4, but Halo Wars. It serves as a prequel to to the trilogy of Xbox games. Its not a first person shooter like we have become accustomed to in Halo - it is a strategy game, similar to Age Of Empires.

It is set in the years leading up to the boarding of the Pillar of Autumn, when the human colony ship Reach was carrying its most precious cargo - the hundreds of genetically engineered and purposely trained super soldiers called Spartans. The game chronicles the wars that ensued with the alien Covenant and ended ultimately in the destruction of Reach and almost all of the Spartans.

Im looking forward to it coming out, but im a little disappointed that there is no Halo 4. Oh well. This game is supposed to revolutionise the strategy genre, and transform it from PC only to console aswell.

There is also a movie that will be made on the Halo universe - well there was. Peter Jackson was set to direct, they had a script and they even made the Warthog, but pre-production stalled when Jackson bailed. Now it is a 'dormant' project, and by all reports not yet dead. Apparently it will be made, its just a matter of how long.

They released some images from scenes in a proposed script, which looks pretty damn good. The script is more true to Halo: Fall of Reach (the novel that was written detailing the lead-up to Halo 1), and it shows all the Spartans in training and so forth. They were still undecided whether it would be animated or live-action, but i reckon it should be live-action. It worked with Star Wars and Transformers, why not Halo?

This post is mostly for the Mulks as you can tell, but let me know if you think you would go and watch it?

Brownlow

Last night was the prestigious Brownlow Medal count. Being 18, i set up a TABsportsbet account just for this occasion. I placed 4 bets, totalling $50. I had:

$5 on the top three polling Geelong players to be Bartell, Ablett, and Corey, in that order, to win $20


$5 Multi on the brownlow winner to be from Geelong, and for Geelong to win the GF by 40+ points, to win $21.25


$20 Multi for Riewoldt, Cox, Cooney, Judd, Swan, Pavlich and Harvey to all top their teams in polling, to win $69.40

$20 Multi on Judd to beat Corey in votes, and for Cooney to beat Riewoldt, to win $66.60


As we all know, Cooney ended up pipping Black, who was winning all night, with 24 votes. I lost the first one, as the order ended up being Ablett, Selwood, Corey. I also lost the 2nd bet as Cooney isnt from Geelong. My third was looking good until Kerr whipped Cox with 8 votes to 3, and even Riewoldt lost by a vote or two to Lenny Hayes.

I did, however, win the last bet! Cooney obviously beat Riewoldt, but it was hell nail biting with the Judd-Corey thing. Corey was on more votes the whole time except for the last 2 rounds. But Juddy pulled through, to win over Corey 16 votes to 15. So all up i won $16.60.

My Dad won $30 cos he had $5 on Black to get 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

My Mummy won $90-odd because she put 5 each way on Cooney.

Anyway, i gots to run. peace

Big One

Yes the weekend was a big one.

Friday arvo Kel came over for a bit of pool and a bit of Flight of the Concords. I was steadily dominating him in pool so he thought he would try and put me off my game by 'raising the stakes' or more accurately, making some stakes. I wasnt keen on money so i said whoever wins got a beer bought for them. I won the game convincingly and offered Kelly a rematch with, not double or nothing, but double or flip, just to tempt him. He said, and i quote, "I've never walked away from a challenge".

Needless to say he lost and owed me two beers that night.

My parents and i got to the Vasse at about 8, and Kel got there with Morgs around 9, and Garreth not long after. It was pretty quiet at first, but it warmed up around 10 when all the young crew came in. I made my first horse-racing bet, but lost embarrassingly, but lucky it was Dads shout. He won it back two races later. We got a Jager-Bomb before they stopped doing it, which was hell good cos i didnt have to buy as it was my Bday sorta, and they are hella expensive.

At 11 they shut and we slowly made our way to the Nard, stopping to have a tandem piss of course. They let me, and more importantly Kelly, in without checking IDs. Maybe cos he looks like a redheaded Wolverine, who knows. It was way more hardcore there, and there were a few fights around closing time. It was still good but, and Schutsy was working behind the bar so me and Kel got pints for the price of middies. Except he gave us guiness which tastes like it looks - like boar water. Then some dude i knew from East Perth was there and recognised me, which sucked in the end cos he starting kissing me on the cheeks and squeezing my ass, so i learnt to avoid him pretty quick. Even Kelly got a kiss from him, which i think Kel enjoyed. It was about 2 when we got home, thanks to Morgies Mum.

Then Saturday i watched Wanderers their 15's GF. Pretty good game, they only won by 8 points. After that i had work, but i managed to sneak off at 9.30pm without signing off so i didnt risk getting kept behind for polishing. It was a signature Brock move, deviously sneaky. Got to Rob's (Seia, hell good soccer player dude) going away party in Carbanup. Pretty good, knew a few people which helped.

Then Sunday went with Pagey to watch him play league, where Busso won over Souths, but Ressies lost in their earlier game at a different ground. They are both in the Prelim this coming weekend.

And that was my weekend.

18th

Well those of you who dont know it was my birthday yesterday, and im now a man. To celebrate, Jarryd surprised me with his presence and we went to the Vasse for some chippies and middies (which im now legally able to purchase) and saw G-Love too.

For my special day i got a southbound ticket, some shaving stuff (a hint im thinking), and some money. Oh a a fair bit of alcohol and a dvd, Flight of the Concords, which i havnt seen yet but is supposed to be hilarious.

And i also got to work, which was nice. Not really, cos we have had another person quit so we are up to 6 in 2 and a half weeks. But i did get some good tips!

Now im gearing up for a big weekend - i cant wait.

peace