Back to Reality...

Well, they are over, the Olympics that is. And the Kiwis didn't have that bad of a haul after all; 3 gold, 1 silver & 5 bronze. My prediction was close, not close enough, but not far enough off for me to be filled with patriotism for my little country. But I am happy for our sports people all the same.

Well, they (they being the ever elusive stuck up people who tell us how to run our lives, through very subtle ways) said that the Olympics were just the distraction we needed. To an extent they were correct, The news stopped telling us the bad stuff and started concentrating on the sports, 24/7 for 16days, thats all it was, except for the occasional mention of some war in Georgia. Some how that vanished the same time the Olympics did....

And as soon as David Beckham kicked that soccer ball into the arms of an overjoyed volunteer, it all came flooding back...literally

Monday morning at work, everyone was tired and depressed, whining all over again about the worst winter we have had in ages, how they haven't been able to dry their clothes outside for months, how its freakin cold and everything is flooded or damp. And with everyone in this cynical mood, they start remembering how poor they are, how everyones getting laid off, how their mortgage rate is increasing, how their minuscule pay rise doesn't cover the inflation in living costs, and in general how depressed they and all their friends, family and co-workers are.

And its been like this all week, instead of hearing about the mutant Phelps, lightning Bolt, Beijing fog, crazy heat and humidity, faked fireworks, lip syncing girls, Federer or anything else happening at the 2008 Olympics. We are hearing about the terrible flooding up north, the possible selling of kiwi bank, the dishonesty of Winston Peters, and the predictions of more rain, hail , sleet and price increases.

So did the Olympics distract? Thanks to the media yes, but unfortunately, not long enough.

On a brighter note, Disturbed are in Christchurch on the 12th of September, and we are going :D Loving their latest single...



Also looking forward to Metallicas new album :)

Victory and Defeat

Its that time again, it happens once every 4 years, where people all of a sudden go sports crazy and become full of national pride. Yes its the Olympics. And for some reason, that makes your 24year old blogger feel old... I thought the handsome gent above was a bit of alright, then I discovered, he is 2 years younger than me :(

Annnnyyyyway.....

At work we were asked to put in a guess at medals that TeamNZ would win. I put in a 2gold,2silver,3bronze vote. Which many would veiw as unpatriotic. The bf however thinks I am being to generous... Guess we will see, but I am confident in my judgement of this one. Thinking there will be a lot of 4ths this year.

So, the victory? Soccer! OMG, my team has started winning games, we have moved up on tables, now a magnificent 2nd in our Monday tournament and a much improved 9th in our Wednesday! We are happy and playing better because of it.

Just a short one today, stupid headache and cold :(