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Something not to do while you're exhausted and have a head cold:
Atttempt to buy tickets for the 06/07 Ashes series.
The article does not exaggarate. I logged on just before 9AM (Sydney time) when the tickets were to go on sale. The server was busy and busy and busy and busy and busy and busy and aaargghh!!
It took me half an hour to get through to actually buying the tickets. At which point all the tickets I was interested in for days 2 & 3 were gone. I then went to buy tickets for the fourth day but just as I selected them a pop up box announced that my session had timed out.
Cue screaming and swearing.
I logged back in ...
Posted by Justine at 22:02, May 31st, 2006 under Cricket, Ranting, Sydney/Australia |
Posted by Justine at 7:48, April 21st, 2006 under Bloggery/Internetty Stuff, Cricket, Daughters of Earth, Publishing business, Sport |
In the few moments that I'm not banging MorM 3 into shape, I've been taking a squiz at the first test in Bangledesh and, wow. Turns out
my sister was right and I---like many other commentators (most notably, our noble captain, Ricky Ponting who said they weren't worthy of test status)---was talking out my arse. And ain't that fabulous?
Matthew Hayden batting (briefly); Shahadat Hossain appealing (unsuccesfully)
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Bangladesh are the worst ranked team in the world; Australia are the best (by a considerable margin) and right now Bangladesh are pounding us. Excellent stuff. Not just because it's been an incredibly entertaining test match, but because of what it means for the future, for the raising of the level ...
Posted by Justine at 7:56, April 12th, 2006 under Cricket, Sport |
A HUNDRED demons were slain at the Wanderers as the Australian tail-enders took their side to the verge of victory and then completed the task. ---
The wisdom of Peter Roebuck
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We beat South Africa 3-zip in the greatest form of cricket. I got home just in time to catch the last days of the third test. Wow! It was fabulous, evenly poised throughout. Is there anything better than a test match when either side can win right down to the very last ball? No, there is not.
Some men don't deserve to finish on the losing side. But that is the nature of sport. Indeed, it was the message of this match. Although sport has its heroes and ...
Posted by Justine at 18:32, April 5th, 2006 under Cricket, Sport |
Posted by Justine at 13:22, March 19th, 2006 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, Listening, Magic or Madness trilogy, New York City/USA, Reading, Scott's books, Young Adult literature |
I know I'm a
teeny bit obsessed with
search terms that lead to my website (especially when deadlines loom), but today's list was a truly bumper crop. Here are my faves:
Q:
does euphoria mean something bad?
Dr Justine says: It can. It really really can. Over-the-top happiness can lead to all sorts of injuries. I broke my toe that way once.
Q:
where does andrew symonds lives 2006?
A: Ya know, I have a feeling it's prolly better that you don't find out. Leave the poor bastard alone. He's injured and in South Africa. Stalk someone else!
Q:
what genre do first time novelists publish easiest?
A: What now?! There is no answer to this question. There is ...
Posted by Justine at 0:38, March 3rd, 2006 under Cricket, Search Terms, Sport, Words & Language |
Looks like 2006 is going to be the year of jetlag travelling for me and
Mr Westerfeld. I just updated our
appearances pages and it was quite a shock.
Brisbane!
Bologna!
New Orleans! Barely two weeks goes by without us chooffing off somewhere and that's with only the rock-solid confirmed events listed.
Not that I'm complaining, it's fantabuloso being asked to do so many different events. And I've never been to
New Orleans before. How fascinating is that going to be? Very.
In other news: I continue to be very very glad that I am in Sydney, not New York City.
Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times
And Australia thrashes Sri Lanka in the ...
Posted by Justine at 9:26, February 13th, 2006 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, New York City/USA, Praising, Sport, Sydney/Australia, Travelling, Whingeing |
How about
that Dilshan, eh? I love me some runout action.
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And how fabbie is it that the ODI finals are turning into an actual contest? I'm so very relieved that the explosive Sri Lankans made it rather than the dour South Africans. Plus Bandara is the dead spit of
Theo Black. It's eerie. (Though the resemblance isn't as clear from photos. If onlly I could get the Blacks to come to Sydney and see Bandara on the tellie. I swear he even moves like Theo.)
Swiped from
here
Also, what
Peter Roebuck said about Murali.
Oh, and
how about that Tuffers? He funny. Ponting? Not so much. You should really worry, Mr Ponting, ...
Posted by Justine at 7:28, February 11th, 2006 under Cricket, Sport, Sydney/Australia |
I will never understand all the Melbournites who despise Sydney, some of them folks who've never even been here. Seriously, I've met Melbournites who sneer with disdain at the mere thought of stepping foot in Sydney. The horror they say!
Me, I'm from Sydney. I love it, but I also have a whole lot of time for Melbourne. Melbourne has better licensing laws and thus
better bars than Sydney, a better art and live music scene, and (mostly) better clothes shopping. Melbourne has
trams. And what is not to love about trams? But Melbourne has little of Sydney's
breath-taking physical beauty, doesn't have her
beaches, or
national parks, or
fairies, er, I mean
ferries, ...
Posted by Justine at 10:27, February 5th, 2006 under Cricket, Fashion, Food, Liquids, New York City/USA, Ranting, Sport, State of the World, Sydney/Australia, Whingeing |
I just pressed the send button, and now Magic! Magic! Magic! Oi! Oi! Oi! is winging its way across the Pacific, and then across mainland USA, all the way to Hudson Street in New York City. Except that, you know, technology, being what it is, my baby is already there. Freaky, eh?
I can now watch the Sri Lanka v South Africa One Day International in good conscience. Who am I barracking for? Sri Lanka, natch. But it would prolly be more interesting for the competition if South Africa won. But, frankly, without Makhaya Ntini South Africa just ain't that interesting. Even if Sean Pollock does look uncannily like my husband.
Sean Pollock aka
Scott Westerfeld (
original source)
Can ...
Posted by Justine at 21:45, January 24th, 2006 under Cricket, Magic or Madness trilogy, New York City/USA, Sport, Writing goals & milestones |
Posted by Justine at 13:30, January 10th, 2006 under Bloggery/Internetty Stuff, Cricket, Magic or Madness trilogy, Publishing business, Sport, Sydney/Australia, Writing life |
They worked so hard and then the weather robbed them of any chance of winning. The declaration was brave. Some would say loopy. It felt like they deserved the win, and yet their bowlers were just too thin on. Get well soon, Mr Ntini.
And how bout that Ponting? No way he's not getting the Allen Border medal. Two centuries in his 100th test? You bewdy!
Posted by Justine at 17:03, January 6th, 2006 under Cricket, Sport |
Best oz bowling figures in the first innings: 3/50 which
he then follows up with an insanely entertaining 72. Six sixes? Maaaaaaate! Not to mention continuing his genius fielding ways. No way can they drop him now! Nyer nyer nyer nyer nyer, da!
Posted by Justine at 14:58, December 29th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport, Sydney/Australia |
I hope everyone who celebrates today or any of the cluster of days around it---or who's just enjoying the days off work or school---has a most excellent end of the year. I plan to.
I'd like to adopt the USian custom of giving thanks (yeah, yeah, I know they do it on a different day---whatever!). Here's what I'm thankful for:
That I'm home in Sydney living in the best place ever:
Flying foxes at dusk! Huge decks! Huge bath tub!
Views! Amazing
pubs,
cafes &
restaurants within spitting distance! Southerly breezes!
That I'm home in the land of continuous cricket coverage! Of beautiful beaches! And the best avocadoes (yes,
Mely, you need to move here, not smelly ...
Posted by Justine at 10:57, December 25th, 2005 under Cricket, Food, Liquids, Listening, Praising, Sport, Sydney/Australia |
1. Why the exact same brand toothpaste has radically different packaging in different countries.
2. Why everyone thinks King Kong is the best movie ever.
3. Why no one told me that Lost is excellent genre TV.
4. Why whenever you buy chips in an Oz pub they always come served in a plastic fake-wood bowl.
5. Why cricket isn't the dominant sport in every country in the world.
6. How anyone could wear gold sandals and not be ironic.
Posted by Justine at 21:33, December 23rd, 2005 under Bloggery/Internetty Stuff, Cricket, Fashion, Frippery, Sport, State of the World |
Posted by Justine at 20:51, December 10th, 2005 under Bloggery/Internetty Stuff, Cricket, Magic or Madness trilogy, Reading, Sport, Sydney/Australia |
One of the best onedayers I've seen in ages. Last over: Black Caps had one wicket left, one run a ball needed, and then two runouts in the last over. I was thinking NZ were absolutely no chance! But they got so very close. What a match!
Is it just me or have ODIs gotten a lot more interesting in the last couple of years? And how about the Brett Lee reversal of fortune? 3/5 in the last match; 1 for a million in this one. How about that Symmo? And Vincent? And Cairns? And Vettori? And Clarke? And Lewis?
And how happy am I that I can watch the baggy greens v the black caps in NZ; Pakistan v England ...
Posted by Justine at 20:13, December 7th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
Still no interwebby thing in our new home (I'm at my parents), but at least we can watch the cricket!
There've been
some comments from actual editors on the
gender balance question thing I posted about a while back. Confirming once again that there is no vast conspiracy---it's all much more complicated than that.
I'm loving our new neighbourhood, Surry Hills, but am less than thrilled about the whole unpacking, organising, cleaning, not finding necessary things etc. Turns out that our flat while fab, lacks certain essentials. There's hardly any storage, making unpacking really hard cause there's no where to put anything. And a lack of hooks and railings for the hanging of towels in the bathroom is driving me ...
Posted by Justine at 15:53, November 28th, 2005 under Bloggery/Internetty Stuff, Cricket, Sport, Sydney/Australia, Whingeing |
Today I got to read all about the Sheffield Shield and One day interstate competitions (no, I will not call them by their bloody buggery corporate names). Go the Blues! I like the cut of this
new Jaques fellow. And the second test starts this week! Bliss.
So. Very. Good. To. Be. Home.
Posted by Justine at 18:39, November 14th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport, Sydney/Australia |
There are no pictures of
Daniel Vettori posted on this blog, with or without his shirt on. So all you folks googling "Daniel Vettori no shirt" or "Daniel Vettori sexy" can just move along to say
here. And really, people, Daniel Vettori is not sexy. Michael Holding or Keith Miller now that's sexy.
Posted by Justine at 15:51, October 27th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport, Viewing |
One of the freebie books I picked up in Atlantic City is The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers. In the intro it mentions that one of the interviews was conducted at a cricket match. So what did I do next? I leafed through every interview until I found that one, which turned out to be Adam Thirlwell talking to Tom Stoppard. But, here's what a cricket tragic am I---once I got to the interview I skimmed impatiently through discussions of how Stoppard conceives and writes his plays, of Ionesco and Sappho and 9/11 and blah blah bloody blah, trying to find where they talk about the cricket being played in front of them.
I was beginning to think ...
Posted by Justine at 1:52, October 24th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, New York City/USA, Reading, Sport |
I'm not sure I've mentioned how much I adore cricket writer, Peter Roebuck. Mostly it's cause his over-the-top metaphors and similies crack me up. He funny (and I can never tell whether it's on purpose or not).
I'm frequently asked why I love the game of cricket so much. It's a hard question to answer because there are so many answers. One of them has to do with the complex and fascinating history of the game and the countries it's played in, which Mr Roebuck sums up in
his latest piece for the Sydney Morning Herald in a satisfyingly overblown way:
In many respects, cricket is the most unruly of games. Consider its component parts. Ten teams play Test cricket. ...
Posted by Justine at 15:34, October 22nd, 2005 under Cricket, Sport, State of the World |
Posted by Justine at 13:43, October 20th, 2005 under Basketball, Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, Food, How To Ditch Your Fairy, Liquids, Listening, Magic or Madness trilogy, New York City/USA, Scott's books, Sport, Travelling, Words & Language, Young Adult literature |
After a month of no motorised transport there was a vast deal today. Cars, planes, taxis. We went from San Miguel to Mexico City to New York City. We are tired. Tomorrow there will be trains: to Brooklyn and back (see previous post). The day after that buses to Atlantic City. It'll be broom broom broom all the time. I will pine for walks on cobble-stoned streets.
Since I promised
Cherie that I'd blog every day once I left Mexico. I'm blogging at this late hour despite fatigue. How good am I? Say thank you, Cherie. Also tomorrow seems to be too chockers for blogging so I thought I'd sneak it in early.
Things that i achieved in San Miguel:
photos of ...
Posted by Justine at 2:33, October 16th, 2005 under Bloggery/Internetty Stuff, Cricket, Magic or Madness trilogy, New York City/USA, Sport, State of the World, Travelling, Whingeing |
In
Affectionate Remembrance
Of
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET WHICH DIED AT THE OVAL
On
12th September, 2005
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances
R. I. P.
N.B.---The body will be cremated and the ashes kept in England.
Posted by Justine at 11:33, September 12th, 2005 under Cricket, Ironical (This is Writ), Sport |
It's not over until it's over.
Posted by Justine at 8:56, September 12th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
Hayden and Langer went off for the light. Are you bloody kidding me? Are they insane? Unbelievable. Sack Ponting.
Posted by Justine at 10:33, September 9th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
Day One of the last test of the Ashes. I reckon we're ahead and it's all cause of that cricket God,
Shane Warne.
That is all.
Posted by Justine at 13:05, September 8th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
So England need 129 runs to win and have 41 overs and a whole day to do it in . . .
Just a flesh wound. We've still got our teeth! We'll bite you to death!
Gulp.
Posted by Justine at 10:27, August 28th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
The follow on has been enforced. England cricket fans are in transports of delights. Clearly they've forgotten 1981 Headingley---a test match can be won by the side what has had the follow on enforced on their arses. Taint over!
Do I begrudge the English their gloating? Well, of course, I do! They're England. The enemy! I shall have to lie back and think of cricket and wait for the reasons for their gloat to dissipate. The sound of Australia getting their batting shit together is helping a great deal!
What a cool day of cricket it's been thus far! Many wickets fallen, many runs scored. If only, only, only I could be seeing it on the tellie and not just listening to ...
Posted by Justine at 10:35, August 27th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
Bugger writing, I'm off to see the
dinosaurs with
Scott and
Cat.
Someone else loves the
Liberty almost as much as I do.
Our Shane's talking big about us crushing England in the fourth test. On ya, Shane!
Enjoy your day. See youse later!
Posted by Justine at 10:26, August 24th, 2005 under Basketball, Cricket, New York City/USA, Sport, Viewing |
A
month back I confidently announced that the
New York Liberty would make the 2005
WNBA playoff season. This has now come to pass. The Liberty are on a
five-game winning streak despite having lost
Anne Wauters, one of their top performers this year. Now it's just a battle to see whether we get homecourt advantage or not. Here's to our winning streak going on and on all the way to the WNBA finals.
I also predicted that Australia will win the Ashes and like
Michael Slater I'm sticking to that prediction. Nor do I have any of his "healthy" doubt. It'll be tough but we will do it.
Thursday sees the beginning of the fourth ...
Posted by Justine at 9:49, August 22nd, 2005 under Basketball, Cricket, Sport |
I'm suffering from post-Third Test malaise, especially as I just realised that there are only ten more days of the best Ashes series of all time left. Only ten days! And if it rains (not that
that would ever happen in England) or either Test comes to a precipitious close, then it could be less than ten days.
Sigh.
In the meantime there's plenty of cricket reading to be doing.
Much of it on Australia's inability to figure out the
mysteries of reverse swing. Here's hoping that they find their zen master of Irish. Maybe Imran Khan's available?
Posted by Justine at 13:57, August 18th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport, Whingeing |
Australia has
saved the third test and grabbed the draw. It was unbelieveable. I've never seen (actually heard) anything like it. There is no game like test cricket. Nothing compares. This is one of the most incredible Test series of all time.
Should you wish (though I can't think why you would) you can read a somewhat overexcited exchange about it between
Niki,
Jonathan and me
here.
I'm going to go take a cold shower. I'm all aquiver, I am.
Posted by Justine at 13:56, August 15th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
Miyazaki's
Spirited Away is, and I quote, "too scary! too scary! too scary!" for two year olds.
At first
Marlowe was enchanted. Then it got dark, the parents turned into pigs, and demons started appearing out of nowhere. And that was the end of Spirited Away for Marlowe. "Too scary! Too scary! Too scary!"
Never give up on the
Liberty. They always come back in the second half. (Unless they don't.) Um, Coach Coyle? How come
Erin Thorne got more minutes than
Shameka Christon?
Never give up on the Australian men's cricket team (not that I didn't already know that). Yeah, yeah, England have declared. Yeah, yeah it would be a miracle to get four hundred on ...
Posted by Justine at 19:38, August 14th, 2005 under Basketball, Cricket, Liquids, Sport, Viewing |
What
Mr Roebuck said:
Timid umpiring has cost Shane Warne at least seven wickets in this series. Repeatedly, legitimate lbw appeals have been rejected.
Couldn't have said it better meself.
And in case you were wondering: yes, I am having a shit writing day. What of it?
Posted by Justine at 15:16, August 13th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
Just as the follow-on was avoided and Warne was cruising towards a century the skies open up again. Bloody England with its bloody rain.
Update: The emaciated fourteen-over day is over and Warne finished on 78, including 6 fours and a six. Gallant Gillespie screamed along to 7. Well blocked, lad, well blocked! Australia is now only 180 runs and three wickets behind. No rain predicted for tomorrow or Monday. We can still win this! We can!
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! Warnie! Warnie! Warnie! Oi! Oi! Oi!
Posted by Justine at 11:56, August 13th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
First one ever to bag
600 wickets, top scored for Australia, and hasn't trodden on his stumps this test, nor has there been any new scandal in the past few days!! What is not to love about
Our Shane?
From the BBC site
* For the record I do not have a crush on Daniel Vettori, but a friend of mine is going to marry him when she grows up. I haven't had a crush on a cricketer since Michael Holding. Sigh.
Posted by Justine at 13:56, August 12th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
I've been receiving some mail that is a little, um, miffed that my
so-called con report doesn't talk about any of the panels and readings I attended, or people I hung out with (not true: I mentioned Russ, Darren, Fiona and Richard), or give any sense of what the con was actually like.
a) That's what my con was like: a cricketfest.
b) Sorry.
Here are people I hung out with who did write reports:
Gwenda,
Jed,
Lauren,
Scalzi.
Other than the cricket and catching up with my friends, my highlight was getting to hang out and gossip with
Connie Willis---yes, I'm a pathetic fan girl---and you know what? As good a writer as she is I ...
Posted by Justine at 10:52, August 10th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, Sport, Travelling |
Look, I know it was supposed to be all about science fiction blah blah blah, but I spent the five days of
Glasgow's WorldCon thinking, talking, breathing, and whenever possible (sadly not nearly enough) watching the cricket. Blissful. And I even had the luxury of being able to talk about it with actual Australians! Thanks to Russ and Darren and
Fiona and the rest of the many Aussies I wasn't stuck talking about it with
gloating poms preening about their victory barely snatched from the jaws of defeat. (Though to be honest my best cricket convos were with
Justina's fabulous and very English husband, Richard.)
Almost as good, I got to read about it in actual offline ...
Posted by Justine at 21:58, August 9th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, Sport, Travelling |
We're in Glasgow. It's gorgeous and fun and you just can't get bored by
Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Trip so far:
London: great (though bloody expensive) food (
Niki and
Lauren &
Andrew have been most excellent guides), brilliant markets, cheap clothes (bought the most gorgeous 15 pound skirt). It's not the city I remember, though I did get some awe-inspiring rudeness---so it hasn't completely changed. Best restaurant was David Thompson's Thai one in Soho (I forget the name). Thompson's Australia's guru of Thai food. Was wonderful watching Lauren and Andrew's delight in finally trying decent Thai food. I also gave them their very first mangosteens. Heavenly!
Glasgow: gorgeous, love all the Rennie Mackintosh everywhere. Had the most brilliant black ...
Posted by Justine at 9:31, August 4th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, Excuses, Food, Liquids, Mangosteens, Sport, Travelling |
Yes, like everyone else in the entire sf world, I will be jetting over to Glasgow to partake of science fictiony thingies for several days at the
World Science Fiction Convention. I'll hang out with me mates, meet new people, and spend a lot of time in the bar watching England being destroyed by Australia in the second test at Edgbaston. Can't wait. (I'm just sad that it won't be in an English bar. Fortunately there'll be enough English sf fans around that my gloating enjoyment of their team's destruction will have an audience. In fact I'm going to greet every new person by asking if they're English or not. And if they are, I'll say, "Cricket. Ashes. Ha ...
Posted by Justine at 12:59, July 28th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, Feminism, Liquids, Magic or Madness trilogy, Sport |
Stupid English weather with it's stupid rain. The fourth day of the first Ashes test has yet to begin. And Australia with only 5 wickets to bag. Most annoying. Better not rain tomorrow. Better not end in a draw. Bloody English weather!
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Especially as
Scott after much diligent googling found a bar in NYC that shows the cricket! Thus earning my eternal gratitude and undying devotion (not that he didn't have it already, mind). That's right, yesterday we watched the last hour of play at
Eight Mile Creek in Soho surrounded by Aussies. Most excellent. They'll be showing all of the Ashes---every day of every test---from the 5AM start till the end of the day's play ...
Posted by Justine at 10:19, July 24th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport, Tour de France, Viewing, Whingeing |
Watch the Tour on the tellie while following the cricket through the BBC's online radio and exchanging emails about it with your sister. Apparently I don't multitask well. My head hurts. Thankfully the Tour is finished for the morning and I can concentrate on the cricket.
Am really enjoying the cricket right now.
McGrath is bowling like a demon. He's already gotten fivefer. Ha ha! I knew that Australia getting out for 190 was all about the wicket, not about the bowling. Of course now that Australia is in it's all about the bowling not the wicket. No, I am not one-eyed.
Oh my, I'd forgotten about the BBC commentator---Blofeld's appallingly plummy accent. It is to gag. Ack. Ack. Ack.
Update: ...
Posted by Justine at 11:30, July 21st, 2005 under Cricket, Listening, Sport, Tour de France, Whingeing |
Posted by Justine at 15:15, July 2nd, 2005 under Cricket, How To Ditch Your Fairy, Sport, Whingeing |
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Posted by Justine at 16:21, June 30th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
England have to make 35 runs an over in order to win. They have but one wicket left. I'd call that a pretty difficult situation. Though, they could hit a six off every remaining ball, so it's not technically impossible.
I feel so much better. The world is not spinning out of control. The curse has been lifted. Yes, it's only pyjama cricket, but I'll take it! I just hope this Australian victory doesn't mean the Pistons will lose tonight. Nope, not superstitious, me.
Life is good.
Update: now it's 61 runs an over. Yup, that's impossible. And now it's 73. And now, 120. Now 177. Aren't numbers fun? And then the
match was over. Woo hoo!
Update 2: My superstitious fear was ...
Posted by Justine at 17:18, June 23rd, 2005 under Basketball, Cricket, Sport |
Once Daughters was banished from my life, yesterday was all basketball all the time. First up: off to Madison Square Garden to watch the Liberty
make easy work of destroying the San Antonio Silver Stars. We invited two friends of ours who've never seen the Liberty play. I believe we have a couple of converts. Yay!
And then home to watch the final quarter of the sixth game of the NBA finals where the men's San Antonio team was also beaten. Dee-troit! Bas-ket-baaall!
Now if only the cricket would start doing what I want it to!
Posted by Justine at 9:25, June 22nd, 2005 under Basketball, Cricket, Daughters of Earth, Sport |
At least until the
dread curse has been lifted.
Four losses in a row? That's inconceivable! (And, yes, I do know what that word means.)
My sister's Monday just got a whole lot worse . . .
Posted by Justine at 15:50, June 19th, 2005 under Cricket, Sport |
I adore the way the oz media runs articles on sledging for the sole purpose of repeating some of the choicer examples.
This one's my current favourite 'cause it doesn't bother pretending to be against it, plus it repeats my favourite anti-
W. G. Grace sledge.
What do you reckon my chances are of getting some sledging going on science fiction panels at this year's
WorldCon? That'd liven them up quicksmart, not to mention preventing
Gwenda's death declaration from coming true.
Posted by Justine at 9:19, June 13th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Cricket, Frippery, Sport |
