Well, better start with the important bit. As many of you already know, I did win the House of Football video competition with my sad video, so I am off to Rotterdam for the final of Euro 2000. Am going to take Paul Chambers (Allan & Jackie's son) with me. Diana quite happy not to go, doesn't like football, would rather go to Italy and Greece, and someone has to mind the kids (Elsie will be on the Gold Coast). The final of Euro 2000 is 2nd July, which is Paul's birthday. He is nuts about soccer. Would love to take Rory but it is too much and too scary for a seven year old (a stadium filled with 50,000 screaming fans). Rory is okay with not going and wants a technic destroyer droid. Hannahs wants a dutch barbie, means Ken only pays for half of everything. Diana wants diamonds. Yeah, right. They might all get bus timetables and suspicious cookie.
No idea of what route I am going, but if I go via Singapore, might say hi to Roger, or if we go other way might be able to pop in to you, Paul.
Thursday night was very stressful, mostly knew I was in the final about Tuesday, thought there were three or four finalists, only two as it turned out. They tossed a sodding coin, I love heads now. I was wearing the Newcastle shirt that I won on House of Football a while back (Ross says there must only be three people who watch the show). This is now my lucky shirt. I was pretty rapt, I set out to do an award winning video and it did win an award. Paul is pretty rapt too, told him if I won I would take him the night before and he was trying to convince himself that it wouldn't win. Half a mind to not take him because he didn't believe in me.
So far, Sky hasn't cost anything with the prizes I have won. Will try to keep it up.
Anyway, Mothers Day. Hmmmmmm.
Mitre 10 were promoting a power drill for the butch mother.
K'Rd sex shops were offering strap-ons for the kinky mother.
Hugh Wrights were discounting suits for the cross-dressing mother.
The Caci clinic was offering a package, a liposuction and wrinkle removal voucher, plus police protection and a one way ticket to South America for the gift giver (sensible I thought).
Some stores were selling Easter eggs for those who were running a bit late.
Diana got some stuff. We went out to lunch with Granny as it was her birthday as well.
Looks promising on the mouse prevention front, now we just have the neighbours kitten to deal with but Mum seems to have run out of chloroform (don't ask, you don't want to know).
Earlier in the week, details were released of the police officer who shot the window smasher. He was part maori so all the racist shit went out the window. He was an experienced officer, and it sounds like he was backed against a glass shop front and had little choice. Fact is, if the guy had stayed home he wouldn't be dead. Sorry, uncharitable but there you are.
Scott Watson, convicted for murdering Ben & Olivia, had his appeal turned down. A book on the thing was then released immediately.
An Auckland man got his genitals caught in a belt sander. Fireman were called in to free him. One firefighter said "I felt a bit of a prick, actually". The man was unharmed, the belt sander will have counselling. One news reader was fitted for a truss after rupturing himself trying to suppress laughter whilst reading the story.
A 12yo schoolboy got his bag stuck in the door of a bendy-bus and was dragged under the wheels and killed. Police are investigating as they think someone deliberately held onto his bag. Firefighters were not required.
Police in Christchurch and Dunedin have run out of the stickers that say nobody under 25 should be driving, these are stuck on cars to prevent theft. Amazing, parents tell these kids that stealing cars isn't nice, but it doesn't work. Then a sticker stops them. Maybe if they were given a stamp on their hand for every car they don't steal? Anyway, they are talking about doing it in Auckland but they need sponsorship to pay for the stickers. I assume an insurance company would do it.
They seem to think the honeymoon is over for the government. Didn't ever start if you ask me. At least now they are starting to piss off normal people, not just people like me. Helen Clark must have changed her brand of embalming fluid.
Burton Shipley was on radio over weekend, had to choose three songs. "Fat Bottomed Girls" was one of them. Not sure if Tank Commander Spice would be happy about that. A laugh, though.
Not a good weekend for rugby. Every NZ side lost, a first this year and possibly in Super 12 history. ACT plays the Cats, Crusaders versus Highlanders in semis. Highlanders are pathetic. ACT might win I think (the final, I mean). Only two games this weekend and no football.
I think FIFA should seriously consider suing anyone who uses the term "football" that isn't to do with soccer. Rugby and League both have other names and don't need to use the football word. In any case, it is more like handball in both games. I think I will send a letter to Sepp Blatter.
The Warriors actually won. The new Manly-North team must be crap. On a weekend where we can't win a single rugby game, that won't hurt them.
The Orcas won 1-0 at Walker park. Rory did well, other team never looked like scoring. 11th grade drew 2-2 after being 1-0 down within a minute and clawing their way to a 2-1 lead before letting the ball into the net in the dying minutes. Other team was second on the table.
Wimbledon lost 2-0 to Southampton, and are out of the premier league. Bradford beat Liverpool 1-0, so Liverpool don't manage to play in the champions league next year. Liverpool haven't scored a goal in about five games. Leeds sneak in courtesy of a 0-0 draw with West Ham. ManU beat Aston Villa 1-0, Chelsea 4-0 over Darby County, Middlesborough beat Everton 2-0, Newcastle beat Arsenal 4-2. That's it for the season, FA Cup final about all that is left.
No more until August. By the way, NZ has dropped to 107 in the latest Fifa world rankings. Brazil still 1. Czech Rep is 2.
NZ Under 23 team plays South Africa this Friday night for Olympic qualifying. Will be nearly impossible, Quinton Fortune, who plays for Manchester United, is in the team, plus others who play in Europe. Wish we were playing Zimbabwe or Sierra Leone. Half the players would have legs missing.
Weather has been mostly crap, finally starting to fall to pieces. We had water coming in through ceiling in kitchen and my office Thursday night. Getting four new sheets of tin on the roof (after the crap ones have been painted and everything) today.
Showed the kids how to make pom-poms. Their reaction to finished product - "Looks just like a koosh ball!". Who'd have thought. Bought Episode 1 on video yesterday, Rory pretty happy with that, been talking about it for a while. Took the kids for a bike ride, 3km we went (my bike has a thingie on it that Diana gave me, sound like Yoda, I do). Couple of things on the wall, I put up. A heater for the linen cupboard (yes, they actually make them and people buy them) and a toilet brush (all glamour in my weekends, innit). Now the floors in the bathroom/laundry are completely in, we have lots of things to put up, attach, reinstate, etc.
Anyway, will try to sort out my travel this week. Nothing to look forward to at all. Hannah goes on trip to Museum today. Diana has a thing with the Warriors for work tomorrow.
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