Crazy Quidditch Finals Night Extravaganza

Waitwaitwait is this the first quidditch post I've ever done?!? I was planning one ages ago, must have forgotten. I shall have to do a general informative one soon.

BUT FOR NOW, the finals.

We came into the finals night ranked 4th out of 5 teams. We had to win 3 games to get into the grand finals.

So we played the Dirigible Plums, and beat them pretty convincingly. Then after a bit of a break we played the Death Eaters - our previous nemeses - because, shock horror, they were beaten by the Fizzing Whizbees in the Qualifying semi!! It was a close one. As was our game against them - we were neck & neck but our super-seeker (on his debut night) managed to snatch the snitch & bring us a win.

Then we were up against the Fizzing Whizbees. This was another close and messy game. In fact, it's all getting a bit blurry in my memory, as they were all fairly close and messy. ha. Anyway, the snitch came out, our seeker got bludgered and had to go back to the goals, the other seeker kept going but was soon taken out by a beater from our team. They headed back to the goals, the snitch headed that way as well, the seeker doubled back and got him, and the whistle blew.

Most of us thought that was the end. Except for our beaters and a couple of the refs, who argued that the opposing team's seeker had never fully gone back to his goals before darting back after the snitch. So the snitch capture was canceled and the game continued, finishing with a snitch capture by our seeker!! So we won! Crazy unexpected.

But now we were in the grand finals. Up against the Whomping Willows. They had a couple of ace chasers who slammed in 5 goals before we could counter any. We got a couple, then they got another, then we got another, and so on (I got 3 - woot! good passing from Chris) until the score was something like 80-60 their way, us still with a chance of winning if we got the snitch. But we didn't. The Whomping Willows remained undefeated the entire tournament!!

Either way, it was well fought by everyone. A lot of controversy, a lot of crashes (I was sent flying several times - no pun intended ;), and lot of fun. All the things that make Quidditch AWESOME.

And after 4 games in the one night, I am sooooooooo ready for bed.

True Story.

So two days ago (I can't believe I forgot to tell this story yesterday!) I went for a walk.

I went up some hills and down some hills and found a stream and tried to keep my shoes dry and found some dead ends and no-right-turns and blah blah blah.

I was halfway home, when.....................................................

I found 20 bucks!

True story.

Toilet wall #2

This is a bit of a random post. It relates to a post from last year observing the history evident on the walls of the toilet in a house I used to live in, in S.A.

And it has had a makeover, as I discovered in my last visit. My historian urges kicked in - "I must record this!!" - so here it is:




Probably the coolest thing is actually the quotes on the bits of paper, so it's a bit of a pity they're too small to read.

Here are a couple of interesting ones:

"We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give" - Winston Churchill

"Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution" - Anthony D'Angelo

30-day challenge

also, I've decided I'm going to post every day for a month. Just for the heck of it - and helped by the fact that I don't have much uni for the first 6 weeks of semester - yay!!

I don't have any particular idea of what I'll post, so it'll be just as much of a suprise to me as it will be to you!

wish me luck..

Bagful of joy

I wanted to show you my fun new bag I made:

It's from a pattern by Anna Maria Horner which my lovely friend Jodi bought and then made a bag from.. and inspired me.

(looks brighter with the flash, hey)

Pockets!

I made the strap extendable:

Added a fabric rose out of the scraps:

A little bit tricky, but so much fun to make! And I love the orange-ness.

In other news, it's a sunny sunny sunny sunny day today (I had to say it at least that many times to express my joy at the sun's glorious golden presence (and the conspicuous absence of black and bursting rain clouds!).

I went for a walk and discovered new and exciting patches of wilderness (in the midst of the suburbs, no less). Little drippy mossy gullies all overgrown and strung with glinting cobwebs.

Here are some cheery nasturtiums I picked on the way:

:)

night of a thousand coughs, or why I'm up so late blogging

I can't sleep. The little tickling, rasping beast hidden somewhere in my larynx won't let me. So I thought I'd update you on some stuff:

I'm on holidays! yay!!! man, if you ever feel in need of a holiday, just take up university. It's great for that.
So now I'm in sunny little Strathalbyn, the Antiques capital of South Australia: cut in two by a prettily meandering little river, dotted with old stone buildings and delightful cafes, and current residence of a disproportionately large bunch of the world's best people.

This week I have:
-Had coffee(s) with friends (and the best hot chocolate _ever_ from the Appleseed cafe)
-Wandered rainy Rundle st mall and sung songs to strangers
-Picked and squeezed a hundred lemons (give or take), ready for cooking all-things-lemon tomorrow :)
-walked, run & skipped along the river
-made new friends
-coughed (a lot)
-baked choc & walnut cookies
-been entertained by a friend's band in The Shed hangout space - along with a gang of young Strath punks
-drunk copious amounts of tea in the kitchen, with any number and combination of the constant stream of people
-written two cards
-started reading three books

That's all I can think of for now.

My throat seems to be settling (lemon and honey tea is my hero!), so I'll leave you with a quote from the toilet door:

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

- Albert Einstein

Our chain of thankfulness: very pastel, very happyhappyjoyjoys, very fun.

...couldn't resist