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golly!! old men can still ollie!!!

December 30th 2007 15:25

Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones

my sister bought a skateboard for my nephew (or maybe it was santa - not sure) for christmas. this is cool for a few reasons - one - skaters are usually the coolest kids at school, two - chicks normally dig skaters more than any others, and three - you just look smooth when you are carving up along the concrete paths and mixing in some flip tricks.

as no one else skates in my family, it was up to me to teach all the nephews how to skate. easy enough - start with the ollie which is the gateway to all skate tricks. most of my nephews picked it up or are at least on their way to picking it up. as i was teaching my young padawans, i started thinking about how cool skating used to be, but this thought was quickly reinforced with one of how much longer my bones take to heal now and that a fall really, really hurts now.. (pussy i hear you say?)

upon checking my emails, my cousin sends me through this link:

theage.com

here's my chance to rip it up again and talk about how good we were back in the day. if anything the dim sim stories sound pretty good!!

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Posted By: Jonathon - Category: Fashion

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the last box set of scrubs in the world!!!

December 29th 2007 15:09

not meaning to dampen people's spirits during the festive season, but i am a little in two minds after the recent pre christmas bullshit that i just experienced. i'm the first to be under the christmas tree on the morning of the 25th, so i am all about the present giving thang, but i also think that people need to chill out a bit when 'going through the motions' of buying gifts for others.

the first time i noticed this was on the morning of the 22nd when i went to a shopping mall with my father-in-law. this is a time of year when we should be rejoicing to be hanging out with friends and family, and even happy to be buying them a little something something to say 'hey i think you are alright' or whatever you might need to say. however all i could see while i was walking around was people with looks of numbness, or disgust, or anger even - not what was beaming off my face that's for sure.

i almost dropped my shit (but managed to refrain and ignore it) when i was challenged to the last copy of scrubs season 1 to 3. i was on the phone to my wife asking whether we should go for scrubs or arrested development when this girl over heard me say 'scrubs' and instantly became the biggest fan of the series that ever was. we both saw that there was only one copy of it left on the shelf and she starting freaking out to her friend while i was still on the phone.

so i started moving toward the counter to get one of the people to open the cabinet for me. i finish on the phone and i could feel her hovering around me like some little yappy dog about to strike when finally she says 'do you want that copy of scrubs?' and i said yes. she then says ' well i want it too,' to which i retort with ' shall we battle it out with paper, scissors, rock?' to which she didn't find it too funny. i start thinking well let's let fate decide the winner.

in the mean time her friend manages to grab one of the service dudes who unlocks the cabinet and thereby ending a terrific sneako interception!!! i obviously wasn't after it as much as she was so i walked away a little frustrated but also knowing that my old friend karma would have something to say about this so i guess i have the last laugh really.

morale of the story: know one likes a band wagon jumper....

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Posted By: Jonathon - Category: Attitudes

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why are people so unkind?

December 29th 2007 01:58

thanks to andy hamilton for the pic

we have all just gone through it..... chaotic shopping centres, full car parks, christmas bargains...... and it makes you wonder why it is exactly we all go through this 'happy' time of the year?

allow me to share a story with you about my introduction to this festive season. it was the 24th of december and i was off to my brother in law's gym to do a last workout before the feasting began. it was about 10 o'clock in the morning so both myself and brett were in good moods, however both surprised by the lack of car parks available (the gym is adjoined to a shopping centre). so we started doing the crawl around waiting to spot someone walking towards their car when we come around the corner to a complete stop as two cars are buying for the same spot. neither would give way so it was a complete stalemate.

with that the original car drives out and one of the waiting cars parks length ways in front of the car park. this begins a verbal onslaught from both parties

"you &*()head!!! we were here first!!"
"oh &*() off ya &*(), it was clearly ours!!"
"you blah blah blah......" and on it goes.

the rest of us were just stuck watching this take place. eventually one gives way and finds another park down further which prompts me think 'it's just a car park'. but it doesn't end there!! they both park at the same time, get out of their respective cars and take off into the shopping centre continuing the argument that they started in the car park. thankfully the rest of us saw the funny side to it and had to have a bit of a chuckle at the absurdity of it.

once we all got through this part of the 'yukky' christmas, it was on with the family celebrations and a distant memory of the car park shenanigans.

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