Wednesday, October 31, 2007

the witches HAT

yes. i spelled it like that for a reason. the witches HAT is a frisbee tournament that my ulti team organized this past weekend. primarily as a fundraiser to help with the cost of going to nationals, it was an all around good time. save the weater, which was crap. really. crap!

HAT tournaments in ulti are fun because you register as a player, state your skill level and are then assigned to a team. the point is to keep it fun and to keep the teams well balanced (ie, your team won't likely dominate every game). the only real factor that played into not doing well, was the weather. honestly!

living in australia, i feel that i am allowed to expect warm, sunny weather. really, am i so wrong to think that? i didn't think so. perth has had it's first real winter in about 5-10 years or something (so i'm quote ALLLLLLL the time) but "we need the rain" so you feel a bit guilty saying anything about it. well, it's now officially spring time and it's supposed to be getting nicer. ie, less rain, more sun. and it has on occasion, but a day here and there does not count as sunny and hot weather to me. no siree. needless to say, the weather last week was cool and sunny leading up to the weekend, where it proceeded to blow a gale, rain and be overall aweful. it hailed, if you can believe it. only for about 1 minute, at which point it all melted away. but still! anyhow, the wind took over many a game at the tournament and caused quite a few dropped discs and such.

our team made a bit of money off of it (we hope) and even better, i won a case of beer (for john and elliot) in the raffle. i only mention this because i have NEVER won ANYTHING, other then the occasional free lottery ticket when i buy one. john and elliot were happy when i brought it home. i'm happy because i feel like my luck may be changing. apparently it's time for me to buy the lotto ticket again...

interesting thing about halloween here (to change the subject)... it's not very popular. at all. at no point did i see signs up anywhere about halloween parties at bars with prizes for best costumes. nor did i see any "halloween sized" candy bags at the stores for sale to give to trick-or-treaters. nor did i see any pumpkins for sale (proper ones. not squash- refer to a lesson in australian-ese). no scary decorations outside houses. nothing. which, to tell you the truth, doesn't really upset me all that much. whilst i loved halloween as a child, i became less and less of a fan of it as i got older. and seeing how unpopular it is here reminds me what a gluttonus (sp?) country we live in. i do feel a bit bad for amy, because apparently she's a big fan of halloween. ah well, there's always next year, right?

john's friend gregor (from scotland) came to visit with his *new* wife. they got married 3 weeks ago and have been on tour / honeymoon in australia ever since. they managed a few days in perth before flying out, so we managed to spend a bit of time with them. not too much, unfortunately, as john is swamped with school and i'm excessively busy during hours that people like to hang out (that's what happens when you work mornings and nights...)

that's it in a nutshell (no, this is me in a nutshell: "how did i get in this nutshell")
xo

1 Comments:

Blogger Arpad Gerecsey said...

No Halloween here either michelle... but they have something called "sint maarten" on the 11-11 and kids make lanterns then go out in the dark and sing special songs at peoples doors. Then they get - yes - candies... Apparently long ago, oranges and raisins were enough - which is what i left outside my door since i wanted to walk with the kids too... needless to say, bar a couple of raisin boxes - no one took anything... Lx

12:11 p.m.

 

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