Day 22 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available.
I’ve always watching and playing sport. As a kid, I tried most sports that entered my world view. I can remember playing:
volleyball cricket basketball tennis football (Australian Rules) soccer baseball swimming athletics (I loved high jump, hated running) The sports I really enjoyed were cricket and basketball. If I’d had a better experience with cricket, I probably would have stuck at it longer.
Day 21 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available.
adjective
(of a feeling, especially love) not returned: he’s been pining with unrequited love.
Who set these prompts anyway? That guy should be put to the sword for this one. I can’t think of anything to write about ‘unrequited’.
A couple of days ago I wrote some thoughts on love. So this post could be those thoughts, unreturned?
Day 20 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available.
You gotta fight
for your right
to party!
My thanks to The Beastie Boys for their guest introduction.
I’m not a fighter; never have been. I recall Jason Bulpitt (may he Rest In Peace) squaring up to me in the school playground one day. I countered by being a smart-arse, running my mouth. Intelligent diatribe was my competitive advantage - not fist fights.
Day 19 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available.
Love is a super-complicated topic. I know I love my wife, I love my kids. But truth be told, I don’t know how I know that I love them.
I know that I love, in a technical sense. Yet I only feel it rarely. To be fair, I do occasionally experience an overwhelming sense of affection that pulls at my insides.
Microblogvember: We have seen our intense hot weather in Perth abate but since it’s not even summer yet, I know it will be back. I look forward to summer through winter, and then it arrives… it doesn’t live up to the hype!
Day 18 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available.
I’m not a gamer; this month I unsubscribed from Apple Arcade because I wasn’t playing any of the games on offer despite a number of them being good. It’s an opportunity cost issue. There are only so many hours in a day and I find enjoyment doing other things ahead of gaming… most of the time.
Day 17 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available.
I’m not one for parties; my introversion means I’m diametrically opposed to them.
Having said that, I’m actually attending a party this afternoon/evening. It is a 60th birthday celebration though and should be a nice one. It is incorporating a showing of Blade Runner. I haven’t seen that movie in about 20 years, so I’m interested to see my interpretation of it now.
Day 16 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available.
Our family might be about to lose our second animal of the year to old age. Our Standard Poodle, Jeff, is not holding up so well. He has developed large cysts under his skin, his teeth are wearing out and now he seems to have hurt his paw.
Earlier this year we had to say goodbye to our Airedale Terrier, Indi.
Day 15 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available.
About three years ago we did a house renovation. We had our kitchen gutted and rebuilt, our bathrooms reconfigured, wood floors sanded and interior walls painted, and a new front deck.
A huge job already was made bigger because we had to move all of our furniture into storage and move our family into a short-term rental for the duration of the project.
