Life
Alder Park Sports Club AGM
I’ve got my first AGM as Treasurer of Alder Park Sports Club this morning, and whilst I’ll be delivering a positive report, my nerves are an absolute train wreck this morning…
Update:
Well that was a major non-event! To hold the meeting we needed to reach a quorum of 25 members, only 16 members showed, including 7 of 9 Board Members.
So now we reconvene next Sunday and as long as more than 2 people arrive, the meeting will go ahead.
Dental temptation…
You know you’re having a challenging day, amongst a challenging week, when you’re tempted to say yes to an offer of an earlier dentist appointment when they call you.
Life Membership at New Lambton Eagles Football Club
At New Lambton Eagles’ end of season presentation event yesterday, I was awarded Life Membership.
It’s brilliant to be recognised for the contribution I’ve made to the Club over the last 10 years. I think I’ve held just about every position in the Club, from when Travis was in MiniRoos in 2015 through to Under 15’s PYL now.
In that time I’ve been a Coach, Manager, Registrar, Groundsmen, Uniform Coordinator, Equipment Coordinator, Game Day Coordinator, Social Media Coordinator, Premier Youth League Boys Coordinator, Club Photographer, IT/IS Manager, and Vice President.
Crazy! 🤪
Looking forward, I’d like to keep doing the VP role for another year, along with having greater involvement in the NPL Men’s Program. We’ll see what shakes out at the AGM next month, which sort of times in with the new NPL Men’s squad’s first session.
Go the Eagles! 🦅
🎥 Watched: Leave the World Behind
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.Leave the World Behind on IMDB
Netflix has the worst volume differential between the dialogue and the music in their movies.
If you adjust the volume so the music doesn’t blow your ears out, you can’t hear the dialogue, so you turn it up and some more music plays and it’s loud as fuck!
Ugh I’m so old! 😜
⚽️ Arsenal 4 - 2 Leicester
Good win by The Arsenal over Leicester last night, especially with Manchester City drawing with Newcastle!
Green Day in Sydney
Green Day in Sydney for $500 – is dynamic pricing reserving live music for the rich?
Showing my age here, and then some, when I first saw Green Day way back in about 1996 at the Hordern Pavilion I paid about $25 for the ticket!
🎥 Watched: Rebel Ridge
Everyone, except Don Johnson, mumble their lines throughout the entire movie! 🤯
An ex-Marine grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief.Rebel Ridge on IMDB.
Sea Scallops from 8 at Trinity
Sea Scallops with celeriac, pine nuts, blackcurrants, lemon, brown butter, parsley oil & chives (gf) from 8 at Trinity.
Super darn tasty!
🎥 Watched: Boy Kills World
I love H. Jon Benjamin doing the voice of boy!
A fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.Boy Kills World on IMDB.
NSW RFS hazard reduction burn
Looking north west from off of Carey Bay at the smoke from the NSW RFS hazard reduction burn at the old Cooranbong Colliery.
Surviving on Strepsils, LemSip, and water currently. Nose is running like a tap, coughing and spluttering every couple of minutes. Good times! 🤒
Pretty much frustrated with everything at the moment. 🤷♂️
Went fishing today, caught a pike on a Samaki vibe, got it alongside the boat and as I was netting it, it chewed through the braid. No fish, no lure, just me holding a rod in one hand and a net in the other, wondering what just happened…
Who would you like to talk to soon?
My therapist. 🤯
“If I had your gun in my hand, I’d be dead tonight, I have glorious plans”
The Amity Affliction - Show Me Your God
The more I seem to put out there, the more I give the world and people in my sphere, the more they take. Makes sense…
But equally, the more I give, the less I’m offered and therefore the less I receieve.
It’s a shit equation.
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A bit of rain headed our way… 🛥️
Took the lad out fishing on the lake today, caught a few tailor and a solid flathead. Marked a couple of new spots too, keen to give them another try and see if they’re as productive…
No longer am I going above and beyond, not since it’s become expected and not valued.
I’m going to spend the next few days deleting myself from Meta properties, along with LinkedIn.
Time to withdraw for a while.
Frustrating when you give someone advice, but not the answer they were hoping for, so they get offended and disagree. 🤷♂️
Now that COVID has been over in Australia for the best part of 12 months, you’d be forgiven for thinking people would return to their offices, but no, everyone is working from home still and complaining that I play music with a bit of volume during the day, when people would normally be at their offices…
It’s quite frustrating when you’re not allowed to be yourself even in your own home.
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