What I've been doing

What is new with me you ask. Nothing I say! Got back from my 8 day camp trip with "special" kids. Wasn't too bad of a trip. It only rained once and despite not sleeping in a tent I only got slightly wet. Kids weren't too bad considering. The worst that happened was the boys peeing on each others things before bed. It is so odd, if someone had peed on my things at any time in my life I would have been bordering on rage. However, these guys found it funny. Not fun though laying in bed hearing the sound of pee and wondering if you should do the responsible thing and check on the boys... I didn't.

On the "Where in the World is Danny Mitchell?" front. Well, I've decided to head back to the Great White North come the end of December. If I can work it I might stay till late January to soak up a little sun, but we'll see.

Soccer is still going desperately bad. Presently I am sitting out a one game suspension because of a tete-a-tete with some jackass. This made the kids very happy at school.

Things I like this week
Saw a friend win $50 on the VLT machine, so I put in $1 and won myself $95.

The Toronto Blue Jays appear to continue to play respectively.

I won this weeks Footy tipping pool at school. You wouldn't know it from this week, but I don't even gamble.

Things I Don't Like This Week

The pain in both my knees just doesn't seem to go away. I can't lift my legs up while sitting in a chair and straighten them.

Like everyone else, the continuous oil leak. That is a lot of fossil fuels leaking up to the surface

That every weekend isn't a long weekend. How the world would be a better place with 4 days on and three days off.

A Quiet Chuckle

"Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs."
-- Christopher Hampton

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's to all the moms out there. Particularly to my mother... miss you mom. Love D

Being a Health Teacher

You may or may not know that I am a health teacher and in my expertise the cement dome covering the huge u.s. oil spill seems more like a diaphragm and a lot less like a dome.

Trip to Greece

I haven't looked on the internet for any flights and this is totally a wild guess, but I bet you can get a good deal on a holiday resort in Greece.

I find these riots in Greece interesting. I bet there are many people who are rioting, are the same people who voted for those incompetent and corrupt officials. Many of the kids at school say that politics is boring and that it doesn't have anything to with them. Well in Australia, registered voters are required to vote or they are fined, which is exhibit number one as to why you should vote. Exhibit two is if you aren't actively engaged in the political process and allow politicians to do what they did in Greece they can have devastating results.

Just One Game

What I would do to just watch one play-off hockey game. How great it would have been to watch the Habs knock off the Capitals. If I remember correctly I believe it was Ovechkin, who during the World junior Hockey Championships, taunted the Canadian team as he scored an empty net goal. Now every time he loses it quietly makes me smile inside.

Had to turn the heat on for the first time... summer and fall are officially done. Here comes the winter.

I'm off for a week long walkabout with naughty kids in the Flinders Range next week. Looking forward to it, except for when it is Saturday and Sunday and I'm still working. We don't sleep with tents, but rather under the stars... cross your fingers and hope it doesn't rain.

I wish I could tell you something interesting, but Mount Gambier has dulled my mind. I no longer think for myself. The most interesting thought I had today was in regards to the Australian Fashion Week. Apparently, rather than reserving the front row for Fashion Magazine Editors and writters, they opened some spaces for bloggers. Not surprisingly a veteran fashion writer suggested that bloggers do not have the experience to comment on the clothing. It might just be me, but I'm pretty sure anyone can comment on clothing and justify what they are saying. Whilst still leave room for the writers to comment on whether things are good or bad and why that might be.

Things I Like This Week

My least enjoyable class has been rather pleasant as of late.

A friends 60th birthday, which should make for an enjoyable Friday evening

Things I Do Not Like

I saw someone hit another person in the head with a skateboard.

I'm questioning whether the majority of todays youth are able to think for themselves

Pre-Season Finale

The other team 4, us 0. Thank goodness the pre-season is over. I'm playing soccer with a group of 16-20-year-olds. The fail to understand that trying to be all fancy with the ball does not normally lead to victory. This is particularly the case when while being fancy, they fail to play defense.

I almost forgot

Guess who has tickets to the Powderfinger concert in September?? Go on, take a guess.

A few quick thoughts

Until recently I had completely forgotten how good shish kabobs were. The best part is when my parents made them, there was never enough. Now I can just make as many as I want... so good.

How the world would be a better place if everyone had 3 day weekends.

Went to a funeral of one of my baseball teammates this morning (Saturday morning). A very nice service, but certainly one of the last things you want to do to start off the weekend (or any other day for that matter).

Tomorrow is only the third soccer game of the year. We are still playing in the pre-season cup and already I've had enough soccer. This is not a good sign for the upcoming season.

Starting to look an awful lot like I'll be returning to the Great White North at the end of the year.