The beautiful game

No matter what you say, goals as surprising and spectacular as this could not happen in any other sport.

Amazing!

Five for Friday no. 32

Ok, going for a bit of an Olympic theme today.

Best Olympic Closing Ceremony wrap-up ever. Enjoy all the moments and then laugh it up big at no.25. The best of the lot!

And because I can't let it go: the 33 best gifs of the London Olympics.

What if every sport were photographed like beach volleyball. This may be a series of ... interesting ... photographs, but it does, in a strange way, make a valid point. Why is this one sport so objectified?

Rhythmic Gymnastics is my favourite Olympic sport but it is barely shown in Australia. So here are some videos for the uninitiated.

This is the promo video for the Group All Round Final - just to give you a taste.



This is the full reply of the All round group qualification final (long video but Stunning!)

The gold medal-winning individual performance by Russia's Evgenia Kanaeva.

And, finally, the other glamour sport of the Olympics: synchronised swimming.

Five for Friday no. 30

One timely entry for the week: 88 years of Olympic Games logo design.

25 of Australia's best fashion blogs.

Adorable rock, paper, scissors necklace.

Dammit, this tumblr makes me laugh in a desk-shaking way.

Pixar's story rules, told in Lego.

Five for Friday no. 21

On May 25, it was International Towel Day. A day to honour Douglas Adams, author or The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and other pieces of marvellousness. In honour of their hero, Douglas Adams fans organise events all around the world and carry a towel with them for the day. Here are a list of 10 cult literary traditions.

Towel Day in Innsbruck, Austria.

Some sports that are over-due for a return to the Olympics. I vote for 'Duelling Pistols'


Texting your ex in 5 easy steps.


Google Doodles have an archive. It's pretty nifty.


Firework Fails!

A day out at the cricket

Yesterday was a certain Music Blogger’s birthday and to celebrate a group of us went to the cricket. The one day international series arrived in Brisbane with Australia vs. India, and I think there are a few more matches coming up … India vs. Sri Lanka I think … ? Sports fan me. 

 

I come from a completely non-sporty family. With the exception of the Tour de France, we neither watch nor attend sports together. So any interest I have developed in sports has happened purely be accident or outside influence and it is through the influence of a series of cricket-mad boyfriends that I have developed an interest in the great game. So I am a bit Aussie after all.

 

We started the day at the German Club to stock up on decent beer and schnitzel before squeezing into the Gabba for first ball at 1:20.

 

It wasn’t an amazing game of cricket but it was still a great day. We brought in our lolly bags, hot cross buns and bottles of water then filled any belly-holes with bad beer and yellowy hot chips.

The crowd builds up and the costumes start arriving. Even more impressive then the invisibility of Wallys was the whole section of Fred and Wilma Flintstones.

Australia opens.

The heat in our lower level seats was intense and even with sleeves, hats and sunscreen we needed to take breaks every now and again and hide away in the shade. At about 2:30 I couldn’t take it any longer and along with 2 other girls ducked over the road to Canvas for a icy cold cocktail and a rest in the air-conditioning.
I’d only been to Canvas once before but had had a delicious glass of wine and one of the best mojitos I’d ever tasted. This time on the recommendation of the bartender I got a Great Escape and it was delicious. So cold frost formed on the outside of the glass, fresh, light and just what I needed.

A Cumberland Bay and a Great Escape.

The crowd flagged a bit around 4pm as Australia wound up their innings and the intense heat of the day took its toll on us spectators. An injection of fresh people for the evening session picked us all up cheer on the Aussie bowlers and fielders as they ploughed through India’s top order batting to finish the game all out for 178 – 110 runs short of Australia's effort.

A lull from the Aussie supporters.

The crowd bakes and copes with the afternoon glare.