I am finding so many fun Harry Potter things on Buzz Feed but cant find a way to share them on my blog - arg!
here is a video I saw on there, I can atleast share this as it is on youtube!
a funny video of a woman making a flaming butterbeer - i think my favourite part is at the end where she appears to think it is Sir Ian Mckellan who plays Dumbledore!
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Team Unicorn all the way!
Well I have been very busy/lazy and haven't updated this for a while, so have a little bit to catch up on.
Last weekend was fantastic. I went to the Sydney Roller Derby - Pulp Friction - with my closest friends. The team I had chosen to make 'my team' - the Beauty School Knockouts - weren't playing in the main bout so I decided to support Team Unicorn - the Horny Rollers, predominantly as their Jammer, Winnie Bruise, is just phenominal.
So my bestie and I made rainbow tutu style skirts (Team Unicorn colours are rainbow) so we could show our support for the unicorns. I was still only half heartedly in support of the Unicorns, like I said, I liek their jammer but didnt really know enough about them otherwise to mind if they won or lost....well, that's how I felt BEFORE the bout started anyway!
As the teams took to the track with their introductory performances I found myself becoming more excited for team unicorn - who wouldnt love a performance that starts with 'Somewhere over the rainbow' and ends with 'born this way' by lady Gaga? However the real excitement began with the commencement of the first jam. With Winnie Bruise in as Jammer she flew past the pack in her typical fashion and proceeded to clock up the first points for the Unicorns.
At this point I was still cheering more for Winniw than for the Unicorns as a whole, but as time progressed and I watched the other girls play I began to feel an affinity with the rest of the players - Miss Sin Doll was another great jammer and Captain Ratz and the Mighty Toosh were great blockers!
With each passing moment I felt myself becoming more excited when the Unicorns would score (or prevent the D'Viants from scoring) and more and more tense if the Unicorns weren't lead jammers or if the D'Viants scored.
by the end of the game i found myself doing something i have never done with any sporting match - I REALLY cared about who won! I was cheering - SCREAMING for the Unicorns. I was on the edge of my seat, I was tense, i was nervous, I was completely immersed in the game!
With 3 minutes left on the clock the D'Viants had come from behind to take a 28 point lead - it didn't seem that the Unicorns would be able to come back from that. I was sitting on the edge of my seat, cheerign with all my might as Miss Sin Doll proved me wrong and clocked up a 29 point jam to bring the unicorns ahead by 1 point with 20 secondes left on the clock! A final Jam with Winnie Bruise in as lead jammer sealed the deal, ensuring a victory for the Unicorns - who thus retained their undefeated status.
the next bout on 6th August will determin who will face the unicorns in the final - personally I dont mind who it is. After the way I felt last Saturday night I know my blood runs rainbow - Team Unicorn through and through!
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Last weekend was fantastic. I went to the Sydney Roller Derby - Pulp Friction - with my closest friends. The team I had chosen to make 'my team' - the Beauty School Knockouts - weren't playing in the main bout so I decided to support Team Unicorn - the Horny Rollers, predominantly as their Jammer, Winnie Bruise, is just phenominal.
So my bestie and I made rainbow tutu style skirts (Team Unicorn colours are rainbow) so we could show our support for the unicorns. I was still only half heartedly in support of the Unicorns, like I said, I liek their jammer but didnt really know enough about them otherwise to mind if they won or lost....well, that's how I felt BEFORE the bout started anyway!
As the teams took to the track with their introductory performances I found myself becoming more excited for team unicorn - who wouldnt love a performance that starts with 'Somewhere over the rainbow' and ends with 'born this way' by lady Gaga? However the real excitement began with the commencement of the first jam. With Winnie Bruise in as Jammer she flew past the pack in her typical fashion and proceeded to clock up the first points for the Unicorns.
At this point I was still cheering more for Winniw than for the Unicorns as a whole, but as time progressed and I watched the other girls play I began to feel an affinity with the rest of the players - Miss Sin Doll was another great jammer and Captain Ratz and the Mighty Toosh were great blockers!
With each passing moment I felt myself becoming more excited when the Unicorns would score (or prevent the D'Viants from scoring) and more and more tense if the Unicorns weren't lead jammers or if the D'Viants scored.
by the end of the game i found myself doing something i have never done with any sporting match - I REALLY cared about who won! I was cheering - SCREAMING for the Unicorns. I was on the edge of my seat, I was tense, i was nervous, I was completely immersed in the game!
With 3 minutes left on the clock the D'Viants had come from behind to take a 28 point lead - it didn't seem that the Unicorns would be able to come back from that. I was sitting on the edge of my seat, cheerign with all my might as Miss Sin Doll proved me wrong and clocked up a 29 point jam to bring the unicorns ahead by 1 point with 20 secondes left on the clock! A final Jam with Winnie Bruise in as lead jammer sealed the deal, ensuring a victory for the Unicorns - who thus retained their undefeated status.
the next bout on 6th August will determin who will face the unicorns in the final - personally I dont mind who it is. After the way I felt last Saturday night I know my blood runs rainbow - Team Unicorn through and through!
Monday, 4 July 2011
Yoga... how i have missed thee!
Years ago when I used to go to fitness first gym, I attended the yoga classes of a wednesday night. I had been to other yoga classes, and whilst I have always enjoyed doing yoga, the classes at the gym never really impressed me. But when I went to the Wednesday night classes, run by a man named Nigel, I was blown away. Never had I enjoyed a class so much! He made something that I already loved even more enjoyable! It is hard to pin-point exactly what it is about his class that made it so good, it was just what he brought to it that made it so superior to those taught by other instructors. He REALLY knew what he was doing, he would demonstrate but also walk around the class to personally help each individual, he had a calming voice without sounding fake or having that deliberate "yoga/meditation" tone to his voice, and the poses he does in his class are just excellent.
Well, one day the gym cancelled the Wednesday night yoga class. I dont know why, it certianly wasn't due to lack of numbers as the class was always full. Regardless of the reason, the class was cancelled and I was devistated! This was around 4 years ago. Last week while at the gym I happened to notice a sign that said "Monday night Yoga with Nigel" - well did my eyes light up!!! surely it must be the same Nigel!
So tonight off I went to the gym, full of excitement, and I wasn't disappointed! it WAS the same Nigel and the class was every bit as excellent as I remember it being! I came home very happy tonight! If only it was on more than once a week!
Well, one day the gym cancelled the Wednesday night yoga class. I dont know why, it certianly wasn't due to lack of numbers as the class was always full. Regardless of the reason, the class was cancelled and I was devistated! This was around 4 years ago. Last week while at the gym I happened to notice a sign that said "Monday night Yoga with Nigel" - well did my eyes light up!!! surely it must be the same Nigel!
So tonight off I went to the gym, full of excitement, and I wasn't disappointed! it WAS the same Nigel and the class was every bit as excellent as I remember it being! I came home very happy tonight! If only it was on more than once a week!
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