The countdown is on...

It's time to sort the men from the boys, and it's time to bring the cup back home to the West.

Apparently the Melbournians are a little put out at the lack of a Victorian presence in this years finals series - there was talk the other day of financial aid for those clubs in the AFL founding state, to help them out of the 'rut'. Whatever happened to 'may the best team win'... Is it so hard for them to believe that these interstate clubs may just be the best at the moment???

Regardless, I'll be donning the blue and gold on Saturday. The Swanees may have been able to win on a technical glitch last year, but rest assured, there's nothing standing between our boys and that cup this weekend.

Sure you don't wanna switch teams, Brett???

The Music Meme - my computer hates me. Joining in the fun of my list and apologies for my taste in music. Put your iTunes/Winamp/WMP on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.

1. How does the world see me? – Monday's Experts Weddings, Parties, Anything
2. Will I have a happy life? - Illegal Smile Serena Ryder (I'll take that as a yes)
3. What do my friends think of me? – Peaches Presidents of the USA
4. Do people secretly lust after me? – Everybody's Fool Evanescence
5. How can I make myself happy? – Drops of Jupiter Train (what the...?)
6. What should I do with my life? – White Flag Dido (I should surrender? gee, thanks)
7. Will I ever have children? – Complicated Avril Lavigne (sounds ominous...)
8. What is some good advice for me? – Gangsta's Paradise Coolio
9. How will I be remembered? – Waste Another Day Brooke Fraser
10. What's my signature dancing song? – Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head Jebediah (rotflmao)
11. What's my current theme song? – Look What You've Done Jet
12. What do others think is my current theme song? – Cows With Guns Dana Lyons (thanks guys)
13. What shall they play at my funeral? – The Special Two Missy Higgins (Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde???)
14. What type of wo/men do I like? – Gonna Take Some Time - Jimmy and Mahalia Barnes
15. How's my love life? – She’s the One - Robbie Williams (no no no no no no no!!!)

Proved that my inept culinary skills are as inept as ever last night...

It was supposed to be simple. Easy, even. Tuna mornay. Who can stuff up a tuna mornay?

It was all going so well. Lisa and I delegated with each other - she did the white sauce (the first thing that comes into my mind when I see the word 'roux' is a Parisian marsupial...), and I had the honourable task of "chucking everything else together". Unfortunately, we forgot to collaborate on the exact amount that we were making...

The result? Well, we had enough white sauce for the two of us, however I may have been a little enthusiastic with the "rest". All in all, a lovely meal with the consistency of the Dunlop tyres on my car.

Needless to say, tonight's meal was courtesy of the golden arches.

Another anniversary commemorating the attacks of 9/11 (those blasted Americans had me writing the date backwards all day at work). Reports on the radio this morning stated that a handful of patriots had gathered at the US embassy in Canberra to remember the atrocities that occurred 5 years ago. I think it's great that people want to remember, god forbid should we ever forget. But it seems that every year, the media attempts to glorify it more and more, to the point that we become almost numb - now I see the footage of the airliner striking the World Trade Centre, and don't even flinch. Nothing of that magnitude should be normalised - it even happened with the London train bombings. I just hope that we never see anything like it happen in Australia - or anywhere else again for that matter.

On a lighter note... happy that my 55c wasn't wasted voting on Australian Idol last night - Perth boy Chris Murphy lives to see another day. Now to see that West Aussie luck continue when the Eagles face the Bulldogs at Subi this weekend. Fingers crossed.

That was not me. That was my 7 yr old brother who, as you can see, has also been M*A*S*H-ified

hello compound in coming wounded radar o reily here (hawkeye) not again.

Happy birthday Dani :)
Even if you are roaming over in Europe without me :P Hope you guys are having an awesome time over there - wish I could be with you... Don't forget the postcards - and my prezzie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to The Swamp...

The Swamp is the latest in a long line of blogging attempts - a follow-on from the short-lived Trapperings, Trapperings II and Trapperings III (hopefully the new name will break the jinx).

A bit about me before I start pouring my life onto the web... I'm 23 years old. I live (and always have lived) on a cattle station in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, where our entire existence is dictated by the 2000-odd cattle who live alongside us. Don't take that as a negative though - without them I couldn't be the person I am, or live the life that I lead. I do wonder at times though, is it us who farm the cows, or the cows who farm us???

Other than that - I am a Leader with Guides WA, an obsessive compulsive M*A*S*H fan (could you tell? For the unfortunate few who do not know M*A*S*H well, 'The Swamp' is the name of Hawkeye and Trapper's tent - later Hawkeye and BJ's tent). Some people say I talk too much, some say I don't talk enough. There's not a lot more to tell - and if there is, I'm sure it will all come out in here, give it time.