Festivities exploding everywhere

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me...
TWELVE Green Day albums
ELEVEN quotes of question
TEN DangerMasons
NINE Spitfires flying
EIGHT steaming coffees
SEVEN Starfleet vessels
SIX guitar solos
FIVE poker chips
FOUR billiard cues
THREE Dutch beers
TWO bottles of Coke
AND a Courtney who's a berry!

Merry Christmas to all, with profound best wishes and best of luck for the future.

Bodie.-

Say, hey!

Blowing Up Space is taking a short break until Christmas Eve, and thence into the New Year, so if people are disappearing in that time, I'd like to wish them a very safe holiday period, and many happy returns.

So let's recap on the year that was. It was a good year, an exceptional year, a year of highs, lows and sidewayses. So let's look at our cast of thousands for this year!

THE BLOWING UP SPACE ANNUAL MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA!
This year's production:
"2005: A...Something...Odyssey"
Starring, in order of where I happen to put them...

KELLY--is it a hat? Or does she have orbiting rings? Is she an earthly Saturn??? (System of a Down's Chop Suey!)

EMPEROR DEN LI--could be ruling his country. Could also be drunk at Casino. (Disney's I Just Can't Wait To Be King)

ALI OF THE NIGHT--ah, but does she have an aliobi now?? (Grinspoon's More Than You Are)

COKE--the elixir of life ("Always Coca-Cola!")

MYSTERIOUS LOTTE MOONSHINE--now you see her...now you won't for eight months... (INXS' Mystify)

HEINEKEN--yumyumyumyumyum ("Now we wait...")

DANGEROUS TOM O'DANGER--erm...dangerous... (Michael Jackson's Dangerous...as if you couldn't pick that!)

JUAN FERDY MARCOS--dictating direct to you since some time in the '80s... (Devo's Whip It!) and CAITLIN--will she have more shoes than Imelda Marcos? Time will tell... (Green Day's Are We The Waiting)

MEGAPATRIQU MYSTERIO JR--"I am a genius at everything...watch me win soccer, programming and the respect of everyone, within the first 2 minutes of waking up!" (Fastball's...actually, anything by Fastball. Also, Confused, by...um...MegaPatriqu Mysterio Jr...)

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAF--"Ayaa!" (Michael Jackson's Billie-Jean)

The BLUE DEVILS--we win. Praise be to Sarah and Thuc. (Green Day's Ha Ha You're Dead, to be sung to the DBTs after their ejection from the indoor soccer comp)

The ELUSIVE MONKEY--maybe if we gave him a compass and a map we'd see him more often... (Hunters & Collectors' Holy Grail)

ILLMO--don't under any circumstances try to outdrink him...or he'll end up looking like this... (anything by Gomez)

WOOLFIE--can he outdrink Illmo? The pressure's on... (System of a Down's Violent Pornography)

FUNZO--he jacobobulates. We're not quite sure what that is yet... (Green Day's Holiday)

The CAT--shy. Until she sees a camera. (occasional meowing)

VINTAGE JAMES--original caption to this photo said it all..."Normal...WTF?!" (Motor Ace..."We weeeeeeeeear....American shoooooooooooooes....")

SIMON--red-head who likes the taste of crushed frogs. Or something. (The Channel 9 Weather Report music)

STEVO--soccer superstar...who's kinda red... (Dire Straits' Local Hero)

SHAUNIUS--watch out! He has a cue! (Sum 41's Still Waiting)

RON--discipline is his sword, faith is his shield, pizza is his saviour. (Three Doors Down's Smack)

POOL-PLAYING NINJA--he ninjas through pool, poker, darts, computer games...he's almost as dangerous as Tom... (any of the 88 million songs on his computer)

PINGU--"Pipipipi, pipipipi, Piiiiiiiiiiiiingu, Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiingu!" (the Pingu theme song)

MATTANDEMO--inseparable. And fairly pink. (Black Eyed Peas' My Humps, no matter how poor it is =P)

EMMA T--she's very veeeeery small... (Jimmy Eat World's Authority Song)

SO-LOU--unbelievably hyperfantastic artist, and can play pool. Evidently can also wear clothes! (The White Stripes' Blue Orchid)

ANGUS McNAB MAIN--the famed Scottish-Polish superstriker. (Polish national anthem, played on bagpipes)

MIA ZORRO--the most swashbuckling extrovert ever...until the camera appears. Then she tries to blend into the wall... (Gorillaz' Feel Good, Inc.)

THE ARTFUL POTATO--he is Jesus, in the guise of a potato. Evidence: he has a beard. So did Jesus. He's on a bike. So was Jesus. (Tool's Enema)

PARATROOPER PHIL--don't mess with Phil. I mean, really. He's killed for much less. Lots. (The Dambusters March)

COURTNEYBERRY--silly, with a capital C. (Fastball's Vampires)

BODIE--blowing up space since some time earlier this year. (Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence)
...and a load of other people whose photos I don't have.

PLOT
I'd tell you, but really...it makes too little sense...stuff happens. It is good. Courtney and Bodie. The end. =)

Spaaaaaaaace duck

Christmas shopping is not a bore. It's actually good fun. I like buying stuff. Admittedly, this stuff isn't going to me, but hey, it's fun anyway.
Wrapping paper is bright and therefore has a multiplicity of awesome colours. Or, if it's boring, just red and green. This wrapping paper, however, is imaginative, and uses pink and orange as well. Prettiful, as Kelly and Mia would say...in any event, it covers those pressies that, in a very short time, shall be given by me. Two weeks and one day, to be precise...or two weeks and two days if you're not celebrating like Europeans, as we do...

Unfortunately, our Christmas tree is heretofore conspicuously absent. Unless dad's toolbox and mum's statue thing count as a tree. No? Didn't think so...

To celebrate the oncoming Christmas, tonight we ate back-to-front Hot & Tasty Pizza. See? It even says it is.

Today I went to the Casino to meet up with Simon, Shaun, Den Li, JAmes, Dangerous Tom and Kelly, and we later ran into Mia, before I had to rush off for said Hot & Tasty Pizza. Inexpensive SkyCity schooners are awesome, and I've discovered that Cascade Pale Ale is nothing like Coopers Pale Ale. Simon, wetting himself with beer, then bought a cocktail known as "Crushed Frog", or something like that. It involved Kahlua, Midori and Baileys, and though I seriously doubt such a concoction would be anything other than sweet and deadly, Simon says it's brilliant. Shaun gave Kelly and I a tour of the Casino, as it was Kel's first time there and only my second. Security refused to let Mia enter, which was outrageous, and Shaun seemed ever willing to dive into his pants.

Tomorrow night is Raf's school uniform-themed party, which will be pretty cool, but unfortunately, Courtney can't attend...but I'll see her sooooooooooon!!!

And so, to finish off this blog entry, I'd firstly like to say, hey So-lou! Haven't seen you in ages! Hope we catch up sometime soon!

And secondly, I want you all to remember...

There are many ducks...

...but there is only one Courtney.

Stay classy.

Semi-update

A few things I find funny...

1. For all of you who went to Schoolies...

2. For dial-up users like TANG, whose slow internet is the bane of all AOE2 players everywhere...

3. For Denley, because of his nerd-dom...

4. For Courtney...duuuuuuuuuuuck...

That is all.

She will bring a little box of moonlight

Okay, I officially have a new equal-favourite song: Vampires, by Fastball. It's just brilliant. Like, brilliant brilliant, not just alright brilliant.

Last night we were absolutely annihilated by the DBTs in the grand final, which was not a fair representation of our season, which this time around saw us successfully counter a form slump and make it courageously right up to the last game. Final score was 13-1, I think, with Damon Maslen scoring our only goal. Despite this disappointing result, everyone played well. So here, without further procrastination, is the team from this season:

Bodie Ashton (captain)
Position: Defender
Most likely to: ...have a shot ratio of 6,102,982 shots off-target for each accurate kick.
The run-down: Alternated, and sometimes collaborated, with Kadds all season to keep defence as impregnable as possible. Sometimes succeeded.
Claim to fame: That semi-final free kick.

Patrick Coleman
Position: Striker
Most likely to: ...be the first Blue Devils player to score 39 goals in the first quarter.
The run-down: A genius both on and off the field, Paddy wowed them with his First XI-honed skills and then blew them away with the Patfute Cannon.
Claim to fame: Smashing Boffa twice in the face, or scoring eight goals in one match.

Andrew Kadis
Position: Defender
Most likely to: ...put a hole in the roof of the ICA.
The run-down: Stalwart defending and some good goals made Kadds indispensable, getting in the way as much as possible and pissing off the other team.
Claim to fame: A pass-back that was more like a shot every time he did it...

Raphael Jose
Position: Midfield
Most likely to: ...break his collar bone, pelvis, head, feet, arms, nose and spleen, all in one game.
The run-down: Combining great teamwork with a good sense of where his fellow player was for the pass, Raf defended just as well as he shot, and some of those goals were just phenomenal. Solid and difficult to beat at the best of times.
Claim to fame: Walking from Victor Harbour to Stepney in order to play the grand final. Or something.

Thuc Le Tat
Position: Goalkeeper
Most likely to: ...bounce around like a monkey inside the goal circle.
The run-down: Despite what she says, Thuc is a great goalkeeper. She can hold her own against teams with good firepower up front, and still have some left over just in case she gets a run on field. Her lithe athleticism means that she can leap from one side of the goal circle to another almost immediately.
Claim to fame: Acrobatic saves and most often a smile. That's Thuc alright.

Sarah Tirimacco
Position: Striker
Most likely to: ...score from a completely impossible angle, and act as if it was easy as spreading softened butter on toast with a hot knife.
The run-down: Fast and agile, with a great eye for goal, Sarah had a great season. Some teams, seeing that she was a girl, assumed she was a soft touch. Not so; in one game, I think she netted five goals, and she was always threatening up front. An excellent counterpart to Pat or Maz in attack, and scored her share of goals as though it's all in a day's work.
Claim to fame: Scoring when she was kicking dead on line with the post--from the side. Pat said it was impossible. Sarah proved the mathemagician wrong. There's a first time for everything, Paddy...

Andrew Stevenson
Position: Everywhere
Most likely to: ...run around all of the opposition players, run backwards around them again, climb up the walls just for fun, and score a cracker behind a bewildered keeper.
The run-down: He's everywhere at once, and can power past an entire team just by thinking about it, yes, it's Stevo! Always outstanding, Stevo was magnificent this season, and bagged many goals to prove it. His forward advances were matched only by his quick runs back to defence to lend a hand and, most often, save the day.
Claim to fame: If the ball's in the air, it will meet Stevo's head, and it will go somewhere good. No probs.

Jeremy Stevenson
Position: Everywhere (second row)
Most likely to: ...pass it to his brother, get it back, run up, pass it to his brother, get it back, shoot and score (or else it will rebound to his brother, who will score)...
The run-down: Brother of the illustrious Stevo, Jeremy could play every position at once, too. Scored a couple of well-needed goals against CSA United, and though he only played a couple of games, he was instrumental in each.
Claim to fame: Being Stevo's brother, and not being hidden in the shadow of his famed sibling. Now that takes some skill!

Ron van Ryswyk
Position: Goalkeeper
Most likely to: ...punch Bodie if he doesn't think about what he's doing.
The run-down: An awesome keeper with an awesome reputation and an awesome temper; I, for one, am glad I'm on his team, though that's very nearly not saved me before. Ron will save most anything thrown at him. Or kicked, for that matter. Earned respect from everyone for being the third best keeper in the world, behind Oliver Kahn and Mark Schwarzer.
Claim to fame: Shouting. If you can't hear him from the end of Stepney Street, he's not playing.

Damon Maslen
Position: Striker
Most likely to: ...turn up 6 hours in advance of his game, in case we're playing then.
The run-down: He can play three games and act like it's a walk in the park. Maz scored many of our goals this season, including our very last. Wicked shot.
Claim to fame: Scoring our only grand final goal.

Other than soccer, over the past few days I've been Christmas shopping and spending time with Courtney. Both are enjoyable, but especially the latter.

Munch.

And here's some lyrics to finish on.

VAMPIRES
(FASTBALL)
She will bring a little box of moonlight
To light my way on such a very dark night
Dreams so real they grow wild on the vine
Until sundown.

When she comes
She comes just like a daydream
And the sun surrenders to the evening
I've waited all day long to be with you girl...

We'll burn like falling stars tonight
And hide like vampires from the daylight
Until sundown...

Dreams so real they grow wild on the vine...
We'll burn like falling stars tonight
And hide like vampires from the daylight
Our world comes alive at night
And like the stars, they shine so bright
As long as you are mine
As long as you are mine
As long as you are mine