I joined the library today and borrowed The Night Watch. I'm just over halfway done with Jasper Jones which I am truly loving and keep recommending to all and sundry who will listen to me.
Steve surprised me and came over today which was awesome. So I listened to all he had to tell about his and Nic's trip and it sounded really great. That was really nice.
I made my way to footy. I felt like utter shit. But I couldn't not go. It's finals. I got drenched in the down pour at Clifton Hill waiting at the lights to cross over and then run to the station in the rain. Footy was awesome. Real cute boy on the train to Clifton Hill. His mate was hilarious and really funny - he got us all singing the Collingwood theme song. That was fun on a packed train full of Pies supporters. This cute kid with his mum in front of me kept looking at me and then he'd smile. He was 7 or 8. I asked him who his favourite player is. His mum and I were going through players and when I said 'Travis, what about Travis" and he said 'Travis'. I love Clokey. He gets a bit of a bad wrap for his kicking but he's a superstar and that goal he kicked on the boundary I knew was a shoe-in. He's a boy in a man's body and he's so damn strong, his marking is exceptional, his efforts are fantastic. Probably should have gone to Northcote Social Club to follow the cute boy on the train but I went home.
Disappointing a friend is not being a friend. I don't want what you think I want from you.
Some woman had a go at me on the train because I'd yelled at the Metro people. They announced it was an Epping train yet the front of the train said 'Greensborough'. Someone asked the Metro station person who was talking to the driver what line train it was. The Metro train person said they didn't know, they were trying to find out. I turned as I was walking on the train and yelled 'How hard is it?'. The woman then had a go at me saying 'It's not their fault'. I thought she was being sarcastic , so I said 'Oh yeah it's never their fault'. She came back with 'It's not so don't yell at them'. I replied 'How hard is it to run a train line'. She said 'those two out there aren't running it'. Oh fuck off. Clearly this woman only gets the train for football and not every day. Metro are fucking hopeless. The trains are never on time, they are continually late, delayed, cancelled. Every single one. Morning and night. And as for footy... geez I have to jump the fence every single week to get onto the platform because it takes so long for a train to get to Jolimont, then we stand there crammed like sardines for 5 minutes before the train leaves and if I'm not lucky enough to get the first train I have to wait 10 minutes for the next train. It's bullshit. With Connex you'd have 3 trains in 5 minutes post footy, free flowing and less congestion on the footbridges and not long waiting. Now you get 1 train in 10 minutes. So if I want to have a go, I damn well will. I'm paying for a shit service every single day.
That's my whinge.
WE MADE A PRELIMINARY FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now we just have to win it. Go Freo.
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