tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75667199871987938482024-03-13T11:54:03.644+11:00All About Me!!!aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-84633534785591935552009-05-31T21:05:00.005+10:002009-05-31T21:22:55.840+10:00It's Hard To Be A Teacher . . At Times!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVioFFGdBAhEiRx7L4eFlRDbbgel9SRHHIpx1Sr-oj7r6NdTNrrH9yIz_DGvv_pc33SLy5WFtKPkcdNy3UT0ArxMTiVLHsSl0mfpnxSqEncjM7wNZ2E0XputduLw1Om8L33Oj3517OwXg/s1600-h/May+1151.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVioFFGdBAhEiRx7L4eFlRDbbgel9SRHHIpx1Sr-oj7r6NdTNrrH9yIz_DGvv_pc33SLy5WFtKPkcdNy3UT0ArxMTiVLHsSl0mfpnxSqEncjM7wNZ2E0XputduLw1Om8L33Oj3517OwXg/s320/May+1151.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341945969123078450" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />My job has taken me on an emotional/stressful roller coaster so far this year, happy days, heart breaking days and the list goes on. So it was a relief to have a fun day last Friday, the last day of term. Earlier that week an email was sent out asking for people to attend the V8 Supercars on the last day of term, me being the big car racing fan that I am not, thought I would put my hand up just in case no else wanted to go.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdHNqdBIDrP2qPfm7Ni1HOV4jGEqU60WFnK54aE_gZLk8DRgifZcL8UcWshtOXl2RD4-D1IB8RRTa2y6IUZlkDh7lAU3ZaMDUqAON-va5Kx1F9VuzTf3Ar2NiNWSxgC-Dtn3mP-MoIx4/s1600-h/May+1143.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdHNqdBIDrP2qPfm7Ni1HOV4jGEqU60WFnK54aE_gZLk8DRgifZcL8UcWshtOXl2RD4-D1IB8RRTa2y6IUZlkDh7lAU3ZaMDUqAON-va5Kx1F9VuzTf3Ar2NiNWSxgC-Dtn3mP-MoIx4/s320/May+1143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341945478751655010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The XXXX Racing Girls</span></span><br /><br /></div>Just my luck, I got picked. I didn't dread it but I wasn't exactly looking forward to it. I thought it would be boring, but to my surprise it was fun, chasing autographs, famous people and hanging out with my best mate Hawka.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWFuaeu6LMmTKDT6ZN0u3tvu64F7-iprOJpZ0Y6QFxaFzrVBPHRxOZggeYO4QOryQqBumNh21INyJKeb2_mONrU5A0HCy34qkjnrJaVJ4WzhplK712CpMyvTcBfTBueNhekNLigoOWu8/s1600-h/May+1149.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWFuaeu6LMmTKDT6ZN0u3tvu64F7-iprOJpZ0Y6QFxaFzrVBPHRxOZggeYO4QOryQqBumNh21INyJKeb2_mONrU5A0HCy34qkjnrJaVJ4WzhplK712CpMyvTcBfTBueNhekNLigoOWu8/s320/May+1149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341945967414475314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">My main man Hawka!!</span></span><br /><br /></div>We took 120-130 students who had a good start to the year out, I was the most senior staff member and was in charge, everything went smoothly and they all had a good time.<br /><br />I got alot of autographs of people I don't know and met Olympic Gold Medalist Steve Bradbury and TV Star Grant Denyer. I also yelled at a Brooks student for hitting Hawka over the head!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZnIuYmbacI0zOJasudBznWmMlJWAH4_jqOEXDpdYBYJIBG9gu7zLO827qm6Dz3wpjoeCiDEGKu9viZkQuWwQJIXkuMaCmnKuOiDOtSETEWV9Fm4-9Sxiw0GuOu2sDQvGMZBKG9Go4wU/s1600-h/May+1145.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZnIuYmbacI0zOJasudBznWmMlJWAH4_jqOEXDpdYBYJIBG9gu7zLO827qm6Dz3wpjoeCiDEGKu9viZkQuWwQJIXkuMaCmnKuOiDOtSETEWV9Fm4-9Sxiw0GuOu2sDQvGMZBKG9Go4wU/s320/May+1145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341945958438161618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Todd & Rick Kelly Signing posters for Harri & J.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4H6LH9HAtNwDA8BPQMEyioJYMYDCy954qT3IGBRIcVywLXDPFyagq9jATFqZE9VfeqWT3BZaiXzsp35OHpdYUV0VSXP7SvSt1L90e313DOrODV2giuu-sWPfOXvO1uDgUzEu-VdALsw/s1600-h/May+1148.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4H6LH9HAtNwDA8BPQMEyioJYMYDCy954qT3IGBRIcVywLXDPFyagq9jATFqZE9VfeqWT3BZaiXzsp35OHpdYUV0VSXP7SvSt1L90e313DOrODV2giuu-sWPfOXvO1uDgUzEu-VdALsw/s320/May+1148.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341945961195152050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">With Grant Denyer<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9S55DCidcszHfH7nPpE2x8DatdekeKnsI_XsN0kxIYOPROYNDTG468wxbb4R2JUQWG2FJYw93OxHPp-O3kZM-eqovHmTvpLlokMAmi7LtY-n1gbWrJT-f5xTudrfvApdBEgnpD0oabs/s1600-h/May+1144.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9S55DCidcszHfH7nPpE2x8DatdekeKnsI_XsN0kxIYOPROYNDTG468wxbb4R2JUQWG2FJYw93OxHPp-O3kZM-eqovHmTvpLlokMAmi7LtY-n1gbWrJT-f5xTudrfvApdBEgnpD0oabs/s320/May+1144.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341945952532296898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">With Steve Bradbury</span></span><br /></div><br />It was a fun day, but car racing is still for people who can't catch a ball!!!!aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-35714342493607297082009-03-22T19:07:00.004+11:002009-03-22T19:32:36.857+11:00It's On!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteG51Z6M75W4ylhdMFkI_IVVg68d5WDGHfVluaeT8VXbS3A_MkOAddjjlMlslsXnDdI0U4LdrPjBPArVAmynnb09WmP6nsI9j0Dj5UhV7rdKP3W5nTixr55iDxII3i91m8bPP8DchXeo/s1600-h/luke+hodge.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteG51Z6M75W4ylhdMFkI_IVVg68d5WDGHfVluaeT8VXbS3A_MkOAddjjlMlslsXnDdI0U4LdrPjBPArVAmynnb09WmP6nsI9j0Dj5UhV7rdKP3W5nTixr55iDxII3i91m8bPP8DchXeo/s320/luke+hodge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315925298041291410" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hodgey - Norm Smith</span><br /></div><br />Once again it is time to hate!!!! Hate those other 15 teams in the AFL. Only 4 days until the season starts and to say I am excited is a big big understatement!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJ88CLJ08y7EfFgD7D4A2HB-Lts9hB_wSa7RmvUvWafF0SoclDpc6ewYt1Mfusx6YRoxPd5hKtZXC0rpE666OQ5V5arQBINQM1PRNrxTHTDk91nJ_iQrhry4QeN3fBBXPkxiWluPJ2_8/s1600-h/ROUGHY.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJ88CLJ08y7EfFgD7D4A2HB-Lts9hB_wSa7RmvUvWafF0SoclDpc6ewYt1Mfusx6YRoxPd5hKtZXC0rpE666OQ5V5arQBINQM1PRNrxTHTDk91nJ_iQrhry4QeN3fBBXPkxiWluPJ2_8/s320/ROUGHY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315926335523659778" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwFi0KqmbSWto74ntmdnh6oY8Nc-ajoLWQXr_UfeRjmAOR7bVRETS8IT20PHw7TeQMtHLOH75f8pGefU6Heq7_3D-H7I-h2qdJUam_Sc_7DRwzuHiBCNcCtwS5FSMqf1GPkvI-ej3cSs/s1600-h/BIGRED.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwFi0KqmbSWto74ntmdnh6oY8Nc-ajoLWQXr_UfeRjmAOR7bVRETS8IT20PHw7TeQMtHLOH75f8pGefU6Heq7_3D-H7I-h2qdJUam_Sc_7DRwzuHiBCNcCtwS5FSMqf1GPkvI-ej3cSs/s320/BIGRED.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315925284772195362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">NAB Cup Special<br /><br /></span></div>But once again all we here is Geelong this, Geelong that, blah blah blah. Oh I forgot "THEY WON THE NAB CUP"!!! That makes absolute no difference, now I guess they are now in the company of Carlton and St Kilda. Now on Friday it is a Grand final rematch, if the cats wi they will carry on about how they gotrevenge, but considering some of our key players are injured they have nothing to brag about, but then again they wont win anyway, losers!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGLhBudeAxHdpzRZ8iOyToOKIzscvH1vl8AUcWWEQHdaZ-V-Egn_VOQycwlxxabP5QfDPq5HLcy0Sh_7a1pnzx4JXo93r5S1YJWEtSkLLCYf02b-413n31w476M67dYS8APE4lwQ1ctM/s1600-h/dipper.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGLhBudeAxHdpzRZ8iOyToOKIzscvH1vl8AUcWWEQHdaZ-V-Egn_VOQycwlxxabP5QfDPq5HLcy0Sh_7a1pnzx4JXo93r5S1YJWEtSkLLCYf02b-413n31w476M67dYS8APE4lwQ1ctM/s320/dipper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315925291485138194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dipper<br /><br /></span></div>That brings me to the "all mighty" Pies, what a great team, they beat a half strength Eagles (finished 15th), a half strength Richmond (finished 11th) and Essendon, but they are supposedly genuine contenders. Contenders for a mardi gras maybe, but not the flag!!!!!! They proved in the NAB final how good they weren't.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGLZ_0pDM_l1lV76gh-kHOCXjA2mtG1KKbupCCwuXh1AxoeLoRYQF_gU4ykNtVUqtA5fpeWQELz5ya4QvidOxKBTYHTeC86o_wUQA6g1BwS4psSp-i1mwzJhnWKB4eIp_vBMPdDvhpEc/s1600-h/hodge2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGLZ_0pDM_l1lV76gh-kHOCXjA2mtG1KKbupCCwuXh1AxoeLoRYQF_gU4ykNtVUqtA5fpeWQELz5ya4QvidOxKBTYHTeC86o_wUQA6g1BwS4psSp-i1mwzJhnWKB4eIp_vBMPdDvhpEc/s320/hodge2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315925292168241858" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hodgey<br /><br /></span></div>Anywy I am totaly pumped for this year, I already have purchased all the 2009 cards off ebay, started a2009 scrapbook and have planned to see 5 games at the G this year. Unfortunately the only way is down for the hawks, but buddy will kick 150 or moreand break Huddo's record.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKM2El8WV1O4Q1EfqEAr0eQhQwCq9tK8yVnmSka1O3kYRvQtkKqzv_CY6Ba_U3W3zHJpSrMpedtCCrkrucVxVPZS42yoZtlE4bvEbu51bK_CzeH94mqWTDxbNSGD6NgKM0fzs-iDI20gA/s1600-h/huddo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKM2El8WV1O4Q1EfqEAr0eQhQwCq9tK8yVnmSka1O3kYRvQtkKqzv_CY6Ba_U3W3zHJpSrMpedtCCrkrucVxVPZS42yoZtlE4bvEbu51bK_CzeH94mqWTDxbNSGD6NgKM0fzs-iDI20gA/s320/huddo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315925293865523314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Huddo<br /><br /></span></div>In this pst are some new wallpapers I have made for my computer, most are old school, mainly because during the off season I have watched a number of old grand finals and read books, mags and old clippings.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFKq02D-UfBy8d0xBxYpYahE1G-EFR-XO-ZvIVvyredOJeluR2erkjSBUFtvuxB3sKzgJJQhWd_SD_Aztnu7ob5X4tLWRfMI8VpC82ltDS7IpMHrgLaEw9W6ZDg0SIQDn91IrsfI18Uo/s1600-h/peter+knights.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFKq02D-UfBy8d0xBxYpYahE1G-EFR-XO-ZvIVvyredOJeluR2erkjSBUFtvuxB3sKzgJJQhWd_SD_Aztnu7ob5X4tLWRfMI8VpC82ltDS7IpMHrgLaEw9W6ZDg0SIQDn91IrsfI18Uo/s320/peter+knights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315926330222376770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Peter Knights - My all time favourite</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Feel free to use any of these, but I took hours creating all these so please do not distribute them or re-posting them.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3ciglbe95jBzfKgX3DxKDd72HOMrbdIiiyKkQehiHRbLaTYv7bNFks2KWdArCQMO-pEX9FNYvJ5Qu5qLxUjTjLKpjjK1B_0CHWuBtl66YtKCABwULqfQKTsswat5-duN6_YnM62ugJQ/s1600-h/SMITCHELL.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3ciglbe95jBzfKgX3DxKDd72HOMrbdIiiyKkQehiHRbLaTYv7bNFks2KWdArCQMO-pEX9FNYvJ5Qu5qLxUjTjLKpjjK1B_0CHWuBtl66YtKCABwULqfQKTsswat5-duN6_YnM62ugJQ/s320/SMITCHELL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315926334413967042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The captain</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And before you say anything. Yes I do only blog about football!!!:P<br /></div><br /></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-83279160627477405022009-02-23T20:30:00.004+11:002009-02-23T21:21:01.188+11:00You Don't Need Buddie's, When You've got a Roughead!!!This past weekend life has returned to normal, i.e FOOTY'S BACK and so are THE MIGHTY HAWKS. Hawthorn were in town for the NAB Cup game against Melbourne. I had contacted the club to try and get a member of the team to present our Prefects with their blazers, but unfortunately Luke Hodge was committed to other engagements until 3:30 and school would be out. The club did however give each Prefect a double pass to the game!!<br /><br />On the Friday afternoon we traveled down to Aurora to watch the players train. You can read about it <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2009/02/fab-friday.html">here</a>. Fellow Hawk Stalk members Kylie, Patrick and Lauren were there with us. Lauren still denies that she wants my autograph, but I know the truth. They were lucky enough to meet the players, but we had to leave early and missed out!:(<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6AOJ0jKQQCNTcUt85ByAa9rke9dTafdpIDGJ7L1ZV45gBLCJRnIHlatdaWVovJMsz0QpVPHgXvBU4547Zas8OJaltFdj8WPKHtXlZUXS13e3rzFTJA3lvmGe_7-o1O84W9vKeQD7lDo/s1600-h/Firday.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6AOJ0jKQQCNTcUt85ByAa9rke9dTafdpIDGJ7L1ZV45gBLCJRnIHlatdaWVovJMsz0QpVPHgXvBU4547Zas8OJaltFdj8WPKHtXlZUXS13e3rzFTJA3lvmGe_7-o1O84W9vKeQD7lDo/s320/Firday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305924430928672498" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />The next afternoon was game time, 1st vs 16th (from 2008), we were missing 9 premiership players and a number of others. We had a young team but thought we would have enough firepower to beat them. As hard as I tried to treat it like a NAB cup game, I just couldn't, a game is still a game.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyQUZbbRjfOo-iYwYCkCBWxVC0CcAxeuRod-PMuZmeUgi69wzDfqg3I7KDUP4oHpHGubja5En4R11d6Y656jnzrkkS7ygJxczaePWfbWXsLhuDDKEnQytZt-UVOwiW5eKA9yhPfMUnZg/s1600-h/saturday.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyQUZbbRjfOo-iYwYCkCBWxVC0CcAxeuRod-PMuZmeUgi69wzDfqg3I7KDUP4oHpHGubja5En4R11d6Y656jnzrkkS7ygJxczaePWfbWXsLhuDDKEnQytZt-UVOwiW5eKA9yhPfMUnZg/s320/saturday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305924436135701202" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Before the game I went to the fence to take a number of photos and was lucky enough to be given a premiership cup tie pin from one of trainers. Harri tried to score it for himself when I got home.<br /><br />The game didn't start too well, the Dees played alright in the first three quarters, the Hawks looked like the didn't care, except for Roughy and Stokesy. We lost Ozzie and Changa during the first haland Youngy got reported, but he has been let off.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65ojDG_Yo4hCulM7DvUQgIv77wuT8Cf1BqXZrX2rXGefH1YRitdAQp2kl9KIQjRORGrsbGYwLH_QGCkay1zC83a2DYAcHGxNg0sjSH12CzvFhbgJVWzoQquDJcpksqzUWIkfbH9l_hVw/s1600-h/roughy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65ojDG_Yo4hCulM7DvUQgIv77wuT8Cf1BqXZrX2rXGefH1YRitdAQp2kl9KIQjRORGrsbGYwLH_QGCkay1zC83a2DYAcHGxNg0sjSH12CzvFhbgJVWzoQquDJcpksqzUWIkfbH9l_hVw/s320/roughy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305924440204271410" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Jalen lost interest during the second and third quaters, but bounced back to life in the last. The Hawks came from 4 points down to win by 3, with Roughy kicking the winning goal with 5 seconds left. I did carry on during the game, slamming down the flag with every dody free kick and at one stage yelling out "Why don't you try winning outside Februay!!!".<br /><br />All in all a dodgy game turned out pretty damned good, the Hawks now play the pre-season specialist Carlton, it will be a tough game.<br /><br />All I can say is DAMN, I LOVE THIS GAME!!!aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-40649814855287791082009-02-23T12:00:00.004+11:002009-02-23T21:21:58.293+11:00Do You Think They Will Know Who I Go For?After every holidays my desk get a bit of a makeover, any new photos or knick knacks go up or around my desk.So as of today this is how my desk looks. I sure hope the students will know what team I support.<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bXQhZFLEzwhQPIX6KyzuaK4-valh_4Ul6ojPT9v_BlMjGmq3aDjIXH0qoIxIx6LYfaJPKMXNzqDzMZqDo3-E2V17_LflvxkavhkmmPMrtzcL850_9TqfmDOVebIpfE3BsV5BrnDs8bQ/s1600-h/P1010941.JPG"><img style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305792911146399522" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bXQhZFLEzwhQPIX6KyzuaK4-valh_4Ul6ojPT9v_BlMjGmq3aDjIXH0qoIxIx6LYfaJPKMXNzqDzMZqDo3-E2V17_LflvxkavhkmmPMrtzcL850_9TqfmDOVebIpfE3BsV5BrnDs8bQ/s320/P1010941.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6uV5w6bfVpdX6NT2sLvqri-c_aSASicLwItPnMk7pbgaDEW8aKxpPgSbR1n7iGZKgLFP0lkYTS67P7O90aY7EAJyrGsAjNDy_u9BuSJ8t2rUriHIKEmNAdsGBMWUa07GKGvd90hR9ac/s1600-h/P1010940.JPG"><img style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305792911174456242" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6uV5w6bfVpdX6NT2sLvqri-c_aSASicLwItPnMk7pbgaDEW8aKxpPgSbR1n7iGZKgLFP0lkYTS67P7O90aY7EAJyrGsAjNDy_u9BuSJ8t2rUriHIKEmNAdsGBMWUa07GKGvd90hR9ac/s320/P1010940.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><em>The poster is laminated and stuck to my desk, only place I had space!!!</em></p><p align="center"><em></em></p><p align="left">This is how our bedroom should look! At least then I would be too busy looking at Hawthorn stuff to want to do anything else, that way we would both be happy!! :)</p>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-6055216418492543652008-12-24T15:08:00.003+11:002008-12-24T15:21:27.554+11:0036 year old child!!!!That's what I am supposedly!!!!!<br /><br />To here about my birthday yesterday, head over to <a href="http://lisajking.blogspot.com/2008/12/wow-you.html">Lisa's</a> Blog. Most of would have gone there, then ended up here anyway!!<br /><br />One thing that Lisa did not cover was that I finally received my Oasis "Dig Out Your Soul" Deluxe box set. Which then led me to Kylie's comment on my last post bagging my obsession with Oasis out. Now in my last post I talked about my love for 80's hair metal, but if you really know me, then you will know that my ultimate favourites are Oasis and The Beatles. Hawthorn is the only thing I obsess with more than these two. To prove it, I got all excited today as I was listening to the new album, that I just had to get almost everything out to look at.<br /><br />Here is the result!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9s6u5cvM98sgxEI_3SHPkUUr5r3Y5FvvTI42FzREr-iRSC3SxGbZEjZcEbObPfUaQ5ovlLnCVT8F2qFW-OwpQi1vZeSx5TR98E5eRgzFgmvzlZ-hiusqIq2t57gCvQgWUuwmU8idPWb4/s1600-h/oasis.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9s6u5cvM98sgxEI_3SHPkUUr5r3Y5FvvTI42FzREr-iRSC3SxGbZEjZcEbObPfUaQ5ovlLnCVT8F2qFW-OwpQi1vZeSx5TR98E5eRgzFgmvzlZ-hiusqIq2t57gCvQgWUuwmU8idPWb4/s320/oasis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283206391673484642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Not in picture are the clothing, posters, over 100 bootleg cds and 50 odd bootleg dvds!!!<br /><br />I could get all my Beatle stuff out, but I would have to lie it all out in the backyard, that's the only place I could fit!!!!!<br /><br />Anyway, Merry Christmas, I hope you all have a great day tomorrow!!<br /><br />ps. Blur still and always have sucked!!!!!!!!!<br /></div></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-54187792577957825822008-12-21T20:24:00.005+11:002008-12-21T22:55:54.266+11:00It Is Time To Come Out Of The Closet!!!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I LOVE 80's Heavy Metal!!!!!!</span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyCenter" title="Align Center" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 11);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Align Center" class="gl_align_center" border="0" /></span></span></div>It is awesome. I bet Lisa is cringing right about now. I have always loved it. When I was 3 years old I got AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" LP for my birthday, so I don't think I had a chance.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3s9Xlw6k5q9pFg4Gn6M8CDWH41uqRxmYzODD_kux4qkF0eWEcfYkd7wDlQG9vvHuEqQhZpzBJi02-2VZWIYfrLREbquA0dLnkiWeCuj1ps50SrSezOC9GuuNZaH2rDymAyJ4a8iu2Hxw/s1600-h/Dirty_Deeds_Done_Dirt_Cheap_Aus.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3s9Xlw6k5q9pFg4Gn6M8CDWH41uqRxmYzODD_kux4qkF0eWEcfYkd7wDlQG9vvHuEqQhZpzBJi02-2VZWIYfrLREbquA0dLnkiWeCuj1ps50SrSezOC9GuuNZaH2rDymAyJ4a8iu2Hxw/s320/Dirty_Deeds_Done_Dirt_Cheap_Aus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282173344603388178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>All through high school it was all about:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2J7FsEqjl9MvXo9Bfr6Iqt8x9fiWWKqMnAzcOyB6zIZQH3QVPpoLDEPIHMMpwqdU9Jb_2iaxaEhiS-wWdtLsFRsvoYmpwBGR3BzE428jO-1yiqkdy762y81rIw-kFvvYLjsXvlekn9o/s1600-h/80s%2520motley%2520crue%25202.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2J7FsEqjl9MvXo9Bfr6Iqt8x9fiWWKqMnAzcOyB6zIZQH3QVPpoLDEPIHMMpwqdU9Jb_2iaxaEhiS-wWdtLsFRsvoYmpwBGR3BzE428jO-1yiqkdy762y81rIw-kFvvYLjsXvlekn9o/s320/80s%2520motley%2520crue%25202.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282173329880073698" border="0" /></a><br />Motley Crue<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmFUfYP-DtJmMPSwzjryQ7yrWkNYhJ-Q9tM_7X4Cvp5zYslCywoi0lZKSCktVAYPz0BKIsqWZDK52-lmnXTCsKw48DMzkIe0BMWQINeyYO5ygjUi9DqkmXE0v0p71nR6lrfVUpJjlNIk/s1600-h/poison.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmFUfYP-DtJmMPSwzjryQ7yrWkNYhJ-Q9tM_7X4Cvp5zYslCywoi0lZKSCktVAYPz0BKIsqWZDK52-lmnXTCsKw48DMzkIe0BMWQINeyYO5ygjUi9DqkmXE0v0p71nR6lrfVUpJjlNIk/s320/poison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282173349941150994" border="0" /></a><br />Poison<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVxIo2ISXpCLck1kOV-8AEYJDjQycQj4-sV45DgIBdivAtkVzNBFTWqH5A5ALFNGRFyJkGKHK5w5qzCkhYoYxj8IVKjasb352AWQiyECvOHCFbT33P9GG_8VzlPf2NotuU8DCQE_wm8A/s1600-h/guns-n-roses.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVxIo2ISXpCLck1kOV-8AEYJDjQycQj4-sV45DgIBdivAtkVzNBFTWqH5A5ALFNGRFyJkGKHK5w5qzCkhYoYxj8IVKjasb352AWQiyECvOHCFbT33P9GG_8VzlPf2NotuU8DCQE_wm8A/s320/guns-n-roses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282173346154504850" border="0" /></a><br />Guns and Roses<br />and a heap of others.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Even though high school was 20 years ago, they all still appear on my Ipod. Guns and Roses "Appetite for Destruction" reminds me so much of summer '88.<br /><br />For some reason this type of music used to get me in trouble with my parents, don't know why. I got in trouble for skipping classes at college and therefore had all my metal taken off of me for a month. Little did they know that my friends just taped copies for me to listen too while I waited!! :) I even got away with playing Aerosmith in my parents car during the ban!!!!!<br /><br />Today I taken a more mature approach towards the metal. There are three books that I have read in the past few years that I have not been able to put down. They are "The Dirt" - Motley Crue, Slash - Slash and "The Heroin Diaries" - Nikki Sixx. I have read each at least twice each and plan to read them all again and again!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUOOskyMYvzpFRuHwxubQpDdMmmvVfF4DYPq7E1jKlZdhAvi08NrJAvL_gPcCM91fHMcYcJz43B3aDnxxs9eZR6FvvG-GFmIQEq8WAusFrqFbHLhFEdwmrR-_BwAfCZZ1Rorz4KRFL2w/s1600-h/Untitled+-+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUOOskyMYvzpFRuHwxubQpDdMmmvVfF4DYPq7E1jKlZdhAvi08NrJAvL_gPcCM91fHMcYcJz43B3aDnxxs9eZR6FvvG-GFmIQEq8WAusFrqFbHLhFEdwmrR-_BwAfCZZ1Rorz4KRFL2w/s320/Untitled+-+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282209304535726962" border="0" /></a></div><br /></div></div>Where is all this leading I hear you ask!! GUITAR HERO!! I am obsessed with it. I can finally "fulfill" my dreams as a rockin' guitarist!!!!! To play a game that is fun, that includes all your favourite bands and type of music is totally awsome. So when you think of me on Tuesday, my birthday, I will be rockin' it out on Guitar Hero 1 & 2. I can't wait.<br /><br />Finally if you think this type of music is the devils music, don't stress, I love Stryper too. They are a christian heav metal band!! :) It's all good!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWnAxLSduvBTUJsJN5Uz0uaKzXsBSB8boSMPBbXjdwCfUqMiNfdyrlr6Ykjfjmo5f0Ozx6GXScdLiCtSZklTqWwkSRCqVvF1F75MBZStWsuDpQk-If6x4WV_6kH8q9qpa_b86A5RJ9qw/s1600-h/81757_photo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWnAxLSduvBTUJsJN5Uz0uaKzXsBSB8boSMPBbXjdwCfUqMiNfdyrlr6Ykjfjmo5f0Ozx6GXScdLiCtSZklTqWwkSRCqVvF1F75MBZStWsuDpQk-If6x4WV_6kH8q9qpa_b86A5RJ9qw/s320/81757_photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282173343812445090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Go on admit it, ou love it too!!!!!<br /></div></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-27326767428244729832008-11-12T08:35:00.003+11:002008-11-12T08:43:48.663+11:00Shane: Superstar on the Field, True Legend Off!!!!<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_cKH0KGUn2giUjQ0z_MX65AUtmTqlBjQL7IkujI1RS8B3JRdgAw-c98rSp-jcYvoa2XP5BNNK7Jazqrd0JM4gk0ZGUF2VpW45FGugtDLiQouQZnXhm0llRvqztvDFRUHP55dEbt-vOE/s1600-h/0,,6340748,00.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 249px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267517086795790018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_cKH0KGUn2giUjQ0z_MX65AUtmTqlBjQL7IkujI1RS8B3JRdgAw-c98rSp-jcYvoa2XP5BNNK7Jazqrd0JM4gk0ZGUF2VpW45FGugtDLiQouQZnXhm0llRvqztvDFRUHP55dEbt-vOE/s320/0,,6340748,00.jpg" /></a></p>This week the great Shane Crawford retired from football. Why? Body couldn't take it? not motivated? No!! For his children. He stated he wanted to be the father he never had, so he has hung up the boots to spend time with Charlie & Benjamin.<br /><br />Having met Shane a few times, I have been very impressed with how he always takes time to talk to us, ask about Noah and has never ever denied us a photo opportunity. He is what celebrities should be.<br /><br />As I write this I feel a bit choked up because while the Hawks have lost a superstar, but the Crawford boys have gained their father.<br /><br />Shane Crawford was a legend of AFL football, but he IS a wondeful wonderful human being!!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">But the again I am a bit biased!!!!</span>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-71277970409504905302008-11-06T21:37:00.004+11:002008-11-06T21:59:51.311+11:00The Pain Of It All!!! but not really!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWS4sBbyWcFX6SJuQ6Suv1PkZbwNHe1HVSRcU3Sn-7p-ek7kZJmpO9N2rygdJdG3Iv9qBJdxbnVcSib6N8cLnZzF-G0Bhsw_Yn0rgAqSQsKOykqPdhq3zJ8r1CgqcrNQE0K0X02Guerc/s1600-h/dvd_cover.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWS4sBbyWcFX6SJuQ6Suv1PkZbwNHe1HVSRcU3Sn-7p-ek7kZJmpO9N2rygdJdG3Iv9qBJdxbnVcSib6N8cLnZzF-G0Bhsw_Yn0rgAqSQsKOykqPdhq3zJ8r1CgqcrNQE0K0X02Guerc/s320/dvd_cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265493126931589858" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />On my birthday 2008 in the US the WWE is releasing a 3disc dvd on my favourite wrestler of all time, Edge!!! I got excited for a little while until I found out it will not be out here until January 21. There goes an awesome birthday full of the "Rated R Superstar".<br /><br /><br />Now for the true pain!!! During the 80s & 90s the Detroit Pistons were the epitomy of evil in the NBA. I have never forgiven them for that period. I have however liked some players on the team, now I have a giant dilema!! If you REALLY know me, you'll know of my love for Allen Iverson, In have a jersey for each team he has played on, 76er's and the Nuggets. But in the last few days he has been traded to the, ghast!!!, Pistons!!!!! That is like Luke Hodge being traded to Essendon!!! What to do, what to do. I will eventually have to have an AI Pistons top, but only for the name on the back!!!! If they do win the championship I would be somewhat happy, but I could never root for them!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlLR2tWef0cMBYDH61MddekiasxcWtUzKEV8mVB97OwmiQSanwOIlSMBVwHTlF5WYUDr2-wdDvuxEMcMcbeVhXBmpg3Rwj-MfNM5OQEsV3N69u6Rrstlbo8YFt7yBhW8sbljq5H51wmw/s1600-h/AI.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlLR2tWef0cMBYDH61MddekiasxcWtUzKEV8mVB97OwmiQSanwOIlSMBVwHTlF5WYUDr2-wdDvuxEMcMcbeVhXBmpg3Rwj-MfNM5OQEsV3N69u6Rrstlbo8YFt7yBhW8sbljq5H51wmw/s320/AI.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265493120159827826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I already made a wallpaper!!!</span></span><br /></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-27651929532559538352008-11-04T22:05:00.002+11:002008-11-04T22:11:13.770+11:00Kobe Sells Out!!!!!If you read Lisa's blog in the last 24 hours, you would have seen how Kobe has carried on a sacred tradition in our house of being male and hating pumpkin. Well just 24hrs later the little devil sold us out and enjoyed his pumpkin meal!!!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLgU6sTK9UsYvzSRTCsoyeWoe_QqW1yTkrlCVGJpsFGlbOnr3ge-2IwK_B_-709jYRnzHzYujJZu6hY6ce0KJrSb6FAACef51scJ-zOMKEhGoP20_tXhxP_tDvQjd87e_ZFoDLax5ooA/s1600-h/Nov+054.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLgU6sTK9UsYvzSRTCsoyeWoe_QqW1yTkrlCVGJpsFGlbOnr3ge-2IwK_B_-709jYRnzHzYujJZu6hY6ce0KJrSb6FAACef51scJ-zOMKEhGoP20_tXhxP_tDvQjd87e_ZFoDLax5ooA/s320/Nov+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264757036924109234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What a difference 24 hours makes<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxbX3J3-RL_F07Sz2ZrTo2yZYqwHlfQ7213T8uF80NCaLi9rz-sQC_lwCKxH8K_RmTEBbMbTCB-UaI7onsar3et_Rg6eaFA43OZFjlrX11yQaRPGjzOcSBrIYh5oGoP1cZnEcIOCCaN0/s1600-h/Nov+056.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxbX3J3-RL_F07Sz2ZrTo2yZYqwHlfQ7213T8uF80NCaLi9rz-sQC_lwCKxH8K_RmTEBbMbTCB-UaI7onsar3et_Rg6eaFA43OZFjlrX11yQaRPGjzOcSBrIYh5oGoP1cZnEcIOCCaN0/s320/Nov+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264757039496475666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div> Now I think we are going to be served up more pumpkin, because Lisa will make it for Kobe and make us eat some as well. At least it will be mashed!! Baked and boiled pumpkin is gross.<br /><br />Anything that is associated with Halloween like pumpkin is, can not be good, but must be EVIL!!!!!aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-58504730271013400832008-11-03T17:08:00.004+11:002008-11-03T17:27:45.962+11:00Athletic Carnival!!!!!!It may be a bit late, but better late than never. On the 23rd and 24th of October Kings Meadows High School held it's annual athletic carnival. And as usual I was ready for <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">TAMAR</span> to take out victory, we have not won since I have been there.<br /><br />The first day was the novelty events. I was stationed on the beachless flags for the second straight year. That is where you lie on your stomach facing the opposite way and when the whistle blows up jump up and run 10-15 meters and grab a tennis ball, there is always one less ball than competitor!! It can get rather physical and violent, that is why I was stationed there! :)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLwnTbaPltZAj9FKTctOSXfJKtWoGludk-V4ChHPOOeFlc8_hc7qxSsgBhXRjI9x_2hcA-XiwkY19oZhk55z8zwHltD0gRvC7znj4NDb_dbG4ISKHO7YUSE8tu4-7wWR7B3NIZaIzzHU/s1600-h/DSC00138.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLwnTbaPltZAj9FKTctOSXfJKtWoGludk-V4ChHPOOeFlc8_hc7qxSsgBhXRjI9x_2hcA-XiwkY19oZhk55z8zwHltD0gRvC7znj4NDb_dbG4ISKHO7YUSE8tu4-7wWR7B3NIZaIzzHU/s320/DSC00138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264313658806731010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Starting off 0ne of the heats.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZlEysw4LRjDk3XSp5oNwCbFVZwpvtV_Bdl4LR-8IY7lnkTY4AxaEIZ66lO4JkiuGVCqC4m4vl8iPg2DAqzly7GJHnp41g3xJdFbzhsp52wlE5L1s55tQt8h9lgLeNCpH4C_xnwZjWCw/s1600-h/DSC00147.%23$%23"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZlEysw4LRjDk3XSp5oNwCbFVZwpvtV_Bdl4LR-8IY7lnkTY4AxaEIZ66lO4JkiuGVCqC4m4vl8iPg2DAqzly7GJHnp41g3xJdFbzhsp52wlE5L1s55tQt8h9lgLeNCpH4C_xnwZjWCw/s320/DSC00147.%23$%23" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264313667359907170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mayhem at the end!!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsD4hUP-Uwb3Jgte9dqUo0RjBqDj9pIxQIHfrrcLWloi_vOsNeXAdkmL8AIkgeU18m7uzwWyYKq22wx_dFF4W4YDgBdg1sgEKfJQ96Yq3K_8WqIPowbV_Wh637LDq2NrF8AW14zns1zA/s1600-h/DSC00141.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsD4hUP-Uwb3Jgte9dqUo0RjBqDj9pIxQIHfrrcLWloi_vOsNeXAdkmL8AIkgeU18m7uzwWyYKq22wx_dFF4W4YDgBdg1sgEKfJQ96Yq3K_8WqIPowbV_Wh637LDq2NrF8AW14zns1zA/s320/DSC00141.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264313663280050018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tamar's Grade 9 Tug-O-War Team!!</span></span><br /></div>On the second day we were at St Leonards track for the main day. I was once again Head Time Keeper, as I have been for the past 4 years. I enjoy the role, but there is never a break!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceOMX8ATycvJga-XHCQ3z0GKdq80Yt_g2isPxCFlMlm_GBhyrUevr4y5CpZfWri4jEhNxIBlLyGC-zThLQJdJQ-EzDw8mSLfBCJQtRjcAccFRC0x7qCCtX47uHSZvRx4XF7Z162TgBak/s1600-h/DSC00497.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceOMX8ATycvJga-XHCQ3z0GKdq80Yt_g2isPxCFlMlm_GBhyrUevr4y5CpZfWri4jEhNxIBlLyGC-zThLQJdJQ-EzDw8mSLfBCJQtRjcAccFRC0x7qCCtX47uHSZvRx4XF7Z162TgBak/s320/DSC00497.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264311053359387058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">My spot at the finish line.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJS29TdxZpwLp_yPjE31RUgPXYgINRWswgOHH0b1IBKVy9m06HnB536SSYPmfVmSwd9cGuHVx55GoSv-jmWJWqHthyphenhyphensPfJDpyp2S3CXTesBLqUBDX9CJk98QQwLH8IfVbfZNIsUBMKlw/s1600-h/DSC00494.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJS29TdxZpwLp_yPjE31RUgPXYgINRWswgOHH0b1IBKVy9m06HnB536SSYPmfVmSwd9cGuHVx55GoSv-jmWJWqHthyphenhyphensPfJDpyp2S3CXTesBLqUBDX9CJk98QQwLH8IfVbfZNIsUBMKlw/s320/DSC00494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264311048593379778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Timing one of the races!!</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5o2Q1LCnUfQzaYp0CbMI7Zfoe9nGmphoL_En0mUFoi21gl0f-x_L_EcPpknQSjvg70CBz9tEPI9cIk-lw8mZ5txnx6e7eBUUALuwN6WxiFZmVt7-sDmkCTUbS1uHLrHuQC54Itsv1JM/s1600-h/DSC00492.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5o2Q1LCnUfQzaYp0CbMI7Zfoe9nGmphoL_En0mUFoi21gl0f-x_L_EcPpknQSjvg70CBz9tEPI9cIk-lw8mZ5txnx6e7eBUUALuwN6WxiFZmVt7-sDmkCTUbS1uHLrHuQC54Itsv1JM/s320/DSC00492.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264311045629214562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Working with students to organize times!!</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWY_odcC3VyESN3R5ZhAcKYk_tAj4-ltONQBopGnyhDV0bmzdjXpaLX-AcTutTlLkzsQhGbReRgIZUEbXQD0jsxnzMCr0EdfpDNHjl1dAbejm60BnLJ66asjbYsj1BQOviUZtYZK5z6Ks/s1600-h/DSC00491.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWY_odcC3VyESN3R5ZhAcKYk_tAj4-ltONQBopGnyhDV0bmzdjXpaLX-AcTutTlLkzsQhGbReRgIZUEbXQD0jsxnzMCr0EdfpDNHjl1dAbejm60BnLJ66asjbYsj1BQOviUZtYZK5z6Ks/s320/DSC00491.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264311041743067250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">This year I got a flag to show if we were ready or not!!</span></span><br /><br /></div>There was a little bit of rain throughout the day, but it did not pour like it did 2 years ago. There was however very little sun!!! Once again Tamar did not win or come second and as usual it was because lack of participation!!<br /><br />Ahh well there is always next year!!!aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-70510641219475338012008-10-14T13:19:00.002+11:002008-10-14T13:26:21.197+11:00One of those photos that bring a tear to my eye!!<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_scMseZWBcd_2pAyw8Mjfyyz3TCvSVCNjDWQeyPDQUtD_4no23x29Yucg403l4EWKu9Fqk4LoTJkfg0rBhNfj7igadlfYy82zOWJYRNUbla5yU0hyphenhyphenX393Wd7wCIscA_-6SdmKgEraGK4/s1600-h/cena.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256828732669773810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_scMseZWBcd_2pAyw8Mjfyyz3TCvSVCNjDWQeyPDQUtD_4no23x29Yucg403l4EWKu9Fqk4LoTJkfg0rBhNfj7igadlfYy82zOWJYRNUbla5yU0hyphenhyphenX393Wd7wCIscA_-6SdmKgEraGK4/s320/cena.jpg" /></a></p>I just found this photo on WWE.com, it is of John Cena meeting a little boy in Melbourne this week through the make a wish foundation. The smile on the boy's facesays alot, but what gets me is John's face, you can tell that meeting the boy means just as much to him as it does to the boy.<br /><br />Having Noah you see the good and the bad of some people. Luckily a majority of famous people (mostly hawks) we have met have always been very nice to us and Noah. The major people that have been extra nice to us have been, Crawf, Alister Clarkson, Sam Mitchell and especially Robbie Campbell. When people are nice to your children it make you feel nice and fuzzy, but when they are extra nice to Noah, it puts them on a special pedistal. For all the horrible/selfish stories you hear about celebrities, it is great to see so many give back and touch fans!!!!!!!aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-17485224509804115312008-10-13T18:07:00.003+11:002008-10-13T18:22:43.311+11:00Not Your Average Day At School!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZB-r_SL1CVM3BVMzWuApIeDPsndRCilctrG2M84U4BEi74R9zCXGR5N9AmB_Y7sW5YcPJ1-rm1RI7uDR3DiGY83kVyHfI-zowXJ1JuV6SPy634CCFFZJPaDRsZ8bDL3JgfJPAPWNW5Y0/s1600-h/DSC00122.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZB-r_SL1CVM3BVMzWuApIeDPsndRCilctrG2M84U4BEi74R9zCXGR5N9AmB_Y7sW5YcPJ1-rm1RI7uDR3DiGY83kVyHfI-zowXJ1JuV6SPy634CCFFZJPaDRsZ8bDL3JgfJPAPWNW5Y0/s320/DSC00122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256532293331422594" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Today was the Grade 7 Science excursion to Lowhead to "look" at the Ecosystems around the area. Or in other words a walk along the beach!!!<br /><br />I must say I was not looking forward to going, I only teach one grade 7 class and don't know any of the other students. I was even less excited when I woke up to see an overcast windy day. Fortunately the weather cleared by the time we hoped on the bus and as I sat with all my friends (by myself) I thought this was going to be a long day. Luckily four girls from my science class started to talk to me, I think they felt sorry for me.<br /><br />By the time we arrived I was ready for the adventure. We started out walking along the beach heading towards a big sand dune, when we got there the students decided to jump/fall/roll down the dune, they had a ball. I decided to amuse myself by throwing large rocks into the water, right next to the students that were wading up to their shins. It was way too easy to splash them!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0cPfDAFtDJBRKX8C-eQiBg0SIhOoAfMjh7fPeX9KEGbgMsvi2A1s9KA_sMtVrLKx4wRnaWnQfprNcFtUSrpN4dOovr0R3WKPIQ-0aCRGL9DYi84XxVSNU3wO6J-Q9WIqd3GvqGnHQWE/s1600-h/DSC00118.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0cPfDAFtDJBRKX8C-eQiBg0SIhOoAfMjh7fPeX9KEGbgMsvi2A1s9KA_sMtVrLKx4wRnaWnQfprNcFtUSrpN4dOovr0R3WKPIQ-0aCRGL9DYi84XxVSNU3wO6J-Q9WIqd3GvqGnHQWE/s320/DSC00118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256532286028263522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Walk<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Lj9JoPOHGb5bM3vNmaIIwH_0XvukaR7n26T16eH_yZPozHLnpxrGKRxHRM0cAddTJbjqJefucLsGyjBjKjXODoLL9MNhOhvBguHnqNf9fIvstMP3KrM7rWv1KCxobgz5lHdUCgMAtrs/s1600-h/DSC00120.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Lj9JoPOHGb5bM3vNmaIIwH_0XvukaR7n26T16eH_yZPozHLnpxrGKRxHRM0cAddTJbjqJefucLsGyjBjKjXODoLL9MNhOhvBguHnqNf9fIvstMP3KrM7rWv1KCxobgz5lHdUCgMAtrs/s320/DSC00120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256532292138773026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Fun on the dune</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0iqaPvPuh1ydovm3PYf9XATKk4fqv0efBtZLdC1DrBXSHcGOvh_FWmBvPrqgoVDiKqfXdFm3C7BI1qVTj8lT1czc5bUgPygP1sND_dA8pTcHy3IEelOCOpfZ9F8cDuitO0B7LkS4U6U/s1600-h/DSC00121.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0iqaPvPuh1ydovm3PYf9XATKk4fqv0efBtZLdC1DrBXSHcGOvh_FWmBvPrqgoVDiKqfXdFm3C7BI1qVTj8lT1czc5bUgPygP1sND_dA8pTcHy3IEelOCOpfZ9F8cDuitO0B7LkS4U6U/s320/DSC00121.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256532293428536594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Going back to the top</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48UgT1vV5z5T26fm6DR64dzZBox_HQ-1VQsZ50Dv_x2bq1GQCSSsjuR9nDIzvgDx3JSrq_Ay__OiOMckWW_T0VwqHxYMDWooopRvUp0Q-riO6s3RuUTq9bDdk6smIwLEdx-kaBs4lr8Y/s1600-h/DSC00125.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48UgT1vV5z5T26fm6DR64dzZBox_HQ-1VQsZ50Dv_x2bq1GQCSSsjuR9nDIzvgDx3JSrq_Ay__OiOMckWW_T0VwqHxYMDWooopRvUp0Q-riO6s3RuUTq9bDdk6smIwLEdx-kaBs4lr8Y/s320/DSC00125.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256532714221415266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A sea dragon one of my students found</span><br /><br /></div>We had a BBQ lunch and played a bit of sport. Between mucking around with my science class and meeting new students I ended up having a really good day!!!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnvlg6gUsD01FGNdAcn3ybiwkKv9DwVeScSI7-5aBqPw7V0GaPtoXF9bjCjO_t34RX6fBLXzkkiD3fs86-aUXCcnISLfL5tdL4uG5uCGMKLUhGWcOzqolHUP4UZxn3nStEmjXzvok4HY/s1600-h/DSC00124.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnvlg6gUsD01FGNdAcn3ybiwkKv9DwVeScSI7-5aBqPw7V0GaPtoXF9bjCjO_t34RX6fBLXzkkiD3fs86-aUXCcnISLfL5tdL4uG5uCGMKLUhGWcOzqolHUP4UZxn3nStEmjXzvok4HY/s320/DSC00124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256532717379673858" border="0" /></a></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-40910108534825509842008-10-12T10:02:00.006+11:002008-10-12T11:30:18.251+11:00When Tigger Attacks!! Or When Kobe Attacks!!!!!This morning I decided to put batteries into the "Bouncing Tigger" for Kobe. He loved it!! We tried the TJ Bearytales first, which he liked, but once Tigger came out, he was in love. <br /><br />I started by holding while he watched, but soon decided to sit him up with support of the couch and pillows. Here is the video of what happened next!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dydjU-IV-2dHEoXGZNW7ds7Ir-zDtwPCIxIoFKhW0afnadwovL6UljkG9ZMrzF9HYV9K13ut5OUW-MCbMOCtQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-4517496246793689592008-10-03T21:41:00.002+10:002008-10-03T21:43:45.097+10:00Not much to do on a Friday night anymore!!!Friday nights officially suck!!!!<br /><br />I don't want to watch wannabe models and i definitely do not want to watch Tom Cruise.<br /><br />So I made this video clip!!!<br /><br />I bet you can't guess what it is about!!!!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/awlhqGXRNvc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/awlhqGXRNvc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-68785628791092017022008-10-01T18:50:00.006+10:002008-10-01T19:22:53.484+10:00My Team! My Love! My Passion!<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAARONK%7E1.SCH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C03%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size:100%;">My family will always be my first love, but this is about my second.</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">If you know me well, you know what this post is about, if you have only just gotten to know, probably through Lisa’s blog, you could probably guess and if you don’t know me at all. Get ready.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">This post is about my beloved Hawthorn Hawks, not that Tassie Hawks team that to me does not exist. I have been a die hard supporter for 33 years, which means from the ripe old age of 2 I have bled brown and gold. This is a journey with many ups, but just as many downs.
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">This is about me, how I feel about things, my beliefs, not everyone is the same, most aren’t like me, most would not want to be like me, But I do.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAARONK%7E1.SCH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C16%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let’s go back, way back. Growing up my life was concerned with three things that my life go round, football, Hawthorn and Peter Knights. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAARONK%7E1.SCH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C09%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--></p>
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >18 months - In my North Launceston jumper (state football was huge back then)</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 days after the 1975 Grand Final.</span>
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<br /></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAARONK%7E1.SCH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C07%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">I used to love cricket as well, all Aussie kids did, but it was always football for me. No one in my family ever went for Hawthorn, how I started at a young age I don’t know, all I can think of is that a few of the teenage boys in our street supported the Hawks, but as a 2-3 year old I can’t see that would influence me, maybe it was pre-destined. </p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">Here a few of my memories of my past that may paint a picture for you, Lisa would say a scary picture!!!!</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">I remember:</p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">. . .<span style=""> </span>yelling obscenities at the radio on Preliminary Final day 1982 at the age of 9. <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Carlton</st1:place></st1:city> beat Hawthorn to advance to the Grand Final.</p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>. . . Meeting Peter Knights at Fotheringhams Sport Store at Invermay, looking up at him as he signed my picture.</p>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbldWOPXGTq5iqKEkZC80M0VLKxpO0i5g1OobO4Sm5dQP8kGgSO1G1MYGMSIo3ukNB7kHkq53uChXwmZfgdGq4OSRXg1tRFC_Zp1z4iM_r-KllJPaFxlvmf4ogeoVLiHMf8Zgy_6aGJs/s1600-h/knights.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbldWOPXGTq5iqKEkZC80M0VLKxpO0i5g1OobO4Sm5dQP8kGgSO1G1MYGMSIo3ukNB7kHkq53uChXwmZfgdGq4OSRXg1tRFC_Zp1z4iM_r-KllJPaFxlvmf4ogeoVLiHMf8Zgy_6aGJs/s320/knights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252107368936279890" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >The autograph picture I got that day</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> ( I was 5 or6)</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAARONK%7E1.SCH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C08%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">. . . . taking part in a training session, I didn’t want to learn I just wanted to impress Knightsy.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . . A bedroom where everything was brown and gold, bed, walls, football displays everywhere.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . .Taking two cricket wickets, spacing them out and spending every afternoon, all afternoon kicking at goals!!!!</p>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >1981</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAARONK%7E1.SCH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C11%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">. . . When I was little all we had was the radio to follow football. I remember crouching down close to the big speaker in the lounge trying to hear the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Melbourne</st1:place></st1:city> stations over the crackle.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . . The Saturday Express being delivered in the evening with the football scores in it. Then recreating the game with a balloon in the lounge. This happened every week. I think Peter Knights always kicked 5-6 goals in my game!!!</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . . Grand Final days during the 80’s, there was some good ones, but also some bad one. Then the glossy cover of the herald newspaper on the Tuesday, this was before it amalgamated with the Sun, we were always a day behind <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Melbourne</st1:city></st1:place>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . . Football books everywhere, it was all I ever read, magazines as well. It hasn’t changed much.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . . We didn’t know who won the Brownlow, until the next morning and the only live game we would see was the one day in September.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . . Jumping into my dad’s arms, when Gary Buckenara kicked the winning goal against the <st1:place st="on">Dees</st1:place> to put us into the ’87 Grand Final. Unfortunately I also remember the next week also.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . .The hurt as we waited outside the sports store to meet Dermott Brereton, who never turned up.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . .The euphoria 12 years later when I finally got to meet him. The only person I have met that made me get goose bumps from meeting them.</p> </div></div>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dermie & I</span>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . .Crimmo’s cup. Seeing the photo of the players with Peter Crimmins and the cup a few day’s later in the paper is still very clear in my mind.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">. . .2001 finals. We had just found out about Noah’s condition and the emotions running through my body were at a lifetime high. I remember the night we had to play Port in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Adelaide</st1:place></st1:city> in the Semi-final and Noah was in hospital and when w won. I collapsed on the floor a cried. I cried again the next week, but only because the devils team, Essendon beat us and the emotions ran free again!!!!</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">There are soooo many memories that have lived with. I have had or have so many Hawthorn things that I couldn’t tell you where they came from, I have an autographed poster from the 1978 grand final, but I don’t know how that came about.</p> </div></div>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >1978 Grand Final autographed poster</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Jalen, Noah, Shane Crawford & I</span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Clarko, Noah & Jalen</span></span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAARONK%7E1.SCH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C14%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">I am that loyal that the thought of wearing another teams colours, even if I had to or even for a joke, makes me feel dirty and sick, I just can’t do. It is a bit of a disease or addiction, but rehab is out of the question.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Being so passionate makes me protective of the club. If you are a part time fan or only relatively new to supporting the team and I seem stand offish or something like that, it is not personal, I just have seen many people jump on the bandwagon and then jump off, or stay and act like a fan and bag out the team, which to me is a sin. I can not stand it when supporters bag out our club, never!! I can’t play any better than what they can, so I am not going to criticize them, so neither should you!!!!!</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So as I wrap this journey to my strange mind, just remember that to you it is just a game, to me it is not!!! I wish I could just watch the team play and relax, but I am consumed by it from Feb-Sept, my life revolves around it, just ask Lisa. She has had to put up with a lot of crap, because of my love affair with the Hawks, but she seems to understand now. I am lucky I have such a wonderful understanding wife; I love her so much it is not funny. I think she is starting to have fun watching the Hawks too.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>After all this you probably think I am stranger than before you read it. As much fun as it has been watching games, going to trainings and all that it has been made so much more fun by having my boys and Lisa with me.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Were a happy<span style=""> </span>team at Hawthorn!!!!!”</p>
<br />aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-45055568848938727742008-09-27T19:17:00.004+10:002008-09-27T19:51:51.947+10:00The Greatest Day Ever!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6OkHPrOXxFsNYCiTXX8XqGnd9LS_r77Mi4q_ZMCpNUbJDSKZ4mjf74BAexB_cbNzJFHzoWeF-qZTJFqzuAhCKFs2Pm-wqfJvphKeeKjByrLJGs42Y8zg63sJMMzZyJPFPpYRcEPe390/s1600-h/grand_final18_gallery__470x292.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6OkHPrOXxFsNYCiTXX8XqGnd9LS_r77Mi4q_ZMCpNUbJDSKZ4mjf74BAexB_cbNzJFHzoWeF-qZTJFqzuAhCKFs2Pm-wqfJvphKeeKjByrLJGs42Y8zg63sJMMzZyJPFPpYRcEPe390/s320/grand_final18_gallery__470x292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250634710483151410" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />I told you we were not scared and we would win!!!!!<br /><br />Here is my unbiased, :), view of the 2008 AFL Grand Final.<br /><br />What a day, I felt sick at around 11am, finally had everything in place to watch the game and the emotions and everything else hit me. I was ready!!!! Before the coin toss, I noticed the smug arrogant look on Tom Harley's face and thought "what a tosser!!!", as stated in previous posts, Geelong thought they were going to take the prize.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">From the opening bounce it was a tense and pressure filled game. When The Mighty Hawks kicked three goals after Kidney man had kicked one for the cats. I was pumped.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3v4Yk8x3_YUDdeFYmggBF9Ccu_kZCaZ4BlpRjfkuYJlQjHLAHex_BMqKARSaHDy2i_AQqqc4kGjxZJNSnmsEF_CeiZUkA6KVOx1ucXLaYDpqEDoCLk9oA-sVQ2la607cGV1kMtK0O7c/s1600-h/grand_final7_gallery__470x321.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3v4Yk8x3_YUDdeFYmggBF9Ccu_kZCaZ4BlpRjfkuYJlQjHLAHex_BMqKARSaHDy2i_AQqqc4kGjxZJNSnmsEF_CeiZUkA6KVOx1ucXLaYDpqEDoCLk9oA-sVQ2la607cGV1kMtK0O7c/s320/grand_final7_gallery__470x321.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250633802690824402" border="0" /></a></div><br />Speaking of Lonergan, did you notice he lost his balance and fell over in the last quarter, that was because his insides are unbalanced with the missing kidney!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As usual the cats came back and hit he front at quarter time, no worries we were close enough, to mount a charge. The second quarter was full of selfish/arrogant Geelong play, Ottens missing from 30 out when two cats were alone in the goal square. Then Croady hurt his foot and my number 2 man Campbell Brown went back and gave the cats headaches.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTW3F5FddWkrqsP87dCvb4neVa8r5SbQ7L0jKedmP8m7d-k44RNVPM6wQwg0UvFhnjwkouugoySUxNg2caC1n96grjFLCwSv6W7t0GAw_bZMbTyNU9f-S_QfEaHcDEqG59Mzuvz0HYn9Y/s1600-h/grand_final13_gallery__470x290.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTW3F5FddWkrqsP87dCvb4neVa8r5SbQ7L0jKedmP8m7d-k44RNVPM6wQwg0UvFhnjwkouugoySUxNg2caC1n96grjFLCwSv6W7t0GAw_bZMbTyNU9f-S_QfEaHcDEqG59Mzuvz0HYn9Y/s320/grand_final13_gallery__470x290.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250633811731826354" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div>Buddy finally got into it and handed Willow a goal, followed by Young's booming goal from the center and we were in front at the half.<br /><br />We came out fired up in the second half, butlost our best player of the first half to injury!!!! The cats tried, but Cyril and Stuey Dew put a 5 min burst that put us up by 30. Then the umpires handed the cats a goal and then another to the druggy's son (Ablett) anthey were back into.<br /><br /><br />Into the last quater and the pressure was on, see Lisa's blog, but when held firm and beat them. Emotions started to flow after RickyLadson kicked a goal with 8 mins left, but really flowed after the siren<br /><div style="text-align: center;">.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCiPxnWHOn2X4SD_O5hNadGPylbP8gDSDcpc2pyogBef_zxQ0JWtedA3et0hPIII-pmJzi1M1e8yfDW4C8i3yxu6q9el732kM8m9cx_L63BmWnPf0bmT8jIjMyWolrFc1SVRGXo3kbHU/s1600-h/grand_final6_gallery__260x400.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCiPxnWHOn2X4SD_O5hNadGPylbP8gDSDcpc2pyogBef_zxQ0JWtedA3et0hPIII-pmJzi1M1e8yfDW4C8i3yxu6q9el732kM8m9cx_L63BmWnPf0bmT8jIjMyWolrFc1SVRGXo3kbHU/s320/grand_final6_gallery__260x400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250633801148690258" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGjP9TV98fPDuQSuhfLeBWqMEnolmLYRq1RHjIqdK8zaAd4zxHOE9Ak_9Lb9kvY6pFJWxGQEF6JqduX7P9UT6LW-2KMfU4kI7JNUUa93enYjB7TmTnVTwnPm3d_G7nlOr-1bdIf2tBk0/s1600-h/15587398_gallery__324x400.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGjP9TV98fPDuQSuhfLeBWqMEnolmLYRq1RHjIqdK8zaAd4zxHOE9Ak_9Lb9kvY6pFJWxGQEF6JqduX7P9UT6LW-2KMfU4kI7JNUUa93enYjB7TmTnVTwnPm3d_G7nlOr-1bdIf2tBk0/s320/15587398_gallery__324x400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250633800893475250" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Let me express my feelings on a few of the players from today's game:<br /><br />Stuey Dew: Damn star, we would not have won without him today.<br />Cyril Rioli: It was his first year, we have a genuine superstar in the making. Turned the game for us.<br />Luke Hodge: If you have read previous posts you know how I feel. I am proud to #15 on my guernsey.<br />Shane Crawford: This is who we did it for. After today he could go again next year.<br />Sam Mitchell: Quiet first half, but stood up in the second.<br />Brad Sewell: Stood up when needed gave us drive in the second half.<br />Campbell Brown: Same as always, hard/desperate. I love that man.<br /><br />The best for the cats:<br />The umpires: How many dodgy free kicks did you want to receive. They kept you in the game in the second half.<br /><br />I could go on and on about the team, I know I probably missed some, but people are probably getting bored.<br /><br />One last one though:<br />Gary Ablett Jr: Sook!!!!!!!!! Didn't win the Brownlow, sat there sooking, although he claimed it didn't matter that much. Then today sat there at the end sooking his eyes out. You won it last year, it is not as if you haven't tasted premiership glory!!!! Sooky Sooky La La!!!<br /><br />All in all what a day, now I can look forward to a wonderful 12 months, after years of hearing about how Hawthorn sucked, sticking by them fanatically and riding every bump with them, no one can say anything, anymore. We beat every team this year, everyone!!!! And I have all the games on dvd to prove it!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We're a happy team at Hawthorn!!!</span><br /><br />Now I am going to watch the game again. Crazy, yes. Fanatical, um hell yeah. Passionate, always. i really love my team!!!!! I mean really love!!!!!!aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-90611130480714485302008-09-21T13:15:00.003+10:002008-09-21T13:47:53.332+10:00WE ARE NOT SCARED!!!!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTw45iIcx2tjkmI9R-koJHKbyXgGmF1kPUWURyddoCfDIPyzJz_ghy2bETba4G4VZuCg-h84SoN39PkNL61jLYlfXlwu-QGimjdXm2gnpFgGbrRxHy4tTTsqlr33yf30Bz8YRqK2g4ho/s1600-h/kitty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTw45iIcx2tjkmI9R-koJHKbyXgGmF1kPUWURyddoCfDIPyzJz_ghy2bETba4G4VZuCg-h84SoN39PkNL61jLYlfXlwu-QGimjdXm2gnpFgGbrRxHy4tTTsqlr33yf30Bz8YRqK2g4ho/s320/kitty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248312436163003762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>The AFL Grand Final is only 6 days away, this could be one of the best weeks ever!! Although, the way the media and Geelong have been talking, I must of missed it, because it seems Geelong have already won!! All we have heard is Geelong this, Geelong that. Fair enough they have only been beaten once, if we could kick straight it would have been twice!! Aker says they are arrogant and I am starting to believe what he is saying. I must admit I am sick of hearing about only one team and how good they are, when there are 16 clubs in the league. Do 7 cats deserve All-Australian honors or are they the flavour of the month!!<br /><br />One word of warning for the kitty cats, Hawthorn are no Port Adelaide. Nick Riewoldt said during the week that experience would help the saints, yeah right, you got smashed. The Hawks are hungry and a meal wont satisfy the hunger. We want this for Shane!!!!<br /><br />Bring on Saturday and those cats!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16IApu_8dC_emF3uz-NN1eDR7jh9WNfn-fnivOAd6kUrJ6CwHw8ckHQ9JWfyP3nhJS41puLcmLXoivKwq26OCmBAMFISi0kzqLSgCQmR-N5KGcZrDNpAw_W4NaE1o-fBpplwPYOVzNxE/s1600-h/shrig-im-dead-cat_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16IApu_8dC_emF3uz-NN1eDR7jh9WNfn-fnivOAd6kUrJ6CwHw8ckHQ9JWfyP3nhJS41puLcmLXoivKwq26OCmBAMFISi0kzqLSgCQmR-N5KGcZrDNpAw_W4NaE1o-fBpplwPYOVzNxE/s320/shrig-im-dead-cat_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248316143468385330" border="0" /></a></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-83888288005431609512008-09-20T22:11:00.005+10:002008-09-20T22:34:36.241+10:00In Celebration of . . .<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">To celebrate the MIGHTY HAWKS first Grand Final appearance for 17 years, I have decided to share my Hawthorn desktop wallpapers, which I have created over the years. They are either scans or photos I have taken that I have edited or redesigned. Even if you don't go for the hawks (loser!) let me know what you think.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw9w-hnHY7nEFCrGwZ8ypQuO1aY429f9eiKA2cOfJ38X4w_qlYE-WEwu6ZjQl0Nf4-oStKU1-Q9t5e9anfQyg76l_AC6XG2oVbeMhq3T8PFMB61fEujP7jUDIBV0_jB1sB-mFd4YCYUY/s1600-h/hodge.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw9w-hnHY7nEFCrGwZ8ypQuO1aY429f9eiKA2cOfJ38X4w_qlYE-WEwu6ZjQl0Nf4-oStKU1-Q9t5e9anfQyg76l_AC6XG2oVbeMhq3T8PFMB61fEujP7jUDIBV0_jB1sB-mFd4YCYUY/s320/hodge.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248078751036843586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hodgey</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdvRdjQD8fs_xnHB2DT6et1rJwjTAVXs_AmfqaIz7Sq5xtuUR-9klZ1ZmUFZY4NmzThP8Du94HnQA2teI0PgQ4_maSHrVPK0mYsiKUnyOJEOhBac2uMHa5B8ak_aZ7y-7qodgM6ZCrJo/s1600-h/LETHAl.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdvRdjQD8fs_xnHB2DT6et1rJwjTAVXs_AmfqaIz7Sq5xtuUR-9klZ1ZmUFZY4NmzThP8Du94HnQA2teI0PgQ4_maSHrVPK0mYsiKUnyOJEOhBac2uMHa5B8ak_aZ7y-7qodgM6ZCrJo/s320/LETHAl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248078753843633522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Leigh Matthews</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKoTZCQuUcHMtIqVE1nEKRIZ4-h1iv1CwX-0u9lcmoOdqPM0vKMroVt1v9psEnTr3TRMug0eHAs_EE6nxwuudm9Z84rDTuG09evtJ_YI6nRiG4EN2Ng4RBNtfgWWTmgMWJHc16Vmr7YY/s1600-h/The_Magics_Back.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKoTZCQuUcHMtIqVE1nEKRIZ4-h1iv1CwX-0u9lcmoOdqPM0vKMroVt1v9psEnTr3TRMug0eHAs_EE6nxwuudm9Z84rDTuG09evtJ_YI6nRiG4EN2Ng4RBNtfgWWTmgMWJHc16Vmr7YY/s320/The_Magics_Back.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248078755084406786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shane Crawford</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1hrlK8vhzx_RLs1wblbhmodqeAci10PgVEIybM1Vyq8DFHYN44mx1O6ESD_JqEX9Mbw0tKZBGP12PFnLgYvs3FXNvhEHyBqfzMMNyiFwGN0tPtQLj-HZamwI0GvBC5pKqABAuM_GRDE/s1600-h/Untitled+-+14.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1hrlK8vhzx_RLs1wblbhmodqeAci10PgVEIybM1Vyq8DFHYN44mx1O6ESD_JqEX9Mbw0tKZBGP12PFnLgYvs3FXNvhEHyBqfzMMNyiFwGN0tPtQLj-HZamwI0GvBC5pKqABAuM_GRDE/s320/Untitled+-+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248078757958103058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Premierships</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vdVSFYbOVcqWUCwI2bnh1cpuHGwCMrMtGool6vQxeSDdSNdSp0Elz_EQuhDnmUCadIBBQ_HWKgcqDvERWELqtaFVRQMaJH3WMhOjXLnBnuFiVgosLYYgH_dwUUbr8LG_NC_42jXTKaY/s1600-h/Crawf+300.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vdVSFYbOVcqWUCwI2bnh1cpuHGwCMrMtGool6vQxeSDdSNdSp0Elz_EQuhDnmUCadIBBQ_HWKgcqDvERWELqtaFVRQMaJH3WMhOjXLnBnuFiVgosLYYgH_dwUUbr8LG_NC_42jXTKaY/s320/Crawf+300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248077304251907522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shane Crawford</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4C3SrwKDm4X_pSB5YfxsKOdkgurKLWB7-pZUD3F3BT_IhAjkKJNE4RUHUZHNBF4HuPMQlwVWpr5D8wvt5bLG9qs0xYbAeLIKgdw6GvSMoPHcjnjQjN9B7tLF6R-XiTHNaqb9L3JF7tbc/s1600-h/crawf.BMP"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4C3SrwKDm4X_pSB5YfxsKOdkgurKLWB7-pZUD3F3BT_IhAjkKJNE4RUHUZHNBF4HuPMQlwVWpr5D8wvt5bLG9qs0xYbAeLIKgdw6GvSMoPHcjnjQjN9B7tLF6R-XiTHNaqb9L3JF7tbc/s320/crawf.BMP" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248077310491296386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shane Crawford</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAt3r_1I7DesJYWxr0yXV7qDb8ZgNyQyrOBWEKIul6pI-BNxq7H7xhogHXww6OJgDylDrqSH98eSBUpw9KgVpgGRnXsDf_iM1GKHeGOuK9aMynJJNbmhjrBSfAGVxjwt9qQrBd14_15k/s1600-h/Hawks-Power.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAt3r_1I7DesJYWxr0yXV7qDb8ZgNyQyrOBWEKIul6pI-BNxq7H7xhogHXww6OJgDylDrqSH98eSBUpw9KgVpgGRnXsDf_iM1GKHeGOuK9aMynJJNbmhjrBSfAGVxjwt9qQrBd14_15k/s320/Hawks-Power.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248077322057857762" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">vs Power at Aurora</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7De9wl2NO21LDac_BC4UVWe7ZqsEXsn0V3BZGNu7Ck5ZrANXoV83wf2RIiNSjzVNjCG2cpuuR4A6BGDJQFr2iYy8IscEHe83a2zjcuW7T0SnQD8lq1JL1EhGg4LjPoFYOF5W3xS6RMRU/s1600-h/hawthorn+2007+Wallpaper+1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7De9wl2NO21LDac_BC4UVWe7ZqsEXsn0V3BZGNu7Ck5ZrANXoV83wf2RIiNSjzVNjCG2cpuuR4A6BGDJQFr2iYy8IscEHe83a2zjcuW7T0SnQD8lq1JL1EhGg4LjPoFYOF5W3xS6RMRU/s320/hawthorn+2007+Wallpaper+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248077322127317586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stars of '07</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-fUPOqUX6rJk_f6qX-WrIJcV6sU8JR9Ymg1qbxqYqhz6Y8fug4lPehhPLYyznQ-nYiM7GoijzPTKf4B3MIT2Tbxvzh7YnnnMk7YaHKIm6zyHvkO_porxKLpJihnatk8TYNU_aBRaLQo/s1600-h/.BMP"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-fUPOqUX6rJk_f6qX-WrIJcV6sU8JR9Ymg1qbxqYqhz6Y8fug4lPehhPLYyznQ-nYiM7GoijzPTKf4B3MIT2Tbxvzh7YnnnMk7YaHKIm6zyHvkO_porxKLpJihnatk8TYNU_aBRaLQo/s320/.BMP" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248076522476400610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shane Crawford</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqWTC1UnzzR0Y2nGFpfyTW4bUiX4RHeq0SQVO6AgIzFC3ioGG_9vpe_KCGzxwZfe_oCalayWDEiNvymNkUmbt8LQSyesThlva3XbPm04EF1wZ1peAYb4dfmDC9stW9fK95ix3xtBl5zQ/s1600-h/BrownyWallpaper.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqWTC1UnzzR0Y2nGFpfyTW4bUiX4RHeq0SQVO6AgIzFC3ioGG_9vpe_KCGzxwZfe_oCalayWDEiNvymNkUmbt8LQSyesThlva3XbPm04EF1wZ1peAYb4dfmDC9stW9fK95ix3xtBl5zQ/s320/BrownyWallpaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248076521081107986" border="0" /></a><br />Campbell Brown<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7YnR153kaJdFDdzCVV-OElu_LolVWJsyxANe9rybm5usNGlYePkETXs7HZ22FRFDsUYlRRQybdNB7h-_ABtL1gBUeF5i7UrgJHlOcf6SfLM8BwSguDpjwrT0FzDCGnMnCRjkkViTxsY/s1600-h/Buddy+Wallpaper.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7YnR153kaJdFDdzCVV-OElu_LolVWJsyxANe9rybm5usNGlYePkETXs7HZ22FRFDsUYlRRQybdNB7h-_ABtL1gBUeF5i7UrgJHlOcf6SfLM8BwSguDpjwrT0FzDCGnMnCRjkkViTxsY/s320/Buddy+Wallpaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248076530000414962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Buddy</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyGYG_W_G9pCpRDk8GRKArge02Ik9PbcgCVrm1XzmL-lJ7MHtFO8enBb4dID-sXerEuQFM-V2Zd-9xYfbZh_6FOBKW8VnNVAy1KcEFRf9nr6pBXrlicnwq0SzdS4vFBdTE-tw-IxfZdM/s1600-h/Buddy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyGYG_W_G9pCpRDk8GRKArge02Ik9PbcgCVrm1XzmL-lJ7MHtFO8enBb4dID-sXerEuQFM-V2Zd-9xYfbZh_6FOBKW8VnNVAy1KcEFRf9nr6pBXrlicnwq0SzdS4vFBdTE-tw-IxfZdM/s320/Buddy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248076533260150834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Buddy from the start of '06</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1I0tvneB8svRBTrO1Ur0ekaLaE4bilwRuA_QWl5pyx3n_GiNCLSPw-mmA23rBirdhJ_ASwTKGHQmuTvz1SZogx7Wj65-Hp5dBpWnJwvhjFiMkccpDk2Q8QVlV6NJq1I3di6HwXDwgwE/s1600-h/cHANCE.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1I0tvneB8svRBTrO1Ur0ekaLaE4bilwRuA_QWl5pyx3n_GiNCLSPw-mmA23rBirdhJ_ASwTKGHQmuTvz1SZogx7Wj65-Hp5dBpWnJwvhjFiMkccpDk2Q8QVlV6NJq1I3di6HwXDwgwE/s320/cHANCE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248076535400775090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Chance Bateman - Made Yesterday</span><br /></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-16333019199118495442008-09-04T20:40:00.004+10:002008-09-04T21:09:04.893+10:00Saturday August 30th: A Day From Hell, Night From HeavenThis past Saturday start off like any other Saturday, until I got out the shower and heard Noah crying. Not his usual cry, but one that lets you know it will be a long day. I quickly did a few jobs in town and arrived home at about 10:30am. At 11am Lisa took Kobe to the service project and left me with the immobile Harri (sore foot) and the arching and screaming Noah.<br /><br />For the next 9 hours I cuddled Noah, almost wrestling him to get him comfortable and quiet. He would only stop crying for about 1min at a time, he did fall asleep for about 15mins at one stage, but Kobe woke up at the same time.<br /><br />In between the cuddle/wrestle, running Harri to the toilet, stooping J and Harri fighting, I was able to do a few jobs on the computer, watch 3/4 of Semi-Pro & the Eagle & Cats and prepare for what would be a night to remember on that day that would not be easily forgotten.<br /><br />Noah started to settle around 7pm, just in time for the Hawthorn/Carlton telecast, a big game with Buddy needing 2 goals for his 100 and Fevola needing 8. Buddy kicked his 100th in the first quater and the celebrations began, but Fevola started to creep towards his and the tension was thick.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHudGKyZD0keIB4lsyJQw0NYvP5s_AR4kYpfYoRf7SJbjnjIzn6-3yhKEUPfzZPW-dJbA8yoyUk655TdF4v33ctxvrb3hWHYBCPJTiV_M5i0xqhG5PNGol6FFzoUdXgne9MvtmRtoQ_8k/s1600-h/franklin1_gallery__461x400.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHudGKyZD0keIB4lsyJQw0NYvP5s_AR4kYpfYoRf7SJbjnjIzn6-3yhKEUPfzZPW-dJbA8yoyUk655TdF4v33ctxvrb3hWHYBCPJTiV_M5i0xqhG5PNGol6FFzoUdXgne9MvtmRtoQ_8k/s320/franklin1_gallery__461x400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242119863394379970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The kick that started the party!!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAXKSea5gjL1g-dsxh4JnlJpN9N6mJbYVjuEylm3unRgYKCzjZbUKEre1JiuEztuMWZ__JYyTarJuwPoVXbdxvALmrYfVkaJrapO5i1eT29w6YQYR9HKn7caKSuZu8QXD7kNv4j0gWLI/s1600-h/Picture+020.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAXKSea5gjL1g-dsxh4JnlJpN9N6mJbYVjuEylm3unRgYKCzjZbUKEre1JiuEztuMWZ__JYyTarJuwPoVXbdxvALmrYfVkaJrapO5i1eT29w6YQYR9HKn7caKSuZu8QXD7kNv4j0gWLI/s320/Picture+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242119856173152370" border="0" /></a></div><br />Chrish had never watched a Hawthorn game with me until this night, I don't thik he will be in a rush to do it again either.<br /><br />With Fev only 2 goals away from the `100, with only minutes to go, I started to feel sick. No way was this loser going to steal Buddie's limelight!! Luckily time ran out and the first thing that came out of my mouth was "Sucked in!!". I have never felt so tense or stressed when the Hawks have been leading by 70 odd points.<br /><br />All in all the day was hard work, but not too bad. at least Lisa got a rest from it and got to get out of the house, plus the night more than made up for the day. Now all we have to do is beat those horrible doggies!!<br /><br /><br /><br />In case you missed all the fun, here it is!!!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PK-AtxY7re0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PK-AtxY7re0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XAOgpWT3J73ObR7m2vh2rTgUikkgqA1HWFXAbCa7pxVSm4Go0IPY_mmNIOdLijvChemCOO5V08HIMEWUUwmxAmrUkBRpB2nY8TvlVW5XEv4IWmy2lmJyfeIZxi20lb9vCYhVui5E0WM/s1600-h/Franklin-coleman-medal-detail+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XAOgpWT3J73ObR7m2vh2rTgUikkgqA1HWFXAbCa7pxVSm4Go0IPY_mmNIOdLijvChemCOO5V08HIMEWUUwmxAmrUkBRpB2nY8TvlVW5XEv4IWmy2lmJyfeIZxi20lb9vCYhVui5E0WM/s320/Franklin-coleman-medal-detail+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242121061697701442" border="0" /></a><br /></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-89893003523116522182008-08-26T21:31:00.003+10:002008-08-26T21:40:14.366+10:00The Shock of the LightningThe Oasis video clip has been released, the single is still over a month away, but man does this song absolutely rock!!!!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J1T43DXW2bQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J1T43DXW2bQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Here is a sneak peek at my Christmas Present!!!!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4EEyuspQgy6cjm-hq7zmGXaGhalJFmbYErhDArqD5NvINwd_FAusdYOauqIW0kD86luvFZH252_Nt0aTiN-Aj7u2yI-_4-WNuMrIiy1g8u2YIr5q_x7HSRDhO4MFqrBGzWNSHpopsPQ/s1600-h/250_30.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4EEyuspQgy6cjm-hq7zmGXaGhalJFmbYErhDArqD5NvINwd_FAusdYOauqIW0kD86luvFZH252_Nt0aTiN-Aj7u2yI-_4-WNuMrIiy1g8u2YIr5q_x7HSRDhO4MFqrBGzWNSHpopsPQ/s320/250_30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238788452656579154" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/NJAHL/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /> I can't wait!!<br /></div><br />And to those foolish people who have made comments (Devonport Stake . ., Jessica) regarding Hawthorn getting beat by Richmond. It helps if you have a go at me before we flog West coast by 71 points. I don't think the Hawks are scared of the Tiger's because they will be on the footy trip come September and the Hawks will be vying for the premiership!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhkpW8Y9JDolua_YrSY-3sZnjZtRJzpWYkaJu9mKy_3sff4AgBqRG0-aIOWO2PEOtg_Q-HOepi9tPMwXNKt3TlFVHU5RtX3vPDdBJDn8fmT3wKWVP4iex3UhbBeCDNJTiHOh2tTeP3_I/s1600-h/HawHodge_gallery__470x348.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhkpW8Y9JDolua_YrSY-3sZnjZtRJzpWYkaJu9mKy_3sff4AgBqRG0-aIOWO2PEOtg_Q-HOepi9tPMwXNKt3TlFVHU5RtX3vPDdBJDn8fmT3wKWVP4iex3UhbBeCDNJTiHOh2tTeP3_I/s320/HawHodge_gallery__470x348.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238789565527267746" border="0" /></a><br />I Love this man!!!!!!!!!<br /></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-32353468389292222312008-08-21T21:01:00.005+10:002008-08-21T21:27:23.204+10:00Where Is The Anti-Blogger?Where is the Anti-Blogger? When will he do another blog? What is he doing?I will tell you what he has been doing. Watching the damn Olympics!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL7pD91C3d_h6GEGTdUSgJpjBaVoD9OkRYnXkUCYm_d0_yGIaMOQWfyf9iayi35n1cEjgw-cUqkiAaQuFOX8qMOLda9ijGznECI8kb0Mtmm7PA8l0l_DSWRCaxpUeJ6UBDiCQ-AUvWZw/s1600-h/BeijingOlympics.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL7pD91C3d_h6GEGTdUSgJpjBaVoD9OkRYnXkUCYm_d0_yGIaMOQWfyf9iayi35n1cEjgw-cUqkiAaQuFOX8qMOLda9ijGznECI8kb0Mtmm7PA8l0l_DSWRCaxpUeJ6UBDiCQ-AUvWZw/s320/BeijingOlympics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236925466665775810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I am and always have been addicted to the Olympics. It consumes me for 16 days. I LOVE it. I don't just love the swimming and athletics, I love them all. Noah and I spent a few nights cuddled on the floor watching the gymnastics. I even have the Olympics on while I am teaching my maths classes. What! Measurement, averages, it i all part of maths.<br /><br />The highlights so far for me has been:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EIjj2hecWPmyHUnjpkuhyoZOX7ILRUzP4mlbXO0ZAEyoivDHI6_Z5X5_wV6IO_LGrt5GnJ76QdsLxB95UotX3J519XRD_PTbm6GZGk6MTw3OjdAsoTHKkruD5xjjMNAV_9xOGHnetMs/s1600-h/41726039.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EIjj2hecWPmyHUnjpkuhyoZOX7ILRUzP4mlbXO0ZAEyoivDHI6_Z5X5_wV6IO_LGrt5GnJ76QdsLxB95UotX3J519XRD_PTbm6GZGk6MTw3OjdAsoTHKkruD5xjjMNAV_9xOGHnetMs/s320/41726039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236925466849442994" border="0" /></a><br />Usain Bolt - What a star, what excitement.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3m24JwfUvMxYI439BhmzLVh4ziTy-w0gj4yw9yCQmZBpiv9zdidJkuHE4zSPj61Z-TYn1pKaj6ZgUIvEnwBRHIXIG0jfBTpqvibV7s83t8t54Z_jQW_4sb4JliX5_czGcvib_Fi63glo/s1600-h/relay4_gallery__276x400.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3m24JwfUvMxYI439BhmzLVh4ziTy-w0gj4yw9yCQmZBpiv9zdidJkuHE4zSPj61Z-TYn1pKaj6ZgUIvEnwBRHIXIG0jfBTpqvibV7s83t8t54Z_jQW_4sb4JliX5_czGcvib_Fi63glo/s320/relay4_gallery__276x400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236928363853798226" border="0" /></a><br />The Woman's Swim team - Showed the men up!!!<br /></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZVGOBYMwGCZNMZ8FT7QuE0HgdQcQVal8DjxPfsCenT3aIyp6Xoiljlvm3jjaGQNY_oajV7JGTrzq4Hc4IiIOGrwQjEpa2E6ojowQqOaPSn3420TEniaP2Tdu6668lS8101JpU-IM3ng/s1600-h/41348839.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZVGOBYMwGCZNMZ8FT7QuE0HgdQcQVal8DjxPfsCenT3aIyp6Xoiljlvm3jjaGQNY_oajV7JGTrzq4Hc4IiIOGrwQjEpa2E6ojowQqOaPSn3420TEniaP2Tdu6668lS8101JpU-IM3ng/s320/41348839.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236929221372033842" border="0" /></a><br />The US B'ball team - The only non-Aussie that I will cheer for.<br />Stuff the Boomers, but Go Opals!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">On that topic, last night Andrew Gaze's commentary was disgraceful!! He was so biased against he US it was not funny. I think he was just jealous because he could not make it in the NBA!!!<br /><br />Anyway, I think the Chinese have rigged a few of the events, shooting anyway.I guess if you miss the target you get points as well!!<br /><br /></div></div>I am writing this while watching the Olympics and I know I will be a tad bot depressed next week with all the usual crap back on TV. I wish the Olympics were on all the time, but they would lose their glamor and mystique. So until London 2012, I will just have to go back to my first love, The MIGHTY HAWKS, just don't mention Richmond!<br /></div></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-56008542710112598852008-08-06T11:43:00.000+10:002008-08-06T20:29:14.452+10:00Group Dating! Only good if you don't want to get married!!!!<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgQ0WwThFDMgPKo4tUBGRMXZbp2NMTDLc96dKsNVyzie9iqyn97aJEcdW6eIkq_OSufeddS9rqf8ZVl1GwepBlsHi90pz6ErZkbUXV3oyxgLlTt_hQq-yuIxJNGIlvvc6UqYd7CjBMCo/s1600-h/Header.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231215215857829810" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgQ0WwThFDMgPKo4tUBGRMXZbp2NMTDLc96dKsNVyzie9iqyn97aJEcdW6eIkq_OSufeddS9rqf8ZVl1GwepBlsHi90pz6ErZkbUXV3oyxgLlTt_hQq-yuIxJNGIlvvc6UqYd7CjBMCo/s320/Header.gif" border="0" /></a></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />In a church that is big on the Law of Chastity, group dating is encouraged big time. I am for group dating for under 18's, but when you are over 18, you should be dating in groups of TWO!!!!<br /><br />A date should be like a waltz, smooth, elegant, two people gazing into each other's eyes. Not a hokey pokey with everyone sticking their "noses" in and shaking the date all about!!!!<br /><br />Group dates are a recipe for disaster if you are looking for marriage, two's company, three is definitely not a party.<br /><br />Here are a few of the reasons that prove that friends on dates do not help:<br /><br />1 - Boys will spend more time talking to their mates instead of talking to you.<br /><br />2- Girls will tell their girlfriend (the one on the actual date) all the things she doesn't like about her date!!<br /><br />3 - You go to the toilet and your friend tries to chat up your date, damn Canteen workers, always cutting someone else's lunch!!!<br /><br />4 - If you have to drive, the canteen people will be at it again.<br /><br />5 - Embarrassing stories, your friends will think they are helping, but they wont be!!!<br /><br />Group dates are referred to as safe situations, which is true, but signs of bad intentions should rear their head as soon as you are picked up for the date.<br /><br />Girls, if your date picks you up and has Barry White or Boys II Men playing, you should instantly fake a stomach bug. He is after one thing. If he is playing Kylie Minogue in his car, relax he probably is just using you to get to your brother!!!!!!<br /><br />There is no advice for boys, because we think that all girls just "want" us anyway!!!!<br /><br />To wrap up, group dates are for youth and future missionaries, not for those looking for marriage. If you are a perennial group dater, get over it, cupid can't find you in a big group of people aho all have the same thing on their minds, "I need to get married!!!".<br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><br /><div></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-22526711671767324652008-07-30T15:52:00.000+10:002008-07-30T17:03:55.731+10:002 Great Nights, 1 Great Band, 7 Years apart!!!Oasis, my all time favourite band, no one compares to then in my eyes. Not even The Beatles. I have been fortunate to have seen them twice in concert, both times in Melbourne.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkx9uDmd9iczfxJIipxjw1uW4cx3jYq6X1Jp_IQ-Cpp01mIN6WLMMfhrD_gHW7eTsw9cap5PugLjPSq_5gz8247G0_f93Ckgc-5TEnXZnhJ0v4s9MvH9_2oHS0z9ZOtQiajOKeQ7pa-c/s1600-h/book.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkx9uDmd9iczfxJIipxjw1uW4cx3jYq6X1Jp_IQ-Cpp01mIN6WLMMfhrD_gHW7eTsw9cap5PugLjPSq_5gz8247G0_f93Ckgc-5TEnXZnhJ0v4s9MvH9_2oHS0z9ZOtQiajOKeQ7pa-c/s320/book.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228691874698906962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tour Book</span><br /></div><br />The first chance I had to go see them was March 1st 1998, while they were touring the Be Here Now album. Lisa and I flew over on the Saturday, went to see them on the Sunday and flew home on the Monday. While there we stayed at my sister's house. Before the gig we went to the All-Star Cafe at the Crown Casino and had tea. I must say I was too excited to eat.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGDitUyv6IvXlMsSN0u1CwFjcULyz73sDTaqMrmI295Rz8J736UG0_-yJMn81ogiS56X7I9DSkLsup6sLcEv6WPxzHcaFhEIPPGrFveZeXIEMd-3ZxNAMABTNh28kfFjkAvEXkZuYr-A/s1600-h/98tick.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGDitUyv6IvXlMsSN0u1CwFjcULyz73sDTaqMrmI295Rz8J736UG0_-yJMn81ogiS56X7I9DSkLsup6sLcEv6WPxzHcaFhEIPPGrFveZeXIEMd-3ZxNAMABTNh28kfFjkAvEXkZuYr-A/s320/98tick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228691864572239074" border="0" /></a></div><br />We had to wait outside for a while, but while we waited Noel arrived in van and we got to see him which was cool. Once inside we had to all sit down and wait for security to lets us go up to the barrier. While we sat there I saw Bonehead and Alan White (Band members) at the barrier. I jumped and bolted towards the barrier. I asked if I could take a snap and they said yes.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k2V1plPDch8Blk8oSJohSbo6BUyzHjXK7QF56RmW2EBOyVVvKvzVY7I3NCixkaZH55xiQ6E0JHkeOh1PQlsGUzdpiwhoRyYtqRXYwzvO3lVR6qWTFI1GZjxby4DlE-nDHr6V5pwzJwo/s1600-h/bone.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k2V1plPDch8Blk8oSJohSbo6BUyzHjXK7QF56RmW2EBOyVVvKvzVY7I3NCixkaZH55xiQ6E0JHkeOh1PQlsGUzdpiwhoRyYtqRXYwzvO3lVR6qWTFI1GZjxby4DlE-nDHr6V5pwzJwo/s320/bone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228691868108098146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bonehead & Alan White<br /><br /></span></div>Once the gig started You, Am, I opened and they were pretty good, but everyone just wanted Oasis. When the sounds of Be Here Now bellowed out of the speakers the crowd went wild, Lisa thought she was going to be trampled. I was a great gig, which included Noel's solo spot. At the time it was the best concert i had ever been too.<br /><br />In 2002 Oasis returned to Australia, but unfortunately with Noah now born and still small, plus a lack of funds I missed out. I also missed out on Noel and Gem's solo tour in '06. Tickets sold before I found out!!! Two big regrets. But I am ready for next year!!!!!!<br /><br />On to 2005, The "Don't Believe The Truth" Tour. December 1 2005. Problem with this tour was that I was already a teacher and had classes to teach on either side of the tour date and the fact that we had three sons meant I was going solo. So I left school at lunch flew to Melbourne and arrived to 40 degree heat. I checked into my hotel room and then went for a walk to Festival Hall.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflvPt6eortUNJTPeQc1lWmsn-qXKb2NnFazJWMJHesOGZoZeZrdZeb68YDUtPBzCxabwV4luHDn1F0yPXmbCc-gO-IevRB4_XXkVPMy-ofQpgHKYyFZs7sR-G294gNQpLwvIcIwdpTlk/s1600-h/Oasis-Melbourne-2005-To-363453.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflvPt6eortUNJTPeQc1lWmsn-qXKb2NnFazJWMJHesOGZoZeZrdZeb68YDUtPBzCxabwV4luHDn1F0yPXmbCc-gO-IevRB4_XXkVPMy-ofQpgHKYyFZs7sR-G294gNQpLwvIcIwdpTlk/s320/Oasis-Melbourne-2005-To-363453.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228693401722657506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tour Poster</span><br /></div>I heard the band doing sound check, so I camped at the backdoor area for the next 2-3 hours. I was lucky enough to meet Zak Starkey (The fill in drummer and Ringo Starr's son) who signed my t shirt<br /><div style="text-align: center;">.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUnLYgKcEZ_0y1oXUJ9tchN8y5jLIctK4iGAMhdJgLAdta_csDGcb7KbWxmoy_Z37GmranDrjsWqTj2F0SyoNlJbMBBVD60UtaMiw2ZiUVrusTMd3CEbIE7ORZ9kwUl4CG4RIA3i9wYQ/s1600-h/05tick.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUnLYgKcEZ_0y1oXUJ9tchN8y5jLIctK4iGAMhdJgLAdta_csDGcb7KbWxmoy_Z37GmranDrjsWqTj2F0SyoNlJbMBBVD60UtaMiw2ZiUVrusTMd3CEbIE7ORZ9kwUl4CG4RIA3i9wYQ/s320/05tick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228691861047448882" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />It was an awesome concert that just rocked. It was so exciting to see the band live again. all the new tracks from the album sounded awesome and as usual "Don't Look Back In Anger" gave me goose bumps.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_9e8wIYCYvA5Eh76qFWR2mkywl854UxI9DAVwQy3Hwfw6_d-swXo8xqMsf2NI7pE0GaDSy8W4FB095Q5etwKQLxWGZuEtWUGUVNb3aggV68BjjZcxUklcQtgZwD2ET6zoTq0IgVDbF8/s1600-h/noel.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_9e8wIYCYvA5Eh76qFWR2mkywl854UxI9DAVwQy3Hwfw6_d-swXo8xqMsf2NI7pE0GaDSy8W4FB095Q5etwKQLxWGZuEtWUGUVNb3aggV68BjjZcxUklcQtgZwD2ET6zoTq0IgVDbF8/s320/noel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228693407360739266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The concert finished around 11 so I headed back to the hotel, only problem was I was too pumped to sleep. The next morning I woke at around 4AM to catch a taxi to take me to the airport to catch my 6AM flight home.<br /><br />I arrived home was picked up by Lisa and the boys and taken straight to "The Meadows" for a full day of teaching. I ended nodding on and off during science, but no one knew. :)<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsJXSygUMCH2xsvrE-9Pgu4hQoqZrr0GULg5MXBcFaQpxHdK3v1tc0VS8DRka2QSHrUQJSDJWb3mT2xWSP6_S-Kb2vovzGJm3EPi8YOTJ2LU4ihlbknamcN5_C82qfTsMyunAPIXpFCo/s1600-h/liam.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsJXSygUMCH2xsvrE-9Pgu4hQoqZrr0GULg5MXBcFaQpxHdK3v1tc0VS8DRka2QSHrUQJSDJWb3mT2xWSP6_S-Kb2vovzGJm3EPi8YOTJ2LU4ihlbknamcN5_C82qfTsMyunAPIXpFCo/s320/liam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228693403820928114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Later that afternoon we had a meeting at Punchbowl Primary School to discuss plans for Noah for the next year. I must admit I contributed nothing and can barely remember that meeting. I think I actually slept through most of it.<br /><br />This was now the best concert I had ever seen and I would/will do it again in a flash. There is not much that will stop me from seeing Oasis again!!!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh245eSqxbhrwKpm0EIcA_2RDJcYn0yZNiHTRjtmo2hjLjU_MLwWT9U8B9NEf7f3mEfgie0IUV32kvtf3QT8n4yGYsrsy0FxQQKQzEZfE3JxjUtecdTfr0XKf-LNHQGIzoji2hUdr5tsNY/s1600-h/nnews1214408660_image_805.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh245eSqxbhrwKpm0EIcA_2RDJcYn0yZNiHTRjtmo2hjLjU_MLwWT9U8B9NEf7f3mEfgie0IUV32kvtf3QT8n4yGYsrsy0FxQQKQzEZfE3JxjUtecdTfr0XKf-LNHQGIzoji2hUdr5tsNY/s320/nnews1214408660_image_805.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228698712393968514" border="0" /></a><br /></div><img src="file:///D:/DOCUME%7E1/AARON%7E1.KIN/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><br />The single,<b>‘The Shock Of The Lightning’</b> is released on <b>September 29th</b> and the album, <b>‘Dig Out Your Soul’</b> follows in <b>October</b>;<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oM4IuLj5BhpIc4MAXD5Sl1wE0JO_chK1RQkk7ffUZqb6yKkcFf5zt5znzmS1ocArA16anyH5xDLy5flrbnFsn2BEMMYHPRTqvCsGDWB1Q2MQu7bfRFMvcHRlzF64CD2qAgzOZ_xlDrU/s1600-h/200px-Dig_out_your_soul.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oM4IuLj5BhpIc4MAXD5Sl1wE0JO_chK1RQkk7ffUZqb6yKkcFf5zt5znzmS1ocArA16anyH5xDLy5flrbnFsn2BEMMYHPRTqvCsGDWB1Q2MQu7bfRFMvcHRlzF64CD2qAgzOZ_xlDrU/s320/200px-Dig_out_your_soul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228698818591912834" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-71228009664320255702008-07-25T17:48:00.000+10:002008-07-27T11:39:45.816+10:00Wanted: Husband 4 Collette!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXckuGyG7UrEtfdBlRojBeOaNcfcxy9pRuS_2HHtq1uZBjkuBHNhtboKW6EH3Esalq5kfGJIjwQrvqwfAQSOtKt2hW0bMOrRBlfBDDbO2aw5JHXrIc9GbpjUvo4EICZH2j8g0GM2BRv4/s1600-h/l_bc400e8f0f42821dca3b16fb14210db5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXckuGyG7UrEtfdBlRojBeOaNcfcxy9pRuS_2HHtq1uZBjkuBHNhtboKW6EH3Esalq5kfGJIjwQrvqwfAQSOtKt2hW0bMOrRBlfBDDbO2aw5JHXrIc9GbpjUvo4EICZH2j8g0GM2BRv4/s320/l_bc400e8f0f42821dca3b16fb14210db5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227499381219257282" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Our dear Collette</span><br /></div><br />Poor Poor Collette, already 25 and still not married. Like Steve Young said in Singles Ward, Collette is "a menace to society". What has gone wrong in Collette's pursuit of the ideal man!! Is she too picky, are the Tasmanian men too blind, I don't know, but what I do know is that I am here to help. We would all love too see Collette happily married, especially if it was to someone who lived interstate! :)<br /><br />Here are the prerequisites:<br />1. Male<br />2. Breathing.<br /><br />That's about it. Teeth and hair are not essential!! So roll up and take your chances!!!<br />I thought I would show you some pictures of Collette and here last few dates. You have to size up the competition.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFqORQQ67vt5UryW8oRb3hMPFVhQqWalr81LkJEJawq1cmgMIwt2YmulUILNyQxWL7vwy0uVkMKumBULatm4wln0njYNvI9JqRvdrjcLDNxloHR1chDaJKcfW_InHN0UT_mXd8gh537c/s1600-h/l_506f8064ab82bde4c0a4be78600db41a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFqORQQ67vt5UryW8oRb3hMPFVhQqWalr81LkJEJawq1cmgMIwt2YmulUILNyQxWL7vwy0uVkMKumBULatm4wln0njYNvI9JqRvdrjcLDNxloHR1chDaJKcfW_InHN0UT_mXd8gh537c/s320/l_506f8064ab82bde4c0a4be78600db41a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227499379122720322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This one was too skinny!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWUF0BoJwDQTvwp0ksPfhZReKP33IQ8XZFRZM4OtYXYuvpTusuckhp1lx8WXiOnGaXU3_xBi0OM4_a_xwpDXCnREr59sfHb-B067S3dQt6cXUzSInXS9j4nahRuyAc4yQC9NNx9gPeng/s1600-h/l_40a86223e2b67034962ed84594dfc4f2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWUF0BoJwDQTvwp0ksPfhZReKP33IQ8XZFRZM4OtYXYuvpTusuckhp1lx8WXiOnGaXU3_xBi0OM4_a_xwpDXCnREr59sfHb-B067S3dQt6cXUzSInXS9j4nahRuyAc4yQC9NNx9gPeng/s320/l_40a86223e2b67034962ed84594dfc4f2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227499374400917218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This one was not tall enough!!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOBQxsFvUsDT2QrlR_ycstegzgTPTj0ShNI14jJ0lVyXNZZKjZR8ZMaW6ylCSYaJyBss3-CiK8E6NxzbNzoTqw2fLJL6ghQK_82gy5hs7fpxCF5i8gQTEbH87X2S3g0FAa6RJFM1kD2A/s1600-h/Collette1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOBQxsFvUsDT2QrlR_ycstegzgTPTj0ShNI14jJ0lVyXNZZKjZR8ZMaW6ylCSYaJyBss3-CiK8E6NxzbNzoTqw2fLJL6ghQK_82gy5hs7fpxCF5i8gQTEbH87X2S3g0FAa6RJFM1kD2A/s320/Collette1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227499374309981954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This one was just right! But he was only interested in Jessica and he wouldn't shave! :(<br />No wonder she called him a DOG!!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Good luck to all in this pursuit. The Anti-Blogger has done all he can, it is now up to you!!!!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div></div>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566719987198793848.post-81896012536368543482008-07-24T09:42:00.000+10:002008-07-24T10:14:34.694+10:00Leave Buddy AloneWhy do most non-Hawthorn people hate Buddy? All you hear is that he "is up himself", "a show pony". . . . Blah Blah Blah!! He is a 21 year old young man, who is trying to adapt to stardom. He really is a shy person, so get off his back. Most of you are just jealous because he is so good.<br /><br />The media carry on that he can't kick straight, but he is still leading the Coleman Medal and we are still in the top 3, so watch out when he gets it right!!!!<br /><br />Anyway to prove he is a nice genuine shy person watch the video below!!!!!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/81PFg8UxS14"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/81PFg8UxS14" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>aaron.kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206792882351735017noreply@blogger.com1