Oracle of Delphi
KC Hill
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Craig HillWallabies v Wales: On A Papyrus Raft in Egypt...In Denial.
November 9th 2006 15:47
That’s me. In denial.
I didn’t watch this match. And not just because it was broadcast at 1:30am AEDT.
I have an issue with Stephen Larkham aka Penultimate Man (Ultimate being my husband...sigh...) playing at #12.
He is The Perfect 10 after all.
Still...Larkham did make #12 in my Wallabies Dream Squad...and 10, 13, 14, 15!!
Larkham is doing his speedball thing and bouncing back from a bashing. He’ll be playing at #12 (sob) for the Wallabies v Italy match this Saturday 11/11 1:00am AEDT
All this talk of an exciting, revamped back line...one tomato at a time people.
Okay...so Wallabies drew with Wales 29-29 and Giteau’s (world) cup is half full. Whatever. Giteau is NOT constant.
Alright. You got me. If Gits was still a Brumby I’d be all “hell yeah, Gits is the man”. He defected. He no longer exists in my positive bubble.
It's my world and I can ignore if I want to.
Rogers at 10...so wrong...he just doesn’t have the think fast smarts. It’s said he needs more time. Yeah...like another lifetime.
Latham was good as usual, has his eye on the trophy that one but seriously needs to get sock garters.
(I did see the highlights okay...but seriously they really should just think about having a permanent LarkhamCam...)
Mortlock is back on board as Cap’n and outside centre #13.
The forwards are always great. Even when they’re not.
The Line-up for Saturday 11/11 1:00am AEDT (hmmm...one one = won)
The numbers indicate positions, not how I rate the players because if this was the case Stephen Larkham would always be #1
1-8 The Forwards
9-15 The Wannabe Forwards. Kidding. Sort of. These are The Backs.
1. Al Baxter – brilliant, love the snarl
2. Brendan Cannon – looks too much like Russell Crowe. Might throw a phone instead of the ball
3. Guy Shepherson – is Brumby is good. A 1.87m 116kg art buff
4. Nathan Sharpe – yeah. He’s tall. That qualifies him
5. Mark Chisholm – is Brumby can do no wrong. Besides he’s good.
6. Rocky Elsom – a bit vain, thinks the ball is where the big screen is, but, you know, he’s got the mongrel factor
7. George Smith (VC) – the original Mongrel!! The Man. And a Brumby
8. Wycliff Palu – powerhouse, built like a cliff too. Should be a Brumby.
9. Matt Giteau – get a haircut. Traitor.
10. Mat Rogers
11. Lote Tuqiri – the great um...brown shark but why is he co Vice Captain? I mean, come on...over Larkham (sigh), Sharpe and even loose Cannon??
12. Stephen Larkham – sigh...
13. Stirling Mortlock C– Superman though not Man of Steel. Still, good to have him back. Yes, he's a Brumby.
14. Clyde Rathbone – awright!! Brumby to boot. After Roff, could have been Lord of The Wings.
15. Chris Latham – may be 2006 IRB Player of the Year. Deserved. Just needs to pull up his socks a little...literally!
Not going to bother with reserves. They’re all good, mostly Brumbies and if they’re needed they’ll play.
Just in case...Brumby...yes, it is a wild horse and yes these men may have horsepower but they're not really wild and they're ACT Brumbies. Major players in Super 14.
Go The Wallabies!
Despite everything, you're My Team. The A1 team of the game they play in heaven...
I didn’t watch this match. And not just because it was broadcast at 1:30am AEDT.
I have an issue with Stephen Larkham aka Penultimate Man (Ultimate being my husband...sigh...) playing at #12.
He is The Perfect 10 after all.
Still...Larkham did make #12 in my Wallabies Dream Squad...and 10, 13, 14, 15!!
Larkham is doing his speedball thing and bouncing back from a bashing. He’ll be playing at #12 (sob) for the Wallabies v Italy match this Saturday 11/11 1:00am AEDT
All this talk of an exciting, revamped back line...one tomato at a time people.
Okay...so Wallabies drew with Wales 29-29 and Giteau’s (world) cup is half full. Whatever. Giteau is NOT constant.
Alright. You got me. If Gits was still a Brumby I’d be all “hell yeah, Gits is the man”. He defected. He no longer exists in my positive bubble.
It's my world and I can ignore if I want to.
Rogers at 10...so wrong...he just doesn’t have the think fast smarts. It’s said he needs more time. Yeah...like another lifetime.
Latham was good as usual, has his eye on the trophy that one but seriously needs to get sock garters.
(I did see the highlights okay...but seriously they really should just think about having a permanent LarkhamCam...)
Mortlock is back on board as Cap’n and outside centre #13.
The forwards are always great. Even when they’re not.
The Line-up for Saturday 11/11 1:00am AEDT (hmmm...one one = won)
The numbers indicate positions, not how I rate the players because if this was the case Stephen Larkham would always be #1
1-8 The Forwards
9-15 The Wannabe Forwards. Kidding. Sort of. These are The Backs.
1. Al Baxter – brilliant, love the snarl
2. Brendan Cannon – looks too much like Russell Crowe. Might throw a phone instead of the ball
3. Guy Shepherson – is Brumby is good. A 1.87m 116kg art buff
4. Nathan Sharpe – yeah. He’s tall. That qualifies him
5. Mark Chisholm – is Brumby can do no wrong. Besides he’s good.
6. Rocky Elsom – a bit vain, thinks the ball is where the big screen is, but, you know, he’s got the mongrel factor
7. George Smith (VC) – the original Mongrel!! The Man. And a Brumby
8. Wycliff Palu – powerhouse, built like a cliff too. Should be a Brumby.
9. Matt Giteau – get a haircut. Traitor.
10. Mat Rogers
11. Lote Tuqiri – the great um...brown shark but why is he co Vice Captain? I mean, come on...over Larkham (sigh), Sharpe and even loose Cannon??
12. Stephen Larkham – sigh...
13. Stirling Mortlock C– Superman though not Man of Steel. Still, good to have him back. Yes, he's a Brumby.
14. Clyde Rathbone – awright!! Brumby to boot. After Roff, could have been Lord of The Wings.
15. Chris Latham – may be 2006 IRB Player of the Year. Deserved. Just needs to pull up his socks a little...literally!
Not going to bother with reserves. They’re all good, mostly Brumbies and if they’re needed they’ll play.
Just in case...Brumby...yes, it is a wild horse and yes these men may have horsepower but they're not really wild and they're ACT Brumbies. Major players in Super 14.
Go The Wallabies!
Despite everything, you're My Team. The A1 team of the game they play in heaven...
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Comment by Homer Joyce
I thought I'd better return the favour(s) and visit your site ...
This is the first rugby post I've seen of yours ... (Your really do know the game, don't you? You are a fanatic ... (I mean that in a nice way ...
Hi hubby! Just chatting. Seriously. I like you without ever having met you. Seriously ... I've always said you were a bloody good bloke ... (okay, that's the end of my grovelling ...
As much as I like watching rugby I have next-to-no-idea about the postions or hardly anything that you are writing about ... Never mind ... If I keep reading them and watching more rugby, I'll eventually learn the positions and the rules (and everything about the games and the names ...
Very amusing post in regards to your rating of players ...
I notice I have been relegated beyond penultimate ... and was wondering where I was on the list at the moment ...
Homer ...
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
so yeah Tri-ultimate...Tri-polar?...Tri-factor?
I know my rugby like I know the male psyche...baffling at times but still can't live without!
Thank you for visiting...although this is not one of my better rugby posts...wrote this about 3:00am...so got lax with my facts...yearning for husband (so the grovelling was for naught)...and...wishing I had Powers of Transportation so could wave my hand Jedi like and move MLM from G,US to DmD in SA,A.
If you have the time (and inclination) read this Rugby Positions; the Truth...(link provided)...Warning: read with tongue very firmly in cheek.
Pleasure to have you come visit Homer Treasure. I do write non-rugby as well...I'm a jock in a frock ad hoc.
Does that make sense??? Haven't slept...
Dusk
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
I saw a news thing the other night about Dan Vickerman. Damn, nobody ever told me how hot he is! I'm in love. Of course I discover this after he injures himself and won't be playing for a while!
Comment by Homer Joyce
I’m third?
Behind a Union Player?
I don’t mind being second behind my mate your husband … but third?
Yes a bit of magic, even for a day would be nice in the area you are referring to … but I think I would be permanently damaged for other women if I spent a day with her … so it might be best to leave it as a ‘beautiful fantasy’ as we refer to it (or I do) …
I have the inclination to read Rugby Positions: the Truth, but not quite the time until later tonight … when I finish library hopping and am home …
I love the term jock in a frock (with the ad hoc thrown in for good measure also … but just jock in a frock is great … It’s one of the only Dr Seuss books I haven’t read … my mind is now ticking over … and I’m thinking MS Paint … Na, better not go there …
Nothing makes sense to me today … I’m tired also … I need beer … (okay so I want beer … and I’m going to have a couple …
Will catch you later tonight … if you’re awake …
Homer …
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
(voted but no comment...ooh, so celebrity)...will visit you again after this...
Uh-huh...thankya verremuhch...hip swivel, snarl...
Yeah...Dan Vickerman is a long, tall drink of water. Don't worry, he'll be back...hasta then you can say la vista.
Unfortunately my eyes start and stop at Stephen Larkham. In the Rugby world ie.
Oh...MJ is coming back? What from the dead? Lohan is hosting? Lord...PYT is Bad...sorry couldn't resist.
I'm jetsetting your way KylieW. Thanks for stopping by.
DuskDEvi
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
In my defense, the Pen-Ul position was taken 10 years ago, when I first saw this shy, endearing, brilliant man play rugby...he may just be a Rugby player but he has genius level IQ....he's private, not a show-pony, he doesn't think of himself as a celebrity...has degrees in differing fields....ooh pun not intended but stays nonetheless...he may just be a lowly back liner but he has the heart, wit and the guts of a Forward...he's true to the Rugby code of conduct, he's a gentleman-warrior, love that his family is so private, love that he looks gentle and it takes a lot to rile him but when it does, watch out...he's got a seemingly fragile body because he breaks a lot but it's still damn beautiful, he's got gorgeous skin and green-grey eyes that glint with the ferocity of his intelligence and...
There is a fine line between being a fan and a stalker.
Kidding!
I've been a fan for a long time plus have interviewed Larkham for an article.
Hmm...I could have being waxing lyrical* about my husband...except for the body bit...being an ex forward, DDH (that would be DuskDevi's Husband...cos my husband starts sounding possesive) is a huge man.
*no waxing cynical at this okay??
So Homer my sweet sweet Pal...you're third in a triumvirile....I mean, triumvirate... of Exceptional Men.
Just one day?....You wouldn't be damaged. You'd be healed.
Hope the beers were good. I'm not a beer fan except for (warning: pretentiousness ahead) Corona...which has become too trendy but I don't really give a shit although it's only lemon for me...
Hmm...used to like tang of WA Red Back.
How did I get to beer? Sigh...sleeplessness ales me...oh man, that was so bad, it could be good...
I won't be talking much tonight nor this weekend.
My man, your mate, is back tonight. I still have to answer your comments on all your posts...see you there, but please do come back and visit me in my environment occasionally...
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Puns Awayyyyyyy.
I haven't slept much KylieW.
Oh...you can tell huh?
Comment by Homer Joyce
Women often say they are hard done by … but what about us poor downtrodden househusbands [without working wives even] who (if we want to watch sport at an elite level) have to watch other men play?
When are Sponsors going to realise that if they injected some cash into netball and gave the game a higher profile (and had pleated-skirt cam, brief cam, and net cam, and bra cam, and sock cam), we would forget about football during winter?
I’m not a woman, but I do understand the sex appeal of a football player with brains (in an inverse way: a non-gay way).
Look. Regarding my best mate your husband. I so hope he has a sense of humour, because if he returns and reads this, and doesn’t, I’m leaving Adelaide.
I’m very comfortable with third now. Very comfortable. By the time the weekend is over, I'll probably be quite satisfied to not be on the list at all ...
I like your take on just one day. You always bring a new perspective to my thoughts … remove my blind spot. I guess it would be worth it … I’m sure we’d both enjoy it …
Since you brought up the subject of beer …
I am making my way through the beers as I write this … Due to my straightened circumstances, I have had to cut down from a slab (block) per day to a mere two cans. At the risk of sounding sexist, I have never liked ‘chick’ beers (the ones designed by marketing moguls for that precise reason), but don’t have a problem with females drinking them. If blokes start drinking them, then I get as nervous as a New Zealand sheep. I drink VB exclusively. I like the brewy taste. I like Boony. I love sport. I like many bogan things (just don’t ask me to wear Ugg boots). I come from bogan roots (or two bogans having a root more like it). I try to never forget that. I drink cans because they are easy to dispose of. (I had a bad experience in a rental flat when I drank VB from stubbies. An old retired gentleman (Charlie) used to pick up the bottles from our block of flats each week in his white Ford Escort panel van, to make a bit of cash on the side (you can sell empty beer cans and bottles in SA for money). Then one day Charlie didn’t turn up. We asked the land-agent what happened to him. They said he just quit. Just like that. We (my girlfriend at the time) and I, believe to this day that our bottles alone were too much for him. My girlfriend liked to give VB a nudge. How good is that? The perfect girlfriend. She loved sport and drinking piss. Oh well, at least I had six years of heaven. We felt so bad about Charlie, we switched to cans, bought a can crusher from Bunnings, and nailed it to the back wall … and drank twice as much …
Yes, beer is on my mind all the time ... I just love beer ... nothing better ... (well, almost ...
I’m glad my best mate, your man is back tonight … for your sake …
And look forward to your posts after you have been ‘healed’ …
Homer …
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
BUT...just reread my 'damaged/healed' comment. No, no, no, wronnnnng context.
You did know/read it as being 'healed', as in succour for the wound, not as in 'get over it' right?
Not as in closure.
Healed as in the pain of yearning would be soothed, left with the pleasure of memory.
Just reread your response and you do get what I 'say', except for light...you lead that long...huh?...where's my accent going?...
Uh-uh...sorry...you're not going anywhere...list was comprised of only 2 before you verbally jousted your way into it.
However, if uncomfortable with the thought, I will shift you in my List of Treasured People. This is not a long a list as one may think...I love humanity. I just don't always like people. Okay, like is too strong...get...don't always get people.
This is my query on another post; all these incredible personalities here...where are they in the real world?? Has the level of mediocrity risen so high that the true benevolent nature of humanity only comes to the fore when we can hide behind pseudonyms and cryptic photos?
That's not to say I don't have beautiful humans in my tangible world/life. I do. Now.
Found them, after sifting through a shallow mire and finding what I should have known would be there. Nothing.
I cherish the people in my life. I truly believe I have been blessed to have the people I do have in my life. They are gifts. I am a better person because of the people who love me.
I start to tingle (my spidey sense!) when touched by these gifts...through any form of contact or communication.
I've tingled a few times on Orble.
Funnily enough...and I know this is ripe for retort!...I can...oh boy...smell the essence of a person.
For instance Lilla...I get sandalwood and musk.
The rest I'll keep to myself...
And I am really taken aback by this.
How is it possible?
Then I read MO and know that if that is possible then my tingling is but a small possibility too.
I like The Tale of Ale; My Home(r) Brew..funny!!
I like the PG too. So where is she now? You don't have to answer that.
I will be back sporadically throughout the weekend. Keep writing Homer.
I'm off to prepare for some healing time...
Always a pleasure Homer Treasure.
DuskDevi
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
'Healed' as in 'healed and weaned off other woman is what you'd be...
I was right in the first place.
Why do I second guess myself?
No split personality jokes.
Oh...this comment is for Homer...
Comment by Homer Joyce
I reckon you would like Goliath’s conquerer …
I’ve finally got it now re the healing …
As to mediocrity. It has risen to heights never before seen. The real problem we have today is that the mediocre are the ones now making the decisions on behalf of the creative ...
There are incredible personalities on most websites … but yes, many do hide behind pseudonyms ‘and falsified ages’ and ‘old photos’ … I’ve been on my fair share of websites … The only real test of personality is meeting in reality …(does it match the virtual personality?). I’m always up for that, but most of the people I want to meet live interstate or overseas … I did travel to Sydney for a night to meet people from another website (okay, I stayed two weeks … it’s hard to leave when you’re in a drunken stupour 24/7 14/31).
On the subject of old pics: My pic was taken quite a while ago. I’ll openly admit that, and have. It’s just my favourite author’s pic. One woman I met asked me how long ago it was taken when she met me. I asked her how many kilos ago was hers taken … 40?
I have to honestly say, I have no friends in real life, except for my ex-girlfriend. (don’t feel sorry for me. I don’t. I am free to write all day). But our friendship will never go beyond friendship ever again. We are both fine with that. It has been established. It just took us six years of living together to realise that we were best friends, and nothing more. Neither of us have any regrets or bitterness. In fact we often speak of the times we did spend together, when we do catch up. She was in publishing then (my first editor and publisher), after having been a financial analyst. She is now in real-estate and aged care. She’s a very successful corporate woman with multiple degrees. (What makes them like musty bohos?).
And to this day, I’ve never met a woman with a more balanced view on money than her. She knows how to save it and knows how to spend it. I am only familiar with the latter.
We had no arguments when we split. Not one. We certainly didn’t argue over possessions. I left most of mine with her because she is stable, and I am not. (That way I couldn’t pawn them for a slab). She still has most of them, and we split seven years ago. They look good in her house. (They’re not much. They never have been. Just a few items like the framed poster from the movie I wrote etc). The only ones she doesn’t have are the ones that wore out because they were almost worn out when I left. When a person sits on a lounge suite and disappears, you know it’s time to chuck it out.
I even stayed at her place for two months in Melbourne just before returning to Adelaide. We had a night out at Young & Jacksons before I caught the bus back here, and we did the old nostalgia reminiscence thing. Verbally and liquidly.
She’s actually moving to Sydney in January. I could see her with a rugby union player. But not a league player. She’s anti-meathead. Start looking now.
Homer …
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
insert Pauline Hanson sfx
DDH is back...feel like the tide is back in...he's been away for a while so although it's only been an eternity since I last saw him, 3 days, (I went to where he was), the DD&H progeny haven't seen him for ages.
They need rebonding time...so I'm here.
If you have the inclination (and time) please read my posted thoughts on friendships outside of the Or-bubble (link provided) I'd really like to know how you feel about this.
I like your tag pic.
Like quite a few; Lilla's, Voices, KarenC, John Doe, K.L., Wendi, DmD...
Feel these all represent the essence of the personality.
My tag pic was taken a week after I joined Orble. It's the only mask I wear here.
Funnily enough...I just changed my homepage pic yesterday, to reveal a little bit more of myself. Will continue to change it according to whimsy and how I'm feeling...open or reserved.
My tag name...well, it's exactly my name - first is the translation so when you call me Dusk, you are calling me by my real name. The second is my middle name.
I am 36.
Until I'm 37.
What you read is what you get.
I believe that most of us are Just Us here, some more so...free behind our masks.
At least, I believe this of the people I have come to know and adore.
So...please read that post if you can. Come on...you had the patience to skim through my "...Wonder Woman..." one.
What do I have to do to make you read it? Resign from the Fan Club? Again?
A pleasure Homer Treasure.
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
(and too greedy to just modify! Hey, I'm being truthful. Balance a vice with a virtue...)
I like what you and PG have. I like dramatic relationships but not a relationship that is full of drama.
There is a difference.
Also like that you can pick up the hem of your vintage cape and drape it over for just one night...without any bulls**t involved.
Why can't I just call a spade a trowel??
Okay..like that you can indulge in liquid nostalgia without any bulls**t involved.
Like that you have a friendship and that you both recognised it as such before it soured, therefore you plucked the vine at the right time.
Like that she values the sentimental wealth of the material possesions.
Like it all.
As always...
Dusk
Comment by Homer Joyce
Say hello to my mate for me.
I will have a look at the ‘friendships’ link. I noticed it today, and had it earmarked for a squiz. I will read it as soon as I finish this comment, so you don’t resign again (even though you resigned before joining, and to the best of my knowledge haven’t formally joined. I’m sure I’d remember the initiation rite if you had).
As to ‘please explain’. I lived in Adelaide up until 2000. Was born and rasied in SA. This is where I studied writing. In fact where I’m living now is about 100 metres from my old writing class on the college campus. I wrote a screenplay which was produced as a feature film in 1998 at the SAFC. I can’t write the name of it on here or people will know my real identity. It only takes a Google. If you want details of it, I’ll send them privately.
Going to read 'friendships' now.
Homer …
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Have just spent a considerable amount of time Googling any combination I can think of trying to find Pauline Hansoned details.
Curses. Foiled.
So yes please, I want details.
Just realised this...in reply to your first comment;
The numbers the players are listed in, these are their positions on the field...not how I rate them... because if this was the case, Stephen Larkham would always be Number 1.
DDH was #1.
Hmm...so this initiation rite....what does it entail?
I had pulled myself out of the running before I started crawling but...I think your Fan Club...it's gone from Fight Club to Bright Club...your Pres, VPs' and members are all in like with each other.
United we stand. Divided we crawl.
Dusk