Golf's a funny game!

So I played golf today at Glen Waverley and got 25 points but I have worked out that I seem to lose my mojo and need to eat at every second hole. I wonder if having breakfast could change that?

Anyway the funny part of golf is last Monday I played at Southern with the WGN in the qualifying team event for the Peugeot Women's Classic - now I only play for the joy of it, my handicap and my erratic game does not a winner make.

However it happened that the other two ladies I played with had reasonable games, mine was okay (got 19 points) but combined our score was enough for us to win the event, get a prize (a compact mirror which obviously is not for me to use to apply lipstick!!) and potentially play in the state final of the classic, which I have discovered is on Thursday 4th December. I'm still highly amused by this! Gotta love playing golf!

geek gadget 2

Geek factor 4/10 - bought this at Dick Smith - 1st as a gift, then for myself then for another gift. Geek factor pretty high - got a couple of "wow that's so cool". I used the sad line of "Now I'm my greatest fan" and the message states "Lyn rocks!" - what else do you need?

Gadget of the week... Eee PC 900

So we have established that I am a bit of a geek, I cannot deny it. Therefore it is my duty as a geek and a purchaser of gadgets to discuss this publicly, mostly because I can.

So I saw this little cutey in the shop and decided that I had to have it... mostly for the geek factor.. that is "Wow, Lyn, that is so cool!" , "yeah I know"

Am I happy? definitely for the geek factor but the machine itself "which I affectionately labelled 'handbook' - well it kinda miffs me. It's a tad slow and I can't get secure wireless working at uni which is really the only place I will use it! It has a 900mhz processor, 1 Gb ram and 30 gb harddrive under the hood and I think it s the processor that's the factor here.

But hey the geek factor gives me a buzz... and I got a free 120Gb hard drive with it. Thinking of giving it a spin with ubuntu, maybe that will make me happier. Will let you know.

Fire!

Okay I admit it. I have a a bizarre desire to watch fire. Big Fires! If I hear more than one emergency vehicle, no matter the time, I'm likely to jump into the car and chase the vehicles in the hope of of seeing a good fire. Extreme rubbernecking!!! Don't get me wrong, I don't want to start the fire, nor for that matter do I want to put it put (that's a job for the professionals, and what an awesome job they do) however I will go out of my way to watch a good emergency.

Yesterday for instance, I played golf, had a reasonable game, managed to get 28 stableford points but I was a little distracted. I had received a text stating there was something happening and an hour or so later, I could see a helicopter hovering and smoke in the distance.

On the way home from golf, the road was blocked and I could see several fire trucks and police cars, and the smoke. So I made my way around the back streets, and I got as close as I could. I was mesmerized by the fireys in action, impressed by the salvo's and their awesome food truck and I managed to get chatting to a woman who actually worked in the factory that was ablaze!

I spent about 45 minutes there, ah good clean fun.

One of the best Christmas days I had ( cos I don't really care about them so much!) was when the power line from the post to the house suddenly removed itself and landed on the iron fence. We called the fireys and had them come around and cordon us off. There was a cute firewoman there too. It was so exciting!!! I even kept some of the tape they cordoned us off with!

Maybe I should date a firey!

Anyway, that's my confession. I feel so much better now :)