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Immortal Aussie (pansexual) wrote,
@ 2009-09-22 17:03:00

Footy Fever
Well it’s that time of year again. AFL Finals are gripping the country. Every year during September the country stops for each final and then the Grand Final which takes place at the MCG on the last Saturday of the month even if no Melbourne teams are taking part in it. I’ve always loved Football even if my team (Richmond) isn’t the best one at the moment- far from it in fact (though I still maintain next year is our year despite us loosing three of our best players).

Last night was the Brownlow medal where Gary Abblet Jr from Geelong won as he was expected to. He’s played a fantastic season this year and had 7 games with 40+ posessions which is practically unheard of. The Brownlow medal is for the best player throughout the season where they are voted on after each game. If they are suspended they are disqualified from the running though they can still be voted for.

The final eight I mentioned above has gotten down to two teams- St Kilda and Geelong both from Melbourne which is awesome (AND COLLINGWOOD WAS THRASED (I kind of hate them)). Taking place at 2:10 next Saturday they’re fighting it out for the top spot and the honour of winning the Grand Final which will stop the nation for the afternoon at the very least- most likely the whole day. I myself do not know who I’m going to barrack for. St Kilda hasn’t made a Grand Final since the 60’s but this is Geelong’s third in a row and they are yet to win one so they both kind of deserve to win.

What do you guys think of Footy?
Do you have a fav team?
Who are you going to go for in the Grand Final on Saturday?

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dea_caelesti
2009-09-23 06:41 am UTC (link)

I suppose I can answer all three of those questions at once. Personally, I loathe football. But then, I loathe a great many sports, almost all of them; in fact. *shrugs* The way I see it, as long as people aren't treating me like there's something wrong with me because I don't like sports, it's perfectly reasonable pass-time. Sadly, sport can be a bit like a religion: in Melbourne I'd regularly get comments of "How can you NOT like FOOTY?" and in NZ I get the same reaction when I express a disinterest in Rugby.

*glances up an winces* I hope that didn't come across as too snotty. It wasn't meant to be. I am glad that you are enjoying it since you like it and that games work out the way you want them to. I'm sorry about the rant; it's just that sometimes I get people trying to push sport on me and I can't help wondering if this is how lesbians feel when drunken idiots in bars come on to them and insist they only think they're lesbians because they haven't slept with him yet. :/

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pansexual
2009-09-23 07:40 am UTC (link)

Haha that's fine and completely understandable! While I love football I hate most other sports (don't mind Swimming though) and my mum hates football as do some of my best friends so I'm more than used to that reaction :P I can imagine it being the same in NZ though, people can get highly addicted to their sports.

Haha no it's fine! I wouldn't push sport on them (well I do jokingly but I accpet their decision as it is).

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	dea_caelesti 2009-09-23 08:48 am UTC (link)
	:) Here in NZ they have a sort of "All Blacks fever" - which sucks, because I can no longer dress entirely in black without attracting extreme sports fans. rolls eyes I do realize that dressing in all black without resembling a goth or emo could raise eyebrows, but can't they just mistake me for an undertaker for once? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pansexual 2009-09-23 10:19 am UTC (link)
	Oh thaqt would be annoying! I love dressing in black too even if I'm not goth/emo (well totally, I like to think i'm semi-semi-semi-goth :P) I could mistake you for one! :P but it would be amusing if that happened. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dea_caelesti
2009-09-24 07:35 am UTC (link)

Nowadays I just wear black and one other colour every time I go out, to keep them at bay. My preference is black and bright red. (...semi-semi-semi-goth so...1/8th goth? *boggles*)

It would be amusing, but - sadly - I know a local undertaker, and he tends to wear blue. I'm still not sure if I understand that... unless I'm recalling wrong and he's a coroner. But I'm fairly sure the old guy's an undertaker...

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	pansexual 2009-09-27 09:24 am UTC (link)
	Oh nice :D Red is good but so's purple and brown I find. 1/8 goth sounds good to me :) Aaah who knows. Could just be the stereotypes that we're thinking of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dea_caelesti 2009-09-27 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	I have problems with brown because it rarely matches my hair right. I tend to go for blues instead. ...if you're 1/8th goth than I'm probably 1/16th goth. :) True, but it seems a bit odd that he'd come from a funeral wearing blue. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pansexual 2009-09-29 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Aaah, see I've got brown hair/eyes so it actually suits me quite well. Haha I wouldn't say 1/8th but who knows. I do love all the goth music and things :D Oh, yes that is slightly weird. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dea_caelesti 2009-09-29 02:23 am UTC (link)
	I think, if I were as lucky as you and had colour-coordinated eyes & hair, brown might look good on me. But my eyes are blue, so it just becomes too many colours. Not 1/8th? Hmmm. Should I guess higher or lower? :) I suppose he might have changed first, but he moves so slow I don't see how he'd've found the time... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pansexual 2009-09-29 04:34 am UTC (link)
	Aaah that would be annoying. I dunno cause I don't dress :P But hey I like being myself and I think that's what counts.. Who knows, you could always ask :P (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dea_caelesti
2009-09-29 05:26 am UTC (link)

Tell me about it, I'm almost always wishing I had black hair.

You don't dress... I'm hoping there's an explanation for that that I don't know. True, being oneself is the most important thing. Which is why this popularized how-goths-do-things thing is, in my opinion, sad. Stylizing it has destroyed a lot of the individuality it originally gave.

Can't, actually. We were in a play together a couple of years ago. He probably doesn't remember me and I wouldn't know where to find him.

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pansexual
2009-09-29 08:56 am UTC (link)

Dye it then! (not Die like I orginally typed :P)

Yep, it's called my brain was moving faster than my fingers so I thought I'd finished typing and I hadn't :P

I meant I don't dress gothy like al lthat often cause mum would kill me but I also don't go with the latest fashions either. Yes though, it is a shame it used to be orginal and individual but now I can go into the shops and see groups and groups of them.

Oh that sucks though would have been itneresting to know the answer to.

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dea_caelesti
2009-09-30 07:31 am UTC (link)

Well, technically hair is already dead anyway, so... :) Sadly though, my hair is somehow immune to dye. Completely natural, 100% chemical and artificial, anywhere in between - it just doesn't work.

XD Oops. But you have to admit it was one of the funnier sounds mistakes you could have made.

I know what you mean. I think my style's best described as Morbid Businesswoman. :) ...I doubt your mother would find much use in killing you for dressing like a Goth - surely you'd just jet back out of the casket after they'd buried you.

Yeah, but considering how much time has elapsed he might well have needed his own services by now.

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	pansexual 2009-09-30 09:29 am UTC (link)
	Well true :) Oh that's a bummer. Sounds a bit like mine but then could just be the colours I've chosen... who knows. That is very very true :) Reading over it made me crack up :D Sounds interesting :D would be interesting to see none the less. Oh I'm not so sure, she likes me dressing latest fashion etc shudder Most probably which is a shame in soem ways. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dea_caelesti
2009-10-01 05:24 am UTC (link)

All I know is that neither Peroxide nor Henna (and those are two of the more powerful types of hair colour changers) will affect mine. It's like my hair's a freak of nature. :) Although, as I understand it, it takes a stronger dye to make brown/black hair go lighter. So, in your case, it might be that you haven't used something strong enough...

Well then, let's hope it wasn't a Freudian Slip... :P

Morbid Businesswoman? Simple: black (office/dress) trousers, black businessy-type shirt, black leather(ish, fake more often) high-block-heeled boots, black velvety jacket and hair held in a ponytail by a black hair tie. :) Best thing is you look very officious and important, rather than looking like a melodramatic teen or like you're trying too hard to be a Goth. *scrunches up nose* The problem with fashion (apart from the fact that everyone wears the damn stuff) is that it changes so quickly. ...Would she still like you dressing in the latest fashion if it were, say, to dress in silver foil?

Yeah, it could be counted as a shame. On the other hand it might be a good thing, if the answer turned out to be something we really didn't want to know.

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pansexual
2009-10-04 10:00 am UTC (link)

Aaah quite a shame that. I doubt others will effect it if those don't. I haven't heard of the second but the first I do and it is supposed to be quite powerful. That could be true but I think I tried chocolate and one other type and those probably are rather close to my original hair colour so who really knows.

Haha, you cruel cruel person :P

Aaah that actually sounds like a good way of doing it. I often wear black slacks or skirts and things to work/uni and stuff sometimes even out. Oh that is true but mum likes me being fashionable- like not completely different but slightly different if that makes any sense. It's bloody annoying. I don't like dressing in it as it is. It's stoopid and you see it everywhere which gets way to annoying.

Well yes, there is always that. Something I don't want to think to much on.

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dea_caelesti
2009-10-06 03:06 am UTC (link)

Henna is a strong natural dye from a plant of the same name. This is also what some Indian brides use to tattoo their hands (temporarily) for the wedding. :) I've tried going blond, black, red and even green, but my hair stubbornly remains brown. Hair-spray doesn't do anything either - which really sucks around Halloween.

And darn proud of it!

*shrugs* I'd look like a normal person in black trousers and a black business shirt if it weren't for the velvet coat I tend to wear over it. Dressing in is more or less like wearing a big sign on your back that says "I still can't pick my clothes for myself!"

Nor I.

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pansexual
2009-10-06 09:32 am UTC (link)

Oh right! I got a Henna tatoo on my hand while I was in India. I forgot about that :P That really is annoying. You'd think that at least something would work on it.

And you should be!

Oooh I would love to have a velvet coat (or a leather one for that matter) so soft and different and awesome :D Yeah that is true and really, you don't want that. People would think you are an idiot.

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dea_caelesti
2009-10-07 06:05 am UTC (link)

There's also black Henna, but that's technically from the Indigo plant...I think. :D It's not so annoying once you give up on changing it.

Too true. After all, more and more people think villains are more interesting and actually favour them over heroes. And have you ever heard of a cruel hero?

*grins* It's very hot though! ...nowadays leather might get you stereotyped as a biker or a Matrix-fanatic though. But it would be awesome. There are enough idiots in the world without intelligent people being mistaken for them. :) Of course, if one ends up that attached to fashion, it may act as an immediate intelligence depleter.

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pansexual
2009-10-10 07:43 am UTC (link)

Oooh haven't heard of that before. I suppose that is true, much like a lot of other things for that matter.

Oh totally! Villians are <3 and no I don't think I have heard of cruell hero's... would be interesting to see though. Plus a lot of villians are hot :D

Yes I suppose that would be a downside. Or if I was male as a gay person :P I suppose that is true, all the fashioniters do seem to be less intelligant than the majority of people. Esp the ones I went to school with.

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dea_caelesti
2009-10-11 12:29 am UTC (link)

Black Henna is, in my experience, harder to get - and it doesn't affect me anyway. Yeah, so many things only annoy you when you're trying to fix them. :/

I suppose some anti-heroes could qualify as cruel heroes - the Question in DC comics was, I think, originally not all that worried about getting the villains killed, but that could constitute a social service so I'm not sure it would count as 'cruelty'. YES! Everyone knows villains only come in two real forms: totally disgusting or extremely good looking. And the good looking ones tend to also be super intelligent, witty, philosophical, charming, talented in many fields and very often rich. What's a hero got in comparison? Not enough. :D

True, I hadn't even thought of that one. :) I'm sure there are some intelligent people in the world of fashion - but they're probably designing the clothes worn by the fashion models on runways (you know, the ones everyone oohs and ahhs over, but no one ever wears) and not actually wearing the stuff themselves. The fashoiniters who walker around with their 'itsy bitsy doggies and their eeny weeny tees' however, I think shouldn't be allowed to procreate.

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pansexual
2009-10-12 04:14 am UTC (link)

Aaah tis a shame but since it doesn't work perhaps not.

I so agree- Lucius Malfoy for example *dies of happiness* NO ONE ELSE LIVES UP TO HIM (except for the Black Family :P) Sheesh I'd do any of them in a second :P

Hehe I dont' think everyone would think of that. I just have an unhealthy fascination with gays :P Yes but then could they not be that clever to go into that field to begin with? It would be awfully boring and some of the things the come up with... No they should not be allowed. Ever.

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dea_caelesti
2009-10-12 06:36 am UTC (link)

I beg your pardon? What do you mean "no one else lives up to him"? ...! Tom M. Riddle is by far superior. ...or perhaps Gellert G.

If it's not hurting you it's not unhealthy. :D ...I think they go into it for the art, not for the people they are forced to see wearing their creations. So, uh, how do we stop them procreating? I mean, isn't that all they every think about? ...does it even qualify as thinking?

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	pansexual 2009-10-19 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Lucius wins. Riddle and Severus are close second and third then Gellert thank you very much. Ummm.... it might be bordering at that :P Well that is the million dollar question. I say we track down Voldemort and the DE's and cast sterile charms on the :P (Reply to this) (Parent)