After a two year hiatus I have returned to netball this summer for a short season. Returning once again to the sport that occupied my childhood and adolescence has brought fresh perspective to some interesting phenomena of netball. Here is the second in a series of three posts.

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Part 2: Facial recognition and ( Read more... )

After a two year hiatus I have returned to netball this summer for a short season. Returning once again to the sport that occupied my childhood and adolescence has brought fresh perspective to some interesting phenomena of netball. Here is the first in a series of three posts.

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Part 1: Gender and UniformOne of ( Read more... )

I forgot how frustrating it is to iron a pleated netball skirt.


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I played netball yesterday and it was great ( Read more... )

Netball this morning was fantastic. My little kids were losing by 6 at half time (which is big for them!) and they came back fighting in the second half to win by 2 goals! I am so proud of them ( Read more... )

It was an historic day for my little netball team. They won, and not just that, they won with only 6 players!! And it wasn't even a close game! I can't wait til my whole team is back together next time we play them, cause my girls have never thrashed anyone before ( Read more... )

No more assessments at school for me!! Forever. Except that HSC... damnness.

Flynn is going to China. Good work, Flynn.


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ARgh, damn webpage where my picture came from is GONE, so that's the end of my LJ layout. Time to get a new one. Someone teach me how to do something cool. Please? I'll love you forever ( Read more... )

I love Finding Nemo. Mr Strauss was showing to a year 8 class next door to our Geography class and we could hear it through the walls as Ms Ireland was trying to dictate. My notes don't make any sense because I wasn't listening to half of it. She let us out early and we snuck into the other class and watched about 40 seconds of it before the bell ( Read more... )

LOOK LOOK!! I am on the interent in the middle of the day. In my house. During office hours! Because Dad finally got us our own line so we don't have to leech the net off his office anymore!

Ok, my ties to Ashbury are way too strong. Ms D'Arrigo, one of the teachers, is on maternity leave, and Mum's volunteered my free day to umpire the PSSA ( Read more... )