ANZAC Day

I had a nice idea to mark ANZAC day in this blog by posting an entry from my great-grandfather’s war diaries. But I didn’t organise myself so the idea alone will have to stand in for now.
(Overseas folk: ANZAC day is when we honour the sacrifices made in war. It takes place on the day of the Gallipoli landings. It’s a pretty important day in the NZ and Oz calendars.)
That said, I didn’t have any contact with any ANZAC celebration today – I was running around doing all sorts of other things. And was not motivated enough to get up for the dawn service. Maybe next year.
There’s lots of other stuff going on, such as prep for the 48 hour film challenge and me learning to play Ultimate, but most important is the news that I won’t be in slowville much longer. I have a cheque in the mail for a replacement laptop, and it should be more than sufficient. Excellent. More news once I’m fully enabled.

17 thoughts on “ANZAC Day”

  1. I hope you had fun tonight. I was worried when you were like “how do I do this?”. I hope my advice was helpful. I thought you played pretty well. Okay, you’re no Anna, but still, pretty good. 🙂

  2. Not motivated for the dawn service eh? I had a pretty good reason about 5 years ago- it was my first date with Miri!

  4. The 1999 dawn service is considered by the relevant historians to be Fishy and Me’s first date, so there may be something to this.

  6. What the hell is with you people who go on dates at DAWN?!?
    Why don’t you look your worst and act your grumpiest at dawn, like most people do?

  7. The trick is not to go to bed…..besides its a good way to find out if you can handle folk at their worst looking and grumpiest moments…

  8. Hey, why hide the fact that you look mingin’ in the morning. they’d better get used to it I say. Not to keep going on about my new girlfiend, homeperm, or anything but she reckons the best first date is wearning yur togs – keeping it real. Or honest. Or something. May as well give them your journal while you’re at it

  9. oh my god cal i’m NOT your girlfriend. you are in the ‘friend zone’. accept it.
    anyway, this anzac day was the first time in ages i got up at dawn. i think it is a great first date. wish i’d thought of it frankly. because you’re all sleepy together. how intimate. and yes i am into keeping it real on a first date. why build up false expectations. put your best foot forward, just make sure it is actually your foot and not the foot of someone you think the other person wants to see.
    how did i end up commenting on an anzac day post by talking about first dates? sheesh.

  10. OMG Homeperm, beak up with me in a public forum why don’t you. And we’d just had an evening date too, you heartless bearch.

  12. By that reasoning, I suppose I should schedule the date I have on Saturday for 6am. In fact since we’re all really after using our worst-looking and grumpiest moments to try and impress our would-be beloveds, I should probably go for a long run on the way to the date so I’m nice and sweaty, and wear the dorkiest clothes I own because, you know, I really do wear that torn Monty Python Club t-shirt and those track pants that smell like the inside of a bong. Sometimes.
    I should probably also get myself worked up about some kind of politial issue and rant about that instead of the usual getting-to-know-you chit-chat, preferably with maximum possible reference to comic books, roleplaying games, and cannibal zombie movies. And the LAST thing I should do before the date begins is sneeze into my hand, so I can offer it to shake. Because I did that once without thinking, so obviously I might do it again.
    Because judging from these comments, GOD FORBID that you should try and present your nicest and prettiest side on a first date! 😛

  17. It’s alive! The 6am-dating-advice-monster I hath created lives! We are all doomed!
    ps. You should have heard what we did AFTER the parade….

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