Scarves were hardly conducive to the warm weather ...

Finally, some pictures to put on this here blog. Last night, I was joined at the big phone booth (Telstra Dome) to see the mighty Cats beat the Dockers to progress to the preseason Grand Final. With me was Cousin Davis and G-Squared, a perfect substitute for KL, who ruled himself out of the big match due to prior commitments. I'm not going to say it was a fantastic game because it wasn't, but Geelong won and good times were had. And that, my friends, is all that matters.

It was my first match since July 3 last year, the day before I went away. We had fun earlier sinking a couple of ales at The Carron, before taking our prime seats on level two to consume more beer and to cheer to our hearts content. My effort last evening? Six beers, two meat pies (with tomato sauce) and two dim sims. Don't worry, I weighed in at 99.1kgs yesterday, equalling my best effort yet. It's my wallet, not my waistline (and perhaps my head) that's feeling the pain this morning.

Normally I go to games with Cousin Slugg, but seeing he's overseas indefinitely I reckon I'll be watching more games with Cousin Davis. The evil twin! It's interesting comparing the support that these two have for their team. Cousin Slugg hates the big red (now peroxide blonde) fire engine, Cameron Ling, with a passion, while Cousin Davis' unbridled hatred for that silky and sleek midfielder James Kelly is unwarranted in my books. By the way, has anyone heard from the self-proclaimed Slugger lately? I fear he'll be seen on a milk carton very soon. I called him straight after the game to relay the Geelong victory song and instead got his message service.

I'm just sad that the team has to travel to Adelaide next Saturday to play the Crows for the preseason silverware. Seeing it's been more than 40 years since we've won anything, how ironic would it be if we were victorious and very few the fans were there to see it? Cousin Davis has already offered to host a huge shindig at his house but G-Squared, who sported the new 2006 jersey last night, is unable to attend because of a wedding (not his). Can't they just postpone it? The wedding, that is!