fuck. me.
You know what sucks?
Finding out that a friend (and wife of a close friend) died almost four years ago. And I never knew.
RIP babe.
Right foot
followed by her left foot
We gotta get you home
before your curfew
and into your bed.Standing
on our tiptoes
peering through
open windows
I swear I heard my name.Stitting
with the lights off
waiting for my brain to start
trying to work things outIt’s thunder
and it’s lightning
and it’s all things
too frightening
I could barely see outside.Your body was black and blue
It struck twice there’s nothing new
Your body was black and blue
It struck twice there’s nothing newYour body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
Your body was black.And it’s thunder
and it’s lightening
coming home.And it’s thunder
and it’s lightening
coming back.Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
and your body…I have to say goodnight
I’m leaving before you’re punching out my lights
I have to say goodnight
I’m leaving before you’re punching out my lights
I have to say goodnight
I’m leaving before you’re punching out my lights
I’m leaving
I get a lot of my music from paintball these days. Here’s another one from Dan Napoli of Disconnected Media fame from the recent ETV ‘Coming Home’.
Thunder & Lightning by We Were Promised Jet Packs
You can find the episode of Coming Home here: http://etv.planeteclipse.com/store/
You can find the song here: http://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/these-four-walls/id318592902?ls=1
what is growth
Growth is a fickle thing, especially when it relates to small business.
There is rapid growth, growth through acquisition, steady growth - and a myriad of other options. For each of the categories there are good (and bad examples) - some of my favourites are Xero & Mojo Coffee … I’ll let you figure out which bucket they fit into respectively.
For myself as a small business operator we measure growth in a couple of ways. Some are purely numbers driven (# of customers, $ sales, average customer spend, RFM, etc) - and some are where they are along a the business plan that we have mapped out.
Well today we’ve managed to tick off another piece of the puzzle with the hiring of a permanent staff member to work OFF the playing fields (as opposed to the people we’ve got trained for running games on the weekends).
For us, even though they are only part-time, this is a big step. It is going to open up other options for us in the business (like more time to work ON the business instead of just IN it) … and I can’t wait.
The Hub Business Services
Stress is an awful thing. And there’s been a fair bit of it in my immediate life for the last 18 months. Can’t see it ending anytime soon either … but what can you do?
This link is a small part of it - not that we are involved in anyway - but more how it effects everything else we have tried to do.
And I find it kind of funny. Find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.
Your mobile phone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. NASA launched a man to the moon. We launch a bird into pigs.
My godson Tyler and myself at Wellington Zoo … was a great afternoon out.
Photo credit to Stick (as always)
i got to play
This weekend I got to play paintball.
I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I’ve been out of the tournament scene for almost three years - what with buying TAG, family stuff and generally needing a break from some of the general bullshit that was so prevalent in the sport.
Downside was that I’m broken - torn hamstring - so didn’t get to play as much as I might like. But I knew that going in, so wasn’t as heartbreaking as you might think. A big thanks to Phoenix for letting me come guest with them.
I’m not going to cover off talking about the event - I’ll do that on my other blog.
Overall it was fun - but it has just reenforced what I already knew. The team needs a stable roster, training needs to be more focused - and the guys have to work on some personal fitness & speed.
But I guess I know what I want to do - now that I know I still have the desire to play - and that is to put a team together and start winning again. But that means fixing a whole bunch of stuff in Wellington first - so I better get started.
I’m still here.
75 today
Today would have been my dad’s 75th birthday - if he were still alive.
Seems strange to think of that kind of milestone for someone who is not around anymore.
It would be fair to say that my dad and I didn’t always see eye to eye. I suppose that expectation is an awful thing when it is not fulfilled - but there is not much I can do about that now.
My main regret is that my kids - and Tania - never got a chance to meet him. I never got the chance to see if having grandchildren would have changed our relationship at all - hopefully for the better.
Anyway - happy birthday dad.
I’m still here.
(For those that are wondering the photo is of my Uncle Geoff, Aunty Diane, my dad (Derek), Beverly, Lorna, Chris, Simon and myself. Taken in 1978 in New York.
Can I get a WTF?
Look what I found when I arrived at the Pomare field today.
