Sharks Tale

Another summer, another storm.
I'm sitting on the side of a hill at Palmwoods watching a massive lightening storm creep closer from the west. The air is dead still, the frogs are croaking in anticipation and the mozzies are eating me alive as I sit here in the humidity watching the light show. I love this time of year in this part of the world.

Unfortunately this time of year also brings a lot of media hype about a number of things. The one I'm specifically fuming on right now is the hysteria over shark sightings. One man was 'taken' by a shark in WA and the very next day there are several sightings on Qld beaches. What a coincidence! These media outlets will beat up anything for a six o'clock story. Even make most of it up, bit what's new right?

Firstly, this bloke in Western Australia wasn't seen to be taken by a shark, no one actually witnessed it. The only fact regarding this so called 'brutal attack' is that a white pointer was seen in the area.

Closer to home and we're been told to stay out of the water on certain beaches because 'packs of sharks' have been seen. What a load of horse shit! Not one of the countless news stories on the tv showed more than a solitary shark cruising by.

The fact is, if you've been to the beach any time of year, a shark has probably cruised by you, unnoticed. So why all of a sudden are shark sightings the new six o'clock headline? Well that's easy, it doesn't take a genius to realise that it's the middle of summer in a tourist region. There isn't an increase in sharks, there's a significant increase in the number of eyes watching the water.

But ofcourse the ignorant media outlets need to make money so they'll ignore the most logical explanations and continue to instil fear into the public.

Fact: Vending machines kill more people annually than sharks.

Some ISHC lyrics I've messed around with.
"Sharks in the area, mass hysteria. Media's always right, swim and you'll die!"

The wind has just picked up and I reckon I've only got a couple of minutes before this storm hits. Outta here.

Later - scotty


Sharkwater - Watch this movie

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPod touch]

ipod test

So this is a test from a new app I just downloaded for my ipod touch.

So far so good. It's called iBlogger, pretty unoriginal name but so far it's the best blogging app that i've come across BY FAR!

Anyway, if this app turns out to be a winner you can expect a bunch of random posts a lot more often.

Later
scotty

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPod touch]

Woah

So its been ages since i posted anything... pretty much out of laziness and the fact that i havn't had any internet.
I'm getting over a leg injury from karate (full sempai now) and i've been writing lyrics to try put some life into this band...

New news, as of the start of next year, Palmwoods GKR Karate dojo is mine. I'm inheriting some 50 students and a lot of responsibility, but i'm up for it and ready to get stuck into some hard karate sessions after been injured for ages.

In the next few days or so im going to post some of these lyrics and also have a dig at some environmental issues that are getting under my skin.

Thats it for now...
scottyxxx

Hectic karate weeks

I've just had one of those weeks with my karate schedule been as hectic as they come.
Mon: instructing @ Bli Bli
Tues: senior training @ clown town
Wed: instructing @ palmwoods
Thurs: training @ coolum
Fri: instructing @palmwoods

I'm sore as hell and soooo looking forward to doing nothing this weekend... but we're putting a show @ noosa (Against, Provoke) tomorrow nite so I wont get a chance to rest till sunday.

I get the feeling though my karate week is about to get thrown upside down again because I will be taking my sempai course test next thursday to become a legit sempai... i've been been instructing all this time without 'officially' been an instructor but that was the regional instructors call so who am I to argue... It's been another huge learning curve and i'm only at the bottom still!

Anyway, time to hit the books again... karate books that is... yes I am not only training as a karate student & instructor but i'm studying Go Kan Ryu class formats, japanese words for everything we do, dojo etiquette & ethics and also 'the way' of karate in general. Pretty cool stuff, well more me anyway.
later

PS, random thought that came from a random conversation with Jaz at work thru the week... you know that show 'The farmer wants a wife?'... well i'm totally doing my own show 'Scotty wants a nice/normal girl'... weekly video updates, blog, website... the whole lot. Kinda just for shits & giggles and kinda out of bordom and something different (as with all excuses for doing something stupid like that)
Step 1, brainstorm ideas
step 2, get a webcam or vid coz thats kind of essential...

Apple of gold

So I had the most amazing apple last week. No that's not code for anything... I seriously had THE best apple i've ever had in my life!

Details:
Type - Red Delicious - 4016 (not to be confused with 4015)
Bought from - Duggins IGA (The 24 hour one on Maud St)
Selected by: Zoe - from the stand... good apple picker that kid! But she learnt from the best. Id have to say it was beginners luck though.

Must be the time of year for amazing apples though, coz today I had a contender for the "best ever apple in my life". It started pretty good (I wasn't expecting it to challenge last weeks after the first couple of bites) and ended on cloud 9, it just got better with every bite. It came in a close second but was slow off the blocks. Good effort though.

Addicted

I'm currently addicted to a few songs and can't seem to stop listening to them... i've even resorted to purposely leaving my mp3 player at home so i'm forced to put on the radio and listen to some old tunes on mix fm.... I think i've listened to Connected by Means about 20 times a day for the last few weeks, NOFX - The separation of church and skate about 50 times and I think my iTunes has 1000 next to Rise Against - Injection in the play count. Ok maybe i'm a few hundred off but it feels like I havn't stopped listening to it.
Oh, I also had Rose Tattoo - Bound for Glory stuck in my head for about 3 weeks... seriously, try listening to it and not getting it stuck in your head, constantly singing the chorus over and over and over and over and over and over and over and (yeah u get it) to yourself, all day, every day, for .... eveeeerrrr! I'm not sure if it's even possible... big call, but that's the challenge.... go! "Because we're bound for glory, oh we're booooound for glory, a heart felt victory, it's the warriors destiny, bound for gloooorry". Umm, k sorry. Luckily i've got a much less boring song stuck in my noggin now... don't get me wring though, it's an Aussie classic and every Australia Day playlist should have it.

If you don't have any of those songs, I urge you to get them... even if it's not your style, they're stuck in my head for a good reason :)

Speaking of Australia Day.... had a freakin great day! I got home from Canada around 9am and went straight to the zoo to watch John Williamson... what a champ that's 3 years in a row i've seen him there.... amazing stuff!
I've got some pretty cool pics of Australia Day on my facebook and flickr, it's just random stuff that we ended up doing very early in the morning on the beach... again, good times.

Life is good.
Scottyxxx

P.S. JT, that's 2 now.... well get to it.

2 down, 10 to go.

Hey ho, I think this is my first blog of the year (yes it's only because i've been too lazy) and it's already Febs, crazy stuff...
Well it was a good start to the year, New Years at my place was a bunch of good times with a bunch of good eggs laughing at and heckling the drunk people getting drenched by the rain... sucks to be them. Well I had fun anyway.

I was in Canadia for most of Jan, I pretty much just hung out with Alex and snowboarded the whole time. Loved Toronto, what a city... so much to do and had bugger all time for it. And the snow was next to amazing, takes me back to my days at Mammoth & June.... good times. Ah the pow and blue birds!

Anywho, I've returned from Canada a single man, flourishing in the light of bachelorhood. HAHA na not really, actually, it pretty much sucks and i'm scared shitless of it haha.

So the last few months, Lee, Chips, me and a couple others have been practising Freebording, (yes, that's spelt correct) it's a snowboard simulator for roads... basically it's a skateboard with wider trucks and middle wheels that swivel to give you a sideways slide effect. Anyway, so we were all struggling with it, then I got back from Canada and went for a ride... it took just a couple of runs before I fugured it out. Then explained to lee what we should be doing and he's pretty much nailed it too.... Shibby! Seems the snowboarding helped a crap load and now we're busting out a bit bigger and steeper! Check it out www.freebordaustralia.com
I'll get some pics and video up when we go out next (just have to wait for the rain to piss off)
Good times... if anyone is interested in hitting the road on a freebord with us, just hit me up and we'll get you hooked up!

Tell you the truth, the purpose of this blog was to 1: write something coz it's been so long and 2: INSPIRE JT to whip up some hilarious bloggy goodness for me to read.... K, your turn Jess :p

peace xxx