Isn't it strange when co-incidence happens?

Yeah, it's just been happening to me. Remember I said that I'd written a poem that had a Doctor Who influence? Well, I have just been trawling blogs when I came across this blog. This post made me immediately think of the poem because of its mention of aliens and angels as interchangeable forms in science fiction and fantasy stories. I said I might post it up, so here it is, though it is still in draft form:


Abyss, gazing.

Through a crack in
time, another broken body falls.
Entrail-like demons
lassoo candyfloss clouds in
a vain attempt to gain
purchase on another precipice,
as they weave black and twisted
webs in the star-
mottled dream cloth of the fates.

In the abyss, deities
cry tears for long lost pawns.
Marionette strings
cut, the body is freed from
chains. Broken links ensnare
flailing demons, allowing
self-reflection in the forest
in the valley of the
disillusioned.

Bonny wanderer - distinguish
your guide and your seducer.
One man's angel is
another man's alien, both
a seraph falling - perpetual,
abysmal darkness. Hermes
of an eternal throne,
take to wing-ed heel and run
through wicked skies and knowledgeable trees;
a chaos branch will lead
to fragments of Gallifrey.
© A. Tresidder 2008

So there you go. Strange.

In sports-type news; Maria Sharapova beat Ana Ivanovic. Bah! I was hoping that Ivanovic would pull the rabbit out of the hat and win her first slam. Still, two grand slam finals in the last year, that's not bad going!

In the ice skating, the Kerrs did not get a medal. Bah! Sinead had a bit of a slip that cost them, but saying that, the couples that finished above them were better. So I don't have any qualms about that.

Interesting final.

So Djokovic knocked Federer out of the Aussie Open in straight sets. That was the scenario I was hoping for. It's about time that a grand slam final was Federer-less! I think the last time that happened was at the French Open in 2005. I now have the Tsonga/Djokovic match to look forward to on Sunday morning. The women's final is being shown at 2.30am, so I will have to watch a repeat. Sleep is more important!

The ice skating has been fun to watch. Tomáš Verner won gold, which I was pleased about. Stephane Lambiel came second and Brian Joubert came third. I like watching all three skate, Lambiel is fantastic at spins, Joubert is usually just brilliant (not last night, though!), and Verner just attacks the program and never does less than 100%. He definitely deserved the win. I'm looking forward to watching the free dance in the ice dance competition tonight. I'm hoping that John and Sinead Kerr will do well, and hopefully jump two places to finish in 3rd.

Apart from enjoying all the sports, I seem to have hit a bit of a low. Not feeling quite so chirpy today. *Sigh* I hate it when days of lowness creep up on me and smack me in the face with a kipper. I just feel so despondent, and it is so hard putting on a happy face to try to hide it from Principessa. I would love to bury myself in my duvet and hide away until it passes, but there is no possible way that I can. I can only wait for the pressure that builds up at the front of my head to die away, and that sinking feeling in my gut to resurface. No point trying to do any writing or anything in general when I'm like this. Ho hum.

Plays like a demon!

I love watching Jo-Wilfried Tsonga play tennis. That's all there is to it! The match against Mikhail Youzny this morning was fantastic. He is fearless when he plays, and I know I have said that before, but it's so true! I think, with all the confidence he has built for himself over the last week, he should give Nadal a run for his money. I really can't wait to watch that match (though I probably wont be able to as it will most likely be on in the early hours of the morning).

The ice-skating is on now. Something else I like to watch. I just hope that the Kerrs will do well in the European Champs.

I was made up this morning to find that there are people who actually read my blog. Thank you!

(Okay, I know I have the neocounter widget (isn't widget a fantastic word? Makes me think of an old John Smiths advert; Widget, it's got a widget, a lovely widget. A widget it has got!), but you don't know from that if anyone stops to read, or if they just surf past.)

I stayed up last night, hoping to watch some of the early matches, only to find that Eurosport were playing repeats of the Federer/Berdych match. I humphily began flicking through the channels, and ended up on Beeb One watching the movie 'Remember The Titans'. I've never taken the time to watch it before, and I have to say, I really enjoyed it. I think I probably missed the first half hour, but that didn't take away from the rest of the film. I like fact-based films simply for their reality factor.

Well, I'm off now to read some books with Principessa (or rather, just one book, the book she calls the little book. It is called 'The History Of English' and traces back the origin of the English language. She likes the literary darlekects!), and then we will watch Shower Doctor Who (otherwise known as New Earth).