"He needed that like a thrid armpit!"

Just one of the fantastic commentary quotes that made me laugh out loud whilst watching the MotoGP last night. Well, I'd put in the work watching the qualies the night before, so I thought I might as well watch the actual race. And my oh my! What a RACE!

The first few laps consisted of Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi in an absolute dogfight for first place. They completely blasted away at the front and didn't let anyone else get a look in. It was hair-raising, breathtaking stuff!



The jostle for the lead ended up with Rossi taking the front, but Stoner was always on his back wheel. Until eight laps to the finish line. Stoner attempted to overtake Rossi but Rossi pushed him wide. Stoner slowed just enough not to take them both out, but had to lay off the breaks to stop himself crashing, only to drive into the gravel and mini-crash anyway. He was still far enough in front of third place man Chris Vermeulen to stay in second place after he picked the bike back up and rode back onto the track. It was Rossi's first win at Laguna Seca. And James Toseland didn't do too bad, getting 9th place.

I've not ever enjoyed a race as much as I enjoyed this one. I think the commentators also helped though, because when I wasn't on the edge of my seat I was crying with laughter. All in all, a damn good night!

The good news came in the form of F1 though, as Lewis Hamliton won the German Grand Prix. That means he leads the championship, four points ahead of Felipe Massa and seven points ahead of Kimi Raikkonen.

Yep, I've a weekend of sports, I even watched Padraig Harrington win at Royal Birkdale, and I don't watch golf!

Just a little out of sorts...

Brain? (Or as my fingers demanded me to type - barin.) What is that? I have lost the ability to access mine. I think it may just need a wooden leg, or at least some matchsticks to prop it up, such a flaccid, useless thing it seems to be lately! Yes, I am still fighting the combat foxes in my head, the ones stuffing up my brain's bunghole, stopping the free flowing of the River of Idea and Creativity. Poop. But at least I had a relaxing evening last night - well, as relaxing as it can be watching MotoGP qualies. *Yawn.* But a can of beer and an hour out to watch Bonekickers (not sure about Bonekickers yet, the jury is out at the minute. Will watch again next week, must make an informed decision!) made all the difference. I will get back to the essay tomorrow.

So, my slackness forced me to slack off blogging yesterday, so no mention of the Dr. Horrible episode. Yes, act three went up yesterday. It's still available to watch, but will be gone by tomorrow. Pity. I really enjoyed it. Made me long for more Buffy, I tell ya! I still feel robbed that Angel only had five seasons. Stupid TV networks!

Anyway. I'm going to post this. And thanks Skips for pointing me to it. Cat lovers of the world, unite! Cats are far too evil to be cute, but they manage it somehow...

Moto

Valentino Rossi did ride in the Valencia GP, but had his hand strapped up in a big way as he has three fractured bones in his wrist. Ouch! Truthfully, I think they are completely silly to ride with injuries (another rider - can't remember who - was riding with suspected appendicitis), but I suppose it's up to them.

Anyway, Rossi was up for second place, but had to pull out of the race after his bike broke down (hmmm, just tried to spell broke 'browk'. For all intents and purposes, it still looks like a proper word!), so Dani Pedrosa ended up with the second place in the world rankings after finishing the race first.

Update on the NaNo:

Day 3: 337 words.
Day 4: 90 words (so far. Will do some more later.)