Yawn! Sleepy sunsets.

Ah hibernation, what a good idea.

So apart from randomly deciding the course of my future (by applying for a real job) last week (although I will have to wait some 4 weeks for the results of my actions) I have been well. Two beginners ultimate weekends in the last two, one which won (woohoo) and last weekend's Edinburgh beginners in which we came 12th/32, which was still a good result.



Two weeks now till the most important autumn tournament, indoor regionals in Glasgow, for the frisbee of course, but also for the party (or more the party theme). Dundee are the 6 times reigning party prize winners at Glasgow, due to our themes. The 2 others years I have been we were Hillbillies and Old People (walking down Sauciehall street dressed as a Granny was an experience) and this year's is still to be decided. Thus far we have had the ideas of cheerleaders (guess where Helen stole that idea from, Sufjan fans?), commandos (doesn't sound too good) and pirates (my own personal favourite).

Otherwise things are well in the Maconachie household. The view from the window was bathed in blurring autumn sun. Unfortunately it now gets dark (thanks to those pesky farmers) at about 5 and will continue to get earlier and earlier (I think it levels off around 3.30pm by December). An example:


Will try and update this a bit more regularly, but don't hold your breath.
Hope you are well.

This week I have mostly been listening to....

Sigur Rós - Takk... The new one from those Icelandic post pixies. Good.
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Surprised it took me so long to find this album, Americana is the flavour of the month. Looking forward to hearing the other albums when I find them at good prices.
Calexico/Iron & Wine - In the Reigns. Almost country with slide guitars, but some nice tunes from Sam Beam and cohorts. Pity it's only 7 tracks.
Otherwise, a little bit of this and a little bit of that, some Johnny Cash, some Neil Young and a bit o' the Shins. Need to get a bit Indie again soon or who knows what I'll be listening to.

Aside from music my life is still travelling and GP-ing and frisbee...including new found organisational nightmares relating to things being overly popular (a first for the club). Enjoying it overall though.

" Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles..."

Helen and I watched 'The Princess Bride' movie based on the William Golding Novel of the same name last week. I read the book on the plane on the way to India way back in July and was pleasantly surprised; it reads like a good old fashioned fairly tale. The film seems to make it slightly more childish than I imagined from the book and some of the epic scale of the journey was lost but enjoyable nevertheless (includes a cameo appearance from Columbo). Worth a watch if you're in a light-hearted and forgiving of the 80s mood.

Goodnight.

[Listening to: Horses in the Sky - The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Horses in the Sky]