exit, pursued by a bear
i finished at great baddow yesterday and have been packing up my room and stuff all today ready for my departure from essex forever on tuesday. am feeling remarkably unemotional considering how heightened my emotions have been over here (i find myself tearing up at makeover shows on tv). i can only conclude that coming home is the absolute right decision...
i celebrated the end of the baddow experience with a number of pints and a trip to the cricket. the phenomenon of doing something you would never consider doing at home (eg: attend a sporting event) has been articulated very well bypenny. i was actually *excited* about attending, who would have thought?
i was accompanied by a group all enthusiastic to initiate me into the world of the english cricket game. apparently heckling the fielder closest to you is encouraged, as is booing the members section who don't continue the mexican wave. not quite the gentlemanly game i had imagined.
i was slightly disappointed to find that the 'one hand one bounce' rule isn't actually in the official cricket rule book. i was up a cheering at number 23's killer catch before i was informed that it didn't actually count. no matter, there were plenty of opportunities to jump up and cheer and the essex cricket board actually provided you with little cardboard signs that you could wave around when someone hit a 4 or a 6.
meanwhile, i went in to say goodbye to my bookshop crush today and was told he is off work studying for his yr 11 exams! good lord..
i celebrated the end of the baddow experience with a number of pints and a trip to the cricket. the phenomenon of doing something you would never consider doing at home (eg: attend a sporting event) has been articulated very well bypenny. i was actually *excited* about attending, who would have thought?
i was accompanied by a group all enthusiastic to initiate me into the world of the english cricket game. apparently heckling the fielder closest to you is encouraged, as is booing the members section who don't continue the mexican wave. not quite the gentlemanly game i had imagined.i was slightly disappointed to find that the 'one hand one bounce' rule isn't actually in the official cricket rule book. i was up a cheering at number 23's killer catch before i was informed that it didn't actually count. no matter, there were plenty of opportunities to jump up and cheer and the essex cricket board actually provided you with little cardboard signs that you could wave around when someone hit a 4 or a 6.
posted by melissa the kisser at 10:05 pm
2 Comments:
Oh my god, now you have become a sports groupie! Soon you will be following your favourite players and wearing shirts with the corresponding image and/or name! How the wheels of time turn and sometimes little things get in the way and they get squished cos the wheels of time really are quite large and well you see the force implied by such a large object is.... well yes it has been raining for 3 days now. I am bored. :( Go cricket girl go!
Goodbye and good riddance to Great Baddow! Yes, the urge to attend a sporting event is a strange compulsion but lets face it, we're never going to do it at home. It's now or never.
Though it's a shame you couldn't have a 'Chav's night out' style farewell too...
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