June 24, 2006
Why I Have Been Away #2
I have been writing a play.
One of the (very many) things in my life that suffered when I took on a very demanding writing job was the amount of time I could dedicate to personal projects. In an attempt to remedy this, I took a week off work in March to give myself the concentrated block of time necessary (for me) to punch out anything of any worth, and I loved it. So any spare time I had in the following weeks went on this play, and Glutbusters suffered as a consequence. Such is life.
This play is about sexual assault in football and the surrounding issues. The challenge is keeping up with the offences that players keep committing. Since I started writing:
- Dean Brogan (Port Adelaide) has allegedly snapped a bloke at the airport;
- Brodie Holland (Collingwood and Neighbours) and his fiancee have been charged over an alleged assault at a Melbourne nightclub;
- Heath Scotland (Carlton) is facing possible assault charges after allegedly slapping a woman at the Next Blue Bar at Southbank;
- Heath Black (Fremantle) has been fined for an assault at the Perth Cup;
- Ashley Sampi (formerly of West Coast has been fined over a domestic dispute that involved a knife and the speculation of self-harm;
- Colin Sylvia (Melbourne) has been ordered by a court not to assault his girlfriend after a drunken incident that may or may not have involved threatening murder.
Filed under Sport
Comments
That's pretty much business as usual. Its not only AFL players though, the rugby league players in Sydney commit their fair share of (usually drunken) atrocities too.
Posted by: Living in Canberra at June 25, 2006 08:40 PM
Colin Sylvia sounds like a prize catch. If only I could find myself that sort of a gentleman to while away the hours with.
Posted by: jellyfish at June 26, 2006 10:04 AM
There are few things sexier than a man who has to be told by a court not to give you a backhander.
Posted by: Peter at June 26, 2006 10:26 AM
I wish I could say that I am surprised at the behaviour of football players off the field. Sadly, I am not. The question is, how can the many women supporters of football tolerate it? And why has nobody heard of a group called Football Fans Against Sexual Assault? http://www.ffasa.org/
They seem to be saying all the right things, but is anyone interested in listening?
Posted by: CC at June 26, 2006 06:21 PM
I went to a play last night. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Tony.T at June 26, 2006 11:32 PM
Young men with too much time on their hands and too much money making dicks of themselves thanks to alcohol.
If Sylvia ever does that again he can feck off - I'm not having that shit at my club.
Posted by: Adam 1.0 at June 28, 2006 12:20 AM
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself... Garnett
Posted by: Garnett at November 22, 2006 07:48 PM
All truths are not to be told... Emmett
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I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen. Whatever. Not much on my mind lately. I guess it doesn't bother me.
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My life's been basically bland today. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. My mind is like an empty room. I've more or less been doing nothing to speak of. Not much on my mind recently.
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I just don't have much to say recently. Such is life. I've basically been doing nothing. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. Oh well.
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I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.
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I haven't been up to much these days. Today was a loss. Nothing seems important. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days.
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I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning. My life's been pretty unremarkable these days. Eh.
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I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning. My life's been pretty unremarkable these days. Eh.
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I haven't been up to anything recently, but so it goes. Such is life. What can I say? Pretty much not much exciting going on to speak of. I haven't gotten much done lately, but I don't care.
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Not much on my mind lately. My life's been completely boring these days. I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. So it goes.
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I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently. I haven't gotten much done recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about.
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I haven't been up to much these days. Today was a loss. Nothing seems important. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days.
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Not much on my mind lately. My life's been completely boring these days. I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. So it goes.
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retty much nothing seems worth thinking about. My life's been completely dull , not that it matters. I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen.
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I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.
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creatively?Merck,regrets carbohydrate overstating wander?
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My life's been pretty dull recently. Shrug. My mind is like a void. I haven't gotten anything done lately. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
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I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning. My life's been pretty unremarkable these days. Eh.
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I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
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I've more or less been doing nothing worth mentioning, but eh. My life's been really bland today. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days. That's how it is.
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Basically nothing noteworthy happening right now, but eh. Today was a complete loss. I haven't been up to much recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
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I haven't been up to much these days. Today was a loss. Nothing seems important. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days.
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Posted by: Sten47189 at February 6, 2007 03:23 PM
