July 6, 2009

Keeping perspective

Andy, I know you’re sick in the gut right now seeing that man snatch that trophy away from you. It could have gone either way but the tennis gods seemed to favor curly-haired softies for now. It’s no surprise that you’re extremely upset to lose this having reinvented yourself through all those organic food, sleeping [...]

July 6, 2009

I smell desperation – Part 3

[While watching the wimbledon finals]
Mum : So Jon doesn’t have a girlfriend?
Me: No.
Mum : He has a brother staying at the same place?
Me: Yes.
Mum : Does he have a girlfriend?
Me : (wondering where all this is going) No.
Mum : Why are you mixing with all these fellas without girlfriends?
Me : Huh? I didn’t choose to. [...]