after being so damn busy... i've re-discovered my tv.com account. Don't get me wrong i'm still damn busy but i'm ... managing my time a little better... so that there is actually a thing called ME time...

I've noticed since the last time i've been here, i've become an editor ... for Simon Rouse. :!

And so many things have changed here at tv.com

ahh everyone meet ELLIE! aka Miss Ellie, or Ellie Poo ...

she's the latest addition to my household!!

Ellie is a chocolate spotted Dalmation and she is gorgus, she's very lanky and very animated, she falls and jumps, and is very very springy!!

so i'm sad.

my poooch died.

my gorgus German Shepard X Labrador died.

here's a pic of Candy

-Cass

Here I am, finding myself sitting here at my computer, listening to the sounds of the V8 hum on the television.  Its Race Weekend in Bathurst.  The Bathurst Supercheap Auto 1000.  Yes I am a rev head, yes I would love a hot lap around the great Mount Panorama. 

Mount Panorama, Bathurst is one of those places that is totally unpredictable, you live 60 seconds at a time, and you hope to hell that it treats you right, and you actually finish the 161 laps of the 6.2 kilometre course.  Coming down Conrod straight heading toward the Chasers, is the fastest part of the track, where the likes of Mark Skaife, in the Supercheap Auto v8 Holden Commodore hit maximum speed at approximately 300km/hour.  As those v8’s thunder past, you feel the rush that the drivers feel, its like this symphony in a huge concert hall playing, they feel like home, and then you realise that it’s the drivers driving their cars, that have been tuned, and fine tuned, and checked and double checked, driving around the awesomely unpredictable mountain.

Race Weekend in Bathurst is huge, the 2 towns on either side of Bathurst are completely booked out, Bathurst itself is booked out, and here I am still in my lounge room.  However, I do thank Channel Ten, (yes I did say that) for showing an awesome broadcast of the event. 

Peter Brock, 9 time winner of Bathurst, now passed away, was King Of The Mountain, he was in racing terms, Peter Perfect, he was the ultimate driver, the ultimate racer, and the ultimate strategist, and he had the ultimate cars.  Bathurst is a huge Holden fans vs. Ford fans, the rivalry has never shone through as much as the 2005 Bathurst 1000, when Greg Murphy, K-Mart Racing Team (Holden) and Marcus Ambrose, (Ford) blew up at one another and were starting their own boxing match on the track. 

To win Bathurst, it takes guts, good performance, fitness, perfection, and focus… Bathurst is said to separate the men from the boys when they race, and that is exactly what it does.

I love Bathurst, its one of those places where it is totally unpredictable and its awesome, I love it … the rush, the adrenaline, its spectacular, it IS the best thing to watch on television, that sheer rush you get from sitting there watching it is just … to hard to put into words.

so here i was falling asleep at my computer and i figure i should have ... written a blog jst to let u all know wat i've been up to recently!!

other than work! lol

the Bathurst 1000 is this weekend, i think it will be a tribute to Brocky, which will be good.  it will be its usual fast paced uber scary time and i will be glued to the tv for all of the weekend.

work is good, chocolate is ... all gone and i'm going to make grilled cheese!

Enjoy.x