the cj files: stranger than fiction

Lindy loo asked me how cj was. the short answer is great. the longer answer is too long for a blog. but if any of you queensland people make it back to this site you might like to know that:

• he now wears a long sleeve shirt and tie to work every single day, and it's got nothing to do with being cold
• he can speak in long and frighteningly authoritative sentences about profit-margins, WEFTSUs, risk management and legislative compliance
• he is universally beloved by the people in his school inspite/because of the fact that most of them report not being able to understand 43% of what he says (and only about 20% of them have plucked up enough courage to use me as a translater)
  
• he still barracks for Geelong with considerable alacrity (although if they lose to Essendon this friday i shudder to think of the consequences)
• in the pursuit of quality time with the kids and with me he has learnt to watch TV shows such as the OC, Desperate Housewives, Australian Idol, Rove Live and Bob the Builder without appearing even a tiny bit self-conscious (although sometimes he mixes up the names of central characters...fyiwendy does not live on Wisteria Lane) and last night he used the name "Foo Fighters" in context and with aplomb...
  

and although he still can't find the margarine by himself he pours a brilliant glass of champagne. So life, indeed, is good.