"That's a deck"

This was one of the schoolkids who got on the 397 the other afternoon, as we headed down Anzac Parade towards Maroubra. They'd just watched an afterschool punch up and were buzzing.

One of the boys who'd been in the fight was on the bus. He was one of those early developers, about twice the size of all the other kids with him. It's an unfortunate situation to be in I reckon, since they're usually the ones who get most heavily into the school fight scene. They didn't mention what the fight was about, but it did seem like it was the shrimp friends who really wanted it to happen. They were already trying to organise a rematch at Maroubra Junction. Making the most of new technology, one of them had taken photos of the fight on his phone. It may have even been a video. Look out for it on myspace I guess.

This morning we went with dad to the Sydney Library which is in Customs House. In the foyer there's a model of the CBD under transparent panels which the little guy loved. He started arguing with another kid over whose bridge it was. The decor is very groovy and they got me signed up and armed with my library card in about three minutes. They also had an exhibition on Harry Seidler, but my son wasn't so keen on that. He preferred the little lights on the side of the staircase, and he took care to touch all of them on the way down. Sometimes I feel that this is an essential life lesson that I should try much harder to learn: how to take pleasure in the simplest things.