Leading 650 kids in a spontaneous chant of Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! after the Aussie girls won the relay today.

Looking forward to spending time with my family on the weekend. Girly weekend here we come. And hopefully a photo shoot too!

I need these little things right now as the Canadian is back home without me. I cannot begin to express how much I miss him. The excitement and commraderie of the Olympics is a welcome distraction at the moment. I also painted my nails green and gold. New low.

I cannot get enough. What is it about the Olympics that makes us watch hours of sport that we would at any other time loathe? I allowed a cycling road race to remain on my television all day Saturday and I actually watched a fair bit of it. I hate cycling.

I am currectly watching Judo…JUDO, for God’s sake. OK, now I don’t know how this Hungarian -Aussie Pekli has not won every tournament she has ever competed in. She is one scary lookin woman. If I had to meet her on a Judo mat, I would lay down and hand over the medal without letting her lay a hand on me. Surely scariness is a big factor in beating your oponents?

I am not happy that Sean has taken off just as Australia and Canada are playing each other in the hockey. Oh the joy I am missing out on by us whipping their Canuck butt.

What’s not to love about The Olympics? There are words spoken such as repechage, peloton, coxless, womens trap, birds nest and the noodle.

I love to hate the ads that will plague our TVs over the next 2 weeks..I’m already sick to death of granny in the suitcase and that Queen song. I love it.

When can you ever watch Synchronised Swimming other than in the Olympics? Does it even exist outside the games? What is it about watching swimmers do laps that makes me want to eat Uncle Toby’s products? Why the hell is Tom the Chippie commentating on the Slalom? Why do I get such enjoyment when anyone beats the Americans? Where are Roy and HG? Oh so many questions!

My boy has taken off on a jet plane. I won’t go into how that makes me feel because there is nothing worse than a blogger who whines and complains about their life. Instead I watch little Chinese gymnasts flip and turn on the beam and give you a few little discoveries for this week.

I’m sure I found these via other people’s websites but I don’t remember where now.

• Gertrude and Mabel - I want these fabulous women to shoot my someday wedding. They shoot film! Incredible work.
• Jacqueline Veissid - the kind of photographer I want to be.
• Gigpark - Newish social networking thingie where you share you favourite recommendations of services and people out there. Add me as a friend.

I miss The Dream.

So I got my first test roll from the Yashica Mat 124 back. Not too bad for the first roll, most shots worked, the exposure wasn’t too bad on most shots. I only have one other completely manual camera and even that has an auto setting on it, so this was really testing my abilities, especially as it doesn’t have a working light meter.

The test roll was Fuji 160S which I think works really well with the Holga, but with this camera, its a bit too saturated for my liking. I’m going to do my next few rolls with Portra as I love that film.

I’ve got a photo shoot coming up next week depending on weather, so hopefully I will have some more Yashica goodness to share then.