The World Of Jadeey

I think I'm probably the only one of my friends that actually likes Helen Clark. But I really do. I think she's extremely intelligent and a very good leader. I like her as Prime Minister and, in my opinion, she's done a really good job.

I saw this photo of her recently in a book by Sally Tag. The book was full of photographs of New Zealanders. It's called On Top Down Under. If you ever get a chance to find a copy then I'd recommend taking a look. It's awesome. Anyway, here is the photo of our Prime Minister. On first look I thought it must have been taken when she in her early 20s, but it was actually in 1997. I think a lot of people will find this photo surprising.




Aaron said I should have blogged about Scott Dixon yesterday. Since I enjoy fulfilling people's blog requests I thought I'd attempt to make up for my oversight of not blogging about him yesterday by doing it today instead.

Scott Dixon won yesterday. That makes it his 6th IndyCar win of the season! He is now tied for the record of the most wins of an IndyCar season. It was a close one - he caught the leader on the final corner. Impressive for the Kiwi boy.

With our Olympians being so uninspiring right now, it's nice to see at least one Kiwi doing great things on the sporting scene. (Ok that's a little harsh. Our Olympians have plenty of time. I'm just bitter that we haven't won a single medal yet. I'm very competitive.)

Labels: Helen Clark, Olympics, Scott Dixon

Scott Dixon won the Indy 500 today. I think that's awesome.

I'm not a huge motorsport fan but, as a sports junkie, I follow the results of pretty much every sport involving New Zealand. And a number of overseas teams as well.

I first heard of Scott Dixon when I was about 15, he's only a few months older than me and he was, at the time, the youngest driver on the racing circuit. Even then people were talking about how successful he would one day be. It's great that he's lived up to that early praise.

In other news, my bed is looking particularly tantalising right now. I think I might have to curl up in it very shortly, despite the early hour.

Labels: lame blogs, Scott Dixon, tired