yesterday it was melbourne cup day, which is the day when people on horses get more attention than any other people in this nation. except possibly people with extravagant hats glued (or at least so it appears) to one side of their head, coupled with expensive, often extravagant and almost exclusively horribly looking clothing. this is because the powers that be are not stupid and have created something for the women to do when the men waste their money on betting. and yes, that sounded very sexist and is not really true anymore (rachel was certainly more uppity about betting than me and i saw several reports on fashion contests for men at the race track), so maybe you should disregard that statement. attribute it to the overly cynical part of me.
the race this year was won by japanese horse "delta blues" closely followed by "pop rock", also japanese and the horse i decided to place my hard-earned $$$ on. i won a whopping $4.20. i also bet on another horse for both win and place and my total betting expenses were $8, but hey, a $4.20 win is still a $4.20 win.
that's all i got for now. another day, another quintessential australian experience experienced.
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