{"id":8548,"date":"2023-03-26T13:45:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T12:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8548"},"modified":"2023-04-06T11:58:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T10:58:49","slug":"snooker-green-baize-therapy-trump-vs-osullivan-world-champs-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8548","title":{"rendered":"SNOOKER: Green Baize Therapy – Trump vs O\u2019Sullivan, World Champs, \u201822"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This was pretty weird at the time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Having yet another very rough episode of psychological weather. We were at my sister\u2019s again this weekend. And for the first time my depression was so intense it confined me to the bedroom, and stopped me interacting much with family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately Teresa was their to \u2018carry the weight\u2019. And dad, bless \u2018im, also stepped in, bringing over lunch for everyone, and hanging with Sofi and Ali through a marathon game of (Spanish!) Monopoly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not the most exciting book cover!*<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[* But a pretty amazing book, in terms of the actual content. Part of a series by i Fabre, of which I currently have three out of four.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d taken a book on Picasso, an Airfix model (1\/76 88mm gun and half-track!), and was mostly watching snooker, or sleeping\/trying to sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 1967 tooling, marketed as a Vintage Classic!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Snooker is one of my chief therapies right now. It\u2019s also something bordering, I suppose, on addiction or compulsion. I particularly love the longer games (19+ is a minimum, ideally, but 25-30+ frames? Even better!), like the semis and finals of the World Championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over Friday and Saturday I watched the intense 2022 World Championship Final. O\u2019Sullivan was beating Trump mercilessly, initially. Trump fought back. But ultimately, whilst it was<\/em> a bit one-sided, with O\u2019Sullivan dominant overall. Nevertheless, it was still a great match, and an interesting watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end was pretty weird, esp\u2019 so in our buttoned-up conservative British culture. When O\u2019Sullivan clinched the deciding frame, equalling Stephen Hendry\u2019s record of seven wins, he went over to Trump, locking him in a close embrace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was clear they were talking to each other, as well. It struck a lot of people, myself included, as rather awkward\u2026 almost sexual!? I think that\u2019s a sign of how appallingly neutered our outward emotional lives are. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having yet another very rough episode of psychological weather. We were at my sister\u2019s again this weekend. And for the first time my depression was so intense it confined me to the bedroom, and stopped me interacting much with family. Fortunately Teresa was their to \u2018carry the weight\u2019. And dad, bless \u2018im, also stepped in, … <\/p>\n

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