in a bad mood

St. John Bosco is in a bad mood after losing to Mater Dei, so look for quarterback Koa Malau’ulu to have a big game for the top-seeded Braves.

The hard part’s learning how to switch gears — trying to be funny when you’re in a bad mood from the business call you just had to deal with.

“He was just pontificating about his plans — ‘We’re gonna do this and we’re gonna do that,’” Leadon recalls of that gathering, “and I felt non-consulted. I was in a bad mood, impulsive. I poured a beer on his head. Of course, he took exception to that. Then maybe a month or two later, we had a heart-to-heart and I said, ‘Yeah, I think I should go.’

Of course, it may also have been that Hamilton did not turn up because he was in a bad mood after a difficult weekend and he didn't fancy arguing the toss over an incident that would make no difference to the result of his race.

“Paul is an actor, and when I talked to him, you couldn’t really tell if he was in a bad mood, unless he wanted you to. And you couldn’t tell if he didn’t feel well, unless he wanted you to,” she said.