October 2005

October 30, 2005

    It is Sunday now. Football is back on. Yesterday was an awesome day. It was very sports oriented. We played football, soccer, basketball, and to a much lesser extent frisbee. This was all done at the local high school which has absolutely amazing facilities. I had a pretty busy week last week with multiple tests, quizzes and assignments due. Deadlines were met and good marks were achieved. But back to football. The last two weeks Dave and I have been making picks. He somehow manages to out do me each time with one extra win. We're both fairly successful at it. I was two games over 500 last week and he was three and I was four games over 500 two weeks ago and he was 5. This week will be a real teller for us with some tough picks and big time matchups. We don't bet, we don't do spreads, we just pick winners. Anything else would be uncivilized. Well I just thought I would check in here while I was studying. Got another test coming up this week that I'm preparing for. Other than that I'm good to go. Any specific questions can be addressed to me at a later time. Over and out.

October 25, 2005

    Alright junkies, time to get your fix. Last night I went over to my friend Joanne's house to watch some TV with her after my lab. She informed me upon arrival that she hadn't slept since the last time I had seen her which was Saturday night when we went to the show. Well technically I guess she must have slept that night but then she went to the city of broken dreams, Toronto, and didn't sleep. She had to take the day off work because she had never done that before and she didn't sleep all day. She was mad about it by the time I got there. Luckily after a dose of H (CSI Miami) she was able to sleep for 10 hours. That must have been quite a trip. It left me pondering the three longest nights I might have had. This is what I came up with. Coming in at number three is the only non alcohol induced event. I went to my friend Ashley's house and watched some movies until like three in the morning and then I went home and was on my second wind and couldn't sleep until about 4:30am. The number two no sleep event would have to be the most dangerous. This of course could only be the year end party in Temagami after high school. It was the second in two nights well the second of six nights of celebrating. We had slept in a tent the night before by a lake which is not a good recipe for sleep in itself, add alcohol and a good amount of the graduating class and the party goes for pretty long. This night though we were at the next party. Our tent was set up on a pile of stone for some reason (Never get drunk people to put up your tent for you no matter how lazy you are.) so that was a strike, add a raging party and a bunch of booze and its not pretty. This time I got into bed at 3am but didn't sleep due to the stones and a pesky mosquito. I got up at 5:30am, rounded up the troops and headed for home and hour away. I was plenty sober by then considering I took it easy on the drinking but dammit I was tired. It was lucky I woke up those times to steer the car back between the white lines. You'll note the lack of reference to the colour yellow.....we used the whole road. I was home before my Dad left for work, that was weird. The number one late night in my history was the first I had. I went to a hoedown jamboree or something at my friend Ashley's, I was 18 and it was the first time I drank. I only had 3 beers and felt nothing from it but there was a bunch of girls there and we stayed up until after 5am. We slept for maybe 2 hours. We were up at 7 and packed up (tent, camping supplies, etc) and on the road. When we got home 15 minutes later we went straight to work unloading several loads of square bales of hay. When that was done we continued on for the rest of the day with our work. It was a long day to say the least but we did it. We of course in this case refers to Dave and I. So there is a bit of fun for the readers. That oughta hold you over until the next time and you learned something in the process. Well you may not have learned anything but dammit it was a good study break for me. Yes I sometimes have ulterior motives when I post here. Am I evil? Could be; tune in next time to find out.

October 21. 2005

    I've done it finally. I have acquired the complete discography for AC/DC. Its taken years of careful collecting and shrewd moves, alright I downloaded it, so what, I wanted it. I've actually had it for months but I just put it into my iTunes folders and got it all organized including a list of my favourites. It is an exciting time, being that it is also course selection time. I went to see my program advisor today. We selected all my courses for the rest of university career today, barring any failures I'm set for life here. Very exciting. For those of you that still faithfully read this internet based rant I applaud you and your efforts. You're probably thinking..."where did that come from?" I answer...."I don't know" I figured I'd toss that in there since I haven't posted in 6 days and then I come in with this pretty mundane stuff. What can I say? Nothing really exciting happens to me. I just got to work or school and return. My social life has dwindled, I went out once this week with Mike Ward for a couple of hours to shoot some pool. I was invited out twice by my friend Joanne but unfortunately I had to decline on both counts due to pending midterms, including tonight. Other than that the only other exciting thing is that this woman keeps harassing me at the bus stop and talking my ear off. It would be good if she was young, nice, and hot but she's none of those things, quite the opposite in fact. I had the misfortune to see her twice now. She rambles on about how she's going to the unemployment office and then rips into students and says the city transit shouldn't cater to them and that they should have to fend for themselves. Hello? I'm a student, was she that dumb you ask? And I answer..."yes, she really was that dumb." Sorry to say it but ol' Phillips may be in some kind of a rut here. Not to worry, he's still doing great and this AC/DC is just getting him going here. He is pumped. Anyways, I feel that is enough said for this evening. I enjoy wielding that kind of power over the reader and I use it now.

October 15, 2005

    I've woken up too soon on a Saturday. My sight is still blurry from sleep and my mind is clouded. I feel that I should be up, it's a beautiful morning with rain forecasted for the afternoon, the fresh cigarette smoke from the neighbour penetrates through my open window, so much for fresh air. The once thought dead sun has made its triumphant return to the sky and is lighting my otherwise lightless room up like the Leafs lit up the Thrashers last night. I was made when I saw the hooliganism that the game degraded into once it was out of hand, but I digress. A cool breeze filters through the strong and sturdy trees in front of the homes here in the Grove. Yes, it looks like a stellar day, it is not the weather thought that has awoken me this fine morn. It was the garbage truck, on holiday Monday situations the garbage gets pushed back a day and since ours is usually on Friday; well you get the idea. The squeaks and roars of the garbage truck used to make me think that there was a lion and a mouse brawling outside my window and I used to peer over the window sill in high anticipation but alas I was always thwarted, much to my dismay. A partial reason that I'm holding this day is such high regard is that it is chock full of unbridled potential for you see I have no work, no school and no responsibility for today. Actually I should get my hair cut because it is getting to be borderline ridiculous but other than that I am free. This feeling is to be cherished as it only comes all too rarely for me these days. That is why I wish I could travel back to the blissful days of my youth with most of the knowledge I have now. I wouldn't want to know the outcomes of any sporting events as that would take all the fun and surprise out of it. I would only need to know enough to get rich and be able to live comfortably with the woman of my dreams. I would have to be rich or what is the purpose of traveling back in the first place. I guess if I really enjoyed myself for all those years it would be worth it but I don't remember wishing I could go back and re-live moments exactly as they were. I think only Rod Stewart could do that. He knows why. Now I'm beginning to ramble and drop names. I think I better retire to the sweet security of my bed and dream of sweet lollipops and sugar candies, or at the very least fall asleep. On the other hand I could go eat some delicious snacks and watch some provocative and informative Animal Planet. The latter sounds more productive, I can have a mid-day nap to overcome any tiredness before we venture out into the realm of reality tonight or so is the tentative plan. Well hope everyone else is still asleep here at 8am, cause I know I'm not.....or am I?

October 13, 2005

    As I glance over at my calendar to try and ascertain the date I realize that not only is it still on September I realize its a 2004 calendar. Actually its a 2005 but I figured that would be a funny story to start off a post that will surely be boring for all those who actually read this. I'm pretty sure my mom is the only one that reads it routinely now. Anywho, so I took almost the whole day off yesterday and had some recovery time for my sickness which unfortunately just made it worse. So I revel in my sickness and laziness as I read online lectures from abroad..ya our house is so far from the school I'm starting to think of it as a different country. I have a mandatory field trip to go to this afternoon unfortunately so that will draw me out from the house. I have some movies I should watch but before any of that I have to call my new boss and tell him that I'm sick and won't be able to make it in to work today. Didn't I mention I have new job harvesting corn for the university. Well I do so deal with it. Anyways, this post is quickly regressing so I'll quit before I say something stupid like Sean Avery. Look it up if you don't know. Later kiddies.

October 11, 2005

    Well it has been a week since I last updated this here. Not all my fault I was at home since last Thursday and internet access is limited to horrible there. Home was fun; I got to see some faces that I hadn't seen in years and I got to relax and have a good time. I enjoyed my visit although it was brief. I also got sick while at home as usual. I don't know what it is but it seems to happen more and more. Well I'm caught up in school as much as anyone can be. My marks so far are pretty good. I've been doing multiple quizzes a week as I've mentioned in the past. I have no big plans for the immediate future other than my hockey game tonight. That sentence has three meanings because our intramural team plays tonight at 10:30pm, the Leafs play tonight vs. the Flyers, and today we bought ESPN NHL 2K6 for Xbox. This game is announced by legendary hockey broadcasters Bob Cole and Harry Neale. You may recognize them from their years of work with CBC sports. Bob Cole actually took over for Foster Hewitt if you can believe that. Anyways we got it for that, the fact that all the rosters are more or less current, and it's only $30. You can't beat that with a stick no matter how good sized it is. I have some school stuff to do tonight so that I can have a pretty clear day tomorrow in which I will attempt a haircut. Its only speculation at this point but I'd like to see it taken care of eventually. Either way my life isn't overly exciting right now so I'll leave it at that.

October 4, 2005

    So let's have at a random rant. Let's start with the Guelph Transit system. What a crock of do do. I was cool with getting milked last year cause the service was reliable and consistent. I actually considered my money spent (forcibly) on a bus pass was an excellent investment. This year however I am less inclined to feel that I'm getting any kind of deal what so ever. First I'll lay a brief foundation for out of town readers. The University of Guelph charges each student enrolled for a bus pass whether they use it or not. This causes some kind of balance in the system so that the bus company gets its money. Also, for city transit systems, a large portion of their funding is based on ridership. The government or whoever doles out the money based on the number of people who use the system. Having all those students riding the bus certainly boosts ridership and thus funding. I've lived here in the summer without the students...its pretty dead on the buses. So that being said; I feel that Guelph transit should somehow do a better job of catering to the needs of the student....ie me. They have created more routes but these routes only run half the time and the times change by the day. The routes also change by the week with little to no notification. Twice today alone I had to wait over 30 minutes for a bus that was supposed to being running on a half hour route. How does that happen....I don't know. Anyways, I've lost my focus and edge. I'm pissed off with the transit system is what I was going for...and you should be too for some reason. That's all for now.

October 1, 2005

    Ya. New month, just setting things up for it. Its a quick peek behind the scenes. Shut up!