Friday, July 16, 2004
Just got back from playing poker with the boys...its a pretty solid friday night routine. The first 3/4 of the evening wasn't looking stellar for me, but I went out with a bang on a sort of flukey hand. Net total for the night was up a whopping $1.
When I got home, I'd gotten like 4 emails from the hayden mailing list saying that there was a new Hayden website. Watched all of his videos...the newest one, Hollywood Ending, which is a pretty catchy song, is probably the happiest I've ever seen this guy. He must have cracked a smile ATLEAST twice during the video!
Anyways, this term, and this summer have just totally flown past. Still a LOT of work to be done. Then hopefully August will be nice and relaxing. I don't need to start work until Sept 7th, so there's even some potential I might go camping with Laura again on the Sept long weekend. I'm probably going to be out at my cottage in New Brunswick(and no, things with Simon aren't panning out in terms of him coming to chill at le cottage) for about 2 weeks after exams. I like the cottage.
Hmm...yes. Housing in toronto is looking like trouble. i'm trying to find a place that's both close to work, and close to Laura, for 2 people so I can live with my friend Dave. Heck, it looks like there's potential for as many as 4 people if there are any fancy 4 person places...but time is flying VERY quickly. We thought we'd found a winner, but it ended up actually being only a 1 bedroom place and the people living there had 2 beds in one room. Weird.
When I got home, I'd gotten like 4 emails from the hayden mailing list saying that there was a new Hayden website. Watched all of his videos...the newest one, Hollywood Ending, which is a pretty catchy song, is probably the happiest I've ever seen this guy. He must have cracked a smile ATLEAST twice during the video!
Anyways, this term, and this summer have just totally flown past. Still a LOT of work to be done. Then hopefully August will be nice and relaxing. I don't need to start work until Sept 7th, so there's even some potential I might go camping with Laura again on the Sept long weekend. I'm probably going to be out at my cottage in New Brunswick(and no, things with Simon aren't panning out in terms of him coming to chill at le cottage) for about 2 weeks after exams. I like the cottage.
Hmm...yes. Housing in toronto is looking like trouble. i'm trying to find a place that's both close to work, and close to Laura, for 2 people so I can live with my friend Dave. Heck, it looks like there's potential for as many as 4 people if there are any fancy 4 person places...but time is flying VERY quickly. We thought we'd found a winner, but it ended up actually being only a 1 bedroom place and the people living there had 2 beds in one room. Weird.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
I thought I'd put a link to this. Has anyone seen anything like this before? You could have made millions!
Just finished watching Fahrenheit 9/11. Yes, I downloaded it. But its okay because Michael Moore said he didn't mind. Seriously. Nothing really new that I hadn't read in his books, but it does a good job of putting things in place, and asks enough questions to really make you wonder about the whole thing, but as is usually the case of books that turn movie, a lot of the good juicy detail was sacrificed. I think I would be a very unhappy camper if I was either in the american military, or was the parent/sibling of someone that was. It just seems like such an absolute waste of money, and lives. Something that I was surprised was really not addressed was the cost of the war. I don't factually know numbers of the top of my head, so I won't throw numbers around...but the war has cost 10s, if not 100s of billions of dollars...when your education system is gone to crap, when your poverty rates are rising, when unemployment is rising, etc etc spending that kind of money on war just seems so completely totally backwards. Anyways, if you haven't read his books, or even if you have, I think its worth taking the time to watch.
I played some frisbee AND some squash today, although yes, I did lose at squash.
I also did some shopping at the Real Canadian Wholesale place near my house. Its crazy insane cheap. Romaine lettuce: 3 heads for $1.50. A pint of blueberries $1.49. Mangoes, 50 cents. 5 garlics for a dollar. Canteloupes, 99 cents. The list goes on! Needless to say, I stocked up on mellons!
Just finished watching Fahrenheit 9/11. Yes, I downloaded it. But its okay because Michael Moore said he didn't mind. Seriously. Nothing really new that I hadn't read in his books, but it does a good job of putting things in place, and asks enough questions to really make you wonder about the whole thing, but as is usually the case of books that turn movie, a lot of the good juicy detail was sacrificed. I think I would be a very unhappy camper if I was either in the american military, or was the parent/sibling of someone that was. It just seems like such an absolute waste of money, and lives. Something that I was surprised was really not addressed was the cost of the war. I don't factually know numbers of the top of my head, so I won't throw numbers around...but the war has cost 10s, if not 100s of billions of dollars...when your education system is gone to crap, when your poverty rates are rising, when unemployment is rising, etc etc spending that kind of money on war just seems so completely totally backwards. Anyways, if you haven't read his books, or even if you have, I think its worth taking the time to watch.
I played some frisbee AND some squash today, although yes, I did lose at squash.
I also did some shopping at the Real Canadian Wholesale place near my house. Its crazy insane cheap. Romaine lettuce: 3 heads for $1.50. A pint of blueberries $1.49. Mangoes, 50 cents. 5 garlics for a dollar. Canteloupes, 99 cents. The list goes on! Needless to say, I stocked up on mellons!
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Your guess is as good as mine.
I just looked my window, and there were two girls(I think) walking down the sidewalk wearing big green garbage bags, and with white grocery store bags on their heads. This is the kind of moment that I wish I had a digital camera for.
I have NO idea. Your guess is as good as mine.
I just looked my window, and there were two girls(I think) walking down the sidewalk wearing big green garbage bags, and with white grocery store bags on their heads. This is the kind of moment that I wish I had a digital camera for.
I have NO idea. Your guess is as good as mine.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
I always have mixed emotions when I see swimming stuff now. The Olympic Trials are going on in Etobicoke right now, and my mom sent me an article from the Citizen about it...basically everyone the article mentions are people that I was good friends with when I was swimming...one of the guys from Perth that I used to room with at some of the national meets made the Olympic team I'm pretty sure, so that's terribly awesome. I remember the first time I shared a room with this guy, I thought he was so odd...we were doing breakfast the first morning and he whips out a toaster, AND a blender from his backpack! Maybe you had to be there for it to be funny....but like, going to a hotel and bringing your own toaster and blender? hardcore!
Anyways, it really is a pretty neat feeling to look at the olympic trials, and see all the top guys in pretty much every event, and say "I know them!" Its always sad to think that "that could have been me", but I think I'm pretty pleased with the way that everything worked out for me. I think if I'd committed so much of my life to it all the way through the end of high school and university, and if I never made it to the olympics, that it would really suck. Its also kinda neat seeing a lot of people from my old club that were like...7 when I was swimming but that are 16 or whatever now and are doing really well.
But yes...that's all!
Anyways, it really is a pretty neat feeling to look at the olympic trials, and see all the top guys in pretty much every event, and say "I know them!" Its always sad to think that "that could have been me", but I think I'm pretty pleased with the way that everything worked out for me. I think if I'd committed so much of my life to it all the way through the end of high school and university, and if I never made it to the olympics, that it would really suck. Its also kinda neat seeing a lot of people from my old club that were like...7 when I was swimming but that are 16 or whatever now and are doing really well.
But yes...that's all!
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
No major news to report. Today is Karen's birthday! But she's over in Europe, which makes it particularly difficult to celebrate. Hopefully someone over there will ensure there's more than enough celebration to go around.
I think someone was out to spite me. I have night class at 7...and had to hand in an assignment at the start of class. Of course, come 6:30 I'm still working on it. I finally get it wrapped up at 6:45, with lots of time to get to class....except that my printer just won't work! So after about 5 minutes of fiddling I get it sorted out, and my paper printer. I'm biking to school, and about 2 minutes away from school it just starts to POUR rain. One of those rare time where its totally sunny and nice one second, then you can't see 5 feet in front of you the next. I got to class about 2 minutes late, meaning that had I gotten to class on time, I'd have been bone dry...however, I've spent the past 2 hours freezing my butt off completely drenched in class. Pleasant!
I think someone was out to spite me. I have night class at 7...and had to hand in an assignment at the start of class. Of course, come 6:30 I'm still working on it. I finally get it wrapped up at 6:45, with lots of time to get to class....except that my printer just won't work! So after about 5 minutes of fiddling I get it sorted out, and my paper printer. I'm biking to school, and about 2 minutes away from school it just starts to POUR rain. One of those rare time where its totally sunny and nice one second, then you can't see 5 feet in front of you the next. I got to class about 2 minutes late, meaning that had I gotten to class on time, I'd have been bone dry...however, I've spent the past 2 hours freezing my butt off completely drenched in class. Pleasant!
Friday, July 02, 2004
Man! Lots of action to talk about!
Last weekend was the whitewater rafting trip. For anyone that hadn't heard, I volunteered to look after putting together a trip for EngSoc. I got 36 people out for the trip, and all in all it was a really big success in my opinion! There shockingly weren't particularly any noteworthy stories, but I'll put up some pictures if/when they become available! the company we went with, RiverRun, was quite good and I'd recommend them to anyone that's looking at going rafting...pretty much all the companies run the same part of the river, in pretty much the same boats; these guys just happen to do it for close to half the price!
I went down to see Laura in Toronto on Wednesday...I was only down for like 4 waking-hours but it was super nice to see her. She's off in the Rockies with her family for the next week and a bit. Came down on the train thursday...yes, I still haven't learned my lesson -> TAKE THE BUS.
I missed hooking up with the boys for canada day festivities, but had a good time chilling with the family. Marcy is home, and its the first time I've seen her in two years! We went strawberry picking this morning, then played mini golf this afternoon. We've also had some excellent adventures trying to trap a rabbit that's been eating my parents garden. This afternoon my mom, dad and I triangulated in on it and came seriously close to catching it before it bolted under a fence. I think tomorrow will be the day!
Also in noteworthy news, my mom and I went bowling at Merivale. Man, I wish I would have camcordered it...it was gold. It was Rock'n'Bowl, and holy hannah they were BLASTING the hip hop. Like the kind of thing where you feel your lungs rattling in your chest, and I'm here bowling with my mom!
*ANYWAYS* ***KAREN THIS IS IMPORTANT*** I bowled by far my best ever game of bowling, and score a whopping 250 (5 pin). I think I had something like 6 strikes in the game! I had back to back strikes more than once! My second game I only scored like...115 or something. But the first game was magic! If only Karen and Simon had been there to witness my superhuman bowling abilities!
Hopefully tomorrow I'm going to get to hook up with the boys for some road hockey and or Risk. Then at some point when Alison gets back from visiting Adam I'm hoping to catch up with her!
My mom cut out an excellent Sara Yonson graduation thing from the Citizen. I suspect her dad snuck it in, seeing as he works there and all. Its a most attractive graduation picture!
What is Caroline doing these days? Is she in Japan yet? Or still in Germany? Has anyone heard much from Shankeroo? There's nobody here in Ottawa to play with me, and I'm all lonesome.
Last weekend was the whitewater rafting trip. For anyone that hadn't heard, I volunteered to look after putting together a trip for EngSoc. I got 36 people out for the trip, and all in all it was a really big success in my opinion! There shockingly weren't particularly any noteworthy stories, but I'll put up some pictures if/when they become available! the company we went with, RiverRun, was quite good and I'd recommend them to anyone that's looking at going rafting...pretty much all the companies run the same part of the river, in pretty much the same boats; these guys just happen to do it for close to half the price!
I went down to see Laura in Toronto on Wednesday...I was only down for like 4 waking-hours but it was super nice to see her. She's off in the Rockies with her family for the next week and a bit. Came down on the train thursday...yes, I still haven't learned my lesson -> TAKE THE BUS.
I missed hooking up with the boys for canada day festivities, but had a good time chilling with the family. Marcy is home, and its the first time I've seen her in two years! We went strawberry picking this morning, then played mini golf this afternoon. We've also had some excellent adventures trying to trap a rabbit that's been eating my parents garden. This afternoon my mom, dad and I triangulated in on it and came seriously close to catching it before it bolted under a fence. I think tomorrow will be the day!
Also in noteworthy news, my mom and I went bowling at Merivale. Man, I wish I would have camcordered it...it was gold. It was Rock'n'Bowl, and holy hannah they were BLASTING the hip hop. Like the kind of thing where you feel your lungs rattling in your chest, and I'm here bowling with my mom!
*ANYWAYS* ***KAREN THIS IS IMPORTANT*** I bowled by far my best ever game of bowling, and score a whopping 250 (5 pin). I think I had something like 6 strikes in the game! I had back to back strikes more than once! My second game I only scored like...115 or something. But the first game was magic! If only Karen and Simon had been there to witness my superhuman bowling abilities!
Hopefully tomorrow I'm going to get to hook up with the boys for some road hockey and or Risk. Then at some point when Alison gets back from visiting Adam I'm hoping to catch up with her!
My mom cut out an excellent Sara Yonson graduation thing from the Citizen. I suspect her dad snuck it in, seeing as he works there and all. Its a most attractive graduation picture!
What is Caroline doing these days? Is she in Japan yet? Or still in Germany? Has anyone heard much from Shankeroo? There's nobody here in Ottawa to play with me, and I'm all lonesome.
