So, big news of the day is playing soccer at Thompson park. Unfortunately, I didn't get to stay for very long, due to work, but it was fun playing and seeing everyone again. Plus, there was this other guy called, I think his name was Hamun or something, and apparently he was on the Iranian under 12 national team. Cool.

Also, I am currently listening to that freak Finkleman on CBC Radio One, and now I have changed the channel. A few minutes ago, I sent off my third e-mail to CBC speaking out against Finkleman, and am prepared to keep doing so. If anyone would be interested in putting together a petition, let me know. 

So, we went down and paid my fees for university. No getting out now.

Also, I went to a barbeque etc. at UTSC today around 7pm. I hung out with Alex Stein, and Dong-Yi, and other Woburnites I did not expect to see there. There was live music, which was pretty good, and a dance group, and a breaking group, which were not, really. The "big picture" (ha) was Pirates of the Carribean, which was a pleasant diversion, although the sound set up was rather bad and produced long echoes. On the way out, I won a UTSC t-shirt and hat, so now I am set to represent my alma mater, whether I like it or not.

Not a bad day, although I froze biking home.

But I'll talk to you later.

Now then, yesterday was cool. We saw "Harold and Koooomuuar something something", and for coming from the makers of the movie we didn't see, it wasn't too bad. Afterwards, Boston Pizza, and I stayed over at Alan's.

Now, the big news there is that he has a very small, extrememly cute brown kitten. It is named "Opie", although the spelling may actually be "O.P", as it seems to have either/both the Autobots, and/or  the Mephisto shoes logo on it's head. it's very cute.

Anyways, I'm done typing fo now. Out.

Well, I got new shoes today. I really needed them, as my others are, at best, in very poor repair. I don't really want to talk more about shoes.

I was telling someone today about the gifted program, and I said "I was in the gifted program in high school." Wow. That was weird. That part of my life is over.

Also, a certain person at work was complaining that he had to work on Carabana day, and Terry snapped. He told him that if he wanted to dance around in a bird costume, he needed to "get the hell out of my store right now, you primate." And on and on. That was cool. It's especially funny because the guy couldn't really say or do anything about it, because he was completely cowed by Terry's assault, so he just smiled nervously and muttered.

Carabana really does suck. What's the headcount on that event now? I'll take "Picnic Day" anytime.

I think I had something else to write, but, maybe later.

Well, we decided quite late last night to wait until the morning to go home. Not that that mattered at all. Well, my arms seriously hurt from water skiing et al, and I have to work today, so that's unfortunate. It is nice, though, that I will be getting holiday pay through my union today, as well as getting double-time pay for working on a holiday. Too bad it's only 5 hours today, 'cause I could seriously sweep up. Speaking of holidays, what is "The Civic Holiday"? (No car jokes please. Unless that is actually what it is, although you'd have a hard time getting me to believe that.) My calendar informs me that August 2nd is "Bank Holiday" in Eire, Scotland as well as the cabbalistically acronymed NSW (New South Wales) and ACT (God Only Knows) territories of Australia. Here's the kicker. In NT (Northern Territories) of Australia, it's not "Bank Holiday", but the curiously antiquated "Picnic Day", strongly reminiscent of Period pieces on PBS and CBC in it's dowdier moments. These guys must be like Saskatchewan for us, eschewing Daylight Savings Time in order to gain some obscure economic advantage. Or maybe they fought a war over it, in which case, I won't call them on it. Anyways, that's it for now. I want to talk to some people later, so look for me on MSN after 7:00. Assuming this damnable virus doesn't preclude me from using the computer, see you then. Oh yeah, check this out. It's pretty good. Daily Dinosaur Comics

Okay. I'm out of here for the weekend. I'll be back late Sunday.

Phew. I needed a day off, in a matter of speaking. I was, in fact, working today. It was alright though. Steve is driving me further off the eastbound collecters of sanity into the oncoming Civics of madness, but we got out on time, so it's cool.

I just chilled, that all.

I've been postively murdering that Workplace Jeopardy on Q107, but I haven't actually been able to get through to play, and I'm not even sure if I'd be eligible to play.

Tomorrow's Friday, so maybe this calls for a trip to the beach? We'll see, I suppose, although I do have to be up early on Saturday. (Going to the cottage for the weekend.) Well, I guess that didn't stop me last week. Matt and I got about 3 hours of sleep.

Well, both days I was working. I didn't have to close with Steve, though, so that wasn't too bad. Monday night/ Tuesday morning was something else though. When we went out, we got stopped by the cops, but they wanted to know if we had seen "two black males" in the area, who apparently were armed. Conor was pretty freaked out, and we probably should have been, but weren't. Still, in retrospect that is worrying. Anyways, it didn't go so well. Although lauded for my technique, my eyes' "refresh rate" dropped significantly, and I was really tired and I threw up quite a bit when we got back to Jerm's. Y'all apologized and whatnot, but I do wish something had been done to prepare me or prevent this. In any event, don't worry about it. I'm fine now, and I don't begrudge you in the least. My skeletal remains took revenge upon Franz anyway, from what I hear.

Tuesday involved a trip to P-mall, where VSmack picked up LEGIT jap versions of Xenosaga 2, and Star Ocean 3! Wicked! Xenosaga 2 looks like it starts with chaos and a guy named Canaan in some sort of uber-AGWS. Also, I got to see Jin Uzuki. Shweet. Now, why the hell do we have to wait until February? That's a shame. Also picked up was a nearly complete SNES collection (not SFC, just the SNES). Also quite cool, although there might not be anyway to save, and at least "SF Alpha 2" is broken. I am now resolved to mod my PS2, to obtain this collection, and several other games I saw while we were there.

I have to work later today. Ah well, it happens. Also my head is killing me, and I can't find the acetominophen. What's Ibuprofin? I found some of that, but I didn't take it, 'cause I'm not sure if it's a diuretic or a blood thinner or what. Anyways, I have to do something about this.

Oh yeah, yesterday I played my type 2 deck at a tournament at Dolly's. I did alright, though I didn't win. I ravaged a burn deck, and lost in the third round to a really awesome "tooth and nail". So, that was fun, and good practice, although I was not able to save my grandfather's soul, or whatever. There was also a Yogioid and Duel Masters tournament going on, and there were some primates playing Duel Masters. That was awesome, because they were trying to hustle the kids out of their worthless cards. It was also cool seeing the enmity between those two games, because Yogioid apparently views DM as a pretender to the throne of fake-anime based card game, and DM rather feels that they are the vanguard of a proud new wave of fake-anime based card games. Magic players hate them both because they suck.

Heres the important part:
I'm working Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week, 5-10. I am generally finished about 10:15, and I can turn on my cell (not actually mine, it's an emergency phone, so don't try to contact me on it in other situations) at 9:00. If you are going to be doing something, go ahead and give me a call at:

416 806 7022

anytime after 9.
Not a good number like Matt's, I know. Wither tossed by fate our numbers is not for us to know.