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.

Well, I can't get rid of this virus. But, on the upside, it isn't doing any damage. I guess I'll recontinue use of the computer then, so updates should begin tomorrow as usual. Unless I'm blasted out of my gourd.

Looks like I've got a backdoor trojan virus. I won't be using the computer much until this thing is taken care of, so give me a call preferably if you need to reach me.

It's located in a file called CTLN.DLL in the System32 folder. It's occupied by a process called ccApp, but disappears completely when the process is closed, so I can't get rid of it...

We did in fact go to the beach today. That guy, whose name is Jason, came again. We only got to play a few games of volleyball though, because it started to rain. The tournament occurring at the time was cancelled, and Norton informs me I have a virus. I will deal with this updat later.

So, today I went to pick up the Aziz Ibrahim CD I ordered from HMV. Now, I could be wrong, I haven't checked his discography, but I don't think he ever did an acoustic release, with him on lead vocals in French. I was suspicious when the guy at HMV told me that the only release he could secure by Aziz Ibrahim was called "Les Lendemains", but I was willing to give him, a professional, the benefit of the doubt. This monoclamatic "Aziz" fellow isn't bad at all, but it's not what I was looking for. I guess I'll have to turn to the internet in September when I get a credit card through the university. Still, damn it.

I worked today. It was Tristan's last day. Just thought I'd mention it.

Also, I did some painting. I finished that model I got from the easily robbable store in downtown Ottawa. It looks awesome. I'll take a picture and link it on here sometime.

Tomorrow I'll be playing volleyball again. That's cool. I think Wil is going to invite that guy (I should have made mention of him last time because I forget his name now) that we met last time.

I had a strange dream, not in the sense that Cheech and Chong here have had, but you'll see. In the dream, I was having lunch with a celebrity comedian. No one that actually exists. Also, I was his friend. We had probably worked together in the past or something, not very good friends, just frequent aquaintances. Anyways, we were eating potato and bacon soup (I think. That's what it looked like) and he was telling me jokes he was going to use in his next show. The thing is, they weren't funny. He was like "Did you ever notice how you'll be doing 50 in the passing lane, and some guy will pull up behind you and maybe honk, and then switch lanes and sail right past you? What's up with that?" He kept giving "jokes" like this, and I didn't find them funny, but because I wasn't a good friend of his, I had to laugh so I wouldn't offend him, but I also didn't know him well enough to call him out straight. I hated that dream.

I tried to get off work today so I could get new shoes and also go to "Control Room" with whoever ended up going. Unfortunately, I was unable to do so, and so Rajpal has earned my ire. In any event, I ended up going for a nice long bike ride down at Ashbridges Bay, which, despite it being a nice day, was practically abondoned. Except for dogs, which there were a huge amount of, especially little kind of fuzzy ones. Cute, but it was like "Birds".

I worked again. Turns out both Dellon (a new grocery guy) and Thi Hoan (a cashier who I think has been there since the store opened, like me) live at Sheppard & Nielson, so maybe we can work out a car pool thing and save a lot of trouble and gas. She also provided me a belated birthday shout-out, having not been working yesterday.

I'm working on a new series for Heapkings, but I really need a good, clear picture of Mbari Hogun. You know, the guy on the TTC who called some other guys? The guy in the ad, yeah. So, I'm sure I can get one EVENTUALLY, but if you happen to be able to take a picture of Mbari Hogun, I'd be appreciative.

I'm working AGAIN tomorrow. This is seriously cutting into my leisure time. Well, I'm free on Sunday, and I think I'll be going to play volleyball again. It's fun, and I'm getting a lot better. Also, maybe AB's Bay is an abberation, but I have yet to see a party of Roids-freaks playing volleyball there; just jerks like us, and girl's teams. Volleyball without Roids-freaks is like a video game movie that doesn't suck: unheard of, yet desirable.

Well, not much happened. Which is just as well, really, because I wasn't feeling well today. Probably something I ate. Went out for lunch with my folks, and later I worked. I doubt I would have been doing anything else, but working on your birthday sucks.

Thanks to Matt and Jonathan for birthday shout-outs. Yeah, that's right.

If you'd be interested in going to play paintball later this month, like, after Ed gets back from China, let me know, I'll try and work something out.

Thanks to the overnight service for their story on the African Youth Militia, and their leader:

Black Jesus. That's his name.

Yesterday's update slipped my mind. Just as well, nothing too interesting happened. I'm getting pretty fed up with work though. Specifically, a manager named Steve. He takes 10 minutes to say what he wants to say, and he injects "Know what I mean?" and "HUH?!" after every sentance. No, more often than that. After every verb or so. If he winds up missing, you ain't heard nothing.

Oh yeah, the lens cover on my camera stopped working yesterday, so we went back to the store to have it repaired or something, but they actually gave us a whole new camera. Cool. It's probably exactly the same, but I think I like the new one better.

Today, some family members are coming over for birthday celebrations.

Well, nothing too interesting. I got some money, as was expected. Supper was really good, and in general, it was a nice, though uneventful day.

July 14th

Today was bleak. Not a nice day at all, so we did some errands. My folks got a new vacuum cleaner. Whee. I got 4 CD's on sale, Cream, Stone Roses, Weezer and Talking Heads. That's a sweet deal. Also, in preparation for the cottage golf tourney, which I perenially attend and win, (I'm not bragging. I win because my couples handicap always works out so perfectly. If I was slightly better, I'd lose. :P) I went and hit a bucket of balls. I was relieved to find I still suck. 1st place, here I come!

Watched the "Butterfly Effect" tonight. I liked it. It all came together, and the bad guys got stabbed and beaten up, and he didn't go to jail eventually, and his dog lived, and it was good. I really wish I had a review column. Seriously though, if you have seen it, let me know what you thought.

Catch ya later. It's my B-day tomorrow, but I'm working, so maybe I'll see you much later.