Lost of items to throw out there today, perhaps it will be my most random post ever. Most of you will find this boring, but if you look carefully there should be one sentence that interests you.
-I have pushed back my Focus eye centre plan, as it seemed to come up on me too fast. Perhaps in the new year or something.
-I am sweating like a pig right now as I have a bad cold/flu which I acquired from God knows where. I have 3 suspects: 1)the bus 2)H's b-day celebration 3) Ambleside being stingy with the heat as it wasn't turned on until recently and we had those few cool nights in Sept. I didn't go into work Thurs and then had to leave early Fri as it was a gong show in my office. I sneezed non-stop for half-hour and it was nasty. I don't think the people around me appreciated it.
-HOckey season is approaching and I could not care less about it. I am growing tired of the sport and league year by year and I am not sure what it is. Perhaps I am getting sick of hearing about how the sport defines Canada (along with beavers, maple syrup blah blah). I don't really understand why Canadians are always after "defining" themselves and point to this sport that is enjoyed at a competitive level by countless other nations. ANother aspect that I dread is the blatant political statements shoved down your throat each Saturday by an anti-french, anti-european blow-hard like Don Cherry. I wish CBC sports would just stick mostly to the hockey telecast. Yes the Remembrance Day weekly edition could feature this sort of thing.
-Baseball playoffs are on their way and unfortunately I have to get up at 6 most days so I will be unable to stay up for those late games. Related to the League, I am happy that the Twins will eventually have a new Baseball Stadium. The team is competitive year in year out and the players and fans deserve a quality facility. I now can't think of an ugly stadium in MLB, other than Tropicana field for Tampa Bay. Also related to baseball is my adoration for Billy Brewer, the Milwaukee mascott who goes down a big slide each time a homer is hit. This is the best gimmick ever.
-A Sega Genesis is in the works of being acquired. This would be a huge addition to Ambleside as I understood this was a mucho fun console. I had a SNES growing up and now I want try the competition (well, the competition 15 years ago)
-My photos are all ready from my big ball trip. They can be found on my fb page. For some reason I am really dissatisfied with the photos turned out by my camera. I will have to ask photo guru Mark about this. They will be up on Picasa in 3-6 months.
-For some reason, I am enjoying the tunes of 'Fleetwood Mac'. I never knew who they were at all, but I put 2 and 2 together after looking up some songs that the Jewel 98.5 radio station played in the morning. Some of my favourites: Monday morning, Don't stop thinking about tomorrow, I don't want to know, Go your own way.
-In related news, I think I am ready to change my morning radio station to Magic 100.3 as Sol and Fran (the Jewel DJ's in the morning are grating on my nerves). Ottawa must have the worst mix of radio stations in North America. On my Escort, there are 5 pre-programmed stations (which have remained the same since owner transfer from Mark) and during my frequent commutes to Barrhaven, I sometimes drive the whole way with my right hand on the toggle. It is either commercials, stupid DJ's trying to be funny and edgy or really bad new-age music. I'm really not asking for too much: some 80's music, early 90's, boy-band stuff even, late 90's punk=pop, or some oldies. But everything on the radio either conveys suggestive lyrics like "go kill someone", or "cheat on your biatch and grind up against me". If I logged more minutes in a car every day, I would likely be a Satellite radio customer.
-Lastly a big thumbs down to Sportsnet, as their anchors are soooo annoying with their personas and jokes. I remember a time when Mike Toth was professional, informative and did not act like a complete hick. Jim Lang and Sean "Big Dude" are also abhorrent. I will take the TSN crew anyday with Rod Smith (a legend), Jennifer Hedger (knows sports) and Darren Dutschyan (also a legend). Also someone may want to tell Sportsnet's hockey panel that there are too many people in the studio. The commercial shows like 12 people, including the newly acquired Doug McLean.
With my sickness, I now have no energy left after typing this all out. Im going to go now to my bed to hook-up to an IV.
