My New Favourite Person

This letter to the editor was in today's Waterloo Region Record...



John Reidt, Sr. of Waterloo... you sir, are my new favourite person today.

Again With The Winter? Didn't We Just Have One Last Year?

So, between the really cold temperatures up in Thunder Bay when I was up there on Tuesday and Wednesday and the article about a resort in Puerto Rico in the in-flight Air Canada magazine I read on the way back... I'm pretty sure I'm ready to go somewhere warm for a vacation. Really, just to be able to step off the plane and feel the warmth, that's all.

Oops... Where Did November Go?

I just looked back and noticed that I didn't make a single post last month. That's the first time I've missed a month since I started this blog in 2004. So, a little catchup then?

Last week I participated in the Home Hardware Bonspiel. It's a regional bonspiel that that 13 area clubs all host games. In the 3 games I played in I went to the Galt Curling Club, Plattsville Curling Club and the KW Granite Club. It was fun to get to see the other clubs and meet some new people.

At the beginning of the month, I went to visit Joe in Halifax. I got a tour of his office, we went on the Keith's Brewery tour and did a bunch of gaming. Good times. Bonus: I found out how awfully convenient flying out of the Hamilton Airport is. No lines, no crowds and close parking. I put a couple pics up on the Facebook, if you're interested.

So Long Demon Drop

I read this past week that the Demon Drop will be leaving Cedar Point after this year and moving to a park in California. Like so many rides at Cedar Point, I have good memories of this one. Back when I first went to Cedar Point, it was still relatively new and had quite the reputation (don't go on it after lunch... you'll throw up!). I always wondered how much money they made from the spare change falling out of people's pockets at the bottom.

While the Demon Drop doesn't have a large footprint, I hope that moving it will be part of making room for a new coaster sometime in the near future.

Matt vs 100

So, best story ever tonight...

I've mentioned playing 1 vs 100 before. After a run this summer, they took a break before Season 2 starts. Well, it looks like they're almost ready, because this weekend was a preview of Season 2 just for Canadians (I assume it was limited to Canada to keep numbers down while they tested stuff out). I won't go into how it's played, but you can read the description at Wikipedia. Since it was just a preview, no actual prizes were at stake... it was just for fun.

Anyway, to get to the point, after the second round of the night tonight and being in the mob for those 2 rounds, I was selected to actually be the "One". Keep in mind that I had never been selected to be the One or in the Mob all last season (mostly because the games are on Fridays and Saturday evening... and in the summer, I had things to do and played the Live game rarely) so it was quite the exciting moment when the screen came up that said I had been selected as the One. Now, I'll admit that my chances of being in the mob or the One were much much better than usual, seeing how there was only just over 1000 players due to it being only in Canada and the short notice given... usually, from what I saw, the full version leveled out at 40,000 players last season.

Anyway, to get more to the point... I outlasted the mob and won! I can barely remember some of the questions... it's kind of a blur now. There was one about who the prime minister was during WWI and there was one that asked what the provincial bird of Saskatchewan was (I had to use a help on this one). I can't remember the others... my memory has faded. I don't know if I was the only one to outlast the mob tonight since I had to go offline for a bit during the middle... but from what I saw, I was.

I kinda feel for the Ones during the regular season... after I had won, I got a whole slew of messages and friend requests. Now, times that by 400, and the notifications wouldn't stop for days, I think.

Anyway, when the season starts up for real, I'll let you know. Hopefully I can get some people over to play with me. Or, even better, get yourself a 360 and join me online.

Seriously

Why is it that every time you just want to browse in Futureshop you can't not be harassed by sales people, but if you're actually there to buy something there's not a salesperson in sight?

Home Is Where The Heart Is... So Your Real Home's In You Chest

Wow, it's been over a year since I bought a house (and subsequently unbought it). I didn't realize it had been that long. So, thirteen months since then and well... not much has really changed. Am I still hunting for a house?

Well, yes and no.

On the one hand, the apartment I'm in right now just isn't really cutting it. With my office setup and other stuff, I'm struggling to find enough room around here. Also, there's the fact that once in a while, my neighbours are really loud, and I can hear them clear as day... which makes me hesitant to do things that make noise myself, since other people would probably be able to hear me too. Thirdly, I dream of the day I have my own laundry facilities. So, I'd love to get out of here.

On the other hand... I don't know how much the unbuying of house last year unnerved me to the whole process, but I've been a mountain of indecision since then. Basically, it boils down to this... the houses that are in my price range aren't what I'm looking for (which is to say I wouldn't be completely happy with) and the ones that I am looking for are out of my price range (and quite frankly, way too spacious for just me). Now, technically I could raise my price range (as the bank would let me do that), but then almost every cent would be going to a mortgage and bills (and how would I buy things like the new surround sound system I just got last week?) and I'm not prepared to go that route.

Other options include a condo, but the whole noise thing in my building has really made me wary of sharing walls anymore. Alternatively, I could move into another larger apartment, but then I'd have to sign a new year-long lease, and I'd have to give up my utilities-included sweetness that I enjoy now. Plus, my building is really nice as apartment buildings go, so a new apartment is definitely not the way to go either.

Gotta Find The Kind With Tiny Nubs...

I was able to sneak in one more round of golf on Saturday. Went down to Dundee Golf Club and while it's a really nice course, it was really SLOW. The entire course was backed up the whole time. The marshals are really inept there, unless we're supposed to wait 10 mintues to tee off every hole. Anyways...

But the most exciting thing that happened was the head of my 4 iron flying off while taking a tee shot. Let me tell you, that's a weird feeling. Fortunately, the head went straight forward and not to the side. On the bright side, I now have a cool metal stick.

So I'm now down a 4-iron (broken head), 7-iron (broken handle), and pitching wedge (umm... I forgot it somewhere). Time for new clubs? The expense would probably be worth the 3 times I go out golfing each summer.

Matt Versus the Small-Nosed Sunglasses Designers

So, once again, I find myself looking for a new pair of sunglasses after my current ones broke. What I really need is to get a case to carry them in, but unless I start buying more expensive glasses, I'm not really inclined to bother. But that's not the point here. The point is that I figure that nearly 90% of sunglasses have nose pads that are completely inadequate for people with wide bridges, like me. I find this in regular glasses too. It severely limits the selection of styles available. Maybe I should start looking at more expensive models, but if I've learned anything about designer stuff... they'll probably be even smaller.

Camping in Algonquin

This past weekend I was up in Algonquin Park on a canoe/camping trip. This time we entered in through the east side of the park and stayed on St Andrews Lake. Here are some pictures.

A Non-Work Post

So, I looked at my blog today and saw that the last post I made was a soliciatation for work. I hate putting those things up... it's like my work life intruding into my personal life. So, what better way to get rid of it than to make a new post?

So, what to write about? I notice the last time I mentioned Weight Watchers was back in March when I wrote how I had gained 10 pounds since getting off the program. Well, to bring you up to date on that... add another 10 pounds. The first 10 wasn't so bad, but the second 10... well, things just aren't fitting again. So, starting yesterday, I'm making a conscience effort to eat within my point target without having to go to an actual meeting. Yesterday was a success, but today the hunger pains (and when I say "pains" I mean "minor discomfort") are out in full force. My goal is to see if I can get to the end of the week staying on the program... and then we'll see from there.

Need Some Extra Cash? Want To Survey?

Hey everyone,

We're doing travel surveys on Highway 26 up in and around Collingwood for the next couple weeks here at work. As usual, we're tight on staff (tight as in we're short). So anyone who want to spend a few (around 6 or 7) hours doing some short travel survey/interviews and make $15/hour doing so, let me know and I'll get you in touch with the appropriate people. Gord, I think, can vouch to how easy and straightforward the interviewing is. There are, however, a couple catches... First, we need people for the morning shifts (5:30am start on weekdays, 8:00am start on Sundays). Second, you'd be responsible to getting yourself to the sites, so it'd be a bit of a drive. The surveys will run on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays for 2 weeks and then just Sundays after that. If it sounds like something you'd like to do, like I said, let me know.

Before Friday.

(Sponsor Name) (Race Title), Baby!

Today was the Molson Indy Steelback Grand Prix Honda Indy Toronto. For something different, I watched the race with my Dad from the comfort of my parents' living room this year. Maybe it was getting used to the year off last year, or maybe a lingering bitterness at the Indy Racing League's buyout of Champ Car, or maybe a lack of a full-time ride for Paul Tracy or Alex Tagliani (and therefore, much less change of a good result for the Canadians) but we decided not to trek up to Garbage City this year.

A couple things I noted:

• Both PT and Tag ran really well... 1-2 at one point. It looked good for both of them until Helio Castro Neves took out Paul and Alex tried a bit too hard to make a pass, ending his day.
• Hearing the crowd boo the crap out of Castro Neves was beyond great. The guy didn't quite know how to handle it.
• They really cut the number of stands significantly from years past. To their credit, it kept the stands they did have full.
• Franchitti won... meh.
• For people who say that Indy Cars and Champ Cars were the same thing... let me first point out the difference in the engine sounds. Sure, I have an obvious bias here, but the cars there this year don't sound nearly as sweet.

Indy Car has some evolving to do before I become half the fan I was of Champ Car. With Tony George "stepping down" as ringleader, it'll be interesting to see what happens. It's just too bad that didn't happen before he wrote his cheque to kill Champ Car.

Genius? or Smart Kid on the Short Bus?

If you caught my facebook status yesterday, you'd have seen that I placed 5th in just over 1000 people in the Canadian edition of 1 vs 100 Extended Play on XBox Live. Well, tonight I did a bit better... First place, baby! That was even after missing the first question due to logging on late and getting 2 easy questions wrong early on because I was chatting to Joe about his bad blind date. Not that it means much... there's no prizes given away for Extended Play, but it's still kinda cool.

The Canadian edition is a special one tacked on at the end or beginning of each night of 1v100 where only Canadians answer Canada specific question. Now, the rest of the night is open to Canada and the US and it's general trivia. The number of players on those games is much higher (at it's peak it was up to 100,000 but it's settled down to about 20,000 for tonight) and good luck getting anywhere near the leaderboard. So, the Canada game is only for Canadians who've stuck around and haven't logged off yet.

But still, winning is fun.

Now the Live version of 1 vs 100 plays like the actual game show, and it's quite a bit different to watch/play. But it's only on Friday and Saturday nights. So, if you have an XBox 360 (and really, when was the last time you even touched that Wii?) and like trivia, give it a go.

Cedar Point 2009

A week ago I got back from my most recent trip to Cedar Point. There were no new rides this year, but obviously there's still lots to do. We went on Saturday, did the starlight ticket, then 2 full day tickets on the Sunday and Monday. It had rained on Saturday, so by the time we got there the crowds were not very big. On Sunday, it was ridiculously not busy, and most rides had short lines. Strangely enough, Monday was much busier than Sunday. I had thought we went early enough in the year so weekdays would have low attendance. I had noticed the same phenomenon last year (although we went 2 week later), with Monday being more busy than Sunday. Next year, I think I want to try and do an even earlier trip.

So, here's the breakdown of this year's awesome trip: 3 times on Millenium Force (once at the front), 3 times on Top Thrill Dragster (once at front), 2 times on Raptor (once at front), 2 times on Maverick (once at front), twice on Wicked Twister, Magnum XL200, Mean Streak (twice too many), Power Tower and Sky Hawk. The others we only got on once. Also, I had a blast playing Deal or No Deal in the arcade and came home with a spiffy mug.

Rock Band Library

So, I was thinking about how much my Rock Band library has grown since I got it. In fact, it's starting to become difficult to get an overall picture of what songs are available by using the on-screen menu. I thought it would be useful if I had a list like a Karaoke Bar of all the song I had... So, I made one up. Turns out, I have 224 songs available in my Rock Band 2 game, counting the imported songs from Rock Band 1, my downloaded songs, and my imported songs from track packs. That's a lot of songs! Want to see my list?

Here it is!

I know my list will grow by at least 1 more... because Kenny Roger's "The Gambler" is due to come out sometime, and that's going to be awesome!

So, now I just need people to come over and play.

The Worst Disappointment In The History Of Human Civilization

You know what makes me mad?

The fact that when Season 4.5 of Battlestar Galactica comes out on DVD, it won't fit on the same row as the rest of them. Who do I blame? Universal for making the packaging too big, or Ikea for making the shelves too narrow?

Chuck Renewed For Season 3!

... and there was much rejoicing!

NBC renewed my new favourite show, Chuck, for a third season. However, right now it's just for a shortened 13 episode season with an option for 9 more, but that's far better than getting cancelled. Now all it has to do is gain a little traction from this "Save Chuck" movement so it can get an extension and more seasons. It's going to be a mid-season show and won't start until after the Olympics... so expect to hear more from me then.

In the meantime, if anyone wants to check this show out and borrow my Season 1 DVDs, let me know and I'll get them back from Joel.

My Experience With Internet Telephony

Right now, for work, we're doing telephone travel surveys for Stratford. Because Stratford is long distance from Waterloo, I had to look into options to keep calling costs down. Travelling to Stratford every night wasn't an option (milage would add up), and I didn't want our surveyor names to show up on call id. So, the best option seemed to be using the internet.

I first looked at Skype, since they're the best-known service, but they charge a connection fee of 6 cents each time you call a real number on top of the 2.9 cents per minute. Bell Internet Talk is the service that I ended up using, which uses Windows Live Messenger. As a service by itself, it worked decently. Quality was good and it was also 2.9 cents per minute without the connection charge per call. The problem arose when I tried to create 5 new hotmail accounts for my 5 surveyors. After 2, Microsoft blocked my IP from creating more hotmail accounts (presumably to prevent spammers), so I had to create them from other people's houses.

Once I got the accounts created, I tried to put money on the accounts (since it's pre-paid). After the first 2 accounts worked fine, I was unable to add money with my credit card anymore. I did manage to get around that (through endless chat sessions with customer service) and set up the accounts with money and set to automatically recharge to my credit card.

Well, as soon as the auto-recharges started happening, my accounts kept getting locked, and no amount of unlocking the accounts and chat sessions with customer service would help. I think that my credit card was raising red flags, since I've never used this type of service before. But even when I tried other cards, my account would still get locked.

So, my conclusion is that phone calls over the internet aren't a bad way to go... just don't try and get 5 accounts going at once.

New Star Trek Movie

I went to see the new Star Trek movie this weekend. My verdict is that it is all kinds of awesome! And it looks like it raked in a tonne of money this weekend. Here's hoping that it will bring about a sequel or two with this "rebooted" version.

I so have to see it again.

Matt Needs Your Help

Hey everyone. Can you do me a favour? Can you test out a web-based survey I created for a work project and see if it's worded clearly and the options make sense? The survey was here.

What we're doing is asking people about their travel habits to get an idea of demand around the city. The survey isn't live yet, so responses you give now won't be included in our data and won't skew our results, so go nuts.

Thanks for your help, if you did it.

Update: I took the link down because the survey will be going live soon. I made a few changes based on your comments... thanks.

Watching Chuck Tonight

Tonight is the season finale of my current favourite TV show, Chuck. Without the cable, I've been resorting to either waiting for the online streams or torrents to watch the latest episodes, but tonight I'm going to suffer through my staticy reception of CityTV to watch it at 8.

It's a show on the renew/cancellation bubble. It gets average ratings, and most years that would be enough for another season but next year NBC is getting rid of a third of their primetime lineup to be able to keep Jay Leno. I would suggest watching it, but in reality, any of us here in Canada won't have any influence on whether or not an American network renews a show. So, I highly suggest watching it from the beginning since it's only 2 seasons old (and the first was shortened by the writer's strike) and it can be considered a serial. For those who do follow the show, enjoy tonight's episode.

Last Asked For ID - Yesterday

Reset the clock. As of writing this, it's officially been 1 day since I was last carded for the purchase of alcohol. Apparently the lady at the Beer Store in Hamilton thought there was a chance I wasn't at least 19 years old.

Post Season

Last night was the first game of curling playoffs. We finished in 6th place (out of 7) and had to play the 3rd place team. It got off to a bad start with the other team scoring 3 points in the first end. We got 2 back next, but they scored another 3. So we were down 6-2 after 3 ends. We've been known to blow leads like that, but we've never came back from that far before. This time, we did. Here's how the scoreboard looked (baseball style, for your convenience). We were yellow.

Red    | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |   7
End    | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total
Yellow | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |   8

As you can see, we had to steal twice including 2 points in the last end. Next week is the last week for curling, win or lose. Hopefully we can go on an improbable run right at the end of the season.

I'll Drive On Whatever Street I Damn Well Want To

Last night was grocery shopping night. So, I went grocery shopping. Also yesterday, the reconstruction of Erb Street from Westmount to Fischer-Hallman started. Erb will be closed to westbound traffic for 8 months. I usually take Erb to get to Zehrs, so I had to find a detour. The most logical route is to take Keats Way. However when I went to take that detour there was a big sign that said "Detour Traffic Not To Use Keats Way", or something. I'm sure it was a concession to the residents of the neighbourhood that serves Keats Way who don't want "other" people driving on "their" street. But seriously, do they expect me to not use that street because of a giant sign? It's the quickest way to get where I'm going so I'm going to use it.

Concertopia

Well, I found the NyQuil (actually it was the NeoCitran version of NyQuil) and I finally fell asleep at around 3:30. And as I thought, I was pretty much useless today.

Last night I went with Dan and Faith to a worship music concert. Afterwards, we got the offending Slurpee. But as it was in perfect condition, staying awake was totally worth it.

Speaking of concerts, I went to see Great Big Sea the other week in London with Spirit of the West opening for them. I had forgotten how much fun GBS concerts are and I liked their newer songs, even though I haven't heard them since I haven't bought their new albums in the last few years. So, that was a pleasant surprise. But even as good was seeing Spirit of the West. Now, all I really know is their album "Save This House" on which "Home For A Rest" is on, so I was happy when I really enjoyed all of these songs I didn't know. Last year they released a 2 disc Best Of album... I think I might have to pick it up.

Tonight is Monday and you know what that means... Grocery shopping.

I Could Have Called This One

Between sleeping in until almost noon and drinking a giant Slurpee at around 9:30 tonight, I can't sleep. It's past 3am and I'm completely wired. This does not bode well for work tomorrow, especially in my line of "self-motivated" work. I can guarantee that I won't be feeling very motivated tomorrow... more so than usual.

Maybe I can find some NyQuil around here...

2009/03/29

Last night I ended up getting Swiss Chalet takeout and I stopped in for a Slurpee. The Slurpee was tasty but a little on the liquidy side to be considered best quality. I then spent the rest of the night playing Halo 3 with Joe and then wasting time on the internet until almost 2. I slept in until 11:45 this morning and it wasn't one of those times where you just don't get up... I actually slept that long. I'll probably have trouble getting to sleep tonight, for sure.

For the rest of the day... well, it's wide open at this point (ie. no plans). I've already had toast for breakfast. I look around my apartment and it's pretty messy, I suppose I should clean it, but I have no space for everything. I'd like to rearrange my workspace because it's becoming monotonous to work there lately, but unfortunately it's the only configuration I can make work with my current desk. I'd like to get a new desk, but I don't want to get one before I buy a house... for which I've stopped looking. The housing market is ruled by couples/families or by people who get mortgages for more than they should.

To Fill The Blogging Void

Sorry for not updating in a while. Well, to tell you the truth, I'm not sorry. There hasn't been anything of significance on here since... well, ever. But in the interest of making it seem like there stuff to write about going on in my life, here's a post:

It was a nice day outside, so I went for a walk. About an hour to the far side of the UW south campus and back. I should get out more, I've gained back about 10 lbs since I stopped Weight Watchers. I don't know what I'm going to do tonight. I'm thinking Swiss Chalet take-out for dinner... perhaps get a Slurpee. Afterwards I might play some Civ 4 or maybe if Joe's online, I'll play some Rocket Race games on Halo 3.

Exciting times.

Just Throwing This Out There: Google Latitude

Does anyone out there use Google Latitude on their cellphone? I've been really itching to try it out and see how it works, but alas, I have no friends... on my Latitude friends list, I mean. You don't have to share with me forever. Just a few days to try it out, then you can delete me.

I think it could be a really handy tool. Say you have a friend coming to visit from out of town... You can check Latitude to see how close they are to arriving, which is kinda cool.

BNL Musings

I suppose most have heard the news this week that Steven Page is leaving the Barenaked Ladies. As they've been my favourite band for a long time, I have some mixed feelings about this. Firstly, I'm sad that they're losing a member, but at the same time I'm happy that they're going to continue as a band and I'm really curious how the band will work as a foursome (or with a replacement, whatever the case may be). I'll be looking to catch their show as soon as they start touring again.

Mario Kart Wii

I picked up Mario Kart Wii last week. Does anyone else have this game and want to play online? Let me know and we can swap friend codes. All I have so far are the Wilson's, and Patrick cleaned up last time we played. Also, last night I played random online races for the first time, which is much more fun than the single player Grand Prix, which I find has way too much randomness.

This Music Is Sick

So, I was feeling sick last Thursday and Friday, but I still had to be at my computer doing work. As usual, I was playing music on my really expensive mp3 player (my iMac) and I noticed something very strange... the music seemed slow. It wasn't that I was playing a slow song, it was actually a song with a quick tempo. And it wasn't only one song because I changed songs and the same thing happened. I just found this phenomenon odd. See, if anything, I would figure that being sick would make your mind slower and therefore everything else seem relatively faster.

Is This Out Of The Blu?

So, I think I've decided it's time to get a Blu Ray player. Does anyone out there have one yet? Anything from your experience that you can pass along to me? I'm not sure of the actual player to get at the moment. Do I get the PS3 or a stand alone player? The thing with the PS3 is that apparently it's one of the better BD players out there, but I'm not sure if I would actually use it for gaming since my gaming needs are being met by my XBox 360 and Wii. I could go for a stand alone player, but I'm not sure which are better. After a bit of research I'm leaning towards the Sony BDP-S350, which is $269 compared to the PS3 at $399. Any thoughts out there?

Watch Smarter, Not Harder

I'm a month and a half into my new life without cable tv. So far, it's been mostly good with a few drawbacks. Drawback #1 definitely has to be that I can't watch Curling. This is going to suck even harder when the Tournament of Hearts and the Brier come around. But other than that, it's been a mostly positive experience.

While I haven't been watching more tv, I've been watching more quality tv. I've been able to keep up with Lost, Battlestar Galactica, The Office and 24 so far. But the best has been the discovery of my new favourite show... Chuck. Chuck has it all working for it right now: really funny (with plenty of geek and regular humour), a super-hot lead actress, a Firefly alumni, and what I think is the best use of a soundtrack I've seen in a show in a while. Anyway, Season 1 had been sitting on my hard drive for a few months now and with the absence of cable, I finally took the time to watch it. I'm so glad I did too. Now, unfortunately, I'm at the horrible but inevitable point where I've caught up on all the episodes and now have to wait for new ones just the rest of the suckers.

All that, and my Wii has been keeping my tv busy.

Happy Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day! Happy...

Seeing that there's been a lack of blogging lately around here, let me let you in on my biggest piece of news of the last week. I finally bought myself a Wii! After finally deciding that I'm definately going to buy one (after playing World of Goo at Dan's), it only took me 2 evenings of searching before finding one at Toys R Us. In fact, while the Walmarts, Future Shops, Best Buys, EB Games, etc were all out of stock, Toys R Us had about 10 in stock. So, if anyone is looking for one, I'd suggest trying that store.

The only game I have right now is Wii Sports, but I've downloaded World of Goo, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People 1, and the original Legend of Zelda.

On the list of things to get include Mario Kart and Wii Fit. I also want to check out (read: rent) Wii Music and Tiger Woods 2009. I'm not sure if I want to get Tiger Woods for Wii or Xbox.

CSI: Slurpee Conditions

Went to get a Slurpee tonight and when I got to the store, there was a hand-written note on the windows that said "Closed due to robbery". No Slurpee tonight. Dat’n-doo-dow-dow-dat’n-doo-dow.

Unfathomable Success

Well, we're certainly on a roll lately in curling. After our win tonight and our tie last week, we're on an 8 game unbeaten streak, moving up to 3rd place (out of 7) in our division in the process.

Speaking of curling, the Big Brother's Curl for Kids fund raiser is coming up again. If you'd like to help me reach my fundraising goal, I'd be very appreciative. Click here to go to the fundraising page to donate online. Thanks again, everyone.

Unbeaten in 6

While you weren't watching, my curling team has put together a nice string of 6 games without a loss, including 2 bonus games we played on a Saturday morning in a funspeil for our league (which we ended up winning). Last night we played to a draw. So, not only are we not in last place any more, we're in 3rd last!

Van Hel-suck

So, this being my first real week without a tv signal, I decided to dip into some unwatched movies that I've had on my shelf for a while. First up... Van Helsing. It was one of the movies I got for free with my purchase of my HD-DVD player. This was a movie that I kinda wanted to see when it was out in theatres, but never did because, well... I rarely go to the movies by myself (but I love the movies, so does anyone want to go with me?). Anyway, I really wanted to see it mostly because Kate Beckinsale was in it and looking hot in it. But even that couldn't distract me from the suck-fest that I was about to witness.

Anyway, next up is to finish the Band of Brothers DVDs that I borrowed from my parents about 2 years ago.

Mmmm... That's Good Slurpee

Conditions don't get better than they were tonight at King and University.