May I have your attention PLEASE!!

Hello all (or rather, the few that read this). First off, I would like to draw your attention to a couple weblogs that I have discovered. A fairly popular Canadian comedian/polital commentator named Rick Mercer (www.rickmercer.blogspot.com) has, at first glance, a rather funny weblog. Of course, there is no way for me to verify whether or not it actually IS Rick Mercer, or just some crazy man thinking that he's Rick Mercer, but it's funny all the same. Also, I cannot verify that this next weblog is written by the stated author, but MC Hammer (www.mchammer.blogspot.com) apparently is involved in the blogging community. Check it out, if you dare!

So, now that I have introduced you to something new, let's get onto the meat and potatoes. I don't know how many people noticed, but the Canadian Men's Hockey Team lost in the quarter-finals of the Winter Olympics. For those that don't know, that means they went without a medal. WITHOUT A MEDAL!! Yeesh...

Anyhow, Canada ended up third on the medal table anyway, one behind the mighty USofA. Of course, had we won a medal in the men's hockey, we would have tied them. Luckily they didn't win a medal in the men's hockey either. But as a nation we are more than happy with our medal count of 24. This is the most we have ever won in the tournament, which is outstanding.

Deeper and darker, I am still unemployed, and prospects do not look to be getting any better. Maybe I'm limiting myself, maybe I'm not allowing myself to experience new things because of my bias towards them. Who knows? At any rate I know that something will come along in due time, and I can't allow myself to get down about my lack of income. Sometimes it's hard, but things will look up. I have to believe they will...

Later, douche-mouth.

Have you caught the fever?

Ahh, my favourite time of every four years has arrived. Ladies and gentlemen, let "The Games" begin!

Yes, that's right, the winter Olympics have started, as I'm sure you are all aware. Officially today is the second day of action. Already Canada has secured one gold medal in the freestyle moguls, and the women's hockey team has trounced Italy 16-0. As I type this the same team is now outscoring Russia (RUSSIA!!) 12-0. On the hockey front the rest of the world might look like it will have a little trouble with this event. In three days time the men's hockey team starts their gold medal run with an opening game against (uh-oh) Italy. I have to say I'm feeling pretty good about this one...

The winter Olypics, in my mind, are much better than the summer Olympics. I mean, does the summer Olympics have an event where you blast head-first down a giant ice slide at 150km/h? NO! Does the summer Olympics have ballroom dancing on ice? NO! As far as I'm concerned the only thing the summer Olympics have that the winter Olympics don't is power-walking. And once the winter Olympics get power-walking on ice, well, forget about it. OH WAIT! IT ALREADY DOES! And it's called speed skating...

IN YOUR FACE SUMMER OLYMPICS!

Rough It or Die..

When it comes to life, we have to ask ourselves a series of questions in order to eventually get ahead. One question that most of us ask ourselves at one point or another is "What do I want to do?" Now, this is a fairly open-ended question, and could mean "What do I want to do tonight" or "What do I want to do on my upcoming vacation" or "What do I want to do with my life?" Lately I've been asking myself that question in regards to the latter.

Rather, I know what I want to do with my life, but I've been asking myself HOW I want to get there. I think that it's easy to decide what you want to do with your career, where you want to live, etc., but to actually decide how you're going to get there by sacrificing certain aspects of comfort and enjoyment can be the hardest decision.

I'm quite pleased with how life is treating me. I have a loving family, friends that respect me (or so I sometimes imagine), I'm debt-free (for the most part), I have goals and aspirations that I can be proud of.......

The next step is to make those goals and aspirations materialise. I know that I'm going to have to make some sacrifices along the way to get to where I am ultimately aiming, and I'm okay with that. People tend to forget, in my opinion, that sacrifice is part of life, and we can't be 100% pleased all the time. As long as people recognize this and accept it, happiness will come sooner rather than later.

It's okay, cheer up. Life is a ride, enjoy it.