one more thing

Check this out. It's hilarious. Soo many dumb ppl out there to keep me amused. Thanks guys.
Oops!
http://www.airmunn.com/oops.htm

all gone

The Canadian gov't went the way of my hair yesterday. The Liberal government was overthrown in a non-confidence vote by the 3 other parties. What does this mean? A bunch of annoying polititians exploiting Christmas for their own agendas, having to listen to TONNES of boring political bullshit, that in the end, will just result in the Liberals getting another minorial (i think that's the right word) government, leaving taxe payers with a huge bill. Oh, but we'll most likely get some tax cuts in the process, not that it will amount to much, but when EI has a 500 million dollar surplus, there must have been some over taxation somewhere.
And in lighter news, I shaved my head. Ther first time since I quit swimming 8 years ago. It's kinda cool. And Mama Bean thinks it's cute, and that's all that really matters. ;)

at a loss

There are some seriously evil fucking people in this world. I'm reading this book on child prostitution right now and it is brutal. It cuts deep. What adds to it, and really makes it hit home, is that it is written by a Calgary police officer. About activities in this city. This isn't LA or New York, or some distant place. This is my city. This is happening right here at home.
Little girl, 8, 10, 14 years old being held prisoner, being raped, being sold for sex. Houses where girls are locked in rooms and raped, sometimes 50 times a night. Little girls who've been anally raped so many times they have to wear adult diapers. At the age of fucking 14.
WHAT THE FUCK!? How can this be happening? This could be happening right down the street from you and you could have no idea. (Though it's more likely to be happening in Forest Lawn than in my neighborhood, but still) This is happening here. This is happening everywhere.
How are we supposed to just go on with our daily lives knowing this is happening around us, yet being powerless to stop it?
I'm not one to just jump on any old ethical band wagon, but this seems different.
I feel helpless, and it hurts.

i dunno

i'm bored. i'm tired. i want to go to bed. but i can't sleep.
it's my mom's 50th b-day tomorrow, and b/c i'm such a wonderful son, i didn't buy her a card yet.
jo is in new york right now. i wish i was in new york, not just because she is there (not mostly anyway) but because it'd be so cool to see the NE states. I've never been there.
k. i'm going to bed.

a fun idea from heather, with a spin by me

Everquest 2: Birthday

So last week marked the first birthday of Everquest 2. Which means I've been playing for a whole year. Well not quite, I stopped for 5 months, but I am at it again. I still remember the months leading up to it, spending my days at school trolling the forums, learning all I could about the game, getting so very excited. I remember as I was installing the game I was actually shaking in anticipation. And being mesmerized watching the opening video. Only to almost break down and cry when my computer couldn't handle the game. This is after I'd already gone upstairs, raided my parents computer, swapping video cards. So what do I do? Take my $1000 scholarship for getting more than a 3.0 GPA (i had a 4.0) and built myself a new computer (though i'm still using my parents video card. shhh...don't tell). And then playing the game. It was like heaven. I'd go for like 20 hours straight, go to sleep for a few hours, and get up an play for another 16. It was crazy. So many new and exciting things. So much adventure and intrigue. It was/is another world. Another life. Another reality. That must be why I still go back. I still play however many hours every week. (20-30)
One thing I find amusing is that I live my life in Everquest alot like I do in RL (real life). I jump around alot. I'm constantly starting new characters, trying new things out. Getting bored, deleting them, and starting all over again. If I'd stayed with my original guy, I'd be near the top, with all the other people that started playing at launch. Sometimes that makes me a little sad, but then I just tell myself, "I'm having fun right? Isn't that the point?" And it's true. So I continue on. Enjoying myself. Enjoying my alternate reality. Enjoying my fellow EQ friends.

follow up

As a follow up to the previous post, and if you haven't Heard The Black Eyed Peas "My Humps", or even if you have, you should check out the video.
My Humps

http://music.aol.com/artist/main.adp?artistid=302855#

On Par

I can place almost every episode of Grey's Anatomy on par with the Series Finale of Friends. And that is saying a lot since, I had already started crying during the second last episode, and all week leading up to it, the commercials would make me almost cry. Yes, I'm a crybaby, but seriously. Every episode of this show just kills me. It is so good.
I just wanted that on the record.
Along with the fact that I'd take a fully-clothed Fergie (not the one of royal fame) fantasy over a Princess Leia, even in the gold, metal bikini fantasy anyday.

the new haricut

Remember back in grade school, when you got a haricut everybody noticed? That's what it is like when someone buys new workboots. I bought a new pair of workboots on the weekened. Pretty nondescript, black work boots, with a bit of yellow, nothing out of the ordinary. Except that EVERYBODY noticed. They parts guy, all the guys I work with, even the guys at Purolator that I see everyday when I go up there. It was a very strange experience. So I asked my dad about it, a guy who's been an Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) for the past 25ish years. And yeah, when someone gets new workboots everyone notices. He compared it to a kid getting a new haircut.
What a strange new world I have entered and am becoming a part of.