Thursday afternoon frolics... =)

Rox says:
DUDE I AM SLEEEPY
RJ says:
so take a little nappy-nap
Rox says:
you are so funny
RJ says:
i know!  only one coffee too!
RJ says:
you wouldn't be able to handle me with 6 high powered javas
RJ says:
i'd be like the Hulk in terms of funniness destruction

Just a little tidbit of a typical MSN convo between Roxxstar and your's truly.  There are some days when I can't help myself, the filter doesn't stop what I'm thinking... hahaha!

11 days and counting

So, it's been a while... has anyone noticed or missed a post? hmmm.....

early Saturday morning

WAAAAAAAY too early to be up on a Saturday but here I am or was, checking email and having a morning caffeine fix (man I love my coffeemaker).

Discovered that I have a brand new nephew, the order finally came in for Melissa and Kevin, Gwenavere has a baby brother to torment eventually, love first then torment when he learns the word no. Congrats DiMarcos! love you guys a lot. I know everyone, everyone family wise has been waiting very impatiently for the latest member of our clan.

So since I read it on Facebook, I also saw something else that`s almost as cool as a new baby. A friend sent me a request to join a Karma Experiment, so after reading it quickly, I sent a kabillion invites.... ok maybe 15 or so..... =) If you were one of the invitees, please let me know your thoughts on the experiment, I would really like to hear.

Off to work shortly, then a birthday party for Mizz Kelly Lorbetskie, aka Lefty!!! Big 25 today! I think this is her 4th or 5th 25th birthday celebration but who can blame the girl?

Tuesday funny?

Another busy day for me, and I'm trying to get organized so I don't miss any assignments or classes... with work and reffing it's taking a little longer than I expected. 

As usual on Tuesday's I have a 3 hour break from 2pm till 5pm... so I normally head into the LRC (computer lab) to play in the Internets and get some homework done.  I stopped by the cafeteria to grab a salads, some veggies and a juice.  Head into the LRC, grab a seemingly quiet seat and get connected online, start eating and I remembered to bring my earbuds with me, so when I listen to a video on Youtube or whatever it won't bother anyone else.  Apparently my brainstorm didn't work too well, because some d-bag came over to yell at me for the noise... I looked up at him with apparent confusion because I didn't realize anyone else could hear it.  Then I noticed and heard that there were 4 other people who were making as much noise or more than I was.  When I mentioned that little tidbit, he said "we're trying to study here, not sure why you need it so loud"  my oh so hasty retort was "why don't you go ask everyone else to be quiet so you can study, instead of trying to single me out?"  He just sat down muttering, when I asked what his deal was, I recieved some angry glares.  My last comment wasn't to suggest he go fornicate with himself, but just said "chill out dude, maybe you need to hit the library instead?"  Angry boy sat down muttering, I turned off the videos and started surfing and continued eating....

Not sure if that's funny but it was to me at the time.  5 minutes later he left.... so why did he feel the need to speak to me and not anyone else?   hmmmm we'll never know!

That's all citizens, carry on with your lives.  =)

late night rant

Ok, I went to another grocery store today after school, a huge store.... actually it's a brand new location, twice the size of the previous store which was within Lansdowne Place (the local mall).... the new place is massive... and no one knows where anything is, so I wandered around for almost 40 minutes looking for some Asian style soups that are gluten free.

Can I find them no? Can I find anyone to help me find them? no... so I put back everything I had gathered at that point... Why would I support a store that's not able to give me what I want? I can't, not with any conscience... I refuse to shop at certain stores because of policy issues relating to how the company affects the local environment and economy. So, now I'm in a quandry, I love the soups but where do I find them locally? I did notice a local specialty food store that's in a new and bigger location while riding the bus home.... maybe they can help me... boy I hope so. The commitment to my gluten free diet is soooooooooooo important. Over the Christmas break I gathered a load of information regarding gluten free diets and celiac disease and not following the gluten free diet will definitely reduce my quality of lifestyle and endanger my health. So yes it's kind of important, like having oxygen to breathe every day.

I had another topic to rant on but decided against speaking about the subject. There won't be any advantage for me to get this off my chest. Mostly because the subject is something that I just need to exorcise, get it out and keep it out. It's related to one person who holds a very special place in my heart but I can't past a few issues that will always be there no matter how much I try to change things.... end result here is that I need to close that door once and for all. Easier said than done, but I'm going to attempt it tonight/tomorrow.

That's it for now.... man I really seem to get updates in batches! haha, thank you for reading, luv ya!

Great short film

As mentioned elsewhere I kinda cruise Youtube, maybe a little too much but tonight I found this really great short film from Australia... please watch and enjoy.

Monday night and it's update time

Hi everyone,

Had a crazy hectic weekend but it was good, just really, really, really tiring.

Let's see... Friday, class till 4pm, then I went to work at the grocery store... got home at 915pm or so.... had three games to ref on Saturday, first one at 9am.... so I met Dad to get the car and headed to the rink after dropping him off.... game went alright, nothing too crazy for a change.

A little break till 3pm, because I had to be on the ice in Norwood at 4pm for a Tyke game.  Luckily the weather held off for the drive out.  Tyke game went down as usual although there was a problem with a timing issue and a delay because of a wedding party taking pics at centre ice before the game???    Anyways, the game was cool, love reffing the little kids, they hardly ever talk back!  The coaches can be a handful at times but usually smarten up after a warning.   The next game was Midgets (15-17), huge difference in pace and size obviously.  But everything was fine till a couple of knuckleheads started in the 2nd period, so I tossed them into the box for a little break.  Sure enough 5 minutes later 2 others start, so I gave them a 10 minute break.  The game seemed to cool down and get back to hockey, well that is till the end of the game, and the meathead from one team who had been sitting for 10 started gesturing and yelling at the other team.... I got his number and started them off the ice while my partner got the other side moving.  Of course the two teams see each other in the hallway where the dressing rooms are and start yelling and getting ready to fight, so we jump in, get numbers and get them into their rooms, all the while their coaches are just standing there like morons.  Anyhooo...... get that sorted out, started writing it all up in the referees room, damn novel by the end of it, but if it's not documented we get in trouble for their actions.  Typical right?

Got back to P-dot, drove through an insane amount of snow at 50 kmh.... normally 100 in good conditions.   Exchanged the car with Dad so he'd have it Sunday.  At home, chilled for 20 minutes, watched a little hockey, ate and fell into a coma by 11pm..... yep I'm that exciting.

Sunday was a full day at work, got there at 830ish, left a little after 6pm, nice long day but I think I got everything done that the managers expected.  It's a cool little grocery store and can be sooooooooooooooper busy at times, like lineups for steaks.... seriously!

Monday, one class.... from 12 till 2... basically a review session for a test on Thursday, however we got out early... not early enough for me to catch the damned bus, so I had to wait 35 minutes for the next bus... arrrggghhhh!

Reffed 2 games tonight, nothing too spectacular... just a long 3 hours at the rink.

Off to bed shortly, up early to work on a few assignments for school tomorrow.  Super long day, 11am till 8pm.