Where nobody knows you, and nobody gives a damn.   
03:21pm 03/07/2008
 
mood: tired
music: "I'll Believe in Anything" by Wolf Parade
Still listening to that song from yesterday. Good sauce, it is.

Almost finished that sould crushing project from last week, a sort of "State of the Union" for the department. I'll be glad to be rid of it.

I feel like I've gone overboard on the high seas. The surf is crashing around me, and the salt is in my eyes as I try to keep kicking. It's not a good feeling, but that's what I have to do. Just keep kicking.

Going to Toronto tomorrow.		  
     Cast your Spell
 
I'll Believe   
01:57pm 02/07/2008
 
music: "I'll Believe in Anything" by Wolf Parade
"and I Could Take Another Hit For You
and I Could Take Away Your Trips From You
and I Could Take Away The Salt From Your Eyes
and Take Away The Spitting Salt In You
and I Could Give You My Apologies
by Handing Over My Neologies
and I Could Take Away The Shaking Knees
and I Could Give You All The Olive Trees
oh Look At The Trees And Look At My Face And Look At A Place Far Away From Here"
- I'll Believe in Anything by Wolf Parade

The weather today is too nice. I sat in the sun and read a book and listened to music this lunch hour. I went to a barbecue last night, and I was given pork tenderloin by friends.

I've been so down for so long, and I'll probably still be for a while to come, but at least I know I can take a break from that every now and again.		  
     Cast your Spell
 
Thunderstorms   
11:16am 30/06/2008
 
mood: okay
The day is nice and sunny, but the weather is calling for rain. With my luck, it should start when I get out of the office.

I had a great time announcing the derby bout on Saturday. Working with Phil was a lot of fun, and I got good feedback from fans and skaters alike. I'm a little sad that it's my last match, but what can you do? I got my shot, took it, and nailed it. That's good enough for me.

It was also Katie's birthday on saturday, she's 27 now. Freaks me right out. I got her a Tinkerbell tee, as well as tees of all three derby teams. She liked em a plenty, and I even got her to stand up and get cheers from the crowd.

The after party was fun despite some external factors, but all in all, I had a good time.

There's other stuff that I could prattle on about, but this entry is positive thus far, so I think I'll just leave it at that.		  
     Cast your Spell
 
Distracted   
11:20am 27/06/2008
  I'm supposed to be busy busy today in the office, but I can't focus.

Week 1 of Physiotherapy is over, and so far it's going okay. My leg has atrophied a little since I hurt the knee, so I have to balance building up the muscle to protect the knee while it heals and in the future, while not pushing too hard so as to re-injure it. Rather than having one major problem, I have three smaller ones, and that's making it tricky.

Today, I got 15 minutes on the treadmill, backwards. It was weird and awkward. Then, more electro-therapy to stimulate the muscles. Zap zap.

I have so much on my mind lately, I feel like I'm gonna buckle. It's heavy, heady stuff, and everyone seems intent on making it an issue. Mostly I just need to feel normal now and again. Trust that I'm taking enough time on my own to deal with things.

Interestingly, though, I got an invite to Toronto in the near future, that I'd like to take just to get out of here for a bit and change things up.

What else is new... I'm announcing Roller Derby tomorrow. It'll be amazing. I'm excited for that, as I'll be able to live my violence out vicariously through others.		  
     1 Mana Spent  - Cast your Spell
 
A-Maze-Ing   
09:52am 26/06/2008
 
mood: geeky
Yes, Midway is making Mortal Kombat vs. DC.

I'll finally get to see Kano rip the Flash's still-beating heart out.		  
     Cast your Spell
 
On sleep   
01:30am 26/06/2008
  I managed to yesterday.

Barely dreamed. Did not puke.

Tonight, i hope for the same. So many thoughts, they keep me up.

But I have to work tomorrow, and I have to do all sorts of accounting. Lame and unappealing.		  
     Cast your Spell
 
Comic-y   
11:22am 19/06/2008
  Wow, I just skimmed through my comic book blog for the past year, and found that I've received two comments total. That was depressing.  
     2 Mana Spent  - Cast your Spell
 
Coffee Fae   
09:35am 19/06/2008
 
music: Mambo Gazon - Tito Puente
Let me just say that ever since they put a Tim Horton's in Alexis Nihon, my life has been better between the hours of 9-10AM.

Hung out with Cat yesterday. Coffee and a movie. Cat's pretty awesome, by the by, even if she thinks my blog is the most depressing thing ever.

I start physio tomorrow. Not really sure what to expect, but I'm anxious to get better and stop gimping it up. I heard Robyn broke her leg at derby practice tuesday, and I hope she takes it nice and easy and gets better quick. Those derby girls play rough, and it takes a special sort to get up there and mix it up with them.		  
     4 Mana Spent  - Cast your Spell
 
Family and LARP   
09:38am 18/06/2008
 
music: Changes - 2Pac
Oh, sometimes things are just funny.

So I had dinner with some of my extended family yesterday, with my mom, grandmother, my cousin Joe who is touring the east coast on vacation, and my aunt Renee and her husband and two kids, Arianne and Rosaline. I like my family, and Joe and I rarely see each other so it was good to hang even if it was only for a little bit.

But cutting to the awesome...

My cousin Arianne is usually a little shy. She's a teenager, and her english is about as good as my french, so that adds to the shyness, never mind the fact that she's younger than the first batch of cousins, but older than the second, so fate has really not made family gatherings easy for her.

Her mother, Renee, at the dinner table tried to either/both embarrass her/get her to talk about something at the dinner table, and made her tell the family what she had done with her weekend, which she sheepishly shared; A weekend long fantasy LARP. Now, maybe I read this all wrong, but it really seemed to me like her parents were hoping for a little bit of the confused mockery/after-school special concern that they seemed to be choking back, but my sudden interest and shared enthusiasm with my cuz caught all but my mother off-guard. Arianne told me about getting separated from her party and getting jumped by a werewolf in the dark, and how she wore the wrong shoes and went barefoot most of the weekend, and barely sleeping. She was also the only person in my family who would be impressed by the news that I used to animate at one of these games. My pour aunt was looking for a little shared disapproval, and instead got my pride that my cousin was a budding gamer.

Ah, good times.		  
     Cast your Spell
 
Rainy days and Tuesdays   
03:27pm 17/06/2008
 
mood: feh
music: Orange Crush - R.E.M.
Going to have dinner with my mum, grandma, aunt and her family, and my cousin Joe who's in town from Vancouver. Joe and I used to play as kids, as we were the two boys closest in age, and comic book geeks. Should be good, but I'm tired, and my little cousines are a little high energy.

Spent last night cleaning up when I got home. Not really cleaning, so much as just getting rid of all the stuff that was lying on the floor. I meant to clean more, though.

Work today has been very slow, and overly warm. The temperature in the office is either frosty polar wind, or stuffy humid mouth. I prefer it cool, but the AC is also noisy as all hell.

My iPod has also let me down since yesterday's streak.		  
     Cast your Spell
 
 
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