December 2005

December 31. 2005

    The final night of the year and I can't help but feel restless. I early made the mistake of pondering the year. Why is that a mistake you ask? When you reflect on a year and try and decipher some purpose or motive to your actions it can be a depressing activity. If you try and discover some set of accomplishments or deeper truth to all that transpired you may find yourself holding the short straw in this game of life. None of the preceding means much but I was looking back at the year and I didn't really pick out any huge highlights or low-lights. It just seemed to pass by as a mundane blur. I guess that is a rite of passage as you get older that your years become more and more the same. All the highs and lows seem to flatten and the one time enormous fluctuations between the peaks and the valleys of life seem to meld into a constant hum. Maybe it is life's grand scheme to balance the good and the bad or maybe memories are more fleeting as responsibilities add up on my plate. My shelter of school and childhood are growing thin to the point where I can see through to the other side and see what is waiting for me there. All melodramas aside I can say that this prolonged visit to home is very different than past visits and not only because the cows are gone. You begin to see everything in different lights. I won't elaborate much on that but I know that everyone experiences this. It's part of growing up and gaining independence and  then returning to a time and place when you had less. You are used to doing things your way and your parents are used to you doing things their way. It's all just a regular thing for people, I just had the chance, as I stayed home last night, to ponder it all. I didn't just sit around and ponder the whole night away mind you, I played poker with family and then watched a much anticipated hockey game between the Canadian juniors and the american juniors. We won, although we were the underdogs. I also started watching the NHL game that was on but thought I'd enjoy sleep more. I went to bed at half past ten and for the third straight year ignored all the fanfare of ringing in the new year. It is a mean nothing holiday to me, just an excuse to have a party and since I don't drink and no longer relish the company of drunks I stayed home and spent the so-called holiday with my parents. I have no regret for that. I'm getting tired of this rant and all that it represents (this edition, not overall) and I'll cut myself off at this juncture before I get any more dramatic and philosophical. Alas, Happy New Year.

December 27, 2005

    I'm coming to you live from Guelph tonight. You may be wondering why I'm back so soon. It is because I volunteered to help my aunt and her fiancée move his stuff from here back to the great white north. He has had some health problems and can't do much lifting so my brute force is being put to good use. This turn of events, unfortunately, has caused me to miss our annual family hockey game and also the first ever family basketball game, both at rented venues. I was deeply saddened by this but I had given my word and I stick to it. I'm a selfless man of honour and I don't mind saying it here.

Christmas. I have lived through the triple turkey dinner and I can tell people about it. Xmas eve was at my house and featured my Mom's family. It was good. Xmas morning held some pleasant surprises and some good cheer all around. The post gift opening breakfast at my grandma's was delightful and as usually a good feed and time. Xmas dinner was at the Mayor's and presented good times for all. The second turkey was good as were the accompanying dishes. A stirring hockey game followed which was in the format of a best of 5 series. Dave and I triumphed over Megan and Phil in the first meeting of these rival team compositions in many years. (Chew on that sentence.)  Boxing Day was a relaxing time all day which lead into the full blown Phillips family dinner. The over thirty pound turkey was excellent and the sides were also superb. The usual after dinner hockey game was forgone in lieu of watching the juniors play at my house. A stogie was smoked and hockey was watched. I had to hit the hay early to be ready for my journey to the south, where I am now.

For the remainder of the holidays I plan to lay low and get my haircut. Anything beyond that is bonus. New Year's is expected to be a huge flop again as it was last year, and the year before that, and the year before that, and the three years before that. That is a challenge to any readers to try and get something down. That is all I have time for this evening. Good night and a happy holidays to all you out there.

December 16, 2005

    Well the big dude has landed back at home. It only took double the time too. Due to the snowing and traffic problems around the GTA yesterday it took us damn near 12 hours to get home. We arrived in the wee hours of the morning. It was a painful ride. Today I slept in and then had to go to my grandma's to eat as there was no food here. In the afternoon I washed walls in the basement. The floor improvement and ceiling jobs are complete and they look pretty good. I'm to paint and repair the walls and then it should look better. I'm also going to re-arrange the furniture. It will be a lot of hard work but it should improve the quality of life for the family. Anyways, I'm supposed to see about a cigar this evening so I'm going to head into town for a bit. Hope everyone else's return to the mother land goes more smoothly than my return. Side note, the last exam went pretty crappy, but I'm confident I passed. Main point: good night and you know it.

December 13, 2005

    Its now the eve of my final finals so to speak. Protein and Oils Seeds followed by Introductory Food Processing. Both required courses. I've passed them both already but it good to ace exams, or so I'm told. I've been looking over the same pages for a couple of days now and I've caught everything that I would have otherwise missed. I'm pretty confident about the tests. They're probably throw me a curve and crush me but c'est la vie. In other news my holidays aren't going to be as care-free as I had once hoped. I was talking with my mother, the giver of life, last night and we made plans to re-do our basement. Well, more like to do our basement since the 20 year old primer on the walls is a sore need of a coat of paint. This week they have someone in doing the flooring and later in the week some dude is coming to make a new ceiling, well a ceiling since there is nothing right now. You're sitting there wondering how there could be nothing on a basement. There is something obviously but its just the kitchen floor, among the floors of the other rooms. So once that is all done up I'll be doing some dry-walling and then some priming and finally painting. I will be doing the same to my old bedroom so that it can function as a guest room. I'll be boxing up my childhood memorabilia while I'm there also (trophies, pictures, etc.). It should be a good time and will keep me busy. I'm going to throw out most of the stuff in the basement too and make it more livable. It's going to be like The Learning Channel, which doesn't show educational shows anymore, just shows about home repair and decorating, or various "stories" which range from dating to babies. Anyways, they tell me that my time is up and that I have to get back to the books. They, of course, being the voices in my head. Does the plural imply I'm crazy? Who knows?

December 11, 2005

    Well it happened just like I predicted. Sports Saturday died. It's a tragic turn of events that was unavoidable. Everyone dropped out at the last minute and I didn't have the heart or the high spirits needed to go to the park myself and carry on the tradition. There is hope of a resurrection next semester or even over the holidays. The holidays are fast approaching. I started studying for my last two exams yesterday. Things are looking promising for both tests. I just can't wait to get through them and get home to the nothingness of the holidays. It will be the first time in years that I can just sit around and put my feet up for a week or more. I sleep a needless amount last night and I don't know why. I guess all that learning really tuckered me out. I'm getting back to work now, just a quick update for the readers to get a pulse on the day to days of the almighty Phillips.

December 9, 2005

    I'm half done the quest for glory now. The heat is on so to speak. I really tore up the exam yesterday. I was lethal for it. My paper and presentation mark that make up a substantial portion of my final grade were also re-graded and the marks raised. This means I had a much higher mark going into the exam, I had easily passed the course already. That as a huge relief and made my day. I was in a very good mood last night and celebrated by doing nothing but watching TV. That was pretty much all I could do since everyone around me was either studying like mad, writing an exam or gone out of the house. I was home alone and I was pretty lonely, all pumped up and no where to go. It was pretty heart-breaking. More heart breaking however was the powerful ending of Without a Trace. It really hit me hard. None of my faithful followers probably saw it but it was a real moment for me. After I got over that I went straight to sleep and woke up at six this morning. I don't know why, I guess when seven hours are up so am I. I got out of the house twice today, once for lunch and to buy Brown's Christmas gift and the other for a ride to go pick up his new car. It was exciting.  He has had it since Monday but it was in the shop for some pre-cautionary check thing. It was good to get out of the house. Tomorrow I hope to have a Sports Saturday but the prospects are grim. I might just have my own sporting events and forego the others. Nobody else wants to participate anyways, and I do mean no one. Well, it was a good dream while it lasted. I guess I've caught up to the present time and should probably bow out gracefully here. I will, good night all.

December 7, 2005

    Well I'm on the move here. Really flying with the studying. I'm though the first of four exams. It went well I think. Round two is tomorrow and preparation is sluggish. I'm a bit worried about this one. It is one of my lower marks going in. I've been reading the notes non-stop from both halves. I'm not too sure if it's cumulative or not. I've emailed a fellow student to see if I can find out. Here's hoping. Life is a bit dismal, I acquired a good swath of DVD's these past days, mostly new releases. They will all fit in nicely with my collection. Other than that my life has been pretty boring for the last few days and I'm sure it will be until I'm finished with this exam business. I go to sleep around eleven each night and I rise around seven each morning. I roll around until eight when I get up and start studying. This is my most productive time. Afternoon is sketchy at best for productivity and then I bear down after supper until the show of the night comes on and then it's a write-off after that. The material is boring and I'm just bored with studying. I find myself wishing that I had my truck again so I could just get into it and drive off somewhere for a while. We haven't left Guelph in months. Annie is too busy with school to go anywhere and every spare minute Brown has he goes to see his girlfriend, rightfully so. That leaves us with public transportation, which is suspect at best as you know. I did get out last week and went to the show. I went to see Rent with my friend Joanne. I'm glad I went it was an experience. Singing is not my favourite but I gutted it out. Well, I'm fresh out of new material here.

December 5, 2005

    This post will serve as an update and also could be marking the end of an era. I speak of course of my passion, Sports Saturday. Attendance in recent weeks has been acceptable at best but the mental effort that turns out is scaring me. It now takes longer and longer to get the participants to come out. They tried to call it for the year last week but I would have none of that. Now in the face of exams they are using excuses as crutches to hobble out. This is the most important time of year to do the sports, as a way to get your mind of school for an hour or two. Without the balance Sports Saturday brings there can only be trouble, mental trouble. I fear for the longevity of this 7 week tradition. I want to continue it over the holidays but people have made the case that its not the same. The location isn't, the people might not be, but that's not what Sports Saturday is. Sports Saturday is an idea, its a concept of camaraderie (?) among men, women, and children. It's more a way of life than a simple afternoon that you have to be forced into. If no one else will stand up and live the dream with me then I'll be forced to do it myself. If that's what it takes to keep the dream alive then so be it. I choose to live this way. I choose to live like a free man, free of the constraints of school or work. I will do what needs to be done, you can rest assured of that; even if it costs me everything, it will get done. That is my dream, this is my rant.

December 4, 2005

    I was up before the sun today. Why? I don't know. Cosmic forces saw fit to wake me at that ungodly hour. It was a beautiful sunrise. The light spilling over the horizon like a boiling pot of water which has reached its tolerance point for heat and is frothing over onto the stove. The sky was slightly overcast and the wispy clouds acted as conductors to spread the light. The colors were nothing but spectacular but the knowledge that few people are seeing what I was seeing was more than enough to make up for that. It's nice to know you're part of something special like that. I think the studying for finals is getting to me already. I don't know how I just started yesterday but the familiarity of it is the bad part. The memories of years past, with the anxiety and worrying day and night about how was I going to do. I just can't shake that feeling, it's inexplicable. I've already passed 3 of my courses before the final and I very may well have passed all of them but I don't know my marks for the food class. Yet I still worry about how I'm going to do. This is just not right. I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that is worrying like this and having a hard time focusing.  Maybe it was the thai food I had last night, perhaps its messing with my mind. I just don't know anymore.

    I downloaded and listened to he Encore album by Eminem and realized I don't even like Eminem. His albums are the same crap over and over again, recycled for the next crowd of mindless teenagers to listen to. To make them feel like they're tough and they're better than their parents and that all their problems are somebody else's fault. I never listened to him while I was impressionable. I never even listened to him in high school, it was the summer after and the great white Villnerd bought a cd. Sure I had heard some songs but one song doesn't convey his message of poor me, my family wasn't good to me. Anyways, enough of that, time to hit the books here. I have two finals coming this week and not much time to prepare for them. See you on the other side.

December 1, 2005

    Read November 29th, by clicking on the November 2005 link. It's a good one. I have gotten some rave reviews about my so-called politically charged posting.  Five out of six readers agree with me, mostly young people mind you but 5 of 6 nonetheless. The one against me is none other than Brown. He is a die hard Liberal supporter that argues that the parties aren't even close to being the same on the issues. He brings up gay marriage which seems to be a hot button issue once again. That is the only one that I can think of. He also mentioned the tax cuts proposed by the Conservatives but I got him with the reminder of the Bush tax cuts. He still maintains that everyone will get a fair shake but I know better. One reader felt the post was a bit exaggerated but was an exaggerator also so liked it overall. I admit that its a bit far-fetched but what can you do about it. It's my opinion and when I wrote it I was in a politician hating place. I do that, I am human after all and my moods sometimes dictate the madness that is spilled into text here. I was not trying to offend anyone but I have to admit that it was fiery and well-written post. If you disagree; there's the door, don't let it hit your fanny on the way out. I'm kidding, I'm kidding. I need your loyal readership to maintain my integrity. Ok, now I'm confusing myself with this nonsense. So I go from a post that made sense and was valid with current events to this maniacal wandering. Either way, it makes me feel like I did something today. Good night and peace out.

November 2005

November 29, 2005

Foreword

    This could be the last entry for November. Wow, has it been a full year since I started this web-posting mania. It has. Congratulations to me on a full year's service. To celebrate I've ordered pizza. I have had readers on and off, some more on than off. I would like to take a moment to recognize some admitted readers: Wade Jarvis, Will Mathews, Matt Wood, Mike Ward, Adam Brown, Dave Hawken, Annie Belandis, Ashley Hewett, Anna Reid, Megan Phillips, Lacey Phillips, Phil Hawken, "His Worship" Mayor H. J. Hawken,  my parents, and many more non-admitted viewers. I'd like to thank those listed and encourage you to continue to show your loyalty to my work here. If you wanted to be mentioned then you should have told me that you check this out. Doing so in the future can afford you the chance to see your name printed here in the all the pretty colors for all the world to see. So, I say, "Stand up, be counted."

Politically Charged Opinion Time

    That segue allows me to move into my next topic; the fall of the government.  Our dumbass politics are so ridiculous that it hurts me on the inside. Sure I don't know much about it, but I do know this, I don't like it. The two "major" parties are so insanely the same on almost every issue I've heard about that its foolish to even vote for one over the other. Sure there are differences, that you can see from the slanderous ad campaigns that both sides shamelessly run, but fundamentally they are the same save one difference. The Conservative party is in cahoots with Bush and the USA. If elected I fear some irreparable damage to our resources and identity. For the years the States have been after our water and I feel that the Conservatives are just stupid enough to give them that. If elected they'll probably sign us over and we'll become the Northern States. That may be dramatic and cynical but I think it could happen. On the other hand we have the untrustworthy Liberals. They are liars and scammers. This has been shown at all levels of government, from the lies and underhandedness of Dalton in Ontario to the super scam sponsorship scandal of JC. How those buggers stayed out of jail is beyond me. Some dude steals a car and he goes to jail; they steal millions, nay billions of dollars and they get a slap on the wrist, if that. You say, "hmmm, almighty Chase, you may be on to something here." Sorry kids, nothing will come of it except some big dog and pony show to shut up Joe Taxpayer,  you'll duly note that there was a large hub-bub in the early going then they just gradually faded off as it slipped off the radar, its place on the news taken by the latest celebrity gossip. Ya, that's the real system, one that pulls the wool over the eyes of the average Canadian. Why does it happen like that? Who do you think runs these so-called inquiries. It's the best buddies of the accused; other politicians. Dave Chapelle, God rest his soul, said it best with his skit about regular crime court and white collar crime court. He knows, he knows. So who can you vote for? Can you pick the slimy, sell everything Bush-lap-dog Conservatives or the low-down lying and stealing Liberals, it's almost too tough to call.

Conclusion

    To conclude and re-focus those who skipped the preceding part, which I'm sure is most of you, I'd like to say that I for one will be voting for the NDP in the upcoming election. You'll think, "that Phillips, just throwing away his vote." It's not throwing it away if everyone recognizes and throws it away with you. One stone against a wall will only do cosmetic damage, but a butt-load of stones will do structural damage and could topple the wall and free the people or something. If that's not eloquent enough for you then just vote NDP and see what happens.

November 26, 2005

    Its night now, and we've wrapped up the fifth official sports Saturday festivities. Mike Ward was not in attendance as he had to travel home for personal reasons. Gordo missed his first week ever in the history due to an unsightly philosophy paper coming due this week. It made for a threesome in a hockey sense. As in three of us played hockey. It was the first time hockey was introduced and it was a hit. Literally. Well the rest of the week went off well leading up to the sports. The final talk was given less awesomely that I had hoped. The room was cold and all the presenters were shivering, it was bad. I did alright, good enough to get a high mark, hopefully. I finished the two quizzes too this week. That leaves me with one quiz to go and then the year is done. Exams of course but then off to the freedom. Anyways, I'm watching the Leaf game so I'll get back at this later. Enjoy the living.

November 23, 2005

    Well its Wednesday and I'm nearing the finish of my major assignment week here. I had a butt-load of work to do and I think its starting to affect me mentally. Not in a bad way either. I've been looking for stuff to work on instead of looking for ways to get out of work. I wonder if my attitude is changing back to the hard working one I used to have when my marks were significantly higher. Only time will tell. I use all my time to do school work now and I'm really focusing in on my last presentation. It was supposed to be a group presentation but there is an odd number in the class and guess who ended up working alone. If you guessed me then you were of course right. I'll be giving a talk on the effects of glyphosate on soil. It should be a good dry one. Nonetheless, the paper is done, the powerpoint is done and I just have to hand them in to the TA to make sure they work on his crazy Mac computer. The paper is worth more than double the presentation. Let's all cross our fingers. The semester is winding down with only one week upon the conclusion on this one and then exams and then the sweet trip to the homeland and best of all, the sweet lazing around for three weeks, it will be glorious, although the lazing doesn't really get going in my family, always lots to do for farmers. Anyways, not much else to report on except the first two group presentations I did this week went off without a hitch. More later in the week, stay tuned.

November 20, 2005

    Phillips back in the saddle already. Well, I guess its partly to motivate the provider, Wood, to improve his posting consistency. That, and I have some stuff to talk about. The first thing I should mention is that nothing happened between Mike Ward and those younger girls. Although he did spend the night on the floor of a residence room with one of them. He had the restraint and foresight to know we would lambaste him for doing anything, but he mainly held off for his own reasons. Second, as probably mentioned there were a bunch of NL kids down here and the turn out for sports Saturday was phenomenal. We had 8 participants, the highest yet. The football was lackluster at best but the soccer was huge. We played a short game first with one team winning 7-2 we decided we would have a quick game to 3 and then go back to the football. One team was down 2-0 early. That team was my team, Team Osmosis, named for our selectively permeable defensive efforts. That's when Phillips emerged from the goal and led his squad to the offensive end with a quick goal and a helper to tie the game. The Golden Goal was excruciating, with end to end action for next two hours.  No one could beat the keepers and by the end everyone was exhausted, so much so that the football was settled on field goals. We all went home after to recuperate.

    Upon completion of partial recoup we had to head out to a hot tub party. The effort put into the party was sickening awesome. There was a rented inflatable arch outside, the kind that has to be plugged in and is illuminated. It was ridiculous. The hot tub was in full swing when we arrived and by the time we left people were using it for other purposes that made other people not want to go into it, if you know what I mean. There was a large crowd, many new faces, many old. It was a good time for all. We walked home through the forest, which is why we wore work boots to a party. I felt it was clever and stylish. Work boots with jeans make me look and feel like an a**ki*ker. If you catch my drift. So we walked home, the whole 60 minutes of walking, we saw maybe 4 deer and rarely needed the flashlight, except to traverse large ponded areas. My body is in agony today, well mainly my one ankle. So I seek rest and also I have a fair amount of work to complete today with three presentations for me this week. It's a bitter sweet thing to have them all the same week. On the bright side you get them all over with, but on the dark side of the force you have to do three presentations in a week. Oh well, after that it will be cruise time until exams, which are in just over two weeks. Until then, I'm Joe Namath, good night.

November 18, 2005

    Well, I have just returned from the most embarrassing time of my short adult life. I went to support my cousin Phil in having a party with some of his friends from home. I know a good number of them and they were cool kids in high school. Kids change when they get drinking. I just felt too old to be there and it was weird and boring. I guess I'm just not cut out to watch younger people drink, especially since I've been sober for over a year and I'm a good 4 years older than all of them. Mike Ward on the other hand had no trouble stepping into the situation. Some of the females present seemed to have some kind of thing for him when he was in high school and I suppose they were hoping to act out their fantasies with this older more traveled Mike Ward. All I can say for him at this point is that I hope he was drunk. If anything does happen and I'm sure it will I can honestly say that I will torment and tease him about it for the rest of his natural life. He knows its coming too and encouraged us to wait until tomorrow before we make fun of him, I can wait that long, after all, I have the rest of my life to tease him. Anyways, moving on...... I've downloaded the first season a show called Dead Like Me. Its not that great of a show but I enjoy it, season two is enroute. In other news, I got some good deals on DVD-R's today, 25 for $12. You can't beat that with a stick and I have no idea why you would want to beat any kind of audio visual equipment with a stick of any kind. Enough tomfoolery, I have to get some sleep done, I mean work in, I mean sleep in. Dammit. Ok, I'm going to sleep now, rest in peace.

November 15, 2005

    On the eve of my last midterm of the semester I come to you. The week is rainy and dismal and so is the mood. Poor Annie has exceptional marks, and is ultra prepared for her med school, she submitted her application  months ago and she was pumped. However, she found out yesterday that one of her reference letters didn't make the trip to wherever it is that these things go to. She called her person and they said it was sent so she's fretting pretty hard these days. If it is not there then they could reject her application and she would be denied entrance which would result in her wasting a year of her life doing something else. This hardcore fretting and worrying is not good for house morale. There isn't anything that we can do to help but wait and be supportive, It sucks. I hate midterms too, just thought I'd toss that bone out there. But to cheer me up I've been listening to "Maybe Tomorrow". The band hasn't been identified but its the theme from the Littlest Hobo tv show. This show was a mainstay for my weekend when I was a kid, in case you don't know its about a German Sheppard who travels into towns and cleans up criminal situations for the cops and generally helps people. The show was awesome and the song is even better. I just picture that dog running down the road ever time I hear it. So that's where I am in my life here. Now I delve into the wonderful world of food science.

November 13, 2005

    Well we did it. We set a goal to accomplish and now we've done it. It went by without the fanfare and prestige that we had originally thought would accompany its completion but infiltrating the nest of girls across the street happened without so much as a spirited whistle. This doesn't mean that everyone wasn't not excited (awkward sentence much...). Mike of the Wards was very much pumped, it was he who actually got talking to the girls and invited them over. At least we got to meet the neighbours. He went downtown with them to the bar scene, we're still awaiting his return to our house.

    Yesterday's sports Saturday we well enough. We had 5 guys this week which lead to two rounds of football and soccer. Brown substituted for Mike, son of J.M., who was not able to concentrate on the sports. Another huge development yesterday was the completion and successful test flight of El Tigre, pictures to follow. This had been an ongoing project for Brown and I, mostly him but still, ongoing nonetheless.

    Friday night was the night that I took advantage of the free tickets Monsanto supplied to me for that evening's Guelph Storm game. Bringing Phil and his friends and Dave and Brown bringing their women constituted 4 extra tickets that I paid for. So half of the eight got in free. I was reimbursed partially. The Storm were destroyed by the Sudbury Wolves and super sophomore Benoit Pouliot. There was nothing for the fans save one nice goal in the first. The rest of the game was just awkward passing and attempted skill plays. Some fights would have been nice. There was much disappointment among the lads I was sitting with. So there you have it, a brief report of the last couple of days in the life of the great and modest Chase Phillips.....esquire. I don't own an esquire watch, I just like saying it.  

November 9, 2005

    To me its still the 8th but officially its past midnight here. I'm coming to you now on account of our hockey game. We played a far weaker team but only won 3-2, scoring the winner with under 30 seconds to go in the game. We like to make it interesting for the fans. In the game big Chase rumbled coast to coast and nearly potted a beauty. This really raised the eyebrows of all three fans in attendance. Ah well, after a round of hot smoothies from Tom Horntons we returned home. And then just now, mid post I lit a lighter in front of a can of Axe Deodorant for men. That is hilarious, especially since I did it until the excess spray around the nozzle lit on fire. Watching a big man shake a can while laughing hysterically is apparently quite funny. We laughed really hard for about 3 minutes, including some floor rolling. Good times with near death. This post is coming soon after the last one and for good reason. Turns out Dave in his wisdom secretly sent me my computer pictures some time ago, I found them today. So y'all can have a looksy at them for whatever reason, maybe it turns your crank I don't know. Why do you have a crank? I don't have a crank. What makes you so special that you should deserve a crank. I'm definitely going to look into crank acquisition. 

    Now that I've got enough filler I'll attempt to go to bed here. The adrenaline still in my system coupled with the sugar from the hot smoothie is going to make that a challenge but I imagine with the proper motivation and pillow alignment I'll manage to do it. Ya, that's right. Lately if my pillows aren't just so then I can't get to sleep for the life of me. I'm beginning to think that its purely psychological. I might conduct some sleep experiments again to gauge my response. I did some research in the summer on what was a good amount of sleep for my body. I came up with these results: 5 hours of sleep made me feel well rested and allowed me to function very well. 6 hours of sleep left me tired and restless all day, which dragged on forever. The same result for 7 hours of sleep but it was harder to get going in the morning and got harder each day. 8 hours left me rested and ready to function but the days seemed to get longer as the week wore on. 9 hours of sleep was awesome all around; and beyond that, there was no difference. I did each time for a full week and mildly noted the effects mentally so not much documentation is around to prove my theories but I know what works for me and that is all I set out to do. You should probably conduct your own research if you need to know. If not then just live you life like all the other sheep. Low blow? Well tough beans sally. It getting late, I'm making less sense and prattling on now. Anyways, I'm out then, enjoy.

November 7, 2005

    Well the weekend has drawn to a close. There was blood, broken toilets, orange throwing, and purple helmet. Sounds like the making for a real mess, not really; except for the oranges, from what I heard. That's what happens when you throw a bunch of Northern Ontario kids and alcohol into a university residence. I wasn't involved in everything but I was present briefly for both nights. It was good times had by all in the end. We also had another successful sports Saturday this time featuring football and soccer. Europeans probably just blew their mind reading that last sentence but that is what went down. Gordo and I repeated as football champs and were upset on the pitch my Dave and an unlikely Chris, who was making a guest appearance for the absent Mike Ward. Just a word of disappointment to Phil, nice show-up, no show. In other news, I baked a cake today, by myself. It is to honour the watching of CSI tonight. Don't ask, it is a long and complicated story, just like I'm a complicated man and no one understands him but his womannnnn. No? Shaft? Anyone? Alright, alright, I've got some reading that I've been diligently saving here so I better get into character here and play the part of student. I just thought I'd let my readers know that I'm still alive and survived, quite easily, the attack of the Northerners. That could be a good movie......patent pending. Don't even bother. And a big Guelph hello to Wade, one of the few that have stayed with the Chase Phillips Experience through the thick and the thin, mostly the thick. I haven't been thin in years. Hi yo!

November 4, 2005

    Well the visit with the Lance was enjoyable and somewhat brief. Afterwards Dave's friend Nicole came over and we all watched the O.C., embarrassingly enough. I finished off my tough week with a big quiz this morning that I nailed shut. I'm working on some movies today and I transformed our garbage ridden garage into a sophisticated gaming room. I cleaned it and then put up the card table and some chairs is the translation. I've got a pair of papers to initiate some effort on this weekend and a day for sports planned for tomorrow. It should be grand, especially since I found the kicking tee for our football in the garage. That will really add to our sporting fun. So I've got these movies to handle and then who knows what I'll get mixed up in next. I could even end up at a bar, who knows. My lady front that was at a time looking prosperous has once again dried up. I don't put much stock into it anymore and I'll let fate decide my.....uh....fate. I'm bored of this so I'll advance to my next activity; which is undecided.

November 1, 2005

    New month, check out October 2005 for more. Ok, the preceding was just put up so I could say that I'd gotten into November. Now it really is November. I'm busier than a country kitchen here but I still find time to post one up here. Before I continue studying for my pending midterm tomorrow I thought I'd toss out a comment about group presentations. They suck. That being said I'll follow with the fact that I actually enjoy doing group work but the presentation part is bad. I'm not totally horrible at it but I don't relish the opportunity. I also don't enjoy sitting through everyone else's presentation. That has got to be the most difficult thing in life to do is listen to someone else ramble on about god knows what and have to pay attention in case they ask you a question which as presenters we were encouraged to do. So that's the hot button right now at this instant if you were to take a snapshot of my mind. You might also see that my cousin Lance is making his first visit to us in our student based home tomorrow or Thursday. This is much anticipated and hopefully things work out that we all get to go out for supper with "The Lance". Night labs and meetings could prove to be a factor. That seems to be enough text there on the screen so I'll turn my brain over to the wonderful world of plant disease. As if my mind wasn't diseased enough. Hiyo!

October 2005

October 30, 2005

    It is Sunday now. Football is back on. Yesterday was an awesome day. It was very sports oriented. We played football, soccer, basketball, and to a much lesser extent frisbee. This was all done at the local high school which has absolutely amazing facilities. I had a pretty busy week last week with multiple tests, quizzes and assignments due. Deadlines were met and good marks were achieved. But back to football. The last two weeks Dave and I have been making picks. He somehow manages to out do me each time with one extra win. We're both fairly successful at it. I was two games over 500 last week and he was three and I was four games over 500 two weeks ago and he was 5. This week will be a real teller for us with some tough picks and big time matchups. We don't bet, we don't do spreads, we just pick winners. Anything else would be uncivilized. Well I just thought I would check in here while I was studying. Got another test coming up this week that I'm preparing for. Other than that I'm good to go. Any specific questions can be addressed to me at a later time. Over and out.

October 25, 2005

    Alright junkies, time to get your fix. Last night I went over to my friend Joanne's house to watch some TV with her after my lab. She informed me upon arrival that she hadn't slept since the last time I had seen her which was Saturday night when we went to the show. Well technically I guess she must have slept that night but then she went to the city of broken dreams, Toronto, and didn't sleep. She had to take the day off work because she had never done that before and she didn't sleep all day. She was mad about it by the time I got there. Luckily after a dose of H (CSI Miami) she was able to sleep for 10 hours. That must have been quite a trip. It left me pondering the three longest nights I might have had. This is what I came up with. Coming in at number three is the only non alcohol induced event. I went to my friend Ashley's house and watched some movies until like three in the morning and then I went home and was on my second wind and couldn't sleep until about 4:30am. The number two no sleep event would have to be the most dangerous. This of course could only be the year end party in Temagami after high school. It was the second in two nights well the second of six nights of celebrating. We had slept in a tent the night before by a lake which is not a good recipe for sleep in itself, add alcohol and a good amount of the graduating class and the party goes for pretty long. This night though we were at the next party. Our tent was set up on a pile of stone for some reason (Never get drunk people to put up your tent for you no matter how lazy you are.) so that was a strike, add a raging party and a bunch of booze and its not pretty. This time I got into bed at 3am but didn't sleep due to the stones and a pesky mosquito. I got up at 5:30am, rounded up the troops and headed for home and hour away. I was plenty sober by then considering I took it easy on the drinking but dammit I was tired. It was lucky I woke up those times to steer the car back between the white lines. You'll note the lack of reference to the colour yellow.....we used the whole road. I was home before my Dad left for work, that was weird. The number one late night in my history was the first I had. I went to a hoedown jamboree or something at my friend Ashley's, I was 18 and it was the first time I drank. I only had 3 beers and felt nothing from it but there was a bunch of girls there and we stayed up until after 5am. We slept for maybe 2 hours. We were up at 7 and packed up (tent, camping supplies, etc) and on the road. When we got home 15 minutes later we went straight to work unloading several loads of square bales of hay. When that was done we continued on for the rest of the day with our work. It was a long day to say the least but we did it. We of course in this case refers to Dave and I. So there is a bit of fun for the readers. That oughta hold you over until the next time and you learned something in the process. Well you may not have learned anything but dammit it was a good study break for me. Yes I sometimes have ulterior motives when I post here. Am I evil? Could be; tune in next time to find out.

October 21. 2005

    I've done it finally. I have acquired the complete discography for AC/DC. Its taken years of careful collecting and shrewd moves, alright I downloaded it, so what, I wanted it. I've actually had it for months but I just put it into my iTunes folders and got it all organized including a list of my favourites. It is an exciting time, being that it is also course selection time. I went to see my program advisor today. We selected all my courses for the rest of university career today, barring any failures I'm set for life here. Very exciting. For those of you that still faithfully read this internet based rant I applaud you and your efforts. You're probably thinking..."where did that come from?" I answer...."I don't know" I figured I'd toss that in there since I haven't posted in 6 days and then I come in with this pretty mundane stuff. What can I say? Nothing really exciting happens to me. I just got to work or school and return. My social life has dwindled, I went out once this week with Mike Ward for a couple of hours to shoot some pool. I was invited out twice by my friend Joanne but unfortunately I had to decline on both counts due to pending midterms, including tonight. Other than that the only other exciting thing is that this woman keeps harassing me at the bus stop and talking my ear off. It would be good if she was young, nice, and hot but she's none of those things, quite the opposite in fact. I had the misfortune to see her twice now. She rambles on about how she's going to the unemployment office and then rips into students and says the city transit shouldn't cater to them and that they should have to fend for themselves. Hello? I'm a student, was she that dumb you ask? And I answer..."yes, she really was that dumb." Sorry to say it but ol' Phillips may be in some kind of a rut here. Not to worry, he's still doing great and this AC/DC is just getting him going here. He is pumped. Anyways, I feel that is enough said for this evening. I enjoy wielding that kind of power over the reader and I use it now.

October 15, 2005

    I've woken up too soon on a Saturday. My sight is still blurry from sleep and my mind is clouded. I feel that I should be up, it's a beautiful morning with rain forecasted for the afternoon, the fresh cigarette smoke from the neighbour penetrates through my open window, so much for fresh air. The once thought dead sun has made its triumphant return to the sky and is lighting my otherwise lightless room up like the Leafs lit up the Thrashers last night. I was made when I saw the hooliganism that the game degraded into once it was out of hand, but I digress. A cool breeze filters through the strong and sturdy trees in front of the homes here in the Grove. Yes, it looks like a stellar day, it is not the weather thought that has awoken me this fine morn. It was the garbage truck, on holiday Monday situations the garbage gets pushed back a day and since ours is usually on Friday; well you get the idea. The squeaks and roars of the garbage truck used to make me think that there was a lion and a mouse brawling outside my window and I used to peer over the window sill in high anticipation but alas I was always thwarted, much to my dismay. A partial reason that I'm holding this day is such high regard is that it is chock full of unbridled potential for you see I have no work, no school and no responsibility for today. Actually I should get my hair cut because it is getting to be borderline ridiculous but other than that I am free. This feeling is to be cherished as it only comes all too rarely for me these days. That is why I wish I could travel back to the blissful days of my youth with most of the knowledge I have now. I wouldn't want to know the outcomes of any sporting events as that would take all the fun and surprise out of it. I would only need to know enough to get rich and be able to live comfortably with the woman of my dreams. I would have to be rich or what is the purpose of traveling back in the first place. I guess if I really enjoyed myself for all those years it would be worth it but I don't remember wishing I could go back and re-live moments exactly as they were. I think only Rod Stewart could do that. He knows why. Now I'm beginning to ramble and drop names. I think I better retire to the sweet security of my bed and dream of sweet lollipops and sugar candies, or at the very least fall asleep. On the other hand I could go eat some delicious snacks and watch some provocative and informative Animal Planet. The latter sounds more productive, I can have a mid-day nap to overcome any tiredness before we venture out into the realm of reality tonight or so is the tentative plan. Well hope everyone else is still asleep here at 8am, cause I know I'm not.....or am I?

October 13, 2005

    As I glance over at my calendar to try and ascertain the date I realize that not only is it still on September I realize its a 2004 calendar. Actually its a 2005 but I figured that would be a funny story to start off a post that will surely be boring for all those who actually read this. I'm pretty sure my mom is the only one that reads it routinely now. Anywho, so I took almost the whole day off yesterday and had some recovery time for my sickness which unfortunately just made it worse. So I revel in my sickness and laziness as I read online lectures from abroad..ya our house is so far from the school I'm starting to think of it as a different country. I have a mandatory field trip to go to this afternoon unfortunately so that will draw me out from the house. I have some movies I should watch but before any of that I have to call my new boss and tell him that I'm sick and won't be able to make it in to work today. Didn't I mention I have new job harvesting corn for the university. Well I do so deal with it. Anyways, this post is quickly regressing so I'll quit before I say something stupid like Sean Avery. Look it up if you don't know. Later kiddies.

October 11, 2005

    Well it has been a week since I last updated this here. Not all my fault I was at home since last Thursday and internet access is limited to horrible there. Home was fun; I got to see some faces that I hadn't seen in years and I got to relax and have a good time. I enjoyed my visit although it was brief. I also got sick while at home as usual. I don't know what it is but it seems to happen more and more. Well I'm caught up in school as much as anyone can be. My marks so far are pretty good. I've been doing multiple quizzes a week as I've mentioned in the past. I have no big plans for the immediate future other than my hockey game tonight. That sentence has three meanings because our intramural team plays tonight at 10:30pm, the Leafs play tonight vs. the Flyers, and today we bought ESPN NHL 2K6 for Xbox. This game is announced by legendary hockey broadcasters Bob Cole and Harry Neale. You may recognize them from their years of work with CBC sports. Bob Cole actually took over for Foster Hewitt if you can believe that. Anyways we got it for that, the fact that all the rosters are more or less current, and it's only $30. You can't beat that with a stick no matter how good sized it is. I have some school stuff to do tonight so that I can have a pretty clear day tomorrow in which I will attempt a haircut. Its only speculation at this point but I'd like to see it taken care of eventually. Either way my life isn't overly exciting right now so I'll leave it at that.

October 4, 2005

    So let's have at a random rant. Let's start with the Guelph Transit system. What a crock of do do. I was cool with getting milked last year cause the service was reliable and consistent. I actually considered my money spent (forcibly) on a bus pass was an excellent investment. This year however I am less inclined to feel that I'm getting any kind of deal what so ever. First I'll lay a brief foundation for out of town readers. The University of Guelph charges each student enrolled for a bus pass whether they use it or not. This causes some kind of balance in the system so that the bus company gets its money. Also, for city transit systems, a large portion of their funding is based on ridership. The government or whoever doles out the money based on the number of people who use the system. Having all those students riding the bus certainly boosts ridership and thus funding. I've lived here in the summer without the students...its pretty dead on the buses. So that being said; I feel that Guelph transit should somehow do a better job of catering to the needs of the student....ie me. They have created more routes but these routes only run half the time and the times change by the day. The routes also change by the week with little to no notification. Twice today alone I had to wait over 30 minutes for a bus that was supposed to being running on a half hour route. How does that happen....I don't know. Anyways, I've lost my focus and edge. I'm pissed off with the transit system is what I was going for...and you should be too for some reason. That's all for now.

October 1, 2005

    Ya. New month, just setting things up for it. Its a quick peek behind the scenes. Shut up!

September 2005

September 30, 2005

    So its late, we just got back from the party. The dance was a huge success, people went crazy for it.  We managed to get it on tape this time around. In tradition of 80 Cole road parties there was a theme. This time we all had to dress as a rockstar to get in. I was pretty fun. We all did a decent job of looking like someone. Others who showed up late and drunk didn't bother. We left early and walked home for an hour. It was a long walk. After we left though 911 was called and someone had to leave on a stretcher. We don't have any details yet other than apparently everyone was alright. There was considerable narcotic use and alcohol consumption. I did neither. Overall I would say that it was a good time for all. I foolishly volunteered for work tomorrow. Might not make it in for morning. I'm shooting for one ish. I'm regretting that now. Either way.....the party was good, work is ok, and school is lame. Assignments and midterms got old in high school. It will be good to get done with all this nonsense. Anyways, hadn't posted in awhile so I figured I'd toss out a bone. Over and out.

September 27, 2005

    I realize it has been a while. That's ok, I've been really busy. I have school, full course load which is pretty heavy. I have social scene which includes a choreographed dance for an upcoming party. I have 3 quizzes a week for school and two midterms coming up next week. And on top of that I start my job this week. I was out of town this past weekend and the one before that was the kegger. I'm starting to feel the burn a bit for the first time in my university career. Not really though, I'm resilient. Oh ya and throw hockey into the mix. Our first game was Sunday at 10 pm. The next one is Thursday at midnight. Good times? We'll see. We got it handed to us 5-1 in the first game; and by it I of course mean out asses. This weekend as mentioned I was in Toronto for a while to support Dave and Mike in running a half marathon. It lead to some wacky adventures including Mike's first visit to Hooters. I asked him (a vegetarian) if he would like to split some chicken wings with me. He responded with a. "ya, sure." I then replied that chicken was meat, to which he replied, "Ya, whatever." Just goes to show that your mind can wonder. I had a good visit with family too while I was there. All in all I think it was an alright time.....until just before the race when we realized the two dummies weren't going to make it in time and I offered to take their stuff so they could run to the start. That was above Queen St. and the race started at the Convention Centre. That was a long way to haul three bags at 7 am on a Sunday. I guess sleeping on a hardwood floor with only a blanket sucked too. Either way, I'm trying to keep above water here so I'll sign it off with a toodles.

September 18, 2005

    The keg party is over but the keg saga rages on. We purchased two quarter kegs in a cost saving move which saved us over $50. The problem was that the drinkers didn't perform. They only drank one quarter keg and maybe 10 glasses out of the other. On the bright side we nearly covered our cost, so for the price of one quarter keg we get to drink two. The moral of the story is that we got a free 2.5 cases of beer. The problem however is to drink said beer. With only two drinkers and both having a new-found distaste for beer at the moment we're in a pickle. If you like beer and are in the Guelph area please stop in and drink our free beer.

    In other news the party was a success. We met new people and saw some old faces. Mike "The Sexy Bitch" Ward was able to bring over 10 beautiful exchange student females; mainly from Scandinavia. The first year lads also brought in a number of people. All in all it was a good time for all. Cousin John finally made an appearance in Guelph and was so smitten that he stayed an extra night. The good times continue on the 30th when our crew takes its show on the road to 80 Cole where we'll be performing at the Rockstar Wine and Cheese. Who we go as is inconsequential as we'll be riots either way.

    The first week of school breezed by and few classes were skipped. There were some casualties especially on Friday when the rain flowed free from the sky like water flowing in a babbling brook. Pizza Hut buffet was enjoyed for the first time in at least 8 months and the pre-party errands were run. Brown was there but not for the party as he was shafted by work. On his birthday he was required to work from 3 until 11:30 at night and then had to work at 5:30 the next morning. He of course overslept but to the benefit of Annie who was able to get his attention during a diabetic attack. It's good that she did because we would have assumed that she  was sleeping and left her until noon. She would have long since died. The paramedics were called and all was well again. That was the one hiccup in what otherwise was an excellent weekend.

    Task for this week is to acquire cable. Hope all is well our there in TV Land. Hat's off to the Wolfman.

September 14, 2005

    So our internet is now working and our file sharing is up and running. The nerd just left here. The nerd of nerds on site. He did a good job. Some people's computers were clogged chock full of viruses (Dave, Katie) so it took longer than expected. Dave's computer is still infected with one and Katie's with god knows how many....more than 30 at least. So until that is cleared up I think I'll keep my firewall up here. I'm going to now venture to install the Mayor's former palm pilot on my computer since Dave cannot due to other circumstances. The big party is heating up, the kegs have been ordered many guests have confirmed, it should be a good time. That goes down on Friday in case you weren't lucky enough to get one of the hundreds of emails we sent out at random. School has begun and the routine is shaping up. This should be an okay semester with no overly overpowering courses. That can mean one of two things. One, I have no idea what I'm in for or two, I've gotten smarter at some point. I'm leaning towards number one cause I don't feel smaller at all. Well supper is warming up and the temperature is winding down so I'll leave it at that.

September 11, 2005

    A new wave afternoon post here. Mike Ward moved in successfully within a half hour of arriving and his mom was gone before that. We helped him get stuff up and he's working on a setup. His house mate is causing some drama but its too weird to get into. Ya, if its too weird for me then just imagine. Okey dokey smokey. So here I am again waiting for something. Not the love of my life this time either. I'm waiting for the landlord to come and install my new ceiling fan which I realized yesterday doesn't have a light on it like I thought it did.  That really unfortunate because that means that I'll have no overhead light in my room. I think I can manage but it is a bit annoying. I'll have good air flow though and I'll take that any day over light. I lived a basement for 14 years of my life. I can handle dark, ghost free dark. Don't even get me going. I'm home alone now. The others are gone shopping. I'm enjoying the solitude. Its been a bit of a mad house here for the last week or so. School starts tomorrow. Man, what a rush, I mean drag. Its less time than work. I have five classes, 4 or which have some kind of lab or seminar associated with them. Many of the labs are in the same rooms as the classes so I don't know what that's about. I guess I'll see this week. Probably get back to y'all later in the week. Inquire about the kegger or RSVP if you know the deal. Later all.

September 10, 2005

    Yes, I'm at it again. Today is the day that Mike Ward appears as well as Rich and Kevo. Big day, big day. Hopefully Mike gets here in good time so we can do something tonight. I recently found out that our friend Joanne is having a party that I didn't know about until this morning. She's hosting a BBQ that we're planning on attending but the party attendance will of course depend on a number of factors. Dave is gone for the day and so is Brown. This leaves just me and the girls. It could be a long day today with no big plans in the works. I've been getting ready for school which at this level involves learning where all the forms for various things are to go and what you need to spend on what. The days of a new highlighter and pencil are long over for me. I miss the days when we used to trade off the junk our parents bought us for the junk of someone else. Those were the good days, when nothing mattered and no careers were on the line. The drama? Well Annie is filling out med school applications and that has me thinking which, in my experience, is never a good idea. Anywho, back to my book on pirates, I hope to finish it before stupid school reading dominates my intellectual palate. Alas I bid adieu to all and to all a good night.

September 9, 2005

    Well it finally happened. My chair finally came. Its a leather one from Staples. Its an upgrade due to the material that its made from as well as the fact that its armless which allows for easier movement in my room. Its also smaller in the base for added floor space. I like it and my parents paid for it. I moved my sister yesterday. I had to borrow a lawn mower from work and cut her lawn that hadn't been cut all summer. I ended up doing it twice and there was much sweat involved; especially after raking it all. I was not impressed but the chair more than diverted my hostilities. Later I returned to Guelph and watched the 40-year old virgin with family and introduced my father to Quizno's subs. He will likely be a repeat customer. They are supposed to leave tomorrow and take that scurge to women young Buhold with them. His reign of terror will soon end. And by reign of terror I mean his "frosh" week. You see he was just here for that, he's actually still in high school. He got his money's worth. Either way, things are beginning to settle down here and routines are starting to establish. Let's hope all goes well.

September 5, 2005

    So here is the first update. Saturday was indeed a big day with Dave et al. returning also. Wade provided a good visit in the afternoon and new WB et al. provided good times also. The boys got moved in early which avoided yesterday's circus. We left them to their devices for the most part. Last night we went to the pep rally. It was enjoyable. As per usual the OV Boogie was the highlight. Well the real highlight of the night was the streaker who dashed across the soccer field. That guy had great speed. I think and hope that he got away with it. It was pretty awesome. We came home and watched some more of season one of Scrubs. I enjoy that program. J.D. what will he think of next. Anyways, today has been spent cleaning up and getting ready for school and before that my parents 3 day visit. That's all I can come up with for now, Phillips out.

September 3, 2005

    Early Saturday. Looks like its going to be a good day today weather wise. I should be busy for most of it. Well the morning is pretty much wide open. I'll use that time to try and find a method of downloading individual songs. My Kazaa days are over. And my new methods are only for complete albums. I thought about getting whole albums just for one song but that seems like overkill. I am usually a fan of overkill but when it wastes needless memory on my computer then I usually take the light method. Wasting memory in my brain has never been a problem for me though, oddly enough.

    So the job is done. I gave back all the stuff, shook the hands and moved on into obscurity. I like obscurity, it frees up so much more time. School will try to take up some of my time but my class attendance aversion should remedy that slightly. I don't know what I'll do to pass the time, probably what I always do.....video games, pointless and cheap books, and of course the infamous imagination games I play. I once won the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and World Series all in one afternoon. It was a busy day for me. Only one was on a video game, the others were in my mind. I'm not crazy you know, I just have an active imagination. That's why I get freaked out by ghosts so bad. If you put me a dark room after watching a scary movie and its quiet in there; I'll probably lose my mind.

    Speaking of ghosts; Brown and I had a good scare this week. Two days ago I noticed the microwave was out from the wall and it had been unplugged because the time was about an hour behind. That night Brown also reported that he fell asleep with his fan spinning and his light still on. Later in the night he woke up and it was all off. I know I didn't do it. He knows he didn't do it. That just leaves Villnerd but why would he do it. It doesn't make sense. So the night we realized we had to stay up much later than usual as were we a bit freaked out. We had a little chit chat in the living room with all the lights on. Anyone who knows me knows how cheap I am and that I would never turn on an unnecessary light. I don't have shares in hydro. So either way it was weird.

    So back to my busy day. Brown's parents are coming in the afternoon. I am to receive them and help them unload a freezer and then direct them to anywhere they want to go. The big thing though is that Wade...one of my most faithful readers is going to be dropping in. It will be a short visit but it will be good to see the Wade. He is truly a world traveler. We usually only get one chance a year to see him in all his glory. Sometimes Christmas, sometimes on his way to the east coast where he gets his knowledge from. It should be a huge afternoon. Not sure when Dave is coming down, could be today, probably tomorrow.

    I made this post pretty long to keep readers busy for a few days as I will be busy with parents and people moving around so I might not get another good chance. I will likely shoot up some daily updates or something (something does not stand for heroin or any other illegal narcotic). That's about all I have for now, keep reading sports fans.

September 2, 2005

    Just a short one before I fade off to sleep here. Just passing the time while a certain computer operation finishes up here. Something I've been doing a lot of. I'm full too. We had a great meal. Brown and Laura cooked some sweet spaghetti and meatballs. I was going to take a picture of it. It was so appetizing that we had to say grace. Mike Ward also called. Watched an Ashton Kutcher movie with the others. Also bought and read the new Maxim. Good afternoon, more to come about job finish 2005. Over and out.

September 1, 2005

    I'm back. Another month, another post. Tomorrow is my last day of work. I will have completed another successful contract. Today we went golfing as a celebration of the summer. We played eighteen holes. I don't know if I'd ever done that. I shot an 88 after falling apart on the last three holes. I shot 7-6-7 and 17 was a par three. High Oh! I thought I would try that spelling on. But either way the three of us had a blast. We played a course just outside of Cambridge. The great white V was gone when I got home. He just kind of showed up for the night. Actually he pretty much used us for free lodging. And by pretty much I of course meant totally. We didn't mind though. He had the class to remember that he owes me money for the pizza we enjoyed. I liked that. I like when people pay me money. I like to have my money, I don't like when other people have it. So the job is done, Villnerd moved on. Not much else to report on other than the visitation of the Mayor yesterday. He stopped in to pick up Dave and then head north. While he was here though we went to the school and intimidated some people into letting us put a fridge into Phil's new room in the residence known colloquially as "south". I, of course, lived there as did Dave and his parents before him. The legacy continues. Well I have to get back to it here. "It" will be left up to your imagination although my task is not self-gratifying you perverts. Peace out.

August 2005

August 28,2005

    Captain Planet....he's our hero! Gon-na take pollution down to zero. Anyways I spent the weekend downtown Big Smoke at my cousin's. It was good times. We went to a BBQ in the "'shwa" as some dude told us it was known. Got to see our cousin's house, it was huge and awesome. Apartments downtown, penthouses. We did it all. Good times were had by all. There was a brief truck related drama when I got back but it got resolved. Other than that we all had a good weekend. Brown and Laura went up north for the weekend so our home stood empty and triumphant. This going to be a short one cause I'm tired and lazy. Oh the bar we went to was called Madison's. It was interesting, we got to meet Jamie Campbell. Look him up if you don't know who he is. I'll give you a hint, he's the voice of the Blue Jays on TV. Ok well I'm tired, heading to sleep. Minimal sleep does that I suppose.  Look for an upcoming announcement via email too. That goes for all my readers. You know who you are.

August 24, 2005

    The summer is winding down. I'm starting to get excited for the return of school but not for myself. Dave's brother and my cousin is coming to school here. It is going to be a good time. They move in on the 4th ish. One of the friends who is still in high school, young Buhold, will be staying with us for the frosh week so he can send off his mates in a proper fashion. We're all looking forward to it.

    Work is winding down too. We're just putting in time for the most part now. We do odd jobs and get stuff ready for next year. I've winterized the planters and few other things already. I didn't do that until November last year. Just goes to show how things are progressing this time around. The harvest is just around the corner as well. I'm kind of glad I'll be out before that. It is a stressful time.

    I bought a new printer today. It is awesome. That is all.

August 21, 2005

    It's Sunday in the am, I'm at my computer. Moving on.....my birthday was uneventful and enjoyable. My roommates asked me the night before what I wanted to eat and I couldn't come up with anything so they told me to name my top three meals. I was in a dumb mood so I said 1)walrus 2)pizza pockets, a whole damn plate 3)a chicken sandwich from Burger King. I got it all except the walrus; which I'm still waiting for. A few people came over for ice cream cake and chit chat. After all that food I was ready to lay out for a while so it all worked out good. Annie and her brothers came as Annie was writing her MCATS this weekend. Her brothers went to Niagara Falls the first night and stayed at the casino. It was her brother Bob's birthday too....the 19er. Alcohol was assumedly consumed. Regardless, it was a good time for all. The next day Annie was off to write her test for 10 hours and the rest of us just laughed it up for the day. Her brothers got back at 6ish, Brown worked until 10 so we went out for eats. After a brief drinking foray we went downtown to some bars. The night ended around 2. Once again good times had by all, or at least most. Today I have to solve the issue of my printer's lack of colour and I may download iTunes. I hear good things, investigations have begun. Alas I will delve further into its lore.

In other news I finally got the June 2005 archive to work so everyone can see what happened in that month.

August 18, 2005

    Yup, its that time of year again. The time when I am supposed to celebrate my birth; as if that isn't narcissistic and egomaniacal in itself, is upon us and I just can't bring myself to see the purpose. I can understand why it is that we are given gifts when we are born as tokens of gratitude that people present to us as a welcome into the world in which they are already rooted or perhaps a more cynical viewpoint would be to say that they are trying to curry our favour with gifts so that when we age will look upon them kindly. In any event my day of birth is tomorrow which means all my relatives that I rarely see will be calling me to wish me a happy birthday. This is usually followed by awkward chatting and then the relief of hanging up. I don't see the big fuss behind it all and for them to call upon me this one day of many to wish me good day is beyond my scope. I suppose its tradition and people just fall in line and continue the procedures if you will that have been handed down to them from their fore-fathers. I personally only call my cousins John and Phil on their birthday so the brainwashing on me hasn't gone as deep. I also call my siblings and parents because to forget their "special" days is to draw their hostility for such  "rude" behaviour. I'm probably rumbling on about this so long because I can't think of anything else and I'm getting tired of simply saying things like, "I ate at the Portly Penguin last night", or, "I worked hard this week." Both of which are of course true but nonetheless I feel that I should do some more in this space I have here on the "internet". Let's not get carried away though. I don't want to do too much more cause I am pretty lazy and what not. Anyways, my thoughts are spiraling into the abyss and I'm losing focus so I'll quit while I'm ahead, or in this case I'll just stop typing before I fall asleep.

August 16, 2005

    So after yet another internet dry spell I am once again back at the wheel although it may be temporary. We've now abandoned our useless wireless internet dreams and have returned to cords. When the girls move back we'll try it again this time under the guidance of a NERD. What's new in my life let me see. Not much. I go to work and return from said work. I did however have an interesting weekend. We went camping at the summer home of Mike Ward......Grundy Lake. Yes, that's right. It was a bit costly but it was worth it. Dave, Brown and I were accompanied by Brown's girl. Also we met some boys of summer....namely; Phil, Buhold, Gordo, and Dan Durocher. Gordo hooked up with a random girl....or so the legend goes. Back tracking further still to last week I can be reminded of the good times had at the old ball game. Any cross over readers would know that Wood came with us and that it was a hoot-hollering good time had by most. We were fortunate enough to see a big win. Also in the news last week was the Big E signing with the Leafs...something I predicted a good two months ago. Who's the man?  I, of course, am. I like being right which is good cause I am most of the time. But ya; that last week and a bit have been the good days. The dog days of summer seem to be winding down and the cool nights are restoring my ability to gain rest although I've been doing a bad job of that lately. Speaking of bad lately my eating habits have gone into the toilet recently. On Sunday I ate, and not in this order, 4 hotdogs, a burger, a potato, 2 smores, 2 mallows, some chips (handful), 2 eggs,  and a whole mess of bacon. Some of the food was consumed in a sandwich format. Later that day we went to the Mandarin and I ate until I nearly puked. Last night the trend continued when Brown and I willed each other to consume a large pizza each. I have learned my lesson and have backed off the heavy eating for the time being. It was a very uncomfortable sleep. Before you all say, whoa that's gross just know that I didn't know what was going on...it was all a big whirlwind of food around and me and some went in my food hole. I couldn't help any of it. Alas as I stare up at this massive wall of text I've created I feel satisfied that enough has been said, but as I read it I realize that very little was said at all. Meh, them's the breaks.

August 3, 2005

    The arrangements have been made now. I purchased a multitude of Blue Jay tickets for next week. Of course they were spoken before soon after purchase due to my overwhelming popularity which in itself stems from my searing personality. So I've been told. On a personal note though I'm really hot, and I don't mean metaphorically or in terms of my appearance. Well I am sweaty so maybe that last one applies. Its a scorcher out there. Just leaving my air conditioned truck was cause for intense and profuse sweating, its not pretty or pleasantly scented. Thank god for cold showers. I damn near stopped my heart early. Ah, the miracles of science and nature. I actually worked hard today; we laboured well into the evening. There was a large robbery at one of our affiliates and we had to move the remaining equipment off-site. It made for a lot of extra work for me, which I didn't like. It also gave me a distrust for mankind that I have been solely lacking lately. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer sort of thing. What I mean is that its ok, in fact, encouraged; to be nice to people but deep down they could be criminals so never give them the upper hand. I'm a cynical bugger aren't I? Ah well, what's good for the goose is good for the gander and all that. I have to say that the goose gets the raw deal on that one, if you know what I mean. You may have noted the use of the semi colon (Wood). I feel that it is an under-used mark of punctuation and although I don't know how do use it; I like to include it from time to time. I just don't want to leave the little fella out in the cold, that would be wrong. But by the same token I would never trust the semi colon in a pinch. And we've come full circle. I guess since the cycle has completed itself I will call it a night, or at the very least a post.

August 1, 2005

    I'm back in Guelph now for real. Current time and day, not that hokey its July 31 stuff from last post. Hi yo!

July 2005

July 31, 2005

    This post is cheating with the date. Its not actually the 31st but in my mind it is. If you have a qualm with that then you can eat a toad. (What?!?) Anyways, we just ventured into the Great White North for the weekend. It was an excellent time. I think it was so fun due in large part to the fact that we didn't have to perform any slave labour. For the first time probably ever I got to see all the people that I had planned to see. You know who you are. I also ventured into the den of the sister's Reid when I was there. It was good to see them as I hadn't heard much in the past year. We did it all too whilst we were there. I got to finally see the Muir ranch and the Bruiser's cottage. Two landmarks that had eluded me all these years. Another goal that I accomplished was going to Sam's. It was scary and the rumours are true. It was a good time though. On a more somber note I also had the time to visit my grandfather's grave for the first time since the funeral. That was quite strange. I drove around a bit too. I took the company truck up for my one trip home that I was allowed for this summer. It was a good ride both ways, the crazy cottage traffic didn't slow us down too much. We made many stops on the way back and picked up and dropped off some people. Not hitchhikers mind you but planned personal exchanges. We all had a good time even if I didn't get to see much of my sisters. (They sleep like 14 hours a day.) I discovered that a cultish following is rising up around these postings. One reader even went as far to say, "Chase Phillip's postings are by far the hottest thing on the Internet since the Spice Girls launched a website." That was Wade Jarvis' opinion. If you have a sentiment about the content of this site then don't hesitate to let me know. I can't think of much more to say over the rumbling of my empty stomach. It wants to eat. The time is now.

July 26, 2005 (II)

    Well, let's give this another shot here. We're deeper into the cold dark night now and maybe things are a bit more settled in my brain. Now that I've gotten my cyber bearings (I'm kicking my own butt for writing that) I'm feeling a bit more at home with this so-called internet. Before I forget I'd like to tell a funny story. Today, whilst Brown and I were making way for his new bed (below) we decided that his desk needed to be moved. Its an old relic from a simpler time when desks needed no sturdiness. It's a huge top and hutch that are precariously balanced on three pieces of chip board. We thought we could save time by moving it sans cleaning it off. Bad idea. He has a bunch of stone figurines and statues piled all over the monstrosity so this was a stupid move from the get go. We tried to lift and slide it across the floor, caught the register and that was the beginning of the end. One of the "legs" became angled.  As we tried desperately to hold the thing level as the "legs" collapsed inward onto our insteps and shins Brown began to lose his balance. In doing so he caused the top to shift and a huge stone statue (weighing close to 30 pounds) fell and hit him square between the eyes. He claims that he blacked out but I managed to yell loud enough for him to right the desk and save and more damage and/or injury. When he slipped my finger got wedged between the top and the one remaining leg. My finger was severed at the knuckle and sliced clean off. I'm only kidding, I did get a few cuts on the knuckles though. Really, how could it be a funny story if my finger was cut off. You people are so dramatic.

    I'm trying to get back into the swing of posting (note the lack of the term blogging). I've been reading other posts and even my old ones to try and re-capture the genius. Times are tough though and no genius has been recovered. Maybe the magic will return tomorrow. Here's hoping....

July 26, 2005

     Ok, it happened, Bell finally came out of its castle and hooked up our internet today. After first telling us that they were going to hook us up on the 4th they dragged their collective feet until today. On a potentially unrelated note, I made a threatening phone call to Bell yesterday. Hmmm. Coincidence. Probably, it was one of many that I made to them. Either way its good to be back. Today was also exciting with thunder storms and also the purchase of a bed. The bed was not for me but for my room mate Brown. He got it at Ikea, it is the Stolmen bed. We assembled it already. I'm too overwhelmed to post much now. I'll try again later.

June 2005

June 20,2005

    The good times continue to roll out for the boys of summer. I have recently completed my book on the Greeks. I learned little, mostly wicked cool names for future inventions slash MSN messenger. The latter seems to be a more probable destination for the unleashing of such monstrous and awesome names. The inhabitants of my dwelling are absent for the evening, even the bonus ones. That's right our weekend guests spilled over into the week. They had the notion of attending a rather large concert in the Big Smoke. It will undoubtedly be a good show. I however don't share their enthusiasm for music and thusly have stayed behind to hold down the fort. Well at best I am doing an excellent job of holding down my chair. Dave has yet to send me the photos I have taken of my beastly computer so alas I am thwarted again in my ongoing quest to provide its visage to the world for its lusty viewing pleasures. On a happier note my boss is gone for the week and I have unofficially assumed the reins of our operation. I have ordered my one employee or coworker, if you want to be a fool about it, to drive all over this great nation, mainly south central Ontario. He has pinkeye so I don't really want to be around him longer than I have to. From what I'm told its quite contagious. I'm hoping that someone names a band pinkeye if it hasn't already been done. This would be a chance for one of my non-existent readers to inform me about that. You don't need to worry antimattr, I know you're a faithful reader. If the Sexy Bitch is still out there he can give it a shot. Other than that my once boisterous list may have thinned significantly. 

    This past weekend as mentioned previous we had a hoot of a time. On Friday night we received our guests as we like to do. Saturday we saw the new Batman picture...it was awesome. I feel that it set a new precedent for super hero movies that will be harder to attain. Mindblowingly awesome. That night we went to the Hammer and the two concert enthusiasts went to see John K Samson in concert. (He opened for his wife at a small club.) They felt it was awesome. For those that don't know he is the lead dude of the Weakerthans. I don't really mind them all that much. After that we went to a house and watched some dudes smoke a bunch of marijuana and carry on like fools, it was funny. I'm glad I'm off the drink, being sober for that kind of thing is far more humorous. One of the dudes smoked more than he could handle and locked himself in his room and passed out. We had to go outside and check through the window with a flashlight to see if he was still alive. He was indeed breathing but we stayed until 2 am to make sure the dink was alive. He survived the night. We slept to noon (first time in a while) and then laughed it up for the day. Animation Domination of Fox prevailed as the evenings entertainment and then off to bed to prepare for the upcoming work day. I totally dominated the work today. I don't know what that means either, don't worry you're not losing your mind. Well cheeseheads, this is me signing off.

June 13, 2005

    Well today was a good day; for the most part. I went through the work day as if I was hammered. I blame the lack of sleep I've gotten recently, or in this case haven't gotten. That of course is due to the insufferable heat that plagues my very existence. Although recently the heat has been backing down. Looks like I've weathered the so-called storm or won this round or what have you. I'm sure the sun god Apollo will have more fiery hell to unleash upon inhabitants of this planet we call Earth before the winter solstice is upon us. (translation: its going to probably get hot again before winter)  On a totally unrelated story I'm reading a book on Greek mythology. Its quite good, to fully value it you have to have precursorary (not a word) knowledge of the Greeks. I, of course, have such knowledge and thusly can enjoy it to the fullest level. Enough of that though. On to the current events. I smoked a stogie today (cigar) and whilst doing so got to meet some neighbours. I showered to remove the stink and thoroughly cleaned my mouth and now here I am. On a side note I had a rough time after work. I came home and played a video game. I'm usually pretty good at it. But today I could do nothing right. I was getting pretty frustrated. I was also sweating and for some reason my nose and eyes were really itchy. Things escalated fast and before I knew it the controller was on the floor and everything was turned off in a fit of rage. I then came upstairs and tried to learn a song on the guitar to no avail. My tension meter was nearing a sweltering high. I made a mad dash for food and then all was well. I don't even know what I'm typing here. I'm going to retire to the bed for some needed shut eye. Later dudes and chicks.

June 11, 2005

    I'm back baby. Online and ready to shine. My new dominator computer is in and its ready to light it up. This past week has been a scorcher. Life is getting uncomfortable here due to the unbearable heat. Its no doubt only going to get worse. I wish it would cool down some. I'm having trouble interfacing this new computer with my old one but my confidence is high that I can get the job done. Its so hot by the way that my guitar broke the other day due simply to the heat. I managed to fix it today and got some other things done that I've been meaning to tackle. I was able to acquire some DVD-Rs today so I'm nearly ready to step into the world of DVD burning. I wish I knew of some good ripping software. If anyone knows of some then go ahead and let me in on that. I've been trying to clean the house and get my room back in order but the heat is melting my ambition away. I just want to lay around but even that is uncomfortable due to the heat. I swear, its ruining my life. I could ramble on about nothing here for most of the day but I'd better get back to something constructive, like learning the guitar. I can get more songs off the interweb now that its been resurrected from its watery grave. Speaking of watery graves, Dave's iPod got a brief shower the other day by the window. The prognosis is not good. This could result in a tragedy of mystical proportions. The cat is in the henhouse and the rooster is flying along is a coupe. Ah, word play, how I missed thee. There is some evidence that my brain is truly melting in my skull. Stupid heat, curse you for now. That is all I can muster.

June 5, 2005

    Now then, let's get down to business. New month, new motif. Actually it will be pretty much the same motif as it always was. And to that effect let's get it going. We had a solid crowd out this weekend. It allowed us to have a six man poker match. It was great fun. I skipped the activities of the day by not going to wonderland. I've never been and never want to go. That sort of thing is not my bag. I'm not into rides or waterworks. Nor am I into the eleventeen year old girls that are always there. Seeing pubescent girls in thongs and other such items of the scantily clad just turn my stomach. There ought to be a law that such revealing and tight clothing should be reserved for those of a certain age, maybe 19 or 21. Its just wrong for girls younger than that to be dressing in that fashion. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. This week should be a gem, hoping for good times and good weather. Hope all is well. That's all I have time for. Later.

May 2005

May 30, 2005

    Well I guess you can say that mood struck me. I went to Ottawa. I traveled with my associate Dave as he was attending a marathon event wherein he ran the half marathon and did quite well. (results) I went along to visit our friend Steve. It was a good time all the way around. We somehow ended up in a huge poker tournament put on by Labatt's. Dave almost made the final table. Not bad for a couple of joker's with no money or chips. Let's just say that we were hooked up by a guy on the inside...thanks again man, that was awesome. We had an enjoyable time in our nation's capital. We didn't do a whole lot but it was a tiring weekend nonetheless. Ah, the hustle and bustle of traveling. Which brings me to my next topic. We had to pay an arm and a leg for train tickets to get there. It really was a ridiculous amount. I was mad. Apparently...you're supposed to have an ISIC card to obtain a student fare. Since when did a valid student card become not enough. Now we have to pay more to get one that as far as I know is only used by those scammers at VIA Rail. Here's me telling you to get a life VIA...you suck! Anyways after paying the $90 difference in fares we were away. We got nice weather and had a good time. Kudos to our hosts for yet again doing a superb job of putting up with us. Nice work. Well that's about all I have to say about that. Roger...over and out.

May ???, 2005

    Work has been a mad whore for two weeks at least. It's been so intense that I can't even remember the day of the month it is. It's  the Victoria day weekend, day two so that might be around the 21st. Anyways, I'll get to all that shortly. Back to basics bone brain...face(?) Ok, so we don't have a phone which, as a corollary will detriment our internet access which is why I'm recording all this old school style, ie via pen and paper, to be posted at a later date. That is if I can read it. My writing has really gone down the toilet in recent years. So what have I been doing for the past month?? Let me see....

    First and foremost is that we've changed addresses. We now live in a new home, well two new homes but that's a long story and one that I don't relish speaking about at this juncture. This new home thing caused us to lose our telephone number in the shuffle....mostly because of our old landlord. Changing it was easy enough but getting jacks installed is impossible. Its been a full month and still nothing. My patience is beginning to wear thin. I've called and harassed them several times to no avail. I've been using my work phone to keep in touch with people the best I can. We also travel to the school to check email and whatnot.

    Nothing exciting has happened. I did get last weekend off (first one) and we saw the latest epic (yawn) Kingdom of Heaven. We played base/basket ball at a local park. the facilities are exquisite.  We had a seemingly enjoyable time. Later we rented a buttload of stuff to entertain us. I'm still reading The Hiram Key, its a long read. And speaking of read, I called young Reid. We had a good talk, she laughed a bunch, it was good. On the other hand, someone else (and you know who you are) said they would call me and did she? NO! Which almost brings me to the current time (work fills in the rest of the time passed) Today we actually finished planting. It's been a grueling few weeks but its all in and much earlier than last year. This is also the weekend when Philbert is trying out for a local junior team. He is not turning heads, allegedly. Their whole family is here despite the whole Buddy thing. (Its a complicated ethical dilemma) We all went to dinner together. It was good, a bit spicy, but good all the same. Tomorrow should be fun and next weekend I might go to Ottawa if the mood should strike me. That's about it for now seeing as its now 12:33 am. Haven't seen that time on the clock in a while......

April 2005

April 25, 2005

    Well the first day of training is over and done with for the new job. Unlike last year we have two days this time around. We will commence with some driver training in Oakville tomorrow. Following those proceedings will venture into the unknown of Arthur and acquire trucks for use over the summer. I know what I'm getting but I'll leave that as a surprise. I'm tired, these full 8 hour days are going to take some adjusting to. Hope all is well both here and there. G'day.

April 22, 2005

    I haven't been able to post in a few days as my idiot box computer hasn't been able to find my parent site and therefore I haven't been able to edit it. As this is the only way to add to my lore based on my limited internet knowledge I was effectively stymied. This has resulted in a mild build up of my aforementioned lore. I will attempt in the following to alleviate this buildup with winding of many tales into one seamless and crafted fabric. Alas I begin......

    Firstly let us travel figuratively back through time. Back to the weekend. The Mayor was here and all was well. He took us out many meals and assumedly enjoyed our first rate hospitality. The next morn I received a call of distress from the patron saint of overworking...The Big T. He suggested that I travel back to the Great White North for a few days with the Hawken clan and return with him in time to study for my final showdown with the hated overlord Biochemistry. The prospects of time for preparation to defeat the overlord were excellent and I thought nothing could stop me on my quest. I did not choose to ride with the mayor but with Annie as it was more convenient for all involved as she too was traveling on that fateful day. We arrived alive and for the next two days I was at the beckon call of the Big T. Little time did I have for study. We returned late in the night with the eve of my final showdown looming on the morrow. The time I had was not enough and the likes of the evil Biochemistry were not totally destroyed. Will he be back? Only time....and this post....will tell.

    In other news, we found out last night that our residence for next year will be in Unit 14 rather than Unit 86. This would make us neighbours with the infamous Mike Ward. Hi yo! That assuming that he gets off his ass and procures lodging at that establishment. The prospects of Unit 86 are not lost though. We will have access to that dwelling as well for the first two months while construction is completed in the bowels of Unit 14. This means, as you may have guessed, that we will have 2 houses for a time. How cool is that? I find it to be cool. There are others who are skeptical. One final note....I'm jumping to a conclusion cause I was interrupted and lost all trains of thought.....I am reading a really interesting and cool book called The Second Messiah by Knight and Lomas. It is the second book they've written. I didn't link the title. If your intrigued then you must search it out on your own as the subject matter is sometimes offensive and this site is not about overtly offending people, even if it could be really fun. I didn't do it though. Alright, I'm diving back into it now. Consider the back log terminated. Over and out.

April 16, 2005

    Hey all. I'm on the brink here. Exams are winding down, just one left so far. I'm doing ok on them so far, no bad performances. This next one is the hard one though. So its a beautiful Saturday here, I'm fresh off aMandarin meal last night and a good film, Sin City. Things are good. We're expecting the Mayor for supper tonight so hopefully it will be good times all around. I had a good chat with my old chum Mike Ward the other day. The kid is still a hoot as always. I've got some time on my hands so I've been playing XBOX most of the day. I've won the Stanley Cup and now I'm into the off-season. Things, like I say are good. We're going to play catch in the park soon. Hopefully it won't be filled with hosers and posers. Good times to all and to all a good day. I SAID GOOD DAY!!!

April 10, 2005

    Its hard to believe that we're coming up on half way through April. Time is soaring by at a pace I've never reckoned possible. This sunny weather must be to blame. You sit out in the sun for a few minutes and the next thing you know its been 3 hours. I don't even know where the time goes. Probably down south to party for a delayed Spring Break. I'm currently learning about managing grass. Its horribly boring. Exam is tomorrow bright and early. I got some marks back for the class I attended the least. Turns out I had a 56% without even writing the exam. I don't think I've ever passed a university course before the exam period. Big day for me. I'm caught up in laundry and my room is clean. I also found out that I'll be getting a good sum of money back from tax stuff. I like that, maybe I can buy the computer I always dreamed of, or a new TV if Brown pulls out. Well I feel I've wasted enough time typing this and should actually get down to work now. Procrastination is real problem for kids these days. Alrighty then, hope you all enjoyed the Royal wedding and the big funeral. Only two more weddings needed and then we can make a movie about it all. No? Too soon?

April 7,2005

    Ok, so I'm done class now. And I've already written a final. Just got back in fact. I haven't felt that satisfied with a test since I wrote my finite exam back in high school and nailed it shut. Hopefully the rest are closed down as firmly as that one was. I now have until Monday morning to prepare for the next one. I just have to acquire the notes for it from the trusted and always well guarded library. Once that is done I'll study for it. I have three exams next week and one the following week and then on to the blessed freedom. I heard through the rumor mill that Mike Ward has some interest in a broad over there. Mike, I'm waiting for details. Wood, it was good to see your face again. Its been too long. As for the rest of you....do I even have any other followers? I doubt it. Anyways, time to make lunch followed by laundry, followed by incessant napping and/or Xbox. Whatever direction the wind blows me. I said the wind, it was not sexual. I'm an idiot. Over and out.

April 5, 2005

    My tenure as a lab doer in biochemistry is now over. I have completed all tasks with well over 70% efficiency. The lab TA claims over 80 in fact. I'm impressed but then again, wasn't it expected. But on to the real reason that I'm posting. I've recently received overwhelming response demanding that I post again. The pressure has been so tremendous that even I was taken aback. So here it is baby.

    Last night after attending only our second full lecture in our first year course we went on a bit on an adventure. Firstly we dropped off a prize at the gates of a local boy scouts establishment. Then we went and looked at our new house, followed by home. Today was more of the same fun adventures. After running into Brown in the UC we walked home. It was a nice day, can you blame me? We countered that with stopping at the local KFC for lunch. Afterwards Brown smoked one of his freshly imported Dominican cigars. They are huge. So while he did that I joined him on the deck and worked on my guitaring. Somehow I ended up with the matches in my hands and sitting on the powerbox at the front of the house. One thing lead to another and there was a fire! The one thing was that I was lighting matches and extinguishing them immediately and rubbing the used head off on the cement. The other thing was that I used said remaining sticks to construct small "log" cabins. At first I just used the extinguished sticks and burned those, on the cement. And then the brainwave struck us that we should build a house with unused matches and ignite that. It was glorious. For the third house we built, we entombed the cigar butt and burnt it. That was really fun. Also fun was how Dave bought a bike today. $500 value for only $250. It is a mountain bike with 21 speeds and dual suspension. What isn't fun about that is how he didn't bring us along. We shunned him for a while before forcing him to apologize. That's about all I can think of for now. Talk to you later all y'all.

April 2, 2005

    I'm back baby. I'm in a weird place right now, well actually its not that weird, just pissed off or frustrated. I don't even know. I have a headache and I'm pretty worked up for some reason. Looks like I'm going to have to listen to some mood music and play solitaire for a while. That usually calms me down slightly. I don't know what is wrong with me. I'm done all my assignments for the school year and I look forward to taking on some exams...except biochem, which is lurking as the finale. Then I begin my work, same job as last round. I hope the summer brings good times. Man I am worked up, I don't know what got me going. Oh well, so this has been a wasted post. It will only give a thrill to people who check everyday. When they find a new thing it is a feeling of joy or relief. I know, I'm one of those people. I can't focus. Hopefully next time I sit here I'll be more composed. That is all.

March 2005

March 31, 2005

    Well the fury is over for now. I'm left to pick up the pieces of my shattered life. In this case the pieces are the used clothes that I had with me when I went home on the weekend. The fury, of course, was the 15 page paper that I started at noon yesterday. I was done writing by ten last night and that included 2 hours of eating and watching Foreman time. I think I did a fairly good job of it considering. I couldn't bring myself to start it sooner for whatever reason.

    On the other hand while I was talking to my old chum Mike Ward yesterday we were cut off by some kind of failure of our instant messenger service. I know this is totally off-base to suggest but what if the disturbance was caused by hackers. In high school I just happened to have done some research on hackers and know a bit about what their game is. I really never grasped the concept however of inconveniencing people for your own enjoyment. Who does that? And why? I know people like to "stick it to the man" and all that jazz but didn't that go out in like 1990. And when did I become "the man". It boggles my mind why someone would do things like that. I would suggest money but who is low enough to pay someone to do that? It hurts my brain to think about and I'm losing my steam about it.

    Moving on...I'm getting over my harsh cold and starting to feel better. As I mentioned above I'm getting my life back together. I bathed today, I shaved, I cleaned up my quarters. Things are definitely looking up. On that note I'll try some lunch. Back at ya.

March 27, 2005

    Back from home now. Caught a cold or SARS or something while I was at home. That trip reminded me how much I hate sleeping in that house. I don't know what it is but something just makes me uneasy when I'm there. I had a good rest though. When the sun rose so did I. Not intentionally of course but because there is no blinds or curtains on my windows even after all these years I get blinded into alertness by the sun. I spent the weekend looking after my dogs and trying to see people. Due to my lack of interest in bars and my sickness I didn't get to see everyone that I wanted too. Surprisingly an old friend stopped by this morning to see me off. That was nice. Well, I'm de-railed from my frequent posting and I have a buttload of work to do so don't expect much for the rest of this week. Hope y'all had a hoot of a time over the brief holiday. Cheerio.

March 24, 2005

    After that super short post of last time I have to admit that I have been frigging busy and tired these past few days. Our colossal win was late in the night and the adrenaline that was pumping kept me from my needed sleep. We, of course, had to be up early to receive the hydro guy that was coming to fix our hot water heater so it was along day which we supplemented by going to Oakville/Burlington. We ate supper at Ikea, probably the sweetest deals available on food. Look into it, its awesome. So after that we rushed back to Guelph to get ready for our team party celebration. That was good times. I'm getting off track here though. We actually finished 6th overall for hockey. We met the team that finished 9th in the finals. We won seven nothing. It was sweet. Most of the team is returning as well so we'll go for another one next year. I'm tired, going to sleep. Enjoy the holidays.

March 23, 2004

    Its all over. We won. Details to follow.

March 21, 2005

    Well we did it. Our intramural hockey team has made it to the big dance. We're in the finals. I've said every game before we get to the rink that I hope we lost the upcoming game and every time we somehow pull out the win. This time we got an empty net goal in the dying seconds to win it 4-2. Last game we held off a cheating penalty shot in the dying seconds to pull out the one nothing victory. The game before was a tight battle also that Dave and I missed when we took our room mate to the hospital (she's fine now). Quite the dramatic play-off run nonetheless. Its just after midnight and I just rolled in home. I have a butt-load of work to do before I go home next weekend. Two presentations and a related paper. I just have to supplement my section of the paper which is already well started. And then I have a huge paper due the next week that I haven't even started yet. I just want to get these dumb presentations over with. I always do bad on them, I'm not a public speaker. Ah well, just got keep on give'n'r. Keep on truckin' if you will. Well on that note I'll hit the sack. That is to say the bed, hitting the sack would not be a good idea. The sack being my school bag....there is breakables in there. Enough pointless dribble, although I'm sure you'll continue reading until I stop just in case something important comes up. Sorry not this time. Maybe some other time. I'm partially evil for this....really, I am. No, no I'm not. Ok enough, bed....sweet smelly bed. Over and outBatman.

March 20, 2005

    You're no doubt saying to yourself, what the heck, he's back for more so soon. Yes, its true. Just like the American consumer who simply wants more and can't get enough I too forever seek that Mr. Sub sandwich (from a commercial) that will stop my endless wandering. I stand before you today on the brink of greatness. I had a weird night, I was in one of my funk moods where I just want to do one thing for hours at a time and before you perverts jump to conclusions it was solitaire and listening to angry teenager music. I have to do that from time to time to remind myself that I'm still a young man who can tolerate that noise. But on the brink, quite right. I say that because I am about to take on the feared second last Biochem lab. I aim to complete it by 4 o'clock today. A modest goal but one that will propel me from the bowels of mediocrity to the heights of international stardom....well basemental stardom...well my room stardom. Yes, the brown chair and the green chair will bow down before me for they have not completed anything of this magnitude. They as merely simple servants that hold me off the floor. I rule them. What am I talking about? Am I mad? No, and let this be a lesson to you...don't read stick comics late at night and then try to do a post when your already tired. I got nothing. Peace out.

March 19, 2005

    Here is a bullet of a post, well it is going to start out as one but it may stretch itself out and become a full one. I don't know what's going to happen when I perch myself in front of this infernal machine. I call it that because its slow and old and I want to get a new machine. Big Brother tax man will dictate when I am able to do this. If its a getting money year then I'm good to go, but if its a pay money year, I'm finished. Hoot. But on a lighter note I'm happy to report that I've learned some chords for my guitar although I can't switch between them yet. I can also play the intros for both hell's bells and smoke on the water. Both legendary rock songs. Some useless boob is hammering the hell out of the wall just near my head which is overly annoying and I wish that he would piss the hell off. Its the weekend, take a break champ. Anyways, I'm losing steam so I should sign off. This is a link free post, much to the chagrin of my followers. Too bad, I just did one a few days ago, deal with it.

March 17, 2005

    Ok, well there has been a surprising development in my life. That being that I have increased my ownership of acoustic melodies. Well you might find that interesting and intriguing. Why would a born rocker like Phillips be interested in doing that? Well my friends the answer is as simple as it is horrific. I'll reveal it slowly and painfully. Yesterday me and my associates went on a road trip to the local Legion. At this venue was being held a wholesale of some kind, which was put on by a company based in London...Ontario. It was called Kismet Industries. They were selling a multitude of products. My chum Brown was able to procure some higher end poker chips and a table top for playing poker or blackjack or what have you. Dave bought nothing. And I bought a 38 inch starter guitar. So far I have learned to play an out of tune G and C. The guitar came with a pitch pipe but my limited ear can only get it so far into tune. I look forward to learning chords in time. Should be good times. I have to clean my room now for my group meeting that is being held here. Ya, that's right Mike...four girls coming down to my basement, and you said it would never happen. Hi yo. No, its just a group project but I had to throw that one out there. Ok, take care and don't die before the next post. (P.S. The older man is one of my profs that Dave has deemed, "Duane 'Bring the Pain' Falk". He is a cereal breeder at the University of Guelph, look him up if you need to.)

March 12, 2005

    Hello again, my friends. I just called to say hello. There is a little Neil Diamond to stuff in your pipe. So last night it finally happened for me. All of my life to this point culminated in one magnificent spectrum of glory and awe. Yes, you're reading right, my dreams came true, my prayers were answered. I went down the street as heaven opened and poured upon me a bounty of greatness. I am, of course, talking about my first 70's themed party. It was magic, just as I'd pictured it. Smoke machine, disco ball, strobe light; they were all there. People dressed like the 70's as far as the eye could see, which wasn't very far on account of the smoke. Ah hell, I should have taken some pictures, idiot. But nonetheless it was awesome. Tonight I venture into the bowels of the steel city....The Hammer. What terrors it might hold are beyond my scope and I only pray that I can handle the fury that will be unleashed upon me. Now back to the drudgery of everyday life, with the added bonus that I'll be doing some work for once today. Pfft. Sure you will. Hi yo....ne......ski.......lar.......ho (that's for you sexy bitch....you know who you are.)

March 9, 2005

    Well just to update on the last post, I successfully completed all those tests. I know for sure that I passed two of them, the third has yet to be seen. This week I am getting ready to party for the first time inmonths, I also have what could be the last hockey game of the year tonight. I'm not overly worried about it. I've finally fallen into the realm of playing for fun, for the love of the game if you will. Not like some people, where its just about winning or the money. Boo NHL! I'm over it though, actually I was over it months ago. I pass my time now in a much more efficient manner, except yesterday. I don't really know what happened. I slept in and the next thing I knew it was 11 o'clock at night. I apparently did nothing all day long. I'm sure it was glorious. So that's my update. I'm looking forward to getting into my new house. There is just something exciting about moving. I personally feel that it is all about the possibilities that excite people. The fear of the unknown and the promise of the future and all that jazz. Well I grow weary of this as my mild ADD flares up. Just try and see if I can stay on task. Hi yo. You know it! Over and out Charlie.

March 3, 2005

    Now I come to you in the midst of my most strenuous of situations. The midterm and assignment co-incidement (not a word). This week alone I have 3 midterms to do up and 2 papers. Good thing I took that whole week off last week and stayed in the south. Uh, didn't you squander most of that week and only study for 2 courses. Shudduppayourface (again, not a word). I have the dreaded and insolent Biochem test tonight with a surprise meeting for for a group project this afternoon. Ah, c'est la vie. There is a lot of red on the screen while I write this one. You wouldn't know, or at least I'm hoping not. My faithful readers demand more or my simple posting and require that I bring back the favoured links and pictures. My master also tells me that I can use my space more efficiently so alas I will succumb to the filthy demands. Looks like my cleverness got the best of me this time. You'll see in the link.

    I expect to bring to you a full report from my adventures at my new house and from the Storm game that I will be jointly attending on Friday night. What about all that work you spoke of earlier. Hey, I did three midterms this week. Back off! But on a lighter note I have to get back to work so alas I will part ways with all y'all for this time. (Strangely y'all has never been put forth as a spelling error. God Bless America!)

February 2005

February 27, 2005

    Good day all. I know I said that I would try to keep the posts more regular but I talked to my only reader recently so posting seemed like a lost cause. I've been busy too. Not too busy to post but busy enough that I never thought of it. I have the bulk of my midterms this week so I have been silently preparing for those. My week of isolation went ok. It was much less isolated than anticipated. Ah well. I did spend the bulk of my time alone, but that is the usual for me so no adjustment was necessary. Overall I had a good time and got a goodly amount of work done. I like using words that are close to proper but not quite. I enjoy that.

     I found a compact disc that I had made years ago. Its fun to travel back in time like that. Speaking of traveling back through time I recently watched some older movies, such as "The Color of Money" (1986). Good flick, well I enjoyed it. I liked it so much that I ordered it off e-bay. Ya, I do that still. Speaking of movies...big Oscars tonight. I'll sell out here and talk about them a bit. I don't like them. I feel the same about them as I do about music awards. Just another excuse for people to get liquored up. I saw some of the movies on the docket and saw some upcoming ones. Looks like there will be more of an emphasis on CGI in the future. Great. So we'll pay the same for tickets and for DVD's and everything and the actors will get paid their millions but now that CGI technology is in place the movie companies don't have the huge budgets that they used to so the rich get richer. I may be reaching with that one but its Sunday and I'm tired and alone. So put that in your pipe and smoke it and then dispose of the ashes in a manner that is environmentally friendly so these movie fiends will have a nice backdrop to model their next virtual set on. Boo-ya!

February 20, 2005

    It's him again. Phillips back on board. Your probably asking yourself how this is possible. How can he be posting, he should be back home enjoying a week off school. Well suckers its not gonna happen. I stayed behind. I have oodles of work to do and its not conducive for me to do work at home. I tried it the past couple of years to no avail. This year I have much more so attempting that could be dangerous to my academic health. I do of course regret my choice. I've chosen school work over my family and friends but in the long run I think it is for the best. If I get the chance to do my masters I have to have the marks. I need the marks from this semester to be higher for that to happen I need to work at it. If the bulk of my midterms had been on the front side of the break I would be gone. That's just the way it works out. If you're wondering what the point is, there isn't one. I'm just trying to fill in my already lonely day with inane chatter. The days are long with only school to fill the void. I'm going to take up cleaning to help pass the time.

    Last night Brown swung by and we went downtown for a few hours. We went to Tony's of course. I was impressed. I won all but a couple of matches. If you know what Tony's is then you'll know what I'm talking about. If not, well that's tough beans. Time to get it on, work style. You know it! Go Cubs Go!

February 16, 2005

    Good day y'all. Today I learned what the plural of y'all was. Its "all y'all". I love it. Thank you Ellen Degeneres Show. I tune in regularly. I also admit to have watched and enjoyed her ill-fated sitcom back all those years ago. She is still a hoot in my mind. So this past week the Grammies came and went. I didn't watch or take interest as usual. Music awards just don't do it for me. I guess I'm not into modern music although I support it and enjoy some of it. My real thrill comes from the older stuff and the smaller stuff, call me crazy but I like it. Plus, I'd much rather support a small outfit struggling to stay afloat than one of those ridiculously rich stars of the main stream. They are always whining about people that download music. Too bad, we can't afford the new Bentley this year cause kids are enjoying our music for a reasonable price or even, God forbid, for free. Those heathens! They go on about how its stealing and whatnot. I can't comprehend it as stealing. I guess for the newer songs that are "leaked" (ie stolen by an insider and put on the internet) that you could consider the original person a thief but to all the others? I think of it simply as a man stealing a loaf of bread and sharing it with his family. Are his starving kids stealing too. I think that he stole it and he's sharing it. The kids shouldn't be punished. I don't think I could come up with a more biased and unfair example. Life is still good but I figured that I would try to stir up some controversy. Email me atphillips@sharksfan.com if you want to tear me a new one or if you want to send some kudos. I'll be waiting for your kudos. Thanks all y'all.

February 12, 2005

    The time has finally come. I have much to discuss this go-around. Of most recent valour I am distinguished and proud to bring to the public forum that I have, after months of anticipation and delight, downloaded the phenom known simply to the mortals as Firefox. (trumpets blare) This was prompted by the sufficient prodding and encouragement of my over-lord, the superpulous (probably not a real word as indicated by the devilish red flare underscore) Wood. Recent attempts to communicate with the "man" have failed as I frequently leave the room for hours at a time after commenced conversing. This new browser isn't doing it for me though, many of the flash games that I waste my time with no longer function. It will have to stand the test of time to remain part of me and my system.

    On a lighter note I'm back on the poker band-wagon. I went on a mythical adventure yesterday to many fine establishments within city limits. My most enjoyed were the electronics/games store and the furniture factory outlet. I saw everything that I've always wanted to waste my money on under one roof at the former and the sweetest chair ever at the latter. I would never buy the chair, you would have to build your home around it, its massive and unforgivably expensive. The other store had more viable purchases such as nice poker chips (a lifetime investment if I buy them) and sweet tables for pool, poker and beyond. I really am a sick individual, but I love it. Televisions were also viewed. My associate Brown is interested in the purchase of a large television. I support his decision.

    As we have every Friday in recent memory (this and last) Dave and I proceeded to the Portly Penguin and played pool. Results are that over the two week period I came home with a 4 and 3 record...that's officially. In the hearts of fans and me I was 5-1-1. Lots of controversy surrounded the first Friday's matches. Two of his wins are still under protest by the league board. Time to eat. And the phone is ringing...on the off chance that it is for me I bid you adieu.

February 5, 2005

    Well, well, well. We meet again. We visually meet again, well my text meets your eye again. Anyways. Here we are, arrived at another Superbowl. For those interested we are throwing a Superbowl nacho party. We were going to throw an international nacho party but other than French nachos (gravy and cheese on it) and the traditional Mexican style we really couldn't think of anything else. So as it stands there will be a small cost for anyone outside of Dave, Brown and I; at our discretion. We reserve the right. I pick the Eagles to win it all. I hate the Patriots cause they always win and because I don't like pretty boy Tom Brady. I don't know why, I just don't.

    Last week I did a paper and not much else. I re-discovered my love of listening to music in bed and the thrill of trying to do as little as possible for school and still get by. Weird guy Phillips, weird guy. Speaking of weird guy I bought a buttload of candy last night and I'm currently working my way through some gummi worms. Should be good for a tummy ache. I tire. That is all for tonight, I'll hit you back later.

January 2005

January 30, 2005

    Well it happened, school just hit me. I have a lot to do this week so posts may be even more scarce than ever before. I have a lab that is due Monday at noon, I have to read a butt-load of stuff and I have a paltry 5 page paper due Thursday. Its all well within my grasp, especially with my very liberal schedule. The thing about it is that I don't want to do those things which is making them difficult if not cumbersome to complete. I turned down going out last night to read, what is wrong with me? Am I responsible now? Probably not because I read only a few pages then rationalized that I had done enough to play X-Box for the rest of the night, I love it!

    What happened so far this weekend other than the aforementioned X-Box playing. Well nothing really other than going to Hamilton on Friday for supper with our colleague Christopher. It was good times in the Hammer as per usual. There is talk of a road trip to Ottawa, keep your fingers crossed Steve. I don't really have much else right now, I have a hockey game tonight at 11pm. Wish me luck, or don't, whatever.

January 25, 2005

    Well, the weekend has come and gone and so has all my spare time. Started things off in Waterloo as predicted. It was a good time although Dave had to pull out early. Next night......I don't really remember. Oh ya, during the day (Saturday) we signed a new lease and will be moving into a brand new home come May. I do mean new, as in they aren't done building it yet. Sweet! My father will be returning this weekend and will be removing some of my junk from this locale and transporting it home to the Great White North. Sunday night we also spent in Waterloo this time celebrating the birth of my middle sister. Big T picked up most of the check. Ah yes, Saturday night, I did nothing, we rented Without a Paddle. I enjoyed it. So last night we played ESPN NFL 2K5. Awesome game, actually awe inspiring game. Addictive through the ying yang as well.

    Big day today; not only did I go to all my classes I actually had them all to go to. Let me explain, today was the first actual Biochem Lab. Hence it was the first time that I had all my classes. I guess it wasn't really that complicated. Ok, that's enough boring blog for today. Toodles.

January 21, 2005

    Ok, well I'm pretty well back into the swing of things after that good time in New York. I'm slated to go to Waterloo this weekend to celebrate my chum Will's birth. It should be good times. School is starting to appear as a daunting task especially with midterms sky-rocketing at my face. I don't really have all that much to add. I guess news about me is at a premium this week so I'll branch out to talk a bit about school. One class in particular interests me. Sustainable Rural Communities or Rural Sustainable Communities...I don't know or care. Either way the class is quite hard hitting and the hitting that it does is close to home, for me anyways. We are discussing the impact of globalization. Things are picking up, and the professor is a hoot. When he gets tired of talking he just quits and sometimes lectures are just not (my favourite function) staying home and not missing class is the bomb yo! I don't entirely know what that means but we'll go with it. That's all for today.

January 18, 2005

    Well, I did it. I survived NYC. Things got a bit dicey for awhile but I was able to pull it off. Ya, its a big place but to let the secret cat out of the mystical bag I couldn't really tell a huge amount of difference between it and Toronto. The main thing of course was the foreign currency that I dolled out at every turn. The people, the atmosphere, similar to Canada. This is not just the farm boy in me talking either, my esteemed associate the Big Dong (a Toronto resident), agreed whole heartedly with me.

    The trip was a resounding success though, all who took part had a great time and some went as far to say that they had the time of their lives. It was good fun all around. And to all those that pulled out or didn't want to come without a legitimate reason I mentally display the emoticon of the little guy sticking out his tongue. (Laziness prevents me from linking to an actual picture of it.) I bought nothing other than food and services while there, ie no trendy souvenirs. Sorry, I'm uncontrollably cheap. We did see everything you would want to see though. All but Yankee Stadium. The rest of the sites we tackled during our three day onslaught of the Big Apple. You might say that we took a bite out of the tourism industry there. Too soon?

    I enjoyed the NBC studio tour and many other side attractions such as a dude pissing on a car in the middle of the afternoon. It was a hoot. To conclude this portion of my life I would have to say that we had a killer time. The pictures should be around in the future so if you want to see what a killer time looks like just let me know and I'll schedule a viewing.

    I doubt that many people will read this post and without the regular posting of the exulted leader I fear that my own posting appetite has waned over these past weeks. I will attempt to circumvent this proverbial snag that life has sent careening towards me in future weeks and strive for more regularity. For the posting.....my bowels are in good to excellent condition. Peace out.

January 7, 2005

    Hello all. I'm back. Its almost been a full month and I am rested and have a new lease on life. Or at least I should have. I'm going back to school and taking medium difficult courses and will finally be surrounded by girls again. Its been so long since I've seen the hordes of girls that I've forgotten what it is like. I'm excited and looking forward to seeing the "hordes".

    Christmas brought me a good healthy swath of gifts and such, but before we get too far ahead of ourselves I've got to lay-out the pre-holiday rundown. First I complete a lengthy list of jobs put forth by my father; the majority of which were simple in nature and took less time than anticipated. The jobs took up a week of my time. Then came the rest week before the big day came. The rest week consisted of the good life, waking up late and watching horrible movies and what not all day. It was glorious. Then came the big day, we ran the gauntlet, so to speak, of holiday visits: grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. Everything progressed in a hazy blur of activity over the next 3 days leaving me with a gain of $15 in poker winnings.

    The days leading up to New Year's were also considered rest days although some minor work entailed. I did my follow-up shopping and got everything ready to return to the city. For New Year's I went to my friend Ashley's house and watched movies. I think I picked the right spot on account that there were alleged squabbles at the other major venue. I think I finished the year in an alright fashion.

    After New Year's I did some work and went on a trip to my house in Guelph and back. It was good time spent with the old man. The rest of the week consisted of work and play. Which brings me to my present position of being back in Guelph. For the New Year I plan to continue use the English language with reckless abandon. I also plan to succeed in school where I have failed in the past and to live it up as always. My wrist hurts and I have to unpack my belongings. Hope everyone had a good time. Peace out.