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samurai matt! ok, it's not samurai jack, close enuff
21:53 Dec 28 2005
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You are a Samurai.You are full of honour and value respect. Youare not really the stereotypical hero, but youdo fight for good. Just in your own way. Foryou, it is most certainly okay to kill an evilperson, if it is for justice and peace. Youalso don't belive in mourning all the time andthink that once you've hit a bad stage in lifeyou just have to get up again. It's pointlessto concentrate on emotional pain and better tojust get on with everything. You also are adown to earth type of person and think beforeyou act. Impulsive people may annoy yousomewhat.Main weapon: SwordQuote: "Always do the right thing.This will gratify some people and astonish therest" -Mark TwainFacial expression: Small smile

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It's that time of year again
21:35 Dec 28 2005
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I dont' expect a lot of you do get it, but it's that time of year! it begins in early december.. the building excitement, the waiting... then finally, it's here.

I'm not talking about Christmas, but that other, late December tradition; The world junior hockey championships!! Every year, the best hockey countries in the world put together a team of their best young players and send them to a 2-week tournament to see what country has what will be considered the best junior team in the world. Being Canadian, I fondly remember sitting there over the Christmas break, watching games with my dad or with friends, expecting Canada to kick some other country's ass. For the longest time it was the Russians we hated for those 2 weeks. It always seemed to come down to 'them' and 'us' battling for gold. then the Swedes got good, then the Finns, then, the worst rival of all, those damn Americans! lol

Over the past 18 years, there have been fantastic highs (Canada winning 5 gold in a row) and terrible lows (losing to the US on a goal that should never have gone in). Last year, after a drought, we finally won gold again. We didn't just win though, we thoroughly destroyed the best any country could send against us, outscoring opponents an average of 6-1!!!! now THAT's dominating hockey!

Even better, this year the tournament is being hosted right here in Canada..woohoo!!

I think you have to be into hockey to understand this passion.. watching kids representing your country, playing the game invented here, and still dominating it. it's thrilling, it gives us Candadians something to cherish, something to brag about. Too often we're the laid back country, taking all the abuse like a little brother. In hockey though, we're the best, and we get to prove that every year. Yes there have been times we've been beaten, both in this junior tourny, in the olympics and the worlds, but we've always bounced back.

This year is supposed to be 'America's year'. They're supposed to have the best young junior team out there. Hate to say it boys, but you're gonna be in for a surprise on New Year's eve when you come up against Canada. Being the best on paper is nothing when the puck drops. We proved that last year, and we're gonna do it again!

So to those of you who have no idea what i'm rambling about, sorry, go watch a game if you can. Maybe you'll understand a little better. For those of you that know what i'm talking about.. GO CANADA GO!!

Once again.. punk'd from Nic
17:48 Dec 26 2005
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You are Form 7, Gryphon: The Wyrm.



"And The Gryphon displaced the balance of
the world in his favor. With grace and
control, Gryphon deceived mankind and ruled
over civillization. But even he realized that
all good things must come to an end."



Some examples of the Gryphon Form are Satan
(Christian) and Baphomet (Assyrian).

The Gryphon is associated with the concept of
control, the number 7, and the element of wind.

His sign is the gibbous moon.



As a member of Form 7, you are a very in control
individual. You maintain your coolness in most
situations and always seem to be prepared.
Though some may say you are a bit of a control
freak, you know that you really do make the
best leader even if others can't see it.
Gryphons are the best friends to have because
they have a positive influence on people.



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had to try this... thanks Nic!
14:12 Dec 23 2005
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Yet Another NicEdit: Your welcome! I hate nasty code so I took it out!!;)

Over-commercialization
21:40 Dec 22 2005
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Wow, am I ever sick of all the shopping, the people, the stores, the whole 'shopping for Christmas' thing. The holiday has been overcommercialized, over-sensitized and taken so far from what it is that it sickens me.

Watching tv the last month, all I've seen are attempts to create a 'safe' holiday... 'happy holidays', 'joyus festivus', season's greeetings'.... no more 'merry christmas', 'happy hanukkah', no more celebrating Christ's birth, which is what the holiday is supposed to be all about. Yes it's a 'christsian thing', but it's a relevant one and one that has been celebrated for time immemorial.

Why now must it be made 'safe' for everyone for fear of offending someone. So we have to commercialize Christmas, and make it a sterile, shopping-fest, forgetting the real reason for the season.

The Simpsons threw it all into perspective for me last night... the comment made by Bart.. 'we have to remember the real reason for Christmas (pause) (it's here I thought, 'hey right on!') it's Santa's birthday!' Damn!!!

Let's get back to what Christmas should be.. a celebration of the birth of Christ. I'm not saying gifts shouldn't be given, just don't give in to the way the holiday is being presented today.

landing on your feet
01:06 Dec 21 2005
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Ever worry about working.. or not working?? yeah, i used to do it too.. worry about keeping a job, worry about getting one when i'm not working (luckily not very often)...

Well, as my profile states, i'm the FORMER owner of a nightclub.. been out of work since then.. Last week i went for a walk, looking for a friend. Instead, found another buddy at his work.. A few minutes talking, and I'm working for him 2 nights as security at The Honest Lawyer.. Sweet!

Well, the funniness starts when i work.. several people I know work there as well.. I get talking to management, and find out that they've been asking about me (the new guy and all) next thing I know. full time employment!! sweet! And for a while there I'd been worried! lol

it's just funny how life treats you sometimes. I could have said 'no' to Darren's offer of work, but being who I am, I didn't. Look how it turned out. My roomie made the comment that titles this entry.. 'you always seem to land on your feet, no matter what happens'. It's true, but I look at it in another way.. 'losers let things happen to them, winners make things happen'.. basically, you can go through life letting everyone and everything affect you, OR you can go through life on your own terms, deciding your own future..

Now, if only I could figure out what to get Nic for Xmas, it'd be a great day!! lol

Arrrgh!
18:39 Dec 14 2005
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I hate stupid people!! Been offline for 2 days now thanks to someone's screwup! Let me elaborate.. woke up monday morning.. went to check emails.. no go.. hmmmmmmmm.. call Bell... they had a problem in some sort of junction box, don't worry, it's being fixed.. wake up Tuesday... no go again.. call Bell back.. 'oops!!' While fixing the first problem, they disconnected my connection! Why thank you miss/mr moron! By reaching over and unpluging a cable you should be nowhere near, you've deprived me of the ability to to any sort of work on my computer for almost 72 hours!! What's they say??? 'sorry for the inconvenience'. Idiots!!

Frustration
18:32 Dec 10 2005
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Ok, I don't get it... I'm on here, surfin away, checking out forums. leaving messages.. you know, getting addicted!! lol

I hear about this house thingy and start pushing my level to get up to 5 so I can get in a house.. only tihng is,..... it's taking me days!!!! Now, that wouldn't be so bad, until I start reading that people have made it up 3 levels in 2 days, 10 levels in a month, things like that!!!

What am i doing wrong?? I rate, I post, I vote... yet still do not seem to 'jump' up levels as some of these people do...aarrrgggghhh!!

children
18:25 Dec 09 2005
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ok, i tried to make this entry several weeks ago.. it wouldn't post, tried again, wouldn't post, forgot about it, so now am posting.

This goes along with the previous post about morons.. this time I'm being specific about one of the 'children' from dissent.

Let me give you some background... he's been in the business as a dj for almost 6 years now. dissent was his third bar in a about 3 years, having had 2 others shut down around him.. hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Me? I have an honors diploma in hotel/restaurant management and have been working in restaurants/bars for 20 years. I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the best in the business. I've also been lucky enough to be the promotions director for a larger rario station.

Now back to the child...lol... When we were working together, instead of being glad to be working with someone with experience, said child attempted to undermine me at every turn... if it wasn't " you have no booking experience worth mentionning" (I've booked U2 for god's sake!!), it was " you should be doing things THIS way ( he's a dj, not a bartender or manager.. what does he know about how to mix a drink??)..

we obviously disagreed a lot business-wise. His arrogance was incredible (and still is), and the way he expected all of us to bow at his feet was laughable.

the big kicker came when I began talking to his ex-ex-ex girlfriend ( i mentionned this in a few other entries)... I needed hie permission to tlak to her!?!?!? fucl off. that simple.

god, I'm all worked up again!! lol

Well, I hope the child grows up, but somehow I doubt that he will...

morons
03:47 Dec 09 2005
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this one's self-explanatory.. but needs some explanation anyways, cause the morons won't know i'm posting about them unless I spell it out.. yes it's that bad..lol

As my profile states, I used to be part owner of a bar.. the reason it' s 'used to' is that the people I was in business with were the aforementioned morons.

I spent 80 - 100 hours a week from May until November in an attempt to make a goth-industrial-underground nightclub successful. How you ask? Well, I've been involved in the bar business for 20 years, to the point that I took shifts in local bars when i was working as a paramedic. When I could no longer work in EMS, I chose to go full time into the bar biz.

Unfortunately, my so-called business partners were more interested in bringing personal shit into a place of business.

I actually got suspended for firing a manager for not doing his job.. Oh wait! He's the one who'll 'save' the bar! Might help if he actually knew what he was doing before he 'saves' anything. While I let them debate what was going to happen, said fired manager made sure that he stirred up enough shit to fill multiple outhouses. He actually got my majority partner upset because I talked to (talked!!!) the manager's ex-ex-ex girlfriend! That's 3 ex's as there were 2 other g/f's after the one I was talking to!! Good lord guys, this is a BUSINESS, not kindergarten!!

Thankfully they decided to fire me and now want me out. The stupidity of that though? I'm the one fired, and told to leave, yet they're the ones not wanting to pay me for my shares or my outsstanding bills with the company. I wish I could express to you all how moronic these guys are.... the majority partner is more interested in saying he owns a bar then he is working in one. The manger has his own ideas that MUST be the right way to do things, despite the fact that the patrons haven't warmed to ANYTHING he has done yet. just a thought... your patrons pay your bills moron! Give them what they ask for!!!

My best advice to you all? Stay away from this bar.. too much drama, not enough professionalism, and definately not enough smarts to make it work!

I'm soo frustrated right now I can't even type what I want to say... gonna have to come back in a bit and type more....

confession
04:31 Dec 07 2005
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Ok, I've been really good and not said anything about this for some time now. The reason? Well, there was a lot of bs going on at my business that kind of involves this confession and I wanted to wait until it settled before i said anything. Well it hasn't settled, but i'm no longer there, so I'm taking the plunge and posting my confession.

My confession is..... I've found someone.. Not just anyone mind you, but a wonderful woman who seems to match me in all of the right ways, yet have enough differences that will keep things interesting.

Ever be with a person for a period of time, yet it feels like soo much longer, in a good way? :) She jokes that she's irresistable and guys fall for her regularly.. I can see why! I'm really trying not to fall hard fast, but damn is it hard! (looks down,, yep, hard!! lol)

Now people, it's still early in this, but I can't help but wonder what the future holds.. we joke about not going anywhere for 10 years or so, mind you she may throw me off the balcony in that time, but at least I can wear my climbing harness!! lmao

Ok, enough babbling? Want to know who? I'll get killed for posting her name here, but you all know and love her.. which is what i'm doing too.

Nic, you're the best thing to come into my life in a very long time, and here's to you staying in my life a very long time! :)

( i just know I'm gonna get killed for this!!! lol)

purity test
03:57 Dec 07 2005
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wow, nice! checked out the purity test posted in the sanbox just now...37%, right on!! Guess i'm not all that pure! lol Mind you, Nic scored 35%.. gotta get her over here to I can make up that 2% (she knows how...;) ) ...heeeheheeheehee *imagining Starr shuddering* lmao

The question is, should I feel dirty or proud??