Sometimes I start wondering whether I'm truly a Software Engineer, because of the line of work I am currently in. SEs were 'designed' to produce system critical software, life-critical software. Military, nuclear, or medical stuff. I mean, did I go through 4 years of he(ck), to do a job I where I could've gotten with a CS degree (i'm not dissing CS, i have many CS friends.. and there's just no comparison).
Then at work today, my boss asks me to work on a file that's being shared on a computer back at Metro Hall, and he mentioned he wanted to work on it too, and then all these thoughts popped into my head about mutexes and priority inversions, thoughts about the Mars Lander resurfaced, semaphores, priority inversion, . Haha.. I still got it..
December 31, 2002
December 30, 2002
Well, the NFL playoffs are all set. I have to admit I didn’t think the Jets had it in them to make such a huge turnaround this season plus eke their way into the playoffs. I remember when Herman Edwards went nuts on TV about winning and losing. Since then, his team has never really looked back, and has clawed their way to a respectable record and a shot at the Superbowl. I think the Packers have a real good shot this season. The only tough match-up will be playing the Bucs in Tampa. Other than that I see no reason why they can’t win it all. Hopefully it’ll be Rob Johnson, not Brad, under the helm for the Bucs.
Next week is Wild Card weekend. For the AFC, I’m picking the Jets over the Colts 31-14 and Steelers over the Browns 17-9. The Jets are making a strong run, they’ve tightened their defense in the past few games, and Pennington has played quite well. As much as I love Peyton Manning, Indy has no defense at all, and I just don’t see them as a threat at all in this game. The Browns got lucky by making the playoffs and I expect their luck to run out. It looks like Kelly Holcomb may start, which gives them a boost in offense, but I think the Steelers are too good. Look at what they did to the Bucs last week. I say 17-9, but it could easily be 27-9, just depending on how soon Cleveland’s D gives up.
For the NFC, I see the Favre leading the Pack over Vick’s Falcons in a shootout, ending at 31-27. Vick is going to be a great QB, and is already one of the league’s best, but I just don’t see anyone beating the Packers at home, in the playoffs, where they are unbeaten in the history of the franchise. Plus it’ll be cold at Lambeau, another deterrent for the Falcons, who normally play indoors in Atlanta. This is definitely the game of the week, especially for myself as a Packers fan. I think the Giants will bring the momentum they’ve built the last few games to pull an upset over the Niners in SF. I think it’ll be 17-10 in the end.
For the next round, I see no reason that the Raiders won’t completely annihilate the Jets. They are just a far superior team in every aspect. The interesting game will be the Titans against the Steelers. I will be cheering for the Steelers for the very reason that my brother likes the Titans, and it’ll make it more interesting to watch if we’re cheering for opposite teams. However, it won’t matter because the Raiders will beat either team regardless, in the following round. For the NFC, the big game will be my Packers against the Bucs in Tampa Bay. I am really hoping that Brad Johnson is PUP for this one, because no team led by Rob Johnson can win a game, no matter how good their defense is. Chances are it will be Brad though, since Jon Gruden is no Wade Phillips. In this case I think Favre’ll really have to dig deep to win this. I am so cheering for Favre in this game, but it’ll be a very close game. I think the Giants will beat the Eagles, ruining McNabb’s return to action. It’ll be Raiders vs. Packers/Bucs in the San Diego for the Super Bowl.
Next week is Wild Card weekend. For the AFC, I’m picking the Jets over the Colts 31-14 and Steelers over the Browns 17-9. The Jets are making a strong run, they’ve tightened their defense in the past few games, and Pennington has played quite well. As much as I love Peyton Manning, Indy has no defense at all, and I just don’t see them as a threat at all in this game. The Browns got lucky by making the playoffs and I expect their luck to run out. It looks like Kelly Holcomb may start, which gives them a boost in offense, but I think the Steelers are too good. Look at what they did to the Bucs last week. I say 17-9, but it could easily be 27-9, just depending on how soon Cleveland’s D gives up.
For the NFC, I see the Favre leading the Pack over Vick’s Falcons in a shootout, ending at 31-27. Vick is going to be a great QB, and is already one of the league’s best, but I just don’t see anyone beating the Packers at home, in the playoffs, where they are unbeaten in the history of the franchise. Plus it’ll be cold at Lambeau, another deterrent for the Falcons, who normally play indoors in Atlanta. This is definitely the game of the week, especially for myself as a Packers fan. I think the Giants will bring the momentum they’ve built the last few games to pull an upset over the Niners in SF. I think it’ll be 17-10 in the end.
For the next round, I see no reason that the Raiders won’t completely annihilate the Jets. They are just a far superior team in every aspect. The interesting game will be the Titans against the Steelers. I will be cheering for the Steelers for the very reason that my brother likes the Titans, and it’ll make it more interesting to watch if we’re cheering for opposite teams. However, it won’t matter because the Raiders will beat either team regardless, in the following round. For the NFC, the big game will be my Packers against the Bucs in Tampa Bay. I am really hoping that Brad Johnson is PUP for this one, because no team led by Rob Johnson can win a game, no matter how good their defense is. Chances are it will be Brad though, since Jon Gruden is no Wade Phillips. In this case I think Favre’ll really have to dig deep to win this. I am so cheering for Favre in this game, but it’ll be a very close game. I think the Giants will beat the Eagles, ruining McNabb’s return to action. It’ll be Raiders vs. Packers/Bucs in the San Diego for the Super Bowl.
My mom never called me to confirm that she and my bro made it to Vegas safely. But my dad never called either, so I assume they are there now, safe, and just forgot to call me. Unless something happened to all 3 of them.
I had another terrorist dream. Well first it was some natural disaster. I was watching a space shuttle take-off. Some old guy was sitting near the bottom and was looking up at the big rockets. Everyone was yelling at him to move away, because when the rockets ignite, there's crazy fire. So he started running, but as he tried to leave the scene, the ground all around him started to blow up, like something was under the ground. Then hot gas came searing out from the ground, forcing the old guy back towards the base of the rockets. Then, the rockets fired, and all I heard was a blood-curdling scream, and then I woke up. Pretty scary..
The next dream was I was at a hospital. Then I saw all these army guys, only they were terrorists dressed up as army guys. They had these fire-proof barrels, and told each muslim person in the hospital to climb inside one. After each muslim person was safe, they ran outside, and they blew up the hospital to smithereens. Then I found out they had done this to all the hospitals in all of North America. I woke up after that.
I had another terrorist dream. Well first it was some natural disaster. I was watching a space shuttle take-off. Some old guy was sitting near the bottom and was looking up at the big rockets. Everyone was yelling at him to move away, because when the rockets ignite, there's crazy fire. So he started running, but as he tried to leave the scene, the ground all around him started to blow up, like something was under the ground. Then hot gas came searing out from the ground, forcing the old guy back towards the base of the rockets. Then, the rockets fired, and all I heard was a blood-curdling scream, and then I woke up. Pretty scary..
The next dream was I was at a hospital. Then I saw all these army guys, only they were terrorists dressed up as army guys. They had these fire-proof barrels, and told each muslim person in the hospital to climb inside one. After each muslim person was safe, they ran outside, and they blew up the hospital to smithereens. Then I found out they had done this to all the hospitals in all of North America. I woke up after that.
December 28, 2002
Just a note to the readers on my opinion of talent. Being able to sing, that is talent, but for a musical artist, being able to sing to me is just a prerequisite of being able to do for a living. If you can't sing, you can't do what you do for a living, unless you sell yourself through means of sex. In that case you aren't a talent, just a pretty face (or muscular man, whatever). So what then is talent in the 'music' industry?
A standard piano has 7 octaves. Mariah can sing 5 of them. That is talent.
Being able to produce, co-produce, read/write music. That is talent.
If you can't WRITE music, then because you are just a plain ol' singer. Lyrics don't count, though if you had great lyrics it helps.
If you can play an instrument well, while singing well. That is talent.
If you can dance and sing, then that is half-talent. You can learn to dance, so it's not so much talent but a skill, but being able to sing well while dancing is not easy, so that is talent. Of course dancing has nothing to do with music, in my opinion. Dancing is just an MTV thing, if there were no music video's, no one would care if you could dance or not. In fact, the only reason I think these teeny boppers dance is because they'd look stupid just standing there singing, especially when they can't even sing that well. At least if they're dancing, they can use that as an excuse to not being able to sing well. Obviously singing is the most important thing.
Keeping in mind talent is all relative. We're talking about artists in the music industry so there's a certain level of expectation there:
Let's say there is a scoring system for talent level. Note this is just based on Talent. Obviously some people like artist who look better, or just simply don't like a particular style of music.
0-15 : Ability to sing
7.5 pts : Ability to write/produce/co-produce* own music
7.5 pts : Ability to play an instrument
So, someone like Eric Clapton would score 30/35. Not the greatest voice, but he is unbelievable on the 6-string, and writes his own stuff.
Mariah Carey would score 21/30. Alicia Keys, 30/30.. Alicia is really talented.. Songs in A minor was an awesome, awesome album, though not really 'pop'-ey, so probably didn't sell as well as it should have. Christina Aguilera gets 18/30. Britney Spears gets 10/30. Most bands (not groups) score perfect, because they've got singers, guitarist, and a drummer. They cover it all -- What they play is what you hear.
In a nutshell, that last sentence covers what I define as musical talent - What they play is what you hear. If they produced everything that you are hearing, not just the vocals, but the instrumentals, or the backup vocals, then THAT is talent.
*I'm not totally positive on this, but I think producing music is listening to and mixing samples, kinda like what Jermaine Dupri, or Sean Combs does. Well, sampling is probably more related to their genre of music, whereas someone like Jimmy Iovine just listens to the music he's given and then just picks what he likes. It sounds like a pretty cool job, but probably takes a tremendous amount of pressure, since they are hired to compile the best album possible, and are hired by the artists themselves.. so if the artist is able to produce their own stuff, that must also take a lot of work, because when you're sifting through your own stuff, it must be pretty hard to decide what is crap and what is good..
A standard piano has 7 octaves. Mariah can sing 5 of them. That is talent.
Being able to produce, co-produce, read/write music. That is talent.
If you can't WRITE music, then because you are just a plain ol' singer. Lyrics don't count, though if you had great lyrics it helps.
If you can play an instrument well, while singing well. That is talent.
If you can dance and sing, then that is half-talent. You can learn to dance, so it's not so much talent but a skill, but being able to sing well while dancing is not easy, so that is talent. Of course dancing has nothing to do with music, in my opinion. Dancing is just an MTV thing, if there were no music video's, no one would care if you could dance or not. In fact, the only reason I think these teeny boppers dance is because they'd look stupid just standing there singing, especially when they can't even sing that well. At least if they're dancing, they can use that as an excuse to not being able to sing well. Obviously singing is the most important thing.
Keeping in mind talent is all relative. We're talking about artists in the music industry so there's a certain level of expectation there:
Let's say there is a scoring system for talent level. Note this is just based on Talent. Obviously some people like artist who look better, or just simply don't like a particular style of music.
0-15 : Ability to sing
7.5 pts : Ability to write/produce/co-produce* own music
7.5 pts : Ability to play an instrument
So, someone like Eric Clapton would score 30/35. Not the greatest voice, but he is unbelievable on the 6-string, and writes his own stuff.
Mariah Carey would score 21/30. Alicia Keys, 30/30.. Alicia is really talented.. Songs in A minor was an awesome, awesome album, though not really 'pop'-ey, so probably didn't sell as well as it should have. Christina Aguilera gets 18/30. Britney Spears gets 10/30. Most bands (not groups) score perfect, because they've got singers, guitarist, and a drummer. They cover it all -- What they play is what you hear.
In a nutshell, that last sentence covers what I define as musical talent - What they play is what you hear. If they produced everything that you are hearing, not just the vocals, but the instrumentals, or the backup vocals, then THAT is talent.
*I'm not totally positive on this, but I think producing music is listening to and mixing samples, kinda like what Jermaine Dupri, or Sean Combs does. Well, sampling is probably more related to their genre of music, whereas someone like Jimmy Iovine just listens to the music he's given and then just picks what he likes. It sounds like a pretty cool job, but probably takes a tremendous amount of pressure, since they are hired to compile the best album possible, and are hired by the artists themselves.. so if the artist is able to produce their own stuff, that must also take a lot of work, because when you're sifting through your own stuff, it must be pretty hard to decide what is crap and what is good..
When I came home today from Pac.mall, I fully expected to run into issues with my new video card. I bought a Leadtek Winfast GeForce4 Ti4200. 128mb DDR ram, with video in and video out. It came out it just over 300 smackers. How weird was it then, when I plugged it in that nothing went wrong? I rebooted, a loaded up Warcraft 3 and boosted up all the settings -- smooth! It ran smooth. Exited, loaded up NBA Live 2003. Full, 100% max settings.. er, choppy.. 95% settings.. still choppy (argh).. 80% whoo! Smooth as silk! Wow, you can see the wrinkles around Lenny Wilken's eyes! You can see defined muscles.. biceps, triceps.. impressive!
So there you have it, there's a first for everything, and this was the first time I've installed hardware on my baby and not have anything go wrong. Loaded up the new detonator drivers and.... CRASH!!! Yes!! Life makes sense again!!
So there you have it, there's a first for everything, and this was the first time I've installed hardware on my baby and not have anything go wrong. Loaded up the new detonator drivers and.... CRASH!!! Yes!! Life makes sense again!!
Does it take a long time to say, write a blog, or, write an email? I find it easier and much quicker than talking in person. It's just like ICQ, you can talk for hours and hours, but if you met the person face to face, it'd just be like "hey.." "hey.. whuts up" "not much" "me neither".
In the "olden" days, when you received a letter you would either call the person up to thank them for writing (well i did anyway), or write them a letter back. Now in the electronic age even moreso, of you get a letter in the mail from someone, you write them back, or call them to thank them. Why isn't it the same with email? Nowadays, with ICQ and all the other IMs, even getting emails is rare. So why is it I always get people coming up to me saying "hey, I got your email.. sorry I haven't replied I just haven't had the time". How long does it take? I mean in the first place, they won't call you because of a hectic schedule, or just they live too far away.. but an email does not take long. I'm sick and tired of this excuse. If you can't even so much as type up a quick reply, then obviously you had no intention of writing back.
In the "olden" days, when you received a letter you would either call the person up to thank them for writing (well i did anyway), or write them a letter back. Now in the electronic age even moreso, of you get a letter in the mail from someone, you write them back, or call them to thank them. Why isn't it the same with email? Nowadays, with ICQ and all the other IMs, even getting emails is rare. So why is it I always get people coming up to me saying "hey, I got your email.. sorry I haven't replied I just haven't had the time". How long does it take? I mean in the first place, they won't call you because of a hectic schedule, or just they live too far away.. but an email does not take long. I'm sick and tired of this excuse. If you can't even so much as type up a quick reply, then obviously you had no intention of writing back.
Last night I met up with a few ottawa people down at Jack Astor's to celebrate of the girls' birthdays. It was good times.. I was really full by the end of it. I shared a lobster and crab dip with bassman, then had half of those delicious garlic breads (somehow it didn't taste as good as it use to.. maybe it was just my arteries screaming at my brain to tell me to stop!), a caesar salad, and terriyaki chicken. Why do I always make the mistake of ordering terriyaki at caucasian restaurants ? Well, it wasn't *that* bad this time. I was too full to finish.
After Astor's we went to DnB's, where I blew another $30 to play some casino games. The outcome: I traded in the tickets I won, plus the tickets I won from a year ago, the last time I was at DnB's, and I got one of those mini-rc cars! Pretty sweet!!! I was just playing with it, driving it around in my pool table, dodging balls, and avoiding pockets. It's a fantastic toy!!
After Astor's we went to DnB's, where I blew another $30 to play some casino games. The outcome: I traded in the tickets I won, plus the tickets I won from a year ago, the last time I was at DnB's, and I got one of those mini-rc cars! Pretty sweet!!! I was just playing with it, driving it around in my pool table, dodging balls, and avoiding pockets. It's a fantastic toy!!
Boxing day really sucked. I got up early to shovel the snow and the snowblower broke down. So I had to shovel most of the driveway myself, and it was packing snow, so that really sucked.. Eventually my lazy bro got up and came out to help me. We went to BestBuy so I could spend my gift certificate. Unfortunately though, Yorkdale mall is on the way to BestBuy, and so we were stuck in traffic for about 2 hours. And then when we finally got to BestBuy, there was a long long lineup just to get into the store, and there were no free parking spots. So we went home. On the way home, mom wanted to buy some milk, but all the grocery stores were closed. Sigh.
December 25, 2002
Dirrty
Having seen it happen before to Mariah Carey, I was pretty disappointed when I heard about Christina Aguilera's new Dirrty video. Seeing great talent being put to shame and wasted because of peer pressure and hip-hop culture really sucks, especially when nowadays there is so little real singing talent left. To say the least, I was not only disappointed in Aguilera's new video, but on top of that reading about her 'turnaround' in various magazines disappointed me even further.
I was a very big fan of Mariah and felt betrayed when she turned the hip-hop culture, turning her string of albums that produced hit after hit into pure trash. Mariah's latest album has a bit more of her older style which gives me a glimmer of hope that she might finally be 'growing up'. All that said, aside from the song Dirrty, Christina's album is actually quite good. All you CA fans out there, don't be discouraged by her one 'bad' song. Although she's made a drastic change in her public image, the talent is still in there somewhere! This album shows a total transformation in Aguilera, who was just considered one of the few actually talented singers in the teeny-bopper market. Now she mixes in rock, jazz, hip-hop.. these tracks are pretty good and contain a much more 'grown-up' style of music. There's everything here.. inspirational ballads, female power, failed relationships, anger, personal battles.
I must say I was totally throw off by all the hooplah surrounding the Dirrty video, but this album has definitely been a great surprise for me and I am glad to say I'm still a fan of her talents!
Having seen it happen before to Mariah Carey, I was pretty disappointed when I heard about Christina Aguilera's new Dirrty video. Seeing great talent being put to shame and wasted because of peer pressure and hip-hop culture really sucks, especially when nowadays there is so little real singing talent left. To say the least, I was not only disappointed in Aguilera's new video, but on top of that reading about her 'turnaround' in various magazines disappointed me even further.
I was a very big fan of Mariah and felt betrayed when she turned the hip-hop culture, turning her string of albums that produced hit after hit into pure trash. Mariah's latest album has a bit more of her older style which gives me a glimmer of hope that she might finally be 'growing up'. All that said, aside from the song Dirrty, Christina's album is actually quite good. All you CA fans out there, don't be discouraged by her one 'bad' song. Although she's made a drastic change in her public image, the talent is still in there somewhere! This album shows a total transformation in Aguilera, who was just considered one of the few actually talented singers in the teeny-bopper market. Now she mixes in rock, jazz, hip-hop.. these tracks are pretty good and contain a much more 'grown-up' style of music. There's everything here.. inspirational ballads, female power, failed relationships, anger, personal battles.
I must say I was totally throw off by all the hooplah surrounding the Dirrty video, but this album has definitely been a great surprise for me and I am glad to say I'm still a fan of her talents!
December 24, 2002
[Setting: H&H Bagel Shop]
FRANK: Kramer, I got your message. I haven't celebrated Festivus in years! What is your interest?
KRAMER: Well, just tell me everything, huh?
FRANK: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reach for the last one they had - but so did another man. As I rained blows opon him, I realized there had to be another way!
KRAMER: What happened to the doll?
FRANK: It was destroyed. But out of that, a new holiday was born. "A Festivus for the rest of us!"
KRAMER: That musta been some kind of doll.
FRANK: She was.
Today is Festivus. Happy Festivus everyone!
FRANK: Kramer, I got your message. I haven't celebrated Festivus in years! What is your interest?
KRAMER: Well, just tell me everything, huh?
FRANK: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reach for the last one they had - but so did another man. As I rained blows opon him, I realized there had to be another way!
KRAMER: What happened to the doll?
FRANK: It was destroyed. But out of that, a new holiday was born. "A Festivus for the rest of us!"
KRAMER: That musta been some kind of doll.
FRANK: She was.
Today is Festivus. Happy Festivus everyone!
December 23, 2002
The topic of "best coding music" came up a couple years ago among my classmates. We had a posting and a rankings listing on the old ecircles site we had. Well, the last couple of weeks I've been listening to Dookie - Green Day. An old, old album, but a great album. I remember when I was a teenager, when everyone either hated Green Day or loved them. I was one of those who loved them. Billie Joe, and Tre Cool.. and that other guy. They were great!
Anyway, as I was saying, the last few days this is all I've been listening to, while coding in VB. It's good stuff.. I highly recommend it!
Anyway, as I was saying, the last few days this is all I've been listening to, while coding in VB. It's good stuff.. I highly recommend it!
This brings me to my latest quandry, being, does my phone count as a gadget/toy, or more of a necessity? Does it count as this months' gadgetry purchase, or not?
I needed the phone, in order to call CAA, so that we could start the car. In other times, I've needed to use other peoples' phones to make important phone calls. Well, now I won't need that. However the argument is I could have just gone down the street to a payphone.
Or, perhaps because I didn't buy the cheapest phone out there, then it might be considered a 'gadget', as a result? But I picked my phone using various online reviews, and I targetted phones with the best RF reception and sound quality. I didn't get a tiny phone, or a super slim phone either. Well sure it glows a cool blue tint, but most phones nowadays do that anyway.
And here's another thing. My brother and I plan on trading in all our N64 games and N64 system, and my Playstation and most of my Playstation games, in order to get some store credit at EB (Electronic Boutique), so that we can get either an X-Box or a PS2. (If we get an X-box, i'll trade ALL my playstation games). If say all those trade-ins come in to about 75% of the cost of a new system, then does getting the new system count as a gadget, even when I'm only paying 25% of it?
Haha.
I needed the phone, in order to call CAA, so that we could start the car. In other times, I've needed to use other peoples' phones to make important phone calls. Well, now I won't need that. However the argument is I could have just gone down the street to a payphone.
Or, perhaps because I didn't buy the cheapest phone out there, then it might be considered a 'gadget', as a result? But I picked my phone using various online reviews, and I targetted phones with the best RF reception and sound quality. I didn't get a tiny phone, or a super slim phone either. Well sure it glows a cool blue tint, but most phones nowadays do that anyway.
And here's another thing. My brother and I plan on trading in all our N64 games and N64 system, and my Playstation and most of my Playstation games, in order to get some store credit at EB (Electronic Boutique), so that we can get either an X-Box or a PS2. (If we get an X-box, i'll trade ALL my playstation games). If say all those trade-ins come in to about 75% of the cost of a new system, then does getting the new system count as a gadget, even when I'm only paying 25% of it?
Haha.
I got my cell phone finally, on Saturday. Yep.. I'm the last chinese guy you know who got a cell phone. Hehe. It took extremely long for them to activate my phone and set up my account. I must've stood there at the Telus booth for close to 2 hours. Right from the get-go I had problems. Like, when I picked which phone and told the lady I wanted to sign up, she asked me if I was even 18 yet, and if not I would need an adult to sign up for me. 18? EIGHTEEN ?!?!? Do I really look that young??
What's funny is after I finally got the phone, my mom and brother and I headed back to the car, whereupon we found that the key wouldn't turn in the ignition, so right away I had to use my new phone, to call CAA!
What's funny is after I finally got the phone, my mom and brother and I headed back to the car, whereupon we found that the key wouldn't turn in the ignition, so right away I had to use my new phone, to call CAA!
Genesis Christmas banquet was loads of fun. It was an airplane/flight theme, with us starting out lining up with our boarding passes, signing in, and getting assigned seats. I was starving though, and by the time it started, we were given really small salads to start with, so I went to some of the vacant tables and grabbed other peoples' salads (for the people who never showed). I ended up eating 3 salads before the main course finally arrived. During the salads, we sang Christmas carols.
The main course consisted of chicken, mashed potatoes, and vegetables (from frozen - carrots, corn, peas, beans). It was pretty good, except for the chicken which was hard as rock. Some of the other people at my table had really good chicken though. I guess I was just unlucky.
After the main course, or, around the middle of it as I was trying to chew through my chicken as quick as I could, the captain asked us to check under our seats for the barf bag. Inside each bag was instructions, for a murder-mystery game.
The game was pretty fun. They got everyone involved, which is like 40-50 people, so it was pretty well organized. Certain people were given longer lines than others. It was set up, I mean, you were assigned seats, so they knew who would get longer lines and who wouldn't have to do anything. I'm glad. Because I got nothing, so that was great. All I had to do was wear a flowery scarf, and act like a rich woman who didn't know what was going on. There was one person per table that would approximately the same roles, just with different lines. It was pretty entertaining, especially with some of the lines. Like for instance, the murder victim was a girl, but in the scripts, the victim kept being referred to as "he" or "him". So the actors kept having to change it, which was pretty funny.
In the end of it all, the story moved towards the mother of the victim being willing to forgive the murderer, just as God forgave us for our sins.
The main course consisted of chicken, mashed potatoes, and vegetables (from frozen - carrots, corn, peas, beans). It was pretty good, except for the chicken which was hard as rock. Some of the other people at my table had really good chicken though. I guess I was just unlucky.
After the main course, or, around the middle of it as I was trying to chew through my chicken as quick as I could, the captain asked us to check under our seats for the barf bag. Inside each bag was instructions, for a murder-mystery game.
The game was pretty fun. They got everyone involved, which is like 40-50 people, so it was pretty well organized. Certain people were given longer lines than others. It was set up, I mean, you were assigned seats, so they knew who would get longer lines and who wouldn't have to do anything. I'm glad. Because I got nothing, so that was great. All I had to do was wear a flowery scarf, and act like a rich woman who didn't know what was going on. There was one person per table that would approximately the same roles, just with different lines. It was pretty entertaining, especially with some of the lines. Like for instance, the murder victim was a girl, but in the scripts, the victim kept being referred to as "he" or "him". So the actors kept having to change it, which was pretty funny.
In the end of it all, the story moved towards the mother of the victim being willing to forgive the murderer, just as God forgave us for our sins.
December 20, 2002
one pint
One pint of beer is not a lot. I mean, it's basically one big cup, or mug. Back in the day I could take 2 pints, and then start getting a bit groggy. Yesterday we had a staff meeting with all 4 districts, and after work we headed out to Milwaukee's for some drinks. I ordered 1 pint of Moosehead's. Of course now that I think back, I was drinking on an empty stomach, and, my body hadn't been exposed to alcohol for months. Unless you count the ice wine last week.
Well it seems that 1 pint was enough for me. With my mind swimming I managed to grasp some bit of sense that I had enough, said goodbye to a bunch of 'colleagues' that I had just met, and left. Luckily it wasn't very cold as I wandered around downtown looking for the Telus store that I swore I saw close by before. But I couldn't find it, and I ended wandering all over and around Metro Hall, until I found my way back to the St.Andrew subway station.
There in the train, I fell asleep, waking up at Eglinton with a serious urge to relieve my bladder. With just a few more stops, maybe I could hold it until North York Centre? So I held on fast, struggling and moaning as the subway train stopped at York Mills and seemed to pause for an eternity before the door bells went off again. I closed my eyes, and finally, finally..
I stumbled up the steps and into Empress Walk, glancing wildly at the signs for where the heck those restrooms are?? Finally found them on the second floor, and ahhhhhh...
Needless to say, it was only one drink. By the time I got home I was completely sober, and shared my adventure with my mom. Ha, one pint. Sheesh.
One pint of beer is not a lot. I mean, it's basically one big cup, or mug. Back in the day I could take 2 pints, and then start getting a bit groggy. Yesterday we had a staff meeting with all 4 districts, and after work we headed out to Milwaukee's for some drinks. I ordered 1 pint of Moosehead's. Of course now that I think back, I was drinking on an empty stomach, and, my body hadn't been exposed to alcohol for months. Unless you count the ice wine last week.
Well it seems that 1 pint was enough for me. With my mind swimming I managed to grasp some bit of sense that I had enough, said goodbye to a bunch of 'colleagues' that I had just met, and left. Luckily it wasn't very cold as I wandered around downtown looking for the Telus store that I swore I saw close by before. But I couldn't find it, and I ended wandering all over and around Metro Hall, until I found my way back to the St.Andrew subway station.
There in the train, I fell asleep, waking up at Eglinton with a serious urge to relieve my bladder. With just a few more stops, maybe I could hold it until North York Centre? So I held on fast, struggling and moaning as the subway train stopped at York Mills and seemed to pause for an eternity before the door bells went off again. I closed my eyes, and finally, finally..
I stumbled up the steps and into Empress Walk, glancing wildly at the signs for where the heck those restrooms are?? Finally found them on the second floor, and ahhhhhh...
Needless to say, it was only one drink. By the time I got home I was completely sober, and shared my adventure with my mom. Ha, one pint. Sheesh.
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