Volleyball

I joined a volleyball team!

Not one of those fancy pants expensive teams for 20-something people with fake tans, white teeth, and Lu Lu Lemon outfits. My skin is pasty, my teeth are yellow, and I can't afford Lu Lu Lemon or even a name brand knock-off. But that's ok.

We play in this sketched out area of town in what looks like a hybrid between a church and a school from the 1930's. Luckily the other players are cool - mostly people with master's degrees who are around my age. AND it only costs $10 for 8 weeks!

The gym was SWELTERING, it felt like a sauna. I was absolutely soaked after about 10 minutes of playing but it was a great workout. I'm probably the worst player on the team but I scored the winning point of our tie breaker game! Yay!

It's been 2 hours since I played and I'm already SORE.

So Choice, I Highly Recommend These

Ever look at your music collection and think, "I hate all of this?" Despite having 27 gigs of music on my hard drive, I am sick of most of it. Allow me to make some suggestions:

1. The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo: Stop what you're doing and listen to songs Rivers recorded in his home from 1992-2007. They're very early Weezer and catchy as hell.

Choice songs:
Lover in the Snow, Lemonade, Chess

2. Conquest Single - The White Stripes: These songs are pretty catchy and have the added bonus of having the fabulous Beck involved in the recordings.

Choice song:
It's My Fault for Being Famous

3. I've heard good things about the Black Keys, will listen to them shortly but they come highly recommended by Marc. Aside from his love of Queen's of the Stone Age, his taste is impeccable ;)

When I'm Coming Home

Dear Everyone,

People have been asking me when I'm coming home to visit, so I will tell you:


April 15 - May 3

I'm planning a night out in TO so I'll let you know the details when they are figured out. I'm thinking a bar night somewhere. Otherwise I will mostly be at home. Hopefully I will see y'all soon.

Victory

As a child, I had a dream to beat a Nintendo game called Maniac Mansion. I literally spent the better part of the late 80's/early 90's trying. Every time I figured out a new piece of the puzzle, I recorded it in a diary. I even bought Nintendo magazines to find tips. Eventually, my cousin took the game and we lost touch. I wasn't reunited with Maniac Mansion until this year when both G and Marc [accidentally] bought it for me.

This was the dawn of a new era. The internet age. Armed with my trusty laptop, my friend and I looked up a walk-through for game and followed the directions step by step. With a little help from Eric, I was able to...

SEND THE METEOR TO THE MOON AND BEAT THE GAME!!

A great weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

*poof*

Guns

I had lunch with some friends today who told me that they both own guns, and they keep the guns in their homes. Although one of them had a gun license, the other did not. I asked how she got the gun, and she said she walked into a gun store, bought the gun, went home. She said it was like the scene in Bowling for Columbine when Michael Moore gets a gun at the bank.

I asked them why they needed guns in their homes, the answers were [in no particular order]: protection, hunting, and target shooting.

Personally, guns scare the crap out of me and I wouldn't want one in my house, even if it's unloaded. I'm probably scarred by that story of the rock star guy who accidentally shot himself in the head at a party...JTL - help me out here...

Anyway, I just can't see how easy gun access can be a good thing. My friends agreed with me, and went on to discuss the right for civilians to purchase automatic rifles. One friend summarized, 'Owning automatic rifles is a perversion of the constitution.'

I think out of all my friends, I know one who has owned a gun. Does anyone here know of people who have guns?

Flash Back

While frantically cleaning my apartment to prepare for a visit from a certain JTL, I found an old pair of jeans from high school that I forgot about. They're Silvers [natch] but so old school: button fly, high waisted, all frayed at the bottom from years of walking on them through rain, mud, parties, woods, etc.

I put them on and they were SO COMFORTABLE. I even took them out for a strut around the neighbourhood, thinking about all the crazy things I've done while wearing these jeans [they're a good 8 years old, if not more] while listening to Everclear [Santa Monica, Strawberry, and Heartspark Dollarsign in particular].

That made my day.