It's Volleyball Time!

So I finally got my volleyball net Friday after work. I had to get Anne-Marie to drive me to the UPS depot to pick it up but at least I finally have it. Unfortunately, the depot is pretty much as far from my place as you can get without being out of Ottawa. But the important thing is that we're going out to Mooney's Beach to play tomorrow (barring any morning rain). Anyone in Ottawa looking to play some volleyball, let me know. I'm up for it almost any time.

More good lyrics that were recently rediscovered:
"I found silence in this space
an on and off again attraction
I need such amazing grace
heaven sweep me away"
- from Busted, by Matchbox Twenty

Nothing like posting from work

Well, the server is down here at work so I thought I'd drop a quick post. I've been seeing quite a few movies lately and with all the good (at least good sounding anyway) movies that are coming out this summer I think my movie going habits will continue. But of course I can't go to all of the movies out there (read don't want to waste the time and money) so I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions on good movies that are out right now. I've already seen Chronicals of Riddick (** out of 5 by my rating), Harry Potter 3 (without reading the books, ***), and the Stepford Wives (***) but I'm wondering what movie I should see next. Do I wait for Spiderman 2 or is there something that should be seen this weekend/next cheap Tuesday. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Oh, and my volleyball net is here!! Well, not here in my possession but in the process of being delivered (as soon as I can meet the UPS guy). Unfortunately, those money sucking people at the border have deemed that I pay about 25% for an import tax. Free trade with the US my ass. I'll pay the fee of course (I do actually want my net) and hopefully there will be nice enough weather for a game this weekend.

Happy Father's Day (revisited)

Whoops. As the title of the last post (and this one) implies, it was of course Father's Day today. So Happy Father's Day to my Dad, my Grandpa, and all the other Dad's out there.

Happy Father's Day

Well it's been a busy week. I finished up my Sociology class for good now, the final was on Friday. All in all the class wasn't bad but the prof was a complete moron. Never have I had a teacher/professor that frustrates me so much (yep, not even the comp sci profs that don't speak english). But at least I passed and got my credits, and I met a couple of nice people as an added bonus.

So this week also turned into a bit of a gambling streak. I was at the Casino du Lac Leamy on Thursday for a work lunch for someone leaving my division, so we played some slots that afternoon (and I won $7.50). Then a bunch of friends had planned a night at the casino on Friday so I lost my winnings from the day before (plus $5), and then Saturday night was a poker tournament at Patrice's (a guy from work) apartment. I made it to the final table but finished out of the money in 4th place. Not bad but I could have played better.

Soccer also kept me busy this weekend. I played two games on Saturday morning (one as a sub for a team that was short players and one for my own team) and then played one with my other team this afternoon. It was a bit more trying today because added to the fatigue from Saturday was the fact that we had no subs for our full length (90 min) game. And since I was midfield, I ran...a lot. But WE WON!! First victory of the season. And a dominating 3-0 win at that. Now if we can just get on a roll...

I really am a computer geek =)

Proof positive that I'm a geek: when I woke up this morning and checked my e-mail, I realized I had way more free space than I had last night. Then I realized that's because Yahoo! increased the size of their e-mail accounts to 100Mb from 6Mb...and the proof that I'm a geek, that actually made me somewhat excited and happy this morning. So if you're looking for an online e-mail account, I would suggest Yahoo now even more than I would have before. See, I'm a geek =).

Another weekend over

Well it's pretty clear that I shouldn't worry too much about updating regularily since only two people even reading my last post/question. I enjoy posting every day or couple of days but if I'm pretty much the only one that reads my own posts then there isn't much point in posting that often is there.

Well this weekend went by pretty quick considering nothing really happened. Had a poker night last night and soccer yesterday morning but the rest of the weekend was either spent studying (so much fun for a weekend) or sitting playing video games or watching TV by myself. Oh, I bought a volleyball net last week so at least soon I'll hopefully get out to enjoy the nice weather more, that is if I can drag anyone out to play with me (it's kind of hard to play volleyball by yourself or with only one other person). Well hopefully everyone had a more eventful weekend than me (hard to get much more lackluster).

"I don't wanna lose my thoughts
Thinking 'bout the alley and the van
Must have been the season's sudden end
Sliding down the dirty road again
Thiking 'bout the rhythms and the band"
- Eric Eggleston Band from Good Neighbour

Question

To: whoever is reading this

I'm just wondering how many people are actually reading this site and what you think? Am I just wasting my time or are people actually reading this from time to time?

I only ask this because of the lack of comments (and e-mail) that I get. Not that I necessarily want comments to every post but with the lack of response from anyone on pretty much anything I'm just wondering if this is even getting read. Either comment on this post or e-mail me at d_beck_er[AT]yahoo.com (replace [AT] with @). Thanks.

The Empire Strikes First

Just bought the new Bad Religion album (see the title of the post) today. Pretty good. Pretty much on par with the rest of their stuff. Good lyrics and some kick ass rhythms. Check it out if you like the punk rock stuff.

"And I know I can't explain the commotion in my brain
Like a terrifying reality deconstructed but inadequately"
-Bad Religion from To Another Abyss (from the newest album of course)

Finger Eleven

Went to the Finger Eleven concert at the Capital City Music Hall tonight with Jay, Larisa, Jason, and Ryan. Awesome concert! The stage presence was amazing and Rick Jackett and James Black (the guitar players) kicked ass. The band that opened, No Motiv, wasn't too bad either. Neither was the local opening band, Exact Match. All in all, I've been blessed with some pretty good music lately (as if you haven't noticed by now), thus, more quotes:

"I'm on my way, on the gold brick path.
I'm on my way, where the sad ones laugh."
-Eric Eggleston from Dames are Swell

"You should try to remember the good times and the high life"
-Finger Eleven from Good Times

And the one that fits me best right now:

"You’ll never find out now
That all these absent elements
Build your comfortable defense stronger still
Like an emptiness"
-Finger Eleven from Absent Elements

My visitor

Well like I said earlier, the lack of posts can be blamed on my sister being here visiting. We had a good time (well I had a good time and I assume she did too). It was good seeing her again. I wish more people would visit but I understand that a lot of people are too busy (or student poor) to take a trip across the country.

Anyway, Julie and I pretty much spent most of our time in the Market and around downtown. One night we went out shopping and touring around, another day we went to the Parliament buildings and the War Museum, and yesterday was spent rollerblading and at the Museum of Civilization before taking her to the airport to leave. I also got to hang out with my cousin Kayla (who I haven't seen in a while though she lives in the big O) and my best friend Dan's sister (who is also my sister's good friend). You know there is actually a lot of good live music going on around Ottawa, even on a Sunday night. We went bar/pub hopping all night (about 5 or 6 places) catching live music before settling on my favorite pub, the Heart and Crown. There we caught the Eric Eggleston Band who absolutely rocked! Good times, good times.

Gap in posts

So I haven't posted for a few days. Well, this one will be mercifully short to boot. Julie (my sister) is in town for a few days so I've been hanging out with her a bit and otherwise I've just been busy and haven't sat down to even e-mail. Today isn't much of an exception: soccer in the morning and Jay's birthday supper at night (I forgot to post that it was his birthday on Wednesday, Happy Birthday Jay). I'll post again as soon as I can to give a real update.

Cleaning sucks

Well I've been busy for the last two nights cleaning my room and generally tidying up the place since Julie (my sister) is coming to visit for a few days starting tomorrow. It'll be good to see her again. I guess it's also good that she's coming since it forces me to clean my room and such. It hasn't been this clean since I moved into this room, actually it wasn't even this clean then.

On another note, I went and saw The Day After Tomorrow yesterday (ok so I took a quick break from cleaning) and it wasn't that bad. As far as mass disaster movies go (Armageddon, Deep Impact, etc) it's probably my new favorite. I suggest you go see it on cheap Tuesday like I did though, it's no super blockbuster worth paying the insane ticket prices for. Well, I leave you with another music quote (I was listening to some stuff while cleaning that I haven't listened to for a while):

"If it's real for me do I have to prove it to you?
Why do revelations fade to cold blue untruths?
It's oh so relative subservient in total to one's perspective."
-Bad Religion (Epiphany)