anaheim vs edmonton

ok, so two nights ago. the oilers lost to the ducks. this is significant b/c this was pronger's first game back at rexall place after asking for a trade at the end of last season. blah blah blah, almost everyone knows the story.

i was watching the highlights on the score. and they did a post-game interview. the intriguing part was that christie chorley now works for the score, and she was one of the girls rumoured to have slept with pronger, and thus making his wife demand a trade. since i haven't been in edmonton for a bit, i never knew who this girl was. then i saw her on the score.

watching her do an interview is mind-numbing. she was interviewing the ducks' backup goalie, who's first language is not english, but she was the one stuttering during the interview.

then she tried to be cheeky and funny, and was like "oh tell us what your theory about pronger wanting a trade b/c of how cold it is here." and he's like "yeah it's cold here, i was standing outside of our hotel waiting for a taxi and my toes were almost frozen." worst question-asking skill ever when she basically told everyone what he was going to say anyways.

maybe she was nervous someone would boo her too.

new phone

check out my new phone.

it's pretty sweet, and i had been using my old phone for at least 3 years before i called rogers to ask about an upgrade. and it turns out, my corporate plan allows upgrades every 12 months, and they give me a $200 credit each time towards my new phone!

why did it take me this long to figure this out!?!

the one thing about getting new phones is learning how to use it. and there may be features from my old phone that i like better. for example, my old phone can be set to ring and vibrate at the same time. my new phone can not. but what does that matter, in another 12 months, i'll have a new phone again! that is, if rogers doesn't change their rules during that time.

shopping crazy

a friend asked me to go christmas shopping with her this weekend, and this was the damage i did.
i don't even think this picture does it justice as to how much i actually bought. there are bags within bags. and as you can see, most of it is from the bay, except the hmv bag. even the red bag is from the bay.

to my defence, most of it was christmas shopping for other people. i bought myself a new winter jacket, and some CDs, but the rest are for other people, so i feel it's justified.

but now thinking about the size of suitcase i have to bring home with me is a little concerning.

quarter life crisis

I got this in an email, and even though it's a little long, it's so true. when i turned 20, i used to joke that i'd go through a quarter life crisis, but i think it actually happens around 25. is this too emo?!?!

The Quarter-Life Crisis
by unknown

It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are a lot of things about yourself that you didn't know and may or may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you do not realize is that they are realizing that too and are not really cold or catty or mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job. It is not even close to what you thought you would be doing or maybe you are looking for one and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and are scared.

You miss the comforts of college, of groups, of socializing with the same people on a constant basis. But then you realize that maybe they weren't so great after all.

You are beginning to understand yourself and what you want and do not want. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging a bit more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and add things to your list of what is acceptable and what is not. You are insecure and then secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you or you lay in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough to get to know better. You love someone but maybe love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you are not a bad person.

One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision.
You worry about loans and money and the future and making a life for yourself and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

Apple Ad - iLife (for all you apple lovers)

so i'm sure everyone has seen most of these apple commercials. i love them! they are so witty, and i appreciate a good commercial when i see one.

i saw a new one tonight, but i couldn't find it on youtube, but it had a great last line. the PC lays down on the floor in defeat and says something like "just let me lay here and depreciate." great marketing. whomever says marketing doesn't work is fooling themselves.

even though this guy was on the show "Ed" and in some movies, his coolness factor goes up with each of these commercials. he's gotta build up his credibility after being in the herbie movie with lindsay lohan.

useless IT guys

i recently got my desktop switched to a laptop at work, so it's easier to bring work home or work from outside the office. this could have been a dumb move on my part because who really wants to work at home, but i do it anyways, so i might has well have a laptop instead of emailing myself all these large files.

everything worked fine yesterday, but when i tried to login today, it didn't work. tried it a few times, tried logging into different domains. no luck. so i call our helpdesk to get someone to help me out and figure out what's wrong.

the guy had no clue what was wrong, put me on hold a few times, and finally took my phone number because he had to ask someone else and then call me back. he calls back and he has this other guy on the line, who i imagine is the IT guy on call this weekend because he was at home.

i tell him everything that went wrong, what i did yesterday, and he couldn't explain why it wasn't letting me log in. he basically thought i was stupid and kept asking me if i changed my password recently, if i've tried rebooting the computer, and if i typed in my password incorrectly more than 3 times.

i'm not stupid, i know how to use a computer. in the end, the dude couldn't help me. so i asked him what the problem may be because there's no point in bringing my computer home with me if there could be the chance it might not work. but he didn't know what the problem was, and i'm sure in his head, he still thought i typed my password incorrectly. he said he couldn't help me until i connect back on to our server at work.

so all in all, i think our helpdesk people are useless. unless you need to reset a password, they pretty much don't know how to fix anything else.

music notes

i stopped into HMV on my way home to pick up a few CDs. i hadn't bought any new CDs since september b/c of my shopping fast in october. i had a few in mind that i wanted to get, and i knew i'd find a few more once i was there.

10-15 mins in the store, i had 7 CDs in my hand, and i'm sure i could have found more if i didn't make myself go to the checkout. and i had a few i wanted to find, but forgot the names.

these are the CDs i bought, quite a mix, i think:
- illscarlett
- damien rice
- +44
- matt mays
- matt mays + el torpedo
- chantal kreviazuk (got tickets to her show in feb!)
- john legend

$99 for 7 CDs, that's a pretty good deal.

i could technically save some money and download these albums instead of buying them. but i don't download as much as people might assume i do, since i listen to so much music and love it so much. these are a few reasons why:

a) unless someone shows me how to download music, from which sites, and where i can find it on my computer, i'm too lazy/technologically deficient to figure it out myself. my friend's brother set it all up on my computer for me and showed me how to do it.

b) i don't know how much of the revenue from CD sales actually goes back to the artist (i think they make their money from touring, not so much CD sales), but i feel bad for downloading sometimes. but only certain artists. for example, i had no qualms about downloading the killers, but i didn't want to download matt mays. depending on the artist, i would consider downloading first, and then buying their CD.

c) i like having the actual CD in my hand, looking at the pictures, and reading the liner notes, thank yous, and lyrics. having a big music selection on my computer is not as satisfying as seeing my CD collection grow. i've made a rough estimate and i think i have approximately 320 CDs right now.

so that's my music update for now. i think i'm in the wrong industry. as much as i love shopping, i think it'd be so much cooler to work in the music industry. or for a music retailer. hmmmm....

(btw, i hope everyone watched those two city and colour videos)

confessions - city and colour

another new song by dallas. he sang this one when i saw him in concert in march.

watch both videos. so good.

sensible heart - city and colour

a new song by dallas - i wish i was going to another city and colour show.

reversing the trend

i'm going through a concert drought right now. haven't been to a show in awhile. but i have lots coming up. 2 alexisonfire shows in december, justin timberlake in january, billy talent in february, and i just bought tickets to the chantal kreviazuk and raine maida show in february. i'm really excited about them all.

also can't wait to get a holiday soon and go home. i'm tired of work.

Grape Fall

michael taught me how to post videos on my blog!

so here's my first video post. the radio show i listen to every morning played the audio to this video for weeks, so i finally found the video. the woman sounds like she's crying. which isn't funny, but it sounds funny.

he's bringing sexyback

guess who has tickets to the justin timberlake concert in january?!?!

ME!!

i'm so excited to go b/c it's going to be such a good show, guaranteed.

pink is opening up for him, which is blah, but she probably will put on a good show too. i think i would be more excited to see her husband carey hart than her.

i can't wait for this show.

upcoming concerts i'm going to: 2 alexisonfire shows in dec, justin timberlake in jan, and billy talent in feb.