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| Monday, April 30th, 2007 | | 12:46 pm |
Quick note
Just logged into LJ for the first time after a week or so. My new job rocks. I'm damn busy but the money... oh the money! *bigassgrin*
Soccer is going well. I'm spread a little thin but it should be a great season.
Hope everybody is doing good, and hopefully I can catch up on your lives soon! | | Friday, March 23rd, 2007 | | 7:29 am |
support I'm sure this is on all of my friends' minds right now, but I'm worried about my dear friend Connie. The way things are happening reminds me of when Carmen and I went through our son Johan's sudden illness when he was 2 1/2 years old. There were 4, 5, 6 times that we almost lost him - and the complete and utter helplessness you feel is simply overwhelming. Just thinking about those days makes me want to cry. However, our son made it, and we grew a lot stronger though the experience. My relationship with Carmen is rock-solid and will never break! Connie was there for us. Once Johan was no longer critical she came to see us nearly every day. She took the time and effort (and it was quite an effort because she had to catch the bus to see us) to show her support and caring. She brought with her a quirky humor and genuine caring that calmed me down, and helped me tremendously. Connie is a magnificent person and loyal friend. No wonder Ronja is showing her so much loyalty and dedication in return. Look, I don't even know exactly what I'm trying to say here. Maybe just that I feel for Colin and what he is going through, and hope he finds the strength to continue to believe. Ronja, I truly am thankful for what you are doing. Connie, we all love you very much and need you to get better! Current Mood:  upset | | Monday, March 12th, 2007 | | 9:24 am |
Random thoughts on a Monday Morning Connie. I sure hope you get over the initial issues with your surgery. May all your dreams come true. My system does not agree with 'Spring forward'. Longview. We are serious about buying a lot out there this spring. the lots should be ready by then. No building commitments so we may take our time - but the goal is to move out there and get away from the city. Fitness. I just finished week 8 of a 14 week programme. My muscle tone has gotten a lot better, I have lost 5 inches around my chest, 3 inches around my belly & am down 16 pounds. I have 8 more pounds to go to hit my target but will take more if it happens. Sometimes you have to hit a low in order to find the motivation... Work sucks. As if that's new... We had our annual salary last week and I got an unprecedented 5%. Oh, then I found out through a colleague in the industry that the average pay for a guy like me is 15-25K more than I'm earning right now. And then I also found out that a friend's daughter, who just started as an office administrator (secretary) at a major oil player is earning exactly the same as me. Starting wage. Nothing against the girl - but why does my company have to be so cheap?!! Longview beckons! Needless to say I am currently looking for employment in the Okotoks/High River area. Coaching. I finished my fourth coaching course over the weekend. I have a test in April and a week-long course in September to go this year. I love it, and have been told that I am good at it. Now if I could only make a living doing it... Lots more random thoughts - but I need to get back to work... Current Mood:  awake | | Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 | | 8:06 am |
bzzzzzz All my postive thoughts and energy are being sent to Connie this morning. Current Mood:  hopeful | | Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 | | 10:16 am |
I don't give a ... I either ate something that disagreed with me or have a stomache flu. Spent about three hours in the bathroom since 3:00 this morning. So I could not get in to work on the account of having to run to the bathroom every half hour or so. I make it in at 10AM (had a couple of panic moments on the c-train I'll tell ya!) and ... get the fifth degree from my co-workers. Thanks for the concern, team. It's days like this that I oh-so love my job! Current Mood:  annoyed - with upset tummy | | Thursday, January 4th, 2007 | | 12:13 pm |
going postal Before I start my little rant I'd like to wish all of you a Happy New Year! Health and Happiness to you all! ... Man, why won't Canada Post call me for an interview! I want to be a postie, and I know I'd be good at it! GRRRR!!! I'm getting so sick of my job... Well I won't go into that. GengisCon knows. 2007 is not off to a spectacular start for me. I need to get back in shape but am stuck at a desk job that sucks the life out of me during the week - enough to kill my motivation to get some excercize in the evenings (worse! I pig out and pretty much just sit on the couch all evening). I haven't played competitive soccer for over two years now (surgeon's recommendation) and I really miss it. I also really miss some of my friends. Things are not all bad though. The boys are doing well and Johan's last lab came back clean - which was excellent news for us (long story for those of you that don't know the history). Carmen and I have been married for 8 1/2 years and we're very happy together. Yeah I don't post very often. Yeah this is a whiny post 'woe is me!'. I just needed to vent for a bit. Life goes on, as they say. Current Mood: dark | | Monday, December 11th, 2006 | | 4:33 pm |
TV show meme Holy shit! I'm pretty impressed with myself as a tv show - and I didn't even lie! :-)
9 Seasons
( 53 Costs, 72 Reception, and 66 Cult Appeal ) |
| You are a rare phenomenon. You are the expensive show with a healthy cult appeal that still somehow managed to be a ratings smash. You are living proof that sometimes, all the planets can align in the right order. Although FOX would prefer something cheaper to produce, they're more than willing to make the investment for the returns you offer and the inevitable impending cash flow from your merchandise. You live a full life of nine seasons and retire confidently, knowing that you have secured a high place in the history of television. |
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My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 99% on Costs |
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You scored higher than 99% on Reception |
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You scored higher than 99% on Cult Appeal |
| | | Monday, December 4th, 2006 | | 12:46 pm |
Had to meme... Hey look at me! :-) Your results: You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)| Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) |
| 70% |
| Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) |
| 70% |
| Wash (Ship Pilot) |
| 65% |
| Inara Serra (Companion) |
| 60% |
| Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) |
| 55% |
| Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) |
| 55% |
| River (Stowaway) |
| 50% |
| Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) |
| 45% |
| Alliance |
| 45% |
| Derrial Book (Shepherd) |
| 35% |
| A Reaver (Cannibal) |
| 15% |
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Honest and a defender of the innocent.
You sometimes make mistakes in judgment
but you are generally good and
would protect your crew from harm.
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Click here to take the "Which Serenity character are you?" quiz... Current Mood: satisfied | | Monday, July 24th, 2006 | | 1:51 pm |
Soccer camp is no longer a dream Woohooo!!! After over a year of work I have finally succeeded in getting the Calgary Minor Soccer Association on board. Euro Skills Soccer Camps are here!! I will be bringing a licensed EUFA coach to Calgary to run a soccer camp for kids aged 8-10. The camp is going to be Monday through Friday August 28th through September 1st from 9AM to 3:30PM. The CMSA has also endorsed my plan for 2007 (6 weeks of camps) and it has been pushed up to the Calgary Soccer Federation, and thereafter it will hopefully go to the Alberta Soccer Association and be a sanctioned ASA camp. This first camp is a market test and we're hoping to just break even... I'm so excited and nervous! This thing got dragged out too long and now I have only one month left to sign up 25 kids! Please let anybody know that you think might be interested! Current Mood:  bouncy | | Thursday, May 11th, 2006 | | 4:35 pm |
Uncle My uncle is dying. He received a phone call two days ago, and met with the doctor yesterday. Earlier today my mom went over to see him, and he showed the doctor's letter stating that he is terminal. Nice phrase 'terminal'. Anyways, before I go off on a George Carlin rant. He had an appointment at the hospital so she took him over. He didn't come back out... There is a lot more to this, which I will write about when I have the time to do so. Current Mood: sad | | Monday, April 10th, 2006 | | 10:55 am |
change in career So... I'm close to making a career change. Wow. Didn't think I'd be this scared. It's quite a bit less money, but also less time. It would give me the time I need to get my own business off the ground. Or time to play more Xbox360. Naw. More time for the business. I have only talked to two people about this, and both are extremely cautious if not pessimistic. But I feel that this is a good move. I think. Current Mood:  nervous | | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 | | 12:00 pm |
A new obsession Dear Xbox 360 I miss you. I can't wait to come home and play with you. Love, Marco Current Mood: Impatient to get home and play | | Monday, March 6th, 2006 | | 2:02 pm |
Sponsorship Hey everybody, Hope your day is going well. I coach a ladies soccer team as some of you may know by now. In fact, I have probably hit you up for one fundraiser or another at one time! (Thanks for your support by-the-way.) The team is taking things one step further this year and we are looking for sponsorship. We're going to restaurants and pubs to see if there is a possibility of sponsorship. Of course this would mean that I have to take all these women out to said restaurant or pub on a regular basis (the things I do for the girls I love :-) )and/or put their logo on our uniforms or who knows what else... but I thought that I would throw this out to your collective knowledge base: Do you know of any place that is or may be looking to sponsor an adult ladies soccer team? Do you have any ideas on effective ways to get sponsorship or raise funds short of auctioning off the girls for dates? ... *evil grin* Actually that auction sounds like a pretty good idea! Hey, I'm not above pimping off my girls for team fundraising! Any thoughts appreciated! Current Mood: all rightCurrent Music: Jane's Addiction - Three Days | | Thursday, February 2nd, 2006 | | 2:43 pm |
signs of addiction I'm in over my head at work. So much to do and so little time to do it in... What to do? Set the work aside, spend a few minutes in quiet introspection, and plug in a journal entry! This may sound weird - Insane to some of my loyal friends - but I am addicted to health. I slowly get depressed when I don't get a chance to work out, go for a run, or play soccer over a period of time. Excercize makes me feel happy! Right now I play a soccer scrimmage and practice with the soccer team I coach on Sundays, play a co-ed soccer game every Monday, take the team for a run at the Olympic Oval every Tuesday, practice, play a co-ed game, or coach on Thursdays, and do a minimum of 30 minutes on the bike every evening. And I still want more. Sex (another addiction of mine but that's another story) is an opportunity to get some great excercize. People have often accused me of making bad decisions - like playing soccer two days after a vasectomy. ... Wait a second ... That WAS a bad decision! (But I'd do it again!) I want to go swimming with the kids this summer, and to coach their soccer team. I'm going to play on a team for the first time in two years, and still try to coach the ladies team as well. I want to learn how to fight from Ronja, because that's (and she's) cool. Man, how come there are only seven days in the week! So, the fact is that I love excercize. And I have a desk job. ... No wonder I am constantly thinking about how much I hate my job! Anybody have any career advice for me? Current Mood: amused | | Monday, December 19th, 2005 | | 10:09 am |
Mondays... Grumblemumble... I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way but... I HATE MY JOB TODAY! AAAARRRGGGGHHHH! ... There, I feel better now. Current Mood: annoyedCurrent Music: Nirvana - Come as you are | | Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 | | 3:14 pm |
| | Friday, November 4th, 2005 | | 3:02 pm |
evil is so good
HELL LEVEL 3
Raw score: 90% |
There's a special place in Hell for you: the basement penthouse. You scored the nastiest possible score on the Sexual Hell Test. You have no sexual restraint whatsoever. You'll take pleasure however you can get it, and my guess is you get it a lot. If for some reason you don't right now, you will soon, as people in your category only tend to spiral down ever deeper into the abyss of carnality and delicious sin. Congratulations.
I, personally, think that this category is the best. Paradoxically enough, sexual liberation and indulgence can only bring you closer to purity.
AVOID: all but level 3 hellions like yourself. You wouldn't want to ruin anyone, now would you? |
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My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 78% on hellishness |
| Apparently there is not a whole lot that I won't do or haven't done... Don't tell Carmen! Current Mood:  horny | | 2:07 pm |
Good luck at the Doctor's - oh and don't forget your list! Those were the last words I heard from my wife as I hung up. If you're like me, something would have to be falling off in order for you to go see your MD. Well, luckily nothing was about to fall off - you'll get the humour in that later in this post. After months of putting it off I grudgingly called and made the appointment. It was important for me to get the ball rolling. Again; Humour - later. I had been meaning to see my doctor ever since I hurt my rib (in a soccer game - what else? ... No don't answer that) over seven months ago. I thought that it was just a bruised rib at first, but when I still couldn't lie on my side several months later I thought that it might have been something a bit more serious. ... Funny. I never did speak to my doctor about my rib today. My doctor is a white haired (about 65 years old would be my best guess) dirty old Dutchman. That's fine by me, as I am aspiring to be just that when I get older! He walked into the examination room with a cane and a bad limp. So I ask him what happened, to which he responds with a grin "Hurt my leg chasing the ladies. heheheh." We joke around for a minute and then get down to business. I hand him the letter I had received three weeks ago. Apparently my father has been diagnosed with a mild colon cancer (Don't know why they call it mild - I always thought cancer only had one flavor!) and his doctor wants all of the kids to get tested because there is a 50% chance of us getting it. "There are two ways of testing you for this" he starts off. Then he goes into great detail of describing a colonoscopy. He leans over from his perch and points with his cane at the digestive tract and describes just how far up the intestines they go with these things. heheheh. Thank you doctor my sphincter appreciates it. ... Hmmm. Come to think of it he never mentioned the other method. I am not going back to ask. Next I tell him that I need to get a vasectomy done. He jokes around for a bit. "now you can go fool around eh?" But thankfully he doesn't go into great detail on the procedure. I know Joel - it's no big deal. I have two buddies that squirm at the thought and are inclined to disagree with you though! Anyways, it will be done... Then I talk to him about Celiac. My sister and my father have it and my brother and I have both displayed symptoms of it. So about six weeks ago I stopped eating wheat products and have felt a lot better since. I accidentally ate some gluten products twice over the weeks and it hit me pretty hard both times. So I want to get tested to make sure this is what I have. His response. "You have it." "Huh? Shouldn't I get tested?" "There's no need. In the end you will have to do the same thing, which is stay away from wheat products. Just keep doing what you're doing." I even asked him a second time, knowing that Carmen would not be satisfied with this answer. But he remained firm on this decision. Fine by me. Just one less invasive test to go through. I'll be scheduled in for these procedures over the next little while. I think I'm going to host a vasectomy/colonoscopy party afterward. Current Mood: stayin' positive | | Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 | | 4:44 pm |
Need. A. Vacation. ... Now.
That's really all I can say right at this moment. | | Friday, July 8th, 2005 | | 2:38 pm |
Relationships Relationships are not always easy. ... And the prize for most understated comment goes to Touque! Let's see if I can come up with something deeper. Sometimes I can't help but think that people aren't meant to be married or together. Oh, as friends is fine. Lovers works too. But marriage? I don't know... It seems like all those things that you knew about each other but seemed so insignificant in the beginning grow and fester over time until you turn into an old bickering couple - or apart. Don't get me wrong, I don't feel that my relationship with my wife is going to end - and I am certainly not condemning everybody that is married to a life of misery and strife - but there is something in nature that we seem to have forgotten. I think we're one of four or five species that stay (I use the term loosely in this day and age) with our mate through life. The other species are all endangered or extinct as far as I know. :-) I think that every person has an individuality that can not be subdued. Masked, and even hidden for a time - but in the end you are who you are. Unless you are that one-in-a-million couples that are perfect for each other you notice this. Maybe our idea of marriage is too constraining... I want to spend time with my friends. My friends make me feel good about who I am and it in turn makes me feel good to bring joy to them. Now here's the clincher: My best friend is my wife, and I am her best friend. And we have the ability to do the exact reverse from what I stated above. How does that work? I guess the old cliches are true. You always hurt the ones you love, and it is the ones you love that can hurt you the most. I'm not really hurting at the moment - just ... thinking. It's what you do when you're alone in the office on Stampede Friday. Current Mood:  thinkingCurrent Music: The Cure - Breathe+REM - Everybody hurts+Coldplay - Yellow |
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