Forget Tibet, Free China!

Truly, may God have mercy on their souls, all 1,000,000,000+ of them. I'm not referring to anything the Chinese President has alluded to during his recent visit to Canada, but that's quite possibly because his aides have kept this vital information from him: Nate is teaching English to the Chinese.

Yes, that's right, Master Homobot himself is in the land of rice paddies and bootleg DVDs, seeding the beginnings of the Engrish language into their impressionable minds. Around 5am the other day, he popped onto Messenger to inform me that he and Alicia have been there since the beginning of September.

They were originally planning for Japan, but I guess they got a great offer for China. Nate claims living expenses are ridiculously low, and he's already amassed a collection of bootleg movies and cheap electronics. Drop the kids a line (shasty6969@hotmail.com) as I'm sure they'd appreciate some Canadian contact.

Currently: Trying to install SW: KOTOR 2: TSL.

The Definitive Test?

I was quite surprised with the results of this thing - it's pretty cool, actually. Give it a shot and see how accurate it is for the rest of you:

www.howsexyareu.com

I apologize for the nudie banner ads, but...have fun!

Currently listening to: Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine.

"The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning"

That, apparently, is the tag-line for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

While browsing the internet for classic movie trailers, I stumbled upon the one for this first Trek movie, and it piqued my interest. I've only watched the movie once, years ago, despite the fact that I've watched the other nine a few times each. Hell, I've watched Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan perhaps more times than any other movie (maybe not more than The Monster Squad)...but don't get me started on that epic sci-fi masterpiece.

ST:TMP is not a very good movie. The plot is paper thin, even for a Star Trek movie, and it's pacing is several factors slower than 2001: A Space Odyssey, believe it or not. For 1979 it looks pretty good, but the first hour is really nothing more than wide-angle shots of the Enterprise to variations of the orchestrated theme. In the meantime, a doe-eyed Kirk stares in wonder. Zzzzzzz....

Which is exactly why I rented the Special Directors Edition the other night - to put me to sleep. Mission accomplished, though I had nightmares that I too was unable to logically conclude that V---ger was simply Voyager covered by a bit of space dust.

Bah!

Currently: The victim of attending another crappy Edmonton Eskimos loss.

T-Minus...

...a few days and counting. I'll be getting that call from Tri-City Drilling any day now, so don't be alarmed if I sort of drop off the face of the planet at a moment's notice.

For my glorious return to the life of a planet/nature destroyer/rapist, I've decided I'll be chronicling my journey. It started out that I was going to track my spending and expenses, right down to the penny, but then I totally got OCD. I'll be logging my mileage, each town I stay in, how many wells I help drill...basically everything I can think of. It will be a body of work only fascinating to myself, but it'll keep my mind active. It's a shame I'm not a PhD student doing an ethnography on rig workers.

Methinks I've taken one too many quantitative social research classes.

Currently listening to: Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times.

Lady Luck

Last night, by far, was the most expensive night of poker I've ever experienced, despite the fact that I was not playing for money. Things wrapped up fairly late, and I was in a bit of a hurry to get home, so I failed to remember a steel pole was waiting at the end of the driveway.

You can imagine my car didn't stand a chance:

Car Damage 01
Car Damage 02
Car Damage 03
Car Damage 04
Car Damage 05
Car Damage 06

Slowly but surely, I'm making sure my car won't be worth a penny.

Currently: Thinking that those pop stains on the ceiling aren't quite so bad anymore...