My Adulthood Version 2.0 (Part 1)

After high school I took a business course in college got my diploma and I was off, off on another direction that is. Young, ambitious, and ready to go, a month after graduating from College I found my first employment in IT services (I took business). Needless to say but I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into, what I took in college wasn’t even close to being relative to what I was working on (except for Microsoft® Office suite) but I adapted, I learned and I grew. I learned how to survive in an industry that I had no previous background in. After awhile however, that ambition, willingness to learn and motivation simmered which lead me to missing out on opportunities of a larger role. Those missed opportunities lead to complacency as I did just what I had to and went home. It was a mind-numbing routine that I was in and although I was unhappy with where I was at with my career I did nothing about it, I sat there waiting for something to be handed to me.

Six and a half years and I feel I have nothing to show for it and that is MY fault. I stopped learning, I stopped trying to improve my skills and learn new ones. If I had of kept motivating myself, pushed myself and really tried to get what I was going after, maybe I would be in a different spot within my IT career.

Maybe...Or maybe there was something holding me back, maybe there was something I was supposed to be doing instead. Maybe my subconscious was trying to tell me something but it took me this long to figure it out. Then one day back in July 2010 it was as if someone walked up to me a slapped me across the face and woke up to see what I was supposed to do:

Pursue my lifelong dream of becoming a police officer...

New and Improved

Back to blogging here I go. Not really sure what direction I will go, if I decide to even go in just one direction. I live a life full of love for a lot of things; my family, friends, music, sports (namely hockey), movies, books and podcasts/podcasting, so narrowing this down to just one specific aspect of what I'm passionate about is unfair. So what I would like to do is on a weekly or monthly basis is devote each week/month of writing to a specific topic.

So to kick my new and improved blog into gear I'm going to start week 1 blogging with me, what I have going on and some changes that will be happening in the future.

So stay tuned and hopefully I'll have my official first post up by the morning.

Later

History

For awhile now I've been thinking about what I would do differently if I could go back to high school when I was deciding my post-secondary education, or what I would do if I could go to university and that is teach...That's right, teach.

Teach what? History. I'd like to be a history teacher. Many may find it boring and yes history can be dry depending on the teacher, but I love it and I know I'd be able to make students love it.

In saying that we are approximately 3 weeks away from Remembrance Day and so in honour of the men and women who have served, and who are serving this country I am going to posting stories. Stories of honour, bravery & courage. Stories of war. Stories to remember and never forget.

Stay tuned for my history segment starting later today October 19, 2009

Should they stay or should they go

Both the US and Canada have been talking of extending their time in Afghanistan and maybe even sending over reinforcements to bolster their efforts. (NOTE: Canada saying they will not be extending or adding to their current combat efforts but adding or extending for peacekeeping/rebuilding.)

With this comes the floods of people complaining & crying, that it’s a waste of taxpayer’s money, a waste of resources, and a waste of courageous, hard working, patriotic soldiers. This isn’t just coming from everyday citizens but the likes of Jack Layton saying something along the lines, “We have to bring our men & women home, and stop wasting taxpayer’s money. We need to think of OUR people first.”

Before I go on any further I want to make it clear that I am by no means a Stephen Harper supporter, nor am I pro war (quite the opposite actually) but I do believe that pulling out to quick is a bad thing (TWSS). With conflicts escalating in neighbouring Pakistan and Iran, showing a commitment to what we started in Afghanistan and completing what we set out to do may help deter others from committing similar crimes.

To think that there wouldn’t be a backlash if we were to just walk away from the mission is ludicrous (especially in the US), which is why I like what Obama’s doing. He showing his nation’s commitment to the efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan but also initiating peace talks around the globe. Walking away now the entire North America would look like dogs running with the tails between the legs.

I say send reinforcements, add to your numbers, and do a clean sweep of Afghanistan before all of the naysayers get their wish and the government pulls the plug; letting all of our fallen brother’s die in vain.

Dear Hateful Leaf Fans

Well, the Leafs lost in overtime last night...At least they one point out of it. As Mike Komisarek said in his post game reaction, “We have to look at the positive.”

So what went wrong? Nobody can complain about the Leafs’ effort last night, Montreal was outshot and outplayed most of the game, Toronto threw over 40 shots at the net but they just had a hard time beating Carey Price. Price played really good last night and Montreal was lucky that he came ready to play.

I have been a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs all my life and I’ve read a lot of fans reactions about the game last night and it’s disgusting. After the VERY FIRST regular season game, people were complaining how awful Mike Komisarek is and that Ian White should be in the minors and that Vesa Toskala is a terrible goaltender.

It’s one game. There’s 81 more to play folks, simmer down some before you give yourself a stroke. Sure I was disappointed the Leafs didn’t get the 2 points but I am not disappointed in how the team played.

To all of the Toronto fans who really need to take a chill pill....CALM THE FUCK DOWN! If this is how you’re going to react after every time the Leafs loose, especially a spirited match like last night, then I hope you get hit in the junk with a Montreal Canadiens puck.

To all of the Leaf fans with a little more patience...GO LEAFS!

Listening is Interesting

A fun filled Wednesday had me spend two hours (6:30 – 8:30) of my morning at the hospital getting blood work, hooked up to the EKG, and peeing in a cup. As more time passed, more people came in and I did something that I’ve never really conscientiously done before; pay attention to the surrounding conversations. In other words Public Eavesdropping.

I know eavesdropping is wrong, but when you’re stuck in a small waiting area with 40+ people you’re bound to hear a few things people are talking about:

1. A hillbilly/geeky looking guy, definitely did not look like a hunter even though he was wearing a camouflage hat, playing with his blackberry talking to a man he was sitting beside says.

“I held a gun last weekend, thinking about buying it but it was $3600.”

2. Behind me a conversation went like this,

“I have lots of vegetables! (spelling error on purpose)

“WHAT!”

“I have lots of vegetables!”

“WHAT!”

“I EAT LOTS OF VEG...E..TAB...LES!!!”

“Oh.”

3. Beside me,

“I haven’t been getting the flu shot in recent years but I will when they have it at work.”

“You know that’s not the H1N1 vaccine?”

“I know. I’ll get that too when I can.”

“Experts are saying now that getting the seasonal flu shot will make you more vulnerable to H1N1.”

“They’re lying.”

So there you have it. Needless to say I had to get up and walk around often while I waited because I couldn’t take much more of what my ears were catching.

That’s it for now. I’m in the works of finding a better template...Stay tuned

Holy Thrice Cover Batman!

WOW! IS the only way to describe this cover of Thrice's Deadbolt...WOW!