the hockey season started last night. its timing was/is impeccable as the mlb (baseball 2 you clueless types) playoffs are in full swing 2, meaning live north american sport broadcasts see me spending a lot of time in front of the tv these da... actually nights, thanks 2 4,000 miles of atlantic ocean, 5 time zones & the fact that i don’t find myself in any of the north american zones. but that’s ok; an advantage of having nothing 2 do every day is that i don’t have 2 get up until i want 2 get up, meaning i don’t have 2 go 2 bed until i want 2 go 2 bed. it’s a hell of an arrangement i made with myself & it’s working well thus far. of course sitting up until 4 or 5am (& not surfacing until noon the next day) reminds me every now & again how otiose my present existence is. but again, that’s ok. i’m comfortable with that. it’s only temporary. anyway, back 2 the hockey. i pretty much missed all of last season while i was travelling/screwing up my marriage so as a fan i’m a season removed from the game. maybe that’s why it felt weird/different watching a game again (& slightly distressing seeing the sens lose 2 no doubt start their season as they mean 2 go on). maybe it was the year off, maybe it wasn't. or maybe, as is more likely, i didn't get the same buzz i remember i used to get when watching hockey because.. well because, simply put, i ain't in canada any more. easily the most alarming consequence of that is the fact that i was forced last night 2 watch the game, shock horror, without a cold Keith’s (capitalised for respect) in hand. other consequences. well, there was no snow outside, there was no ron or don analysing & no bob or harry doing the play-by-play. yep, that was the problem alright - no Keith's & no hockey night in canada, both of which for me went hand in hand. make no mistake about it: hnic, Keith's & let's throw Timmy’s -- ditto with the capitalisation -- in there for good measure, was/is/are the best thing/s about that place, something i was reminded of last night. so pray tell, there you have it canadians – it has only taken me 14 very eventful months but i’ve finally discovered things i actually miss about the great white north. ohhh canada. enjoy the new season.
this & that news
so oj simpson was/is @ it again. nope, he didn’t kill anyone this time but it still seems like he’ll finally be getting 2 see what the inside of a jail cell looks like. 1 gets the feeling that they -- the authorities -- will/should take this opportunity 2 throw the proverbial book @ him... if for no other reason than 2, wink wink, atone for past miscarriages of justice. wouldn’t you have thought that a guy who so publicly got away with committing a crime, a crime the world & his brother knew he was guilty of committing (a double murder no less), would have counted his blessings, turned over a new leaf & generally spent the rest of his life not doing anything 2 covet any unwanted attention... you know, spend his days laying low & wallowing in his unmerited freedom & whatever celebrity pull he still has/had. yeah, i’d have thought so 2. but no, not oj. anyway, i hope he enjoys his new surroundings & the attention he'll no doubt receive in jail. celebs, i’d imagine, are prime targets in such dens of reform... & oj’s a bigger target than most.
it turns out that kim jong-il is still alive after all. reports of the great leader’s demise seem 2 have been 1) presumptuous, 2) wishful and 3) misplaced. still though, he’s no spring chicken so me thinks that there can’t be 2 many years of dictatorship & tyranny left in him. no one is wishing that more than the korean’s themselves.
omg. sorry ladies, but the worlds fattest man has just been taken off the die-cast reinforced shelf. & while she may be able 2 walk up the aisle to the hum of 'here comes the bride,' he won't. nope, he'll be towed... in his bed. oh, & he'll be staying away from the wedidng cake 2. good boy. chin up ladies - plenty more fish/whales in the sea.
‘the return’ – an update
it’s the weekend so no news from korea. i’ll be on them in the morning, in a non-anchorman “i wanna be on you” sort of way.
just for laughs is all
speaking of anchorman, take a look @ poor brian below as he suffers through what has 2 be the longest 4 minutes of his life. i’m not 1 2 laugh & others misfortune (as if) but this is halirious. 2:25sec - 'later he gets the rebound, passes it to the man, shoots it... & boom goes the dynamite’... & you’re fired.
what i'm listening 2 right now
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