Next week at the big Z, I don’t have any shifts. While this isn’t the first time, it does seem rather odd. My availability is just Sunday and Saturday so I don’t really expect to work both, but when I don’t work either I feel like something has been taken from me. Well, I’m sure that the management feel like they gave me a vacation, I don’t really need vacations unless I ask for them. An example is going to be in a couple weeks with the Rider game where I will need the afternoon/evening off. Speaking of not working next week; it was almost a sad day when Julia Turkheim announced she was quitting. But then out of nowhere, she has now decided that she will stay on and keep working some weekends and maybe a few nights. Work has been fun, I get to relax and enjoy myself.
And the Winner Is…
Lukas Rossi was selected as the lead singer of Supernova last night. In a night filled with good performances one star out shown the others. When Tommy made the final say, he mentioned they had chosen the person with highest number of votes. Since I am a Lukas fan, I think I probably voted 30 times last night, not that much but I still feel like contributed somewhat. After the show the rockstar message board was going crazy. A lot of people don’t seem to like Lukas and they were fairly vocal. Some of them being babies and saying they are going to try to return their concert tickets and they would never listen to any supernova song in the future. Then others are saying that Lukas would bring out a goth crowd to the concerts, but I think that Lukas and Dilana would have brought out the same crowd so I don’t get that point. Some other people said that Lukas had more votes because Canada has more high speed internet throughout the country, and it showed Canada’s superiority not only on the stage but with our internet technology. Overall, I’m happy with their choice, obviously.
Rock Star Supernova
Tonight, Tommy Lee and crue will pick a winner for the hit reality show, Rock Star : Supernova. I have been watching the show intently since week 2 and have been very interested. I am not normally a fan of musical reality shows like the Idol shows. This show has been slightly different with less focus on the singing quality and more focus on entertainment value. This has resulted in a show that is a lot more interesting to watch and now that we are down to four singers, the quality of the singing is also great. My favorite singer has been Toronto born Lukas Rossi. He has a unique style and voice, and he isn’t afraid to change things up. At first it had appeared his range was somewhat limited but with great performances like in Creep, he has shown he can hit a very wide range. One of my favorite songs has got to be his original song, Headspin. If anyone has the ability, I’d make sure to check it out. He originally sang it with his old band, Rise Electric. The finale will be on tonight on CBS or Global, so check it out.
Season Ender
Last night the White City NBD soccer team played an overall good game. We played short a player for most of the game and didn’t have the benefit of substitutes. Other than that, the final score was 3 – 1. They scored at the very end of the game so it could basically be looked at as a 2 to 1 game. We had plenty of chances but couldn’t capitalize on our shots. I thought we could have really used my brother Ben, the keeper, but he is gone to Alberta for school. With him in the lineup we could have had more offensive production from Reese. The game basically summarized our season though. We lost, didn’t really have very good turnout, but played hard with what we had. Next up, indoor.
In it for the Long Term
In hockey news today, Rick DiPietro, goalie for the New York Islanders signed a 15year $67.5 million contract. This contract is very long for NHL terms. Probably the longest ever in fact. That is defintely a long term commitment, not only by the team but the player. I don’t know if I were in the same situation if I could make the same decision. I think I would must prefer the shorter contracts. That way it would push me to work harder since I won’t be guaranteed anything once the contract is done. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=177223&hubname=nhl
Soccer Game?
I think I might have a soccer game today. I read on a tentative schedule emailed to me from someone from some other division, who got it from a friend who knows someone at Regina Soccer. The problem with all of this is, I have not been phoned by anyone on our team. So, if we do have a game will I be the only person there?? I guess I should probably go maybe they just forgot to phone me. I also have a class tonight, so that is also important that I go to. I wish stupid Regina Soccer would update their webpage and put on the playoff schedule already, this is ridiculous.
Upcoming Events
During the next couple weeks I plan to be rather busy. I have work all the time, and then the night classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. On Thursday September 14th, the CSSS is having a beer and pizza so I will make sure to stop by there after work. Next week, September 19th, I’ll be in Saskatoon for the Red Hot Chili Peppers Concert. Then September 23rd there will be a CSSS games night. Thats another event I want to get to. September 26th, will be the season premiere for The Office. It should be a great season opener that hopefully will answer some questions and tie up some loose ends. I’m sure I will be forgetting some things but thats alright.
Friday
I’m working today . . surprise surprise. I need to bank my EDO for the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert on Sept. 19th, so I’ll just have to live through a longer work week. Good thing we had that holiday on Monday or I’d really be complaining. In other news around the globe, the shuttle launch this morning was scrubbed. They will try it again tomorrow. I’ll make sure to watch it, since I always watch the shuttle launches.
Something funny I saw; the Wolf Big Breakfast show with Chris and Balzy had a wood chipper outside today. They were supposidly chipping anything Bombers or Huskies. They made it seem like this was actually happening, by saying “I’m putting a bomber flag into the chipper”. From my vantage point in the office I could see Balzy putting stuff into the chipper, but it was just old branches. Not banjos or flags! Bunch of liers, haha. It was still interesting radio though.
Week One Complete
I have finished going to my first week of classes. Both classes don’t seem to be too difficult and I expect that I will be able to follow along at a reasonable level. With economics, there is an optional assignment. It will take 5% out of both midterms and 10% out of the final to make the assignment worth 20%. The problem is you have to decide soon if you are going to do it but we won’t find out what the assignment is until November. I don’t know if I’m willing to do that since I don’t know what my plans will be like later. I’ll just go with the midterms and the final. I’ll have more time to work on CS375 assignments and give me more time overall. One thing about assignments though, is that they normally help me understand concepts better. Anyway, I can always try reading the textbook too.
Long Days
With my coop job I am working from 8 – 4:30; and now with school on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, I am occupied from 7 – 9:45pm. Now last night at my class, I learnt again how long night classes really are. Good thing I brought some RedBull to keep myself alert. There are so many distractions in the classroom, such as people reading books, people using their laptops, and people watching videos on their cellphones. It takes a lot of concentration to be able to learn from the prof. Tonight’s class is going to be bigger so I can only expect to have more distractions.