Well..Currently I am...

"So what are you up to?"..A question we have all been asked, have asked and will continue to ask those who cross our paths that we haven't seen in days , weeks, months or years. It's the catch all question that can generally get all the information that we are looking for from those little ,almost mandatory ,idle chatter conversations that result from not having any contact with those people in awhile. I think at my ten year reunion I asked it like 50 times.

So cyber space, and to those that read this here it is...The first "I am currently.." list.

I AM CURRENTLY..

1. Reading three books."Poker for Dummies","The Davinci Code" and "On the Road" byJack Kerouac. The poker book because I like poker. The DaVinci Code because I am down with anything that fucks with Catholics. And On the Road cause Jen said I would like it and she is trying to get me to read more fiction.

2. Listening to the following CDs in heavy rotation
a.)Sam Roberts- Chemical City
b.)WolfMother c.)Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium
d.)The Raconteurs- Broken Boy Soldier

3. Digesting the slight derailment that was X-men 3:The Last Stand

4. also digesting The Davinci Code movie...now here is a set of theroies that I can buy into...and as stated above I like anything that throws Catholics into a tizzy..

5.Looking forward to this movie and also this movie

6.Looking for a way I can take out this guy

7.Wondering of there is in fact a diet Coke in the fridge right now...

8.Wondering how this guy still has a job..

9.Wondering how this Guy could get elected for the job..

10.)Wondering if I am ever going to be able to get to sleep tonight....

Canada is a "Godless" country...And they seem to buy a lot of Trojans

Word has come down this week from The Holy Father himself, Pope Benedict, that the low birth rate in Canada is caused by godlessness and "social ills and moral ambiguities that result in secular ideology".

Well Pope Benny, that is an interesting take on things. I like to think that here in Canada we are just a little bit smarter than your average drunken college co-ed on springbreak. Of course this is also the group that seems to have a problem with sodomizing young boys but that's another entry all together.

This is one of those times where the Catholic Church is just showing how much that they are out of touch with the changing times of this day and age. It is a religion built on old morals that very few can, will, want to live up to. They should be happy that people are taking precautions. Does the low birth rate mean that people are having less sex...fuck no..It just means were smart about it. The Church is having problems with attendance and shrinking congregations. It is these firms stances, like no sex before marriage, no gay marriage, no divorces, that are driving people away. No one wants to hang out with the old guy They need to have a shake up to get people back, (though if they call me I put in my time)capture the youth. Offer free ipods or something.(I might think about going back for an Ipod). I think Kevin Smith was on to something with the Catholisim WOW campaign.

Let me tell ya....I hate losing...

It has become painfully obvious to me that I hate losing. Now if I went out and played some game I am no good at or never played before, like tennis or bridge or something then I can take the loss perfectly fine. However if its a game I KNOW I can play or am, in my modest opinion, good at then it eats at me. This is what happened last night, and through the bright morning sunshine and beautiful day that I woke up to hasn't made it any better.

I like poker, Texas hold'em(like the rest of the world it seems)is the new game of choice and in all modesty I have gotten good at it, and since hurting my back awhile ago it has taken the place of my other love of golf. Now I watch poker, read about it, play online and have two groups of people that I can play with on a fairly regular basis. I find the game fasicnating and challenging. I don't however lose that often..in all the poker I have played since playing 5 card stud in the school library at lunch in high school very rarely have I not broken even. Last night was the exception to the rule.

I played with the group of guys from work and brought the Hetero Life mate along as well. The first game went well and I can't get mad about that loss. I went all in on a flush with a Queen high, Ace was already on the board so the only card that could have beaten me was the king of hearts. I go all in, get called and out of the whole deck the guy had the one card that could beat me...fucker. I got beat by math. But I took comfort in the fact that I played the hand right and really lady luck was just being a bitch(a dirty, slutty, bitch but a bitch non-the less).

But in the second game Lady luck was using me as her chew toy. I ended up in the final two which was supposed to mean I get my buy in back($10) but no the rules changed I guess when I went to the bathroom. I couldn't buy a hand after that I would keep losing by 1 card. If I had a queen kicker then the guy I was playing against would have the king. It was the most frustrating session of cards I have ever been apart of. And the guy I was playing against is the one guy I didn't want to lose to...The Emperor of Port Alberni...likes to think of himself as a card player but he's just fucking lucky(and because I work with him I am NEVER going to hear the end of this...) Am I bitter?...maybe..A sore Loser?..There are other reasons that I won't get into here but maybe I am a sore loser. I feel like Lady Luck was getting back at me. She didn't just get back at me she used me as her plaything, a punching bag, if lady Luck was a guy then my name would be Ennis....