In with a Bang, out with a whimper?

Hey yaars,

Needless to say, my birthday festivities were outstanding! I can only say that I indulged in a few things I didn't plan on doing. And yes, a gentlemen's club was involved!

If you weren't there, I'm not going to reward you with the details, you'll have to get them out of me verbally the next time I see you! If I haven't already, a big thanks to my boys Cedric and Jamie for organizing things, along with gratitude to a certain friend who I now know is quite the 'playa'.

Onwards and forwards though, I'm 25 now and hopefully it'll be a good year. Here's what's been brewing in my brain over the last few days...

- What's up with Norman Spector? Considering he was a foreign diplomat (former Canadian ambassador to Israel), for him to call Belinda Stronach a bitch was uncalled for. This could be the politically correct me, but there probably were better ways to achieve his point about her. At least Peter MacKay is keeping it behind closed doors!

- What happened to those Pakistani cricketers I wrote about a few weeks ago? Their trial completed today and both were suspended. Shoaib Akhtar for 2 years, Mohammad Asif for 1. I'm officially mourning over our prospects in next march's world cup!

- Kenny vs. Spenny is the shiznit! Zan got me into this show a few years back when he use to watch it on CBC after school. They got so outrageous they ended up going to showcase, where this week they both suffered the humiliation of being t-bagged! We couldn't stop laughing for a good ten minutes. Maybe there was some inside relevance to that - actually yes, there definitely was!

- In case you haven't heard, Madonna adopted a boy from Malawi. I'm beginning to think third world kids are the new "Tinkerbell's" for celebs. As great as it is for the child, it's just a tad exploitative to adopt so publicly, to court the media's attention. Now Madonna may not have outrightly courted the attention, of course she hasn't hidden from it either (interviews on Oprah aren't exactly indicative of a humble disposition).

- Baseball's officially over for another 5 months. For yours truly it was a good year as I managed to visit THREE new ballparks. If you haven't been a regular reader (or haven't talked to me in the last 6 months!), in the spring I managed to visit Wrigley and U.S. Cellular Field, while at the end of this season I managed to mozy on down to COmerica park in Detroit. What's next on the itenirary? I'm thinking I'll want to hit up Miller Park, and any other park that finds its way into my plans!

- As a generally liberal supporter, I must say I too am not a Belinda Stronach fan. Simply because it seems she's in politics simply on a whim, with attempts at gaining the PM's office one day. In the meantime, she's managed to be linked to Bill Clinton, Peter MacKay, Tie Domi, and evidently half the country! And is it just me, or does she remind you of that power-hungry girl in high school who would do anything and everything in order to reach the top of the social ladder? (I'm sure a certain Conservative friend of mine will love that comment!).

- Spooks is sooo wickedy-wicked right now. For those of you who haven't heard of the show, it's on the BBC and can be found on different times on A&E. The show revolves around the day-to-day scenarios of Britain's MI-5 domestic intelligence agency. It's dramatic, suspenseful, and well-writtedn WITHOUT the need for gratuitous explosions (don't worry, there's still the odd bomb). I highly recommend you to watch this show! (In North America's the show is named MI-5)

Talk to y'all l8er!