Bedlam!

Hey yaars,

Who would have known that our Jays would grow a set and finally decide to take matters into their own hands, or A-Rod's leg to be precise.

It was great to see a Jays team show some gumption, unfortunately, I believe it was a case of too little, too late. Had they done this a few weeks back at Yankee Stadium in front of the NY faithful, I would have been impressed. To wait months to retaliate is just plain vindictive in my books. Mind you I'm not complaining, as it made for one hell of an atmosphere at the Rogers Centre on Tuesday. Too bad we proceeded to get hammered that evening. And in true Jays fashion, the next night managed to score enough runs in one night (15) to last a homestand.

On the home front, I've just been informed by my mom that I'm to be engaged by the time I'm 27 - leaving me approximately 12-20 months of bachelor-dom. Crazy I know, but who am I to break a tradition lasting centuries? I'm actually not predisposed to being against the idea, as I actually see the benefits of the situation. Plus, I still think it's a hell of a lot more convenient than doing the whole dating thing :P

Before my post begins to be a ramble-fest, here are the notes for the more occupied folk who frequent the blog:

- Me, married at 27/28 - Yikes!

- Barack Obama putting his foot in his mouth by declaring that he would have no hesitation barging into Pakistan if he had sufficient evidence to prove that Osama bin Laden was in hiding there. What ever happened to diplomacy? While I agree terrorists should be put to justice, the autonomy of independent states must be recognized. Invading an allied country (albeit loosely) does nothing but perpetuate the stereotype of the U.S. being an imperialistic, bullying faction hell-bent on imposing their way amongst the world. And isn't that exactly what the war on terror is suppose to be preventing?

- My iPod earbuds are on their last legs. While the right earbud is shaky but stable, the left bud is now playing at a lower volume than the right. It's taken a lot of work for them to sound decent, and I'm eagerly awaiting my new set of 2nd generation earbuds I've just ordered. Why can't Apple just hook us up with some nice Sennheiser's!

- I know I'm about 16 months behind on marvels of cell phone technology, but I love the Razr. It's so much more useful than the clunky Sony Ericsson that was always causing me problems in the past. And it's only fitting that I'm not a Virgin Mobile customer :P

- Went online and found high quality rips of the first (and only) season of Fastlane. For those of you who know me post 2002, that was my absolute favourite show at the time and after watching them again, I still feel indignant at the fact that they could cancel such an exciting show and find ways to keep rubbish shows on (in order to avoid p*ssing people off, shows will remain nameless)

- Tell-tale sign of being too frugal and parsimonious : keeping track of lunches you've bought for friends, TWO YEARS AGO! (You know who you are!) :P

- Worst moment of the last week : discovering the truth about a certain co-worker's escapades. It was like finding out Mickey Mantle corked his bat. Say it ain't so!

That's it for now, with a quick plea of advice from my gallery of readers. I want to take my brother to the States next month for his birthday. I know he's hesitant as he knows my mom would get all nervous, but I think it would be a good chance for us to be free of the shackles of home for a few days and enjoy some baseball. Admittedly I'm pushing to go to Chicago to see the Cubs (I promised myself a trip to Wrigley once a year), but am not sure what would convince him. Any pearls of wisdome anyone?

Have a good one y'all and talk to you soon!