Thank god Friday is here!  This has been my first week back in reality and I am desperate for the weekend.  I need to make this clear - I love my new job!  My co-workers are awesome and the work itself is fun.  It has just been tough adjusting to a normal schedule.  I have also been very busy with my social life.  Big problem, I know!  I need some “Mike” time.  A day that I dedicate to relaxing.  Maybe next week.  Tonight I had a hockey game.  Hockey has been a frustrating experience for quite a while.  I was never great at it.  As a younger man, my greatest skill came with my ability to hit people in open ice.  I would consider that a skill as it takes some serious timing.  Before I took a couple of years off, I was the kind of guy who scored goals.  I knew that if I got the puck that there was a good chance it was going in the net.  I was so confident in my abilities.  These days I have crawled into some kind of shell that I just can’t bust out of.  I seem to get more hesitant with each game.  I am so screwed up that my body just freaks out when I am near the puck.  I know I need to just slow things down and take the puck and take my time and look for opportunities.  Knowing and doing and very different things.  Amazing what confidence can do!  I have it in all other aspects of my life.  None on the ice anymore.  I am thinking I should get drunk before my next game.  I am always a little more ballsy when I have had a few.  Let’s see what happens!  Happy Friday everyone.  If you are in Canada then I know what you will be watching tonight  As usual, here is an SMBC comic that has nothing to do with anything.

One day in and I already miss life as a bum.  For the first time since December of 2008, I am back in the ranks of the working class.  I actually had an excellent day at the office.  Everyone was very nice and it seems like it will be a fun group to be around.  I will get to satisfy my geeky nature while I continue to pursue my ultimate goal of being a firefighter.  It really is the perfect situation.  Hell, my new boss even bought me lunch today!  Not bad at all.  Everything was great right up until 5:30 when I left the office.  In case you don’t live in Toronto, we got hit with a bit of a snow storm.  This wasn’t exactly unexpected, it was on pretty much every weather report you could find.  Somehow this managed to cripple the commute home.  my hour long drive took 2.5 hours to get home!  I needed over an hour and a half just to get to the highway.  On my drive I saw people in ditches, people who had smashed into each other and people who almost ran over pedestrians.  Seriously, we live in freakin’ Canada.  This is freakin’ February.  Why the fuck are we so unprepared for this?!?!?!  It’s snow.  You have seen it before!  Make your dumb ass familiar with it’s properties and it’s affect on your vehicle.  This will come up again in the near future.  Unless you have the memory retention of an eggplant this knowledge will be applicable repeatedly.  Just a tip from your favorite smart-ass!  Now, as is tradition, a web comic that has nothing to do with anything I just talked about.  This is just about how awesome engineers are.  Enjoy!

I haven’t posted an SMBC comic on here in a while.  So, I was able to go through quite a few to pick one I really liked.  I figured you would get a kick out of this one.  This week has been a little crazy for me.  Even though I am done school I still have some major exams coming up.  Tomorrow I write 4 different tests.  It is pretty much a summary of everything I have learned this past year.  I enjoy a challenge so I have yet to really start studying!  I have been putting it off for a lot of days now.  I really am a master at procrastination.  When I have to study I find that absolutely any other activity is fun.  Yesterday I found laundry and cleaning the floors to be an absolute blast!  Today I have about 5 guys coming over and hopefully they will kick my ass into gear.  My only break from studying today will be to feed those animals when they get here.  As a result of my schedule, I probably won’t post anything tomorrow.  I will let you all know how it went on Friday.

Here is that SMBC comic…

As I write the title to that post I find myself a little shocked.  Christmas is almost here!  Not only that, the year is almost done.  2009 definitely had a fast pace.  I am officially done all my classes for school.  What I am not done is one last essay I am supposed to mail in.  It’s due today.  Once I pick a topic I will be set!  This last weekend we had the informal party with my grad class.  We got some hotel rooms and some drinks.  I honestly don’t remember much else.  Great times…I think!  I spent Sunday laying in bed watching TV.  We were so lazy we ordered in for both lunch and dinner.  That kind of laziness takes a very special kind of tired.  My bathroom renovation is pretty much complete.  The shower looks amazing.  I will post some pics of that later.  Now I just need to wipe down absolutely everything in my room because of all the dust.  How do I wipe down stucco walls…or a fabric couch?  I continue to read “Watership Down” and I really don’t ever remember it.  It seems like something everyone read back in school.  I had no idea rabbits lead such interesting, spiritual lives.  Do other animals have books like this?  I am also reading “Pride & Prejudice & Zombies” and what the bible says is true: Zombies are awesome.  As is my trend with these ramblings, I like to leave you with a comic that has nothing to do with anything.  Enjoy your Tuesday everybody!

Alright, I have been ultra-lazy when it comes to blogging lately.  That is probably because I have been ridiculously busy over the last week.  I wish I had more to talk about, but my life just isn’t that interesting.  Or, maybe it is so interesting that it is all a secret and I am just keeping you in the dark.  Intrigued?  Then consider yourself verbally bamboozled.  As is my trend in these situations - here is a comic that has absolutely nothing to do with anything!

Being single, I can appreciate how hard it is to meet people some times.  Let’s face it, there is a lot of competition in the city.  It really can come down to that first impression.  That first pick up line you get out might be a “make or break” moment.  It’s just unfortunate we have to be so crafty with our language in order to get some attention.  I long for simpler times.  Here is a quick look back at early man in the process of a pick up.  They really knew how to rock a pick up line!

Holy crap have I been busy lately!  If I haven’t been at work or at school I have been sleeping.  This last week where I battled the flu allowed me to sleep more than usual.  Since I really have nothing to talk about after a 12 hour school day I will give you something that has nothing to do with anything.  Here is a convergence of good news - as expressed by an SMBC comic.

Good morning everyone!  Hopefully you are all waking up hung over as hell and plan to spend the day on the couch watching movies and football.  I have a volunteer gig and a ton of homework, so that is going to take me right up until around midnight.  Crappy!  Oh well.  My life has ramped back up to being completely busy.  I guess it’s a good thing I am single.  Speaking of that, here are a pair of comics from SMBC that seem to revolve around that single theme.  Enjoy!

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Let’s get back to the fun stuff!  I have had enough of the serious/depressing posts.  Since today is Saturday it seems appropriate to hit up SMBC for some comic action.  In this Sex Offender comic we learn how to put a pleasant spin on anything!  Today is a crazy day for me.  My hockey team somehow managed to win some tournament and now we have some last minute games thrown into our lives as part of a bigger tournament.  If we somehow manage to be the team of destiny, it means our season continues in Vegas for another tournament.  We are nursing some injuries though and two of our top three scorers are out of action.  Our games have a 5 hour gap so we are going to have a little BBQ at my house.  If we don’t get too drunk, we might even play our second game!  I will let you all know how it goes.  Enjoy the comic!

This blog looks at everything from a guys point of view.  Probably because I am a guy.  It wouldn’t make sense for me to have a woman’s point of view.  I don’t know how things are for women.  I do hear rumors though.  Apparently, having your period sucks.  This is me paying respect to that monthly plight the ladies go through.  Actually, this is SMBC paying the respect with this comic.  This is a long weekend coming up so I hope you all have an awesome time and enjoy some sunshine.  I will be staying in Toronto to see some people and maybe hitting the links a couple of times.  It’s back to school next week