| Saturday March 2nd 2002 So this is what I'm doing for fun on a Saturday evening; expanding my internet horizons. I count myself lucky I'm succeeding this well; my wife locked the computer with a password before she left and I had to do some nifty tricks to get by it. Went out to rent a movie, but couldn't really settle on anything. Went out earlier today to sign up for a local soccer league. I heard ahead of time it was gonna be $150 which had me doing some heavy thinking before I said 'ah, why not?' Found out why not - turned out to be $220!! 150 was pushing it, 220 was 'here, you can have this information pamphlet back to hand out to the next person'. Guess I'll have to take up jogging or something. I'm in pretty amazing shape for not getting any exercise. I do a little weightlifting at home, and I try to get out skating and skiing a bit in the winter, and extra walking in the summer. I guess I'm like the models you hate who eat french fries everyday. I think if I did start looking run down I'd take up more vigorous exercise to do something about it; I'm kinda vain that way. I've got a pretty bummy wardrobe and I'm looking to spice it up. Finally hit on the idea of actually looking at the men's section of department store magazines to see what's in (gasp!). I'm getting into the cargo pants look; something different than jeans all the time, and not too dressed up. Also taking up cooking as a new talent - well, some cooking. I can do a pretty good pasta dish now, and I love this countertop grill we've got - hope i get to keep it :) Grocery shopping too is on my new resume. Amazing the things you can pick up if you start not expecting your wife to do it all the time. It wasn't like I was a permanent fixture on the couch though. There were things she was better at than me, so those were the things she did. Apparently I'm better than her at changing cat litter, taking out the garbage, changing lightbulbs, vacuuming, washing dishes and shovelling the driveway / cutting the lawn. I like pitching in - it's pretty empowering. You know, I sat down here tonight and figured what the heck am i gonna write about to get this site started with some content? and now I can't shut-up. I haven't even gotten into heavy religion and politics sorts of stuff yet - for some reason that was a top priority for me when I got started, but it just doesn't sound like much fun to write about right now. I'll fill you in on all that stuff later. Maybe I identify myself in those terms too much. I'm typing in the basement, and there's this freaking cat that keeps looking in the window at me and scaring the crap out of me. These damn blinds won't close all the way so this furry face keeps showing up outta no where. I love cats - there's two rascals right here with me - but how about some warning please? Went skating on the Rideau Canal thursday night with a co-worker and some of his friends. Evening skate with the moon and stuff, on the world's biggest outdoor skating rink - now that's a cool experience, one that wouldn't have occurred to me. I'm planning to adapt a new policy of actually accepting invitations I'd usually duck out of. It's time to live a little now that I get to play single again - within reason, of course. A man's got his priorities to attend to, like frenetic Monday night chess club, for instance. yeh, shaddap! Okay, that's enough of this for now. I've established enough to convince myself I'm coming back soon, or if not than enough to establish yet another monument to flash in the pan 'I'm going to make a personal internet site' initiatives the world over. In fact, I'm not even going to bother re-reading this and editing it to authorly perfection like I usually do with everything else in my life. Let's go out on a limb - let's spell imperfectly! Night for now... |