Happy Festivus!

This post may be a long one. I finally found some time to update this blog. The holidays have just been flying by. I had wanted to go out of town this holidays but that didn't happen. That is okay as I have spent time with family and friends. Who couldn't ask for a better Christmas than that? So here are the updates in no particular order:

Postcrossing:

Postcrossing is humming right along. (I have to throw a plug in again. Visit www.postcrossing.com) 8 have been sent to other countries and registered and I have recieved 3. 5 are in transit right now. I want to give a big shout out to the people that have been visting my blog that are postcrossing members. Thank you. 

I find though sometimes I'm in a rush sending out the postcards. I end up slapping together a postcard as fast as possible just to fire it out. I want to be more creative with my cards. Maybe that can be a New Years Resolution.

Christmas:

I couldn't ask for a better holiday! I have good health and so does my family. That alone means a lot. And the holidays just flew by. I got a GPS for Christmas. The first use of it:  Finding a Burger King in Orillia. Classic all the way. And it happened to be the Whopper Wednesday! Another Festivus miracle! Which leads me into my next entry 

Festivus:

If anyone knows me they will know one thing : I love Seinfeld! So I was updating my Facebook account and I did not want to be the guy with the generic holdiay greetings like everyone else. So I was thinking of what to say and it came to me: Festivus! So happy Festivus everyone! And what are my Festivus miracles? I have a GPS, (Miracle!) a cell phone finally (Miracle again!) and I guess that is all for the Festivus miracles for now. Oh wait - I won $450 on a hand of Missisipi Stud at a casino (Miracle!) Unfortunately Festivus came and went before I could celebrate it (Dec 23) but in spirit I have been celebrating it all this week.

Leisure Time:

I have been off this week  so I have some leisure time in my life. Bascially I'm still on the Left 4 Dead grind (I'm playing LFD 1 and 2) and I had downloaded the X-Men arcade game through X-Box live. My buddy and I beat it in one sitting right away though. It was still good for a trip down memory lane.

I watched the new Tron Legacy and True Grit at the cinema. And I plan on watching the original Tron at home again. It has been a long time since I seen the original . I was happy with the new Tron Legacy. They didn't cater to today's attention deficient society and avoiding cramming it with non-stop action and explosions. As I stepped out of the cinema commenting on that my buddy said that was his complaint about the movie - too much back story and not enough action. Go fiqure.

So much for a huge blog entry. I'm sitting in a coffee house ( the only one because I don't count Tim Hortons) and I'm trying to journal, blog and surf the net. Classic. Somehow the blogging and journalling got lost in the shuffle.

Alright. Happy Festivus! Happy Postcrossing!

Postcrossing!!!!!

 Well this is unusual as I'm updating my blog at 11:55pm. And why? Because.... (drum roll and suspense please) I received my first postcard from www.postcrossing.com.
I registered it on the website so now its official: 3 sent and 1 recieved. The postcard is from Holland and contains a picture of a cricket.
I'm happy. Now all I have do is fiqure out how to store these postcards. I'm already debating how to decorate the outside of the binder that I selected to store them.
An extra bonus: I actually went for a run. It was cold but so worth it. This run made me realize why I fell in love with running in the first place. And it gave me new motivation.

So happy postcrossing everyone!! And for the runnners: enjoy your runs! Happy trails!

We Won!

We finally won a curling game! (Applause here) It was a close call right till the seventh end. Each end one team would score a 2-3 points and keep it tied till the sixth end. In the seventh end we pulled ahead by 3 and the other team called it a day. It was a classic victory.

I had no time to watch any shows last night. Last night because we curled late I didn't get home till 11:30 pm. I had martial arts at 6:30 and then I had curling at 8:30. It makes for a long day. I played a bit of RISK arcade on XBOX 360. I wasn't really feeling it though

                                                        In Postcrossing News


I have 3 postcards that have been sent and registered at their destinations. I have yet to recieve any postcards yet. So 3 are registered and 5 are deemed travelling at this moment. One must be lost because from where I live to Michigan U.S.A does not take 15+ days.
I guess I can officially call this a hobby because I have lots of ideas to make my own postcards. I even cleared a little area at home to be my workstation.

Rab

Rambling Rab

Okay so I'm at a computer with a good keyboard. So now I can let the postings rip. So here goes.....


I had a lazy weekend and did not do much of anything. I played the No Mercy (downloadable content) level on Left 4 Dead 2. There are a few differences for this stage compared to the original Left 4 Dead. The main difference is the difficult. It is a few times harder than the original. It took me a few times to beat it. There is way more undead thrown at you. And the layout of the last level (helicopter pickup) is a bit different. There is no wall to hide out at the top of the call room.

The computer provides two grenade launchers for use on the last level. I thought that it would make it easier to beat the stage but apparently not. It makes it a little easier. A basic strategy would be to grab the launcher and sit on top of a roof and fire away at groups of zombies. And if any get a chance to climb the building just switch to melee and slash or push them off.

Rab

True Grit

I had put watching the original True Grit movie (1969) on the backburner for a while. I finally watched it last night and I was impressed. I thought it was it was a good movie. I have not seen any other John Wayne movies (yet!) so I can not compare this movie to his other works.

Apparently critics thought it was over the top and hammy (his acting) and that his Oscar for this movie was awarded more for his lengthy career. It does not bother me as I think this movie was pretty good for a western.
Watch it if you get a chance and then go see the remake coming this Christmas ( Dec 22). The remake has top actors starring in it. (Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon)

Anyone under 20 years of age would not be able to watch this. I can guarantee that. They would say it is boring and complain of lack of action. I do not want to go into a rant about the decline in quality of movies so I will save that for later.

I am using the broken keyboard again so this post is short.


Rab

Emergency Update!!!

Yes!!! Howard Stern has signed on for another 5 years. This will probably be his last 5 years on radio so my new goal will to maximize the amount of time I listen to Howard Stern. I love the guy. (Well most of the time)



Rab

100 Percent Random

This is just going to be a whirlwind of randomness starting now:

-I noticed some of the time stamps are wrong on the blog entries because I can tell you right now I did not wake up at 7 am to put an entry on my blog (I'm not that dedicated).

-2 of my postcards that I have sent have been reached their destination and have been registered (see postcrossing.com for information) in Germany and the Netherlands. I have 5 in transit (3 have been in transit for 13 days now) and since 2 have been registered I'm eligible to recieve 2 postcards from random people. I'm excited but basically I have to build patience as I might be lucky to receive one postcard before Christmas.

-I ventured into the art store (Micheals) to buy supplies for my christmas gifts (I can't annouce what I'm making right now because I don't want to spoil it) and I felt like a fish out of water. I even told the clerk that I'm not a "art guy" because she asked me what I was making. So I have most of the supplies and I'm grabbing the rest tonight . Hopefully on the weekend I can attempt a test run to see if I know what I'm doing.

-One thing caught my eye on the way out of the art store: a book called Journal Junkies. I'm thinking of going back there to buy it today.

I'm done rambling for now I guess.

Rab