the lost sport

My softball team is short a few players this year, and I've been asking around to try to get people to play. The response is mostly the same. ("I'm more of a soccer person.") My cousin even said to me: "Baseball isn't really a sport, is it?"

Is the greatest game of all time becoming practically obsolete? What's the world coming to?

the taste of "delicious"

In January, I had the unique opportunity to taste Heaven. It came in the form of a cracker. Triscuit Rosemary and Olive Oil crackers, to be exact. These things were so good that I actually got aroused just at the idea of eating them. I had dreams about them, wrote poems about them, and bought several boxes at a time so that I wouldn't suddenly run out. I introduced them to several of my friends, who were also immediately addicted.

Then in February, the crackers disappeared from the shelves.

I waited, assuming that Dominion was just sold out of them. After all, these were the most delicious things ever invented. It made sense that everyone was buying them. So I tried Loblaws. They were also sold out. I tried Sobeys, No Frills, Longo's, Wal-Mart, and Zellers. Nothing.

I finally asked someone at Dominion if they were going to sell them again. She looked at me and said, "I don't remember ever selling flavoured Triscuits. But we have the regular ones."

So I bought the regular ones. They aren't as good, but they have the same texture as the flavoured ones, so they'll do. I'm on a mission now, though. To find out what happened to those Rosemary and Olive Oil Triscuits, and bring them back to the shelves.

St. Patrick's Day

So my friends and I decided that we would go out drinking the night before St. Patrick's Day just for fun. Maybe we were trying to get warmed up for all the drinking that we were going to be doing the next day. I'm still not entirely sure what we were thinking.

We started by having a few coolers and vodka before we left the house. I was definitely feeling it, but still in decent shape. At the pub, they put green food colouring in all our drinks, which made me want to drink even more.

So, the combination of the Smirnoff twisted coolers, tequila shots, and Jolly Rancher shots that I drank while we were there left me in not-such-decent-shape.

When we got back to my friend's house, I think I puked four times before I passed out for the night. I should have eaten something, but felt too gross. Unfortunately, this led to another round of vomiting when I woke up in the morning.

I was way too sick to go out drinking again for the real St. Patrick's Day!!:(

The moral: Warming up is good when it comes to exercise, not drinking.

fish illness

What does it mean when a Siamese fighting fish develops white spots around its eye?

It's bad news, isn't it?

spring is here!

It's going to be 10 degrees Celsius today! Tomorrow it's going to be 16!! This is the warmest weather we've had since September!

This unfortunately means that the skating party that I'm attending tonight is going to turn into a swimming party instead. Oh well! When the weather is this nice, it's hard to care.

a warning

If it turns out that my students have given me the flu that they're so kindly sharing with one another right now, I can guarantee that my class is about to decrease in size.

If I miss any part of the March Break because of this illness I've picked up, I will be forced to kill (or at least maim) someone to restore a bit of balance.

the worst is over

Arrrrrgh! This has been one of the most stressful weeks of my life! This happens three times a year, and it's always hell! Luckily, the worst part is over. My report cards have been handed in to be checked by the principal, and I just have to wait for them to be returned so I can send them home. Now the stress can be passed on to my students as they wait for their grades...

On a positive note, I have a week off (March Break) coming up!! One whole week to myself. I have no idea what I'm going to be doing that week, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that I'm going to enjoy it!