Oh my...

I hadn't realized that it had been so long since I updated this thing. My apologies to the three people who have skipped past and glanced at my blog. I certainly haven't been writing much in this format considering that I'm a writer and all. I suspect that I've been suffering from writerly constipation. It's debilitating. Really. It is.

So things to say...I've been listening to Ricky Gervais' podcasts available on the Guardian Unlimited website. Hilarious. I downloaded them onto my iPod and have been listening to the first four episodes as I walk to work in the morning, trying not to laugh out loud. So instead, I break out into various smirking expressions or wide grins, requiring me to cover my mouth (yes, like a little Asian girl). I've actually thought out starting my own podcast with a friend of mine. What would it be like? Perhaps you'll find out sooner than later!

Christmas has just past and New Years is on the horizon. Maybe it's just me but New Years planning is always so stressful. Where am I going to go? What am I going to do? What am I going to wear? And who am I going to be with? It's weird being back home after being away for a few years and having to realign myself. Most of my friends have serious significant others and/or children and...well...it's strange. It's not like I'm hankering to settle down right away but this town sure makes me feel like the odd one out being single. I had a lot more single friends in New York and it's not really a surprise that I find this city a little boring. Woohoo! Bars where they usually play crappy music! Where everyone drives alone in their cars and trucks and yell at pedestrians! Where most people are kinda dull and uninterested in anything but steak!

Oh god...am I getting bitter?

Naah...

And don't mind the use of exclamation marks...I will use them sparingly in the future. I once knew this guy who ended every single sentence in his emails with an exclamation mark. I felt like he was yelling at me all the time. I will endeavour to avoid this annoying trait.

And my two cents for the day...there's a new-ish radio station in the city that I enjoy listening to. They had a contest to find a new news announcer for the morning show. Anyway...I'm becoming more and more disappointed in this guy. By the pictures shown on their website, he looks the part (meaning he looks good announcing the news in the modern rock station booth, what with his wrist bands and spiky hair) but he mispronounces words, gets facts wrong, and seems a bit lazy in getting news stories. For example. he pronounced Sault Ste. Marie "Salt Saint Marie" and this morning his facts were vague as he reported about the Liberal party employee who had the offensive blog. The report just peetered out. He didn't mention many names and he obviously hadn't read the offensive material so he was going on what other media outlets had already reported. But then he couldn't even get those facts right. I get the sense that he really doesn't understand world events and what people really want from their news announcers. I guess he gave up his burgeoning career as a teacher to do this for a year. I'm like, 'shouldn't you know better? You're getting paid to provide the news, dude. Be responsible!' Sigh. But the most hilarious thing is that the host of the show doesn't trust him enough to let him do the weather. He also mentions at every introduction that this guy is the winner of "the contest". Will he last the rest of the year? Only time will tell...