A sort of re-design...

What do you think of the new look? I think it looks really dapper with my styling profile on the right over there, my new layout, and a much-improved colour scheme. Please, do leave a comment to tell me your opinions.

So don't even bother asking me about how my soccer season is going. I mean, this is just ridiculous already. Two weeks ago, we had this to deal with:



That lasted a few days at least and cancelled out a weekend of soccer. Then came one co-ed game, followed by a forfeited win for our men's team. Of course, mother nature wasn't through taunting us so she gave us rain for the entire weekend and left us with another cancelled co-ed game and the prospect of a cancelled men's game for tomorrow night. So in total, I've only played one game out of a scheduled six. To make matters worse is that I'm away camping for the weekend, so I'll be missing our Saturday men's game as well. Oh, the slings and arrows of outdoor soccer!

Thank you to everyone for the well-wishes in my job hunt. Sadly, there has been no change in the situation and as far as I can tell everything is the same. However, Lina's got a good job now so I must be doing something right! I'm starting to think that I'm a bad luck sponge, absorbing crap so that those near me can live their lives untarnished and squeaky clean. I guess it's not so bad, and really does help to work toward the greater good.

Recently, I had the chance to take in Van Helsing and Troy at the Silver City in Polo Park. Sadly, neither really lived up to the hype for me although Troy was definitely a better movie than Hugh Jackman's creature feature.

I suppose Van Helsing is alright if you go in expecting something so cheesy that it actually leaves you smelling like Gouda when it's all said and done. I was actually expecting something a bit more on the serious side and was extremely put off by the God-awful Transylvanian accents that run rampant through the film.

Troy was a well made film that really only let me down because I know that it could have been so much more. Brad Pitt was excellent as Achilles, although the character himself veered far from what mythology portrays him as. In fact, if you were expecting mythology at all from this flick, you would have been better served sitting at home and watching The Mighty Hercules reruns. Other than constant banter about the wrath of Apollo, there is no involvement, appearance, or trace of any Olympians. Of course, it was nice to see a movie representation of some great Greek heroes like Achilles, Odysseus, Hector, and Ajax. I should also mention that the action was top-notch and Pitt's fighting style is nothing short of mesmerizing. However, it really fell apart for me when the film made no mention of Achilles' origins and completely left out the mythology surrounding his death, despite the fact that he did take an arrow through his heel.

In other news, June is going to be bringing not one, but two (!) new albums to my music collection. First up in about two weeks is Matthew Good's new offering, White Light Rock & Roll Review, which sounds a little more upbeat than his last record. The new single, entitled Alert Status Red is pretty awesome and is mandatory enjoyment for any Good fans out there. Go listen! The end of the month bears sweet, sweet fruit when the Tragically Hip release their much-anticipated new album, In Between Evolution. If you haven't already heard Vaccination Scar, you need to get thee to a website and watch the video. For those of you who are out of Canada this summer, you have some great Canadian music waiting for you when you get back!

Before I run off for the night, I have a new feature to add: The Quote of the Post! Each post (which will hopefully be more frequent than as of late) I plan on finishing each post with a quoatable phrase from music, movies, literature, or even real life around me. No context is needed, for these are good enough to stand on their own.

qotp: "It's people like you who keep Jesus from coming back!"
- Peter to Alex at work tonight, after an odd conversation about samurai honour suicides, ghosts, and databases

That's all for now folks! Soccer tomorrow, woo! (Weather permitting, of course)

- Colin (invincibleironman@hotmail.com)