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August Long

Promise for the last time I am going to rant about men's league ball hockey. Well at least for this season, or for awhile. I hate sandbaggers. It should be a rule if a person is good enough to compete in say div 4, they should not be allowed to play in 9. Now yes this would screw me a bit. My friend Cook wouldn't be allowed to sub, which I would miss but overall I think it would make the league better. Yes it might be bitterness BUT when a team is stacked it is lame. And I get wanting to pad points, but what kind of person wants to drop like that?? I prefer a challenge! Ya I wish I had more points but I wouldn't want to win games like I do on a video game....

It is August long.... Usually this is a HOT one but so far this AM looking grey out. (I am sure I won't finish this today and will be able to comment on the actual weather) I am supposed to go on a urban pedal tour. (The weather turned out fine, a bit windy later but a great day for a pedal tour! I also highly recommend that. Check out Yelp for a better review but is was awesome!) Looks fun, also Heritage Fest in Edmonton which is awesome. In the past facebook tells me I have been at the lake, in Grande Cache for the Death Race or even in BC. There is a circus in St. Albert this weekend maybe I will make it there.... I know for one thing I will be watching 5.5 hours of MCU this weekend. The Infinity war and Endgame..... Gawd I love digital download.

So Marvel has released the Endgame. The crown jewel of 10 years and 22 movies. It is amazing. I have ranted about it before. I am moving on though.... Can Marvel survive without Cap and Ironman? RDJ nailed Ironman and it really launched the MCU. Would it have turned out nearly as well with anyone else? Now as they go forward who will lead it?? I am guessing Spidey on earth and Cpt Marvel in space. But will it be another great decade or is endgame really the end of comic movies? While Comiccon is still huge more and more I hear people say they are kind of burnt out of comic movies. I mean maybe DC can step up but I still doubt it. I keep reading Crisis on Infinite Earths is going to be massive and amazing. That it might actually make the DCEU not crap, I remain a skeptic. Maybe the X family and Fantastic Four will push the MCU ahead but other than Disney plus programs I am not seeing a bright future for Marvel either.

SO St. Albert is currently in my bad books. See I guess my tiny dog scared of his shadow is a THUG! We came home the other day and bylaw has stuck a note in our door. They believe an unregistered dog lives here and if we don't go pay soon it becomes as $250 fine. REALLY?! They have nothing else to look into except my dog? With his shots all up to date that just goes on walks with us on a leash or in our backyard? Also how would they know?? Did someone call it in? WTF.

The light is already leaving. I think back to May and June and the sun rising early. I complained that it woke the dog but in truth I liked it. It is nice to see the sun and now it is already noticeably getting shorter in the AM. Plus again with this fucking rain all summer it hasn't seemed like a summer at all.

My garden sucks, it actually kinda makes me sad. Last year it was too hot and to be honest I didn't
weed enough and it sucked. This year too wet. The ground is either soggy or cracked. I have been weeding BUT still crap. Many things have great stems that have even made it to flowering but nothing growing under it! If it fails again next year I will rip it all out, currently I am thinking of planting a small tree on one side of it that is too shaded for anything to grow in.

Reality TV will be the break down of society. OR it is simply showing it has already happened. STOP making stupid people famous!! These gypsy shows all make me think trailer park boys BUT that was a satire, comedy not real people! These marriage ones, good gawd. 90days is not enough. No wonder these things fall apart and the people leaving to go other places WTF. You're leaving the Western World hoping for a life with no real idea what your getting  into? I have no pity. Teen moms??? A few of these people I am alright with, they seem semi normal. But some go onto porn... Some get criminal charges, why are we making you people famous? Dance moms?? Not gonna even start on that. A Hills reboot? I cannot handle some of the people on it. You had your 15 minutes of fame NOW GO AWAY! What I do like about it, I feel good about myself. I might not be rich or famous but I am mostly well adjusted....

I wanna write this and put the karma into the universe, if I win the lotto I promise to do good things! Now I won't lie, my life will get an upgrade. Let's stop there. A million and life would get better and I would try and do more good in the world. (I would have to keep my job) Pay off all my debts, travel a bit and save some. But still have to work and do some charity stuff. Something like the max $60 mill and BOOM, I promise to do good. Ya life gets a big upgrade, I quit my job and start something I want to do but I PROMISE that I will do good in this world. So there universe, my fingers are crossed!

I think I would like to see another psychic..... I think the past lives thing would be cool. I am not sure my beliefs on that. Maybe I lived before, maybe I didn't but either way be interesting to hear what they have to say. Part of me wants them to do something like Harry Potter when Trelawny is all YOU HAVE THE GRIM!

So the weekend is over, back to work. Not 100% sure I am ready for it. See I had some fun and then relaxed but honestly even though it was a long weekend it didn't seem like it. Now I think this is another sign of either getting old or growing up but I don't feel like I did much.... Is it normal to need to feel like you accomplished something over the weekend? I went and bought pho soup in PJs and was shocked. Usually I never leave the house without at least getting clothes on. I felt scrubby... I am becoming a grumpy old man....

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