This blog took way to long. I don't even know the start date but an entire ball hockey season has happened since I started. The longest season of the year. So I am just going to post this. Sorry if it isn't well edited or has dated rants. I think I am done doing this kind of blog. I am actually enjoying blogging about a trip so I think that will be what I mainly do. If I am honest lately I feel like I have been spinning my wheels. Work, writing, failing in hockey. Haven't been doing school for a long time, I guess I feel like maybe I need a reset. Set some priorities and stick to them. SO in general writing I am focusing on one thing. School I am getting back into and work, well I guess I need to be hungry again, get that drive back. Not that anyone came here for my political insights or takes on pop culture. So I guess this is it for a bit, my last rants. I may have another blog posted but the things will be actual random thoughts. Not a bunch of topics.....
I have never been ashamed to be Canadian and I hope I never am. I gotta say I am disappointed in Canada though after that last election. Really, we elected for another term the liberal party? A couple months ago it was quite likely they were going to be wiped off the map and then they get a new face and everyone forgets? Carney took off the carbon tax, I am willing to bet you give it 6 months and something with a new name but just a prettier carbon tax will appear. I will not say it is pure lies but social media and propaganda killed the cons again. Women still voted against PP, saying he will repeal their rights. Lets be honest historically he hasn't been on the right side of women's issues but he flat out said things like abortion would not be coming up. Still women voted against his past, which is confusing. People didn't vote against Carneys past where he supports carbon tax... I hate to say it but we need a government tougher on crime, not going after legal gun owners. We need some sort of control over immigration not mandating bringing more people in. We need an economy fired up not people worried about "green" issues. The fact is we could become the greenest country in the world and it wouldn't have any affect overall when the major nations do nothing. Canada put lipstick on a pig and for some reason people fell for it. What is really disturbing is why in reality with only 2.5 million people does the maritime provinces have 32 seat, in reality the deciding votes, when Alberta with 4.4 million only has 37 seats. If you want to get petty I read $6 billion will be given in equalization payments to them as well. We keep them literally afloat and let them pick the government, that's fucky. Anyways I have read Carney is actually conservative leaning... Is that true, I hope so. In general I just hope we have a government more focused on our nation than other nations and doing stupid woke shit like tampons in the mens room....
Please stop, for the love of god please stop. Online you can see all these Abby Vs Ellie arguments about the Last of Us 2. I have my opinion on who is right and I have written it before. That's all cool but the attacks on Bella Ramsey are a joke. Lets be 100% honest, she is no Scar Jo, or J Law or whoever the new it girl is. I sure as fuck am no Jason Mamoa. I can guarantee all these internet trolls aren't either. She is an actress. She is playing a role. I admit I get mad when they race or gender swap. Black Snape in the new Harry Potter does not work. He is described as a pale skinned man. These people are mad a woman does not look like an animated drawing? If your an adult male commenting on this you need to stop, you make our entire gender sound like clowns. Also post a pic of yourself when you do. Maybe go on Reddit RoastMe and see what happens. I guess I am just going to bitch about games this time. Is there really a need for so many damn Riddler trophies!! I have hammered out the Arkham Series. Asylum Riddles are the best and most fun. As the series goes on there just gets to be too many trophies. I am 110% done Knight right now BUT some how am not done main story and less than 60% done Riddlers challenge. I saved Catwoman and that's all. Sure I wanna fight Riddler in his robot but there is no fucking way I am doing that many riddles for it. I am on Cyberpunk now. I tried it once and never did finish it. More into it this time and trying to pay attention, I am enjoying it a bit more BUT the fact is, it isn't Witcher. I am not as invested in the characters, or even as much as RDR2. Mafia comes out this year and I will play that but maybe not buy it right away, I am not sure. I loved 3 but the game play is repetitive more than most games. So ya not much for gaming this month.
Marvel fans are so annoying. Ironheart is out now and again fans fight. It is crap gets the reply, you don't like it because your racist or transphobic. BOTH CAN BE TRUE YOU FUCKS. Without a doubt some of these complaints are just people who don't like the MCU without White Male leads. Also a ton of the MCU since Endgame has been hot garbage. Had the MCU started out with a lot of this new stuff, it would never have been a billion dollar franchise because it has been shit....
Oilers are determined to not win a Stanley cup! They locked up Bouchard for $10 and still have the awful Nurse contract at $9 mill. So $19 mill in no defense and a shaky fucking goalie. I like Skinner, I think he has massive potential but he is still very young for a goalie. They need some good defensive D and a vet goalie if they want to win but they seem to be going the other way. Neither Bouch nor Nurse is nearly worth what they are paid. I would take Seider over either of these clowns and he gets paid less....Not believing that McD will leave the Oilers but damn I could see why he would. During free agent frenzy we have seen the Panthers build a DYNASTY and the Oil piss away money.
We did our typical collapse. I am sure by the time this is up I will have started my new season of ball hockey but last night we imploded again. I cant say much, I didn't have a great season. I had 1 game better than I have in 15 years and that was about it. Either way we did what we always do 8-0 first half, move up a div or two and then go 3-4-1 and lose our single game play in. A couple years back, so roughly 6 season ago we went on a tear. Won 20 some games in a row, in that run won our div championship. I wasn't there for that game, not in the pic with the trophy or anything but since then we have vanished. I am getting old, I want one more title and I wanna be there to get my ring! Also would like to do that in a decent div. I mean I have zero doubt in a lower div we could do it but it feels like we should in the one we are in now! (This is how old this blog is, we have played most of another season and it got so much worse)
Panthers won the cup and lets be honest, in the final round they deserved it WTF Oilers that was terrible! Bennett winning MVP was gross. The most valuable thing he did was injure a goalie they couldn't score on. He doesn't take out Stolarz in round 2 and it would have been the Leafs Vs the Oil in the finals
As for new TV Last of Us is back on. We watched the first episode and it was okay. I know Joel gets it in episode two and we haven't watched. (Still haven't. Season got so many bad reviews and not just on Bella) There are a couple more out and we are way behind. (Whole season is done now, still haven't watched) It might be hard to get into it. I think Bella is getting an unfair wrap with it but I also don't see her being able to hold the show. She was great for a younger Ellie. (Yes I know she is too old technically) I think Katlyn Dever would have been a great Ellie for this season but instead she is Abby. I have always enjoyed her acting however for Abby we should have had a Rhonda Rousey or Gina Carano, although I am sure Caranos views would not be allowed on set. Wheel of Time wrapped up and IDK, I really struggle with that one. Some episodes are good and keep me watching, some are terrible and I watch my phone but in 3 seasons only one has been awesome and that was this seasons Battle of Two Rivers episode. Well since I started this blog a month ago, Wheel has been cancelled. I am not shocked, like I said it really wasn't that great but considering they poured millions into it, I thought they might try and make it work. I mean a lot of season 3 ended on high notes but oh well. Maybe Amazon shouldn't get into the fantasy game, Rings of Power is alright but not a blockbuster by any means... Daredevil I already ranted on. The Negan and Maggie show has put out another entire season since I started this and I haven't watched a single episode. I did enjoy the first season BUT I think I am done with Walking Dead. It has been milked....
I think we are headed for a scary dystopian future.... Someone is eliminating fun. VLTS seem to be vanishing. They used to entertain people and I swear they are disappearing. Same as strip clubs!! We used to go out, guys and girls, drink, visit, have fun and interact with people. Now guys pay to sit in front of a computer, I assume by themselves, in the dark and watch Onlyfans. I will not shit on Onlyfans, if girls can make $$ good on them BUT it seems like someone is keeping people apart and at home glued to computers..... Yes I will put my tinfoil hat on for this one but someone is killing fun
I have a bitter rant on taxes. Fuck you taxes. I have a fairly decent job and make fairly good money. Every pay stub I look at how much I pay in tax and it makes me sad. Now I am not one of those loons who says taxes are theft. They aren't and they pay for the great standard on living we have. Also every month I donate to at least 2 charities, not a ton but depending on the year anywhere from 700 to pushing a 1000. A) it feels nice for me B) it is supposed to help with taxes. Really it doesn't unless you wait a year or two. What gets me going though is at year end when I file taxes and owe. I have had a job since I was 15. Almost 30 years I have been employed. So ya I do get mad when I see people collecting cash from the government. Not legit people, again I have said I support taxes but people that milk the system. Or the government wasting money. I would never want a DOGE department like the States but do we really need to put billions into the Ukraine? Fuck upgrade our own social programs, so people aren't falling through the cracks and costing us all more. So ya that's all I owe taxes this year after paying a fuck ton all year round and I am cranky.
Family can be so frustrating. I am pretty alright at my job. I sell a few million a year in HVAC product. My parents decided to build a "cabin" I often refer to it as the manor house. Now on the heating side I easily saved them $7000 or more. The job is done and looks good. A few years back my father inlaw had a couple furnaces and water tanks changed. Did he use my help... No. Then recently I find out my brother is getting a new central AC system put in. He didn't even ask me for advice and in my mind he is way over paying. My grandfather bought a new house and he felt it needs an new furnace. He is probably right. I had someone go look for him. They gave him a fair quote. Could they have been cheaper, a bit probably. He calls and tells me he is getting a few more quotes. Truth of the matter is there is not a ton in this world I think I am good at. My job is one of the things I do think I am good at and part of my own family just ignores it. That gets under my skin......
Off to Spain and Portugal next year and end in the eternal city. Fairly pumped for it. I debate do I read and look into them? I don't really know all that much about either nation. Or do I go in mostly blind and learn? Yes it is a tour so there will be a few guides that I think I will try and pay more attention to this time. Then in a couple years time NY? Or more likely Britain. Probably no NY untilthe orangeclown is gone. IDK but I can say I am happy to be travelling again. I was in Whitehorse last week and I do like that part of my job. No it isn't Rome but I do get to meet new people, see very different ways of life and learn things. It is starting to be the summer part of my job with a bunch of travel, some more exciting than others but I am grateful I do get to see new things. Even here in Alberta.
Mia K wants to stay relevant I guess. She has called Morgan Wallen racist. Maybe he is, he is a southern boy... I dont wanna be that guy but sorry Mia, you might be a great actress I don't get my morals from someone who got famous sucking dick
I have not been great on comics. I would literally buy them every week but now its every couple weeks or longer. Even that is what I was ranting about earlier another thing I used to be into all the time and now meh, not quite the joy they were. However I am really liking Uncanny Xmen. First the writers are doing a great job with Rogue and Gambit. They seem to have those characters down! The Outliers also are growing on me. They have introduced interesting stories like Sarah Gaunt and the current Dark Artery. Regular Xmen is so hit and miss, some of my favorite character but just not hooking me! Ultimate Wolverine has been awesome, I am not a guy big into alternate version to much but I am enjoying everyone one this series has shown. Wolvie and Sabretooth working together is awesome! Marvel stop pushing Ms Marvel on fucking everything!! 5 oneshots where they have to work her into some of the most iconic stories of the Xmen over the last 50 years is a joke. Sure work her into all the new issues you want but really Giant Sized, Dark Phoenix, AoA has to have her in it? Seriously Marvel fuck off.
A year or more back I listened to a podcast on Elon Musk. Behind the Bastards TBH. I had no feelings on him before or after. I mean he was a business man and that's that. As bastardy I guess as they can be. Also pretending he build his empire without help, dude your dad owned a mine in Africa.... These last few months as we have be unable to avoid him, now I am sick of him. I am certain he has minions somewhere trying to make the Iron Man suit. We know he isn't some science wiz like he wants to portray himself. The fact is he is simply a smart business man. Its only Maga idiots that think he is Tony Stark. Not even sure why I am ranting on him but fuck off dude! Although maybe we do need him to build an Iron Man suit. Watching how crazy AI has gotten and the robots now, maybe we will see Ultron or the terminators and we do need a hero. My wife asked if that makes JD Vance and trump Cpt America and Thor, if it does we are doomed. See this is an old blog, the best buds have had a falling out...
So I started this with a hockey rant and will end with where we are. Its been a season since I start OMG we have been bad. 4 - 17. Of our 4 wins 3 we won by default. First the other team didn't show up, it was an Oiler playoff game and second well they cheated. They were kicking our asses 5 - 0 then someone from the league comes to the ref and stops the game. 8 of their 12 players were illegal players from much higher divs. supposedly couple even from WHL. Like 1 step below the NHL and they wanna play beer league ball hockey, wtf. Guessing they were back benchers and wanted to feel good about something. During a really bad part we went 0-4, we didn't score a goal in that time but had 27 scored on us. The league was kind of dumb as well though. We are a div 11 team, maybe 10 if we play really well and everyone shows up. They put us in 8 - 11 and made us play div 8 teams for the first half. I will never understand the thought behind that. At that point I wanted to throw in the towel. I don't mind losing, if you get beat that's life and maybe try harder next time but to play teams we have no chance against sucked. Probably the closest I ever came to quitting this league. I had a personal goal for the season and even playing well some games, I didn't even come close. So no we didn't implode this season we really struggled. Oh well 2 months to get in better shape an win fall season.
Anyways that's all. This wont really be edited, I just want it up. I need to focus in my life. Need to get back at school, get back to trying hard at work. Focus my writing. Like I said I have no amazing insights into politics and honestly there are a million pop culture posts and blogs in the world. I enjoyed my travel and that will be my focus in general. With some rando thoughts not paragraphs and shit (Once and awhile)
Here is something terrible to end it all! I remember New Years Eve 1999, waiting for the world to end and now we are closer to something else.....
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