How to enrage me

Basically, be Todd Bertuzzi. WHAT A DICK.......

For those of you who don't know his name, he's a hockey player. About two years he assaulted a player from the opposing team on the ice, for no apparent reason, breaking three of the guy's neck vertebrae. The camera footage shows him skating up behind the guy and then punching him in the neck with all his might. They didn't know if the guy he assaulted would walk again initially, but eventually he recovered, although he still can't play hockey. And what did Todd Bertuzzi get? A suspended sentence and a fine. Whoopie. He's a hockey player, he could pay the fine with his eyes closed. And what does a suspended sentence do? Are they waiting until he assaults someone a second time to send him to jail? Every time I see him on the news I get worked up. Tonight more than usual though, because he's just been moaning about the fact that the guy he assaulted won't respond to his attempts to contact him, "Some people just won't forgive." Um, hello, but if someone punched me in the back and nearly paralysed me for no reason, I wouldn't exactly return your calls either. The poor guy has only just started exercising again, and still suffers from post-concussion syndrome, whereas Bertuzzi is about to get back into professional hockey and earn shit loads of money per year. Fair? I think not. Grrrr.

Anyway, today I took the car in for a service. They did a 47 point check and the usual fluid/oil changes, then gave me a list of things at the end that they think I should replace. The car's actually in pretty good condition, but in about 6 months I need to replace the back brakes and have the drums looked at, and - sadly for me - the alternator needs replacing :o( The quote? $400. Can't exactly avoid it either, since eventually the car just won't start if the alternator goes. I need a job, people! I went and bought two lottery tickets whilst the car was being fixed, just in case.

After my parents left last week I did laundry and cleaned my room for about two days, as it was gross. I've also had my first 'hip hop fusion' class, which was fab, gained some free baseball tickets, met two friends for brunch, three for dinner and another friend for lunch, invigilated an exam series for Simon Fraser University and taken my belly dance class. Today I went swimming and dragged Christie to Subway, before coming back to more washing. Sadly there hasn't been much work for me this week, as they're going through a quiet period before the madness starts again. The exam invigilation was good though, as it's at least a toe in the door that I've got a Canadian employer. There are five more scheduled invigilation sessions before Christmas, and I'm also going to do a Markers course so I can qualify to mark the exams once they're done.

Oh, and today I got phone interviewed for a new TV show that's coming in October. It's basically Debbie Travis getting 10 people between 19-30 together who are pissed off with where they are in life and their lack of career direction, sticking them in a delapidated house and getting professional electricians, painters, decorators, carpenters, designers etc to give them training and help get the house done up. At the end they decide who's done the best work and made the most improvement, and you can win a large amount of money plus an apprenticeship. I sent my application in a while back and ranted about jobs not being available, and apparently it worked..... They picked some people they thought looked interesting and they're phoning them, before deciding if they want to interview in person. Then if you get picked, you get to travel to Toronto and get into the house... sounds interesting to do anyway. I doubt they'll phone me back, since when they asked what my ideal career was I told the truth and said Forensics, rather than lying and saying Real Estate or Decorating. But I thought that lying now would proably screw me later, so what the hell :o)

PS: Thanks to Patti for this week's interesting news story!!