Impatience

Do you ever find yourself wishing you could put your life into fast-forward? I don't know if that's a common feeling among others, but that's kind of how I feel right now. Maybe I'm just not a school person, but I'm in this state of mind right now where all I can think about is how much I want school to be over and done with so that I can go on to bigger and better things. Considering I'm a Media Production student and all we ever seem to hear about our futures is how little money we will make, you would think I'd be somewhat reluctant to step into the future. But I'm an optomist and I always have been. I can't help but take a positive approach, in this case anyway. Therefore, I am not too worried about my future job prospectives. Perhaps it would be smarter to worry a little more but I just don't see the purpose in that. There are a lot of things I'd like to do with my education when I graduate next year, but if things aren't looking good, luckily I can always just go back to school (preferably not 2 hours away from my girlfriend). Ahh there it is! It was only a matter of time before the girl factor got brought up. I have been dating an beautiful girl with an incredible personality for nearly 7 months now, pretty much since the school year started. People always say long-distance relationships don't work. I would tend to agree, having experienced that in the past, but this has been more of a part-time long-distance relationship, and I could not ask for it to be any better by this point. I go home usually every second weekend - I'd go home more often if gas wasn't so damn expensive - and although it doesn't seem like I see her nearly enough, it has sufficed. I guess that's what I'm most impatient about. After school is done, jobs will come and go, but I can't wait until I can be with her every day.

Hard times

Well that's it folks. Our beloved Toronto Maple Leafs have officially been eliminated from playoff contention...again. For the first time since 1928 the Leafs have missed the playoffs for a third consecutive season. It's times like this that make it really difficult to be a Leafs fan. While the haters will undoubtedly be questioning my loyalty I feel as though I should make it apparent that I tend to question my own loyalty at times. But you see, I didn't choose to be a Leaf fan. I was born into this. Sure, I loved the Jets like any native Winnipeger, but when they packed up and headed south, there was no way in hell I would be caught cheering for a team from Phoenix (although I still love Shane Doan). So naturally the influence of my dad took over from that point on. The Leafs were always my second favourite team, and when you're dad is a hardcore fan like mine, that sort of influence is pretty hard to overcome (keep in mind, I was only 10 when the Jets left). So don't be furling your brow at me when I express my undying loyalty to a team that has given me very little to cheer for. That is what a real fan is supposed to do. I can't stand all these people who jumped on the New Jersey band-wagon - or any other band-wagon worthy team - when they were winning cups. It sickens me. You don't just switch favourite teams based on who is winning, and if you do, then you're not a real fan. At the same time, who am I, a lowly Leafs fan, to be speaking from atop some high horse. Maybe you band-wagon jumpers have got the right idea. Regardless, that's not for me. So if you don't mind, I think I'll just pout over another disappointing season until this next year...at which point I will undoubtedly be pouting over yet another disappointing season. Hey, at least my Leafs are breaking some kind of records.