I had a full week of events to keep me in the social game and my mind off work. Tuesday was a singles get together to watch a hockey game at the Irish Embassy. Of note there were only 2 guys (me inclusive) out of a group of 6 in a typically male oriented event. To my further surprise I found this event more fruitful at connecting with a few female faces.
In contrast to Tuesday, Thursday took me back to the House of Jazz. Met 1 or 2 ineresting faces but was a little dissapointed with the ambiance and the live band. Don't think I'll be heading back there any time in the near future.
One other event of note was an event organized on facebook. The crowd was mainly French but were very friendly. As for the place the Boule Noire has got to be the swankiest pool bar I have seen in town. It definitely earned a reference and revisit sometime soon.
I as well saw more movies with the movie meetup group. Not much to write about other than Frost/Nixon was a well acted movie.
More to come in the weeks to follow.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Week Back to Business...
It's been a busy week. So busy I've had to seriously watch my bedtimes to keep up. And I have not had time to keep faithful to my blogs, twits, and podcasts...
I have, however, kept up with my slowly developing social life. A flurry of activity scheduling of Meet-Ups and singles events ranging from round table discussions of paranormal activity to watching Oscar contenders.
Things I have learned about myself these weeks - not a whole lot this time other than that I like mohitos... I have, on the plus side, met some new people and learned that I have more in common with some people in my new social circle than I thought. I have also reconnected with some old friends and family and went through some kind of mini day of reckoning from it.
I have been feeling something is coming up on the horizon though I'm not quite sure whether it is good or bad or an inkling of where or who to expect it from. Despite my skeptical nature the holiday blues has got me hungry for change and waiting anxiously closed eyes and feet forward.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
On the Verge of a Monday.
Back to work tomorrow. I'm feeling a little cheated though of my time spent over the holidays. I had big plans and expectations most of which didn't pan out or have ended with sour notes.
Which brings me to this entry on notes for next year. 1) Wait till the last minutes to buy last minute gifts for last minute visits. I have 3 presents waiting for owners at the moment. 2) Extravagent spending alone amplifies the emptiness. Last time I spend any holiday alone in a nice expensive room. 3) Echoed by my lovely corner store cashier - spend New Year's Eve with your friends and family. Saves you the trouble of being misunderstood at a very emotionally packed nexus of drunk or troubled strangers.
Happy Monday all.
Which brings me to this entry on notes for next year. 1) Wait till the last minutes to buy last minute gifts for last minute visits. I have 3 presents waiting for owners at the moment. 2) Extravagent spending alone amplifies the emptiness. Last time I spend any holiday alone in a nice expensive room. 3) Echoed by my lovely corner store cashier - spend New Year's Eve with your friends and family. Saves you the trouble of being misunderstood at a very emotionally packed nexus of drunk or troubled strangers.
Happy Monday all.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
At the movies.
Mobile Blogging from here.
Watched 'The Reader' last night and enjoyed it. Was kind of like watching 'The Lover' and 'Schindler's List' in one movie which often brings out the Holocaust as a topic of conversation... In any case met a woman who went on and on about injustices and kept bringing it back to listening her rant on. She pissed off this other woman who's company I was enjoying who not too long into the conversation got up and left the table we were all sharing. I too left after a while and over heard the woman later go on about how people just don't want to hear the truth... To that I wish the woman would have stopped to listen to my point which I believed was an important point in the movie that most people have enough trouble dealing with their own lives to help others. Not to say that we should be ignorant but I guess more to say 2 things really. Firstly, pick your battles because most people really get few chances in life to truly effect change so be prepared for that chance instead of spreading your self thin and never being focused enough to do any thing at all. Secondly, life isn't as simple as black or white. Unless you have truly walked in another person's shoes you really will not be able to properly judge another person's actions...
Friday, January 2, 2009
Day 2 of the rest of my life...
Well minus the thankfully short lived hangover I survived the new year's eve celebrations. Bought a ticket to a party downtown and even went as far as to rent a room at the hotel the party was being held. I had admittingly started the party early with some cheap rum and progressed to martinis. So come 8 when the room opened I was a little more jovial than usual.
So the party came and went. Nothing too exciting to write more about. Met some familiar faces. Danced alot. Didn't talk as much as I wanted to nor meet some promisingly friendly faces. So just survived had a bit of a buzz, a dance, and flirted very briefly with a total stranger...
Day 1 & 2 has been a total dénouement... Hopefully more to write about later...
So the party came and went. Nothing too exciting to write more about. Met some familiar faces. Danced alot. Didn't talk as much as I wanted to nor meet some promisingly friendly faces. So just survived had a bit of a buzz, a dance, and flirted very briefly with a total stranger...
Day 1 & 2 has been a total dénouement... Hopefully more to write about later...
New Year's Eventual.
It's pre-2009, morning.
Started the year with many ends - end of a long relationship, end of a virtual friendship, and even the end of a very brief virtual relationship. I was just coming out of a breakdown which affected the center of my world - my work. I was some what addicted to playing my World of Warcraft characters but what much else cool is there to do out there when you are in a depression of sorts.
It's been a year of change. I found out I was diabetic type 2 which means thankfully no meds necessary but intense lifestyle changes required. Oddly in hindsight, it was probably the best bad news I could get at 36 since it has pushed me to take care of my health. I dropped my 2 liter a day of pepsi habit for hardcore water bottles. Got out more, and took some gym courses at the local university. Lost 30 pounds - though I've been feeling that I have gained some of it back over the holidays.
I fell in love and had the most romantic summer of my life. And though it had ended on a bad note I will always appreciate the good memories I have and the person I have become because of it. And though you would think another failed relationship would push one to the life of solace it has surprisingly pushed me to re-live a muddled part of my life - dating. Thankfully, at 36 the experience has somewhat been rejuvinating. The flurry of social groups I have waded into on the web has renewed my hope that one can still find life long friendships nearing 40 and out of school.
So it's the last day of a year of change. I'm happily single and somewhat back on my game at work. Looking forward to a bigger and better year. To all my friends and followers - best wishes to the next year.
Started the year with many ends - end of a long relationship, end of a virtual friendship, and even the end of a very brief virtual relationship. I was just coming out of a breakdown which affected the center of my world - my work. I was some what addicted to playing my World of Warcraft characters but what much else cool is there to do out there when you are in a depression of sorts.
It's been a year of change. I found out I was diabetic type 2 which means thankfully no meds necessary but intense lifestyle changes required. Oddly in hindsight, it was probably the best bad news I could get at 36 since it has pushed me to take care of my health. I dropped my 2 liter a day of pepsi habit for hardcore water bottles. Got out more, and took some gym courses at the local university. Lost 30 pounds - though I've been feeling that I have gained some of it back over the holidays.
I fell in love and had the most romantic summer of my life. And though it had ended on a bad note I will always appreciate the good memories I have and the person I have become because of it. And though you would think another failed relationship would push one to the life of solace it has surprisingly pushed me to re-live a muddled part of my life - dating. Thankfully, at 36 the experience has somewhat been rejuvinating. The flurry of social groups I have waded into on the web has renewed my hope that one can still find life long friendships nearing 40 and out of school.
So it's the last day of a year of change. I'm happily single and somewhat back on my game at work. Looking forward to a bigger and better year. To all my friends and followers - best wishes to the next year.
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