TV is sucking me into it's vortex of inactivity

There are many good TV shows out there, most of them could really be movies.

I remember a few years ago I was getting into the whole mafia movie thing. I watched Donnie Brasco, Casino, Goodfellas, Scarface, The Boondock Saints, Miller's Crossing, and even got around to The Godfather. Well, of course after the hype continued for The Sopranos I had to get on board and see what it was all about. I watched the first 2 seasons of it and then got too busy to make time for TV shows. Actually, I think that's when I realized that some of my favourite animated shows were on DVD and switched over to them instead of the violent crime dramas.
Anyway, the point I was making was that The Sopranos was a solidly written show. Because of the serialized nature of the story it would never work as a movie. Even though most of the story portrayed elements of what I had just been watching in all of those other mafia movies listed above.

Now I've caught up on most of the animated shows I love. Most have finished their network runs and the DVD sets are all out there to buy, and I've bought nearly all the series I wanted. These days the TV show landscape has gotten much better than in the past. Now there are 5 or 6 shows a week that have gotten me hooked into their storylines. Even if I don't end up watching them during the week, I'll still download them and catch up before next week. There are even shows that I know I can't even bother to watch, even though I'm missing some great story telling. One day I'll catch up on all of them.

One day...

Random Hockey Math Rant

The NHL's Northwest division is tough! Everybody put their Hockey Math jersery on and I'll explain this using mathematic principles...

There are 5 teams in each division, 3 divisions in the West and 3 in the East. The Canucks lead the Northwest with 70 points, the last place team in the Northwest has 60 points. A mere 10 points, or 5 wins, separate first from last place.
Comparatively the top team in the Central division has 81 points and the bottom team has 51 points. That translates to 30 points, or 15 wins. No team can mount a comeback that significant!
The Pacific division has the top team with 76 points, and the bottom team with 47. Again, a point spread of this magnitude (29 points) is insurmountable in my generation's NHL.

The Eastern conference divisions are spread just as greatly. The only one comparable to the Northwest division is the Southeast. The Southeast division has a point spread of 14 points, which is low for the East. But compared to the rest of the NHL, those teams just aren't as good as the West. Trust me, they don't win as much as people might think.

So, when compared to the entire NHL, the Northwest division is the hardest to beat. Every team in the Northwest has a Win record better than .500 (more wins than losses). And with a stupid lopsided schedule that favours divisional play, there's really no way to fix it. The NHL has to fix the schedule. It's stupid to play the 4 other teams in our division 8 times in a season, and only play 10 teams from the Eastern Conference once.
Who came up with that garbage?

Gary Bettman needs somebody to kick him right in the junk. Hard.

Ten days in point form

Woo! I haven't posted in ten whole days. Probably because I haven't made the time to sit down, collect my thoughts and figure out just what I've done that's worth blogging about.

A whole lot has happened in the last ten days. Here is a list in no particular order.

1- I went skiing for the first time in over 10 years. Turns out I still know how.
2- Linds booked us a trip to go to the Island for her friend's wedding. We get to stay at a freakin' nice hotel too. I don't even know these friends, but I know that this tag-a-long is soooo going to be worth it.
3- The worship Pastor at our Church stepped down and everyone threw him and his family a series of goodbye parties. I think he had around 5 of them.
4- The Adventure Girl and Camera Boy video we made was nearly a bust for a bunch of different reasons. It almost didn't show up on time, there were technical glitches in it, and as hard as we tried to avoid it there were still some badly lit shots. At least the music didn't suck! On the positive side of things, most people liked it and we were actually thanked by one church-goer for bringing a light hearted note to an otherwise emotional evening.
5- My sister and her boyfriend went away to Whistler and got engaged. It surprised most of the family, but only because they've been together for 7 years and we all thought this should have happened 3 years ago. Now we can look forward to their 10 year engagement.
6- We went out for dinner for a surprise party that didn't end up working out the way normal surprise parties are supposed to work out. At least the guy was still a little surprised. That's got to count for something, right?
7- Lindsey wrote and illustrated a story book for me for Valentine's day. It's titled "The Boy Who Saved Valentine's Day" and I love love love it. I'm not even going to mention what I got for her because it pales in comparison to the awesomeness of the story book. Really, it does.
8- Linds and I rented some movies and made the time to watch them. Here's a brief review of the both of them.
Science of Sleep - This was a great movie directed and written by the same guy who did Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's so crazy and cool that I want to buy it. I haven't said that about a movie for a while. It's the story of a guy who's dream life blurs into his real life. It's kind of a love story, but it doesn't fall into any kind of conventional love story formula. I thought it was awesome.
Running with Scissors - Apparently the trailer for this movie decided it was a good idea to be better than the actual movie itself. It looked so promising! The memoirs of some dude named Augusten Burroughs do not make for a very entertaining movie. The characters were very interesting, but the story was just boring. Nothing could make me want to watch this one again.

So those are were the Main Events. Of course, there were all kinds of side events that I can remember too. I just don't make the time to write about them.

Remember to breathe

The weekend was far too hectic to relive. I felt more disorganized this weekend than I have in a long while.
Probably because there was very little time to stop and smell the roses. Every hour seemed to be taken up with something. Whether it was a worship party, driving around the Fraser Valley, getting a haircut, working, Camp Wannabe, driving to Mission twice to help a friend move, making a video, or going for lunch with my parents, it just seemed like a little too much at times.

Oh yeah, I'm not sick anymore. I did have to take a day off of work though. It's just not fair to make the kids I work with sick with a cold. But that's all over now, and I survived my first cold of '07. It's going to be a while before I get another one.

Tonight is a relax night, and I fully intend to do so.