Sunday, May 28, 2006

Matt Epp

I saw Matt Epp perform on Friday night. I'd never heard of him before but I was impressed. I'm not sure why this guy hasn't blown up yet, but if you get a chance to check him out, take it.

A Good Start

Our 2006 outdoor soccer season got underway last Wednesday. We managed a win against one of the top teams in our division. Playing in 30 degree heat and 100% humidity I was actually able to log some significant minutes despite my health issues and that's a positive sign. Game number two goes Monday night, maybe we can start the season on a streak! ;-)

Monday, May 15, 2006

"Slipping back into the gap again. I'm alive when you're touching me, alive when you're shoving me down. But I'd trade it all for just a little bit of piece of mind."

Saturday, May 13, 2006

New Era = New Number

My enjoyable winter soccer experience has translated into a wonderful long-term opportunity. In honour of this development I've chosen a new number. While the number five has many endearing and interesting attributes there are a few major ones that drew me to it.

First of all, five is a Fibonacci number. Not only that, it is the only number besides 1 that occurs in it's own position within the Fibonacci Sequence (it's the fifth number). It's also a prime number and the only one that ends in five.

Five is the sum of the digits of my previous number: 23, which was the number worn by one of my all-time favourite sports icons. It's also half of 10, the number worn internationally by many superstar footballers. Traditionally the number five was worn by the central player in either the defense (in the WM formation) or the midfield (in the 2-3-5 formation); both of which are my main positions.

We have five fingers, five toes, and five senses and there are five oceans in the world. Five is the most damaging number on the hurricane scale.

In asian cultures (and many other mythologies) there are five elements, with the fifth usually being somewhat mysterious or elusive. The Torah, the central and most important document of Judaism, is composed of five books.

The musical staff has five lines and the Perfect Fifth is considered the most stable harmony outside of the unison and octave.

The olympic symbol is five rings and five is the center of the numeric keypad.

Who knew a number could be so interesting! :P The 2006 outdoor season begins May 23 and despite some somewhat serious health issues that continue to plague me, I'm excited about the prospects! I just hope the weather is better this year than 2005.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Long Hiatus

Wow, I haven't posted in what seems like forever. So what's new? Well, I've been training with three soccer teams which has chewed up a lot of my time. But that should hopefully settle down once the season starts.

Also, 10,000 Days will be released in North America tomorrow. While I've already been listening to a leaked version of the album for the last few weeks I'll still be picking up a legit copy. (Maybe I'll post a review)

Finally, I attended a dinner with Christopher Hitchens the other night, which was quite entertaining. He's just as amusing in person as he is in print.

Other than that, hockey playoffs are in full swing, Champions' League and the Premiership are wrapping up, and summer is well on it's way!

Here's some lyrics until next post:
"angels on the sideline
    puzzled and amused
why did Father give these humans free will?
    now they're all confused

angels on the sideline
    baffled and confused
father blessed them all with reason
    and this is what they choose

how they survive so misguided is a mystery
    repugnant, dismal creature who would squander
the ability to live, to die, and have a conscience"


-- Maynard James Keenan (Lyrics from Right in Two from 10,000 Days)