Ambien-Talk?

I'm sleepy, and I can't sleep.

If you were to pop the sleep-aid "ambien" you'd sleep and then start walking or eating while in slumber.

The question is.. would TheCanuckEngineer start blogging in his sleep?

Heath Ledger had an addiction to Ambien. He started popping two a night, to get enough sleep just to keep himself sane. guess he didn't do a very good job with that.. bless his soul.

For the record, The Dark Night is the best Joker ever.. I'm gonna go ahead and say, best Batman villain yet.. and maybe ever. I'd like to say Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker is the best villain ever, but Hannibal Lecter's fans might have somethings to say about that.

If you haven't seen that movie..you're missing out on a phenomenal performance. I'm not sure where that movie stands in my rankings.. but I can assure you I disagree with IMDB's ranking of it being the 2nd best movie of all time. The Shawshank Redemption raises its eyebrows.


On another topic, I gotta hand it to my man Klawny. He correctly predicted that my posts come in spurts. Then again, rumor has it that so does he.

As i sign off for the night.. the Canuck Engineer has a question for you... really..

"Why so serious?"

House Cleaning!

I finally succumbed to my laziness.

I hired a maid!

The maid's a mexican dude!

When he came over to look at my place for an estimate, he was gung-ho about doing a townhouse.
When he entered my bathroom, he high-tailed it out there.

I managed to sweet talk him into agreeing to do the job. I think my affable personality won him over. He also charged me twice as much for my room & restroom, but that's just an irrelevant details. I now have a clean bathroom, and I intend to keep it that way. Which is why i've been showering for the past week in my Roommate Spades' bathroom.

We're pretty tight but he didn't seem very impressed when he found out about it. I don't think the fact that I was brushing my teeth, while in a bathrobe dripping all over his carpet had anything to do with it though. Nor the fact that it was his bathrobe!

Maybe it was the fact that it was also his toothbrush. Not really sure why he was upset though...he did mention"I'd sooner share my toothbrush with you, than clean your car". Well, he never cleaned my car.


sigh.. and they say I don't have social skills

Random Musings

• Murphy's laws of Employment states that for every two-week after-work activity that you plan, you will have 4 weeks of 60-hr weeks, during those two weeks!
• Murphy's a god damned genius. but i wish he would be wrong every now and then!
• US women swimmers wear full make-up even while in the pool. Guess they were all in the "boy scouts" while growing.. and just wanna "be prepared"!
• Spades is in Canada for work. So I'm the king of the castle this week. So where's the Orgies then, you ask? ah, i postponed them cuz of the olympics... yes, i know.. but that's my story and sticking to it!
• Sticking the landing is a skill even Olympic gymnasts haven't mastered
• Knowing when to keep my mouth shut at work is a skill I still haven't mastered... (i know.. it took me by surprise too!)
• Work's been a whore lately. My boss' boss' boss even offered me a hug. I had a JD moment with Dr. Cox. For those of you who don't watch Scrubs, please come back to this planet!
• I attended my first baby shower!
• I took wine!
• Knowing what to gift at a baby shower is a skill I still haven't mastered
• Anna Kournikova showed up at my door this week.... just thought I'd mention it
• oh btw, I'm a Maxim subscriber.
• I haven't updated my blog in almost 3 months.
• I haven't been on facebook in over 2 weeks
• Did I mention work's been a bitch? In this analogy, the work is the dog, and I'm the fire-hydrant..
• I been watching The Mole on tv. Its the second reality show I've been interested in, the first being The Apprentice.
• Donald Trump is a pimp... 'nuff said
• I bought a pair of shoes online. Somehow I clicked the link twice. I must've been tired, because I didn't notice the final price. Two pairs of "identical" shoes showed up. Some like-sized individual is getting a nice pair of Ken Coles in his Christmas Stockings this year!
• Chicago Style Pizza at 5am after a night of drinking is perfection. ... just saying..
  
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Impressions from the first week at the Beijing Olympicsof

The Olympics started last Friday, 08/08/08. Some random thoughts:

• The opening ceremony was the best ever...no doubt about it
• 200 ft foldable LCD screen... how do you top that!
• Equestrian is not an Olympic sport. its not a sport... its a midget riding a horse.... sl0wly..! Its like going to the retarded horse races!
  
• Where the hell is the ping-pong coverage on NBC? I need me some ping pong action
• Micheal Phelps eats 10,000 calories a day... that's 5 times the average male's consumption!
• That's almost twice my daily consumption :) (*yea, i been cutting back) :P
• Shawn Johnson, from the US Women's gym team, has the best temperament of any gymnast I've seen these olympics. Bullets could bounce off her suit, and she'd be unfazed
• Alicia Sacramone broke a lot of hearts when she screwed up the US womens Gymnast team event... then again, judging by her appearance, breaking hearts may not be anything new to her
• Nastia Lukin deserved that gold medal. She should thank the lord that, with a name like that, she's still easy on the eye. How much would it suck to be named "Nastia Lukin" and be Nasty Looking!!!
• Micheal Phelps is a stud... 'nuff said
• Canada has fewer medals than India... and India just got their first ever gold medal... yes, India has 1 medal. for the non-engineers reading this, that would mean Canada has as many medals so far in these Olympics as I do!
• Bela Karoliy, the former US gymnastic coach, the one of coaching Nadia to the first perfect 10 fame, is hilarious. I love his candor... more commentators like him.. less Political Correctness!
• The Chinese Gymnasts are NOT 16. Some of them may be 14. Babytooth is not 16.. Babytooth is 8.. if you don't know who I'm talking about.. you haven't seen the Chinese Women's team these Olympics!
• Misty May adds the "hot" in "Olympics". Wait, that would've worked a lot better during "Hotlanta '96".. Sigh.. i'm 12 years too late!
• The US alternate turned starting Male Gymnast, Raj B, has it going on!
• Watching the 3rd Alternate Male Gymnast break into tears after the US Male team won the Team bronze was my softest moment yet. I might shed a tear..
• In other news, I just lost my last Man-Card!
• Did I mention Micheal Phelps is a stud?
• Togo has 2 medals.. That would be two more medals than Canada has!
• Watching Team Canada has no Happy Ending. Where's a massage parlor when you need one!
  
• What's the deal with these Swimsuits? How does every record get broken in the Preliminary Heats? and then Re-broken in the next heat? At this rate, the 100m Track would be done in 8s!
• Speaking of Track, this might be the greatest 100m event ever. 3 finalists who've broken 9.8s!
• My biased self feels Ben Johnson would've escaped unscathed if he ran for the US team instead of Canada's!
• These Olympics are wrecking my sleep schedule!
• Watching Nigeria play soccer takes me back to my middle-school days. Go Supah Eaguls!
• Thank God for Women's Beach Volleyball
• On another unrelated topic, Thank God for HD Tv!

These are my impressions from the first week. I wish the Olympics would happen more than once ever four years!