“I gloat! Hear me gloat!”

Rudyard Kipling

In a few hours September will have come and gone, and although much has happened this month, it feels as though school is only really starting now.

This past week was a restless one, jam-packed with information sessions, firm receptions, and interviews. All of this busyness was for the sake of pursuing a summer position with one of the Bay Street Firms. Although they are 'Bay Street', they are national firms with offices in most major Canadian cities, including Calgary. I can only hope that my return this summer will be one with pre-acquired employment.

Unfortunately, most of my September was occupied with preparing for last week, so it's time to catch up and focus on classes and classes alone.

The Office is back with one hilarious workplace faux pas after another (which is wrought with professional liability by the way)

Here are my two favorite quotes from the season opener, "Fun Run":

So I've been 23 for almost a week, but I can't say that it's much different from being 22. Nevertheless, thanks to all of you who wished me a happy birthday :}

Interestingly enough, the number of people who remembered my birthday this year increased by, let's say.... a multiple of 50. This, of course, was due to facebook's "upcoming birthdays" feature. While it was nice to receive messages and little $1 gifts, basic etiquette prompts me to later repay these people with similar $1 gifts. Mark Zuckerberg, you are one dangerous genius.

I had a nice birthday dinner with my mom, sis, uncle & aunt, plus this little squirmy thing:


Everything was great until the cake came out. What do you think happens when you spell out your name letter by letter to the cake-writer, and even write it out on a piece of paper? Well, if the cake-writer happens to be Chinese, you get this:

Genius. I guess you can't win 'em all.

Finally, 23 isn't really an important number in the grand scheme of things, but do you know that certain mathematical circles know the number 23 as the 'Birthday Paradox' number?

"The 'Birthday Paradox' states that a group of 23 randomly-selected persons is the lowest number where there will be a probability higher than 50 per cent that two people will share the same birthday."

That's kind of interesting... right? Well, at least it's relevant.

Well I'm back in Vic-City and, surprise surprise, it hasn't changed much. That said, consistency isn't a particularly bad thing, especially the beautiful weather we've had the past couple of days.


The new Canucks' jersey launched yesterday, and shouts of disappointment have filled the fan forums. I'm not quite sure what people were expecting - the redesign merely marks the introduction of the edge jersey, not a reimagining of the franchise.

I don't find them particularly unattractive, although the explicit spelling out of our city name seems a bit too idiot-friendly. Luongo's retro equipment matches well with the new design, and Canucks fans spend half of the game watching him anyway. Personally, I'm more excited about seeing Sanford's mask for the first time.



We ate at Nautical Nellies the other night, one of the good seafood restaurants in Victoria. I fully recommend the seafood platter for two, which easily feeds three people with healthy appetites.

I had the Seafood Risotto the other night, which was delicious for the first 10 minutes, until my body started realizing that I was feeding it rice swimming in butter. Other than that, it was a fine meal and a good way to start off another year of frozen dinners and takeout.

Lucky me got to spend the day with baby Matia, better known as "Boo". Since this is a rare opportunity for me as I am now Victorian, I grabbed my camera and took a whole bunch of Boopics!

Although she just started walking, Boo has quite a few modes of transportation:

1. The Boo-Scooter


2. The BooMobile


3. The Boo-Bike


If only Boo knew how to pedal. Poor Boo :(

Hockey season is around two months away, but that doesn't equate to a lack of hockey news - especially not in the Canucks' camp.

One of the major sources of forum flamings has been the uncertain future of Captain Canuck, Trevor Linden. That ended quickly a couple days ago when he signed a 1 year, $600,000 contract. In my opinion, that's well worth the value of his locker room presence.


Another important, though purely aesthetic, development for Canuck fans is the 'sweater launch' taking place at the end of this month. I'm not sure how big of a change these new sweaters will be - it could be a restyling for the edge jersey or an entirely new emblem and color scheme. I do happen to think that these fan-created (*emphasis*) jerseys are quite stylish:

Finally, the rumor mill in Vancouver continues to be overwhelmed with talk of Peter Forsberg . As far as I know:

• Naslund is apparently "trying his best" to recruit his old linemate.
• Forsberg is again injury ridden and would start in December at the earliest.
• To create enough cap room, a contract like Brendan Morrison's would be dumped.
• Peter Forsberg continues to be 34 years old.
  

That said, like any good Canucks fan, I can't help imagining how ridiculously cool a Naslund-Forsberg-Cooke line would be.

A new cleaner look for my 2nd year at law :)
I'm working on a very simple website to be used for providing my resume/employment info to employers - check it out and lemme know if everything works!

Oh, and older posts have been moved here.

Here's to a new year!