I'm going to sound like a huge fanboy but I don't give a fuck. Metallica is fucking cool. The new album is coming out this year and I've been watching some videos from the Meet & Greets they have had so far this year (yeah, I'm part of the fan club) and those guys are just really down to earth and really fucking cool to their fans.

I can't wait to see them in concert again.

I'm madly in anger with you.

Toronto Blue Jays vs Atlanta Braves

The Jays get crushed 10-2 by the Braves.

I've come to the conclusion that I am simply ridiculous!

I consider myself a respectful person. I will hold the door for someone, I will chew with my mouth closed in public and I will say please and thank you. I will turn off my cell phone in the movie theatre and if a car is trying to change lanes in front of me I will let them through.

But those are just small random acts of kindness. They are minor annoyances at best. It is something ‘nice’. The dictionary would define this as ‘…to show regard or consideration for someone...”

But respect is more than that. It is accepting someone important to you, someone you respect. Again, the dictionary will define it as “…deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment…”

So basically I respect you so I will do this for you, or explain this to you. Or, you deserve to know why I did this. Or, I will or won’t do this because I respect you. Or, my favourite, I respect you so I will put up with your bullshit.

But doesn’t that all go out the window when it comes to what ‘you’ want? Where does respect for others come in when it is something you really ‘need’ to do? At what point do you sacrifice self-happiness for respect? At what point do you start thinking about yourself first?

Because in the end, doesn’t all come down to you? We only live once and we only live one life, our own. Don’t we ‘respect’ people simply because in the end it is self serving? You make people happy by respecting them, which in turn makes them like you, which then makes you happy. This is where we like to say “I have to respect myself too” which is another way of saying “fuck this, I’m thinking about me”.

My point is that you can’t rely on respect. Respect is important but it isn’t all powerful.

People in the end will think about themselves first, no matter what.

No remorse, no repent.

I wonder how many times this has been blogged but...

Everything happens for a reason.

"This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers."

- Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) in Clerk (1994)

To the three people who read my blog, please check out my buddy's new poetry book. It's really good; this kid has talent.

You can visit his site HERE, and buy/view his book HERE.

Go there. Immediately.

It's incredible to me how most people pay so little attention to what others have to say.

The Foo Fighters with Against Me! and HiFi Hand Grenades, March 22nd 2008

Is it really March 8th today?

Talking Frosted Mini-Wheats are like something out of my wildest, most wonderful dreams.

Here's an interesting fact:

"In 2006, $4.1 billion was spent on telemarketing in Canada, generating $26.1 billion in sales and creating 155,000 jobs."

There's your answer about why you still get annoyed with Telemarketing calls constantly even though you have never bought anything over the phone.

The CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) is actually enforcing this new "do-not-call list" starting this fall. I doubt it is going to change anything but we'll see.

More on it here, on CBC.ca

I haven't posted in over a month due to the fact that I was on vacation in BC for 20 days. I'll be posting pictures of my trip soon (hopefully) but in the meantime enjoy his picture of the mini-sticks McDonald's have been selling:

Three Days Grace with Econoline Crush and Seether, January 18th 2008

Three Days Grace show at the Kool Haus in Toronto. We scored a Meet and Greet with the band.

Meet and Greet:

Econoline Crush:

Seether:

Three Days Grace:

I don't understand why certain comedies (Good Luck Chuck for example) feel the need to add a scene that an old person swears. It's not shocking, it's not pushing the envelope and it certainly isn't funny.

Maybe if this was 1997... And that's a big 'maybe'.

I previously said that Bionic Woman may turn out to be a good TV show...

Wow, was I ever wrong.

Here's to a new year where we will all hopefully realize that even though the Earth seems to be constantly spinning out of control, we can still find balance by doing certain things:

Think on how we want to react to everything around us, not worry on the things that we cannot change and slow down and focus on the things that we can.