It's the summer...

Summer is finally here, and what a busy summer it is. I have a lot of stuff going on right now, which is really usual for me. So far, I haven't had a chance to do what I usually do in the summer to relax after 10 months worth of school work: sleep in until 10 and watch 8 hours of tv a day.

The first thing I did when I finished my exams was to go out and find a job. This being Calgary, it wasn't too difficult and I had my pick of jobs. After 2 days of job searches, there were two jobs that really intrigued me, one was working at Wendy's downtown, and the other was working at an Inkjet cartridge refill booth at a mall near my house. The Wendy's job was great because all the shifts were during the day, and it paid pretty well, $9.5/hour, high even by Calgary standards. But, there were downsides, for one, I would have to work in the kitchens occasionally, which I wasn't too keen on. Also, the job was only a summer one because the downtown Wendy's was only open Mon-Fri, 7:00-5:00. And I didn't really want to have to take a train to go to a summer job. So in the end I decided to take the Inkjet job. It paid $8/hour, which is pretty low by Calgary standards. It's pretty boring because you sit there for hours on end with only a few customers, and when they come, they tend to come in droves. But still, it was close to my house, and really liked the fact that I could go hours without any real work, even if I have to deal with annoying customers often.

Over the Canada Day long weekend, my parents took me to Edmonton. We didn't really do much, considering how gigantic the West Edmonton mall was. I have to say, I was pretty impressed. There were 3 parks inside the mall, and a skating rink. There were also 2 different food courts and plenty of attractions. It was pretty cool. It was a shame that the two roller coasters in the galaxy amusement were shut down for repairs though. But I did see a cool seal show, albeit without any traditional ball tricks. Then other major place I went to was Fort Edmonton Historic Park. The fares were pretty cheap considering how much activities they offered inside. And I loved the buildings they reconstructed, they looked really authentic, many of which actually had working water pumps and real wood burning stoves and stuff. There was also a historic Free Mason lodge that is still being used. We wanted to go to some activities downtown, but it was rained out, but it was still a pretty good weekend all around.On a related note, I was really impressed by the gas mileage on our Toyota, after driving to Edmonton from Calgary, the gas tank was still at least 60% full.

Started my online career/life management course today. Already fininished have of unit 1. Considering there are only 4 units I should be done pretty quickly. I kinda think it's a big waste of time because there are a lot of apparently useless stuff there, but I think I'll just be glad to finish the course when it's all said and done.

Started my driving lessons. First I wanted to take a few test drives with my dad in some empty parking lots before signing up for driving school so I don't look like a total idiot. Still got a lot to work on though, but my parking is coming along, even if I can't do anything else. One thing that was annoying me was the mirrors, I didn't really know where they were suppose to point to, so my blind spot was huge, but I'm sure they'll help me with that in driving school. And another thing that amazed me was how hard it was to line a car up exactly where you want it too. Hopefully, I'll be able to get my full license before next year.

Just a few more sports thoughts, the last until October:

-What's up with the New York Rangers? A lot of spending this offseason, kinda reminds you of a certain other New York team, doesn't it?
-A lot of draft day sliding for the NHL...
-There's a conspiracy going on to get Crosby the greatest team in the history of sports...
-I didn't like the fact that Phoenix got rid of both James Jones and their first pick for cash, come on, I'm sure you don't need money THAT bad.
-Zach Randolph to New York, Ray Allen to Boston, and Rashard Lewis to Orlando, looks like the North West are Oden-Durant territory now.
-Ray Allen and Allan Ray on the same team, cool!!!
-What's with the Houston Rockets getting so many guards when Yao Ming obviously needs help up front?
-Yi Jianlian will not be as good as Yao, mark it down. He's a good player, but no where near deserves the hype he's been getting.
-Kobe needs to stop complaining and remember who wanted Shaq out of town the most
-Shaq's show is awesome!!!
-Raptors are too good, even if MoPete leaves

That's it for now folks, enjoy your summer...