I did get a chance to watch RAW last Monday and I'm glad I did. It was a great show with some fantastic matches. Today's show wasn't that great but I still appreciate having the ability to watch it, even if it is on in the background while I'm doing work :)

I'm not sure how much longer I'll get to play soccer since the weather is turning cold and apparently most everyone on our team thinks anything less than 5C is too cold to play. Since it was cancelled on Tuesday due to the "inclement" weather, I got to play basketball instead. Basketball is also an outdoor sport, so its days are numbered as well :(

On Wednesday I had a CIPS Exec. meeting after work, and then I went home to watch the first games of the NHL season. I wasn't really into hockey before the strike but now I've decided to pick it up again for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most important reason is that now with the salary cap I'm not the only one who doesn't know what team everybody plays for. Prior to the lockout, my team rosters were stuck in circa 1992, so I was often at a disadvantage when talking about or watching hockey. Now, everything is so messed up that I've caught up to everyone in terms of league roster knowledge :)

On Thursday I watched U2's appearance on Conan O'Brien, which was hit and miss but mostly hit. Great show + great band = good television.

I made my triumphant return to hockey on Friday. I hadn't played organized hockey in nine years and it had been a few years since I had even skated, and it showed big time. Still, I had a lot of fun. Each Friday at noon a whole bunch of guys from work rent some ice out at twins and play a pickup game of shinny, so I'm going to have lots of fun each week this winter embarrassing myself on skates!

Friday afternoon my parents picked up Sofi and I and we headed out to the cabin for the Thanksgiving weekend. We had a great weekend filled with lots of food and lots of relaxation. My buddy Igor came down from Calgary on Saturday morning to hang out with us for the weekend, which was cool. Food, family, and friends left us thankful for a lot of things :)

Me and Igor exploring the wilderness

Sofi's Thanksgiving Paella

We made it back to the city around suppertime today without incident. We were lucky to have a hockey game on the radio on the drive out and on the drive back!

This week I've got lots of fun things planned. Tomorrow night I'm headed to the LOSURS meeting because the topic for the evening is MythTV, which is the software I'm thinking about using to build my own PVR. On Friday afternoon there is a pool night organized by CIPS in conjunction with the CSSS so I have to check that out for a few hours. On Saturday, me and my dad are going to the Pats game. I also have a lot of non-fun things planned for this week :(