Boots Are For Babies...and People Who Like Dry Feet

So today I came to a startling conclusion, my 'all-season' shoes are in fact not all-season. Instead of spending money on multiple pairs of shoes, I spend money on one pair then the left over cash at McDonalds. So I buy one pair of running shoes that I use during the summer, the fall, the winter and the spring. This has never been too much of a problem for me, sure my feet get cold in winter but I survive. However, this morn (yes I'm brining morn back) my 'all-season' shoes met their limit. From yesterday to early this morn Ottawa had a lot of rain fall which is fine except the fact that the rain collects itself into rather large, rather deep, puddles on my walk to school.

You may say "Mike, just walk around the puddles" but it was not that easy. The sides of the puddles were frozen and slanted down into the puddles (well I say puddles but they were more lakes). Oh yes, i had to show of my skills of balance on that treacherous walk. Now, contrary to popular belief, running shoes are not a good choice for rain and puddles if you like dry feet. To avoid the doom of the water I had to attempt to walk on the slanted ice and trusting that I don't fall into the puddle on my right or the Rideau Canal on my left.

It was going great until there was a girl whom, rather snootily, stormed past me, through the puddles, motoring on as if to say "go buy some rain boots you insufferable imbecile". Now I made it to school with only one wet foot but I am torn with a horrible decision, buy more weather appropriate shoes or stay loyal to the shoes that have got me through so much. This leads into a question I pose to you, Should I buy boots or stay with my all-season runners? Please note that if you suggest I buy new shoes you will be expected to chip in.

Just before I go I want to throw a shout out to Roosters at Carleton U where I am writing this, lets be honest, amazing post and I want to throw another shout out to Amber D who is across from me as I type.

p.s. A&W breakfast is a horrible decision and never, ever, put your body through it, trust me

Top Ten Things That Make Me Smile

I realize my last post was maybe not the most cheerful note, like the ones you have come to expect from me, so I feel, to balance it out, I will write on the top ten things that make me smile because as a man I can never have too many Top Ten lists. Let it begin:

10. Robin Williams

9. The "Where the Hell is Matt" video on YouTube

8. The ending of Toy Story 3

7. Glenn Miller's 'In the Mood'

6. Watching Mats Sundin's 500th career goal

5. Seeing both parents playing with their kids at the park

4. 24/7 sign outside a McDonalds, Tim Hortons or Wendy's

3. Fish and Chips

2. A 3 year old girl with learning development issues, whom I taught, saying my name for the first time and every time after that

1. 1 John 1:9

V-Day +1

So V-Day has come and gone. I feel that everyone who has a blog has posted about V-Day so here is me jumping on the bandwagon. Let me first just get my opinion out in the open, I don't like V-Day. Why? I don't like the constant status updates on Facebook of how great peoples significant others are, I don't like being reminded that I am single and I don't like Justin Beiber (This is more for people who know me and know that I was invited to see the Justin Beiber movie with a bunch of other singles last night...now you know).

Now, I am comfortable being single...most of the time. There are just some days I'm not and V-Day always ends up being one of them. V-Day just ends up being a slap in the face that I'm still single and, if I could be completely honest with you, I don't like being slapped.

So, as a single person, I don't like V-Day but, if I were in a relationship, It wouldn't be that bad. Two reasons: First, contrary to popular belief, I am a romantic and, second, I would save a lot of money on alcohol (you may think that money will transfer over to gifts and balance out but, believe me, I would save money...)

Finally if I were in a relationship I would not broadcast how great, or horrible, my significant other is because I know there are single people out there who aren't cool with their position in life. So please, on V-Day, a day traditionally meant for couples, have a heart for the singles.

My Greener Side

The environment, something I have never really gone out of my way to 'save'. Might be because I'm lazy, might be because I don't think it is that big of an issue, to be honest I don't even know. Having said that i don't like people who do things that 'hurt' the environment while saying they love it.

Anyone at Carleton you will be aware, or should be aware, of the CUSA elections coming up tomorrow and thursday. Now I say 'should be aware' because if you have walked through the tunnels you have seen the A Voice For Students' flyers littering the tunnel. I have two things to say about this. The first being all of those flyers are going to eventually end up in the garbage (which I have been informed is a bad thing) and the second, how many trees died so that these flyers could litter the ground? These things would not normally bother me but a week ago I had a candidate from A Voice For Students come to one of my classes and tell me that there party was going to be very environmentally friendly, hosting green weeks and making the campus a water bottle free zone. You can't chop down a forest for no good reason then implement a green week!

This isn't the first time. During Frosh Week, in my first year, there was a big push to have a water bottle free zone on campus by giving all first year students a reusable water bottle. Great, I got a water bottle that I could use all year but there was a bit of a problem with this. Vitamin Water had become very big on campus and during Frosh Week, at all the events, Vitamin Water was given out with meals and for sale at other times by CUSA. Here's the kicker, Vitamin Water comes in a non-reusable bottle. So CUSA says they will have a bottle free campus but in reality will sell a ridiculous amount of vitamin water in a bottle that will just end up in the garbage or on the ground.

So CUSA have failed to make a water bottle free campus and they have failed at being nice to the trees. But hey, what do I care, I don't really like CUSA anyway so they can do whatever they want with a water bottle free campus with water bottles or a green week with a bunch of dead trees, I'll just do my part for the environment by never taking a flyer from anyone running for a position in CUSA...and here I was thinking I don't care about the environment.

Где в Мире - Москва? (Where in the World is Moscow?)

I have finally figured out why Germany could not defeat Russia in the Second World War. The common idea is that it was Hitler's mistakes but I have had a revelation.

If you go to Google Maps and enter in Berlin as your starting location and Warsaw as your finishing location it will find you the way in not time at all. So the Germans get to Poland and later decide to invade Russia. However if you were to go to Google Maps and try and get from Berlin to Moscow it can't do it. The German's inability to defeat Russia was not because of the strength of the Russians, it was because the Germans couldn't find Moscow!

It's the same with Napoleon. Put in Paris to Berlin, no problem. Paris to Moscow, it can't do it!

Either Moscow is so well hidden that neither Hitler, Napoleon or Google can find it or Moscow just doesn't exist!