Will

Amber and I recently went to see a ‘documentary’ at the movie theater about the power that one’s will can exert.  Someone with a strong will can overcome any obstacle put in their way.  They can overcome external forces and internal ones, emotions and feelings like fear.

But you don’t have to go see Green Lantern (but you should) to discover that Will is a formidable power that each of us possess, but only a few put to good use on a regular basis.

I know a few people that have put their effort to good use in achieving goals and working toward things that are important to them.  But will is not just about achieving things, it can be about putting your energies toward being committed to something even if it is difficult to do.  Holding back wild emotions when someone lashes out at you.  Persevering when things don’t go your way is another example.

I’m so glad to be surrounded by people that are able and capable of putting their will and effort to good use in a wide variety of endeavours.

Wonderland

What an amazing day I had at Canada's Wonderland yesterday with Alf!

At the start of the week it looked like we might be rained as accuweather was calling for thunderstorms for the whole day.  Even the day before it did not look promising.  Finally though Thursday morning the forecast changed to just be some rain around midday, so off we went.

Before lunch we had already done five rides, Flight Deck (Top Gun), Time Warp (Tomb Raider), Psyclone, Sledgehammer and Behemoth. Amazing, Alf particularly enjoyed Behemoth and upon completion vowed we would do it again.  We went and paid about $20 each for lunch, burger, fries and a drink!  After lunch we got on Wind Seeker, The Mighty Canadian Minebuster, and Skyrider and were headed for Vortex when the sky opened up and it poured!

We waited quite a while as the storm passed and were told the rides would need 15 minutes of no lightening before they would start back up.  We searched for the Action Theater as it would be open since it was indoors, but could not find it, so we got funnel cake then headed to do Behemoth again, figuring that if it rained again we'd have fourteen to ride it twice.

From there we did The Fly, Vortex, Drop Zone and then Dragon Fire twice in a row.  By then we'd done all the big rides and decided to do a couple favourites again.  We did Top Gun twice in a row then went over to Behemoth.  To end the day we rode Behemoth three times with the middle run at the very front, it was awesomme.

Our longest wait time the whole day was probably about twenty minutes, thanks to the day in the middle of the week and because of the weather.

Such an amazing day at Canada's Wonderland!

Old Guys at the Gym

Good on you old folks at the gym, and when I say that I mean it sincearly. I know what it is like to go to the gym, that's how I know you old people are there all the time.

However, I think you need to be made aware that the gym, and specifically the change room at the gym, is not your house! Why to old guys at the gym treat the locker room as some sort of nudist colony practice area? Old guys at the gym have full conversations in the buff, they even stop getting dressed to go around the bay of lockers and chat! What is up with that? I also have tried to block out how many times I've seen some 70+ year old standing in the bathroom area, nude and shaving his face. Dude, go home!

I've never seen a younger guy, say less than 60 do this, just the old guys, it is disturbing. I've also been told by a few female friends that the womans change room is not much better. Anyone have theories on this? Is there no shame when you get older?

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I Want to be the Very Best,

Like no one ever was.
To catch them is my real test,
To train them is my cause!

I play Pokémon.  I admit it.  It’s great too.  It seems like each summer for the last 6 or 7 years I have played heaps of Pokémon.  Mainly because the wise folks at Nintendo have decided that it’s the perfect time to put out a new iteration of the game.

(Side note, apparently Pokémon is actually part of the dictionary for Microsoft! If i type Pokemon, is says it’s spelled wrong and gives me the version with the accent.)

I believe it is the perception that Pokémon is a kids game, simple, repetitive and pointless.  Look at this chart.

Without playing the game I challenge you to understand that.  It’s obviously not impossible, but not all that simple either, now take into account that many Pokémon have two type attributes and figure it out, are things 4x as effective, or is the effect cancelled out? Will they destroy the Pokémon you have out in battle, and then consider that each individual Pokémon within each of those type has their own abilities!  It could make you go insane.

It is a game that you can play watching TV or a movie though as there is a lot of time spend doing random battles to build the strength of your team, as there is in any RPG (that’s Role Playing Game).  The point of these battles? To take these…

Cuddly little creatures and turn them into this!

Instruments of Death.

It’s great fun.  You also collect them and trade them, build teams of six Pokémon that you think can withstand any battle and try them out against other people, it’s great!  It is definitely one of those games that is easy to play, but hard to master.  To understand every nuance of the game is the furthest thing possible from a kids game.

Personally my favourite Pokémon is Charizard.

I have one (actually I have a couple), that is level 100, the highest.  He’s awesome.  It’s the closest I’ll get to owning a pet dragon, that actually flies and shoots fire.  If any of you readers out there play Pokémon trade your Friend Code with me! My Pokémon White FC is 1420-7873-0270

Anyone that owns a handheld system today can thank Pokémon Red/Blue for turning Nintendo’s GameBoy into a major, unbelievable success.