Busy Busy Busy (Or I How I Hate Exams)

What a time. For the younger grades, it's a beautiful time of year; full of snow days and fun times with the friends at the ice rink or snow hill. For the university students, however, it's a cold miserable time of the year. Exams. And I'm ready to call it quits already.

Five exams. Nine days. No study habits. No reason to feel like it is sticking to my brain. No time with my amazing girlfriend. No time to play hockey. No time to go to work and make money, because I need money to buy gifts for people. And all the time in the world to feel screwed.

Christmas, the most wonderful time of year.....if you're eight years old. Other than that, blech.

GTA Online is Awesome. That is all.

Happy Thanksgiving America. Thanks for giving us great deals on gifts.

Just in case you haven't played Grand Theft Auto Online, it's awesome. So much to do and try and the whole group aspect is crazy awesome. So if you haven't played it, do it. It's probably one of the best games of this generation, before the XBone and PS4 come out with their great titles. You're missing out otherwise. 

Football Manager Update #1

So, I've been playing Football Manager 2014. Unbelievable game. I'm so into it, the depth, the matches, the transfers, the adjustments, everything. And last night, I did the amazing (to me).

I started following soccer in 2010 with a couple of guys on my hockey team and I slowly became hooked. I follow soccer just as much as I do hockey; the flow, the creativity, the unbelievable strikes and saves. It's poetry in motion, just like hockey is. I'm always watching the BPL, the Champions League, the Europa League, hell, even Toronto FC. 

Soon after I started watching, I found Football Manager. And my first team was Southampton F.C. I wanted to pick a team that I could bring to glory again and their story about dropping two leagues to League One was the perfect starting point to learn soccer and find out what works. I managed to bring Southampton back to the Premier League before getting ousted when Southampton got taken over by a new chairman. But my love stayed with them in spirit.

Now that I finally got a new computer that can run it, I immediately chose Southampton for 2014, fresh off a bunch of new players and a new team identity. I finished an average 12th in year one, but a surprising 5th in year two. This season, I made the Quarter Finals in the Europa League and had strong FA and Capital One Cup runs as well. And then last night, my three year reign was capped off by Rickie Lambert scoring in the 92' minute against Swansea to 3-2 and clinch a Champions League spot! A tie would have pushed us fourth, but it was an unbelievable moment. I jumped around like I had won the Stanley Cup. Incredible moment. Now I just have to live up to the expectations. 

My new (old) attempt at a blog. Wish me luck.

I've been trying to write a blog for years now, only to keep fumbling or delaying or deciding I don't really want to write it. Today, I'm trying it out one more time. Nothing to lose, right?

Just in case anyone ever reads, I'm going to be writing about my hockey games, why the Maple Leafs have let me down, how much I now love soccer, why I'm a struggling student, the WWE, and anything else that comes to mind.