Wow, I feel really, really tired right now. I haven't felt this fatigued in a long time.
 
I got seven hours of sleep last night, which for me, is a lot. I didn't do anything until we played hockey today. We played for an hour and a bit, and it didn't seem especially exhausting. Maybe it was the heat. I must have sweat off a ton of water today.
 
Or maybe it was the two drinks I had with dinner. They say alcohol is a depressant. Perhaps that's why I feel so tired right. Boy, this was a enlightening post.

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I'll admit, I'm comfortable being a geek. Tonight though, it was one for the books. Let me enumerate the events of the evening:
 

1. Dinner with the Carolyn, Amber, and the guys. Food consisted of greasy KFC and Pizza Hut. Soft drinks were also consumed.
2. While we were busy smearing grease on our face, we watched the Special Edition DVD of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan.
3. After the movie, we played Call of Duty over the LAN. As usual, I cleaned up on the Behind Enemy Lines maps. I suck at Search and Destroy though.

If I didn't already live where I did all of this, I'm pretty sure one of my parents would have come to pick me up for the drive home.

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Happy 37th Birthday Will Ferrell!

UPDATE: Ha, since commenting is broken right now, your comment will never show up Rhonda! Muha ha ha ha!

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Yesterday in the US Senate, a measure to ammend the US constitution that effectively banned same-sex marriages was defeated. It comes as no surprise that the push for the admendment came from the Republican party and was whole-heartedly endorsed by George W. Bush. Called to comment, Bush said he was "disappointed" in the failed measure.

I couldn't find any comment from Dick Cheney. Cheney usually has a lot to say about anything to do with presidential affairs, being involved more than any vice-president in recent history. Since Dick is so quiet, maybe I can help here. The following is a snippet from a vice-presidential debate in October 2000. The moderator is Bernard Shaw. He asks both candidates about sexual orientation.

SHAW: ...sexual orientation. Should a male who loves a male and a female who loves a female have all -- all -- the constitutional rights enjoyed by every American citizen?

CHENEY: This is a tough one, Bernie. The fact of the matter is, we live in a free society and freedom means freedom for everybody. We don't get to choose, and shouldn't be able to choose, and say, "You get to live free, but you don't."

And I think that means that people should be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into. It's really no one else's business in terms of trying to regulate or prohibit behavior in that regard.

The next step then, of course, is the question you asked of whether or not there ought to be some kind of official sanction, if you will, of the relationship or if these relationships should be treated the same way a conventional marriage is. That's a tougher problem. That's not a slam dunk.

I think the fact of the matter, of course, is that matter is regulated by the states. I think different states are likely to come to different conclusions and that's appropriate. I don't think there should necessarily be a federal policy in this area.

I try to be open-minded about it as much as I can and tolerant of those relationships.

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There's a new addition to the erwintang.com interviews. This time around, the subject is Joanna Wenman, a long-time friend of mine. Click here for the interview.

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The place I live in has two pianos but not a single ice machine. What the hell is up with that?

Will a piano cool my glass of water?

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I have near conclusive proof that unless I want to experience severe gastrointestinal distress again, I should lay off the Starbucks Mocha Frappuccinos.

I have one word to sum up my entire night... "explosive".

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I'm spending the day archiving report titles for the professor I'm working for. I came across one that made me chuckle:

Ion Propulsion as a Thrusting Mechanism

Tee-hee. I need a nap. Tee-hee.

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Well, I never claimed I was timely in my updates, but nearly after a year since the event, I have put up my pictures from Nic and Marcia's wedding.

Nic and Marcia were the two very first people I met at St. John's College. Less than after two weeks of knowing them, we were at Koerner's Pub having some drinks when Marcia joked about inviting me to their wedding. During the school year, I became close friends with both of them, and I indeed did get invited to their wedding.

They're both in Ottawa now, Marcia works for the government and Nic is doing his PhD. I will always be indebted to them for their friendship and kindness.

Click here for their wedding photos.

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I'm hungry right now. I have this ripoff box of Kraft Dinner. I really want to make it. The problem is, I don't have any milk, which appears to be required for the making of the pasta.

No one seems to be up at this hour to give me milk either. Looks like I'll be having a Snickers bar instead.

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