End of a Soccer Season

Hello all,

So the indoor soccer season is over. We finished our season with a tough loss and an unlucky tie, but c’est la vie. We played really well, I just want to throw out some names; Adriano Silva, Don Laver, and Marc Dietmann. These people played exceptionally well during these two game, Faisal Hakami was only present for game #2 and he would have been an asset for the first game. Raj Damhar also played very well as a mid-fielder, I think he has found his new calling.

Marc played well all season despite injuries. Don had some shaky games, but played very well when we needed him. Adriano is probably the most under-rated player on our team. He plays at 100% every game, sets up plays and marks his man all while not complaining once, my hat goes off to all of you.

Tomorrow Robyn and I are off to Zellers to do the L’Oreal reline. There is supposed to be a huge snowstorm tomorrow, but nothing has started yet. After Tuesday, all of the L’Oreal relines will be completed and then I will have to final shifts at Superbob’s Home Furnishings. I’m looking forward to be finishing there and packing up and driving across Canada. I will have to be sure to take lots of pictures and post them up on here and on facebook.

Anyway, it was a great season, we played very well all season. Our record may not have been the greatest, but we were competitive in almost every game with a lot of 1-goal losses. I’ll be glad to give my legs a rest for the next few weeks, my shin is pretty bruised up so it will be good to heal until I start soccer again in Red Deer.

Ryan ‘Piece’ Levy

Lazy Hazy Saturday

Hello all,

So I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve been pretty busy with work. I’m usually pretty tired after work, it’s not a demanding job, but it can get tiresome at the end of a long day.

This coming week, I have my last two shifts at Superbob’s, my two last shifts for CIM Ltd, outsourced to L’Oreal, and then its a trip to Nova Scotia to drop off my kitchen table and chairs, and pick up my younger brother’s motorcycle (Kawasaki Super Sherpa 250) for the trip to Red Deer.

Tomorrow I play a double-header of soccer. I just tried to find out when I play, but the website is down to due to the planned power outage at UNBSJ. I plan on letting everyone know how that goes, we got our first win in the last few weeks last game, with a hard fought 1-0 victory.

My plans for tonight is supper in a little bit, probably will have a beer or two, watch Hockey Night in Canada on CBC, and then crash after Saturday Night Live.

Hopefully I will be posting more often now that my work is finishing up.

Ryan ‘Piece’ Levy

Mr. Big Meeting, A Sitcom Failure

Hello all,

So I watched the latest episode of Welcome to the Captain today and wow, I did not think this show could get any worse! The plot is that the main character, Josh Flug (played by Fran Kranz) has an interview to pitch his new screenplay to the president of Paramount Pictures. The secondary character, Uncle Saul (played by Jeffrey Tambor) decides to help Josh prepare for his pitch. The B-plot is that Jesus is allowed into every apartment to check the fire alarms. While in Josh’s room, he stumbles upon the screenplay and he must read it, much to the dismay of Hope, Josh’s flame.

So, let’s start with Josh’s screenplay pitch. The pitch was developed with the help of Uncle Saul, who has pitched many a screenplay in his time, since he was a writer for Three’s Company (T-Co). The coaching basically consisted of Saul reminising about his old pitches and a story involving a monkey throwing a pillow at him.

Once on the Paramount lot, Saul sees an old partner of his. This partner, Mickey Tittle, played by Bob Einstein, of Super Dave fame, supposedly stole Uncle Saul’s pitch for Housemates, a series which has become a huge hit. This entire sequence has completely removed my love of Super Dave, especially after Uncle Saul attacks Mickey Tittle and beating him in a fit of rage. The acting was horrible, the plot was annoying, and the direction was lacking for a sitcom on network television. The actors are not utilized, the emphasize is put on characters that cannot carry the show, while other better know actors are pushed into the background.

The secondary plot involves Jesus reading Josh’s screenplay. I will be honest, I tune out Jesus as his character is the most annoying character I’ve ever seen on television. Hope, played by Joanna Garcia, walks in on Jesus and ends up reading the screenplay as well. Both adore the screenplay and cannot stop from reading it. At the end, Josh catches them and Hope tells him that they two characters have to get together at the end of the film. This is just a small piece of the overall story of Josh and Hope’s sexual tension. In the beginning, I wanted them to get together, but now, I’m just sick of the entire series. Hope, while cute, cannot act and does not deserve to be on television. The plot line from the previous episode was completely absent, as Josh was making Hope jealous by asking out another girl from the building.

Raquel Welch is completely wasted in this show, though she is well past her sex-appeal prime. her character is basically a token female for this cast as Joanna Garcia cannot carry this show as the sole female. Wait, I forgot about Astrid, played by Valerie Azlynn. Astrid is the biggest ditz on the show and I cannot stand watching her. Her character is an actress that isn’t on television, so basically an unemployed LA actor, a walking cliche.

Overall, this show is terrible. I believe that the entire reason this show ever saw the airwaves is because of the Writer’s Strike of ‘08. If any of you want to watch a terrible sitcom, with horrible acting from the main characters, but entertaining moments from the secondary actors, specifically Uncle Saul, who really does carry this show.

The latest show has made me feel a bit nostalgic. So I end this with a Super Dave Osbourne reference, watching this show makes me require medical attention.

Ryan ‘Piece’ Levy

My First Day

Hello all,

So I started my new job today, I work in the warehouse of a furniture store called Superbob’s. At no point during my time at university studing business administration did I ever think I would be working 9-5 moving furniture around a warehouse.

Now, I’m not snubbing my job, but I do think I’m qualified for other more attractive positions. Oh well, I’m only working there until March  25th as I will need time to pack before moving to Red Deer, Alberta. I wonder how soon I should tell the new boss that I am quitting.

So I started my day by meeting all of my co-workers and then helping to load a truck for deliveries. After that, I went on a delivery where we dropped off 8 large microwaves and picked up 13 defective ones. That was pretty tiresome as we had to go up and down a flight of stairs. I suppose it could have been worse, the microwaves could have went to the 3rd floor.

After doing those deliveries, we had a truck to unload. I had to move several large sofas and hide-a-beds. I couldn’t believe how heavy those can be, but we finished in about an hour.

After work, I came home to my loving girlfriend who cooked me supper, we had fish cakes and fries. I am a little sore from all of the work today, my knees hurt from resting the furniture on them while trying to get a grip. I figure that will go away in a few days.

Well, right now I’m watching the Lab with Leo. His show is great, I love to watch it, and its been the inspiration for creating this blog. I would just like to send a shout-out to Leo Laporte, thank you for your show (maybe he will comment on this).

Tonight I will watch the latest episode of Welcome to the Captain. I think I will do another Entertainment Review about it soon. I’m sure some of you will enjoy this as I plan on ripping this show to pieces!

Well, I think this is all I have to talk about at this time, I would like to thank all of you for visiting my site, please leave some comments as I have had a lot of hits, but not any feedback.

Ryan ‘Piece’ Levy

Sales, Soccer, and Entertainment

Hello all,

First off, I would like to apologize for not updating yesterday, it has been a hectic couple of days. My original plan was to post each and every day, but I think I will miss a day here and there. I just wish I hadn’t missed one so early on.

Well, let’s first start off by describing what happened on Sunday. I started the day negotiating with buyers on Facebook Marketplace for the sale of both my armoire and two bedroom dressers. The armoire ended up fetching a price of $60, but had to be delivered to her place. The two dressers got us $40 which was about $20 more than we paid for them. So in the end, I feel we came out ahead on each sale.

Sunday was also highlighted by my soccer team’s first point in several hard fought games. We tied the Slickster’s 1-1 in a needlessly close game. Our team, Saint John Inferno, played very good, with stiff offensive in the first half and tough defense in the 2nd. Don Laver came up with some impressive stops and only allowed one goal on a re-directed header from one of our own players.

After the game, I was able to catch the stellar programming on Fox. The Simpsons was mediocre as usual, King of the Hill was alright, no standout moments, Family Guy, while usually quite innovative, was drab this week, basically having one joke recycled for the entire episode. Finally I was able to catch the series premiere of Unhitched. This show was kinda funny, Craig Bierko  managed to steal the entire show with his comedic presence. I had no idea he could be this funny, especially given his last role on Boston Legal (though he was pretty good on there).

After Unhitched, I was able to catch some reruns of Battlestar Galactica. The Eye of Jupiter two-part episode really reminded me of just how great this series is. Almost Season 4, only another month!!

During Battlestar Galactica, I was able to fill out my answers for the interview questions for a potential job. When I move to Red Deer, Alberta at the end of this month, I hope to gain employment with Edward Jones as a financial advisor. I feel the interview went really well and my answers were thorough, yet concise. The interview process is quite lengthy, so I will keep you all apprised of any developments.

So that was my day on Sunday, fairly busy as you can see.

Monday started out with calling the local Zeller’s stores and scheduling my L’oreal reline dates. I have been recently contracted to rearrange all of the products and updating color swatches and product lines for L’Oreal and related brands. This means that I will be spending three different days in three different Zeller’s rearranging shelving and promotional displays. Apparently, one store will take me almost 12 hours to do, which I don’t mind as $12/hr is pretty good for this area of the country.

After I finished scheduling my merchandising duties, I had my interview with Edward Jones. As I said above, I feel it went very well and I hope to hear back soon. It was an online interview as the position I would be applying for is located in Red Deer, Alberta. The interview was followed by personality surveys and an online application, which was very very in depth. I have never had to fill out as much information as I did for this online application. Some parts were difficult as I had to work out my annual income based on my wages from several different jobs with varying hours. Completion Time, 1.5 hours.

So now I am sitting on my futon (which is very uncomfortable, note to self: never buy the cheapest futon from Walmart ever again)  watching the Engagement Ring on CityTV. This movie is horrible and stars Patricia Heaton. I have never been a big fan of her, though she is tolerable on Fox’s Back to You with Kelsey Grammer. She cannot act at all in this movie and I feel that her roles should be limited to supporting roles only. She does not have the ability to carry a movie all by herself.

Well, I hope to post again tomorrow, so check back often

Ryan ‘Piece’ Levy