awkward c

So, those of you who subscribe to my blog will know my acquaintance Awkward Chris. Typically he is my summer friend as he plays on my ball team. Well, this year I wouldn't call it playing on my ball team, I'd call it 'whining like a little baby and having a pissy attitude while not playing on my ball team and quitting without telling anyone who directly plays on the ball team'. Was that too long? I don't care.

So, he's been out to like two games and has been pissy at both of them. I think it all started when he had a steak night for his roller hockey team or something like that, I don't know. I do know that I couldn't go because I was training for a triathlon and had a training class... that I had paid a lot of money for. And my husband was out of town. So that meant I couldn't go. And said it was okay and he understood and he knew that we typically would have been there and we would support him on the next steak night. Well, we had a ball game the night of the steak night and NONE of our team went. I couldn't tell them to. I wasn't going, I had swimming class! Well, that pissed him off really good.

And then he came out to a game a few weeks after that and was so mad at people he refused to talk to anyone who didn't come to the steak night. Umm, that was pretty much the whole team. And then he was pissed off that he was at the bottom of the line up. Get over yourself!! Everyone has been at the bottom of the list. It happens! Unless your name is RaeShawnDale... you will be at the bottom!!

So last night, he comes out to the game. We were concerned we wouldn't have enough guys, but as usual when that happens... we have too many. So he shows up, late, with his darling daughter and sees we have enough guys and says 'oh, well I may a swell just go home I've got other stuff to do and I don't want to be at the bottom of the lineup anyhow' and then proceeds to stay for 6 out of 7 innings!!

If he shows up tonight he's going to be on the bottom of the lineup no matter what. Am I a jerk?

participACTION

So, there is a new commerical out for ParticipACTION. Don't judge right away, this commerical is very modern and actually really good. It has no comparison to the old commericials from when I was a kid when everyone had really short shorts and shorter crop top tees, when roller skates ruled and rollerblades were unheard of. But don't get me wrong these commericials are no where near the excellence of Hal and Joanne McLeod on (make sure you sing this.... I know you know it) Oooooooh, Body Break!

And ParticipACTION is a great thing to promote to today's society! Just a quick glance at their website and you can easily read that childhood obesity has tripled over the past three decades, one in two Canadian adults are overweight, and this is all causing a major burden to our healthcare system. People need to get out there and do physical activity. I say this all as I sit here at my computer with my feet up and a bag of Doritos and a Coke easily within reach.

But anyhow, back to the task at hand - the new participACTION commerical. It has a whole bunch of Canadian sport icons telling us to get out there and get active! I love our Canadian athletes, honestly I do! BUT I AM GOING TO HELL!!! Rick Hansen tells people to walk to work. Really?!? You're going to have the Man in Motion, who is in a wheelchair, tell people to walk to work. The guy who cannot walk and is famous for NOT WALKING?!?!?

The irony alone made me laugh for a good half hour. I'm still laughing.