Just random musings on random stuff.
It’s the first day of summer. Sure feels like it.
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It’s almost five in the morning and just as I’m starting to fall asleep, the sun is about to come up.
I don’t normally touch on hockey around these parts, but I can’t help but comment on this.
So this past week, Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoff series between les Canadiens de Montreal and the Toronto Maple Leafs took place in front of paying fans at the Bell Centre and the Habs celebrated the return of fans to the arena by winning an overtime game to push the series to Game 7. Not to be outdone, Toronto gave away free tickets to fully-vacced health care workers to attend said game at whatever arena they play in these days; I don’t keep track.
There was an article around these parts in the local paper where the writer was chastising Montreal for charging fans to attend their Game 6 while Toronto did the noble and moral thing to give free tickets to first responders as thanks for all they have done during these trying times. And at first, I thought that there was some semblance of merit, especially since the Habs won in Game 6 and it would’ve been a nice feelgood moment for the crowd… and given how much shit those workers had to deal with, it would’ve been a nice gesture. So, clearly, Toronto has the moral high ground.
Unfortunately, those health care workers in Toronto saw the Leafs eat a 3-1 loss to le Bleu, Blanc, et Rouge in the deciding final game. As such, Montreal advances to the next round in the playoffs while Toronto wallows in misery through another post season of failure.
Honestly, I don’t know what’s worse. Montreal charging fans for a fun, winning game or Toronto giving first responders a free look at how a hockey club lives up to its legacy of choking. Who came out happier out of that exchange?
Final verdict? Nobody wins the morality war… but the Habs move up. We’ll see how far that goes.
So while digging through this old tablet thing, I came across this update post dated November 2017 entitled “Vidme Progress Report”. Vidme, for those who don’t know, was an alternative video site that I came across and began adopting as a back-up for the Youtube and Dailymotion pages, since those had… issues. I recall uploading quite a bit of material on there until the site eventually shut down due to lack of funds.
To the best of my knowledge, only one or two videos that were part of the Vidme run failed to make the cut. I still have most of the videos from on there, including alternate cuts of older reviews and it’s my hope that those videos will eventually see the light of day once more.
Anyway, here’s the post in question… for old times sake:
“For those who care for this sort of thing…
“I just finished uploading the last twenty or so reviews of last year (501 to 520) onto the Vidme channel and they’ll be “shared” online on a daily basis when there isn’t new content. Sad to say that the conversion and slight editing of this older content to prep it for re-upload on this alternate video sharing service is what’s been taking up most of my time as of late. And this is one of the few things I’ll be addressing on the Sunday vlog.”
Did I mention how much I miss Vidme?
Got my first shot tonight.
All’s well, so far.
We’re past the first hurdle.
Second one before I turn 40.
Yeah, that’s all I got.
About a decade ago, I had started a job at a food factory in the evening shift, meaning that I would be finishing past midnight. This inevitably ended up meaning that I would be sleeping at late hours. As the years went on, this became the new normal and I had grown accustomed to it. Even welcomed it.
So… after days of counting votes, the outlaw mudshow otherwise known as this year’s U.S. presidential election has reached its conclusion, as Joe Bison gained his votes to defeat the Orange Man.
Of course, Orange Man is crying foul at the results, claiming this is stolen and illegal counts are being voted or whatever. Indeed, we have a winner, but the shitstorm is just getting started.
As I said Wednesday, whatever happens afterwards is what you folks down south deserve. What that ends up being… I’m not entirely sure, but hopefully Sleepy Joe will able to figure it out soon while his meds are still a thing.
In all seriousness, though, congrats to Joe Biden for winning the election. What exactly he won is something he’ll have to discover for himself, but I guess CNN will happy that they no longer have to shit on the Orange Man.
So a week has passed since I stayed at home. Spent more time with the dog indoors keeping me company, but only got to take her out for a walk once or twice this past week. Not necessarily in the mood for the great outdoors… honestly can’t blame her.
For my part, I’ve been doing alright. Other than a nagging cough that has been with me since the dawn of time – or so it seems – I’m weathering this whole thing fairly fine and I’ve been able to run a few errands here and there while taking care of the folks. I have to be honest, though; I dread stepping outside these days. Not just because of the pandemic, but also because the general atmosphere is a little worse for wear.
Being on an island that makes up for half of Quebec’s cases is bad enough to warrant certain crowd control methods to maintain physical distancing and some places have proven to do a good job of this. Other places, like the groceries and larger department stores selling essentials, still need work. For my part, I try to keep my distance. If I see a crowded lane, I avoid it completely and look for an opening, or wait for one to clear… I try to keep my distance and yet nobody else cares.
Montreal, as of this writing, is in a state of emergency. A great majority of public spaces are closed off until further notice. Places where I would go for a walk to clear my head and just get away from people are no longer accessible. I am barely holding it together and it scares me shitless… especially considering that nobody has bothered to explain which parts of Montreal I should avoid going to since this is a fairly sizable chunk of land.
All of a sudden… this one island, one city bullshit people were pushing a decade or so back…. nah, it was stupid back then even. Dumb fucks.
All you folks on the front lines – the health care workers, the store employees, and likewise – you have my utmost respect for dealing with this shit and putting on a brave face while doing it. I honestly couldn’t do what you do daily and if anything, you are much more courageous than I could ever hope to be.
Yeah, I think I’ve said enough now. I’m off to bed.
So the old YouTube Embeds aren’t working for some reason. Whenever I try to run a video, I end up getting an error message. However, the video itself works fine when you’re watching it off the Youtube page itself or appropriate YouTube app.
UPDATE 3:02 P.M.
The embeds work now… not so much this morning, but whatever the issue was seems to have been resolved. Thank goodness for small favors.
New review tomorrow.
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