Endings and Beginnings

Well Internet, I reckon I just can't come up with some sort of hook for this entry.  Try and tie stuff together all neat like.  Did try.  Can't do it.  But we'll just move ahead anyways.

Six months-ish ago, this was me:

Artist's Rendition

An Odd Occurrence

Hey! Internet! How the heck are you!?  Gosh! I hope your holidays were good!  It's a great time of the year.  So much family! Can't get enough!  But I ain't got time for that! (you probably aren’t going to click on that link, which I totally dig, but I am telling you, you are fucking missing out if you don't.

Why the Movie Serendipity is Kind of a Turd

Internet! Guess what I am doing? Watching a movie! On Boxing Day!  (By the way, Internet, may I wish a Merry Christmas to you and yours!)

What movie?  This one!

How is it, you ask?  Well, I will tell you! It's terrible!  "But why, JJ?  Why is it so bad?" you are probably asking.

Santa Run! 2012!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Well folks, last weekend.  Santa Run.  Did it.  Thought it would be good to blog about.  In the actual doing of it, not really sure it's worth blogging about.  But hey!  I'm a blogger!  That's what I do! No matter how mundane the topic! Or whatever.

Anyways!  The Santa Run!  2012! Burlington, Ontario! (In which there is not actually a coat factory, because THAT Burlington is in the U.S.!)  How long?  Five kilometres.  The hook?  Everyone running...has to do it in a Santa suit!  That's why it's called "The Santa Run"!  The largest in Canada, so they say. 

Book review? Sorta?

(Note! I started this entry a long time ago, but dang.  I just couldn't get it right.  So it dragged on and on. Now the timing is all weird.  But what are you gonna do?)

Plaid!

Hey!  What's up?  Nice to be back.  Was just hanging out.  Ran a marathon on Sunday.  So a little cripply today.  (Note: in October!)  Well,  a lot cripply, to be honest.  This one was pretty hurty.  So just sitting around today.  Healin'.  Hopesfully anyways.  But that's not either here...nor there!  Or they're, for that matter!  (Sheesh! Started this post at that time...clearly didn't finish same day.  Lazy bum!)

Waterfront Marathon 2012 - A second go!

Where's JJaldo (get it?)? Don't bother looking! I am not in this pic.  I don't think.  I don't even know what year its from! Just found it and pasted it!

Hello!  Hope you are well!  Enough pleasantries!  Let's get down to it, right?  Guess what JJ did this past weekend?  (Hint - see pic above. )  Yes, you guessed right!  His second Waterfront Marathon!  Second year in a row!  Bazinga!

Judas.....Priest!!!!

Well hello Inty!  See that picture?  Know who those guys are?  Yep, it's Judas Priest.  Big in the 80's.  "Screaming for Vengeance"!  The big album!  My brother had it.  On vinyl!  I listened the heck out of that album!  Loved it!  Listened to a couple of the songs the other day....eeeehhhh, not sure it holds up that well.  When they say they are "screaming" for vengeance, they ain't kidding.  Too much for these old ears.

The lead singer of Judas Priest.  Rob Halford.  In 1998, he came out.  As in, he said "yep, I'm gay" (I'm paraphrasing).  Which is awesome.  Glad he did it!  Progress!  But is kind of funny too.  Why is it funny?  Well, I'll tell you.

The first reason it's funny is because I already knew, sorta.  My brother had a friend in the 80's who worked at the arena in Winnipeg during shows, and JP had rolled through.  Apparently this dude had overheard Halford ask some dude if he wanted to "go back to his hotel room and party".  Which really doesn't seem like that big an indicator?  But maybe it was the way he said it?  I dunno.  But this is what he told my bro, and that's what my bro told me (grapevine!).  Later that week, I am in class and I am all like "guess what I heard!?"  I says my peace.  Turn forward in my seat.  This girl in my class comes up behind me and whops me on the back of the head!  For suggesting he was gay!  Well, to her I say "Ha!  Told ya!  In your face!"

And! It's funny to me thinking back that anyone would think he wasn't gay. "He can't be gay, he dresses all in leather! No gay dudes wear leather!" Right?  That's funny, right?

Meh, this post is running out of steam, quick

That's all I got.  JJ out!