Cinescape Capers

Many of my friends know how much I enjoy playing darts. I play in league 2wice a week, sometimes I'll play in a jitney or tournament on the weekends and on Thursdays at lunch I play cricket over at Cinescape with a bunch of folks. The Thursday lunch escape is really a lot of fun. No one goes there to be really competitive or gets pissed off if they don't do well. We play cricket and play till we run out of time.

So one of the guys from Shell (a regular on Thursdays) has organized a little cricket jitney twice a year. Once in the fall and once in the spring. Ray usually has 15 - 20 spots open and it fills up every time. Cinescape hosts it and provides us with some snack food, some consolation prizes and the grand prize for the winner. They really go out of their way to make us feel at home. Service is always good there too, and you never have to wait long to find a cold frosty one in your hand.

The last couple of times I went to this tourney I didn't do that well but this time I did better than fair. Darren Gunderson took 1st place (he is also ranked in the top 5 in Alberta as far competitive dart players go). My very good friend Christian took 2nd place. Christian is what many consider a dart prodigy. If he puts in the time and wants to go places, I'm sure he could rank in the top 5 in Canada in the next couple of years. We are very competitive with each other and our best games are usually against one another. I really enjoy playing against both Darren and Christian. Well, after placing in the middle of the pack in the last go 'round, I managed to finish 3rd in this event. I am pleased to finish in such good company.

It was a great little Jitney and I think everyone there had a great time. I'm sure that it will fill up again in the spring. I guess I'll have to make sure I keep that Friday afternoon open so I can try to improve my position once again! :)

Something Positive.

Ok... so enough negatives for the moment. How about something positive? Well, I have just the thing. This cheers me up a whole bunch! I think I may have found a replacment vehicle. It meets all of my requirements despite falling short on some of the luxury things I was looking for. It will have 4x4, cruise, air, and power gadgets. It will also be able to tow about 5000 lbs as well. I still haven't traded money for the ownership papers yet, so it's not completely in the bag. Also, it just snowed a bunch here in Calgary too - what do you suppose the odds are that the current owner has gotten into a fender bender before I get to pick it up? Ok ok, I know I need to think positive, I'm sure the current owner hasn't done anything disasterous to it, but I don't want to get too excited just yet. Once I have the keys and the plate is on it, then I will allow myself to do the dance of joy. Whoo hoo! What it is it? I'll give you a hint...

I was mistaken...

Well,

It turns out I was mistaken. I posted "Goodbye My Friend" as sort of a farewell to my relationship with my ex girlfriend. I had a lot of warm feelings for her and thought I would express them here. It turns out that she didn't see it that way at all. She sent me a very trite email expressing her anger towards me and my blog. It was at that point I realized that I have been really blind, or that I have been choosing to ignore what is in front of my face. We didn't break up on friendly terms. Agree to disagree as it were. I thought that's what was happening. I thought just because we didn't see eye to eye on an important issue that we could still be nice to each other even though we were no longer together. I really thought that at least a friendship could be salvaged but I was mistaken. I don't believe I have said an unkind word to her since things rolled to a stop. Yet her correspondance with me has been nothing short of cold, if not aggressive.

Well, I think I've come to the conclusion that despite my desire to be friends with her, she wants none of it. So with that truth smacking me in the face it really is done. No more friendship, no pleasantries, no kind words... nothing. I don't like burning a bridge but I guess that is what I have done. Time to close this door and open a new one as they say.