Is your summer half full or half empty?

As everyone seems to be saying, "The summer's half over already!" (and the last time I posted it hadn’t even started … hmmmm …). The summer actually seems to have been moving fairly slowly from my point of view. I’ve gotten in a lot of horseback riding, tennis, and beach volleyball, and lately swimming and hockey, so it’s been enjoyable in it leisureliness. I have been doing some working, of course, but not as much as a few people would like, one of those people being myself. Ah well, I suppose there’ll be enough of that come September, when I head to Victoria to start on my Master’s of Education.

How is everyone else’s summer? Well, I don’t know. My imaginary friend, Lydia, is having a fantabulous one, and regularly keeps me updated with her travellings (she’s been through the Caribbean (not via a movie) and stopped by Madagascar (she wouldn’t tell me why), and even spent some time in the forests of Peru). I guess a little vicarious living never hurt anyone, as long as I limit our conversations to an hour or two a day …

I am really looking forward to getting out West, as much as I know there are people, places, and things (i.e. hockey teams) here that I am going to miss. I have a few options for places to stay, which is nice, so we’ll see what happens there. I’m still working on the whole course selection, and figuring out exactly how long I’ll be in the program; I’ve contacted my advisor and am waiting to hear back.

That’s about all for now … I promise I’ll be updating more regularly when I’m out West, and don’t see the meagre amount of people that read this on a fairly regular basis.

Oh yeah, hockey!
I'm actually fairly happy about what the Leafs have been doing, in stark contrast with the last couple off-seasons, where they dropped Mogilny and other, and got players I didn't want, like Lindros (ouch, even typing his name hurts). I think Raycroft can pull through and hit top or close-to-top form, because I know how being injured can affect your play, and it's not an excuse for sucking, it's a reason. I'm a bit undecided, but leaning towards being happy about Peca coming to the Leafs, and along with everyone else, I'm curious about how he and Tucker will resolve their issues. I think this is something that the media will mull over and blow up far bigger than it really is, but they do that with pretty much everything that's potential trouble in the locker room. Kubina is an acquisition I'm pleased about; Gill I'm fairly indifferent about.

Alright, so that wraps things up. And I guess I better start talking about the Canucks to get in the West Coast spirit. Good-bye, Scrapper Dan and Hello, Luongo!!! :D