Ancient Rocks and the Pub of my Dreams

I have come to the conclusion that Archeology is not a real subject. Instead, it is completely made up and speculated upon so that someone somewhere can write a book and feel important. Saturday was my archeology field trip in which I traveled to Kilmartin Glen on the west coast of Scotland, about 2 hours north of Glasgow. It was an absolutely gorgeous place filled with a thousand shades of green, 5000 year old cairns, standing stones and a village of around 60 people plunked down in the midst of it all. Although it was interesting listening to my prof and TA's talk about what they believe all this was used for in 3000BC, I can't help but continue to think that there is no way of knowing and it could have been just as much of a ancient burial sight as it was a bunch of kids messing about. Over the years I have built some random things and if someone is studying it 5000 years from now, I hope they are not thinking that I was living in that fort that Colin and I built at the cottage. None the less the trip was great, I was able to take some magnificent photos despite the periodic rain, and the women in the cafe made me a spectacular bagged lunch, complete with two roast beef sandwiches, crisps, fruit, yogurt, granola bars, and a couple bottled waters. Sat night I tried to do some reading which I am quickly falling behind in and am madly trying to catch up. I refuse to buy books this late in my educational career so instead I borrowed one from the campus library. Some people might not think this is a big deal but I assure you this is epic! In my 2.5 years of Confederation and the previous 3 years at Dal I have never once taken a book out of the library. I actually only set foot in Confed's library once and it was simply to retrieve a class mate so we could go play hockey. I have studied a few times at Dal's but still have never signed anything out. So for the first time since I was a child, I signed out a book. "Scots Law, A students guide, 2nd edition." I can't see myself reading the 741 pages within, but the chapter summaries have been a great aid! I should be caught up in no time.

Today I continued to read and actually feel like progress is being made! I know it sounds crazy, but this whole reading thing might actually pan out for the best. Otherwise I had football practise, which was the same old stuff, and went to a pub that shows North American sports on half the TV's and European sports on the other half. So I took in a period and a half of the LA vs San Jose hockey game as well as some much needed highlights, and I watched the Packers demoralize the Seahawks before leaving shortly into the 4th. This was the first NHL I have seen since last years Stanly Cup final and, for someone who has spent the last 5 years going to bed every night watching a game or highlights, it was very, very much needed! I am now trying to gather a crew who will go watch a double header with me on a Sat night when I know the Canadian Teams are playing.

The only negative part of the weekend is that a little piece of me died today. I listened to the new "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song, which was unveiled last night, and I almost cried. I am not happy about this and if given the opportunity I would like to crank whoever the SOB that decided 500 bucks a game was too much, right in face. I tried explaining it to a few English/Scots that I grew up listening to the true HNIC theme song and that it meant almost as much as my National Anthem but they just couldn't understand. So I have made a decision, I am going to mute the start of every CBC game I watch, and play the old version on my Ipod instead. They can play their new version, but I don't have to listen to it. The worst part is that it is not terrible, I mean I am glad they put some pipes in there, but that's not the point. The point is that it is not the true one, the real one. On more that one occasion I have started humming the real HNIC anthem and have been joined by countless other people. It unites our country and I am ashamed that one of our own would sell us out like that. Anyways, that's my rant, I wont have to deal with this new song for another few months anyways.

Start of another week, no major plans other than to try to get all caught up, the start of Law tutorials, and I might try to get in a game of golf before the weather drops to much more. Mom is here for next weekend so I hope the weather holds then and we can get in a few day trips. Looking forward to it all, everyday is a good day!