Pics of My Poor Car

Just in case anyone wanted to see the poor damage my car suffered, here's the link to the album on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=12846&l=e9277&id=501915991

For Crying Out Loud

So, for those of you who didn't know, my car has broken down twice on the highway this year. Once on May Long on my way to the cabin, immediately after $1600 worth of work was done to it. That cost me an additional $1400. Then my alternator died, and my battery ended up drained about half way to Brandon, from Winnipeg, on a weekend in June, on my way to my 10 year high school reunion.

So, I get myself to Selkirk last night for our game, late of course. We did end up winning 8-2, however. So we went to BP after that for a bite to eat, as I was starving after not getting the chance to eat before the game. So, I'm driving home, and it's about 10 after 10. Night has fallen. And then, lucky me, a deer darts out at me as I was looking down to check my speedometer, after speeding up where a curve requires you to slow from 100 to 80 km/h. Reaction time for moving my foot from the gas to the brake wasn't fast enough to avoid him or her, and sure enough, there's damage to the front of my car. Every time I walk past, I notice more and more of it. A cracked bumper here, a damaged grill there, and, well, a fairly substantially damaged hood.

Luckily, I have extended insurance which will cover any wildlife damage, thus I won't have to pay any deductable. However, the appointment isn't until next Tuesday. So that creates a dilemma. Do I take the damaged car out onto the highway for the weekend? It's only to Brandon, and perhaps the lake. But what if there's more damage than I can see? Argh. Stupid deer. I just hope I won't have to end up filing a police report.

A New Beginning

So, I had a blog previously on MySpace (you can read it by clicking on that link) that I really haven't bothered with much in the last few months. People read it, shockingly, but I felt it was too much of a chore to bother with MySpace all the time, and the ridiculous amounts of people who want to add you to their lists for whatever reason, even though you have no clue who they are.

No, you're not going to find anything complex on here. I'm not a Lonelygirl15, who will look pretty on camera, nor will I likely end up doing any video blogging at all, unless I really get bored. You'll likely read a lot about the various teams I play for, one of which I'll mention later. You may occasionally hear about my opinion of events happening locally, nationally and internationally. I'll likely occasionally complain about my dating/sex life (ie. lack thereof lol).

So, what's going on in my life? My summer job is soon coming to an end. Need to find another. Bills to pay. I play soccer during the summers, my team, Triumph FC, is in the 3rd Division of the Manitoba Major Soccer League, which is made up mainly of Winnipeg teams, with a few from surrounding communities. However, we won't be in the 3rd Division for long, as we just secured 1st place with a 5-1 win on Friday night (August 24). That means we'll be promoted to the 2nd Division for next season. This is our second straight division title, since we won the 4th Division last year. It's a bit misleading, though, because there was a restructuring of the league over the winter, and a number of teams were moved up along with us to the 3rd Division. We also advanced to the final 16 in the provincial cup, pretty good for a lowly 3rd Division side!

This is Doug C in Winnipeg signing off until next time!