In my quest to be the most uninteresting blogger in the universe, I have opted to fill out another questionare raher than post anything original. Thank you! Thank you!

1. What do you do to make things better when you feel sad and/or lonely?

Hmmm music that's depressing. Sounds weird, but it always makes me feel better.


2. Are you a "touchy-feely" person? That is, do you like to touch people you don't know that well? And on the flipside of that, do you like being touched by someone you aren't close with?


Not with people I don't know, but if I know you: watch out (not really). There are certain people I'm totally comfortable touching and being touched by. There's nothing better than a hug... but there's nothing worse than a hug from a stranger (gross).


3. Do you like to have "me" time, time to yourself to be alone and relax? Or do you prefer to just do your own thing with someone else in the room? When was the last "me" time you got and what did you do?


I love me time. I'm enjoying me time right now. Ususally I like to watch movies during me time, cause no one I live with seem to want to watch the movies I like.


4. Generally speaking, how do you feel about the concept of marriage? Are you the marrying type? Do you think the act of getting married means something today or is it simply just "a piece of paper?"

I'll be honest, this is one I've been thinking about a lot. I don't think marriage is for everyone. It's sort of what you make out of it. Is that vague enough?



5. That said, as many as 25 states have passed legislation regulating who they believe should be the "marrying type." What are your thoughts on the banning of same-sex marriages?


I hardly see how two consenting adults who love each other enough to make a commit can be more of an issue than the homeless, crime and the environment.

6. If there was one law you had the ability to create or change, what would it be?

Mandartory age at which people must give up their driving licenses. I'm tired of almost being run over by old people!!!



7. What would you like someone visiting your Blog for the first time to know about you? Now is your chance!

I'm Mike and this is what sounds like when doves cry.

Okay.The day's almost over and I'm ready to roll on out of here. The University is a stange place to be when there aren't any students around. Mostly, I enjoy the quiet, lack of distraction and short coffee lines. But this week, as the school gears up for Fall semester, there's the feeling of impending tension in the air - students should be here. Of course, once they do arrive, and I have to wait three hours for a small black coffee, I don't know if I'll feel the same way about this.

Stole this off my friend, Chris's, blog.

1. What was the last book you read? Did you enjoy it? Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson. I;m not sure "enjoy" is the right word.


2. What's your favorite book of all time? Tom Jones by Henry Fielding.


3. What's the worst book you've ever read? something having to do with the Chelsae Hotel. Can't recall the title but it was by the late Dee Dee Ramone. I won't speak ill of the dead.


4. What book that you've read would you most like to see adapted into a movie? Most books that would make good movies, already are (though not often good). The genres are too different to expect a book to make a good film.


5. How do you plan to spend your weekend? Chillin' wut ma homies (just kidding, I would never "chill").

Alternate Monday Mission, courtesy of Chris Beckett...


1. What's the first movie you remember seeing and thinking, "hey, I could get into these things?" Ghostbusters 2... No, seriously it would have to have been Casablanca whihc I saw on television as a child. It was so smart and intriquing that I was mesmerized. When I tried to get some friends to watch it, they were like "But there's no spaceships". I thought they were the dumbest people on the planet.

2. What's your biggest guilty pleasure movie? I have an unnatural obessession with teen flicks. I'm almost always disappointed with them, but I have to see them.

3. C'mon, isn't there something cool about Canada? Anything? Hmmmmm... Our leader isn't as stupid as George W. Bush

4. What's the stupidest thing you've heard all day? "Is that all today?"

5. If you were a collector of such things, what one prop from any movie would you most want to own? the Maltese Falcon or one of the munchkins

1. What time is it now? 2:35pm Wed
2. Name that appears on your birth certificate. Michael William Boyce
3. Nicknames. None
4. Parents names: Bill and Roberta
5. Number of candles that will appear on your next Birthday cake: too many
6. Date that you will blow them out: May 23
7. Pets: nope
8. Eye color: hazel
9. Hair color: brown
10. Piercing: None
11. Tattoos: None
12. How much do you love your job: depends
13. Favorite color: blue
14. Hometown: Toronto
15. Current residence: Winnipeg
16. Favorite food: spagetti
17. Been to Africa: Nope
18. Been toilet papering: Yes
19. Have you ever loved somebody so much that it made you cry: Of course
20. Been in a car accident: Yep NOT MY FAULT
21. Croutons or bacon bits: Bacon bits. Croutons are dry bread, yuck
22. Sprite or 7-up: either
23. Favorite movie: Casablanca
24. Favorite Holiday: Arbour Day - its so neglected
25. Favorite day of the week: tomorrow
26. Favorite word or phrase: sweet
27. Favorite toothpaste: Colgate
28. Favorite Restaurants: Olive Garden.
29. Favorite Flowers: What?
30. Favorite cola: Diet Pepsi
31. Favorite sport to watch: None
32. Preferred type of ice cream: Mint Choc. Chip
33. Favorite Sesame Street Character: Ernie
(don't know where question 34 is either)
35. Favorite fast food restaurant: McD
36. When was your last hospital visit? When I visited Kim
37. What color is your bedroom carpet: No carpet
38. How many times did you fail your driver's test: 0.
39. Who is the last person you got e-mail from before this: Chrisp
40. Have you ever been convicted of a crime: Convicted? No
41. What single store would you choose to Max out your credit card in: HMV
42. What do you do most often when you are bored: watch Much or a movie, read
43. Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest away:Wendy... London England
44. Most annoying thing people ask me: Are you sure?
45. Bedtime: 1 am
46. Who will respond to this the quickest: -
47. Who is the person you sent this to who is least likely to respond? ---
48. Favorite all time TV shows: Simpsons, Night Court, Mr. Show
49. Last person you went out to dinner with: I guess I better say my wife
50. Last movie you saw: Another Thin Man. Great stuff

I was waching _My Man Godfrey_ last night - the good version, not the one with David Niven. I was thinking about this: why aren't there more amazing, interesting character actors like Eugene Pallette? If you've seen the film, he's the rather large father of Carole Lombarde, with a deep raspy voice. The man's hilarious, but there's no way, in today's films, such a unique looking man would have a job.

Okay, it's Friday and I still don't have a handle on what it is I should be writing here in this Blog. I suppose I should be like everyone else and write quasi-slanderous diatribes about things I only half understand at best. After all, isn't that wat the internet's all about? Freedom to criticize whomever, whether you're qualified or not?

Okay, day two of blogging. Still not sure what this is going to end up being. Should I write about movies? Books? Music? Personal stuff? Hmmm.
Well, I suppose I can start writing about books, as that's what I was reading on the way down to work this morning. If my stupid batteries hadn't died, I could have written about music, but alas.
I'm about 300 pages in to Charles Dickens' _Great Expectations_. If you've seen the film with Ethan Hawke and Gwenyth Paltrow, you have an idea (a very thin idea) of the plot. The truth is, Dickens is an incredible writer. Such detail and thought goes into each chapter. To call any film version (and, yes, the includes Lean's masterpiece) and "watered down" version, is an understatement.

Welcome to the Not Very Exciting World of Mike. I'm new to all this, so bare with me.