GOLD !!! We got our first ever Gold Medal at home as host of the Olympics. Alexandre Bilodeau got it in Men's Moguls on a fantastic run, beating out a former Canadian who now skies for Australia. Even though I didn't see it live, I did watch the finals as they replayed it. Wow. What a run. Now we need more !!

Alas I believe winter is on the way out soon. It's been cool at night but that's to be expected, but the days have slowly been warming up. :)

Well, unfortunately the NHL is on the olympic break. No practice for any of the teams and most of the star players will be playing for their countries in the grandest Tournament of them all. Hopefully this break will heal up my team's injured and they can come back and make a playoff spot.

Speaking of which, the Olympics opened on Friday of last week. Beautiful ceremony with great performances and overall, was one of the better openings I have ever seen. A group of 5 athletes, Wayne Gretzky, Nancy Greene, Catrina Lemay Doan, Steve Nash and Rick Hanson, lit the big torch inside GM place. Gretzky ended up lighting the big cauldron outside near the broadcaster's plaza. No better person, in my view. Unfortunately there was a freak tragic accident, as the Georgian luger hit the last turn in practice and hit a steel pole, going 144 km/hr. RIP.

Work at Studio went well on Saturday. A bit of a slow start but the place was electric and I had a great dance floor all night.

Observation: Why is it when a person instead of walking 25 feet to a crosswalk, attempts to cross the road in the middle of a block, expects me to stop for him at his current position? Ain't gonna happen !! Stupid people. Grrr.

Officially it's Valentine's Day today, but I'm still lonely. All my prospects have wilted to be duds. I hate this day anyway, but it gets worse every year.

Work at Studio 54 went great tonight. The crowd was electric and there were no problems except a few underage kids and a few drunk people. Couple of potential fights could've happened but got broken up without incident.

Observation: Winter is cold, obviously. But my vision of winter is all the trees covered in a thick layer of hoar frost. Lately, we've had a lot of it and I love it. A thick fog rolls through and cakes the frost on the tree branches, with the end result of every branch having about an inch of frost on it and the definition outlined by it. God, that makes no sense, but it's SO awesome. It's as if everything is in a suspended animation of winter chill.

Work has been decent. Studio has been solid since Roadhouse has been closed. But along with it comes the stupidity that is. Prime example was last Saturday night. Stupid busy plus we got some of the fighters form the PFA fight card afterwards. But they weren't really the cause of everything. For the first time in a very long time, I actually feared for my life. The doorman lost total control of the crowd. There were a lot of fights, but thankfully it wasn't overly serious. It could've seriously erupted into something a LOT worse. But our Graffiti night went over well. Simple promotion that very fun. I hope and can't for another 90s night though. That was the bomb.

Monday at Essies was decent. Slow night overall but got really good feedback on the game show from it's participants. And afterwards, the crowd was very dancy.

And finally, I took part in 15% off Tuesday at Safeway. I've been before but was only for a gallon of milk. This time my original cost before savings was $72. But with my club card I saved $30 and an additional $7 with the discount. WOW. I will shop more often on this day, and freeze most, or buy dry goods. Saving over $30 was simply too good to pass up.