Ryan Paul

Waiting to hear

I still haven’t heard from Canadian Forces Recruiting Group – I think they’re doing the background checks right now.  I just wish there was a way to speed it up without getting lax on the security controls.

Alberta’s military bases are getting a $40million upgrade which is splendid!  Aside from creating 200 jobs, CFB Edmonton is getting $21million for housing a training site.  CFB Wainwright is getting a water plant upgrade, and CFB Cold Lake is getting  upgrades to its infrastructure.  Harper says there’s going to be $400million of upgrades this year.  That remains to be seen – although I’m skeptical.  Even though Conservatives are traditionally pro-military, Canadian Conservatives are traditionally marginally less anti-military than most Canadians.

The King does it again!

IN YOUR FACE you hating bitches! As is quite evident by a news story on BBC website, tickets have completely sold out for the 50 dates Michael Jackson’s going to be performing at the O2 Arena.

According to the BBC news story:

Hundreds of fans queued at the venue as tickets went on sale to the public and over a quarter of a million people queued online.

More than a million tickets to see the veteran pop star have now been sold.

Some 360,000 tickets were sold to registered fans before sales opened on Friday morning.
Organisers say the This Is It tour has become the fastest-selling in history, with 33 seats sold each minute.

So anyone who says he’s a washed up has-been can suck a fat one!  For real Michael Jackson fans it was never in doubt – that was only the hating bitches or moronic sheep who judged him based upon some allegations.

Where is the love?

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Being very aware that I’m very shortly going to enlist in the Canadian military – I’ve been asking myself why I am doing so, and what do I hope to achieve.

As it happened, someone sent me a Youtube link to the song ‘Shut up’ by the Black Eyed Peas. Following the related videos links I came across ‘Where is the love’ by the Black Eyed Peas. For a while I wasn’t too fond of the song and it irritated me. But now it’s one of my definite favourites. I was watching the video and listening to the message they’re giving – which is in line with the way I think and feel about the world. That made me realise that I’ll be signing up to fight for peace. To fight for a better world where good people are free to spread love, and bad people aren’t able to make the world a shitty place for the rest of us. That’s my dream and what I’ll be fighting for.

Of course, you get looney left liberal wankers who think all that nonsense about ‘a pen is mightier than the sword’, ‘don’t make war make love’, etc and all those other decadent hippy bullshit phrases from the 60′s. But fighting IS necessary in a world that isn’t perfect. War IS necessary in some circumstances to protect those who cannot protect themselves.

The image you see here is going to be my next tattoo which will cover up the fuckup on my right shoulder that the bald-headed twit in Camden Lock did about eight years ago.

Beautiful Women

I love women.  I love women who are beautiful.  So I went scoping online for some of my favourite hot women in the public eye.  This will be updated, so bookmark this spot.

As with my taste in music it is quite plain to see from this gallery that my taste in women is AWESOME!

Horlicks, diesel, and the Army

I had a cup of Horlicks today for the first time in about ten to fifteen years.  It didn’t taste as great as it did when I was a nipper so I’m going to make another cup later.  The taste brought back a shitload of memories though.

A while back the petrol station clerk at Shell told me that instead of using those engine additives that you can get for $6 a bottle, just get 25¢ of diesel and pour it in your gas tank.  He said he’s told many people, and only about one percent of people believe him.  I took the risk a while back and didn’t regret it at all.  Before I took that risk, I asked Chris at the Toyota garage and he instantly said that it was good – diesel burns cleaner than petroleum.  So every three or four tanks of gas I dump in 25¢ of diesel and it keeps my engine running splendidly.

I applied to join the Canadian Forces Army Reserve… but I’m quite certain I’m going to join the Regular Infantry – 2PPCLI based at CFB Shilo.  It’ll suck big time being away from my children, but it’ll be a steady paycheck, a job which I can’t get fired from… but most importantly the example I wish to set for my children is that being willing to stand up and fight for what’s right, metaphorically or literally is something to be proud of and to be strived for.  I’m excited and afraid all at the same time.

Mr Shankar More Rum For Me – Hit Man

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Permanent Residents of Canada can join the Canadian Forces

UPDATE – 6 Nov 2009:  The Canadian Forces eligibility requirements have been amended and the information in this blog post I wrote is no longer applicable / relevant. For recruiting information, please contact Canadian Forces Recruiting.

I had some great news last Monday.  I called the Canadian Forces Recruitment office in Winnipeg and was going to speak to the officer in charge of recruitment about the reasons why Permanent Residents of Canada couldn’t join the military.  In mid-sentence, Corporal Pohl sort of cut me off and said ‘that’s been changed’.

I could barely contain the excitement in my voice and told her I’d see her soon.  The next day I drove to Winnipeg to the office.  The feeling of stepping into that office finally with the right to apply for enlistment put me on top of the world.

Since I was a young boy I’ve wanted to be a soldier.  The moment that forever defined that desire was about 1993 during the Royal Tournament of which I was a member so I could get tickets.  They had the literature, brochures, pamphlets, and some examples of kit used by the British Army.  Ever since then I was hooked on the military!

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Obama-juice didn’t rub off on Gordon

No doubt the speech Gordy gave to both houses of Congress in the United States of America was tremendously reassuring to the  Yanks – but it was ridiculously predictable.  What irritates me a little bit is Gordon Brown’s talent for stating the obvious.  He didn’t deliver any 500lb punches.  He did make one or two catchy punchlines but Gordon Brown needs to fire his speechwriter.

If you’re looking for reassurance of the already predictable course of relations between the United Kingdom and United States, then look no further.  If you’re looking for evidence of Obama-juice on Gordon Brown then you’ll be waiting a long time.

Obama observations

I think Barack Obama’s original intentions in saving cash by making federal buildings energy efficient is noble… but I’m not sure he’s given any thought to reducing the cost of the Presidency itself.  One person he could learn a great deal from about that is someone who’s reduced the cost of a country’s Presidency from $150million down to $4million – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives.

To find a politician who is a bonafide honest good person is rare in this world… and some of the things he’s trying to do should become a manual for world leaders on how to preside over a country.  Check out the story on BBC News.

Then there’s the visit by the First Lady to the Department of the Interior which highlighted the lack of Native press organisations/reporters. That’s pretty stupid considering that Native news organisations across America have a pretty big readership.

I’d Rather Be With You – Joshua Radin

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Lyrics:

Sittin here on this lonely dock
Watch the rain play on the ocean top
All the things I feel I need to say
I cant explain in any other way

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you were naturally
The one to make it so easy when you showed me the truth
Yeah, yeah Id rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

Now heres the sun come to dry the rain
Warm my shoulders and relieve my pain
Youre the one thing that Im missing here
With you beside me I no longer fear

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you were naturally
The one to make it so easy when you showed me the truth
Yeah, yeah Id rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

I could have saved so much time for us
Had I seen the way to get to where I am today
You waited on me for so long
So now listen to me say

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you were naturally
The one to make it so easy when you showed me the truth
Yeah, yeah Id rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

Say you feel the way I do