You know what remotely grind my gears ?

- Big box store selling computer fans for an outrageous price. 15$ for a double ball bearing fan is a lot. At least they are really quiet.

- Young kids thinking it's fun to put soap in a fountain. Good thing I don't own one, but I was getting home yesterday night from a friend house (who moved close to us in the recent weeks) and I saw a foam "ball" rolling in the street. One of my friend neighbour has a really nice fountain on his front yard. The fountain was overflowing with foam, litterally. While it is a cool sight, I can't imagine how it will mess up the water pump and how cleaning it will be hard...

- Seeing 5 police cars in one minute and a half and not knowing what they are searching for. No word on the radio about that so I'm still wondering...

- Not finding enough people to play paintball. While the number of intersted people is ever growing, none of the dates I choose it good for any of them. My girlfriend is finally open to the idea of playing, but I could only make a group of 5 people while I need at least 8.

I'm getting tired to hear "Yeah, I really want to play... oh... it's that day... I can't, sorry". Just freaking tell me you don't want to play ! I invest time to organize this and people telling me they will come and cancel 2 days before the event just makes me mad. When I do a reservation, I have to pay for it. The whole amount, except the cost of the balls. If someone is not coming and I can't replace it, I'm losing money. Even tho I tell people there is a non-refundable deposit, they don't want to pay it if they're not coming...

I can understand if you have a good reason for cancelling, unexpected events, car break down with expensive repairs, etc. But if you just forget you had something planned while I sent the first email about the game date 2 or even 3 weeks before is just plain wrong. And it happens way too many times. The worse is outdoor games. I struggle for almost a month to get enough people and some of them don't even show up.

That's probably why I am always in a good mood when I finally get to play. Paintball is the best way to get the stress out of your system. Even if I shoot at people that actually stick to their words.

Those of you who dare to play with me, I thank you !

- On a totally different topic, a happy one this time, I learned yesterday that I will celebrate the holidays at my house !

I was talking with my sister on MSN yesterday and was joking around, saying I was cleaning up my computer room to make it look nice for when she comes with my mother for Christmas. The truth is just that I was cleaning because my room is a mess, too many ongoing projects.

But she replied "Ah, so mom told you ?"... That's when I told her I was just making a joke.

I told my mom about having Christmas at my place sometimes at the end of summer, when her boyfriend (now her ex, thank god) had left. She was always saying she would think about that, never giving me a definite answer, the best I got was "We'll see".

It seems she had already decided a long time ago and told my sister she wanted to make me a surprise. So now I have to play the guy that still doesn't know and fake the surprise when she finally tell me.

Now I really have to clean up the room !