when reality becomes unreal...

trump's at it again...

well, looks like another entertaining "apprentice" episode until the boardroom segment. to recap, the winning team this week must generate the most "buzz" over the debut of crest's (yes, the brand of toothpaste that i don't use) new vanilla mint (ew) flavoured toothpaste. each campaign is to be judged by the marketing gurus at no matter. each team is given a 50 thousand dullah budget. the men's team puts on a street carnival, while giving away cash prizes (5 grand) every half hour. the women's team hires a "high powered" sports personality, met's catcher mike piazza to brush his teeth in front of the peeps of NY. no matter.

the judges like both campaigns. no matter. they are over budget by 5 grand. the idiot in charge of the having leaflets printed out for the event did not get an official quote. the printing company comes back with a bill that is 4 times the amount "agreed" to over the phone!!!! the women's team loses on that point.

in the board room, the project manager chick picks the leaflet girl and last week's whipping girl stacie j. to face the firing squad. it seems logical to fire either the incompetent proj. manager chick (abysmal leadership skills) or the leaflet girl (grossly incompetent). trump's cronies concur and recommend the same. no matter. "no matter" seems to be a recurring theme this season's apprentice... back in the room, the p.m. chick and leaflet girl gang up on stacie j., saying she did something in episode 1 that really creeped them out. apparently, she asks her magic 8 ball questions. what the hell else are you supposed to do with a magic 8 ball? the girls felt threatened by this and calls stacie j. crazy. trump goes off on another of his now infamous irrelevent tangents. this is a serious matter, he says. he tells the leaflet girl to retrieve the entire women's team to confirm this craziness. well, each woman says stacie j. is crazy. surprise, surprise...

stacie j. is fired.

first, is stacie j. clinically crazy? is each accuser a clinical psychologist? can trump rely on the "objective" opinions of these people, who are obviously adversaries of stacie j.? can there possibly be a conflict of interest playing here? can you call a "real" person crazy (or almost "schizophenic" like the chinese chick says) on tv without being sued for defamation? when is trump going to start playing the game? is this how he runs his companies?

i having serious doubts whether i'm going to watch next week. it's getting really lame...

it must be hell working for trump. by the way, the chick cronie once again backtracks and agrees with her boss. i'm going to call her "trump's hump" from now on...

it's a zoo out there...

took the bike out to chestemere lake on wednesday. the weather was perfect. it was warm. i felt the strength of the sun's rays press upon my face as i biked along. hmmmm. i love riding out there. i love the wide open space of the farmland. i love the fall colours. i love the silence. it can be hell out there if the elements (i.e. wind) conspire against you. there was nary a breeze that day. as usual, i had the entire path to myself except for a couple of lance armstrong wannabes.

i wish i would have brought the binoculars. there was abundant waterfowl in and around the wid canal. at chestemere, i thought i saw a blue jay. on the way back home, i climbed the douglasdale ridge overlooking the bow river and east fish creek park. there i saw a male ring-necked pheasant (really beautiful despite the absence of long tail feathers). further along the ridge, i saw a garter snake slithering across the asphalt path. it's such a privilege to see a snake...

i'm gonna miss summer...