I received two interesting emails last Thursday, which had decidedly different effects on me. One was from Brad Brown, a friend and teammate for 8 years with the GPK Packers, who informed me that another ex-teammate was on trial for repeated sexual assault. There were quite a few guys I've played with who I would suspect of this but Jonathan Lefebvre was one of the last ones. I used to hang out with the guy a little and I generally thought highly of him. Guess I'm just not a good judge of character - which would explain why I have you as my friends...

The second email was from a member of the Graduate recruitment committee chair for the University of Alberta. He wrote me to say that they have looked over my application to attend graduate school there and they want to fly me out to Edmonton to have a look at the school and the city and to meet with potential supervisors. Obviously, this is better news than the first email. I'm waiting to hear back from UBC - hopefully they want to fly me out as well - so I can visit both schools in one big western tour. I've also applied to graduate school at McGill University. Purely for academic reasons, Alberta might be the best fit for me but living in Vancouver sounds a lot more appealing than living in Edmonton. Also, it would be cool to return to McGill and experience living downtown and being close to all my friends (who may or may not be sexual predators.... *cough* Michael Choi *cough*). Right now, it's the waiting game but I'm getting pretty anxious to get things all planned out.

On a lighter note, I'm sure all the Simpsons fans will appreciate this.

On a sexier note, I'm sure all Natalie Portman fans will appreciate this.