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Made it back to Toronto and have finally gotten back on to Toronto time. It is weird that going to Ukraine does not cause any 'jet lag' at all, I got there and fell into the work, eating, and sleeping schedule right away. Returning to good old EST takes a little more adjustment which equals about 4-5 days.

Anyway I got my hands on a very good rip of the movie, Bloodrayne based on the video game. Now the fight scenes are not super, but Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) .... T-X) is not and not super skinny, she does a pretty good job and you get to see her boobies. The blood in the movies is better than I expected, after most of the video game movies I have seen to date. I mean most movies when a guy gets a sword run across his belly, he bends over, you see some red colour expand from beneath his arm being held across his 'wound'. In this movie blood goes spraying all over, and even when a throat gets slashed you see the wound and the blood spills all over.

Two good points of the movie are Meat Loaf and Ben Kingsley both have roles.

Nothing in this world makes you appreciate you home and your 'normal' life as does being away from it. Don't get me wrong, I have found I kinda like traveling, I might if I ever have money starting trying to visit other places in the world. I like the people here and got lots of work done but I do miss my home.

By home I mean more than just the crappy apartment I live in, I mean my city, my friends, my normal routine. A change in routine allows you to look at what you've been doing from the outside and make changes when you return and this trip, I have found I like the path my life is taking both socially and professionally.

I will be in the air in 12 hours or so, stop in Vienna for the night, I have 36 pictures I can take so I will get some done there. Then on to home by around 4 pm Saturday. Yes, there are going to let me back in the country.

See you soon.

I have made it to the second last full day here and all in all I got a lot of work done. Now it is a matter of sticking to the game plan and hitting the objectives my boss and I have laid out for the year. The manager he is awesome, him and I think much a like when it come to staff, work and such, kinda scary.

Anyway I have recovered from that horrible, yes again it is a horrible movie, not much else to report...I hope someone is still reading this.

See you soon....I might post one more time before I leave we will see.....

Nothing going on in Ukraine so I watched a movie...

Hollywood strikes again, the promos for this move looked great, and Milla looks good if a little anorexic, but doesn't she always. I would not recommend this movie to anyone, and that includes the mentally challenged.

The only scenes worth watching are a couple of the fight scenes and if you like CG the chase scene, which would bring the movie in around 15 minutes long, if that. There were a couple of cool techno- fantasy ideas and a few effects that we have all seen before. Really glad I did not pay to see this.

Now for a few movies that you could watch and get the 'fix' you thought you might have gotten from this movie.

Here are some of the Plot Keywords for Ultraviolet(2006) from IMDB

Sword Fight - any Highlander film (except the last one)
Genetic Mutation - X-men (need I say more)
Martial Arts - Come on, like a million of them
Gatling Gun - T2
Action Heroine/Dark Heroine - Aeon Flux (was much better)
Near Future - Equilibrium
Vampire - lots of these too but, An American Vampire Story
A good vampire movie if all you want is Vampires and T & A (Carmen Electra) also it has Adam West as The Big Kahuna with lines like 'Don't get your skivvies caught in your crack.' How can you go wrong. Any movie with Adam West rocks!

Vampires - Yes, surprise Ultracrap is suppose to be a vampire movie, the only thing I can say is there are hundreds of other vampire movies out there and if you want to watch a shittier one the watch Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, at least it was not meant to be serious.

As a final note:

"A teaser trailer and a rough cut of one of the action sequences leaked to the Internet after being shown to a small group. Kurt Wimmer (Director/Writer) has since requested that all clips be taken offline in order to keep the film mostly a secret until he decides to let it out of the bag. No traces of the clips remain on the Net." IMDB

Even Kurt knew it sucked and did not want word getting out. I hope I saved you a few bucks.

Not much to say about today, spent most of it reading and watching crap on TV. Had a couple of good chats with friends. I think this is the shortest entry I have made but it feels like the longest day ever.

We had a bit of snow during the morning hours Ukraine time. I woke up to a winter wonderland, I think it was payback for me making fun of the fact it is warmer here that in Toronto. I must say even with the snow it was still warmer here than there again today.

Not much to report, the gums are fine, I am enjoying the home cooking, and the suite is very nice. I would like to go out to a club or something but I do not see that happening with the addition of the 1/2 foot of snow, this make this place the greatest 4 star prison I have ever been too.

For those that have not asked yet, my hole in my gum is fine, not sore, and from what I can see just a little more red than the rest of my gums. After every meal using salt water to rinse after brushing seems to be keeping it clean and happy. A few more days and it will be everything normal again. I do have to fight myself to stop playing with the new space, if you have ever bitten the inside of your cheek or burnt the roof of you mouth you know what I am taking about.

Anyway it was my one and only wisdom tooth, I do not have room for any more. Does this mean I am now wise? Stop laughing!

The weather here was a balmy +6 degrees Celsius, which from what I hear is warmer than it was in Toronto today, at least all that snow missed you guys.

This place is good, the food is very nice, they have a cook now so I am not spending very much money.

Well, I made to the Ukraine again. This time on the flight here my little toothache I woke up with on Monday almost killed me. (well actually I just wished I was dead) It seems if you have any kind of toothache and fly the change in air-pressure causes much pain. I mean lightning bolt to the side of my head, eyeball full of flaming cactus needles covered in lemon juice and iodine pain. To top the pleasant trip the airline misplaced our luggage and we had to spend 1/2 hour filling our forms. This was day one and things could only get better.

I wake up today and the side of my face felt like I was recovering from a boxing match from Mike Tyson. (the ear was still there but the pain was all over the left side of my face.) We took a trip to a medical office and I got a large shot of Novicane and a quick tug with a pair of dental pliers and my tooth was out all for the reasonable price of $7 US (I think OHIP should look into dentist pricing in Ontario). Went back to the office/hotel and took a 2 hour nap, when I woke I found I could eat again, hot and cold objects no longer felt like I was trying to swallow hot pokers.

Our luggage showed up and everything has been returned, I don't need to buy all new clothes after all, for some reason I think I would have trouble getting everything in black.

As I sit here typing this my gums hurt a little but I will get by, keep your figures cross for no infection.

The weather is the same here as in Toronto.

I will update tomorrow.