To whoever is reading this, welcome to the inaugural post of the Palace of Edutainment! I am your host, Victor Bast. I would give you an introduction but that would ruin the fun of having you get to know me through these blogs and the work I will be doing in the Kitchener/Waterloo area as part of a little project I am currently developing. More on that later.
Right now, I have four different topics for this site at the moment. The sections are pretty straight forward but since I have to kill time and actually make this worthwhile for you to read, might as well break them down for you.
One of these topics is called #supportlocal. This is just the preliminary name for the project as I have been whoring (Victor Dictionary- Whoring, verb- The act of promoting a person(s), goods, services or businesses shamelessly. I am a pimp for great places, music and people, not for sex. There are guys in colorful jackets and funny looking hats that covered that market.) local businesses, restaurants and anything locally in Kitchener/Waterloo that catches my attention via Twitter using the hashtag device. Basically I am working on a way to publically get the word out to everyone about what these local people/places/things have to offer people and why it's far better than the mainstream stuff that is shoved down everyones throats at nausea. I also want to bring awareness to this area as there is lots of great things people from out of town would never think to go check out. Right now I'm only in the preliminary stages of this project so there won't be too much information available in this section right now.
The other topics are mostly recreational items. The most recreational is the Random Adventures section. Basically if I go out either alone or with friends (or random people off the street, whoever is around) and have a story that I feel I need to tell people, it will be on here. Don't worry, I will only put down items that are entertaining. Maybe even personally humiliating. Who knows? You'll have to tune in and find out!
The Sports topic is pretty straight forward, it's me talking about things in the sports world. I'm not going to just do a breakdown of a game or story (well, maybe a little. It would be a pretty horrible column if there was no information to back up my theories). Mostly opinions about things and why I think the way I do. I'll probably also end up ranting about my Fantasy teams. If you're into that kind of thing, read away. If not, maybe still check it out and have a sample. You might end up liking it! I'll mostly talk about Hockey, Baseball, Football, Basketball, Wrestling (The professional acting kind, not the dudes rolling around in Kama Sutra positions. Now to contradict myself in 3...2...1...) and MMA. There might be the odd Golf, College sports or Racing column but if you're expecting Cricket, Figure Skating or Curling from me, not happening. If there ever becomes a demand or someone I know wants to write about it, I'll do it. As of right now it's a solo mission on here. Sorry Water Polo fans.
The last topic is just a general section which might be broken into multiple sections later on but as of right now, it's basically everything else. It's in the Opinions section. Random thoughts, TV/Movie reviews, music, news items, a 1500 diatribe about a cat being stuck in a tree and how it reflects on our life as human beings in the 21st Century. Whatever pops up that I feel like writing about.
So that's all I can think of for now. I hope to do some interviews with both known people in the community and outside so I can put them on here. I'm also going to be interviewing random people at times and putting it on here. There might even be some video interviews and maybe even just me being an idiot with my camera popping up in the near future. Make sure to follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/_victor_says to get the full dose of what this blog will bring to people. Stay tuned, lots of things coming on this blog. By the time this is all said and done, you will be properly edutained!
Victor Bast
