Wednesday, April 04, 2007
I need my book back from Natasha! She has absconded (and by that I mean disappeared with) my copy of The Namesake. I don't know who she thinks she is! I lend her a book and she just keeps the thing for eternity. She's such a prat!
I am currently at work, thinking about how I would rather be in Mexico or someplace equally warm. It is snowing again today (for the 4th day straight) and I'm so fucking sick of it! If only global warming was more dependable! I'd be all for it if it meant no more fucking winter in Calgary. I like the city and I have family here so moving to LA or Houston is not really an option for me, hence my best bet is that Global Warming hurries and does its thing. I mean how long does it take? All I need is a 10 degree Celsius increase (across the board, not average!).
Stupid Global Warming anyhow! Why can't the radical climate changes be more dependable?
I am currently at work, thinking about how I would rather be in Mexico or someplace equally warm. It is snowing again today (for the 4th day straight) and I'm so fucking sick of it! If only global warming was more dependable! I'd be all for it if it meant no more fucking winter in Calgary. I like the city and I have family here so moving to LA or Houston is not really an option for me, hence my best bet is that Global Warming hurries and does its thing. I mean how long does it take? All I need is a 10 degree Celsius increase (across the board, not average!).
Stupid Global Warming anyhow! Why can't the radical climate changes be more dependable?
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Here's the deal, I'm leaving for a very short Vacation in Kelowna Wednesday night. I am looking forward to seeing my aunt, uncle and all my cousins, and I'm also looking forward to sleeping as much as humanly possible. I have a sinus plug-up and I can't breathe when I'm asleep. This means that I will sleep for 9 hours or so and not feel like I got any sleep at all. On Saturday last I didn't wake up until 4 pm (of course I had been plastered the night before).
Can someone tell me what the best medicine is for clearing your sinuses? And just so we're clear, illegal drugs are not an option.
Can someone tell me what the best medicine is for clearing your sinuses? And just so we're clear, illegal drugs are not an option.
Monday, April 02, 2007
I went to see the Namesake yesterday with my sister. This is an adaptation to screen of the novel (same name) by Jhumpa Lahiri.
I was impressed by the movie, very impressed, and I am recommending it to anyone I come across. It is well done. I have not yet read the book, so I have no idea if it runs true to the original vision of Ms. Lahiri. I own the book and I will read it soon and comment on that as well.
Many of you may also note that I recently changed jobs. I am no longer in the employ of Man-gina Construction. They canned me three days into my notice period. I am now employed by a much better construction company. Elan Construction is a fine company to work for so far (I've been here one week) and I am enjoying the change in scenery and pay that comes with my new position.
I have time to post a Blog now because none of the projects that I am to be working on are yet in full swing. As soon as I am busy again you won't hear from me for another 3 or 4 months.
Cheers for now,
I was impressed by the movie, very impressed, and I am recommending it to anyone I come across. It is well done. I have not yet read the book, so I have no idea if it runs true to the original vision of Ms. Lahiri. I own the book and I will read it soon and comment on that as well.
Many of you may also note that I recently changed jobs. I am no longer in the employ of Man-gina Construction. They canned me three days into my notice period. I am now employed by a much better construction company. Elan Construction is a fine company to work for so far (I've been here one week) and I am enjoying the change in scenery and pay that comes with my new position.
I have time to post a Blog now because none of the projects that I am to be working on are yet in full swing. As soon as I am busy again you won't hear from me for another 3 or 4 months.
Cheers for now,
Friday, December 08, 2006
I Rock!
Monday, November 27, 2006
It is cold today. Very cold, and I only want to be at home snuggled on my couch sipping warm liquids and reading. I don't want to be out trying to start my diesel-powered vehicle in this. I also don't want to clean off my vehicle because 3 days worth of drifting snow have made it look more like a snow-pile than a car.
Every day I contemplate how much I like warmth, and how little I enjoy the cold. I even have a dislike for sports that are only played in the winter. I consider skiing a stupid and masochistic sport, practiced only by those crazy enough to find the fear of death exhilirating.
Well, I have made my opinion known, now it is up to the weather to change since I refuse!
Every day I contemplate how much I like warmth, and how little I enjoy the cold. I even have a dislike for sports that are only played in the winter. I consider skiing a stupid and masochistic sport, practiced only by those crazy enough to find the fear of death exhilirating.
Well, I have made my opinion known, now it is up to the weather to change since I refuse!
Monday, November 20, 2006
I'm back and I'm better than ever! I even feel stronger. I don't need as much sleep and the kryptonite no longer affects me!
Monday, November 06, 2006
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Monday, September 11, 2006
First off, I am definitely not hapless. If you don't like the way I muddle through things then don't bother being my friend, FUCKO!
Second, I haven't been doing anything interesting so there has been no need to blog. I am just not in the writing mood right now. Mostly I'm in the sleeping mood. Fucking job! I will likely release a huge rant on this blog later this week but it still brewing and festering, not ready for your eyes yet. I will keep in touch.
Second, I haven't been doing anything interesting so there has been no need to blog. I am just not in the writing mood right now. Mostly I'm in the sleeping mood. Fucking job! I will likely release a huge rant on this blog later this week but it still brewing and festering, not ready for your eyes yet. I will keep in touch.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Do you think it possible that the entire world is concentrating on making my life a living hell?
I am sitting here, at work, and wondering why everything I do turns to ash in my hands. Of course, it could be me and my actions but I am beginning to doubt that. I've tried self-blame already and it's neither satisfying nor helpful. The reality of the situation is that everyone else out there is actively, very actively, making my life difficult. Who do these people think they are?
I need a break from all this. I am taking Friday off and leaving the province, and my cell phone, behind! Do not try to contact me, I will be incommunicado. You may email if you like, I will respond at my leisure (on Monday morning), stay well and comment often.
I am sitting here, at work, and wondering why everything I do turns to ash in my hands. Of course, it could be me and my actions but I am beginning to doubt that. I've tried self-blame already and it's neither satisfying nor helpful. The reality of the situation is that everyone else out there is actively, very actively, making my life difficult. Who do these people think they are?
I need a break from all this. I am taking Friday off and leaving the province, and my cell phone, behind! Do not try to contact me, I will be incommunicado. You may email if you like, I will respond at my leisure (on Monday morning), stay well and comment often.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen, today only, for your viewing pleasure, I bring you the most excellent of pleasures, the most sinful of sins, the epitome of decadence..... I am posting again.
I have been very busy since I last blogged. I had some quieter times in May/June but all of July has gone by in a whirlwind. I am as busy as I ever was, and to top things off, I have had a flu-like illness since the weekend of my birthday party. Not a hangover, but an actual viral influence. I am nearly recuperated so I can safely say that I'm back to work and staying there.
It's funny because I tried to blog on one of my sick days but I was too ill to compose a sentence. Finally I had some down-time but I still couldn't update you on my life. I also couldn't finish a sudoku puzzle (Not the fiendish, nor the difficult ones) and so I knew I was ill.
So work is going well, and by that I mean really, really badly, and I am really looking forward to taking a week off in September to clear my head. I am preparing to detonate a nuclear bomb inside the Linens N Things corporate headquarters but I have yet to find a supplier of the bomb and I currently can't afford to go out there and blow them up, but I'm working towards it. Of course, I am (more or less) joking about blowing them up. Why waste a nuclear weapon when a sniper's rifle will do the job just as well? But I digress...
I continue to want to blog a lot more but I have trouble deciding what my public wants to hear. It is very difficult to decide what is worthy of your attention. I would never present here something which was unworthy of your attention. And so, in that vein I will sign off for today. Stay well, all of you, and I'll check back soon for your comments (however vulgar they might be).
I have been very busy since I last blogged. I had some quieter times in May/June but all of July has gone by in a whirlwind. I am as busy as I ever was, and to top things off, I have had a flu-like illness since the weekend of my birthday party. Not a hangover, but an actual viral influence. I am nearly recuperated so I can safely say that I'm back to work and staying there.
It's funny because I tried to blog on one of my sick days but I was too ill to compose a sentence. Finally I had some down-time but I still couldn't update you on my life. I also couldn't finish a sudoku puzzle (Not the fiendish, nor the difficult ones) and so I knew I was ill.
So work is going well, and by that I mean really, really badly, and I am really looking forward to taking a week off in September to clear my head. I am preparing to detonate a nuclear bomb inside the Linens N Things corporate headquarters but I have yet to find a supplier of the bomb and I currently can't afford to go out there and blow them up, but I'm working towards it. Of course, I am (more or less) joking about blowing them up. Why waste a nuclear weapon when a sniper's rifle will do the job just as well? But I digress...
I continue to want to blog a lot more but I have trouble deciding what my public wants to hear. It is very difficult to decide what is worthy of your attention. I would never present here something which was unworthy of your attention. And so, in that vein I will sign off for today. Stay well, all of you, and I'll check back soon for your comments (however vulgar they might be).
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
I'm in Toronto. The weather is abyssmal and I feel as if I've entered the rainforest. But the work is easy and the living is free so I wander on.
Please don't call me on the cell until Friday since the long-distance charges could kill me. I have it on strictly for work purposes. Email, however, I am checking regularly and I would love to hear from all my fun friends. If you aren't fun then don't email me. I mean it!
If you know of anyone in Toronto that might want to see me please let me know and I'll try to arrange a meeting. In the meantime, I'm just keeping it real.
Please don't call me on the cell until Friday since the long-distance charges could kill me. I have it on strictly for work purposes. Email, however, I am checking regularly and I would love to hear from all my fun friends. If you aren't fun then don't email me. I mean it!
If you know of anyone in Toronto that might want to see me please let me know and I'll try to arrange a meeting. In the meantime, I'm just keeping it real.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
OK, so my boss likes me, he likes my work (for the most part) and I got a 10% raise. But there were other things said that were not so much positive as different and I'm still not sure what I am going to do about it.
They want me to change my career path slightly and become an estimator for them. This would mean a lot more schooling (which is probably the most exciting part) but also starting fresh again. The good thing would be that I will be responsible for a lot more of the company's outreach and it will give me an opportunity to schmooz with all kinds of people. Networking people, Networking.
So I guess that I will follow the estimating path. There isn't enough estimating to do it full time but I'll give it a try and still do my own work. I'm so un-busy right now that I think of calling in sick every day. Today I did that but just for the morning. When I got here at noon I still had no messages, faxes, or new work to do. So now I am blogging.
I would be much happier right now if I was busy at work.
They want me to change my career path slightly and become an estimator for them. This would mean a lot more schooling (which is probably the most exciting part) but also starting fresh again. The good thing would be that I will be responsible for a lot more of the company's outreach and it will give me an opportunity to schmooz with all kinds of people. Networking people, Networking.
So I guess that I will follow the estimating path. There isn't enough estimating to do it full time but I'll give it a try and still do my own work. I'm so un-busy right now that I think of calling in sick every day. Today I did that but just for the morning. When I got here at noon I still had no messages, faxes, or new work to do. So now I am blogging.
I would be much happier right now if I was busy at work.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
It's evaluation day today. Today is the day, dudes. If I blog later today looking for a new job it's because I was too agressive. If I blog later to tell you that the entire world are fuckers it means that they weren't generous enough. If I don't blog later today then I am satisfied or too busy to whine.
I am looking for a 100% increase but I'm willing to take as low an increase as 25%. Let's be honest here, I'd take 12% if it was offered to me. I'll let y'all know what I get when I get it.
I am looking for a 100% increase but I'm willing to take as low an increase as 25%. Let's be honest here, I'd take 12% if it was offered to me. I'll let y'all know what I get when I get it.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Why is everyone in the entire fucking world so fucking stupid?
I want to know why! Fucking Fuckers!
I want to know why! Fucking Fuckers!
Monday, May 01, 2006
Some of you may notice the slight change to the blog that occured today. I was told that the comments stopped working so I wanted to change to comments on blogger itself. But I know nothing about HTML so in the end I just chose a new template and started over. The posts are all still here but alas, you comments are all gone. I'm sorry folks but there was no way around it. Comment again if you like but know this: I took your comments to heart whenever it suited me.
Cheers,
Cheers,
testing!
I have another great weekend to post about! Can you believe it? Two great weekends in a row? Yowza!
So a couple of my friends were in town this past weekend from far-off destinations. Houston and Ottawa. And there was also that Colour Night thingy. Thursday first: nothing to report. Friday: I leave work early, drink a rootbeer, Raynna comes over to be my colour night date, convinced to not go to Colour Night, go for AYCE sushi at Sushi Ichiban, Go to D. Rassin's house, spend rest of night reminiscing and doing crazy shit. Fall into bed. Saturday: Do not leave bed, text Barb numerous times about how sick she is and how wiped out I am, settle on no plans at all. Sunday: See a movie with Gene (Lucky Number Slevin), go for beers with Raynna and David, go home and watch worst actress ever (Brittany Murphy) in good premise for a movie (Uptown Girls), fall into bed again.
So, to recap, I saw lots of the Houstonian, had drinks with him and had plenty of good times. I saw none of the Ottawhite (Tee Hee) probably mostly due to ditching Colour Night, am sad about that but I hope I get some pictures of the night for my viewing pleasure.
Barb! Where are you? Oh well, I live on. So that was my weekend. Michelle was surprisingly absent and incommunicado. Tasha was hanging out with Barb, and Barb was puking in her hoodie. Chris was drinking at the Garage when I was too ill to move from my mattress.
I hope I've done the weekend justice. I will let you know about the coming weekend as soon as it happens.
So a couple of my friends were in town this past weekend from far-off destinations. Houston and Ottawa. And there was also that Colour Night thingy. Thursday first: nothing to report. Friday: I leave work early, drink a rootbeer, Raynna comes over to be my colour night date, convinced to not go to Colour Night, go for AYCE sushi at Sushi Ichiban, Go to D. Rassin's house, spend rest of night reminiscing and doing crazy shit. Fall into bed. Saturday: Do not leave bed, text Barb numerous times about how sick she is and how wiped out I am, settle on no plans at all. Sunday: See a movie with Gene (Lucky Number Slevin), go for beers with Raynna and David, go home and watch worst actress ever (Brittany Murphy) in good premise for a movie (Uptown Girls), fall into bed again.
So, to recap, I saw lots of the Houstonian, had drinks with him and had plenty of good times. I saw none of the Ottawhite (Tee Hee) probably mostly due to ditching Colour Night, am sad about that but I hope I get some pictures of the night for my viewing pleasure.
Barb! Where are you? Oh well, I live on. So that was my weekend. Michelle was surprisingly absent and incommunicado. Tasha was hanging out with Barb, and Barb was puking in her hoodie. Chris was drinking at the Garage when I was too ill to move from my mattress.
I hope I've done the weekend justice. I will let you know about the coming weekend as soon as it happens.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
I had a great weekend! My sister's birthday and I got plastered again. Certain of my friends (who puke on floors and don't clean it up) seem to have a drinking effect on me. But I have fun when I get loaded so there isn't really an issue. I didn't buy my sister a present yet. What would she like to receive? Hmmmm...
And I've got another very busy weekend on the horizon. Barb is in town, and so is David. Colour night reunion is also this weekend (but I'm thinking of skipping out on that). How am I to fit all this into one weekend? Let's see, Friday is for David, Saturday is for Barb, skip the SU, recover on Sunday. That's a pretty good plan methinks. Of course I know my friends so there is sure to be some major changes in my weekend plans. Oh shit! I forgot about Raynna time! Maybe she's free for breakfast on Sunday morning? She's probably going to kill me for cutting her time short. And she already thinks we're married so this plus telling her I got an annulment is really going to piss her off!
And I've got another very busy weekend on the horizon. Barb is in town, and so is David. Colour night reunion is also this weekend (but I'm thinking of skipping out on that). How am I to fit all this into one weekend? Let's see, Friday is for David, Saturday is for Barb, skip the SU, recover on Sunday. That's a pretty good plan methinks. Of course I know my friends so there is sure to be some major changes in my weekend plans. Oh shit! I forgot about Raynna time! Maybe she's free for breakfast on Sunday morning? She's probably going to kill me for cutting her time short. And she already thinks we're married so this plus telling her I got an annulment is really going to piss her off!
That's enough nattering for now, I'll try and check in later this week. And comment more people! The comments are how I know you care.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
I had no idea there were so many people who waited for my every word to be posted on this site. You do realize that my cell phone is the best way to get updates about me. I'm no Jason Mulgrew... I only post on here when I am particularly bored, stressed out, or pissed off.
This blog is more my release for crazy thoughts. But alas, I have work to do so I will finish with a quote from my favorite Sesame Street skit: "Manah Manah".
This blog is more my release for crazy thoughts. But alas, I have work to do so I will finish with a quote from my favorite Sesame Street skit: "Manah Manah".
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
I am definitely heading up to Edmonton this weekend to see my cousin in the hospital. So, how am I to fit in all the activities of a normal weekend? There's sushi, Raynna time, brunch, excessive drinking, and of course, sleep. I may have to start my weekend early just to accomodate it all.
Who can fit in sushi earlier this week? I am heading to Lethbridge for Wednesday but I could probably make it back in time to do it any day this week. Raynna time, well maybe if I took Friday off from work, and I started really early? brunch? I might have to combine brunch and Edmonton. Would my brunch partners like to come to Edmonton with me? As for the excessive drinking... I may have to postpone that until next weekend. And the sleep... Well I can probably fit that in just about anywhere! OK then, that sounds like a plan.
Who can fit in sushi earlier this week? I am heading to Lethbridge for Wednesday but I could probably make it back in time to do it any day this week. Raynna time, well maybe if I took Friday off from work, and I started really early? brunch? I might have to combine brunch and Edmonton. Would my brunch partners like to come to Edmonton with me? As for the excessive drinking... I may have to postpone that until next weekend. And the sleep... Well I can probably fit that in just about anywhere! OK then, that sounds like a plan.
