Tuesday, January 24, 2006

   "So you crank that song/
And it might sound doom/
So just leave the room/
While I sit'n stare/
Cause yeah that's rare/
I really love that tune/
Man I love that song/
I love that song..." -Big Wreck (That Song)

Yippee Skippy.. Conservative Government. I'm still in doubt about whether anything will change too drastically. I very nearly did add the Silly Party to my ballot... Would have been a waste of a vote, but entertaining for a little while..

Two new chicks started at work today. They both seem promising so far. They'd better not disappoint.. We've been working on planning a going away party for former assistant-boss. Any ideas for presents? That's where I get stuck. Something in the $150 area. Preferably not a gift-card, which I believe is just a cop-out gift.. It's just... what do you get for the guy who's got everything?!

Anyways.. there was something else I wanted to say, but for the life of me, I can't remember what it was.. And I'm tired. And I have to work in the morning.. So goodnight...






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Monday, January 23, 2006

"Fighters for liberty, fighters for power/
Fighters for longer turns in the shower/
Don't tell me I can't fight, 'cause I'll punch out your lights/
And history seems to agree that I would fight you for me..." -Moxy Fruvous (The Gulf War Song)

Stupid weekend. Did more or less nothing. Except for watch Underworld on Saturday night. I must admit, it wasn't entirely terrible. The storyline was alright, but they overdid it at certain points. Like at the end.. ya know.. with the sword... and the chop.. and the guy's head going.. over there.. I burst out laughing at that point. Had to rewind a couple of times and watch it again.

So, sites seem to be loading better now. it only takes me maybe three clicks of the reload button to get to my own site. And Sita, yours only takes maybe five. Used to take like fifteen... Bleh.. Who else has trouble loading their own site? Is it just me? What about loading other people's sites? Am I being whiny? Is that too many question?

Well... I'll be off to vote on Monday morning. Silly Canadian politics... I should just vote for the Silly Party. That'll learn 'em. Ehhh.. Who knows if it'll matter much anyways..

I've been forgetting all weekend to say THANK YOU FOR 1500 HITS!! I was gonna make a banner, but I was lacking a decent image and the inspiration. But thanks all the same! It means a lot to me that you keep coming back to see me. Especially the few of you that rarely fail to check up on me... Anywho.. that's enough sap for now.. *drowns in it* Happy Monday/Election day (for you Canucks)!
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Saturday, January 21, 2006

"So this is my life/
Wake me when it's over/
Coz I just turned 27/
But I'm feeling so much older/
I'm not supposed to be this bitter/
I'm not supposed to be this mad/
All my plans were so much bigger/
Than everything I am..." -J. Englishman (My Song)

Heh.. yeah..

All my stuff is still off the walls. It feels very bare, but I think I should get myself together before I think about putting any of it back up. Sita, I take your comment from yesterday to heart, and I think you might be right. I just need to give it some time, I think. *sigh* It's going to be a long semester..

After work this afternoon, I just messed with the guitar some more.. Learned a new chord (D7), so that takes the total up to... six. Anyways.. the last time I played it, I attempted to tune it, and succeded but for one string. It was supposed to be the lower octave in the pair, but I had the two at the same pitch. I decided to do it right today. It was going well... until... yeah I snapped the string. And it bounced back and it bit me. It kinda hurt. It bled a little. But hey, now I don't have to worry about the tuning anymore. But my sister is slightly annoyed with me (since it's her guitar and all..). Whoops..

I'm sorry for not getting around to sites earlier on Friday. Things were just moving ridiculously slowly. I'll do better! I promise! Great weekend...
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Friday, January 20, 2006

"Here I go/
Pop my skull ready to lose control /
Cruising slow/
Live your life outside the life you know/
Oh be Joyful!/
Cause that sh** spreads..." -Matthew Good (Oh, Be Joyful)

In A Coma is another great album. Pick it up if you should have the chance...

I'm a fan of randomness. I admit it. For the past few years I've been collecting stuff and sticking it up on my walls. You know, magazine clippings, funny pictures, photos of my friends, song lyrics, the occasional email. Pretty much anything that strikes me as 'cool'. On Thusrday night, I spent a good hour, maybe an hour and a half taking them all down. The one place I haven't touched yet is the fridge door where the magnetic poetry kit is all spread out. I don't think I can bear to take down all the little messages that people have put up over all this time. I'll have to at least write them all down first.

Why would I take it all down anyways? Simply because it's time. Apparantly I need to act my age (even though I'm always the one that says "if you can't stay young, you can at least stay immature"..). I put a bunch of other stuff away too, stuff that was on my shelves, and I haven't done it yet, but there's a lot of stuff I'll probably just toss. I have too much stuff anyways.

"I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done/ If I'm not under pressure then I sleep too long/ And I hang around like a bum/ And I think I'm going nowhere and that makes me nervous..." -Jim's Big Ego (Stress)
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Thursday, January 19, 2006

   "You take my breath away/
With all the things you say/
You take my words away/
And now I'm left here standing all alone..." -Not By Choice (Standing All Alone)

KEVIN IS BAAAACK! *points*

And that was probably one of the more exciting moments in my day.. I spent the morning at work. It was uneventful. No yelling at anyone, no one got fired. Although a few people actually got HIRED. The one chick seemed nice. I suppose I'd better give her a chance before writing her off along with the others. Surprisingly I wasn't in the terrible mood I usually am when I have to go there. Don't know why. And I got rid of my shift on Saturday, so now I have an entire weekend off!

Sometime on that weekend off however, I have been convinced to watch Underworld and then see the sequel. I'm a little unsure of that since I've heard mixed reviews about it. We shall have to wait and see I guess...

So in between chatting with Zappa and Kevin this evening, I decided it would be a good idea to play my sax. Yeeeeaaahh... didn't really work so good. I'm seriously out of practice, and my mouth was shot after about four songs. Owwww.... and my fingers didn't want to go where I wanted them to go... I'll have to work at that so that I can live up to Midvalley's standards.. Almost the weekend. Try and hold out a couple more days! Night night!
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

   "Give me the lies on page/
I'm feelin' twice my age/
I've been crying for days and I'm falling apart/
Digging a hole in my heart..." -Big Sugar (Digging A Hole)

Alright. If this post actually makes it up, I'll drink to that, because my internet has been crapping out on me today. My messengers have been connected for about 45 minutes now. We'll see how long THAT lasts.. *eye roll* Bad Shaw Cable! Bad!

Well... a few days ago... I was thisclose to quitting my job. Which I should probably do soon anyways, but I have my reasons for not going. Instead, I am going to put in my notice for a department transfer. Yes kids, I'm going to be a Bakery chick. And yes, I realize that this means working more closely with the nutcase bakery manager, but it just might be worth it to get away from some of these girls that I just want to mangle. I'm already pretty much trained for it (hell, I've had to train other people..), and there just happens to be a girl quitting, so it works out. Uhh.... I hope... I mean, it's possible that I'm just going to end up going loopy. You know, most of the time when bakery manager is talking at me, I'm not really listening. I'm actually trying to figure out a way to knock myself unconscious without her noticing so I don't have to listen anymore. I realize that if I should ever manage to succeed in this, it may mean an ambulance ride, but I can deal...

And I forgot the other day to explain the Tim Horton/Clint Eastwood reference.. There's a commercial airing for Tim Hortons (it's a Canadian thing..) with a guy talking about a sandwich on focaccia bread, and he's doing it with a Clint Eastwood expression and accent (Just picture Clint Eastwood saying "focaccia"). So since the song I used was called Clint Eastwood, I though it an appropriate joke to make, but it ended up being stoopid because nobody got it. I'll be off to the "Stoopid Anonymous" meeting now.. Night night..
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

   "As I turn to you and I say/
Thank goodness for the good souls/
That make life better/
As I turn to you and I say/
If it wasn't for the good souls/
Life would not matter..." -Starsailor (Good Souls)

Thanks to all of you guys. You're the good souls...

Totally did NOT go downtown today. Slept in too late and then just didn't feel like it. So I got a good chunk of nothing done. *sigh* Watched some Fawlty Towers though. Always good for a laugh. It's another British comedy, with John Cleese from Monty Python. There's only 12 episodes so if you're at the video place, give 'em a shot.

There's Basil beating the crappy car with a tree branch... Yep..

Other than that.. I talked to a few people earlier. Am confused and bothered by some things, but have to just let them go, and not worry too much about them. Done.

Finally, today (Tuesday) is my mom's birthday. Happy birthday Ma. 29 again, right? It is also Winn's birthday. I doubt that he'll see this post, but you never know. He has a funny way of knowing when I give him a shout out. It's like he's got ESPN or something. (hahahah, yeah I know.) So, have a good one Winn, and don't forget to check the mail?

Night night everyone...
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Monday, January 16, 2006

   "I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad/
I got sunshine, in a bag/
I'm useless, but not for long/
The future is coming on..." -Gorillaz (Clint Eastwood)

*says "Focaccia" in the Clint Eastwood/Tim Hortons guy voice* Heh.. focaccia.. That is going to just go over so many people's heads, isn't it Sita? Oh well.. it amused me for a grand total of 47 seconds...

The good news is that the urge to absolutely thrash someone has finally left my system. (Special thanks to Miss Lovingmemories112. I think the giant bag of happiness worked a bit.) No problems have been solved by any means. I just lack the energy to care anymore, so I might as well be happy. On the work frontier, that is. It actually brightened my day a little to see a lady who quit a while back (because our supervisor was a bag to her) has decided to come back fo a while. I almost cried when I saw her standing there today. No lie...

So. Monday morning, I must go downtown and either buy one new watch, or take two to the repair place. The two I have are still in pretty good shape (despite being 6 years old), but there are a few tiny pieces (from who knows where) floating around on the inside of the faces. On BOTH watches. Not a huge problem, except that said timy pieces frequently get in the way of the hands turning, so when I look at it, I think, "it's only 2:00. I have an hour until I have to leave for work." But then it's ACTUALLY 15 minutes to three and I'm going to be late. Aaaauuughhh!! More annoying than anything else. So I'm thinkin' that if I find a nice one, I'll call it an early b-day present to myself. I realize that this takes ideas away from other people, but meh.

While I'm downtown, I also must buy a birthday gift for my mum. And since I know she sometimes reads my posts *ahem*, I'll just come right out and say it... I'M BUYING YOU A BLENDER, MOTHER! A BLENDER, YOU HEAR?! Heh.. that ought to throw her off the trail.. or maybe I AM actually buying her a blender... *shifty eyes* who knows... dun dun dunnnnnn...
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Sunday, January 15, 2006

"I'll lay me down tonight/
Much further down/
Watch stars go out tonight/
On sinking ground/
I'll lay me down, I'll lay me down..." -AFI (Girl's Not Grey)

Another day just full of bloody surprises. The notice on the bulletin board says that my current assistant boss (who is awesome) is now gone. I knew he wanted to go back to school, but I thought he was planning on sticking around part-time for a while yet. But no. And apparantly he DID want to do that, but the ASSHOLES at head-office told him he couldn't. Some bullshit about wage costs and other idiocy. And there isn't anything I can do for him since he's non-union. So I'm supremely annoyed by that.

The notice on the bulletin board also says that they're making Matt a supervisor. Which would be alright, but for two things. a) He has only been around for a year, if that. and b) He's friggin' seventeen. He's a really good guy and I like him a lot, but I swear, if he ever tries to tell me what to do... I'm gonna have to smack him. There just isn't any other option. I mean, I don't even listen to my current supervisor..

I am getting very tired of being angry all the time. And I don't know how to fix anything. I know I can't fix EVERYthing, but there has to be SOMEthing...

Anyways.. I am also (mildly) annoyed by the load time for my site. It isn't particularly graphic-heavy, but it seems to take for bloody ever. And I'm on broadband, for crying out loud. Therefore, I believe I shall make a return to something ridiculously simple for a while and see if that fixes the problem. Super-fantastic weekend everyone.
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Saturday, January 14, 2006

"Oh, look what you've done/
You've made a fool of everyone/
Oh well, it seems like such fun/
Until you lose what you had won..." -Jet (Look What You've Done)

Didn't do a whole lot, other than go to work early in the morning. Killer, I tell ya. 'Specially after waking up at around 5am for a coughing fit. I mean, what's up with that? I thought that was over and done with. Stoopid. Had a hard time getting back to sleep because of it. I almost got up for the Buckleys again, but managed to resist.

I almost caught myself thinking too hard about things, so I decided I needed a "project". Got out the hammer and put together this CD/DVD holder that I got two christmasses ago. It was still in the box even. I plan on getting rid of the hideous thing my TV and DVD player are currently sitting on (because it's hideous) so I figure that a CD thing will be a good start. Or something. My sister has one just like it that I'll probably steal. Two is better than one. Unless it's two of something hideous.

Other than that, I just messed with the guitar some more. I didn't realize the other day how badly it needed to be tuned. Sounds slightly less crappy when I play it now. I still can't sing worth crap though. My hearing is still off because of the sick, I guess. Give it another week.. Happy Weekend kids..
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