Thursday, June 16, 2005

"Wait/
Who's that guy/
Just hanging at your pad/
He's looking kinda blah/
Yeah, you broke up that's too bad/
I guess its fair if he always pays the rent/
And he doesn't get bent about sleeping on the couch when I'm there..." -The Dandy Warhols (Bohemian Like You)

*stunned* Alright guys, here's yet another reminder not to drink and drive... Earlier this week, a guy here in my city was walking down the street, minding his own damn business, and a drunk driver jumped the curb and hit him. I know that things like this (sadly) happen all the time, but this incident in particular hits closer to home for me, because the guy that got hit is someone that I went to school with since grade four. Super nice guy. I lost touch with him after high school though... Anyways, he survived (thank god), they had to airlift him to a hospital further north. Apparantly he was dragged a little ways by the car, so he's pretty banged up. So that was a real eye opener for me. To just... be more aware of the things going on around you, and more importantly, to be aware of yourself... And keep a lookout for friends, you never know what might happen...

I worry a lot about my friends, and that includes all of you...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

   "And if I'm feelin' good to you/
And you're feelin' good to me/
There ain't nothin' we can't do or say/
Feelin' good, feeling fine/
Oh, baby, let the music play..." -The Doobie Brothers (Listen to the Music)

Bleh, I was supposed to have Tuesday off from work, but got a call from Stu at around 1:30 in the afternoon. hey know how to get me know. They just have Stu call. I can't resist Stu. He gets on the line with this pathetic voice and says "Con.... I need you...." Awww! How can you say 'no' to THAT!?! And besides it was to cover for a girl who got in a car accident. She's fine and all, no worries there, but I'd feel worse for saying no to that. Anyways, it wasn't so bad. It was Bakery/Deli. so I got to make wicked awesome sandwiches and stuff. One of which is now called "The Winn", in honor of a friend who sadly has never had a song written about him... Heheh! Anyways it was DE-LUXE! But on the downside, I always manage to come home smelling like ham. (Hahahah!) Or maybe it's just my imagination. I always have to shower anyways. XD

Other than that bit of fun, there wasn't much to the day. Rained a bit again, but that's nothing new! XD Sooo, just sitting here, having a little chat. Trying to help. I hope I'm helping, but, I don't know...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005

"Buried in the sky like a planet in daylight/
Not hidden very well/
I can only see half of what's going on/
But I'm alright, cause I can still smile/
I can still smile..." -Wide Mouth Mason (Smile)

Here I am again. Little bit tired, little bit drained. But hey, I'm not an emotional wreck, don't get me wrong here. And I wasn't yesterday either. So really, no worries. I WAS feeling sick on the weekend, which led to lying in bed thinking, which we know is never a good combination. (Con + thinking = bad) Heh, the funny thing about it is that in the incident I was referring to yesterday, I'M the one who brushed it off like it was nothing. (I was under the impression the HE was mad at me, but he wouldn't say it) Then I thought about it after it happened and changed my mind, and decided that it WAS something. So maybe I'm just a big hypocrite? I never did get a chance to explain myself to the other person involved. I suppose we're okay now. Don't really have too much contact with him anymore, soooo... Bleh.

I'm sure I've confused you all with my lack of details here, but I've discovered that nothing is sacred and I've been reminded that people from my offline life have access to my posts as well. So in order to protect the (semi) innocent, I've left out a lot of names. But anyways, I'm just fine and I'm sorry if I had anybody worried. The honest to God truth (says the atheist) is that in the short time I have known all you guys, many of you have already been better friends to me than some people I have known for YEARS! So I thank you all so much. Like they say in the song, I get by with a little help from my friends...
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Monday, June 13, 2005

"I feel this, this tension inside of me/
Pressure is presently pushing down on me/
The first time it starts with just you and I/
Repeating myself but you don't hear me..." -Default (Sick and Tired)


I've been a little of both this weekend (sick and tired). Which led to thinking (bad) which led to anger. What is the biggest 'fuck-you' you can get from someone without them ever having to use those words? It's when the people you think you care about and who you think care about you, show you otherwise. Something that pisses me of to no end is when people have got a problem with me or are angry (or ACT lilke it), but refuse to tell me why. It's like that thing from Jr. High School, "Yeah, I'm mad at you but if you don't know why, I'm certainly not going to tell you!" So pedestrian. That the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard. I think I'm a pretty nice person, but if you've got a problem with me, I want to know it dammit! My feelings will not be hurt. I want to know how to fix it, and if it happens that there IS no way I can fix it, then I want to know that too, so that I can just back off and not bother anyone anymore. I think I've said it before but I can't take a hint, so if you want me to fuck off (even temporarily), you have to actually say it. In those very words, and mean it. If I deserve it, then say it! I can only think of ONE person in my life who is actually capable of doing that. One. My friend Jordy, who is a stand-up guy, gives solid advice and who will actually tell me to fuck off if need be. No one else. (Watch, I'll get a dozen PMs later, telling me where to go and how to get there!)

Maybe I'm just blowing things all out of proportion here, and if I am, just ignore my inane babble like you never read it in the first place. But I'm just sick and tired of being disappointed and 'brushed off' by people I care about. I'm especially tired of guys making me cry. If you don't want to talk to me, fine, but but a simple 'hey can we catch up later' or something to that effect would be appreciated. When you give me nothing to go on, it feels like I'm sitting there fucken talking with my damn self! At least when you have an all out argument with someone, you have a relative idea of where you stand with them. If someone is using me as a punching bag (figuratively, not literally) I at least feel like I'm serving some purpose. Otherwise I feel pretty useless. Useless and stupid... Hopefully this is out of my system for a little while. As long as I don't come into contact with certain people for a few days. Have a great week you guys. No worries. No worries...
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Friday, June 10, 2005

   "Well, did I say that I liked you/
Should I remember your name/
Well you can do what you want to do/
Cause you're all a big part of a frame/
Well, everyone's been cheated by everyone/
Yeah, everyone's been cheated for the 21st century..." -Soundtrack of Our Lives (21st Century Rip Off)

Bleh. I totally thought it was done with the rain and the thunder and crap, but Ooohh, nooo... Had to rain some more. Woke up to sounds of thunder. Went out to clean the pond filter. It seems to have moved further away from the edge of the pond and I had a rough time reaching it. I almost fell in, which would have sucked. A lot. Then I had a rough time putting it back. Left for work in the rain. Got home in the rain. It isn't raining as I'm typing this, but that could change any second.

Aanywho... The river crested earlier on Thursday afternoon, so it got a little higher even that what's in the pictures...

So, those are TREES down there. Not just lil' bushes. TREES!!

See that red building down there? That's the city's water treatment plant. About ten years ago, there was another huge flood and half the city was down there, sandbagging all around it. And good thing too! It would have been totalled! Well.. Happy Friday everyone! If anyone is feeling particularly generous, how's about sending me a boat? Canoe? Uhhh.. pair o' water wings? Eehhhhh...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005

   "Grew up joking/
With little respect for myself/
We had bonfires on Parlee Beach/
Covered bridge/
St John's, Newfoundland/
Ya 29, got drunk on screech..." -Johnny Favourite (Someday)

**Note: Screech is the nastiest, most foul tasting of all alcohol. Worse than scotch, Olympia beer, and any possible 649 shot you can concoct! Don't do it kids!!**

Wow. It's great to know you guys are liking the new look of the place, judging from the feedback I got yesterday! Yeah, I loved Duo too, but it was due for a change. I'm still looking for a new avatar though and even toyed with the idea of using one of me. (Bah hah!! Yah right!) Ehhh, not quite bold enough to share it with the world yet.

Oooh, good news! It finally took a break from raining! There was even blue sky (for about ten minutes...)! So I went out for a walk, since I've been kind of sick of being cooped up. Can you say cabin fever?! Yeah. I think all the weather is making the animals a bit loopy. I saw a woodpecker trying to drill his way through a solid metal light standard. Heheh, not the brightest crayon in the box, eh?

But anyways, they did have to open up the dam (damn dam!) so the river valley is going to be flooded in the morning. They'll probably have to close the bridges across town. Dosen't make a difference to me though. Oh, but Haha! My boss was counting on more rain so he ordered two skids of bottled water, since the tap water is starting to taste a little funky. So, while the guys were building the display it fell over and about a dozen 4litre (I think that's a gallon for you non-metric silly gooses) bottles broke open. So my store was flooded too. Hahaha! I wasn't there to have to deal with that. Lucky me. But I have worse things to deal with. *shudder* Happy Thursday!
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Wednesday, June 8, 2005

   "This is not the greatest song in the world/
This is just a tribute/
Couldn't remember the greatest song in the world/
Yeah no/
This is a tribute..." -Tenacious D (Tribute)

The only words I can think of to describe my mood are 'politely annoyed'. #1. It's still raining. I have a feeling that if it keeps up we're going to be on flood watch again. Pond is still overflowing, country club in the river valley is sandbagging. Super...
#2. My finger still hurts. I keep smacking it against stuff, or catching it places. So, owww...
#3. I don't want my supervisor touching my money anymore. All she did was make more unnecessary work for me in the end. And I want her to friggin' GO HOME, and not stay and work 2 hours for FREE when there's other people who could be getting paid to do the crap she's staying to do. It's even worse when it's my boss that asks her to start doing something, an hour after she's supposed to have gone home.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2005

   "This is the land where I live/
Paint it all over golden/
Take a little sunshine, spread it all around/
This is the love that I give/
These are the arms for the holding/
Turn on your love light, shine it all around..." -Robert Plant (Shine It All Around)

Wow. It's a miracle I can still type! What with the current condition of my fingers and all! XD Days like this, I tell ya... Sharp and pointy = bad. Woke up Monday morning to more rain, and I knew already that it was going to be a fan-damn-tastic day. (note sarcasm!) Got to work. What's the first thing I do? I smash my finger in the cigarette cabinet! Which proves that cigarettes will hurt you! And it was the middle finger on my right hand. My favourite finger! (it does a lot of talking for me.. rude, I know!) There is, like no skin left on it. It hurt like a son-of-a-bitch! So I very dramatically drop to my knees in absolute agony, (haha! yah right!) meanwhile there's this lady on the other side of the counter waiting for me, with a semi-concerned/semi-freaked-out look on her face. Anyways, it was bleeding a bunch, so I had to make her wait while I found a few band-aids, which it bled through. Heheh! So now, that finger has a rather large, glow in the dark Spongebob bandage on it. Makes me feel a whole lot better! But... not long after that, I managed to give another finger a little slash while opening some boxes, and later on stabbed my pinkie while opening a roll of dimes. (Honestly, who'se dumb idea was it to wrap change in plastic!?!) So it'll be a day or two until my battle wounds heal. (Gotta be smarter than the.. umm... everything! Durh!)

So yeah. More rain. The pond in my backyard is overflowing, and I hear that there's a few places to the west that are supposed to get another 150 millimetres yet. And they'll probably have to open up the dam again... Last time they had to do that, The dam guys opened the dam gate wrong and let too much dam water out of the dam reservoir. (Can you tell I enjoy the word 'dam'?) The river valley flooded and I was trapped at my Jr. High school for the evening! Great fun! (NOT!) Soooo, hopefully it quits soon...
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Monday, June 6, 2005

"Well, I don't know why I came here tonight.
I got a feeling that something
ain't right/
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair/
And I'm wondering how I'll get
down those stairs/
Clowns to left of me, jokers to the right/
here I am, stuck in the middle
with you..." -Stealers Wheel (Stuck in the Middle With You)

I'm not entirely sure, but I'm thinking the counters for this place aren't working properly. I mean, do the math, I get an average of ten comments per post. Should count for ten hits right? Heheh, my counter has gone up by 6 in the past two days. I dunno what's up with that, so maybe I'll just stick up 'thanks for the X amount of hits!' banners at random. It isn't really a big deal, but it's always nice when things work properly, am I right? Meh..

So it was another exciting day of work, avoiding you-know-who, and trying to maintain my sense of humor. Stupid 40 year old men, looking where they shouldn't be. (girls, you know what I mean?) I'm like "hellooo.. *snaps fingers* I'm up here!" Gah!! I mean, I like them too, but show a little restraint, for crying out loud! Honestly....

So anyways, I forgot yesterday, to answer your question about YTV Darkspirit, Sita saw an episode of SD Gundam by accident and is now scarred for life. So we're going to go bust into the network and force them to air some GOOD anime! No more of this SD Gundam or Powerpuff garbage! Wanna join the quest? Heheh... Happy Monday guys! As happy as Mondays get, that is...
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Sunday, June 5, 2005

   "My music, my life, my heart, my soul
My music, my everything, I give my all/
My wife, my daughter, my love, my dream/
My mother, my father, my brother, my team..." -Knoc-Turn'al (Muzik)

Saturday sees the close of Pauly-Fest '05 and I think my IQ has gone down ten points or so. But it was good! I'll do that again in a minute. (I'm not a geek, I'm a unique weasel!! Hahahah!) Yeah....

Other than that, it was a day spent in the company of (and this was not by choice people!!) the likes of The Spice Girls, Britney and other such musical/comedy acts. Yess, ladies and gentlemen, my sister's annual dance revue. Is there some law that says that all choreographers must use, no fewer than five songs by Michael Jackson or someother random member of the Jackson family? I can only take so much! But no, they did a really good job and I'm really proud of my sister! Way to go, muffin!

More thundershowers on the way...
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