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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
12:35 pm	I love you, but I've chosen blogspot (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 9th, 2008
3:19 pm	Ok, fuck it, I got a mohawk and skinny jeans. ARE YOU HAPPY, WORLD? HUH? TRAP ME IN A MALL FOR SIX HOURS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS? (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
12:10 am	I think I'm in love with the bulk barn. Today I bought TOO MUCH SPICE to fit into the MAGNETIC SPICE TINS also purchased. I overdid the cinnamon on purpose as I has intended to bake tonight, but instead I rolled coin ($19) and down-sized and XL The Coast t-shirt to fit. Uh, apparently XL collars are bigger than normal, so I may just chop the whole thing out. I work in 6 hours and I haven't slept yet. I have felt sick for the past two weeks straight. How are you? Current Mood: grumpy Current Music: Bikini Kill - Alien She (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 20th, 2007
1:53 pm	In an attempt to make my wireless signal stronger, I managed to not only destroy my old USB hub, but my wireless adapter as well. Now I'm back, hopefully for good. Today is my day off. I've picked up a few supplies and so I think I'm ready for.....BAKING! I recently bought Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, and I've put it to fairly good use. I've only made the basic chocolate and vanilla cupcakes so far, but that's mainly because I lack the funds required for the fancier recipes. Today I'm going to make a couple batches and decorate them a la Harry Potter for the book launch tonight. I don't even know if I'll be buying a book tonight(I will if I can get my hands on one), but there's a launch party that one of my coworkers is going to and I think it sounds like fun. I'll post pics of the cupcakes later, as I'm planning on doing some neat decoraty things to them. Nothing close to the knit night cupcakes, but I did buy marzipan and food colouring, so maybe...crests? really really simplified crests? we shall see. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, July 16th, 2007
11:50 pm	Sketch bags beware! Tonight I had a really great shift at work, and what's more, it ended with exciting adventure! As I was getting ready to go cash out for the night, this sketchy, dirty-looking guy wandered into the store, and was just standing around the main floor, looking around. Rilla asked him if he needed any help with anything, and he said he was just looking for his friend. After a minute or two he wandered down into the basement. At this point I noticed that not only was his t-shirt backwards, but he wasn't wearing shoes, just the dirtiest socks I've ever seen. This other guy then came down from the middle floor and Rilla assumed this was the friend he was referring to (I guess she had spoken to him earlier) and told him that his friend was down in the basement. He went down the stairs, and I went down as well to count my till and sign out for the night. The cash-out room is essentially a little closet located in the adult room. As I walked into the adult room, the two sketchy guys were in there talking, as well as a biker couple (just minding their own business, browsing the porn). When I walked by the sketch bags, the second guy said loudly "Well, I guess you're not the guy I was looking for, nice to meet you!" and left the room and walked upstairs. The first guy proceeded to browse the walls. I went into the cash closet and did one of my fastest counts in ages. I knew something was going down, and to be honest, I didn't want to miss it! When I left the room, the biker couple and the sketch bag were all still looking at the walls. I got my backpack and shit, and went upstairs to leave. Behind the counter, there's a little monitor that switches between 3 cameras in the store: Independent English Language, Independent Comedy, and the Adult room. I decided to take a quick look at the monitor before I left, and I caught a glimpse of sketch bag (face in the shot and all) taking a handful of display cases off the shelf and leave the room(it seems he didn't realize the discs weren't in the case, so even if he had gotten away the joke would have been on him). There was a brief pause before he was in view again, and suddenly his hands were empty, but his vest was zipped up and he was obviously adjusting something underneath it. I told Emma that he had movies under his vest, and we hung around to see what he tried to do. His sketchy friend was waiting for him, and they whispered to each other for a bit, then sketch bag #2 left the store. The guy with the movies paced a bit, and then went over to the entrance door, and very conspicuously dropped the movies on the floor under the turnstile. I figured it was time to intervene, so I walked over to him and said "Excuse me sir, could you please pick those up?" He gave me this incredulous look and, not wanting his friend to get there before me, I scurried out the other door (if you know how the doors at Video Difference work then you know what I'm talking about) and back into the entrance door just as he was crouching down to pick up three porno cases. I picked them up, passed them to Rilla, and told him to leave the store. He asked me if he could at least buy some chips, and I said "Only if you pay for them". He walked to the 'out' door, stopping to apologize to Emma on the way out. At this point, Emma was already on the phone with the police. I waited around for a bit and gave the police the best description of the two that I could. She said a unit had been dispatched and that they would be by to talk to me, but after waiting a while the cops never showed so I just left and told Emma to give them my contact information if they wanted to talk to me. While Emma was talking to the manager on the phone to tell him what happened, she found dvd player stashed under a candy rack. Looks like they were trying to get away with more! I was actually really nervous the whole time I was confronting the guy. Crime makes me nervous, what can I say? I just hope this doesn't happen during my backshift on saturday! Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
8:11 am	No sleep till Brooklyn So for a while this morning the wireless connection I've been using was locked, but then suddenly it wasn't anymore? All I know is that I might need to find an alternative, as this isn't going to be reliable. I went to see Harry Potter last night with Ceilidh & Co. and I must say I was really let down. Like, I didn't hate it, but they didn't catch the mood of the book at all. For one of the most emotionally intense and angsty books I've ever read, it was a very slow paced movie. It dragged, there were awkward pauses/silences, and the whole thing was just on one level, there wasn't any dynamic. They also left out an extremely important detail/didn't mention a character that they are going to need for the plot, sooo, I wonder what they're going to do to get themselves out of this one. (Alex wants everyone to know how awesome he is/say great things about him. It's ok if you want to, he really is an awesome guy!) Current Mood: sleepy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 13th, 2007
8:12 pm	Robots take the best of us Wow, so, hello world! I'm currently stealing this internet from someone in my neighborhood, so I wouldn't exactly call it a reliable connection, but I think it's safe to say I finally have an internet connection, and with that comes the feelings of obligation towards the blogging community. Work is going well, even with the eclectic shifts. I'm getting more hours than usual and I think I smell a promotion on the horizon, but my hearts been broken by promises of supervisor before so I'm not holding my breath or anything. I just dig being at a company where not only am I not embarrassed to be working there, but I'm actually proud of it. Alex and I have been living in Jesse's apartment on Almon st. and it's actually been a lot of fun. Sure it's kinda small, and when you have two people working full-time with weird hours cleaning up gets pushed to the bottom of the list of priorities, but he's a really great room mate, and a lot of our friends are in this neighborhood. Tomorrow we'll have been together for 6 months. Aww! Let's see, what else is new? I'm still vegan, no longer a dread-head, I took out my vertical bridge piercing, I got my septum pierced, and I really need a shower. It's been a long time since I've talked to a lot of you dudes, and hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
2:08 pm	* Go to IMDB.com and look up 10 of your favourite movies. * Post three official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for these 10 picks. * Have your friends guess the movie titles. 1. Phone booth, high school, drug use (2005) 2. Resurrection, hypnosis, Japan (2004) 3. world, time lapse photography, cultural (1992) 4. doomsday machine, black comedy, funny accent (1964) 5. graphic violence, non linear timeline, classic rock music (1992) 6. women's prison, serial child killer, vengeance (2005) 7. female artist, shoe store, sex talk (2005) 8. alien technology, robot vs. robot, inspirational song (1986) 9. young boy, fictitious sport, good vs evil (2001) 10. british empire, wooden eye, rum (2003) (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 31st, 2007
4:14 am	I just got back from a show at the Attic. It was my first time seeing Big Game Hunt, and my last time seeing Bucket Truck. It really brought back a lot of old memories, like all the Tumbleweeds and hanging out on the commons after shows at the Pavilion every weekend. It was awesome to see Shannon again, totally in his element. And Ben Pincock, who is one of the coolest cats ever, I forgot how much we have in common. My super cool co-worker Jordan sings for BGH, so I mostly went out to see them. It was seriously really great, it was so fun to see such a different side of someone I work with, and they are a really tight group, they've got it together. For the second time since my 19th, I've been told by a random guy at a bar that I need to smile. The guy tonight was way sweeter than the guy from Toronto, but it still makes me wonder what kind of impression I give when I'm listening to music. Do I really look that grouchy? Jordan was like, the supplier of booze tonight. He scored me one of the free beers from the band room, and bought me one shot of tequila, and another of jagger. Very generous fellow. It felt really good to just head out from home on my own, and just meet up with people at a show. Talk and mosh and hang out. I really missed that, you know? The last heavy show I went to was Protest the Hero in August. Waaaay too long ago. I really missed the pit. I got to talk to Angie's man Adrian a whole bunch tonight, which I really appreciated. This was probably the longest we've ever actually talked and it was good to get to know him. I'm so happy. I'm in such a great place right now, and with great people to boot. So cool. Current Mood: drunk (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
1:36 pm	Self Injury Awareness Day - March 1st *For some reason I keep remembering SIAD as being on March 3rd, so I keep forgetting about it. Here is the obligatory post, just a day late.* 1st March is Self Injury Awareness Day. SIAD is a global awareness day, and yet it is not supported by any nations' governments, because it is a grass-roots idea. Somehow, in the mists of time, the date was set as the 1st of March, and organisations around the world make extra efforts to raise awareness ready for SIAD. The colour for some reason is orange. Some people wear an orange ribbon, but in the past SIAD bracelets have been worn: - Orange beads if you self harm; - Orange and white if you used to; - White if you have never self harmed but understand. If you agree that people should be made aware of this issue and this day, re-post this in your journal. In case anyone missed my big speech from a while ago, here it is. And ok for serious I will start updating this thing again soon. Whenever I abandon my journals, I go back and read them and realize how much I come off as a moron, and I can't leave them like that. Soon, ok? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
12:39 pm	Oh my! I'm vegan! ^____^ Current Mood: happy Current Music: The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 10th, 2006
9:52 pm	I start my job at Video Difference tomorrow at 11am. I swear, this excitement is almost exactly like waiting for the first day of Summer Rock. I just can't wait to get started! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
12:06 pm	Ahahahahaahahha! Finally! Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you the newest addition to the Video Difference teeeeeeam: Me! AHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHA (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
4:28 pm	It's 4:18 pm on my day off. My best friend chose to clean her room rather than hang out with me. I was completely excluded from a birthday party. The shit surrounding Simon is somehow still not resolved. My new job is boring as hell. And I know exactly how many calories I've had today. This fucking sucks. Current Mood: listless (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, August 25th, 2006
4:00 am	I burn for you I do believe that the craziest even of my life just occurred. I'm serious, you have no idea. Around 12:30, I got a call from Jon saying he was just off work and how would I like to go to his place and watch some movies with some people. I was totally down, seeing as how this is my day off and I'm so damn lonely. Plus, Simon was there, and I've barely seen him all summer and he's leaving for Toronto in a few days. So I trotted off to Jon's place. I caught the end of Evil Dead, and then Simon took off, so I was basically on my own with a bunch of unfamiliar faces. I stayed for another movie (It's all going Pete Tong), which was really awesome, but I still didn't really know anybody there, so I decided to head out. This is where mom and dad are going to be really pissed at me... I walked home alone. I told them that I would get Simon to walk me home since he lives near by, but I totally forgot that when he left. So, like a dummy, I headed home from North st. On Quinpool, I decided to stop by Video Difference to stock up on oat cakes, so I bought a couple and headed on my way. I was walking along Shirley st. when I saw a bright light coming out of a driveway ahead of my on my left. When I reached it, I discovered that it was a BIG BURNING FIRE. It took me a second to realize that there way no way that there was an intentional blaze on the side of someone's house at 3:30 in the morning. I got out my cell phone and called 911, and while it was ringing I ran up to the door of the house and started ringing the doorbell and knocking. Eventually a lady came to the door saying "There's a fire!". I don't think she realized it was her house that was burning. I was trying to communicate to this frantic pyjama-ed lady and to the 911 operator at the same time, which was pretty tricky. Eventually the lady's mom came out of the house and they both just sort of stood around exclaiming, and yelling at the man in the house to get the fire extinguisher. This was the second time I've ever had to call 911, and I'm still pissy about how it works. The first time was when a woman approached me one night after work in Dartmouth, and asked me to call and ambulance because her boyfriends legs werein so much pain that he couldn't stand up. I had to argue with the Operator for like, 15 minutes. She kept asking me things like "What's wrong with his legs?", it was stupid. The woman was hysterical, because her boyfriend couldn't walk and 911 wouldn't help her. I think they finally sent an ambulance, but it took a lot of persuading. Tonight was ridiculous. This woman, who might as well have been working for Allstate, droned on, asking me how big the fire was, what was burning, whether it was the house or something else that was burning, how many people were there, is it there house, are they burning, is the fire hot, how's the weather? Meanwhile, this woman and her mom are panicking around their flaming house, trying to understand why I'm describing the flaming black mass to a drone on the other end instead of an army of fire trucks pulling up. Finally, the operator told me that they were sending 3 trucks, and that they should be there soon. After another little while, the man from the house had found their garden hose and after a few seconds of making the fire extremely huge, he extinguished them. The fire department showed up right as the fire became a smouldering heap and a shit load of smoke damage. The fire squad brought out the hoses and sand and everything. They seriously chopped away at the side of the house where it had been burning with an axe, periodically drenching everything with a hose. They determined that was was burning had previously been the neighbor's green bin. Man, by the time I got there that thing wasn't even close to resembling a green bin, and there was a big swatch of burning up the side of the house. I have no idea what/and or who had caused it, but I'm pretty sure it had been burning for a while before I found it. I didn't see anybody, and strangly enough I didn't smelll anything. I just thought some students were doing some rather outrageous partying. I think the woman from the house suspected me for a while. She was like "What are you doing walking home? Alone? Here?" She asked a lot of questions, and I must admit that I understand, I would have been suspicious of me too. I told her exactly what happened, I told her my name and where I live, etc. Her mom was convinced that I'm a hero though. She called me their guardian angel and thanked me over and over "If you hadn't come to the door, it would have kept burning...and then, who knows...". I stayed around, talked to one of their neighbors, and talked to the fire department. The family asked me in for coffee, but I was pretty shaken up that I just wished them luck and came home. I really want to know what happened. The house next door was apparently being worked on while the couple was away, and so they figured that maybe something had gotten tossed into the bin or something. It just seems like such a strange thing to randomly catch on fire, it was like, halfway down their driveway, and it was definitely only the green bin that had been burning, so like, nothing spread to the bin. I really hope it wasn't arson. That would be really shitty. 3:30 am, and someone's house nearly burns down. What the fuck. I just can't believe the fact that I was walking by just in time. What if I had left with Simon? What if I had stayed for another movie? Would someone else have noticed? It's so bizarre. I know this doesn't mean that walking home alone is ok, but really think about it for a minute! So I'm going to go check on them in a few days, see if anything developes. I really hope it wont be expensive to repair, the whole side of their house had turned black. Crazy fucking night. p.s. Right as I started writing this, I began to eat one of the oatcakes that I bought. Right under the top layer of oats and chocolate (that's how I rolk) was a big folded up piece of paper. I was pretty sure it was a message sent through time or something, but it's just a blank yellow scrap. I think it's either a receipt or a post-it. Maybe not that weird to you, but considering how things are going...holy crap! I waited until the end of the entry to mention this because I didn't want to break my rhythm. Current Mood: restless (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
10:26 am	Ever go through those periods of time where you know that you should update your journal, but you've left it too long already, and there's way too much stuff to write so you just put it off? Well, there's your explanation. I had Summer Rock, Will and I celebrated our first anniversary, hung out with Goudie and Pipes, went to Evolve, got promoted at work, and so forth. Last night I went to Flip the Switch and saw a whole whack of wonderful people. Kendra, Angie, Jess, Everett, Sam, some Summer Rock kids, Camera Man Shannon (!!!!), and, most importantly, Protest the Hero. They were really the only reason I went to the show, I don't even really like NoFX. I absolutely adore Protest, though. We were right front and center the whole show, there was only one person between me and the barricade, and she was pretty short. There was a real asshole beside me, and the other girls I was with kept getting swallowed by the crowd, but it was still really awesome. They are incredible live, one of the most energetic and talented bands I've ever seen. After the show, we went over and met the band at their merch table. They are raelly cool guys, they're just real people. It's very inspiring to see a band with that level of popularity who will still stop and talk to you about guitar theory and how confusing it is! I now have to depart on a top secret mission, but I'll tell you all about it when I get back! (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
12:04 am	(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.) ✓ I miss somebody right now. ✓ I don't watch much TV these days. × I own lots of books. × I wear glasses or contact lenses. ✓ I love to play video games. ✓ I've tried marijuana. ✓ I've watched porn movies. × I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. × I believe honesty is usually the best policy. ✓ I curse sometimes. ✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. × I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. ( it goes on... ) (Comment on this)
Monday, July 10th, 2006
10:48 am	I had a really upsetting dream last night. I dreamt that for some reason I was with Will Wilcox, and we were still a couple. Everything was set like a movie, in a weird city I don't know, and I remember that whenever we crossed the street, a car would slowly almost run in to me. At one point we and some of his friends drove to this house, and he told me we'd only be there for a little while. I don't remember what happened right after that, but I do remember realizing that we'd been there for way too long and I was getting worried, so I went to go find him. When I found him, he was completely fucked on drugs and could barely recognize me. It was so so so hard for me. I was crying my eyes out in my dream, because this person I loved was so far gone. And now even just remembering this dream I'm crying. I almost want to call him and see if he's alright, but I know that's silly and I know he still hates me and I know I should try to keep him out of my life, but what if there really is something to dreams? I'm just a little shaken up I guess. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 6th, 2006
2:59 am	I worked today, from 9:30 to 2. I really like that shift - it's not too too early, but it finished early enough that I can still do pretty much whatever I want with my day afterwards. I spent somewhere around an hour folding a pile of girl's KISS t-shirts. All the band tees get really redundant after a while. When I was getting ready to leave at the end of my shift, I double-checked the schedule. Something awful had happened! I've been scheduled to work this Friday, which is when Will and I were supposed to finally get to see eachother. Fuck! It turns out that one of my co-workers took off Monday night to Waterloo (wtf?) so that he could propose to his girlfriend. Very sweet, I know, but it was considered job abandonment, so he got fired, and Courtney had to change around the schedule to fix everything. She didn't even tell me that she had changed it! Not at all fair! As soon as I got home I messaged Will, and told him the bad news. You can imagine that he was upset, but man, I had no idea he would take it that badly. A little 12-5 shift in the middle of the day, but he started to go on about how we shouldn't even bother because the time we would have together wasn't worth the money. ow. I got really upset, we stopped talking for a bit, but we eventually worked things out over the phone. I even got my shift changed to another 9:30 - 2, so maybe that will help. Another shitty thing that happened today was with my left ear. I finally got it up to 0g yesterday after I showered. Now, it hurt a fair bit, but that's normal. Stretching a hold in your tissue isn't exactly going to feel nice. The problem was, it swelled a lot, and then the swelling never went down. It's only just going down now, but that's because a couple hours ago I took out the 0g taper and put my 4g plugs back in so I could wash it, and relieve some of the pressure on the irritated area. As soon as I took the taper out my ear started to gush blood, so I guess I was a little too rough when I stretched it. I don't think it was lubed up enough, so it was my own mistake. I'm just really bummed now, I'm down two sizes and now I have to wait for my ear to heal before I can stretch back up. LAME. Jesse called me today when I got home from work, and asked me if I was planning on going to his show at the Tribeca, to which I replied yes. I asked if he thought I'd be able to get in without getting carded, and he let me in on his plan - to get me to play with him and Audra during his super special un-plugged set! How obscure, but what a great opportunity! I wound up playing guitar and singing harmony on a rendition of No Alarms and No Surprises by Radiohead. We actually had it sounding really good while practicing! Unfortunately, Jesse never found anyone to work the door during the show, so I voluntered. I was happy to help, but it was pretty lame. There really weren't many people that came through, so the gig was rather dull. Oh well! It's not like I've never heard Jesse's music before! I fumbled the guitar and my harmony a bit during our song, but other than that, I think we did pretty well. I feel comfortable playing with them, actually. And now I'm wiped! I should never have re-downloaded Limewire! Current Music: The Streets - When You Wasn't Famous (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
2:36 pm	Uhhh, miss? There appears to be something on your neck... Yes, it was expensive. Yes, it hurt. And yes, it was worth it. Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: Billy Talent - Burn the Evidence (17 Comments |Comment on this)