Saturday, October 15, 2011
Occupy a la Jen!
Very interesting day...the Victoria 'Occupy' protest/rally/demonstration/march (whatever you want to call it) was quite a success...I was worried the #'s would be low and embarrassing but there were far more ppl than I expected...esp for the march so that was cool.
Guy, Donna & I went to the Leg Bldgs and heard some speakers...some
were horrific but a few were really excellent. The person hosting the even was rather annoying all but demanding ppl in masks remove them - it got really annoying esp b/c there was not even a slight air of violence or mischief (aside from what was coming from Guy Monty) in the vicinity...
My favorite speaker was the cool asian kid...he put together an amazing presentation/speech and it had some serious balls and heart. His figures were a little skewed (but he may have just misread or misspoke...not sure) but it did not matter b/c his intent was clear...he was pissed and hell bent on exposing the reason why Canada, the US and Europe etc are all in the mess we are in and demanding accountability. FUCKING LOVED IT. I hope that kid goes on to do more of that.
After that we grabbed lunch and then tooled around downtown...hit a few thrift stores...I scored a couple records...one in particular gave me a giant BONER...Aldo Nova's debut LP a la 1982...fml I had this cassette and listened to it like a mofo...totally reminds me of my grandparents trailer on Klahanie Drive b/c it was super big with the JW guys on the street who I would hang around with even though they were forbidden to hang out with HEATHEN JEN and I was forbidden to hang out with them b/c they were nut-bars (Thanks Chuck haha)...'Hang around with' is code for 'meeting @ Scuttle Bay and making out and getting high'. So yeah I am listening to this record and fucking loving ever moment...though I still hate the same song on it hat I hated back then..."SEE THE LIGHT" - uck - dumb song.
I also found myself a bedroom mirror...At 1st I was going to paint it but the more I look at it in its crazy tacky weirdness I don't think I will...it has a red velvet back on it and is from Italy...it reminds me of some garish church thing...so I will clean it up and hang it and use it as my snow white mirror to blow dry my hair in the AM in my bedroom...today I realized I still blow dry my hair in the living room and I NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WAKING ANYONE UP IN THE MORNING WITH THE NOISE...so I am relocating that back to the bedroom!
Tonight I am just chilling...wondering why Lisa Coleman never returns my phone calls...I miss her and she is avoiding all social contact at the moment and it makes it kinda hard to give someone a hand or make a plan to help out WHEN THEY DON'T CALL YA BACK! (Did u hear me COLEMAN!!!!!!!?) Aside from that I am just burping up stuffing and wishing I was not.
I have been selling stuff on usedvic for Tracey all week...and I have made her a nice little pile of
money but she still has yet to sell the weird porcelain dolls or the baby george rotisserie and when ppl come over to buy stuff I feel the need to explain that the dolls are for sale and NOT part of my weirdo collection...
Just over 2 weeks til Aunty Cathy is here...
weeeeeeee!
Ayla's grade 12 pics turned out nice I thought...she hates them of course but I really like that she is completely relaxed and not trying to smile in them....I am sure her grad pics will be nice as well...the girl takes a damn good picture. Brat.
Guy, Donna & I went to the Leg Bldgs and heard some speakers...some
were horrific but a few were really excellent. The person hosting the even was rather annoying all but demanding ppl in masks remove them - it got really annoying esp b/c there was not even a slight air of violence or mischief (aside from what was coming from Guy Monty) in the vicinity...
My favorite speaker was the cool asian kid...he put together an amazing presentation/speech and it had some serious balls and heart. His figures were a little skewed (but he may have just misread or misspoke...not sure) but it did not matter b/c his intent was clear...he was pissed and hell bent on exposing the reason why Canada, the US and Europe etc are all in the mess we are in and demanding accountability. FUCKING LOVED IT. I hope that kid goes on to do more of that.
After that we grabbed lunch and then tooled around downtown...hit a few thrift stores...I scored a couple records...one in particular gave me a giant BONER...Aldo Nova's debut LP a la 1982...fml I had this cassette and listened to it like a mofo...totally reminds me of my grandparents trailer on Klahanie Drive b/c it was super big with the JW guys on the street who I would hang around with even though they were forbidden to hang out with HEATHEN JEN and I was forbidden to hang out with them b/c they were nut-bars (Thanks Chuck haha)...'Hang around with' is code for 'meeting @ Scuttle Bay and making out and getting high'. So yeah I am listening to this record and fucking loving ever moment...though I still hate the same song on it hat I hated back then..."SEE THE LIGHT" - uck - dumb song.
I also found myself a bedroom mirror...At 1st I was going to paint it but the more I look at it in its crazy tacky weirdness I don't think I will...it has a red velvet back on it and is from Italy...it reminds me of some garish church thing...so I will clean it up and hang it and use it as my snow white mirror to blow dry my hair in the AM in my bedroom...today I realized I still blow dry my hair in the living room and I NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WAKING ANYONE UP IN THE MORNING WITH THE NOISE...so I am relocating that back to the bedroom!
Tonight I am just chilling...wondering why Lisa Coleman never returns my phone calls...I miss her and she is avoiding all social contact at the moment and it makes it kinda hard to give someone a hand or make a plan to help out WHEN THEY DON'T CALL YA BACK! (Did u hear me COLEMAN!!!!!!!?) Aside from that I am just burping up stuffing and wishing I was not.
I have been selling stuff on usedvic for Tracey all week...and I have made her a nice little pile of
money but she still has yet to sell the weird porcelain dolls or the baby george rotisserie and when ppl come over to buy stuff I feel the need to explain that the dolls are for sale and NOT part of my weirdo collection...Just over 2 weeks til Aunty Cathy is here...
weeeeeeee!
Ayla's grade 12 pics turned out nice I thought...she hates them of course but I really like that she is completely relaxed and not trying to smile in them....I am sure her grad pics will be nice as well...the girl takes a damn good picture. Brat.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Complete...
My traveling for the month is complete...My trip south of the border was a great one...a shit ton better than my b'day weekend I can tell you that much. Michelle & Harrison & Mia are fabulous hosts and spoiled me quite madly - above and beyond really...it was a great weekend. We had good hang out time, chats and fun stuff on the go. It was really cool to see Michelle in her own realm...and finally meet H & Mia. Seeing some of Seattle was awesome...I love that city's vibe...I really would like to boat over there for a weekend and just explore downtown and wander about...Ayla is totally on board with this...
Anyway...as I said great weekend with great people...thank you guys for making it such a worthwhile time.
The EMP museum was cool...it is a music lovers dream, all that paraphernalia...the gift shop was drool-worthy...I bought myself a vinyl copy of The Clash's LONDON CALLING...The Nirvana exhibit was interesting...I am pretty schooled in the timeline of Nirvana's rise and fall so I did not feel compelled to read all the stuff but the unseen items, posters, photos, art work by Kurt, etc were pretty damn cool.
The Jimi Hendrix exhibit was funky too...lots of interactive stuff @ EMP...if you are even in Seattle it is worth a stop.
I ate a donut at ROCKET DONUTS that changed my life...I dunno wtf it was called...it's goodness made me forget it's name...no fooling. Anyhow - it is how every other donut on earth shall be judged now...
No it was not that bacon one in the picture below...I did not go there.
I was certainly schooled in the art of pretend meat this weekend...staying with vegetarians and all...the soy hot dog place in Seattle was kick ass...and the Canadian Thanksgiving feast made with TOFURKEY & QUORN was shockingly good tasting...not even kidding!
I arrived home with no border cop issues at all which was lovely...though I still spent far too much time convinced some low life slipped hash into my carry on bag...
I came home and made a gigantical thanksgiving dinner - Alex came over and chowed with us and hung out while we chatted LIFE LOGISTICS while A. layed on the couch in a carb coma. haha Today I have just tiddled around...back to work tomorrow...booo!
Anyway...as I said great weekend with great people...thank you guys for making it such a worthwhile time.
The EMP museum was cool...it is a music lovers dream, all that paraphernalia...the gift shop was drool-worthy...I bought myself a vinyl copy of The Clash's LONDON CALLING...The Nirvana exhibit was interesting...I am pretty schooled in the timeline of Nirvana's rise and fall so I did not feel compelled to read all the stuff but the unseen items, posters, photos, art work by Kurt, etc were pretty damn cool.
The Jimi Hendrix exhibit was funky too...lots of interactive stuff @ EMP...if you are even in Seattle it is worth a stop.
I ate a donut at ROCKET DONUTS that changed my life...I dunno wtf it was called...it's goodness made me forget it's name...no fooling. Anyhow - it is how every other donut on earth shall be judged now...
No it was not that bacon one in the picture below...I did not go there.
I was certainly schooled in the art of pretend meat this weekend...staying with vegetarians and all...the soy hot dog place in Seattle was kick ass...and the Canadian Thanksgiving feast made with TOFURKEY & QUORN was shockingly good tasting...not even kidding!
I arrived home with no border cop issues at all which was lovely...though I still spent far too much time convinced some low life slipped hash into my carry on bag...
I came home and made a gigantical thanksgiving dinner - Alex came over and chowed with us and hung out while we chatted LIFE LOGISTICS while A. layed on the couch in a carb coma. haha Today I have just tiddled around...back to work tomorrow...booo!
On the road...
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| EMP/Space Needle, Seattle WA |
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| Funny that on my birthday BC Ferries made it pretty clear that I am a crabby person. |
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| EMP - CYCLONE of GUITARS |
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| Cyber Dogs in Seattle - the meat free hot dog joint...really cool inside and I have to say the chili dog I ate was pretty good! |
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| MIA! |
Seattle - I Love You.
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| Yes - that's right...a maple long john with BACON on it. Bellingham's ROCKET DONUTS has some kick ass donuts! |
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| Happiest puffer fish on earth...I loved this thing @ ON RICE where we went for Thai. |
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| The EMP Museum was pretty damn cool...any music fan would enjoy the exhibits and the scene in there. |
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| Harrison, Michelle & I at the SKY CHURCH @ the EMP...biggest and best gigantical screen I have ever seen. |
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| Yep - I ate TOFURKEY! My American friends were thoughtful enough to make me a Canadian Thanksgiving feast and it was pretty damn good considering no meat was involved. |
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Yep...
I am off to see the Benedetti's in Washington this weekend...
REALLY looking fwd to a pleasant border experience this trip so...cross your fingers.
Thanksgiving dinner will be Monday...Lisa is coming to join us...I could not find a chicken that did not repulse me so I got a whack of chicken breasts and am going to make a whack of stuffing and all the other TG stuff and just wing it!
Have a good weekend with whoever you are spending it with...even if u cant stand them much hahaha
REALLY looking fwd to a pleasant border experience this trip so...cross your fingers.
Thanksgiving dinner will be Monday...Lisa is coming to join us...I could not find a chicken that did not repulse me so I got a whack of chicken breasts and am going to make a whack of stuffing and all the other TG stuff and just wing it!
Have a good weekend with whoever you are spending it with...even if u cant stand them much hahaha
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
weirdos
Some ppl are so weird...I am selling stuff on usedvictoria.com for a friend of mine and ppl email and haggle and then ask if I can hold it for a month til they have some $ hahahahahaha JFC...
Alex is getting a pug...and naming him Chief Wiggam...I keep calling him Captain Wigwam by mistake.
Puppies are maddening...good luck Alex...I know Lisa is having such a grand time with her puppy Roxi hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (sorry Lisa)...
I am sitting here listening to a record...got my heated wheatie neck thinger on making me sweat...dishes are done...Ayla's pissed at me b/c I suck for a variety of reasons not worth talking about...I have purchased my travel insurance for going to Washington this week...FUN! Really looking fwd to checking out their new place and then hitting Seattle for this: CLICK HERE DOOF! Plus I finally get to meet Michelle's hubster Harrison and little Ms Mia....and have some face to face time with Michelle...! GLORIOUS!
Less than a month til Aunty Cathy visits...weeeeeeeeeee!!!
Lunch making time.....UGH.
Alex is getting a pug...and naming him Chief Wiggam...I keep calling him Captain Wigwam by mistake.
Puppies are maddening...good luck Alex...I know Lisa is having such a grand time with her puppy Roxi hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (sorry Lisa)...
I am sitting here listening to a record...got my heated wheatie neck thinger on making me sweat...dishes are done...Ayla's pissed at me b/c I suck for a variety of reasons not worth talking about...I have purchased my travel insurance for going to Washington this week...FUN! Really looking fwd to checking out their new place and then hitting Seattle for this: CLICK HERE DOOF! Plus I finally get to meet Michelle's hubster Harrison and little Ms Mia....and have some face to face time with Michelle...! GLORIOUS!
Less than a month til Aunty Cathy visits...weeeeeeeeeee!!!
Lunch making time.....UGH.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
PTSD
Well...that was an eventful birthday weekend. That neck issue I had went full blown...Saturday @ the ferry terminal as I watched the ferry pulling in was standing at the window crying in fucking agony debating with myself about whether I was well enough to go over to Vancouver...the spasms were unrelenting. The charlie horses in my neck every time I moved or thought about moving were awful. I opted to go over and go straight to a Dr office to try and get some anti inflammatory meds b/c there was some serious shit going on. Laura was not impressed with coming to get me in her car and I heard about it the whole ride back to her hood...this did not help with my state of mind at all as you can imagine.
My visit to the Dr was futile. I specifically told him T3s were useless for this pain and I needed some anti inflammatory stuff...he poopoo'd me and Rx's me T3's ffs & a referral for massage therapy....at that point I was feeling so dire and horrible I gave in and decided since I was there I may as well make the best of the weekend...I am not sure exactly if it was b/c I was in absolute agony or perhaps my old age of 41 but I was finding Laura's company really negative and a downer to say the least...this coming from the cripple...she seemed rather put out that I was there but I had intended to stay at a hotel at the venue and really should have done so b/c I found the whole experience really uncomfortable and awkward. I am not sure why on earth she invited me to stay at her place quite honestly.
As it turned out there was no extra bed at her place...or a couch to sleep on...sleeping on a foam mat on the floor is not good 4 this fatty on a normal day...being completely incapacitated by your busted gibble neck made it that much more horrifying. Had I been thinking clearly I would have booked a room at the venue right then...but I was not thinking well. If I could do it all over again I would have done EVERYTHING differently. But ANYWAY...the friendship has not weathered the test of time and this is not something shocking...we have nothing in common but our history and perhaps in those situations the way to keep things "ok" is 2 keep everything at arms length...oh hindsight, how you rock my world.
Without turning this into a catty asshole post lets just say I will not be pursuing a regular visit schedule with her and plan to let the already limited friendship slide.
Anyway - despite the cost, the pain, the suffering and filth - the SHOW was AWESOME! Liam Finn was FANfuckingTASTIC and it was 1.5 hrs of bliss...LOVED IT!! Excellent live show...super fun...I planted myself in a spot and just kept myself clear of being jostled and it was BLISS...! I left there feeling like not all was lost...could have stuck around to meet him and such but I don't like that sorta thing so I was content to be on my merry way. I am leaving a shit load of details out to spare you the pain and boredom.
Once I finally got home (1 train ride, 1 bus ride, 1 ferry ride, 2 bus rides later) **that's right - no ride to the ferry for gimped Jenny** I gobbled some old anti inflammatory meds I had prescribed to me in the past and thank gawd b/c they worked like a hot damn...I took Mon off to just keep my head still and by the end of the day Mon the swelling was way down and spasms were history...gunna take a few more days worth of AI's and then I should be okay to head to Washington Sat.
Last time I make birthday plans again.
My visit to the Dr was futile. I specifically told him T3s were useless for this pain and I needed some anti inflammatory stuff...he poopoo'd me and Rx's me T3's ffs & a referral for massage therapy....at that point I was feeling so dire and horrible I gave in and decided since I was there I may as well make the best of the weekend...I am not sure exactly if it was b/c I was in absolute agony or perhaps my old age of 41 but I was finding Laura's company really negative and a downer to say the least...this coming from the cripple...she seemed rather put out that I was there but I had intended to stay at a hotel at the venue and really should have done so b/c I found the whole experience really uncomfortable and awkward. I am not sure why on earth she invited me to stay at her place quite honestly.
As it turned out there was no extra bed at her place...or a couch to sleep on...sleeping on a foam mat on the floor is not good 4 this fatty on a normal day...being completely incapacitated by your busted gibble neck made it that much more horrifying. Had I been thinking clearly I would have booked a room at the venue right then...but I was not thinking well. If I could do it all over again I would have done EVERYTHING differently. But ANYWAY...the friendship has not weathered the test of time and this is not something shocking...we have nothing in common but our history and perhaps in those situations the way to keep things "ok" is 2 keep everything at arms length...oh hindsight, how you rock my world.
Without turning this into a catty asshole post lets just say I will not be pursuing a regular visit schedule with her and plan to let the already limited friendship slide.
Once I finally got home (1 train ride, 1 bus ride, 1 ferry ride, 2 bus rides later) **that's right - no ride to the ferry for gimped Jenny** I gobbled some old anti inflammatory meds I had prescribed to me in the past and thank gawd b/c they worked like a hot damn...I took Mon off to just keep my head still and by the end of the day Mon the swelling was way down and spasms were history...gunna take a few more days worth of AI's and then I should be okay to head to Washington Sat.
Last time I make birthday plans again.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Today it is the office lunch at Milestones...red curry rice bowl here I come. I can taste the bliss already. If you have not had the red curry rice bowl then I just feel sorry for you.
BOUGHT A RECORD PLAYER LAST NIGHT ON USEDVICTORIA. OMG I am stoked to play records again...I am slightly sad I didn’t save my whole collection BUT this will make thrift storing even more awesome now that I can buy up all the cool K-Tel records I see and used to have when I was 11. I loved K-Tel records!!! They were always a welcomed gift at xmas...I have recently seen some humdingers that I am eager to fetch! The new record player will be going in my room as that is where one listens to old records...in a bedroom...this creates a far more intimate experience with the record being listened to. Trust me on it. I have spent countless hours in a bedroom listening to records...I know shit.Facebook is starting to bring me down man...not only am I aware of its vacuous time wasting traits the new ‘update’ is really annoying...and yes I know it is free...but that also means I have the option to stop using it or limit my use in a dramatic way. Guy has recently hit the bricks b/c the privacy settings are so retarded...I thought they would remedy that...give it a tweak...but it appears it was ON PURPOSE...?? The thing that bothers me most is as a user I can go though my entire friend list ONE BY FUCKING ONE and untick a box for each friend that will prevent me from seeing them comment on other ppls posts...ppl I am not even friends with...YET I do not have an option to untick or tick something so that i can PREVENT my friends from seeing EVERYTHING I do on other ppl posts...it is a huge lack of privacy and even though I am doing nothing illicit or shifty I am insulted that I have no control over these settings...I am pretty much 100% sure that not every one of my friends is going to go through their entire list of friends and untick this feature...so...I have found myself rather turned off...and Google+ doesn’t feel like much of an alternative...Twitter is gay but its simplicity is at least its simplicity is straightforward and not invasive. I am not rushing into anything – I have in the past deleted my FB account and then regretted it hahaha but I have noticed since getting Facebookitis I don’t read ppls blogs anymore or follow many or participate on message boards...which irritates me...FB has become a DEFAULT and I am thinking that needs to change.
Just over a month before Aunty Cathy gets here...Weeeeeee!! 2 days for Liam Finn! 8 days til I am in Bellingham hanging with my American pals...24 days til Sam Roberts...60 days til Matthew Good! 73 days til Tori Amos!
Oh and fuck CHRISTMAS! Me and Ayla decided to stay home and be SUPER MINIMALISTS this year...make a nice dinner but not get sucked into the hype...Because she is going to Mexico in March we are focusing all $ on that and grad so this year will be her 1st adult style xmas pile...which sounds incredibly dirty and perverted but that’s not what I mean at all. It will not involve sex toys or poo. I mean that present pile will be VERY small...I have already started preparing her.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Grind begins again at 5:45 am
I enjoyed this Monday off...it was cold and rainy and I stayed in cooking and cleaning out my bedroom closet...prepping my emergency kit after seeing CONTAGION yesterday...JHC...ppl touch their faces over 2000 times a day...that movie mind-fucked me...my favorite part was when Tracey and I were fully enthralled some lady up front started coughing...I may have had to turtle my poop it was THAT spooky. The movie is good...how they break it down how shit spreads will haunt me for life though.
Back to work tomorrow...5 days til I am off to the city for Liam Finn...and hang out time with Laura...I look fwd to Laura (hairdresser) judging my home cut hair...it will give us hours of amusement...and will branch off into the countless hours of material from 20 yrs ago where she gave me terrible perms and hair cuts and all the time I have fallen down in her presence. We laugh a lot...we have VERY LITTLE in common but we have history and that goes a longggg way! Oddly enough I am feeling really weird about going to Vancouver...the sky train system is nuts now and while Laura is planning on picking me up i am prepared in case something comes up and she can't and the thought of dealing with Vancouver transit is causing me mild anxiety..I admit it...I know once I am there and in it I am fine but like with everything I am good at being a gawd damn alarmist.
Oh and the best part of it all...I will in GROUND ZERO MENSTRUAL HADES...hahahahahah fugg.
Back to work tomorrow...5 days til I am off to the city for Liam Finn...and hang out time with Laura...I look fwd to Laura (hairdresser) judging my home cut hair...it will give us hours of amusement...and will branch off into the countless hours of material from 20 yrs ago where she gave me terrible perms and hair cuts and all the time I have fallen down in her presence. We laugh a lot...we have VERY LITTLE in common but we have history and that goes a longggg way! Oddly enough I am feeling really weird about going to Vancouver...the sky train system is nuts now and while Laura is planning on picking me up i am prepared in case something comes up and she can't and the thought of dealing with Vancouver transit is causing me mild anxiety..I admit it...I know once I am there and in it I am fine but like with everything I am good at being a gawd damn alarmist.
Oh and the best part of it all...I will in GROUND ZERO MENSTRUAL HADES...hahahahahah fugg.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
10 Hours Ago....
I ate nachos for lunch with my boss...1st time I have eaten anything that 'bad' in a few mths and it is still sitting in my stomach...feeling undigestable...on the upside (b/c I am such a bloody optimist) I didn't shit my pants 30 mins after eating them so...yay for me!
It is a quiet Friday night here...quiet meaning I am doing laundry and listening to Liam Finn in preparation for being able to sing along to all his songs in 1 weeks time...I can hear the bands at the Rifflandia Festival down the street - that's where Ayla is this weekend - lucky duck. My hopes of going have fallen through so it is on to plan b - plan b consisting of NOTHING haha I am ok with it since next weekend I am zipping to Vancouver to hang with Laura and see Liam Finn and the weekend after that heading to Washington to visit Michelle and Harrison and Mia and EMP....so this weekend is CHILL TIME.
Congrats to my lovely friends Guy & Donna for landing a live-in park caretaker gig...this is a great opportunity to live rent free for a change so I am super happy for them...also b/c I was a little worried they might leave the island if they didn't get it so it was good for everyone! :o)
That siblings of suicide study I participated in - I got the study/report in the mail this week...very clinical and not all that informative to me but would be to others...Michelle B growing up as an only child really got a lot out of it and Connie and I have yet to dissect it...she's written many of these in her days of getting her masters in clinical psych so that will be an interesting chat. My sister participated as well but I haven't heard her opinion on it all yet. Was interesting...but not life altering in any way for me personally. I like details, stories, the guts of the issue...peoples perceptions...these studies are very dry, impersonal and vague...yes vague...
It was fuggin hot out today...HELLO!!!!!! It is almost October...Summer - you had your shot and fucked it up so piss off...its FALL...this sunny heat BS can suck a dick.
It is a quiet Friday night here...quiet meaning I am doing laundry and listening to Liam Finn in preparation for being able to sing along to all his songs in 1 weeks time...I can hear the bands at the Rifflandia Festival down the street - that's where Ayla is this weekend - lucky duck. My hopes of going have fallen through so it is on to plan b - plan b consisting of NOTHING haha I am ok with it since next weekend I am zipping to Vancouver to hang with Laura and see Liam Finn and the weekend after that heading to Washington to visit Michelle and Harrison and Mia and EMP....so this weekend is CHILL TIME.
Congrats to my lovely friends Guy & Donna for landing a live-in park caretaker gig...this is a great opportunity to live rent free for a change so I am super happy for them...also b/c I was a little worried they might leave the island if they didn't get it so it was good for everyone! :o)
That siblings of suicide study I participated in - I got the study/report in the mail this week...very clinical and not all that informative to me but would be to others...Michelle B growing up as an only child really got a lot out of it and Connie and I have yet to dissect it...she's written many of these in her days of getting her masters in clinical psych so that will be an interesting chat. My sister participated as well but I haven't heard her opinion on it all yet. Was interesting...but not life altering in any way for me personally. I like details, stories, the guts of the issue...peoples perceptions...these studies are very dry, impersonal and vague...yes vague...
It was fuggin hot out today...HELLO!!!!!! It is almost October...Summer - you had your shot and fucked it up so piss off...its FALL...this sunny heat BS can suck a dick.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Devil Boy
Great visit with Kori, Mary & Cedar this week...Cedar was a lovely dude. He came out of Ayla's room looking like this. ha!
K, M and I watched WATER ON THE ROAD - The Eddie Vedder DVD....we ate...we talked...we drank tea...all good!
Trooper (Sidney BC) Sept 22 2011
Old - yeah.
But they sounded great...I was a little worried but they exceeded my expectations quite ferociously...its weird seeing Ray McGuire still doing the same strutty moves in 2011 that he did in 1979...yes but...he can still sing and with the slightly younger Scott Brown eye candy added on bass it was well worth 60 bucks. There is something cool about going to see a band where you know all their tunes like the alphabet...
Trooper (Sidney BC) Sept 22 2011
this was my pretend boyfriend for the evening - Scott Brown.... :o)
Monday, September 19, 2011
Most Romantic Spam I Have Ever Received...
I love how it makes no sense at the end. ha!
From: DANIEL EDUARDO JERALDO CORTÉS [mailto:danielpsx230@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 6:52 AM
To: jen.norris@comcast.net
Subject: [Shaw Suspected Junk Email] Re:
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must have all the knowledge and all the help which we can get.
all my true, true friends, I want you to bear something in mind to hear him talk American slang,and whenever I was present, married, is quite out of the question.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
HOLY MFING SHIT!
It is like the universe decided to send me a sign that she isn't a bitter, nasty, hard ass old crone...
I love it when a series of events all come together to make something spectacular possible...no, this isn't like I am suddenly able to feed all of Somalia or something (though if I stopped over eating and sent that food there I could possible save a few hundred lives :\) - I was supposed to go to Washington this weekend but due to Michelle's work sucking wang her schedule didn't permit so it got rescheduled til Oct 8 - no sweat...I sold my extra Matthew Good tickets this week so I have 100 bucks cash tucked away for a rainy...
So while I am sitting here on a shit Saturday with no motivation, feeling gynormous & miserable with no motivation to do eff all until I meet up with the lesbos downtown for a Vietnamese dinner and a movie ~ I stumble across Liam Finn concert dates on Facebook (which I wouldn't have if I was in Washington this weekend!)....I am scanning them in hopes of a Victoria show...I see a Seattle show and sadly it doesn't work for when I am already in Washington but as I scan I see VANCOUVER...not Victoria but wHATEver...I instantly start to shit in my diaper a little b/c I have a lot of plans coming up and not really the funds for it w/o going into Visa Torture Land which I do not generally enjoy...so I am scrambling to find a hotel near the little cabaret venue and find one in the same bldg...rooms are 70 bucks with a gov't discount...SWEET...all set up...I am totally thinking I will just walk on the boat Saturday morning...wander to that part of town...check in when I am able...and enjoy Vancouver until 8 o'clock...the sweetest part is...IT'S AN EARLY SHOW...830-1100 - its like the baby fucking jesus of nazareth really did plan this all for Jen! This old granny loves early shows!!!
With the plan made I relax a little...I decide to call my buddy Laura in Vancouver and see if she wants to come...I hardly ever get to see her so I thought it might be a fun hang out for us til I see her in December...she was on board and invited me to stay at her place...so that was cool...saved me some $ though I really do love staying in hotels... dunno why...I sleep shitty in them...there was no pool...but I love the novelty of it...likely b/c I don't often get to do it...if I had to all the time I am sure it would lose its fun. This also means less debt involved so...awesome.
PLAN MADE...TICKETS BOUGHT...I, Jennifer Jay Conklinasaurus, am going to see LIAM fucking FINN in a small cabaret environment on my gawd damn 41st birthday. I cannot think of anything I would rather be doing....! LOVE LOVE LOVE...the fact I have ONLY listened to Liam Finn at home or at work or on my MP3 player for the last 3 weeks straight is testament to how I feel about him...I just discovered his existence watching the Water on the Road (Eddie Vedder) DVD 3+ weeks ago and since then I have devoured Liam Finn like a piece of caramel cheese cake. It is a rare occurrence u get to see someone live as you are in the middle of your obsessive, freak show phase of finding your new top 5 musician....
Do you get how big this is? Do you? Think of all the bands there are in the world....think of that number....then think of trying to make a top 5...so imagine stumbling upon someone who you never knew existed less than a month ago and he is within 2 days bumping someone out of your top 5, making a place for himself. This is unheard of people! I was fairly convinced for years that my top 5 would remain my top 5 til I died b/c rarely does newly discovered music breach the walls of my top 5 and displace its members. This is EPIC...for me anyhow. Clearly none of u are affected by this earth shattering occurrence. I will not hold it against you.
FML I am so excited I cannot contain myself. I have no one to tell...I have no one who would get this b/c the only person who would get it (my brother) isn't around anymore to share this with...dammit...even my music loving friends are a little more 'mature' about this sort of stuff...
Oh well...lucky for me I am ok with my loner status.
I love it when a series of events all come together to make something spectacular possible...no, this isn't like I am suddenly able to feed all of Somalia or something (though if I stopped over eating and sent that food there I could possible save a few hundred lives :\) - I was supposed to go to Washington this weekend but due to Michelle's work sucking wang her schedule didn't permit so it got rescheduled til Oct 8 - no sweat...I sold my extra Matthew Good tickets this week so I have 100 bucks cash tucked away for a rainy...
So while I am sitting here on a shit Saturday with no motivation, feeling gynormous & miserable with no motivation to do eff all until I meet up with the lesbos downtown for a Vietnamese dinner and a movie ~ I stumble across Liam Finn concert dates on Facebook (which I wouldn't have if I was in Washington this weekend!)....I am scanning them in hopes of a Victoria show...I see a Seattle show and sadly it doesn't work for when I am already in Washington but as I scan I see VANCOUVER...not Victoria but wHATEver...I instantly start to shit in my diaper a little b/c I have a lot of plans coming up and not really the funds for it w/o going into Visa Torture Land which I do not generally enjoy...so I am scrambling to find a hotel near the little cabaret venue and find one in the same bldg...rooms are 70 bucks with a gov't discount...SWEET...all set up...I am totally thinking I will just walk on the boat Saturday morning...wander to that part of town...check in when I am able...and enjoy Vancouver until 8 o'clock...the sweetest part is...IT'S AN EARLY SHOW...830-1100 - its like the baby fucking jesus of nazareth really did plan this all for Jen! This old granny loves early shows!!!
With the plan made I relax a little...I decide to call my buddy Laura in Vancouver and see if she wants to come...I hardly ever get to see her so I thought it might be a fun hang out for us til I see her in December...she was on board and invited me to stay at her place...so that was cool...saved me some $ though I really do love staying in hotels... dunno why...I sleep shitty in them...there was no pool...but I love the novelty of it...likely b/c I don't often get to do it...if I had to all the time I am sure it would lose its fun. This also means less debt involved so...awesome.
Do you get how big this is? Do you? Think of all the bands there are in the world....think of that number....then think of trying to make a top 5...so imagine stumbling upon someone who you never knew existed less than a month ago and he is within 2 days bumping someone out of your top 5, making a place for himself. This is unheard of people! I was fairly convinced for years that my top 5 would remain my top 5 til I died b/c rarely does newly discovered music breach the walls of my top 5 and displace its members. This is EPIC...for me anyhow. Clearly none of u are affected by this earth shattering occurrence. I will not hold it against you.
FML I am so excited I cannot contain myself. I have no one to tell...I have no one who would get this b/c the only person who would get it (my brother) isn't around anymore to share this with...dammit...even my music loving friends are a little more 'mature' about this sort of stuff...
Oh well...lucky for me I am ok with my loner status.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Women’s Washroom Etiquette
I have a favourite stall in the washroom where I work. Stall #5 – the last stall against the wall. I walk over 100 steps to get to the bathroom so when I get there and some jackass is in my stall it bums me out...but onward I carry on using an inferior stall to get the job done. It doesn’t ruin my life but it is yet another little disappointment in life.
Now here is the thing – if someone is in Stall #4 I will not use Stall #5 b/c there are 2 others available that are not next door neighbours to Stall #4. My rule is never to use a stall right next to someone if at all possible. I don’t like using stall washrooms on a good day and I certainly do not enjoy someone coming into Stall #4 when I am in Stall #5 when they could have used Stalls 1, 2 or 3 for shits sake. Rude.
Am I the only neurotic stall person on earth? Depending on my mood this sort of thing really pisses me off...I don’t want to pee and be distracted by the bozo in the next stall peeing. Or by the shoes they have on. Or if they pee faster or slower than me. I don’t even like ppl LISTENING to me pee. I am still known to run water when I pee depending on the situation. Clearly I am not afforded this option at work though I have considered how funny it would be for someone to come in with all 5 sinks running and 1 person in the can. Ha. Ohh it is the small things that amuse us mutants.
Stay away from me in the can you drones.
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