Well, it really has been awhile. Time to smarten up and get posting again. Hopefully this fresh new theme will help, the last one was getting pretty boring. I haven’t had much time to be on here since I’m working mostly 6 days a week and rest of the time I am driving in my brand spanking new Nissan Versa or running (at least trying to) so that I can one day run a marathon, no time like the present. The inspiration for a decent blog entry isn’t coming yet, maybe tomorrow.
Category: Random
Metal Airplanes – Matthew Good
listening to the FOX all day at work has gotten me back into Matt Good and this is a great one
Yay. I feel all grown up and in the real world now.
Such a coincidence that I got it the day that my student loans were due to start being paid back. Now I have to save up for a car since it’s in a crappy area and I’m already sick of being harassed by bums. Anyone selling a cheap car that works well?
I was lucky enough to be there though unfortunately not as a guest. Got to see most of the Canucks though, didn’t reconize some without the uniforms on. The room looked pretty good and so did the men. Uh hem. I will stop there to avoid sounding puck bunnyish.
Full story and pics at canucks.com
video of Burrows Chouinard and Sabourin singing here
I just went curling for the first time in my life on Saturday. Who knew that something that looks so boring could actually be fun. Surprisingly it was quite a workout and now my muscles are aching from all that sweeping and sliding. We were on a team with 2 guys that knew what they were doing lucky enough. I was getting kind of worried at the beginning because one was pretty hardcore and it seemed like he really wanted to win the whole thing.
For the first game I didn’t bother with the whole sliding thing and just threw the rock without moving along with it. The second game I tried sliding and after falling on my butt once I got the hang of it and it was a lot more fun but those darn slider things sure are slippery..treacherous even! Three five end games were a bit much and a bit tiring since we had an hour and a half to wait between each one. I wouldn’t mind playing again but probably not anytime soon. My knee is all purple and swollen from banging it on the ice but I think I should survive.
My Grandmother died today, she was 82 and a month away from her 83rd birthday. I have no grandparents anymore, one generation completely gone from my family. This is a picture of her when she was 19 I believe, though I never knew her then I’m sure this is how she would want to be remembered.
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints in snow,
I am the sunlight and ripened grain.
I am the gentle Autumn rain.
When you awake in the morning hush,
I am the swift upflinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
Well that was fast. Only lasted 20mins I hope that isn’t a bad sign. I think I did as well as I could, there were maybe a few questions I should have answered differently but I hate thinking under pressure. Looks like it pays fairly decent but there are a lot of applicants.
At the very least it was good practice for something I might be doing a lot of in the next little while. Interviews along with public speaking and going to the dentist are definitley on the bottom of my list of fun things to do.
I was just about to give up on finding a degree related job and go back to looking for comfortable old server or receptionist jobs.
Then I got the call. Now I have a phone interview tomorrow, never done one of those before but I think it might be easier than an in person interview especially since my interview trousers are still sitting in my room (with beer that was spilt on them at a Christmas party) waiting to be taken to the dry cleaners. It just feels so good to finally be doing something. Even if I don’t get the job at least I will have tried and gotten some interview experience in the process. It’s funny how I was so unenthusiastic before but now that I have a chance to make an impression I’m really excited. I am so good how can they not hire me! Trying to build up that confidence. Doing my research now and I’m going to have notes ready. Wish me luck, I am actually really interested in this job.
When people ignore you completely and don’t want you in their life but then they keep reading your blog. Hmm.
