Pleased To Meet You Say Your Prayers, There Is No Way Back From Here

So I wanted to throw something in before the resolution re-cap so I asked Twitter what I should write about. I got two responses one that was very specific and that I knew nothing about (the impact the "Little Ice Age" had on the people of London during the Industrial Revolution, with evidence from A Xmas Carol via Phil ) Thankfully someone else gave me numerous suggestions Oscars (Yesterdays News), winter driving( Already touched on it here), sports (Maybe some other day), my favorite band (Would be a very very long and ADHD filled post), and snow. Before I talk about snow I have something else to say.

I am not an optimist, I am also not a pessimist, I am a realist. This means that I don't sugarcoat things but I also don't ignore good things when they happen. I am however quite cynical and subscribe to the George Carlin Theory that it's all bullshit and it's bad for you. Many people do not like this and complain loudly when I point out the ridiculous things people say and do. Last night and an Oscar party I was called a "horrible person" and a "Cynical Jerk" (I only agree with the first part of that one) for scoffing at speeches that included more than a passing mention to people to people the speaker "loved" but didn't contribute to the film in the slightest and for showing my distaste when Natalie Portman said something about how her greatest accomplishment wasn't the Oscar but the fact she got herself knocked up. On the other hand I had no problem when one of the many males onstage who won something for the kings speech thanked his boyfriend. This is good for two reasons 1. He didn't make a big deal out of it and mentioned in passing and 2. I had never heard anyone thank a same sex partner during a speech so I found it kind of neat. I will have more on my Cynicism in the future as well a bit on self depreciating humor but that won't be for awhile 

I hate snow I hate the cold so I hate winter. Winter has no redeemable qualities. Seriously there is nothing that you can do in winter that doesn't a have a superior summer counterpart. Snowmobiling in the winter quading in the summer. Hockey in the winter road hockey and a ton of other sports that you can't play in the winter in the summer. Cross Country Ski-ing in the winter Jogging without wearing a parka in the summer. The list goes on almost indefinitely! I could probably handle winter if it wasn't for the snow but that's not how winter works. The only thing snow is good for is throwing and you get in trouble for doing that. There is only one good thing about winter and that is the fact that your freezer space increases 10 fold due to the fact you can place certain items outside for a few months and not worry about them freezing. On the other hand leaving any liquid in the car for a few hours causes an explosive mess.

Also I if you want to read other blogs that I also enjoy there is a collection of them that can be found at the bottom of the front page.

I Get Ideas I Get A Notion, I Want A Nice Little Boat Made Out of Ocean.

So I wasn't going to post but for some unexplainable reason I got 9 readers today despite the fact I only got two on the day I published it. I am still trying to figure out the logistics behind "blogging" but I am slowly learning new things. I am slightly conflicted with it though because I want to have as many people as possible read this because it would be a giant ego boost (Yes I am aware that 90% of the people who read that last line will never read this again) on the other hand I mention people in here and I don't say the nicest things about them like my stupid roommate Jacko who I hope gets a urinary disease because he drives me and the The Man Child absolutely insane. Yes I know that I don't use real names but it is not hard for them to know I am talking about them which is why I don't post anything on Facebook and leave it for twitter and word of mouth. There is literally no point to that I am just killing time until my chicken nuggets are done.

I am linking to Marleys Blog again because she has decided to co-ordinate posts for March the 2nd for a month a after February resolution thing. I won't talk about the results until that day instead I give you an update from This Post. My dear dear mother found me some weird liquid thing that contains Melatonin and it works incredibly well. Three nights in a row I have gotten more than 7 hours of sleep and and was in bed before Midnight! This meant I was able to be at work by 8 A.M. to do show prep which meant my show sounded good which makes me happy! Ya that's right I used an exclamation mark for two sentences in a row because I was yelling the whole time. That Time I wasn't. Anyways there will be a new post on Wednesday at the latest possibly Monday or Sunday if I feel super ambitious. I won't but still I can pretend I will. My nuggets are done so I'm out

And I'll Never Promise Anything Again

I am having another strange experience at home. I decided I would come home to P.A. for a few days despite the fact that my family won't be home for another hour and I have been here since Sunday night. One of the things I always like about coming home is that it always seems like my favorite things were eaten for supper a day or two before I arrived and because I come from a family of functioning alcoholics I will be offered an alcoholic beverage of my choice. When I arrived home I knew nobody would be here but I wasn't quite prepared for how weird it would be. Before I go on I should also mention that my parents left last Sunday my sister left on Wednesday and the girl that is staying with us left Friday. So one of the first things I noticed was that the house smelled different so I decided to wander around and discovered the smell was dirty dishes and stale bread. I decided to check the fridge to see if there was anything I could whip up quickly to eat. There may have been I don't know but I know that the fridge smelled awful thanks to ancient leftovers and rotten vegetables. I decided that since I was here and things needed cleaned I would do the dishes and get rid of some of the other clutter and mess scattered around the house. After doing this I decided that a drink would be nice so I went to the holy cabinet and decided that a nice rye and coke or rye and ginger to help relax. I was happy to find that there was a nice full bottle in the cupboard unfortunately it was unopened and I just couldn't bring myself to break the seal so I instead decide to try something I have never tried before and it wasn't all that bad so it wasn't a total loss.

It's my favorite time of the year right now. That's right folks it's political attack ad season! Both the Conservative Party federally and the NDP provincially have decided to either defend their honor and stop an election or gear up for a scheduled election. It's all very serious stuff but I still find it amusing since neither of them are very effective. However after seeing these ads I am very glad that we don't follow the American style of political ads. Ours are kind of bland and boil down to vote for us and not the other guys are almost identical to us and run for about a week. On the other hand American ad's a very angry and boil down to don't vote for the other jack wagon who is possibly a Nazi and run for almost a year sometimes. It will be interesting to see what happens this year. I know I will be voting for the first time in the fall provincially at the latest but there is always a chance that I will be voting federally before that thanks to the joys of the minority government.

Baby, It's 3 A.M. I Must Be Lonely

It's kind of ridiculous that I didn't post anything for a whole week but it's been a long week for some reason. I am back to working evenings which means that the time I usually write stuff 6-Midnight I am now at work which messes things up. Once I am off work I come home and watch late night T.V. and anything I decided to record from when I was at work then around 2 I attempt to go to bed and maybe if I am lucky by 4:30 I am asleep. I am notoriously lazy and unmotivated so I generally don't wake up until at least Noon if not later then I have some lunch and do random house stuff like laundry and dishes and stuff until about 2. I will admit from around 2-3:30 there is a window of nothing where I could write stuff such as this but I generally spend it doing as little as possible. Then at 3:30 I go and either make or buy something to eat for supper later by 4 I am at work doing prep until 6. I apologize for just writing what is literally the most boring thing ever that is one of the downsides to just writing what happens to pop into your head. If you want to read something interesting and actually useful I would suggest checking out Just Putting It Out There it's a new blog a friend of mine has started and it has some neat stuff in it.

If anyone out there has a tip or trick for falling asleep please let me in on it I am in desperate need of a way to fall asleep. For the last few weeks it doesn't matter how tired I am I just cannot seem to be able to sleep. I toss and turn for hours and eventually I nod off. The good thing is that once I am asleep I am down for the count for a solid 5 hours or longer and even if I wake up I have no trouble falling back asleep but that isn't overly helpful when you know you have to work 6 A.M. and you go to bed at Midnight and end up tossing and turning until 4:30 and end up only getting 30 minutes of sleep. It's maddening it's to the point now where it doesn't matter how ridiculous it sounds  I will try it. I even tried using Nyquill but that did absolutely anything. If this keeps up much longer I will just resort alcoholism and drink myself to sleep. Actually I won't due to the fact that I wouldn't be able to afford it. Anyways if you have the secret to sleep let me know I am tired of not getting any sleep (Pun totally intended) I'll try not to go a whole week without posting anything this time!

There Goes Another Love Song, Someones Singing About Me Again

I haven't made a post in four days so this one is going to be double stuffed like an Oreo. In case you haven't seen the bazillion status's on Facebook and Twitter or the T.V. ad's and themed episodes it is Valentines Day. I don't have a problem with Valentines per se as much as I have a problem with how people act on and around Valentines Day. There are three different people when it comes to today and I have a problem with two of them and I am not sure which one is worse.

The first person lives for Valentines day. They have spent today eating heart shaped chocolate and showing everyone the flowers/stuffed animals/overpriced Valentines themed Junk the poor soul who they are dating has gotten them. They have to know what everyone they know is doing to celebrate the most important day of the year when it comes to love. If you say you have no plans you are dead to them and if you do tell them what you and your significant other are doing they will scoff and say if they really loved you or if you really loved them you/they would be doing what I'm doing tonight. If you are single they will ask who your date/valentine is. If you have one be prepared to explain that this person is not your significant other and that's why you didn't get them something with a diamond the size of a turnip. If god forbid you don't have anyone or any plans for today be prepared to spend the next 10-15 feeling guilty and feeling like crawling into a hole and dying because you either prefer not to spend an evening with a person you don't know or like or just simply don't have anyone.

The second person hates Valentines day and all the people who like it. They have spent today ranting and raving about how today is a representation of all that is wrong with society. If you have any plans for tonight you are dead to them. If you try to tell them that you are just making supper for someone because you care about them or have nothing better to do they will tell you about how your just some schmuck who doesn't even know what love is and so on and so forth. If this person does do anything for anyone today they claim to do it "Ironically" or they claim they were forced to by society's social norms The problem I have with these people is that they go out of their way to tell you how much they hate today even if you don't ask. I will admit I used to a part of this group but I have moved away from them and hopefully have more in common with the third group.

The third person is someone who recognizes that there are good and bad things about today. They may celebrate it in some way or the may not. The Man Child is in this group. He and his girlfriend had supper (which I made since it is a Monday and I didn't travel back to P.A.) here they didn't exchange gifts or make a big deal out of anything it was nice and I had no problem with them being here or cooking for them. This year I said I would un-friend anyone who made a big deal out of Valentines day since I don't really care about it. This year it was directed at group one and I think that next year I will be direct at both groups. And yes I realize that this put's me into group two a little bit but I like to think that because it is directed at the people and not the day it is sort of O.K.

If you want a good description of group two check out this Oatmeal comic http://theoatmeal.com/blog/valentines_day. Just like everything Mr. Oats does it is hilarious check it out. Also if you think everything I just wrote is total B.S. let me know so I don't end up actually saying this too someone. I hope today was filled the third type of person and cheap candy

I Wish The Real World, Would Just Stop Hassling Me

For the second time so far I don`t want to write anything but someone asked me too so I feel obligated don`t ask me why. I try not to be bitter but today sucks for some reason sucks. It just seems like everything is trying to straight up get me down. It`s probably karmic retribution for small acts of torture. Seriously earlier I watched Community the one thing that always makes me laugh and fills my heart with joy. Alas for the first time ever this was not the case. I have tried everything possible and just to make things worse the one thing that will make me feel better isn't possible. I know that if I could get some music going I would be back on a trail to being up but as I went to play some Hip my speakers died. So I am stuck being miserable and the stupid part is I shouldn't be since things aren't that bad which makes me guilty since it could be worse which brings me down even more. It's a vicious circle! O.K. so this while writing process is strangely therapeutic.

One of the problems I have is that I always compare myself to others which in itself isn't bad but now I am by the youngest person at work by a few years and I compare myself to everyone and ask myself why I am not doing as well as them and it frustrates me. Thankfully I eventually realize it's mostly because they have a 3-5 years head start on me. I really hope the next post is about how awesome everything is and not how I can't get time off from SYP and that people don't answer e-mails and other things. By the way don't give up on this sad excuse for a blog I feel like a T.V. writer in the sense that I have some awesome posts and ideas on the way but I am spacing them with mindless drivel about my life. If nothing else check back in on Valentines Day it will be a gooder and if you have any advice on how I can quit sucking at life let me know!

You Can Ponder Perpetual Motion, Fix Your Mind On a Crystal Day

I have decided I will write about leaf next time when the whole saga is over. Also I won't rant about Jack-O I will instead describe how I entertain myself now. It's called small acts of torture and I stole the idea from a Stuart McLean story. It works like this everyday I do things that by themselves are no big deal or would go unnoticed however in conjunction with everything else or by doing them everyday they become things that drive you insane. One example would be baking once a week and always making something the person your torturing hates. If they confront you about your evil it is easy to turn the tables. One that I enjoy is changing the setting on Jack-O's laptop whenever he isn't around and leaves it out in the open specifically his internet settings. Every time this happens he gets frustrated and blames the router or the stupid computer for not letting him go online. Another fun one is shutting off the lights when they are still in the room. You don't do it every time just once every day or two. I am able to think of new ones everyday some are mostly harmless and usable in this situation others are quite malicious and not applicable.

I am undoubtedly paranoid. If you ever want to scare the crap out of me send me a text or leave a message saying, call me its urgent. My boss likes to send me texts at 6 A.M. saying are you coming in today I need to talk to you it's important. Every time I get that message I think I am about to be fired even if I haven't done anything wrong I blow everything out of proportion. The other day my dad text-ed me saying call me when your free it's important. I thought somebody had died it turned out he wanted to know if I had something he had asked me to do the day before (which I had). I would be so much happier if there was some way of including a rating at the end on how dire the conversation will be. From now on when I send a call me message I will include a number at the end of the message between 1 and 10. 1 being the burger I just ate was really delicious and 10 being your whole family fell off a cliff and died. So next time I leave a message that says call me when you get a minute 3 you will know not to freak out.

Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right...

O.K. I have a dilemma. I have two roommates The Man Child and Jack-O you could say I have three roommates if you include leaf. Anyways I like living with The Man Child we both agree on how clean the house should be are schedules work that we see each other every day but not so often we get sick of each other. Jack-O on the other hand makes me miserable. The Man Child likes to say he lives with a nineteen year old and a forty year old who acts like he is seventeen. My dilemma is that I want to vent out my frustrations with him on here since this is a weird public diary. However I don't want this to become something where I just rant about people that bother me since it would be totally irrelevant. Should the next post be about Jack-O or should it be an update of my time looking after leaf while The Man Child is gone to Cuba?

The Train Don't Run Through Here No More, Poor Poor Pitiful Me

It's groundhog day. Normally I would barely notice this day any other year but this year it is slightly more important. Today I start my Groundhog Day resolution. I decided January sucked so much that it was not humanly possible to follow through with resolution plus it will be easier to complete me resolution knowing that everyone else has failed already. I am not the only person who thinks this. My friend and fellow youth parliamentarian Marley (Who also has a blog http://tshs.wordpress.com/) agrees with me and claims she is starting her resolution today as well. Starting today I will attempt to fit into my grad suit again. This is a very realistic ask since it technically does fit but its very awkward so from this point forward I will do things that should hopefully help me reach this goal. This includes walking instead of driving for short distances and taking the stairs whenever possible. I refuse to diet but I will watch what I eat and drink more water than anything else. I am also in the process of finding a gym to work out at. I will defiantly have to start by getting my cardio up before I work on anything else since I haven't had a real run in well over a year. Another one of my female friends also decided to have a weight loss challenge with me this month. She will most likely win but it will be an added incentive to attempt to be healthy.


In mere moments I will be going out to buy supplies for a strawberry shortcake and special dip. Normally this wouldn't be noteworthy but tonight I will most likely be doing one of my favorite things for the last time. Since roughly the start of October once or twice a month I have been going over to one of my friends house and baking or cooking something. Generally a desert of some kind is made as well as special dip. Unfortunately the friend I do this with is the same friend who is leaving Yorkton for bigger and better things (hopefully). Her leaving has made me realize something though. Compared to 10 years ago it is much easier to stay in touch with people. Think about it ten years ago you could call, mail a letter, or maybe send an e-mail depending on if you had a computer that also had internet access. Today I can text this friend, use Facebook in various forms, I can Skype her, possibly twitter but that's slightly unlikely, or if I wanted to be old fashioned I could call her or send an e-mail but I won't be sending any letters. This realization makes it easier to accept that she is leaving but it will still be difficult. I will just have to hang out with the little man a little more or maybe I will spend the time I would normally have spent hanging out with her working out instead. I doubt it

Is it just me or are these things getting longer everytime? I'll keep that in mind next time.