If I Was Someone Else Would This All Fall Apart?

Today was a good day. Jacko left so I will no longer have to deal with him and his general creepiness. Actually that is really the only thing that happened today besides the fact that I was in bed all day watching T.V. I'm not sure why but most of my favorite T.V. show focus on people doing illegal things. Shows like The Wire, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy etc. I'm not sure what it is but I find that I can into these shows much easier than I can conventional dramas and comedies. Maybe deep down inside I want to do bad things or maybe I enjoy these shows because of the people trying to thwart the criminals or maybe it's the fact that in almost all these shows the criminals have good intentions. Even in The Wire where the main criminal organization doesn't have any good intentions you have characters like Omar who is a Robin Hood-esque character or in the second season you have the dock union that may be doing bad stuff but it does it to ultimately help everyone in the union keep their jobs. However I now feel rather guilty since I decided to Torrent The Wire and Sons of Anarchy since I never see them on T.V. and I couldn't afford to by each season of each series so now I am trying to figure out a way to financially show my support for these incredible T.V. series. The fact that I have yet to meet anyone else who has watched The Wire is very disappointing since I believe it may be the single greatest program to ever appear on Television. If you do not believe this to be the case then watch the first season or at the very least watch this clip

also I want to meet someone who has seen the series to have an Omar vs Brother Mouzone debate with

I recently talked about the likelihood of a federal election here and of course for those of you who remember it or just read you now know that I was wrong. Way wrong. So now that we are in election season I have decided to blog about the election however I won't be doing that here instead I have made a second blog to talk about all the fun political stuff. I have decided not to link to it here or announce it's title but it's also not hidden so it should be easy enough to find if you feel like reading it and if you decide to leave it be it's no skin off my nose.

You're A Top Ten Kingpin In The Borders Of Your Hometown

Well look at this I have actually managed to do something I said I would do in my blog. Before I get into how much fun I am having with lent I will bore a potion of you to death. March is a wonderful month, spring starts, my birthday is in march, and the federal and provincial budgets happen in march. I am not entertained by the budgets as much as all the hullabaloo that surrounds them. The provincial budget had a surprising amount of fanfare in comparison to other years. I believe this may have something to do with the fact that is an election year. I haven't really looked at it but so far nothing jumps out as evil unless you happen to be an opposition MLA in that case you are paid to think today's budget will destroy the province and give cause the sun to explode, likewise all government MLA's are paid to tell you this is the best budget in the history of finance and that it contains the cure for all the worlds diseases. So just like all things that politicians take it with a heavy grain of salt. Of course Federally things aren't quite as hunky dory thanks to the joys of a minority government that could implode upon itself if someone has baked beans for lunch. As if by clockwork all the pundits and people "in the know" are saying that an election is imminent. These are the same people who say an election is imminent at least 3 times a year. I'm beginning to think it is part of  their contract to whip people into an election frenzy whenever the word budget, coalition or government is uttered. True all the parties have said that they will not support the budget however it wouldn't be the first time nobody claimed to support the budget even if drastic changes are made and then suddenly wholeheartedly support the budget after a few minor changes. Unlike many of my peers I will not get on the election bandwagon unless I am trying to knock the wheels off until a date is set in stone.

Now onto the reason I am blogging instead of being productive. If you are remotely religious or used to have an inkling of religion or know of religion you know about Easter and possibly lent. For those not in the know lent is the 40 days before Easter Sunday in which you give up something you enjoy. Despite the fact that I am not overly religious anymore I still enjoy and partake in lent annually mainly because I enjoy challenging myself from time to time. In the past I have given up such things as coffee, video games, and last year the hardest challenge to date lying. This year I decided to give up something I have numerous times a day but others never even think of touching. This year I am giving up meat. That includes chicken as well as beef and pork however I am still eating seafood. As well because I am giving up meat specifically I still enjoy eggs and milk on a regular basis which makes it easy. So far the most difficult thing is forgetting to plan ahead and having to eat out. There are non meat options but ,any of them are just rip offs. Such as a veggie sub from subway or mr.sub. I refuse to pay for something it is only "complimentary veggies" and priced the same as a real sub. So far the best options are McDonalds fillet of fish or Booster Juice as well as anything you can find in Superstore or Sobeys. After 3 weeks the only thing I miss is bacon however by Easter Sunday I will probably be willing to do horrible horrible things for meat. Also I learned watching epic meal time videos is a very bad idea when you can't eat meat so for those of you who are meatetarians enjoy this because I can't

I'm not sure how appetizing this would be if I wasn't going through meat withdrawal

Oh My Heart Is Sinking, Same Old Useless Worn Out Thinking

My veins suck. That is probably the strangest way to start a post but it all makes sense. The last time I donated blood was may of 2009. I tried a few other times but there were always scheduling issues or I would plain old forget. Today though I remembered my appointment and I was there on time. My iron level was O.K. and my temperature and blood pressure were just fine. Unfortunately I forgot to drink water. For most people this would be a minor issue and the only drawback would be that it would take a few extra minutes. However as most people know be it a good thing or a bad thing I am not most people. Because I didn't drink any water my horrible deep veins were just shy this side of impossible for the poor nurses to find and when they finally found one on my right side it decided to spit a little bit of blood out. Just enough to fill the line but not enough to touch the bag and it also hurt more than usual so I now have a lovely little bruise on my right arm. At this point I had two options. Option A give up and go away or B. accomplish what I set out to do and fill a bag full of my precious red fluids. I chose B and I moved my butt over to a new chair and and got my left arm all taped up and pumped up so that it turned purple and fell asleep. The nurse stuck the needle in this time and out came... Nothing. For my efforts I got two little holes in my arm two juice boxes and a few timbits. However I learned a valuable lesson. Drink a gratuitous amount of water and maybe I will be able to get rid of my blood.

So with that out of the way I will move on to something I debated talking about last week but decided not to because I didn't feel overly open and sharing. Today I have changed my mind mainly because the idea has managed to last a week and remain relevant. I continually compare myself to other people. I do this so that I can gauge how  successful or normal I am in different areas. For relationships I compare myself to two people. One is my best female friend and the other is my one friend who still lives in P.A. Traditionally I have been on the same level as one or both of them or slightly ahead. However that is no longer the case and I am not sure how I feel about this. I am happy for both of them but I do not like being last relationship wise and to make things even more fun I can't even switch who my barometer is since all of my close friends are all in more or less successful relationships. In fact the only single people I know are people I only talk to once every few months tops. It's especially frustrating since at the moment I don't even have any options or even pipe dreams. Basically all I can do is wait for one of my friends to become single but I don't want that since they are my friends and wanting them to be single would make me a unjustifiable horrible person. In the meantime I will just have to make some new friends and hope the will be people I can realistically compare myself to.

I will make a post about Lent on Wednesday. I am saying this now so that I am forced to do it and if I don't I hope somebody guilts me into doing it

That's Great, It Starts With An Earthquake, Birds, Snakes, An Airplane And Lenny Bruce Is Not Afraid

I realize I haven't posted anything in almost a week. There are three reasons for this 1. I am lazy and unmotivated 2. I don't want this to become somewhere where I complain about things and really all I could have posted in the last week would be complaints and 3. I read this article about reality T.V. and how it effects the world and it mentioned blogs that are nothing but irrelevant thoughts. So for those three reasons I decided not to update this blog of irrelevant thought.

The major event in the world right now is easily the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and it should be. I have a few casual observations from the whole event. Right now Godzilla jokes are horribly offensive which is unfortunate because I have thought of a whole ton of them. Also people are horrible myself included because if the Godzilla jokes however I am better than people saying Japan deserved what happened due to Pear Harbor. Of that's the case America better be careful because I sink hole may consume the country in retaliation for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I read a wonderful little blog post my friend made about Facebook status's and tweets that say pray for Japan or thinking about Japan, I cannot do it justice so I suggest you read it for yourself.

I should hopefully have another post in under 7 days this time. Just in case I don't I will leave you with this chart on waiting for someone to reply to a text. The question is was there a typo and it continues on.

I'm horribly guilty of doing this

I've Been Uptight and Made A Mess, But I'll Clean It Up Myself, I Guess

I have decided that I should share with you things that are keeping me up at night. Not in the sense that they scare me or are troubling but just run through my head aimlessly. Most of the time it is music sometimes it may be books or things like that so today I have two videos from two different artists. Both of them respective legends.

First it is one of The Tragically Hips Earliest singles Last American Exit

And a more recent single from Tom Petty off his 2006 Album Highway Companion

Sorry I couldn't find the original music video but it is the album version of  the song and not a live performance or cover

I find both of these singles extremely fascinating for different reasons. For Last American Exit it is interesting to listen to the Hip's earliest work and see how much it has changed in the twenty years they have recorded music. Last American Exit is off The Tragically Hip EP which was made when The Hip intended to be a blues group however by their third album "Road Albums" all trace of the blues is gone and they have become a straight up Rock group.

By comparison Saving Grace sounds like it could have been off of the classic album he made with the Heartbreakers Damn The Torpedo's. One of Petty's greatest strengths is that he never strays to for out into left field but also never sounds exactly the same. The fact that Petty was in The Traveling Wilburys with Beatle great George Harrison, ELO front man Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Bob Dylan only adds to his greatness.

Even if your not up late at night like myself defiantly check the videos out and don't blame me when you inevitably end up buying at least one of the songs on iTunes if not the entire albums they came off of.

Where Am I Going? Wouldn't You Love To Know.

I like Mondays. Most people don't but for me Monday is my Saturday, this is due to the fact that I work evenings and weekends. Most people don't like it but the way my shifts work out I can still do things after work on Friday and Saturday and sleep it off Sunday afternoons then I have two days where I can more or less do what I want. I can go home to P.A. like I did yesterday or I can stick around Yorkton and do... well I could do nothing but that's not the point. There is only one thing that I don't like about my schedule. Note that I say schedule and not Job because I love my Job. Anyways the problem with my schedule is that from time to time good things happen on Saturdays and they happen far far away from Yorkton. Such as The SYP March Mini happening this weekend. If you wish to ask how I feel about my schedule don't, I have answered that question so many times that soon I am going to start making up answers such as "I don't like working on weekends but if I drink enough I forget I'm at work". Or maybe "I don't even show up I just voice track it a few weeks in advance".

I still love coming back home to P.A. the girl who was living in my bedroom has left so I have my nice water bed back and as earlier stated whenever I come home the liquor cabinet opens up. Sometimes if I am lucky there will be some new and exotic thing that Dad recently found. Yesterday it was a Black and Tan. For those of you who have never had the good fortune to have a Black and Tan or knowing what it is. Simply put it is Ireland's greatest export. To make a Black and Tan you require Guinness and Harp (Irish Ale) you can theoretically use any ale such as Keiths but Irish Ale ads to the legitimacy. You fill a pint glass half full with Harp and then very delicately and slowly poor the Guinness on top of the Ale. If done correctly you should have some nice tan ale sitting in the bottom of your glass and some dark Guinness sitting on top. I have decided it is now my goal to make the perfect Black and Tan. It will take time and practice but if you mess it up you just stir it and now it's an almost as good half and half. So should you come to Yorkton be prepared to be offered the greatest beer beverage there is.

I'm Gonna Beg, Borrow or Steal, So I Can Have Some Feelings Too

It's recap time! Both mine and Marley's blog are synced to post at the exact same time. So if you want to read a similar but  more successful post you can read her blog That's So Highschool 28 Days ago I said I would try to make it so I fit into my grad suit. Well after 1 whole month I can honestly say I don't fit into it anymore than I did February 2. I literally did nothing to help meet my goal aside from occasionally making sure I was only eating healthy foods and not 2 minute microwave junk. It seemed like everytime I went to go sign up for a gym membership the gym magically disappeared as if it was unplottable. Even more infuriating is the fact that numerous times when I was broke or to busy to get a membership the gym was in plane sight. I have not given up on my resolution and have until May to make sure it fits. On the other hand I finally got around to changing my guitar strings something I talked about doing back in January. Yes I procrastinate but eventually things to get done. I do plan to continue to attempt to get into my suit but don't expect anything anytime soon

I am going to Saskatoon on Friday and I am very excited about this since there are many people in Saskatoon that I haven't seen in quite awhile. Friday is also a mildly significant day and I will have more on that on Saturday most likely. So if you are reading this and I know you and you are in Saskatoon and you aren't already busy that night then give me a shout since I want to see as many people as possible while I am there since I have to leave by 8 A.M. on Saturday morning to be back at work on Noon.

And finally April will be a good month because as of April 1st Jack-O will no longer be living here. The Man Child is finally fed up with him and told him he has until the end of the month to get out here. You have no idea how happy this will make me since it seems everything Jack-O does drives me nuts. There is a slight chance that whoever replaces him will be worse but I highly doubt that would be possible. So things are looking up and that makes me happy! That also means less posts that consist of me complaining and more about how awesome everything is! That however does not mean I won't sneak in a few ripe cynical ones from time to time. Adios Amigos!