June 6, 7:21pm pst
Well, well, well, it certainly has been a long time since my last entry. I'm done working and living at the store. Finally I'm back in my house. Amanda moved in the other day. It looks like things are going to be just fine. We seem to have a lot in common when it comes to living together. Jay and I painted my room yesterday. It looks great and I finally have everything in and organised. The house is starting to come together. Just the bathroom needs to be painted.
Work has been all right. I wish we were a little busier, but I shouldn't complain since apparently we should really be laid off. That is what the boss says.
As everyone knows it is my birthday tomorrow. I will be 27. As to how I feel about that I'm still not sure, ask me tomorrow.
I have been regularly thinking about this girl I met a few weeks ago. She has been away for a few weeks and is back this week. I'm looking forward to seeing her again.
Life is going well at the moment. Let us hope it keeps going in that direction.
May 11, 11:30pm pst
Well, been in the house for all most two weeks. Tania's last night was yesterday, I spent the nights on the floor. Tonight is the first night in the bed. The house was a mess. I don't even want to talk about the bathroom. Several rooms will get painted. I think I'm really going to enjoy living here.
Even though Tania can be a pain in the ass, I'm really going to miss her.
I have to get used to living with dog HAIR!!!!
April 27, 5:50pm pst
Well I just got back from ICBC. My truck is in pretty good shape (runs). Interior is fucked up, my stereo and speakers are still there, though removed. My jack and stuff is missing, they also took my canopy. Some paint damage on the passenger's side. Plus my gas flap was ripped off. They caught the son of a bitch driving it, so it wasn't found burnt out some where in the boonies. I found a garage door opener, so hopefully he kept in nice and dry. They will fix my interior, door lock and some of the paint/body damage. I had an $80 first aid kit, which they will pay $50 of. The rental cost me $600, and they will reimburse me all of it but the fist three days (around $100). I will look for and purchase a canopy and they will reburies me for that as well. I also have to buy a new insurance sticker ($50) since my old one was stolen(didn't put it on the plate). All in all it is going to cost me around $200 in the end. I just hope no unseen damage shows up. I would just love my tranny blowing up.
I also have to arrange everything myself. Just what I need these next few weeks. I'm pretty busy with moving (more money) and work.
Speaking of spending money. I bought a nice Samsung DVD player (DVD-P721M)with the last of my play money. I should have bought one sooner. Got a smoking deal on it.
Goddamn the EX can be a huge pain in the ass!!! Sometimes I wonder..............
April 14, 1:20pm 2004
Looks like it will be a couple weeks before my truck is back to normal. I have to pay a $300 dollar deductible. Which is really shitty. I have the money but it was reserved for tools. I will also most likely pay for my stereo because in a fit of honesty I didn't lie about where I got it from (Tania).
Needless to say I was in a shitty mood after the meeting and I found myself at Future Shop. Of course I'm pissed about having to spend this extra money, so I buy $60 headphones for my mp3. Yeah I know it doesn't make sense. The phones aren't my favorite style, plus the cord is this annoying metal thing which is all deformed. But the sound rocks. Everything is clear and full. Sound wise I'm very happy. Nothing like listening to good music with shitty phones might as well listen to AM..
April 13, 8:30pm 2004
Had an awesome weekend in Kelowna. The weather was amazing and I was able to bike every day. We pulled into the Abbotsford airport to pick up my truck around 12:30am Monday. Unfortunately we couldn't find the damn thing. Apparently someone had decided to take it. I had to rent a vehicle and look after the paper work.
As I was writing this I received a call from the police. The Langley police department managed to catch the prick. Aside from minor damage such as dents, stereo/speakers missing. It appears to be all right. I was kind of hoping it would be gone, but if they were stupid enough to steal my truck they were too stupid to torch the damn thing.
March 28 8:00pm, 2004
Well, time for an update. Speaking of date, I did go out for coffee with that woman. It went well; we seemed to hit it off. At the end we arranged to go out for dinner a couple days later. The day came and I received a call from her saying she had a headache and couldn't make it. She didn't seem to enthusiastic about me calling her again. That weekend I called and left a message on her machine. Two days later I erased her number from my phone. It doesn't bother me that she wasn't apparently attracted to me. What really bothered me was the way she handled the situation. I mean if she really didn't want to hook up then all she had to do was say so. Not returning my phone calls didn't show much class. The real kicker was the fact that she was 30. I mean you would expect a 19 year old to play games, but not someone with a little experience under her belt.
I would have really enjoyed the sex though, too bad maybe next time.
Did my my taxes and found I was entitled to a $250 refund. a couple weeks later the government deposited $1752 into my account. I didn't touch it until my reassessment came in. Apparently I had missed some student loan deductions. As far as I can tell it is legit. If it turns out to be wrong then I guess I owe them $1752 next year. If they catch it of course.
Going to pay off some debt (will be debt free except for Gramps and student loans) and buy some bike equipment. The rest will go into my Fund account, or maybe an RRSP.
Works been really shitty lately. The driver and store guys are away at school, so me and this other guy now do the job. I haven't touched a machine in weeks, nor will I touch one in the near future. I guess everyone has to pay their dues. A year this coming May I should be licensed. My wage doubles. That is of course if I don't get my ass fired.
I would not mind some news from who ever the hell reads this site.
Still have not received an e-mail from Gayle.
March 10, 6:30pm 2004
Fucking Manitoba sent me to a collection agency. It hasn't even been a year yet. Besides I owed them only $50. I had all ready paid most of it off.
The thing that really pissed me off is the fact that I had sent them a cheque for the $50 dollars and they sent it back saying it had to be a money order. I read the slip they had sent me and it clearly said .........cheque or money order......... Now the date on the collection agency letter is after I sent the cheque but a day before I resent the money order. I'll be right pissed off if it appears on my credit report.
Today at work we checked all the bambi buckets and spent all day hooking up and unhooking the buckets as the 205's hovered over us. It was pretty neat. I'm just glad I got the experience.
Looking into getting body armour. Expensive, but I don't want to keep hurting myself. It looks like my hand is going to be fucked up for a while. I almost have full range back, but not quite.
Bought a Crock Pot the other day,.They rock. I'm making stews, soups, every fucking thing.
Should be going on a blind date this week. Never seen the girl, we have just left messages. I'm a little nervous, but it should be fun.
Most likely moving at the end of May. Tania is going over seas so I will move into her place. Same rent, but it is a ground floor. Full kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms. We know the landlord that is how I can get it so cheap. It is still in the same area (Vancouver, not Burnaby)
I also get the dog. Which will be awesome.
Feb 16, 7:37pm pst
Last weekend I went riding and fell 7 feet onto my head. The helmet took it all. No problems in the head department, but I did manage to fuck my hand up. I think I dislocated my middle finger or tore some cartilage. Anyway, I rode the rest of the day then went out that night. I took two days off work (my left hand) and went to the doctors (told me the above info). I now don't have full range of motion in that finger. Hopefully that will go away with time.
Got my watch back tonight. I lost it during a fight in a club over a year ago. Turns out a bouncer found it who happened to be a friend of a friend of mine who was also involved in the same fight. It took over a year to actually deal with all the shit (long story). Gave the guy a bottle of Crown and that was that. The watch is missing a link, so hopefully I will be able to get that no problem.
Feb 2, 8:33pm pst
It turns out that a friend of a friend works at Canadian Tire (I guess you could call him my friend as well). He gets great deals, and offered to get me a tool cabinet for an amazing price. This is my first choice and this is my second. These are the ones I have been looking at for a long time now. If I'm going to spend money, I'm really going to spend money. Now my first choice is a little excessive. I could get $200 below cost so it is reasonable. I want it big because I don't want to run out of space like some people I know. The work bench would be nice as well. My second choice is more reasonable. The only downside to it is the size. I have about $200 put away for it (if nothing happens). We will see what happens in the next couple of months.
I played poker for about 7 hours on Saturday. There were 8 of us, in the end there was just me :) I won $100; which is now put towards the tool chest.
I think I have a blind date setup for this weekend. We'll see what happens.
I find it amazing looking at the pictures at the Mars Mission sites. I mean it looks like it could be some picture on Earth. But it is not, it is over 78 million kilometers away, on another planet.
Jan 20, 7:12pm pst
Things are going well. Still working and learning. Don't think we we be laid off. I'm biking lots now. Getting quite good if I may say so. Dropped a 12 footer on Saturday, then managed to tweak my shoulder again. I think I popped it out half way. Going to phisio on Thursday, we'll see what the doc says. Planning a bike trip down to Utah.
I hate how the Nasa scientists give stupid names to rocks and other formations.
Jan 10, 11:35am pst
Finally received my new DDR ram. It has boosted the speed of my computer by a large amount. Not only is the DDR twice as fast as my old ram. But the new ram finally lifts the speed restriction the was placed on my CPU due to the fact the my old ram was so slow. I'm finally using my Mb and CPU at their full potential. Now I need a new Video Card, but that is quite low on my list of purchases.
Rumours going around work that there might be lay offs. If there is, I might be included since I'm not really in the good books with the boss. I'm not hugely concerned. What happens, happens. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be laid off. But I can't really influence the decision.
Jan 7, 6:39pm pst
Back to work finally. Same old shit. At least I'm back to making money.
Bought my mp3 player a couple days ago. And let me tell you it is a blessing to have at work. I can fit a hundred songs on the thing, plus it has radio so I don't have to listen to my music all the time. It is a lttle more money then I wanted to spent. But it was worth it. Besides I think I still have some xmas gifts coming. I'm sure the Visa won't mind another feeding.
Jan 3, 2:20pm pst
Happy New Year.....it is all the same to me.
Two good movies were viewed by me this week. Happy times and Irreversible. Both were very good. Irreversible (French) was quite disturbing and extremely graphic. I was uncomfortable is a few situations. Happy times (Chinese) was funny and heart warming. Balanced each other out quite well I guess.
I can't wait to go back to work. I have no money to do anything and the days are getting extremely long and boring.
Dec 31, 11:19pm pst
There is something like a foot of snow on the ground and it is still snowing. It is so awesome. I'm a little afraid of driving because I don't want to get hit by some inexperienced driver. Besides my truck is the worst in the snow. It has absolutely no traction.
I took the dog out to Golden ears provincial park yesterday. I wished it had dumped this much snow at the time.
My new mp3
Have fun tonight.........
Dec 27, 6:35pm pst
Well, well, it has been a long long time since I last updated. I seem to have lost the will to do it. I seem to have lost the drive that I once had when I started the journal. Apparently some people are still interested in ehat I have to day. So I will give it another shot.
Well I just got back from Christmas with the family. It was the same as usual. Nothing special, though I did have a good time.
I'm have have through my two weeks paid vacation. Pretty cool since I haven't had one before. I'm thinking of going to Tofino and watching some storms.
The last two months have been uneventful. I have worked and tried to dave money. Been having a good time riding (damn near killed myself twice).
Oct 19, 7:25pm pst
Been a long time since I updated. Just have not felt like writing this month. What has happened since my last post.
Still have not fixed my brakes. It seems to be a bigger problem then I thought.
Work has been shitty. Had to do inventory for the last month. That means counting every nut, bolt, and washer. Finally finished that and now I'm getting back to the real work.
Dislocated my shoulder biking. Going a little too fast and a little too steep. It is the weirdest feeling not being able to move your arm. It just hung there as my friends laughed. I managed to get it back into place and after a few minutes I continued riding. I didn't go to the doctors for a couple days. It seems my shoulder is now fucked. I have to see a specialist on November 17. I can't ride and when I play pool it feels as if my arm will pop out. I hope they can fix it.
Sept 21, 5:15pm pst
Jesus Christ it has been awhile since I have updated. I'm sure the two people who read this site are glad I'm back.
This weekend has been the first two days I have had off in two months. Last weekend I had Saturday off, and I worked at the store ( really hung over) on Sunday
Yesterday I cleaned house and tried changing my brakes. Of course nothing is ever easy on my truck. It looks like I will have to buy a new caliper and mount. The mounting pin is so corroded that the caliper won't float and I can't get new pads in. Major pain in the ass.
I love having a clutch. I totally forgot what it was like to drive with out taking 3km to get up to the posted speed limit.
Today I went riding at Seymour. Perfect weather, but I had a shitty ride. I was out of shape and my right grip was loose. It is like riding with one hand. And you don't want to be riding one handed at Seymour.
It seems I'm playing "The Game" with this girl. It doesn't really bother me because if it doesn't work out I'm not going to be devastated. She is so amazingly sexy that she is worth pursuing.
I have been spending way too much money at the pub.
Sept 7, 7:59pm pst
Yesterday we spooled the machine up for the first time in 9 months. Nothing went wrong at all, no leaks and no major problems. We are having a hard time ironing out the bugs such as track and balance etc. But that is normal.
I worked again today which makes basically a month straight of work. I hope it slows down soon.
My clutch gets changed tomorrow. Id anyone feels like paying for it just give me a call.
Sept 2 10:35 pst
Tried arranging a date yesterday for today. Obviously it didn't work out. I called her around 8pm and got the machine. I left a message, apparently she called me back but didn't leave a message. My phone didn't ring. Today at the pub I said I would still like to go out. She was vague and said she didn't have time until next week. I'll give it one more change then I will stop even trying. She was interested enough to give me her number, but somehow I get the feeling that she is used to a different type of guy.
Ahh well that's the way things work sometime.
I'm really sick of working.
August 29, 8:54pm pst
The last couple months or so there has been a new waitress at our local watering hole. She is amazingly beautiful, breathtaking in fact. Yesterday I managed to scrap up enough courage to ask for her number. I had it all planned out, but I basically got her number and ran. Made a Calmat ass out of myself, today was not much better. I hoping to take her out sometime this week. I do know there is a slight attraction there on her part. How much of an attraction I wouldn't know (small most likely). Jesus it feels like I'm in high school again. I'm not very good at the dating thing.
On to something less appealing. It looks like my thumbnail is growing into my thumb. According to the doctor they will have to remove the nail and guide the new nail into it proper position. I can't wait.
I have absolutely no motivation to clean my apartment. I'm always too tired or busy. Someone get me a maid.
August 23, 9:16pm pst
Jesus Kelowna is having a hell of a time with this fire. Over 200 homes gone. My family is fine, though I'm sure some friends are now homeless. I used to play and ride and hike and live in that area. Very odd feeling.
Met Tania's boyfriend for the first time. Well I met him before, but I hung out with them for a while. Nice guy, treats Tania well. Don't think I could ever be his friend. Me being the ex and him the current.
August 17, 7:13pm pst
I went biking today at Whistler . It was fucking awesome. Basically you pay $35 and you ride all day. They use the lift chairs to carry you and your bike to the top. They have some harry shit on those trails. Every bike up there was a soft tail and I swear not under $3500.
If I could afford it I would be up there next weekend.
The machine might be flying by next weekend.
August 13, 8:26pm pst
Sorry about not having updated in the last several days. I have been quite busy and quite lazy all at the same time. Nothing much has happened that is very exciting. Tania and I had a huge fight. She eventually apologised since she was the one in the wrong. I haven't been riding as much as I would like. Only once or twice a week. I just don't have time to ride more.
The machine is coming along nicely. Over the last two days I have fitted all the doors. The engine was installed today. It is starting to like like it might fly.
The one exciting thing to happened to me was a huge bar fight. A friend and I went to our local watering hole to see a bikini contest. Sadly it was canceled due to a huge fight between 10 brown guys and 1 brown guy. The guy just got shit kicked. At the end he was lying unconscious on the floor with this guy kicking and stomping him. He eventually stopped that after some persuasion. Then all of a sudden I hear a big crack. The guy had picked up a metal chair and was bashing the dude on the floor. I saw the chair bounce right off the guys head. I could stand around and watch that. I ran over to intervene but the guy stopped since it seemed a lot of people ran over to intervene. Our names were taken as witnesses by the police and we went home. It was a pretty crazy night.
August 4, 9:32pm pst
Just got back from Kelowna. It was a good weekend other then the fact that I had to work on my mother's car all fucking day Saturday. The last thing I wanted to do was work.
The trip to Thunder Bay was good, though somewhat boring. There really is nothing to see on the prairies. Didn't even stop in Sask or Manitoba. My partner for the trip was good. The only thing that pissed me off was his constant smoking. The engine change took 19 straight hours. Man was I tired after. The total Km for the trip was 6400km. Mighty long way to drive.
July 21, 10:26pm pst
At 4:30pm pst today I found out that tomorrow I will be driving with a fellow employee to Thunder Bay Ont to deliver and help change an engine. Apparently the whole trip should take about 10 days. I'm really looking forward to my first time in the field. I'm also really looking forward to a change of scene. The farthest east that I have ever driven was Regina. I have been to the Thunder Bay airport (for 20 minutes :)
Hopefully I will be back around Aug 1. I still hope to fly to Kelowna for the long weekend.
I'm really going to miss riding. I hope I don't get out of shape. I haven't mentioned them before but my legs are amazing, strong and chiseled.
Wish me luck and I should be back posting in no time.
July 20, 11:47pm pst
I saw the most beautiful woman today at the store. She was radiant; and when she smiled it caused my heart to skip. She smiled a lot as I served her. I felt something there between us, an attraction (I was looking particularly good today). I watched her leave the store. Then I watched her walk down the street and out of sight. If she had come into the store again that day I would have asked her out to coffee. I'm not just saying that you know, I would have, I have done it before.
Mrs. Pak told me after she left that my shirt was on inside out.
July 15, 8:03pm pst
I just got paid today I all ready spent most of my pay on bills. I have about $300 to live on until the end of the month. Feels good though, I'm slowly paying down my debt. Hopefully no more bills will arise.
I had the weirdest dream last night. I don't remember many dreams, but I remember this one.
It started with me being really scared and in this room. I was taking these pain killers and going to sleep. As soon as I fell asleep I was awoken by these figures. They would proceed to make incisions all over my body. Deep slices with lots of blood. It would hurt like hell as if the painkillers were not doing anything at all. I would struggle but nothing would come of it. In the morning I would wake up and be covered in scars. Then the dream would repeat itself. Always slightly different, but the same basic plot line. When I woke up for real in the morning it felt like I had dreamt that dream all night.
Jesus it was weird.
July 14, 8:30pm pst
Thank God tomorrow is pay day. I have no money. I hate having no money. I make decent money, but I don't have any. Will my debts ever stop coming.
I went biking at Seymour on Sunday. It was awesome. Nearly killed myself several times. Truly the North Shore is some of the best riding in the world.
I wouldn't mind checking out the Biking fest at Whistler-Blackcomb. Sadly I can't take the time off work. I do hope to go riding at Whistler in the next couple of weeks.
Looks like my clutch might be cheaper then I thought. That is very good news.
moimoi
July 7, 9:29pm pst
It looks like it will cost me around $300 for a new clutch. To get it installed it will probably cost me $600. Needless to say I'm going to rope my roommate into helping me install the new clutch.
I caved in and bought a BCAA membership today. It cost $80, but I'm sure I will pay it off soon enough the way my truck has been running. Hopefully heading to Kelowna for the August long weekend. Booked a cheap flight. Hopefully I will be able to get it even cheaper. More on that to come.
July 3, 11:09pm pst
The other day I applied to TD Canada Trust for overdraft protection on my account. Today I was declined. I'm so pissed off. It was only a $500 overdraft. I was actually going to base my decision to move banks on weather or not I got this overdraft.
The other thing I'm pissed off about is the reason why I was turned down. It turns out that for some reason I missed payments on my student loan. I don't know why. I always had money in the account and they have direct debit access. There should be no way I missed payments.
I'm going to call TD tomorrow and try to figure out how to get overdraft. It it doesn't happen then I will stay with Royal Bank.
July 2, 9:08pm pst
I was going to have a nice leisurely day riding my bike around downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park. Instead I loose my footing going off a drop and manage to shred my shin with my pedal. I spent just over an hour in the hospital and received 10 stitches. By the time I got out it was too late to do anything. So instead I stopped my Cannabis Day at the Art Gallery. Listened to some music, watched some hot earth chicks, and smoked a big gager. Eventually I found my way home.
There has been a huge Greek Festival arcoss the road from my house. The last two days I have eaten the most amazing Greek food. Costs an arm and a leg, but it was well worth the money.
June 29, 11:42pm pst
My dad left this morning. We did some touristy shit and hung out. We had a good visit. Maybe I will go out there in a couple of years.
Spent a lot of money.......not checking my bank account.
Saw 28 days later with my Dad. Not as frightening as I thought. But still very good.
I managed to get four days off in a row. Don't know how but I did. Too bad I can't go to Kelowna. Maybe next month.
Might go biking at Whistler instead.
Bought the router, seems to work fine, but the roommate has been away.
June 21, 11:34am pst
My roommate has been downloading a huge amount of info the last few days. It totally eats my fucking bandwidth. I can barely load a webpage. It is really fucking annoying. Maybe I should get a router (instead of the hub I have)
Dad arrives today.
June 13, 10:04pm pst
I really wanted to go see 28 Days Later tonight. But the guy I was suposed to go with canceled. It was too late to find someone else. Besides I really should get some sleep. I will have to wait I guess.
My thumb was really hurting today. I got the smallest bit (1/16th) I could find and drilled a hole in my thumbnail. It sure helped relieve the pressure.
Working once again tomorrow.
I have been with Royal Bank for about 13 years and I want to stay with them for two reasons. Firstly I have had no problems,and secondly my loyalty to them. My credit cards are with Royal Banks. Now work won't deal with Royal bank, so I deposit all my cheques into TD. Now I have to decide which bank to go with, Royal or TD? Believe it or not it is really pissing me off. I'm wasting money keeping both accounts open ($20 between them a month).
June 10, 10:00pm pst
I'm thinking that I will end up back at work tomorrow :( For some reason I'm feeling guilty about taking the week off. My injury is not disabling, and I could do some tasks. Maybe my boss will not want me to come in.
I doubt it.
June 9, 9:07pm pst
Today an engine was dropped on my thumb. Fuck did it hurt. Went to the hospital, they didn't do anything. Told me to keep it clean. The doctor also told me to take the week off. Now I think that is a little excessive. I will probably take two days off instead. It is my left hand thumb, so I can't really do much. WCB is great.
June 8, 9:17pm pst
Met Tania's new love interest tonight. Not for too long. He seemed nice enough. Though his handshake was a little weak. He didn't bother me at all (maybe a little bit).
I hate serving customers with a passion.
June 7, 10:08pm pst
Today I spent my birthday applying Pro Seal the the machine. I had to work on my Birthday. On top of that I never slept on Friday night. At around 10:30pm Friday Tania called me to come over to her new place, have a couple drinks and help unload some stuff. I almost didn't go, but I'm really glad I did. We had a few drinks and had a good conversation. I then fell back onto some old bad habits and ended up going skiing. We then even had a better time. We just sat there, talked, skied, and played cards. At around 3:00am some of Tania's friends came over and we eventually went back to one of their places. We developed some more bad habits and the next thing I knew it was 6:30am. Tania's friends are good people and I hope to meet then again. We went and picked up my truck. I went home and picked up my work clothes then drove to work. I arrived at 7:50am and not the best condition. The day went relatively smooth, though I was fucking tired. I had dinner with my Uncle and just got home now.
Tania forgot my Birthday :) No big deal, I forget everyone's Birthday. Besides it is partly my fault since I don't tell anyone that my Birthday is coming up.
Amanda called and wished me a Happy Birthday, though she thought it was on the 8th.
I'm going to bed.
June 2, 9:27pm pst
I was cleaning my chain tonight and I got a tiny little bit of degreaser on my rear brake pad. Now it is totally fucked up. Looks like I will have to get a rear set at $40 busks a pop. What a pain in the ass.
May 29, 11:34pm pst
I was called into the office today............I was a little nervous, but it evaporated as soon as I found out that I got the job. I am now a permanent employee of the Company. It feels good.
Sometimes I can be so weird. Tonight I worked at the store. After closing the shop I went up stairs and found some food on the table. Now I wasn't sure if it was set out for me or not, Mrs. Pak never mentioned anything. As far as I know it was for Tania (even though she ate). So instead of eating it I left it. In hindsight the food was set out for me, but I wasn't sure. Now I'm really bothered that I didn't eat it. I don't want to offend Mrs. Pak by not having ate her wonderful food. And it is wonderful, I love Korean food.
Sounds stupid, but it bothers me.
Fixed my connection problems, loose co axe cable.
May 25, 10:02 pm pst
Worked at the store today, then went riding. Man it feels good to ride. The store is really starting to get to me. I never did like serving customers. I'll keep working to help them out. It is the least I could do.
Been having problems with my connection. It tends to drop every 5 minutes or so. In fact it has lost connection right now. It will come back on shortly. Shaw is sending someone out here on Thursday. They should be here between 9am and 5pm :)
Look what I found :)
May 19, 9:30pm pst
Sorry about not updating for such a long time. I haven't been home since the the last update. The last few weeks have just been work and sleep. Thankfully that is over now. Just got back from Kelowna. The trip down there sucked. I will never take the bus again. The plane was full on Friday so I had to take the bus. The bus was an hour late and I didn't arrive in Kelowna until 10pm (7 hours).On the way back I flew, I left at 7:05pm and was in Abbotsford at 7:50pm. Never again will I take the bus. Had a really good weekend. Just like old times with Sheena, spent way too much money, but had an awesome time.
Bent my rear rim, and got several new scars. I love my bike.
May 3, 5:13pm pst
I have been so busy this last week with working two jobs. I haven't gone riding or done anything but work. I worked today at the Company, that makes six days in a row. Thankfully nothing major (truck) has popped up. Good thing I got this extra work because the bills hit me extra hard this month. Thankfully I'm keeping up with them. I don't plan on adding anymore to the pile either.
I'm really starting to need some tool storage. I can't decide between this or this. The smaller one would be good because of it portability. The other one would also be good because it is bigger. I would need both eventually. But for the time being one would do. I must admit there are cheaper ones out there, Mastercraft, Craftsman. But the Mastercraft Maximum is a sweet tool chest. I can't really afford one right now anyway.
April 25, 11:32pm pst
Canucks managed to win the first game. Thought they might loose there for a moment.
Can't fix my rear rotor which means I will have to buy one. That means I will have to shell out close to $75. Too bad I couldn't fix the old one.
Tania's father went away to Korea for the next couple of weeks. This means that I will be working in the store every night from 7 to 10pm. After working 9 hours at the company.
Have I mentioned that I hate my fucking truck? I just get one thing fixed and another problem pops up. It looks like my fuel pump is clogged or broken. My truck stalls when ever it is idling. This means that I have to keep my foot on the gas as all time. It takes some getting used to, but it is a huge pain in the ass. Hopefully I will be able to get it fixed tomorrow.
This month is going to be very tight financially.
April 22, 10:06pm pst
Had another awesome ride today. Took some big spills. In the last fall I managed to warp my rear disc. Hopefully I can fix it with out too much trouble or money. I'm going to feel the falls tomorrow that is for sure.
Driving to work this morning an I hear a loud bang. Then I notice that my charge light comes on. I pull over at the gas station and found out that I had left my pliers under the hood. They had fallen and broke my Alternator belt. I was 2 hours late for work this morning. What a dumbass I was.
April 21, 9:03pm
I had a great weekend. Rode lots, had an awesome time at a friends wedding, and drank way too much. I managed to hit on a 15 year old bridesmaid (she didn't look it) and a 42 year old married woman (she definitely didn't look it) all in one night. It was a huge East Indian wedding so I don't think anyone really minded. Man they make good food. This is the second one I have been to and I hope I'm invited to more.
Later on that night we went downtown and went bar hopping. We got into a fight which I don't really remember. It was pretty fucking stupid but what's done is done. We didn't get hurt that is for sure.
I did manage to loose my watch. I don't no whether I lost it in the fight or some time during the night. I'm really mad about that though. It was my High School graduation present from my mother. I hope I find it. It really meant a lot to me.
I just sent an email to Tania that could end any relationship we have.
April 15, 10:13pm pst
Just got back from riding. It was awesome. I got totally covered in mud. Bike performed as it was supposed too. I love the Hydraulic brakes.
The only glitch was the fact that the bike store didn't tighten my front tire up as much as they were supposed to. I didn't notise until after riding when it had loosened. I'm a little paranoid, but I think my front Hydraulic brake disc is a little warped now. It probably isn't, but I will take it in anyway. If it is warped they can replace it for free.
April 14, 11:00pm pst
Unfortunately I didn't get the loan, but Visa paid the rest. I don't regret my decision at all. Today I rode my bike for the first time and loved it. I'm going riding tomorrow. I should have bought a ride a long time ago.
My friend Jonny is getting married in July in Banff. He still has not called about it. In fact I'm not sure they even have a date. He better invite me or I will kick his ass.
Hope you are reading this Jonny.
April 9, 7:19pm pst
I bought my new bike today. Screw the other ideas I had about what to do with the money. I found that I really miss biking. I paid $750 down and will hopefully pay the remaining $800 over the next six months (interest free). I will pay it out in fact. I am a little worried that I might not be approved for the credit. Over the last 6 months or so I have paid off my debt, but before that I had some problems as you are all aware. Hopefully my credit has been restored to its previous standing.
Yesterday my mother called fairly distraught. Apparently she had gotten into an argument with my grandfather and he said the "It is no wonder that your son wants nothing to do with you." Can you believe that? What sort of person would fucking say a thing like that? You don't say something like that even if it is true. But don't say that if you have no idea what the hell you are talking about. Needless to say I was enraged. My mom tried to stop me from calling my gramps, but I would have nothing to do with it.
I laid into him like you wouldn't believe. I was driving at the time and I am sure that some people new what was going on. I didn't hold back at all. I was yelling at the top of my lungs, swearing and blaspheming. But I managed to stay articulate and make my case. I really didn't have to prove anything. He was wrong.
I love my grandfather dearly...............but sometimes he amazes me with his stupidity when it comes to other humans.
April 6, 10:51pm pst
I was really pissed off today at the store. I was checking someone's lotto and this person kept going pssst, pssst. I tried ignoring it but they wouldn't stop. So I turned around ready to tell them off (slightly polite), and was surprised to see Pheadra. Jesus was I shocked. She was as shocked as I was. Apparently she is down visiting her step dad and he only lived 30 seconds away. She had no idea that I worked there. It was a total surprise!! It made my day.
April 5, 5:30pm pst
I found out that my truck problems won't cost as much as I had expected. In fact they are not that bad at all. The most exspensive items I will need is a couple of new tires.
March 31, 12:02pm pst
Checked my bank account today and found that the Government had already deposited my refund. They deposited $1200, sadly most of that got eaten up by my overdraft. But now I have no overdraft. Which is something I have been trying to get rid of for a long time. I do know that the Government has not processed my adjustments that I had sent in. My refund may change (most likely go down), but I think it will stay the same. To be on the safe side I will not spend any of the money until I have the adjustments processed. Hopefully it will not fall more the $700 for that is all I have left. Now after the whole affair I still have not decided on what to do with the money. Should I put it into Mutual Funds, or should I pay down my debt to gramps? What I really want to do is buy a bike. I really miss biking. It would keep me in shape as well. What do you think?
Went skiing this Saturday up at Whislter. First time I have ever skied it. The weather sucked, in fact it rained most of the day. But I had a really good time. Would not have missed it for the world. I thought that after four years of no skiing I might have lost some of my skill. But I didn't. Admittedly I lacked some style, and I had no strength at all, but overall I was skiing well.
Working is going well, I'm even doing more stuff other then paint stripping.
March 23, 10:41pm pst
I prepared and sent in my taxes this morning. It looked like I would get $1200 back as a refund. I then went to my Uncles tonight and found a T4A slip that I had apparently forgot to pick up. I then redid my taxes and my refund fell to $500. What a piss off. Now I have to fill in an adjustment form and do a whole bunch more work.
Mar 15. 5:40pm pst
Sorry about not updating. Last weekend I just never got around to updating.
Where to start..................
Last week my boss came up to me and asked if I had a website. This of course surprised the shit out of me since I don't advertise my site. I said yes and he said that he had had some calls complaining about my site. I almost laughed. Apparently someone in the company found my site and took offense to the foul language. I found that really funny. He asked me to take it down or at least not to mention the Company. He also said that he was young and foolish once and that he was trying to stop me from making the same mistake. Sadly he is all ready too late, besides foul language on MY site is hardly foolish. I decided to remove all references to his company out of respect for him. As for the person who complained I really don't have anything to say other then they have to learn to relax. I can assure them that it wasn't personal. In fact, when I posted my writings I wasn't even thinking of them.
Today really pissed me off. In December I got a new phone through Telus connect. With in the first week dust started to collect in the outside LCD. At first it didn't bother me but it got progressively worse as time passed. Last week I took the phone in to get repaired. On Thursday I picked up my supposedly repaired phone. The dust was gone and everything looked fine. Today I noticed dust collecting again in the LCD. In the exact same corner as before. Needless to say I was pissed. So I went back to Telus Connect to complain. I told my situation to the sales person. Another sales person came over and the bitch tried to tell me that it was dust falling in the ear piece. I said she was wrong, that the LCD wasn't sealed properly. Besides I didn't pay for a phone in which dust would fall through the ear piece. The manager then came over and asked what was happening. After again explaining the situation he took the stance of me being the idiot. I told them the phone was sent out a week ago and the problem was apparently fixed. I don't are how the dust gets in there, I was told it was fixed and it wasn't. My only recourse was to sent the phone phone out again. This time the bastards took a $30 deposit and gave me a piece of shit loaner phone. Needless to day I left the store pissed.
After I got home I found that my loaner phone had no reception in my basement. Really pissed now I went back to the store to get a new loaner. Once again I talked to the idiot Manager and there are no other loaner phones available. I'm stuck with the hunk of shit. He ask what phone I was getting repaired. When I told him replied "We send those phones out all the time." Like my phone was this unless piece of shit. I kept my mouth shut and left the store.
If my phone is repaired and the problem fixed, then I'll be happy. I won't deal with the store again, but I'll be happy. If they charge me or the same thing happens I'll be pissed. This time I won't stop until I'm happy.
Sometimes I wish I was more like Tania when it came to confrontation.
By the way...........she can really piss me off as well.
Mar 1, 5:36pm pst
Boring week I'm afraid. I worked and made some money. Funny, it doesn't feel like you make lots of money when it is gone within an hour of receiving it.
I might go to Brandon Manitoba in the summer.
I might go hiking in the summer.
I might go to Korea in the fall.
I might not do any of them.
Sadly the last one will most likely happen.
