| How the mighty have fallen |
[Feb. 16th, 2007|09:19 am] |
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Today(okay, last night to be technical) before I went to work, I started working out agan. Its been a while, maybe 2 years since I last did this... Maybe even more. Work has made my body a bit better in the arms and shoulders, but it isn't making me stronger fast enough for my liking. There was a time I did 400 push ups a day and that was just the tip of the iceberg. Not that I'm... well I'm not out of shape really, just not as strong as I was, I find I can only do way less before I get tired. My arms ARE bigger thanks to the work on the rigs but the supporting muscles in my arms, chest, back, abs, etc aren't getting a workout. So time to do the whole shebang over again. 2 workouts a day, one when I get up and one before I go to bed. Plus work. I just hope this doesn't kill me before it makes me stronger. I still have to workout before I go to bed this morning, and there is will there to do it, but ambition is rather hard to find at the moment. |
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| Been a long time |
[Jan. 16th, 2007|03:20 pm] |
I haven't posted for a long time, and a lot has happened. Back at the start of December, I got on the drilling rigs. I worked for 3 days, then we shut down for the christmas break cause we had no where to move the rig and there was no trucking company still working. So I was off from Dec 9 to Jan 3. Longest time I've had off since I was 15, so I enjoyed it.
Then I went back but the day before I got a bad cold. It made work really shitty, and its hard to do your best when you're knocked down to about 60% of your full potential. Then after 8 days, I found out they had offered a guy his old job back if he ever came back, they never thought he would. But he did. So, I got bumped to a new crew, and I start with them tonight. I could have worked 5 weeks straight, and been switched to the new crew tonight, without a break, or I could have taken the last 6 days off, which I did. I was sick, and needed the time to recover. I WISH I could have done the 5 weeks straight, but I'm just learning the job, and I was sick. It would have been a death scentance. Plus my cold could have gotten worse and gotten me fired for not being able to hack it. Even though I can, being sick just screws ya over that way.
Plus, I go to see Evanescence on Saturday. Awesome show, Stone Sour opened up and they were great. Really in touch with the crowd, he even got screwed up a couple times singing Bother cause the crowd was so intense. You could tell he was having fun, and after a while, Evanescence came out. It was a blast, Amy Lee's voice is just as amazing live as it is on CD. Its nice to know that there are still bands out there that aren't all studio magic, theres still talent in the world. I got an Evanescence hoodie and a tshirt, and I got a t-shirt for Lisa cause I said I would. *grin*
But now, I have to get ready for work, and make a few phone calls. *sigh* Life is so unpredicatable for me right now, I kinda hate this. |
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| Wii! |
[Nov. 20th, 2006|09:15 am] |
Yesterday, I got my new Nintendo Wii. I admit, a while back I was skeptical about the controller. Having to move it around to do things, wondering how games would work with it... Well, those feelings have been put to rest.
It really IS intuitive to move it around. You swing it like a tennis raquette, or a golf club, with the nunchuck attachment on the remote, you swing both the remote and the other controller as boxing gloves and punch like you would in a match. The motion sensors in the controllers also track MY movement, not just thiers, so when I hold the controllers in front of my face to block, if I lean left or right, my character on the screen ducks to the left or right. The truck racing game I got, you steer by tilting the remote control like a steering wheel. Took a bit to get used to, about 5 minutes, but once we did, we had a ball. A couple other friends of ours dropped by, so Brett(Katies boyfriend) and I played them at the sports and truck racing game. They picked it up right away, and all the games we're pretty closely matched.
I haven't played it yet(I know, this will be a shock) but I also bought the new Zelda game. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I DID watch the intro. GORGEOUS. I didn't play only because I was so tired yesterday, and was gamed out playing with everyone else. I'll be playing in a little bit. I get to swing the sword with the remote, and block with the shield with the remote as well.
I can save information on the Wii itself, and I can also use my old Gamecube memory card in it as well. Which is good, because I can play my old Gamecube games on it as well. I just have to plug the controllers in to it on top of the unit, and its good to go.
Definitly a good purchase. And at only $280, how can I go wrong? Comes with a remote, the nunchuck attachment, and Wii sports. Wii sports has Baseball, Bowling, Boxing, Golf, and Tennis. I also picked up 2 more remotes and 1 more nunchuck, plus Zelda and Excite truck. Should keep my busy for a while.
Right now, I'm just killing time till I can phone and get a WORKING username and password for the rig training site so I can do the test and get on the damn rig site. They're waiting for me, but I have to do the corperate office bullshit dance to get there. Oh well. Couple more hours, and I get the info, the the course, and go from there.
But the coolest thing right now, is I can play video games while laying in bed. And I can download classic games and play them on the Wii. I need to pick of the classic controller for some of them, but no rush yet. I can always get one for Christmas. |
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[Nov. 15th, 2006|08:25 am] |
Well, I haven't made a post in a long time. Not dead yet. Not for lack of trying, just been up to the usual.
I did a urine test and physical for the rigs last friday. Passed em both perfectly. The information was faxed to the main office, and there is only one thing left for me to do. There is an online saftey course, 10 modules, with a quiz at the end of each one. I need to do that before I can get hired. Downside, the server has been down since at least last monday. Its up now, I just checked, but I can't log in yet. So I'll try later today before work, and if not, I'll phone the nice girl at the head office. With any luck, I'll be on the rigs soon. Damn, I sound like a broken record, the amount I've been saying that... And that does kind of date me. I actually know what a record is. Soon, kids will have no idea what that means.
Sunday can't come soon enough. 4 more days. Then I get my Wii. And the new Zelda came. And ExciteTruck. I don't now why, but for some reason, the idea of driving a truck on the screen by tilting the remote like a steering wheel just sounds like awesome fun.
Well, I'll post more when something exciting happens. Or on Sunday after I get my Wii and play a lot. |
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| Stolen from Printemps |
[Oct. 19th, 2006|05:13 am] |
IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie.
Opening Credits: You're My Inspiration by Chicago
Waking Up: TIE My Shoe - Freestyle Chinese Rapper(dunno name)
First Day At School: Brocket 99 Side 1
Playtime/Childhood: Not Ready to Go by the Trews
Falling in Love: Mad Season by Matchbox 20
Fight Song: Perfect by Maren Ord
Breaking Up: Holiday by Green Day
Prom: Pretty Fly for a Jedi by Weird Al
Life's OK: The Counter-Strike Song by Mister Stick
Mental Breakdown: Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
Driving: I can't get no satisfaction by the Rolling Stones
Flashback: Mystic Forest(Orchestrated) from Final Fantasy 6
Getting Back Together: Everything you want by Vertical Horizon
Wedding: Bohemian Raphsody by Queen
Birth of Child: Bad 4 you by Alannah Myles
Final Battle: Hotel California by The Eagles
Death Scene: Adam Song by Blink 182
Funeral Song: Degeneration X ring entrance theme
End Credits: Photograph by Nickleback
All in all, not bad. I like a few of those random chances. A couple I wish other tunes on my playlist would have come up, ecspecially for the fight music. The flashback music was a great pick. Adam Song for the death scene could work out nice I guess. But oh hell yeah on the DX funeral song. :D |
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| Stolen from Squeak and Printemps |
[Oct. 8th, 2006|07:06 am] |
Looked interesting, had to try it.
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Malbolgia took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test! "Needs release from stress. Longs for peace, tranqu..."
Click here to read the rest of the results.
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Okay, that was too damn accurate for how simple it was... Cept I disagree a bit on the ego part... But I guess I can only disagree a bit after thinking of a few talks I've had with lisa.... |
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| Woo! |
[Oct. 8th, 2006|07:05 am] |
YAY! I got the new Evanescence cd for my birthday, early present. Bday is the 19th, but who wants to wait that long for sweet Amy Lee goodness? :D
Also picked up a few movies today... had a bit of dissapointment when I couldn't buy one of the tools I needed to get a project started but oh well. Overall a decent day. |
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| Skool? Edge you kation? |
[Sep. 29th, 2006|02:47 am] |
So today before I went to work... Actually, before I dragged my sorry ass out of bed to get DRESSED for work, I got a phone call. It was a recruiter from IADT, the International Acadamy of Design and Technology. A college in Toronto. I put in a request for more information the night before. I had selected afternoon on Saturdays as the best day to contact me, but oh well. Thursday works.
I talked to the recruiter. Let her know I graduated in 2000, that I took math and physics and I really enjoyed physics. I let her know I was working, and mentioned that I have 3 and a half years of perfect attendance, which she liked and was impressed by. She said that showed dedication, and we talked about how I got screwed over on the promotion. We talked about how Toronto is an expensive city, and that the course was $16000 per year, and its a 2 year course. I told her I'm looking into going around 2008, cause I want to have some money saved up first for living expenses. She doesn't have any registrations for that far away, so I'll be keeping in contact and aplying later on when the dates come due. IF I can afford it at that point. Theres more to go into, but I want to wait until I get the information package from them before I say any more... Still gotta decide a few things.
And no, its not CERTAIN that I'm going yet, so no celebrations Lisa. |
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| Fuck it. |
[Sep. 26th, 2006|04:24 am] |
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I found out tonight that I didn't get the promotion. The only reason for it was the concern that I want to switch jobs to the oil fields, and that they'd have to do these interviews over again in 3 months, or even 6 months down the line. I understand this line of thinking and in fact I prepared for it ever since I knew who was interviewing me. But it still pisses me off and dissapoints me. Instead of seeing it as something that could keep me around, it was the thing that disqualified me.
I was honest and professional in my conduct, letting my supervisior know that I was trying to get on the rigs back in April. I've made it clear that I want to be on the rigs. But I have yet to get on. I was honest, I let them know so I wouldn't screw them over with a one day notice, or just phone in and say I quit. I worked hard, I show up every day. I'm dependable, reliable and trustworthy. For that I get shoved in a room against my will to clean the fucking inedible room. Even though its a higher pay that I make normally, I hate the fucking room. I feel like I'm loosing all my dignity just being in there. The smell permeates everything I wear and makes me stink horribly. Yet I do the fucking job. I bust my ass at my current job. I do the paperwork right now and I'm NOT getting paid for it. I could justify it if I was getting the promotion, and just calling it paying my dues or hard knocks or whatever. But now, what the FUCK is the point.
PLUS, there is expectations that I will help train the new leadhand some in my area. Oh, okay. So I'm not good enough to be the leadhand, but I'm good enough to train the person who is? Yes, fuck you too so very much. I didn't say that during the meeting where I found out I wasn't getting it. I said thats pretty harsh. Steve agreed with me, and said it is shitty, but thats the way things go sometimes.
I've learned my lesson. Honestly and hard work get you no where in Maple Leaf Foods. I will NOT forget that.
Now I'm even more determined to get a new job and get the fuck out of that hellhole. Even going to univeristy is poking away at my mind, but a few things keep me from going. First is money. Even with a student loan, I still owe my line of credit $5500. After thats paid off, I'm debt free. But till it is, well, its $187 a month I have to pay for the next 3 years to get it paid. I want it done before that. I want it done in under a year. 14 months tops. The second thing is my grades back in high school when I was too depressed and tired of being picked on every fucking day to care about grades anymore. I went from an A student to C's, D's, and yes, even F's. Yes people, the guy you call smart FAILED in high school. Grade 11 Math, and grade 11 History. I had to make them up during my final year. It was 3 days before graduation before I knew if I was graduating or not. Now, I know I can do better in school cause now I'll actually GIVE a shit, but those grades on my final transcript WILL haunt me if I try to get into university.
Sure, I graduated, but colleges and universities really have no need to enroll someone like me. I'm not as althletic as I used to be, and playing college basketball is not something I want to do, nor would I be able to play in that league anyways. I was never that good. So in short, my grades sucked, I can't offer athletics to help propel them to win, and I'm short the cash. Kind of a rock and a hard place right now.
On a positive note, I just found my cheque book. I was looking for that damn thing all weekend, I need to send a void cheque to get the line of credit payments started. Damn thing WAS in the drawer. I checked that fucking thing 3 times! It was hiding, I swear. |
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