Hitting The Bird

If you remember, “Hitting the bird” is a term or slang that refers to budding in line.
Not much hitting for me these days, I just patently wait my turn.
I am formulating a plan, to go to Korea in February...I’m looking forward to it in so many ways!
I miss it there, but I’m glad to be here. It’s a weird feeling for a one man wolf pack!
Well the one man wolf pack had expanded to two! That in its self is pretty exciting!!

This is the QR code for my site! In my semi-nerdiness I made one! I could get it made into stickers, but I don’t type enough to attract attention here!

I won ten bucks in the lottery today, I said there is not enough zeros in my prize, so the guy laughed and handed me the most wrinkled ten he could find!

New (gently used) car is AOK! Of course someone drove into it in the second day I owned it, but it was a scratch and added character! I like it because I can sleep later, and get home earlier from the rat race.
Days turn into nights--turn into weekends and turn into days---what does that turn into? Who knows!

No Quarter

Social experiment has been put on hold. (more on that later)

On a new crew at work, which isn’t so bad.
I say it’s not bad because I came to my evening job in an extremely good mood!

In between typing this and working I have begun a little adventure. An adventure of looking for Cajun cooking classes in Edmonton.

would it not be great to set up a tiki hut on a foreign beach somewhere, and cook food I love?

Diving, cooking, eating, and sunshine..what more could you ask for besides another beer?

Ghost

This is not where I live, its where I used to live.
Life in the rat race is as good as can be expected. I put a lot of hours in this week, so generally I’m pretty tired.
On Thursday night I’m working at the liquor store, and in comes what seems to be a normal fellow. I direct him to the bottle of Absinthe he was after and he proceeds to pay for his purchase.
Payment complete, he stops and looks right at me and says “ I don’t like your shirt”  I say why too many colours for you? He says no, I like the shirt but not on you, you need a goth look, ya know black hair, leather jacket and something more that suits you. I’m like OK I’ll get right on that!
Last night two what I think are younger girls come in. They come up with a bottle of wine. I ask for ID and they both have it. I check one girls it’s fine. The other girl was fumbling around in a pink Guess purse tryin to find it.....Finally it comes out, and I look, unbeknownst to me - “she” is a “he". I say do u have another piece of ID this says your a boy. He replies yeah I am a boy, and shows another piece of ID. I said no judgement I’m sorry for the mistake, he’s like I get that all the time.
Lady boys in Edmonton....whew knew!

In other news:
Have you ever worked with someone that drives you absolutely insane?
I have this pleasure 5 days a week- 8 hours a day!
He is a nice guy, but likes to argue about everything! I mean everything...so me being me, I have started a social experiment with him as my lab rat.
I’ll let you know how it turns out, if I don’t strangle him first.

He is the one on the left. I’m sitting on the roller filming this, because I always have to wait for him to make love to the asphalt!
He would be better off holding one of those SLOW signs at our job site to direct traffic.

Verbatem

Well here it is, my monthly post!
Today, I was thinking about a job as a travel writer. The problem is I have no $$ to travel :(
I suppose I could try to get a job that allows me to travel and secretly type stuff on the side!?!

I like my new job here in the rat race, I know it will get me the means to at least go on a super cool vacation one day! So, I will slug it out for the next long time

PS- I’m gonna start playing the lottery in hopes of winning a trip around the world with 태리

Rat Race

New job is going well, although I am liking it, there is a constant reminder of the daily rat race people (including me now) fall into.
people are sad on Mondays...people are happy on Fridays, weekends fly by; same shit week in week out

I thought all was going how its supposed to, I have a job I am proud of and make Ok money doing it... then BOOM the "rat race" term falls into my lap!
Call it the rat race, call it the ants marching, call it whatever you want it just makes me sad people have to live  like this.
I know we have to go to work, make money and pay the bills... etc, but DAM how did I get involved?

Don’t get me wrong I am happy where I am, but if I ever find a money tree the bills are paid and I’m out on a little dive vacation with the greatest girl I know!

If I don’t find a money tree:

Dive vacation is how we(she doesn’t know it yet) plan on spending my time away from the rat race (whenever that may be) I will use my 2-3 whole weeks to get away from this planet and spend some time chasing turtles, finding nemo, and dodging sharks.

I have a friend who only gets 8 days of holidays per year; Due to his job, he really can’t take too much time away. 8 days a year! Are you F’n kidding me?!?!?! He recently took his 8 days to attend a family function, it was a great time, however thats it thats all till 2012!
 If I was him, I would polish up the resume!

Anyhow, thats all thats going through my mind these days...keeping ahead of the rats and getting wet!

Clear As Mud

 

Like the job, and the city.
Not much new to report, but if your gonna have one of these beers make sure you have had plenty of other different ones first. Beer Beer takes some getting used to :)

Almonds

Life is good!
Skype dates are good!
Job is good!
Beer is good!
Korean market is good!
New bike I bought is good!
New city I call home is good!
Pepper plants are growing good!
NHL playoffs are good!

All in all, things are good!
Except me blogging everyday, thats below-average!
Back soon :)