Mood:---fficeffice" />

Who do I think I am? Batman?! City quiet tonight...(sigh) It's 05 Grad Banquet tonight...meaning one problem is over and done with and a few more might take it's place....how retarded does that line sounds? I'm glad the school got their act together for this crew, we had a 2 day break between commencement and the banquet, 05 has theirs back to back as it should be...though that doesn't really mean that'll be quiet...just less loud...an 05 grad doesn't mean teenie bopper clusters won't be out in force...Pyro says he'll tag along tonight...which is for motives I can't understand(I think he used it as an excuse to blow off a movie with friends he doesn't like)...Saint hasn't been answering her phone...but then she did call me back...and I didn't really answer it...the call could have been lost or some garbage like that. I'll give her one more call before I go...but I have a feeling she doesn't want to come anyway...

New Desktop tuesday or wenesday..."Family" Laptop (ha, it's mom's...but who maintains it?) Monday or tuesday...woot! Pyro kept whining for a black "gaming rig" case(not like Omar's or Sohota/Mramor), but still not white...he asks the guy and he just throws it in for the price as the standard case...which it was...so I guess his whining can pay off...The computer I'm currently writing this on (4 year old clunker) will become my mom's "Font" Computer for her scrapbooking projects(with 1 million fonts, Printshop and word)...there has even been talk of getting a new printer...a laser!(BLASPHAMY!)...but the current Canon S820 never let me down during all those AOR notes, Papers and Projects...I have a sentimental bond to it...it's the printer that helped to through the first year of college...and that's a good thing! People have bonds to strange things...I think it's odd to have a bond with a car...so think about that one...

Oh, tomorrow* is ffice:smarttags" />Canada Day...yay! It's one of the few stat holidays in the middle of the summer...like I've ever used it as a stat holiday and not just part of summer break...I always been proud to be Canadian...we are a kinder, peaceful folk in North America...It's just to be able to say, yes, I'm Canadian...our beer is better(like I drink)...our climate is great(I live out west...)...and we have had some of the best politicians in the world...Pierre Trudeau...who is the only PM to tell a reporter off...to his face...in front of a camera...(sigh)...awesome...

That was pointless...but then again, isn't everything?

-Cleric

Mood: ---fficeffice" />

So, Live 8 was pretty cool...at least the part of it I heard/saw...I wanted more from the BNL (2 SONGS?!)...I missed Blue Rodeo...I was washing the cars...both fifthly by the way...haven't done it in a while...tomorrow? Taking down the Christmas lights... (sigh)...

Paintball Cap Colt Commanders...Delusions of Grandeur and Darkwing Duck...and Bounty Hunters...Add all that together and you get one messed up dream...It something about me with a single paintball Colt Commander, against a team of bounty hunters with an assortment of paintball long arms...I managed to beat a couple, then I ran out of "caps"...Jenny showed up somewhere and I lead her though a maze...and some weird complex thingy...it was like unreal tournament...they're getting more fucked up...

Saint was at the 05 Commencement as her sister was gradding...she saw Jenny, but didn't talk to her...from what I was told, Jenny looked quite nice (does she ever not?)

The next door neighbors are getting their roof done...so I woke up to nail guns and saws...at least they're done today... (sigh)

Again, nothing...

-Cleric

Mood: fficeffice" />

Another day, another entry. It's been a while since I've written anything(anything of substance anyway). I'm going to give it a shot tonight, let my mind wonder and see where we go.

It's been a quiet couple weeks on the social front. Saint has been occupied with how much her life sucks(her words). Jenny is probably busy with her job. I wouldn't know if that was a fact or not, I haven't seen or talked to her in quite some time. It's ok, absences make the heart grow fungus.

I guess it's now declassified...about a week ago, as I was getting changed after weight training; I got a call from a local big box store. They were having a group interview next wenesday at 4 and asked if I was interested. Of course I said yes and a week later I found myself in a conference like room with 4 other prospects and two staff members. Now, I haven't done many interviews...my first one: Made no eye contact. Second one: I came off as a complete and utter git...(They should never have asked the loaded question "Tell me about yourself..." So I made a full and conscious effort to come off as someone hirable. I pulled out every single acting trick I knew and I came off as sociable, eager(not too eager) and eloquent with a pleasant demeanor. So here's hoping. Being slightly superstitious, I neglected to put that story in an entry as most stories lead to no call backs. Now I know I was a git in all my other interviews, but not this one.

 If this doesn't pan out (ugh) my dad has this wonderful idea. My dad is a very sociable person to everybody except his family(Means-End Relationships) so he was chatting up a senior clerk at the nearby super market. This "senior" person has been there a while obviously(we've been shopping there for a while too). So somehow, my dad convinces her to take an application from me and would pretty much "rush" it to the top. Now, I have a few problems with that:

1) I know exactly which person my dad talked to and being "in debt" to that person would not be a good thing...ever. Being "in debt" for the trivial is never a good thing and personally, I don't like owing people...
2) Because it's so close and local, a lot of people I know work there. You know me and my relationships with people, especially "Ones I know"...long story short: I would rather gouge my eyes out with a rusted fork than work there. That should be a reason on it's own...Let’s just say I've forgotten to fill out that application several times (cough) I'll get around to it.

My dad tries, it just never seems to work in my favour. Speaking of family, after months and month of putting it off, the family went out for lunch with my dad's sisters. Despite my attempts in lodging a "formal protest"(i refused to get out of bed) the prospect of good bacon and eggs almost outweighed the pain of the event. I'd do a lot of things for a good breakfast meal...ie: get up at inhumane hours...(this one was brunch though) So, I did my bit as the good nephew. I kept my mouth shut and enjoyed my breakfast. I later stayed out of the conversation by taking down the Christmas lights. The way I was doing it, getting on the ladder and removing the staples...it would have taken me a few hours. Pyro comes out later and begins to tear the strands of lights down. 20 minutes give or take plus another 10 to sweep up the flung staples. I guess brute force does win out sometimes...

A couple days ago, I stayed up late and watch "The Mod Squad" on TV. The 1999 remake with Claire Danes, Omar Epps and Giovanni Ribisi...I'll be impressed if I got all three names spelt right. I had heard about it before because Saint was looking some song from it. It wasn't that bad. Actually, it had some sweet moments. Most were Claire Danes moments though...Oh, the soundtrack was good. Quite good infact...

OH! Amy Acker's role in "The Unit" was recasted...BOOOOO!!!!
"The Inside" with Rachel Nichols/Adam Baldwin has been cancelled....BOOOOO! But expect a DVD resurgence just like Firefly...(sigh) Tv is going to suck in the fall...all I've have to cling to is Scrubs(if they don't cancel it, I heard they might) and Grey's Anatomy(which I don't think they'll cancel...) Oh and of course, reruns of MASH, Buffy and SG1(I can't see the new ones as I don't get Space) All in all, that's not half bad...just Tv is getting on my nerves. God forbid how the new season of Alias is going to play out with the whole "I'm not Michael Vaughn" cliffhanger of last season...Saint thinks he's kidding and they'll have a big ol' laugh at the beginning of the new season...uh, no...but if they did...that would sure suck...I know Alan Alda won't become President on The West Wing(my mum's favourite show)...it just won't work as the main cast is attached as Jimmy Smits' staff...poo...(I typed poo! I’m witty!)

Now I'm back at the point where I'd be happy just being friends with Jenny ,but even that seems like a reach...oh well...I just want to see her again. Is that too much to ask?

Done, I think that's better than normal...another TV rant…

-Cleric

Mom's B Day-Sept 17th
Pyro's B Day-April 29th
Dad's B Day-May 25th
Saint's B Day-March 5th
Jenny(I guess Mog too) B-Day-November 22nd

Mood: Tired...



The new slick rig isn't that slick...the laptop isn't stellar either...but it's
not my money...one thing I do have to say...a new screen does make all the
difference...Anyone seen that Dave Chappelle Mac bit? yes, it's true...flabia?



What did I do today? Well, I tried to get my VB assignment done in the morning,
but the open lab has a class in it. This was made worse by the fact I had to
make it out to my aunts store by noon. I blew off the labs and made my way to
the store by transit. About an hour and half later I arrived and was prompty
put to work. It was no big thing, I had done it before several times. Go here,
do this, dump garbage, vaccuumm, unpack, repack...It's what I do...I worked
from about 10 til 4 as she couldn't officially let me work anymore than
that...meh...then I made my way home in the most uncomfortable rain I have ever
seen. The bus on the way back had the heater cranked full and I dripped sweat
though two zones...Then I came home to find the comps waiting...Pyro refused to
let anyone start setting them up until I got home. I was in no mood to be
anybody's tech monkey...but I did...then I had a nap...got up at 9...the comp
is pretty much good to go...and I got 40 bucks...



A couple really bad things happened
today:

My Ipod concked out on my...it was a software issue...so I had to reset the
whole thing. Of course I'm not that stupid...I used the sharepod application to
get my stuff off...it took me hours upon hours because the stupid thing kept
erroring out...and I'm missing 50 songs...though, 50 of 1526 isn't bad...I'll
figure out what they were one day...when I reallly want to listen to a certain
song and I can't find it...Now I have the thing reset with a couple dozen songs
on it. I just need to test it tomorrow...



Random Condition happened today....remember I said that if I mention an
interview in the blog that I won't get the job? Well, on the train this morning
that big box store phoned and said they didn't have anything open, but they
would keep me on a file for a while(a Talent File...ha!)...Between you and me,
I don't like being called up to be rejected...just leave me alone and assume
I'm rejected. I do that much better...I'm such a superstious bastard....But my
Aunt's store is hopping and she's overworked and understaffed...so maybe
there's something there...



I managed a conversation with Jenny tonight...first time in a while she'd been
on....It was mostly about dry grad, grad itself and that fact they cancelled
"The Inside"...Jenny cleaned up at the Dry Grad blackjack
tables...and walked away with some impressive swag...I got fifty bucks back in
the day...that was still a good prize...



In another random moment, Chelsea raised me on MSN...now, Chelsea and Saint
were friends or something then they had a huge fall out...the only real fight
Saint and I have had is over my "friendship" with Chelsea...which we
all got over...anyway, apparently, Chelsea is teaching english in China right
now...ha, I didn't even know she spoke chinese! (She speaks enough)...



This keyboard is bugging me...I can't Bold with the crtl B shortcut...and
apparently I need a CD to reprogram the buttons on this thing...ugh...Pyro was
smitten with the fact he could bring up the calculator with a touch of a
button...and it has built in volume controls...now only if I could get it to
respond to a hotmail account instead of an outlook one..and I want the
favourite buttons to work too...



For some reason, my collective loserness...um...yeah...my status as an
"absolute loser" really got to me today...I don't know what stopped
me from gutting my writs...but it's kind of passed...I'm trying to get out of
it and into my so called "Social Ego Trinity"...but that's not
working to well...on two fronts...I haven't even attempted at the third....I'll
leave you to fill in that...



In personal corrispondence, I've been calling Jenny, "My"
Jenny...take that as you want it...I know a lot of Jenny's...everyone I know
knows a lot of Jennys...personal, professional and celebrities...Garner,
Hewiett, Lopez...Mcarthy...But I do have to say, i like the sound of
"My" Jenny...kind of wish she was...



I guess the new comp is a blessing in disguise...I realized that my comp sci
texts came with a DVD ROM free trial VB program...and without a DVD ROM, I
couldn't use it before..now I can...and I did...so all my labs are done...



What am I going to do now? Go to bed...get up in about 6 hours...go to
class...I think I can give myself a break from the weight
training...considering how much lifting and running I did today...god damned
fenced off bus paddick...



Well, this is the first entry done on the "slick" new rig...I'll grow
to like it...once I format it...I hate all those stupid programs the dealers
install for you....they all suck...and scare me slightly...ie. I don't want a
no name virus program...I'll get Mcafee on this sooner or later...



I'm going to get some sleep...and maybe join the French Foreign Legion...I was
looking into that a couple days ago...I wonder if I could change my name to
Jean Javert....ooooer... not Jean Valjean...that's blastphamist...and stupid...



-Cleric

Mood: Alrightfficeffice" />

Last night? Interesting  to say the least. I'm very thankful the parentals don't subscribe to my blogo...Saint and I pulled an expert clandestine operation right under Pyro's nose...it was similar to a mission I refused to participate in while back, but this time all the factors were right and it went off flawlessly...the only way to blow the cover, is if the three of us decide to blow it...

Wow, actually mobile now...oooer...I'm blogging in my room on the family lappy...which is actually pretty cool...The new Tower is having a couple issues like a weird start up cycle, which means a hardware issue...I'll give it a week to sort itself out and then we'll take it back to the dealer...see what they say...The comp is like 3 days old and we're already having problems...

Saint and I are going job hunting tomorrow...which is a bit unsettling...as we'll be on Transit...more importantly, the so called "Soft Target" that is the Skytrain..(sigh)...my cousin is in ffice:smarttags" />London right now and was heading up to Edinburgh this morning, something came up and she's not going until tomorrow...but if she had gone on time...she would have been at King's Cross Station at around 9...

My heartfelt sympathies to out to the families of everyone killed in the attacks...

-Cleric

Mood: fficeffice" />

Working on a laptop does have it's disadvantages. I really should have submitted an entry I did last night before the whole thing errored out. It was no big deal, not like I wrote anything of substance.

Saint got hired yesterday...she almost didn't as they were looking for labour people (like myself). Saint always has a way of getting people to do what she wants. We had a good little time at out the Mall...we don't usually get out that far. We'll be going out there a lot more often....

Pyro's Ipod mini was bugging for the past couple days. The thing wouldn't read on the computer, so we took it in to the service guys who then told us to contact Apple. While I was in the process of signing up to Apple and everything, I was messing around with the Mini and I tried the reset procedure. I didn't try it before because I didn't know how to do it on the 4Gen Wheels, only on the 3rd. Anyway, it works fine right now. We don't have to ship it back to Apple...yay! Pyro is psyched  as we just got the Fantastic 4 soundtrack(Marvel Soundtrack Whores!) and I figured out how to work with Podcasts...and you need an Ipod to fully enjoy both the way we like to.

Apparently Harvey and I have a lot more in common then we once thought...we both like cartoons...most of all being Samurai Jack. I got a kick out of last night's ep as it marked the return of the Scottsman and it had a bunch of Star Wars references. I might pick up the Clone War DVD set if I ever see it...because that was like combining Samurai Jack art style with Star Wars....oooer...

I'm desperately trying to jump start my writing. I'm getting nothing. Sure, I can bang out a couple cute scenes, but a full short story keeps alluding me. I'll say it again, I lack the proper focus to do it. I sure hope I can muster it before the fall semester starts. The fall usually galvanizes my academic abilities.

Jenny is in the middle of course planning...I gave her as much advice as I could. I've begun to look at courses for the fall. Most of the profs I want are returning to surrey...not Welsh, he's out in ffice:smarttags" />Richmond this sem. I haven't checked on Froc though...Just did...teaching a once a week course...though, that could get in the way of a bunch of others...anyway, I'm done...

-Cleric

Mood: Alright



I ran through a course planning dry run...well, remember the dream I once had?
"Nothing before 8 or after 4?"  and "No once a week
courses?"...Well, in a vein attempt to keep some profs I had before and to
get a course I really wanted to take...I had to sacrifice that dream. In the
draft, I managed to get Froc and Huey. I had to give up Rideout to get Forensic
Anthro...good news? I get fridays off...It's still in the draft phase of
course...meaning I could switch Anthro to Tuesday/Friday...which would leave
Crim Law alone on monday, which would allow me to "focus" on it...but
it would give up my friday...which I'm used to now...English 1204 is now in a
night slot...with a prof who, by reports is, is a minor bitch...most of these
reports have been accurate...except with Kenward...no one liked him...



The exam schedule is light as Froc/Huey hate doing finales....meaning I'll only
have three...which is better than most years...bad news? Forensic Anthro (Monday/Thursday)
has a final on the 22nd of December...the latest I've ever had a final was the
20th...the Tuesday/Friday one has it on the 16th...so I'll have to weight the
pros and cons on that one...



I also worked it out that I can't finish the so called two year degree in two
years...I'll need a summer to mop up a couple of courses...it would be the same
even if I didn't "Fail" anything...meaning I might take the next fall
off and transfer to SFU in the spring...which would be cool. I'll get an academic
break...something I've never done...ever...I also have a fear in the back of my
mind that I'll fail...of course that was always there...know it has some
credible back up...I've always been an academic and the thought of not having
that terrifies me...That's how I've always defined myself...I just need to
focus...again...(sigh)



I'm done...oh, if I get anymore boring, please shoot me!



-Cleric

Mood: ok



Now, I don't usually make fun of anybody who has commented...but I have a
feeling that the last series of comments were left by:



1. A really hyper/effervescent person: Which I
hate...damn optimists!

2. My Mom...yeah, right...we've already discussed the fact my parents
have no idea what the URL of this site is and even if they did, commenting
would be more than a challenge for her comp skills...

3. A cute and ever fluffy SpamBot...in a new form...like the Replicators
on SG1...

4. Would someone get paid to spam sites? That's the last thing I need is
a paid/manual spamming.



Pff, "add me to favourites"...not according to the stats page...I
don't even know what entry the comments were on...No real person would even
comment on the last two boring entries...hell, the month of july has been less
than stellar when it comes to quality entries.



My money is on number 3...no idea how they could get by the spamming guard...I
have a feeling I'd have to sit in a lawn chair on the comment form with a
shotgun to keep Spambots away...just enjoy the imagery, it doesn't have to make
sense.



The "Open" Lab I've been in the past few weeks isn't even really
"Open". The guard came and  booted me out. I should I had a
class at 6. If there was no class at six, I would be a liar and I don't like
being a liar. I try to maintain some sense of honor in these less than
honorable times.



In other bad Kwat news, I heard some scuttlebutt today that the Lounge Cafe
might be closing down in the fall. Meaning there will be no coffee access on
campus. Sure, the Chartwells' cafe does have a starbucks outlet, but it's only
open for two hours a day. I hope that's a rumour...or they replace it with a
real Starbucks. Maybe an annex of the Strawberry Hill/72nd Locations, that's
been done in malls with a permanent starbucks...ie Metrotown.



 Now, I don't know WHY they would close it down. It's pretty much the
centre of a boring campus. The Admin did refuse them the right to get a liquor
permit even though the government said it was alright. Could be it's just not
THAT profitable...what? They can't keep it open with the over 500 dollars in
fees everyone has to pay? 1000 students...times 500 bucks...hmmmm. The Big Two
Universities have Starbucks' either inside or in spitting distance of a campus.
Hell, UBC could be a Starbucks for all I know...you know how those things
grow...



With all those Kwat problems, a less than perfect timetable is the least of my
worries...Well, just the one problem, No "On Campus" coffee.... The
open lab thing is no big deal...I swear there is no G2075, it like only goes up
to 30! I used to think it was a prank. Post fake room details on a bulletin
board and watch newbies run around looking for rooms that don't exist. Ha, it
probably isn't...but I should try that.



I felt in a real "Death Cab" mood this morning. I just can't get
tired of those guys. I think it should be called Nerd Rock...as they don't look
like the coolest dudes on the face once you actually saw them on The OC...which
I might actually get to watch at home in the fall semester. What a novel
concept! Probably couldn't watch it on campus even if I could. If the Lounge
closes, the projector and satellite dish will be moved or sold off...



I really hope Forensic Anthro is all it's cracked up to be. I had to give up
Rideout for it(but I got Froc and Huey, who are a hoot!)... From reports the
Prof seems like a good person. You can't disagree with the subject matter(Autopsy
101?)...the only obstacle is the 8am time slot. I really don't care about the December
22nd exam date, not like I have pleasant Christmases anymore...



Reg date is the first day at 11am...a little later than I'm used to, by two
hours. So I guess I'm not that bad off then.



Right, done...Mom wants a coffee...



-Cleric