Hey yo, yeah it's been a while alright! I guess nothing of import has really happened since the last time I wrote, and to be honest nothing much has changed now either, except I just need a little rant space. First though a minor update, I quit Slave-On and am working insufficient hours at the Liquor Depot and really enjoying it: a nice mix of day and night shifts, and all the stocking and inventory and such really complements my anal-organizational personality. I quit Slave-On because I had a run-in with the boss, not that that was entirely unexpected because the situation provocateur had happened before: I spent a few days with friends and family on the Mainland for my birthday, which was nice, except the cats made my allergies so inflamed that by the time Sunday rolled around I had a bad head cold and, on top of traveling for five hours to get back here, was in no shape to work. I called earlier in the day and was told there was no one to cover my shift, which is disorganized bullshit in the first place; then I called back again a couple of hours before my shift and talked to the boss, who said they were already down four cashiers that night and that I needed to get a doctor's note to miss it – which is also bullshit because there's no way FOUR people would have got doctor's notes before me. So I was stressing, and went to see whether the university clinic was open – of course not, at 3PM on a Sunday afternoon, which my boss would have known, of course – so after trying (unsuccessfully) to sleep it off for an hour, I called back and told him he was being unreasonable and said I was resigning. It would have felt better except that he didn't seem upset in the LEAST that he was losing an employee who was dependable and had been there for almost two years. Which I suppose should have tipped me off. Asshole. Besides that episode, I'm a little annoyed that the UVSP hasn't got back to me about the university's Sustainability Assessment. I emailed and called and I wanna volunteer but it's hard if I don't know what to do! Also I want to volunteer for Lifecycles: a backyard fruit-picking program, and organic garden-building on one of the First Nations reserves – I wish I had a garden!

Speaking of which, Jamie went to see a place the other day, and we almost took it, except that he wanted me to see it first (which I suppose I agree with). The landlord didn't want to show it again though, and even though we were his first choice he said he had many others who wanted it, so no dice. Too bad, it sounds as though it would have been nice: hardwood floors, new windows, decent location on Fort... *sigh*.

In other news, I FINALLY saw the season finale of House... Sooo annoying! I mean, they can't can three of the show's six lead characters, can they?? So I'm trying to fill the void by downloading the remainder of Season 2, which I may or may not have seen yet... but that doesn't really matter, of course.

It's been very slack around here since I quit (worrying about) Slave-On. I've been waking up at noonish almost every day... not doing a lot of housework – as an example, clothing hasn't been folded in over a week =P. The other night I was a little depressed since it was Saturday and I had worked at the Liquor Depot and a bunch of people kept coming in, all friends, and buying booze to have with their chill movie night... So of course I was lamenting to myself that I haven't got any friends here to do that sort of thing with. So when I got home I had some Ciclon and ice, then some Bailey's and ice. Didn't help, of course.

ANYWAY Now for the best part: Wide Mouth Mason last night at Legends! Jamie thought it was gonna be as popular as Matt Good when he was there, and eventually it was I think, but when we got there (50 minutes before doors were supposed to open) there was no one at the doors, so we went to Starbucks and got some weird chocolate-orange drinks (would not recommend). Even then, we got back 40 minutes before the doors, and there were only I think 3 couples there inclusive, and it was rather windy so we all were freezing. It was funny when they finally opened the doors shortly after 8, we all felt the warm draft wafting out and breathed a sigh of relief all at once! Anyway, there were two opening bands who were *meh* alright, the first one's lead singers both looked like Luke from Gilmore Girls – late-30-something, receding hairline, scrubby, maybe drunk – while the second one was comprised of talented but immature youngsters. As I remarked to Jamie, the lead singer of No.2 looked like a mop-topped Canadian Idol reject. In any case, WMM effin blew them away, since they are AMAZING in concert! They're sooo energetic and the bass player always looks psyched to be playing – I hope they're ACTUALLY that happy to be up there and not just putting one over on the audience. They rocked out on a little Police (since they opened for them a little while ago) and of course – shit, the Blues guy, you know... ungh. So it was awesome, EXCEPT for all the baby-boomers there, we couldn't get over how many there were. That's fine, as long as they behave, but the ones near us (at the counter at the back platform) talked the ENTIRE time, and one woman was sooo drunk and kept dancing to EVERYTHING... Felt like shooting someone! NEWS FLASH: THIS IS NOT WOODSTOCK, YOU ARE OLD AND YOU ARE MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF. This one guy in particular was yelling to his buddies through every song, right beside us! After we moved further down, and his little group moved further down too, I felt like saying, Sorry to interrupt your conversation fellas, but maybe if the BAND is too loud for you, you should take your incessant yapping THE FUCK OUTTA HERE! But thankfully they shut up for the encore and the night ended OK, we even got a taxi right after the show ended and made it home in under $20. In conclusion, can't wait to see WMM again, but hopefully at some venue/event where the average age of the audience is NOT 40+.

Yeahhh I know that was sort of a long one... Maybe if I updated more frequently... Meh.

K

PS Got an add from George S (formerly of MM). Watch The Hour, it's good.

Edit: It was Stevie Wonder. ... Idiot!