What a sour mood that was

My goodness, yesterday I was in such a bad mood!  I had just found out that my family once again doesn't have any time for me.  I invited my Mom out to ribfest here in St. Catharines, and got a response that just hurt.  "No I'm too busy."  They couldn't make it to my party on Monday that I'd been planning for 2 months, and had invited them to 6 times, they can't make it to RibFest with me, what else can't they do with me?  Why don't they want to spend time with me?

Ugh it hurts again.

Christmas in July

I am currently celebrating Christmas in July by having a small fire and weenie roast.  My buddy came over and introduced his new girlfriend to me and my g/f.  So it was just the 4 of us sitting around the backyard fire pit hanging out and talking.  Just a good ol' time.

Perfect weather for it too clear and 25C.  just lovely.

Oh, and if you are worried about backyard fire pits, I should mention that I soaked down the lawn, and keep the hose nearby, also I keep the fire inside a steel cage.

broken cell phone

Well I broke another phone about 2 weeks ago, and I've been looking for a new one ever since.  Now I know I won't be buying one for at least another month, but I'm still looking.  I've narrowed down my options to things I want in a phone, and things I don't want.  I like my full keyboard, but I don't like slides, hinges or whatever that thing is called on the HTC Desire Z (is it a drawer or just a double hinge?)  I'd like to get an Android phone because it will help replace my iPod touch for calendar, to do lists and apps.  If I were to go with an Android phone I'd prefer a smaller screen and a full qwerty keyboard in the candy bar shape.  Now this isn't the ideal shape for everybody, so I might have to suck it up and go with a no-keyboard all touch screen phone.  I'm still not convinced that an iPhone is worth the money.

Jobs, and why I hate them.

I woke up this afternoon to my girlfriend crying.  She had just got home from work and told me she won't be going back.  Now this makes me sad, and after some consoling she tells me what her boss said, and what she overheard afterward.  She heard that the two girls from our age group at church had talked to the boss and gotten her fired.  Other employees should not have this power over employers.  This is now the second time when she has worked with someone she knows and then got canned because of something they've said.  This just goes to show what some people will do to their "friends" when jobs are involved.

Right here is another reason why I hate the current job system.  It doesn't seem to matter how good of a worker you are, or how many other people you get along with.  If there's just one person who doesn't like you or wants your job, it's all in jeopardy.  That's like placing your life in the hands of everyone around you, and expecting them to care.  No one cares about you when it comes to money.  All they care about is themselves, and how to get themselves richer.  This turns every job into an egg that you have to protect.  Most people have learned to protect these little job-eggs with lies and greed.  My girlfriend has decided to take the path of honesty and cheerfulness.  Guess who gets fired?

I'm not sure these people all know exactly what they've done to my girlfriend.  I don't think they get that she gets cut very deep when she looses a job.  She was so very happy to finally get hired, after months and months of searching.  Now she looks so sad, and worried.  I don't like seeing her this way.  Now we have to try to explain what happened to her family, my family, and our friends.  I don't know how to do it.  How do you tell someone that you think two other Christians has caused you to fail in your professional life?

Distributel RAWKS!!!!

I've got to say that even after the long period of waiting (see previous post http://metricjester.blogspot.com/2011/05/life-update.html) and a little technical glitch (Bell tech had the wrong 2 wires connected at the tap, Distributel Tech fixed it in no time.) I now have interent.  I've had it working since Monday, and I must say that it is awesome.  Sure it's 5Mbps, but who cares it's always 5Mbps.  Plus with unlimited upload/download bandwidth and 683kbps upload I am definitely NOT complaining.  The Distributel CSRs are all polite and knowledgeable.  The small snafu I had at the beginning was really no one's fault, just a simple mis-communication, and after it was sorted out, I wasn't in the least bit upset about it.  That's just weird for me, usually I get all huffy about it, but I can't seem to get mad at the good people at Distributel, because they are so nice!

Anyway I would just like to wish all Fathers a late Happy Father's Day, and I hope you all keep frosty.

Life Update

I have been without internet for more than a month now, and I really miss it.  I've been checking my e-mails and updating my blogs only at my friend's house, and my parents' house.  There's one thing I've learned in all of this.  DON'T DOWNLOAD MORE THAN YOU CAN PAY FOR!!  That's why this month after my cheque Elections Canada clears I will be paying my first month on an unlimited connection from Distributel.  http://www.distributel.ca/en-ON Now I signed up for this exactly one month ago on April 25th 2011, so I will be getting a big credit when it's finally installed.  The whole reason I haven't had it up and running yet is because I was told that they would send me the modem, then I'd pay and then they'd send out a technician, then I'd call again to get a discount for the time off.  It wasn't until last week that they told me (after 4 calls) that I had to pay, then they'd send the modem, then I'd call for a technician, and after the technician I'd call for my discount.  Well to tell you the truth I wasn't quite ready to pay the whole $70 when I phoned them, and I certainly wasn't able to after rent and food came out of my bank account.

To top things off I'm in the process of switching banks, and I keep forgetting where I put my direct deposit information to give to ODSP.  It looks like I'll have to wait till next month again.

Power Outage

St. Catharines had a major power outage all day April 28th 2011.  My own power went out some time in the morning, I don't know when because I was asleep until 2:30pm.  I just called my power company and they said that the estimated time for the power to come back on for my area (which is huge and half of it has power already) is 8 am.  I've decided to stay at a friend's house for the time being and check my e-mail, facebook and update my blogs.