I'm like a battery acid full of lead.
Melodramatic. Face red, with a fake head.
Stomping on the grounds you used to walk on.
Reading books, staying true, and just talk strong.
The earth shakes, we pollute and just go.
Do we care? Take a look! I don't know.
These Hard times calls for drastic measures,
and yet we've got the gaul to fake pleasures.
I'll stomp you, and take all that you've got,
and when I'm done, you'll see all that i'm not.
you'll start unconventional wars and whatnot.
the world will think you're bad when you're not.
waterboarding is not the same as surfboarding
Look it up. So you know, I'm informing.
a torture device suffice to immobilize and think twice
you can't move, and so, you're stuck like a vice.
.... more whenever it comes to me.........
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
On a lighter note
I'm moving to Toronto... which comes at a perfect time because the increase in pay from the new job, means I can afford to pay off the HUGE ticket i'll probably get for having gone 160km in Ontario... Sometimes I can be a big idiot. Although, you live, you learn.
My GF is coming down this weekend. We're going to rent a uhaul, pack the remaining things, and head out to Toronto! This will be a LONG drive back!
This will be a fantastic couple weeks before heading to the new job!
I'll write more soon :-D
My GF is coming down this weekend. We're going to rent a uhaul, pack the remaining things, and head out to Toronto! This will be a LONG drive back!
This will be a fantastic couple weeks before heading to the new job!
I'll write more soon :-D
Social Networking
I'm seeing something.
I'm seeing something pretty interesting that I did not think could happen.
I'm seeing it and I'm kinda surprised that it's going to succeed. Prior to this or last year, we did not have many social networks. Each site was independent and carried it's own set of users. Each one fighting to have it's users generate it money somehow.
I'm seeing a change wherein the sites are becoming more social, more open.... I feel it's geared more towards other means now. For example: lets say i bought a new itouch. I post on facebook that my itouch works great!!This post causes subconscious influence on the next person who might be looking to buy one and might be in my friend list. This person might be seeing this message from his google reader, or his/her iGoogle page. This person sees google targetted ads for the itouch, and causes more subconscious "want" for said item.
Social networking was once reserved for "real life" conversations and real life connections. We'd get together, you'd see my new itouch and we'd talk about it. You'd go home, talk to your parents or your other friends about the device.... You see where i'm heading with this.
The internet never had this type of capability. Everything was seperate and we relied on ads to convey this type of information. Now, we're publicizing all sorts of personal information, which in my mind, is geared towards getting people to buy more "stuff". Sure, we'll learn more about the world via twitter and everyones personal comments. Sure I'll find out that my friend "john" might have gone out last weekend and was completely wasted but had the best (insert drink name here). What's the real story behind all the online social networking? I hope you're starting to get the idea ;-)
Gotta run! Sudennly I want (insert drink name here) because my friend john drank it and loved it!
I'm seeing something pretty interesting that I did not think could happen.
I'm seeing it and I'm kinda surprised that it's going to succeed. Prior to this or last year, we did not have many social networks. Each site was independent and carried it's own set of users. Each one fighting to have it's users generate it money somehow.
I'm seeing a change wherein the sites are becoming more social, more open.... I feel it's geared more towards other means now. For example: lets say i bought a new itouch. I post on facebook that my itouch works great!!This post causes subconscious influence on the next person who might be looking to buy one and might be in my friend list. This person might be seeing this message from his google reader, or his/her iGoogle page. This person sees google targetted ads for the itouch, and causes more subconscious "want" for said item.
Social networking was once reserved for "real life" conversations and real life connections. We'd get together, you'd see my new itouch and we'd talk about it. You'd go home, talk to your parents or your other friends about the device.... You see where i'm heading with this.
The internet never had this type of capability. Everything was seperate and we relied on ads to convey this type of information. Now, we're publicizing all sorts of personal information, which in my mind, is geared towards getting people to buy more "stuff". Sure, we'll learn more about the world via twitter and everyones personal comments. Sure I'll find out that my friend "john" might have gone out last weekend and was completely wasted but had the best (insert drink name here). What's the real story behind all the online social networking? I hope you're starting to get the idea ;-)
Gotta run! Sudennly I want (insert drink name here) because my friend john drank it and loved it!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Post!
I'm no longer in Morrisburg or Cornwall... I ended up in Toronto, back home and went to work for the week. Today I'm at my gf's chilling in the basement, reflecting on the fact that I'm nearly identical to my mom and that scares the crap out of me.
I remember being so annoyed by her when I was in highschool because she wanted to do everything for me and I never managed to grow as an individual. I fled the scene and moved into my own appartment where I started learning to do stuff on my own. But I never had the chance to reflect on myself and who I am and want to be as a person. Instead resorting to being passive and submissive like my mom. It's a pattern I need to change if I want to succeed in life. I need to find a proper balance the ensures i'm growing as an individual, and also ensures that i'm not pushing my loved one away. I'll redirect myself to something constructive and not self destructive. I need to return to how I was before, but on a more balanced level. It's the balancing that i've never been good at because of my past. However, hopefully I'll be able to do that now as I have a girlfriend who's so understanding and so supportive of me.
Anywho, I have more learning to do.
I'm going to focus on trying to start an ecommerce business now. It's going to succeed and it's going to generate a lot of revenue.
I'm eating rice krispies right now...
I forgot what my favorite song of all time was until I heard it again last week. I used to play it every first day of high school to calm me down as I was always nervous first day. "Everythings gonna be Alright" by Naughty By Nature.
Here's a sample:
Some get a little and some get none
Some catch a bad one and some leave the job half done
I was one who never had and always mad
Never knew my dad, mother f*** the f@g
Where anywhere I did pick up, flipped the clip up
Too many stick-ups, 'cause niggas had the trigger hic-ups
I couldn't get a job, nappy hair was not allowed
My mother couldn't afford us all, she had to throw me out
I walked the strip, which is a clip, who wanna hit?
They got 'em quick, I had to eat, this money's good as spent
I threw in graves, I wasn't paid enough
I kept 'em long 'cause I couldn't afford a haircut
I got laughed at, I got chumped, I got dissed
I got upset, I got a tech in the banana clip
Was down to throw the led to any tellin' crackhead
I'm still livin' broke, so a lot of good it would've did
Or done, if not for bad luck, I would have none
Why did I have to live a life of such a bad one
Why when I was a kid and played out was a sad one
And always wanted to live like just a fat one
Essentially it describe Treach's life in he ghetto.
"Too many stick-ups, cause niggas had the trigga hic-ups" essentially just guys shootings guy for money without a care in the world.
Meanwhile here I was,nervous about going to school... Yet in the midst of being nervous about going to school, I was growing up with little money myself!
Either way, I used to feel better hearing this song. Its not often a rap song has a lot of meaning and depth.
On that note, I'm no longer in my girlfriends basement, but instead at home... Time to get ready to head out!
I remember being so annoyed by her when I was in highschool because she wanted to do everything for me and I never managed to grow as an individual. I fled the scene and moved into my own appartment where I started learning to do stuff on my own. But I never had the chance to reflect on myself and who I am and want to be as a person. Instead resorting to being passive and submissive like my mom. It's a pattern I need to change if I want to succeed in life. I need to find a proper balance the ensures i'm growing as an individual, and also ensures that i'm not pushing my loved one away. I'll redirect myself to something constructive and not self destructive. I need to return to how I was before, but on a more balanced level. It's the balancing that i've never been good at because of my past. However, hopefully I'll be able to do that now as I have a girlfriend who's so understanding and so supportive of me.
Anywho, I have more learning to do.
I'm going to focus on trying to start an ecommerce business now. It's going to succeed and it's going to generate a lot of revenue.
I'm eating rice krispies right now...
I forgot what my favorite song of all time was until I heard it again last week. I used to play it every first day of high school to calm me down as I was always nervous first day. "Everythings gonna be Alright" by Naughty By Nature.
Here's a sample:
Some get a little and some get none
Some catch a bad one and some leave the job half done
I was one who never had and always mad
Never knew my dad, mother f*** the f@g
Where anywhere I did pick up, flipped the clip up
Too many stick-ups, 'cause niggas had the trigger hic-ups
I couldn't get a job, nappy hair was not allowed
My mother couldn't afford us all, she had to throw me out
I walked the strip, which is a clip, who wanna hit?
They got 'em quick, I had to eat, this money's good as spent
I threw in graves, I wasn't paid enough
I kept 'em long 'cause I couldn't afford a haircut
I got laughed at, I got chumped, I got dissed
I got upset, I got a tech in the banana clip
Was down to throw the led to any tellin' crackhead
I'm still livin' broke, so a lot of good it would've did
Or done, if not for bad luck, I would have none
Why did I have to live a life of such a bad one
Why when I was a kid and played out was a sad one
And always wanted to live like just a fat one
Essentially it describe Treach's life in he ghetto.
"Too many stick-ups, cause niggas had the trigga hic-ups" essentially just guys shootings guy for money without a care in the world.
Meanwhile here I was,nervous about going to school... Yet in the midst of being nervous about going to school, I was growing up with little money myself!
Either way, I used to feel better hearing this song. Its not often a rap song has a lot of meaning and depth.
On that note, I'm no longer in my girlfriends basement, but instead at home... Time to get ready to head out!
Friday, October 3, 2008
Of all places
So I was stuck in Morrisburg last night... in a Tim Hortons to be exact... I called a taxi to drive me to Cornwall so I could book a train ticket.
The taxi driver was exceptionally nice, telling me he hears all sorts of weird stories on his night shift.
I bought the train ticket and he dropped me off at an Econo Lodge in Cornwall. I dropped my stuff off, called my girlfriend and texted her mom to let her know of the situation.
I was filled with anger over the stupidity of the situation, but alas it was another fun adventure in my life. There's only so much that can be thrown at you, I guess I haven't reached the limit... lol
I walked out of the 'lodge at around 11:30-ish, looking for a place to eat. I tried KFC, nope closed, McDonalds, nope closed, Wendy's? Nope closed... Alas a beacon in the night flashed before me. It was a Burger freaking King. I walked across the main intersection to the Burger and placed my order. The manager was very friendly and almost resembled my brother Kevin , except older. I told him my story as he listenned intently. He retorted with such words as "that's shitty", and "wow, can you imagine". He kept talking to me however...... I sat down and he came by where I was sitting and was telling me about how he's been manager for the longest time and how he's only been in cornwall for 10 years. He used to be manager in Ottawa, where he had a blast. He used to out drinking pretty often and loved the nightlife. At around supper time, the Ottawa Burger King would get pretty full, unfortunately with prostitutes and pimps. He had to fix this situation if he wanted families to come into the store and dine at ease. He made rules. He told them all that they he to go upstairs and could not enter Burger King until after 7pm. They agreed. He mentionned that at one point a pimp was not happy with his 'trick' and hit her over the second floor ledge, where she fell and hit the table below. He described the situation as a half naked girl with legs wide open falling to the table below. The pimp walked downstairs, handed Tom $2,000 and left with the girl. Seemingly she was never THAT hurt... but yikes!
Tom then left Ottawa as per a request from a friend Luke (who was a general manager of some sort) to manage the Cornwall store, which was falling apart. The employees didn't care, the customers were not coming back, etc...
He scoped the place a week before starting and at one point came up to an employee and said to him that if he continues to smoke up outside the store, when he's manager, he's the first to go. Sure enough, he was the first to go.
As he see's it, it's very important that the employees care for there work or the customers will simply not come back. He said that as an example if the employee is cleaning a table and a customer walks in that you should greet the customer immediately and quickly finish you work and help the customer.
He mentionned that courtesy and just being nice in general will help the business to a huge degree. He said word of mouth is a dangerous thing, and I tend to agree.
He wanted to go out drinking that night, however I just couldn't do it. I was over tired, and already pretty stressed. He did mention that he would pass by after work and knock on my door to be sure I couldn't go out. I thought that was a bit weird, but whatever... He never knocked, or I simply slept through it, who knows for sure...
Something interesting like this doesn't happen often in my life , so I thought this was my mini adventure and I should just accept it an keep moving forward.
....Until that time, i'll be on the road again.
The taxi driver was exceptionally nice, telling me he hears all sorts of weird stories on his night shift.
I bought the train ticket and he dropped me off at an Econo Lodge in Cornwall. I dropped my stuff off, called my girlfriend and texted her mom to let her know of the situation.
I was filled with anger over the stupidity of the situation, but alas it was another fun adventure in my life. There's only so much that can be thrown at you, I guess I haven't reached the limit... lol
I walked out of the 'lodge at around 11:30-ish, looking for a place to eat. I tried KFC, nope closed, McDonalds, nope closed, Wendy's? Nope closed... Alas a beacon in the night flashed before me. It was a Burger freaking King. I walked across the main intersection to the Burger and placed my order. The manager was very friendly and almost resembled my brother Kevin , except older. I told him my story as he listenned intently. He retorted with such words as "that's shitty", and "wow, can you imagine". He kept talking to me however...... I sat down and he came by where I was sitting and was telling me about how he's been manager for the longest time and how he's only been in cornwall for 10 years. He used to be manager in Ottawa, where he had a blast. He used to out drinking pretty often and loved the nightlife. At around supper time, the Ottawa Burger King would get pretty full, unfortunately with prostitutes and pimps. He had to fix this situation if he wanted families to come into the store and dine at ease. He made rules. He told them all that they he to go upstairs and could not enter Burger King until after 7pm. They agreed. He mentionned that at one point a pimp was not happy with his 'trick' and hit her over the second floor ledge, where she fell and hit the table below. He described the situation as a half naked girl with legs wide open falling to the table below. The pimp walked downstairs, handed Tom $2,000 and left with the girl. Seemingly she was never THAT hurt... but yikes!
Tom then left Ottawa as per a request from a friend Luke (who was a general manager of some sort) to manage the Cornwall store, which was falling apart. The employees didn't care, the customers were not coming back, etc...
He scoped the place a week before starting and at one point came up to an employee and said to him that if he continues to smoke up outside the store, when he's manager, he's the first to go. Sure enough, he was the first to go.
As he see's it, it's very important that the employees care for there work or the customers will simply not come back. He said that as an example if the employee is cleaning a table and a customer walks in that you should greet the customer immediately and quickly finish you work and help the customer.
He mentionned that courtesy and just being nice in general will help the business to a huge degree. He said word of mouth is a dangerous thing, and I tend to agree.
He wanted to go out drinking that night, however I just couldn't do it. I was over tired, and already pretty stressed. He did mention that he would pass by after work and knock on my door to be sure I couldn't go out. I thought that was a bit weird, but whatever... He never knocked, or I simply slept through it, who knows for sure...
Something interesting like this doesn't happen often in my life , so I thought this was my mini adventure and I should just accept it an keep moving forward.
....Until that time, i'll be on the road again.
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