While Im offending people with my previous post, I may as well also get out my lack of sympathy for certain people in the path of certain hurricanes.
Rita: Anyone caught in the path of this one that had access to a car and gas, and didnt make an attempt to get out, really was not thinking. This was a Category 5 when people were screaming GET OUT, even if it dropped before landfall. I have a hard time feeling sorry for them
Wilma: This one goes particularly to Canadian tourists in Cancun. We sent down emergency rescue planes that came back empty because people thought it would be an adventure. Any Canadian tourist caught in that deserved whatever they got, you should have left if you got that chance.
Katrina: I have a fair amount of sympathy here, but my frustration more goes to the original city plans. Wow. One, who builds a coastal city below sea level AND below a lake AND in the path of many hurricanes. This was a disaster waiting to happen, and the Superdome... Gah, just Gah.
There, those were the ones that bugged me this year.
In addition though the hurricane season is not over (Hurricane Beta, I laugh at the fact that they had to use Greek letters), so please... Evacuate from them if you can, If you cant, find a way, If you cant find a way, may God help you.
On to tornadoes... I have ZERO sympathy for anyone in tornado alley except for children there. Anyone who lives in tornado alley and complains about tornadoes is a moron. THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS TORNADO ALLEY, ITS CALLED THAT FOR A REASON AND YOU KNOW IT. GAH. If you want to live there... fine, but dont complain to me about it, you have to rebuild every time a tornado occurs, so I cant care anymore, the kids, well they cant exactly move away, so I will feel sorry for them.
On to Earthquakes... I have a fair amount of sympathy here, though my compassion for southeast asia is being spread a little thin here, its just happening too much, and I understand that it isnt a rich region of the planet, but they are happening alot lately is all.
My main problem with earthquakes is people in southern california who complain about the tremors you get. It happens, deal with it, you live next to the best known fault line in the world, I only have even less sympathy for you than the tornado alley people, just because Ive heard Californians complain and their earthquakes are much less destructive. Though at least you build earthquake resistant buildings instead of making them into horrible weapons for your chosen disaster like the tornado alley people do with the trailers.
Also, if there is ever a meltdown at Pickering power plant, I will be driving east, cursing our stupidity. Durham region will be screwed, some moron built one of our Nuclear Power Plants on A FUCKING FAULT LINE. No major ones yet, but just wait, we'll be screwed then.
I live in a hilly area, hundreds of miles inland, near a minor fault line. Im in a safe area. No tornadoes in Durham for hundreds of years I think, No hurricanes since the fifties and then it was technically a tropical storm. (Hazel) No earthquakes that I know of for several years, and when they come, it is more something to talk about, cause they are just something that shakes the house a bit, nothing to fear at all.
That is why I will have sympathy when something goes down. Or if something goes down in some place that is fairly safe from natural disasters. But I find it hard to feel sorry for disaster victims all the time, if your disaster happened in an area it always does. I try but I fail eventually, then I get called insensitive.
I dont know why I even try...
I know I sound insensitive here, and it sparked by the ongoing hurricane season. I am sorry to all those offended here, but I felt like venting and if you dont like it, oh well. I do care, and I may toss them some cash, but to really care, I am finding it harder and harder, especially with all the stupid media coverage, you just get overwhelmed.
Until next time...
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Avian Flu to SARS
Is it just me, or has everyone stopped caring.
SARS killed all of 800 worldwide, and attracted thousands and thousands of hours of media attention. It killed the tourism industry of Toronto, and wasted my time in general.
Who was afraid of SARS, please post if you were, cause I want to know if you are out there. I dont think that it was a big deal.
If you got it, which there wasnt a big chance of that happening, you had 98 percent chance of survival, and that is just that low a chance because of the fact that minor cases of SARS might not have been brought to the attention of doctors.
SARS overall was ridiculous. I mean come on, we were worried over nothing. It was a joke.
Avian Flu at least seems more credible.
Im not worried though, if it comes it will come, just like the 1918 one did, it will come if it does.
Now dont peg me as insensitive but honestly we have better medical technology than we did in 1918, we will be fine, I think the estimates are a little high for one thing, and that if the virus does mutate to be virulent in humans that we will get along just fine.
Just a thought though.
While SARS swept the world killing a handful of people (relative to the total population of Earth), the regular flu killed thousands worldwide and we didnt worry about it too much. Just food for thought.
Until next time...
SARS killed all of 800 worldwide, and attracted thousands and thousands of hours of media attention. It killed the tourism industry of Toronto, and wasted my time in general.
Who was afraid of SARS, please post if you were, cause I want to know if you are out there. I dont think that it was a big deal.
If you got it, which there wasnt a big chance of that happening, you had 98 percent chance of survival, and that is just that low a chance because of the fact that minor cases of SARS might not have been brought to the attention of doctors.
SARS overall was ridiculous. I mean come on, we were worried over nothing. It was a joke.
Avian Flu at least seems more credible.
Im not worried though, if it comes it will come, just like the 1918 one did, it will come if it does.
Now dont peg me as insensitive but honestly we have better medical technology than we did in 1918, we will be fine, I think the estimates are a little high for one thing, and that if the virus does mutate to be virulent in humans that we will get along just fine.
Just a thought though.
While SARS swept the world killing a handful of people (relative to the total population of Earth), the regular flu killed thousands worldwide and we didnt worry about it too much. Just food for thought.
Until next time...
Revenge upon the Child of Evil
I work as a cashier.
I used to work in a different department of my store making pizzas, until one day I realized I hated two of my coworkers.
My old department manager, lets call her Edna. And a coworker, lets call her Joanne.
I dont care about their privacy, I hate them to the very core of my being.
They can thank me if they want that I used enough restraint to not post their full names and addresses.
Anyways. I hate Edna. She is loud, rude, obtrusive. She is rude to customers, rude to coworkers, and doesnt know how to schedule worth a damn. On top of all that, she doesnt know how to run a department, or generally do her job. Everything in that department looks like crap.
More though I hate Joanne. She is the most pushy, arrogant bitch that you will ever meet.
Now note, I have four years of seniority, and 3 more than her. She was a bitch when she started.
She is bossy, she thinks she runs the department and has more authority than me, who was fifth on the list. She was 23rd.
Ninety percent of the reason I left was that Joanne was making my working life a living hell. So I transferred to cash, and that was that.
Now I learn that Edna is in trouble for being rude and that Joanne is on the verge of being fired for the sexual harassment of several of my other coworkers.
All I can do is laugh and smile.
I may return if Joanne gets fired, and if both her and Edna get fired, I think I will.
Until next time...
I used to work in a different department of my store making pizzas, until one day I realized I hated two of my coworkers.
My old department manager, lets call her Edna. And a coworker, lets call her Joanne.
I dont care about their privacy, I hate them to the very core of my being.
They can thank me if they want that I used enough restraint to not post their full names and addresses.
Anyways. I hate Edna. She is loud, rude, obtrusive. She is rude to customers, rude to coworkers, and doesnt know how to schedule worth a damn. On top of all that, she doesnt know how to run a department, or generally do her job. Everything in that department looks like crap.
More though I hate Joanne. She is the most pushy, arrogant bitch that you will ever meet.
Now note, I have four years of seniority, and 3 more than her. She was a bitch when she started.
She is bossy, she thinks she runs the department and has more authority than me, who was fifth on the list. She was 23rd.
Ninety percent of the reason I left was that Joanne was making my working life a living hell. So I transferred to cash, and that was that.
Now I learn that Edna is in trouble for being rude and that Joanne is on the verge of being fired for the sexual harassment of several of my other coworkers.
All I can do is laugh and smile.
I may return if Joanne gets fired, and if both her and Edna get fired, I think I will.
Until next time...
Friday, October 28, 2005
Lotto 6/49
The most recent Lotto 6/49 jackpot was expected to be around 40 million dollars. It was the highest lottery jackpot in Canadian history. Somewhere in the area of 100 million dollars Canadian was spent on tickets for this one drawing.
One ticket won.
In a small town in Alberta.
54 million, split between 17 people.
In a small town. Wow. Just wow.
Good for them, though I wish I had won.
Then today I heard the craziest thing I thought I had ever heard.
"You would be miserable, and if you got it, I guarantee you that you would come up to me in 12 months time and say 'if I could give it back I would'"
No.
Just No.
That is crazy. If I were that miserable I would give a large portion to charity. Or maybe give some random people living on the street a grand start up.
Maybe I would just give out a thousand dollars to everyone I see in one day.
But I would not give it back.
Maybe I would buy a plane, then... a small island. Then I could fly the plane to the small island, far away from the crazy person that said this ludicrous thing to me.
I roll my eyes at the person who said this.
Until next time...
One ticket won.
In a small town in Alberta.
54 million, split between 17 people.
In a small town. Wow. Just wow.
Good for them, though I wish I had won.
Then today I heard the craziest thing I thought I had ever heard.
"You would be miserable, and if you got it, I guarantee you that you would come up to me in 12 months time and say 'if I could give it back I would'"
No.
Just No.
That is crazy. If I were that miserable I would give a large portion to charity. Or maybe give some random people living on the street a grand start up.
Maybe I would just give out a thousand dollars to everyone I see in one day.
But I would not give it back.
Maybe I would buy a plane, then... a small island. Then I could fly the plane to the small island, far away from the crazy person that said this ludicrous thing to me.
I roll my eyes at the person who said this.
Until next time...
Thursday, October 27, 2005
And another one bites the dust...
I have been in NYC for a few days, then was sick. As a result I dont know what is happening with Napoleon, why momentum is conserved, what a scalar equation of a plane is, and I have little idea on how to do a bank reconciliation.
My accounting mark is suffering. My God sometimes I cant stand my accounting teacher. He is arrogant about how he handles his class, thinking his way cant be improved upon. His view is that if you make one mistake early on, all resulting totals are wrong and are marked wrong. He carries mistakes through all the way. You should mark it wrong once, especially if it causes me to lose 14 marks on one section alone. Throughout it all, it costed me 35 marks. Out of 200.
One lousy error. I forgot to divide by 12. Isnt that ridiculous or is it just me.
At what point does this stop being ridiculous and start becoming evil and twisted and wrong. This doesnt teach me a lesson. This isnt taking marks off for a lack of knowlege, and it certainly isnt helping me become a better person.
If I made the same mistake at the end, I would lose 1 mark, because I did it at the beginning I lost 35. That is just so sad on his part.
Gah...
Until next time...
My accounting mark is suffering. My God sometimes I cant stand my accounting teacher. He is arrogant about how he handles his class, thinking his way cant be improved upon. His view is that if you make one mistake early on, all resulting totals are wrong and are marked wrong. He carries mistakes through all the way. You should mark it wrong once, especially if it causes me to lose 14 marks on one section alone. Throughout it all, it costed me 35 marks. Out of 200.
One lousy error. I forgot to divide by 12. Isnt that ridiculous or is it just me.
At what point does this stop being ridiculous and start becoming evil and twisted and wrong. This doesnt teach me a lesson. This isnt taking marks off for a lack of knowlege, and it certainly isnt helping me become a better person.
If I made the same mistake at the end, I would lose 1 mark, because I did it at the beginning I lost 35. That is just so sad on his part.
Gah...
Until next time...
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
It occurred to me
It occurred to me that noone could just click on a link to start reading El Goonish Shive.
So here you go.
http://egscomics.com/d/20020121.html
Start reading it today, and appreciate the excellent artwork.
All Hail the Meddling Squirrel (register on the forums to figure out what I am talking about)
Until next time...
So here you go.
http://egscomics.com/d/20020121.html
Start reading it today, and appreciate the excellent artwork.
All Hail the Meddling Squirrel (register on the forums to figure out what I am talking about)
Until next time...
I don't understand people
At a really basic level, I don't understand people. I don't get where they are coming from, I don't see where they are going, and I have no idea what the heck is going through their head, especially when they make some of their more... questionable decisions; my brother in particular.
One major point I have is why people insist on taking serious shots at people for their own twisted entertainment, again my brother in particular. Why is this, because it isn't just him, its like all of society. People mocking you and hurting your feelings just to get a cheap thrill. Its sick.
Gah!
Anyways, on a fundamental level, I don't know what drives people, their decisions, their hopes and dreams. I think it all goes back to my oh so unhappy days in Grade 3. Back in the third grade new things were happening. I had just started at my new school, I was starting to take Ritalin for my ADD, and I wasn't adapting well. As a result, I made the worst move of my life, I withdrew further.
This withdrawl from social life caused me to never really develop all the great social skills that everyone else seemed to. Now don't get me wrong; it isn't like I cant talk to people in casual convesation, its just that I am socially awkward, and it doesn't do well for me. It makes it hard for me to both make new friends, and properly keep up with my older friends. Its just that it is harder for me is all.
The fact that I don't understand people though doesn't shake my faith in society though. I believe that society is capable of so much more if we just put our mind to it. But we don't seem to want to. This is why my faith in society is overshadowed by my cynicism over the fate of humanity. Humanity as a whole is doomed. The individual though has the capacity for such greatness and success, and compassion and caring. Though it is unfortunate that they cannot make enough of a difference to change things for the most part.
Well back to my original point. I dont get people at a basic, fundamental level. I will work on it, but my main plans to become less socially withdrawn have a date to implement them at the beginning of the next school year when I hopefully go to Trent University.
Until next time...
One major point I have is why people insist on taking serious shots at people for their own twisted entertainment, again my brother in particular. Why is this, because it isn't just him, its like all of society. People mocking you and hurting your feelings just to get a cheap thrill. Its sick.
Gah!
Anyways, on a fundamental level, I don't know what drives people, their decisions, their hopes and dreams. I think it all goes back to my oh so unhappy days in Grade 3. Back in the third grade new things were happening. I had just started at my new school, I was starting to take Ritalin for my ADD, and I wasn't adapting well. As a result, I made the worst move of my life, I withdrew further.
This withdrawl from social life caused me to never really develop all the great social skills that everyone else seemed to. Now don't get me wrong; it isn't like I cant talk to people in casual convesation, its just that I am socially awkward, and it doesn't do well for me. It makes it hard for me to both make new friends, and properly keep up with my older friends. Its just that it is harder for me is all.
The fact that I don't understand people though doesn't shake my faith in society though. I believe that society is capable of so much more if we just put our mind to it. But we don't seem to want to. This is why my faith in society is overshadowed by my cynicism over the fate of humanity. Humanity as a whole is doomed. The individual though has the capacity for such greatness and success, and compassion and caring. Though it is unfortunate that they cannot make enough of a difference to change things for the most part.
Well back to my original point. I dont get people at a basic, fundamental level. I will work on it, but my main plans to become less socially withdrawn have a date to implement them at the beginning of the next school year when I hopefully go to Trent University.
Until next time...
Now I'm ticked again...
I bought a game. I paid $20. Then It never worked. It exited in the middle of the game. And that just pisses me off. I think I may go complain.
I knew I should have paid the 2 bucks for the warranty.
Damnit.
Until next time...
I knew I should have paid the 2 bucks for the warranty.
Damnit.
Until next time...
Spam
Woohoo, Im getting the all important spam. Seriously though people, spamming the comments of my blog is so lame, please stop it, im looking for serious stuff, and throwing me random advertisements in your random comments is annoying at best.
Anyways, it just means I'm one step closer to having actual readers.
Until next time...
Anyways, it just means I'm one step closer to having actual readers.
Until next time...
Charity Bracelets
Okay, everyone probably knows what I'm talking about here, but if you dont, I am talking about the charities that have released these rubber bracelets, like the Livestrong ones with messages on them.
If you still dont know, there is no real reason to read my post right now.
Here I go. Today I bought the Kids Help Phone Bracelet, which now rests on my wrist with my Livestrong one. But I have a problem with these ones being released by Nike, and the other ones just being made as cheap knockoffs. This is just stealing from the hands of charities who can actually use the help.
This just pisses me off, it isnt fair, and I think that as a society, we should make a stand... oh well, not like anyone reads this anyways.
Another thing that pisses me off is the people standing outside the World Trade Centre Site in NYC selling their picture books of 9/11. That is just so wrong. They masquerade as charities. Now this is just so wrong. It is also fraud. I call on our society again to put a stop to it. Do not buy them. They are not representing charities, they are not collecting for the victims, they are greedy opportunistic bastards. I call on the New York Police Department to put a stop to this opportunistic shit.
GAH!
Oh and by the way, if anyone finds a REAL Canadian blood Services Blood donation Bracelet, please tell me, I am looking for one, I am a donor for life, and my clinic doesnt ever have them.
Anyways, until next time...
If you still dont know, there is no real reason to read my post right now.
Here I go. Today I bought the Kids Help Phone Bracelet, which now rests on my wrist with my Livestrong one. But I have a problem with these ones being released by Nike, and the other ones just being made as cheap knockoffs. This is just stealing from the hands of charities who can actually use the help.
This just pisses me off, it isnt fair, and I think that as a society, we should make a stand... oh well, not like anyone reads this anyways.
Another thing that pisses me off is the people standing outside the World Trade Centre Site in NYC selling their picture books of 9/11. That is just so wrong. They masquerade as charities. Now this is just so wrong. It is also fraud. I call on our society again to put a stop to it. Do not buy them. They are not representing charities, they are not collecting for the victims, they are greedy opportunistic bastards. I call on the New York Police Department to put a stop to this opportunistic shit.
GAH!
Oh and by the way, if anyone finds a REAL Canadian blood Services Blood donation Bracelet, please tell me, I am looking for one, I am a donor for life, and my clinic doesnt ever have them.
Anyways, until next time...
Help to others
At what point do you help a person.
Not like a favour, or giving them a helping hand. But trying to get them help. You know?
I have a friend who's life is kinda screwing up right now, and they either don't see it, don't want to see it, or are blind.
I feel it is my job as a friend to talk to them about it, but is it really?
Oh, I don't know.
Until next time...
Not like a favour, or giving them a helping hand. But trying to get them help. You know?
I have a friend who's life is kinda screwing up right now, and they either don't see it, don't want to see it, or are blind.
I feel it is my job as a friend to talk to them about it, but is it really?
Oh, I don't know.
Until next time...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
El Goonish Shive
The primary point behind this post is finally not to vent. Yay. Its usefulness is also entirely dependent on whether I ever get a single reader. I hope I do someday.
Fine. Here we go.
El Goonish Shive is, to my knowledge, the best webcomic I have ever read.
It is written and drawn by a person named Dan Shive.
It starts off a little slow, but within reading 50 strips, you get hooked, and by strip 200 you love it. I reccomend to everyone that you read this work of art in progress. Then register on the forums, which is full of craziness. Then read the filler section and NP section.
It updates three times a week lately, though it used to be 6 and even 7 times, which may return to that soon.
It will completely change your concept of the word weird, though in a completely good PG sort of way. He says it is PG-13, which is probably true, but then these days, with the crap on the news and the crap on TV and the crap in the world, it may as well be G rated for all the harm it will do to kids these days. It is like fine wine, the perceived quality increases with age, as you get all the subtleties.
Once you read it (READ IT) surf on over to some other webcomics on the list. Most notably Inverloch for the older people, and Count Your Sheep for the younger ones.
El Goonish Shive can be reached through my links. Inverloch can be found here and Count Your Sheep here. I read both every time they update, and you should too.
Until next time...
Fine. Here we go.
El Goonish Shive is, to my knowledge, the best webcomic I have ever read.
It is written and drawn by a person named Dan Shive.
It starts off a little slow, but within reading 50 strips, you get hooked, and by strip 200 you love it. I reccomend to everyone that you read this work of art in progress. Then register on the forums, which is full of craziness. Then read the filler section and NP section.
It updates three times a week lately, though it used to be 6 and even 7 times, which may return to that soon.
It will completely change your concept of the word weird, though in a completely good PG sort of way. He says it is PG-13, which is probably true, but then these days, with the crap on the news and the crap on TV and the crap in the world, it may as well be G rated for all the harm it will do to kids these days. It is like fine wine, the perceived quality increases with age, as you get all the subtleties.
Once you read it (READ IT) surf on over to some other webcomics on the list. Most notably Inverloch for the older people, and Count Your Sheep for the younger ones.
El Goonish Shive can be reached through my links. Inverloch can be found here and Count Your Sheep here. I read both every time they update, and you should too.
Until next time...
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Okay, now I am pissed off. Not only have I just had the worst day in months, but my nice, well thought out post got screwed into oblivion.
GAH! (for those of you who dont know, this is me mentally screaming in frustration)
Long story short
I act childish, brother acts childish and acts like a complete JACKASS
I mess up grandmother's car. Brother treats me like dirt.
I have ADD, its hard to control anger. I have anger issues
My brother has those issues, plus a fine assortment of authority issues as well. He is viewed as being out of control.
GAH, my previous post was much longer.
Oh well, if I decide to type it out later I might.
Until then...
GAH! (for those of you who dont know, this is me mentally screaming in frustration)
Long story short
I act childish, brother acts childish and acts like a complete JACKASS
I mess up grandmother's car. Brother treats me like dirt.
I have ADD, its hard to control anger. I have anger issues
My brother has those issues, plus a fine assortment of authority issues as well. He is viewed as being out of control.
GAH, my previous post was much longer.
Oh well, if I decide to type it out later I might.
Until then...
Monday, October 24, 2005
Gah!
I've read somewhere that schools that start after 9 AM have students that tend to do, on average, 10 percent better on standardized tests.
Now I live across town from my school, and the only available ride i have means i have to be up by 6. Now I go to bed around 11 at least, leaving me with usually about 6 hours of sleep.
This is okay when it happens once a week, but i usually am losing about 10 hours over the weekend.
Now in addition to all this crap i have a job. meaning with 7 hours at school a day (since I'm there an hour early) and my 20 hours a week at work, I am working 55 hours a week. A full time job and then some. I then have to deal with parents yelling at me saying, "why didnt you go into work when they call you"
WHY CANT PEOPLE GET IT INTO THEIR HEAD. I AM TIRED WITH ALL THE BULLSHIT FROM SCHOOL AND WORK.
I just want to lie down and watch star trek and play puzzle pirates, what is so bad about that.
Oh well, what are u going to do.
Now I live across town from my school, and the only available ride i have means i have to be up by 6. Now I go to bed around 11 at least, leaving me with usually about 6 hours of sleep.
This is okay when it happens once a week, but i usually am losing about 10 hours over the weekend.
Now in addition to all this crap i have a job. meaning with 7 hours at school a day (since I'm there an hour early) and my 20 hours a week at work, I am working 55 hours a week. A full time job and then some. I then have to deal with parents yelling at me saying, "why didnt you go into work when they call you"
WHY CANT PEOPLE GET IT INTO THEIR HEAD. I AM TIRED WITH ALL THE BULLSHIT FROM SCHOOL AND WORK.
I just want to lie down and watch star trek and play puzzle pirates, what is so bad about that.
Oh well, what are u going to do.
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