Nothing else to do right now.

I'm at work, and it's still a half an hour until I have to do something constructive, or even involving some thought...

I'm driving myself nuts waiting to hear back from the station that wants to hire me. I've been looking up apartment listings, and basically anything else that would affect your quality of life in a new city, province, etc.

The one thing I'm most worried about is that since I'm a rookie, they're going to come back with some lowball offer. I can't do it. If I can't make enough money to support myself, I'm not going. I'm pretty sure they understand that, especially since they know it's really expensive to live there. I'm talking a grand a month to live in a bachelor apartment.

So, I guess I'll have to wait until Monday to find anything out. That's two days away!

So close...

I'm finally done the in-class lessons for driving school. Now I just have to finish the in-car stuff, and I can upgrade m license.

Not much else happened. I'm waiting to hear back from a job prospect.

Oh, and I made killer Sloppy Joes for dinner. I own.

Just one question.

Is it possible to subscribe or watch someone's blog without having to do the whole RSS feed?

Canada, Get Ready!

In Ontario, there will be a provincial election on October 10th.

Also on October 10th, there is a Referendum vote.

Today, Ottawa is a-buzz with rumours that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will call a federal election following October 10th.

I'm already deciding which way I'll vote. How about you?

So here's how my Monday went:

I woke up this morning after sleeping in, which is something I haven't done lately.

I get up, talk to my mom on the phone. Tell her about my possible job in Alberta, and then after we hang up, I check my email.

Get a message from a station in Yellowknife. Sounds cool, have an opportunity to move what feels like a million miles away from nowhere. Send off my resume and demo. I've spent all day waiting to hear back.

Check my email again, and the guy from Alberta sent me a message, asking me when is the best time to call me to talk about moving me out to Alberta. (!) We'll see how it all goes.

Today Was a Good Day.

It seems as though I've changed my entire outlook on life. Sure, I might have a student loan to pay off and have trouble making my share of rent, but all in all, I can't help but feel positive in most aspects of my life.

I have a pretty cool part-time job. Today was the best day I've had at work since I started there a month ago. One small hitch, everything else went smoothly. Perfectly, if you will.

I guess since last night I got a decent night's sleep, and woke up in a good mood this morning, especially since it's now my favourite time of year. Maybe it's because I have some prospects for a job, one in radio, the other not. I'm not sure; but right now, I'm sure as hell not complaining.

Falling into Fall.

So today is the first full day of Fall, or Autumn, as you prefer.

This is my favourite time of year. I love pretty much everything about this season. The leaves are changing, it's not too hot or too cold outside, and hey, the primetime TV shows are starting new seasons.

When I woke up this morning and went out for a cigarette, I couldn't help but be happy about today. It was cool, and quite frankly, it made my day.

I thought I'd try this out.

I'm seeing if this whole post by e-mail thing works. It likely will, but I'm a dork, so I'm going to try it anyway.

So... work.

I went to work today, and apparently, instead of showing up for six in the morning, I come in an hour later, for seven. Plus, my boss wants me to try out my new Sunday evening shift and decide which one I like better. Why? Because he wants as many people as possible on schedule, so I'm thinking I'm going to keep my Sunday evening and ditch the Saturday morning. Getting up at four in the morning on a standard Saturday is starting to wear thin. The only problem with that is that I'll be making less money, only working one day a week. Fear not, my sister apparently found me a job at a fast food place, with a fairly lax dress code. Cool.

In other news...

I realized what a huge nerd I am. I got bored the other day and started playing around on mapquest. It's fun. Type in the city you want, then switch to aerial view (keep street labels unless you're way good at this) and zoom in. I saw Vancouver from overhead. Awesome.


That's all for now. I need to scavenge for something to eat.

History in the Money Making!

The Canadian and American dollar are the same now!

Watching the morning news program (BT), recent stock market trading has led to the Loonie equaling the Greenback. Awesome.

From 680news.com :

Dollar reaches parity with U.S. currency

Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:17 AM
By: 680News staff and The Canadian Press

Toronto - After a steady upward climb, the Canadian dollar has reached parity with the U.S. dollar.

The last time the dollar was at par with the U.S. dollar was November 1976.

The loonie has been gaining on its American counterpart since bottoming out below 62 cents in early 2002.

It has risen about five U.S. cents since the beginning of the month.

Helping the Canadian dollar reach the same level as its U.S. counterpart has been continuing weakness with the American currency.

The U.S. dollar has dropped rapidly since the U.S. Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates by half a percentage point on worries that a global credit crisis has hurt the U.S. economy.

The American dollar has also dropped against other major world currencies, including the euro, the British pound, the yen and the Swiss franc.

So far, so good...

I can easily say that my mood has changed drastically in the past couple days.

First of all, I posted a talent for hire ad on the radio job website. Apparently, I wrote such a kickass ad that this morning I woke up, checked my e-mail, and got a message from a guy who wants to hire me. This is especially great because a couple days, ago, I was willing to cash in my chips and move on. A few snags about this job offer:

1. It's in northern Alberta. Quite literally, an oil town the middle of nowhere.

2. I'm not crazy about the company it's for. Scratch that, I have a problem with everything else owned by this guy, I don't really have a problem with their radio division.

Beyond that, I have one more session for driving school. All I have to do is the in-car training. One snag with that: the guy who will be teaching me is not my classroom instructor. This might fuck me up a little. We'll see how it goes.

Yea, yea...

It seems weird to think that although I said I'd probably forget about this thing and not update, that this is my third entry of the day.

No real reason, it just seemed like something to do.

After rediscovering my old blog, I went to my Xanga, and started scanning through my old entries. Man, a couple years changed everything.

Moving on.

I went to driving school. I have another class tomorrow night, and hopefully I'll remember to book an actual driving lesson when I'm there tomorrow. I should seriously start the actual driving part of it, especially since I finish the classes next week.

That's pretty much it. Continue with your day.

Woah.

Alright, as I've said, I used to have a blog here. I just found it and all I can say is holy shit, I was totally weird. Well, I'm still weird, but not the way I was when I had my old blog. I don't remember typing any of those entries. Plus, I sound like a kid who needs to take their Ritalin.

I don't even remember the person who made those posts. It was just over four years ago that I started my old blog. Did I really change that much? Four years isn't that long. Thinking back on it, the current me would have hated the past me. Why is that?

Oh, and I don't plan on attempting to remember my password for my old account, so I can log on and delete everything. No, I'm going to leave it on the internet, as a form of nostalgia, if for no one but myself.

Holy Hell!

Alright, let me count how many blogs I've ever created:

- Xanga
- A different Blogger
- Live Journal
- MySpace
- Vox
- Trig
- Facebook

Now this one.

Funnily enough, I don't update any of them regularly. Ha. Maybe this one will be... But I'm not promising anything.

The question is, why? Why am I starting a new blog? Why am I starting a second Blogger? Why am I asking questions?

Easy:

1. I'm starting a new blog specifically for updating. I'm basically abandoning all blogs from social networking sites. This is my blog, and it's strictly for blogging. I'm not even going to fill out my profile, because I've done it so many times, I may as well just cut and paste and I don't want to do that.

2. I started this second Blogger because I started the first one years ago, and a) I've forgotten the password and b) I fell like starting over.

3. I ask a lot of questions.

So, should you choose to read this (especially since I really, truly, plan on updating here regularly... but again, not promising anything) kudos to you. If not... carry on.