There’s a car alarm going off outside. I’m annoyed.
Anyway, here’s a site about some thieves who found a Sidekick (mobile phone) that someone’s friend lost in a taxi. They offered a reward for the phone and were able to contact the people who have it now, but they have ignored all contact. It’s hilarious how much evidence is against the thieves, but they still deny it. Link here.
No, I haven’t been celebrating socialist labour…though it has been a period of stagnation that even Brezhnev would have been proud of…that was a poor joke.
Anyways, May was long and boring, but here are some things that happened.
I went to see “The Strokes”, and the concert was great, there was alot of pushing, and after a while, because of all the pushing, I got separated from the group that I came with, so I did what any reasonable person would do…I joined the mosh pit. I ended up right near the middle of the stage, and almost got a drum stick, but I got a set list instead.
The next day I went to see “The Stills”, and it was a typical “indie” concert, people standing around with very little moving. It was a good show and at the end we got to meet the band. They were a nice bunch of guys, and we drank a beer with them, but we couldn’t really hang out with them cause they were due in Toronto the next day at noon for an interview at the CBC, then something at Much Music, but it was still awesome.
Finding a job sucks
Finding a job is actually the worst thing ever. I wish I could just show up somewhere I want, start working, and get paid for it. That would be amazing.
My day’s start at 5 PM
Are you jealous? Don’t be, its not fun at all, I’d rather be working.
It’s 2:45…
Don’t ask me the time, my watch ran out of batteries back in February, and its stuck at 2:45, but for some reason I still wear my watch. I think its time for a new one!
Trimming the Lion’s Mane
I’m getting my long sexy locks of hair cut. But don’t worry ladies, I’ll grow it back later.
BUNNIES!
I went for a walk in Vanier and it was like I was walking in a completly different town, it was like I was in a cottage town or something like it.
On my way back home, I was going to check out the map for the trail by the river, when I suddenly stopped, looked down, and there was this little rabbit feasting on dandelions by me feet. It wasn’t startled by my presence, which was neat, and for some reason I stood there for a few minutes and watched it as it was devouring the dandelions…I was tempted to get some bunny slippers though.
OMFG WORLD CUP
I guess its kind of a blessing that I don’t have a job, why you ask? So I can enjoy every game of the World Cup. Thats right, an entire month’s worth of soccer hooliganism, and you better watch it too, even if you don’t know any of the teams, just pick random one, and go with the flow.
So last Wednesday was a friggin awesome night. If there is a heaven, I think I experienced a manifestation of a piece of it. I won’t go as far as to say it was the best night ever or anything though, because that certainly couldn’t be possible without all my great friends, many of whom are not here this summer. But it was definitely up there.
It started around 6 pm when I got a last-minute invite to a private party at Fed Hall being put on by “some big tech company.” I had enough time to run home and shower up and haul ass back to campus to meet up with the others (Michelle, Renjie, Sai Kit, Darcy, Preisman, Jess V and maybe some others) and then we headed over to Fed Hall.
With a posse of about 6 or 7 people, we walked into the backdoor, flashing our VIP passes to get in. I was met with a rather large crowd of tech-company-employees-looking people all wearing business casual and green lanyards that said “Sandvine.” That answered my first question.
My second question was soon answered at the bar. I walked up to the bar and asked the bartender “so I hear there are free drinks.” “Maybe.” “So what’s free?” I asked. She waved her hand as if by magic across the large glass-door, beer-filled fridge behind her and said “anything in here.” It took me a few seconds for me to absorb the situation. I wasn’t quite prepared for this. So I ordered one beer, not quite sure what was within reason. You know, as if you found a 50 dollar bill on the ground and you feel guilty taking it but you know that it’s the only sensible thing to do.
About 5 minutes later I came to my senses. The moral dilemna was over. I started ordering two at a time. Later I ordered three. Someone asked me if I was going to get drunk or not. My answer: “I feel it is my obligation as a student to drink as much free alcohol as possible.”
There were also tables with tons of burgers and for the rest of my life I will have to carry the burden of regret that I didn’t eat any. My psychic powers weren’t working that night so I had just eaten (burgers coincidentally) before I went to the party.
It wasn’t long before they announced the feature event of the night. The Barenaked Ladies. Live. For free. I enjoyed the whole performance from right in front of the stage, where I could literally reach out and touch Steven Page. It was the best concert experience ever. Preisman and I kept yelling for them to play “Lovers in a Dangerous Time” but it was to no avail. Ah well, you can’t win em all.
I later found out the full story. The private party was being put on by a big tech company called Sandvine and apparently they were celebrating a recent IPO where they raised piles of cashmoney. So to celebrate, they blew a good half-million or some righteously deserved amount bringing in the Barenaked Ladies and throwing an open-bar party.
I’d like to give a shoutout to Sandvine and Dave, their CEO, for throwing a sweet party. They don’t know me, and nor I them, but it was a magical evening.
Anyway, here are pictures from the glorious night:
Steven Page
Ed Robertson
Jim Creeggan
Kevin Hearn
Tyler Stewart
The setlist.
My theme song for the last year has been “21 and Invincible” by Something Corporate. It doesn’t have any special meaning other than that I was 21 years old and I love Something corporate. Alas I am 21 no more and consequently, no longer invincible.
It feels like it was a while back but less than 10 days ago was my birthday. Through a combination of being busy and lazy I haven’t blogged about it. I thought about skipping it entirely, but then I realized that for the purposes of recording history and so that next year I know what I did this year for comparison sake, I will blog about it.
I turned 22. My teenage years seem so foreign to me. I’m beginning to think that it’s all downhill from now. Really, there isn’t much to look forward to getting any older aside from car insurance getting cheaper at 25, but not having a car kinda makes that a moot point. On the bright side, I see this as one step closer to world domination or some equivalent of it.
Given that almost all my good friends are not in Waterloo, it was a pretty quiet birthday. Mike is down in Australia, Tony D is out in Quebec, Mariano is back home in Ottawa, Daveed is working in Toronto, Lisa is over in Alberta, and Ben is all the way over in BC. Not to mention that most of my good friends from back home are in Ottawa, but that’s kind of a permanent thing.
Anyway, I had a nice little get-together with Ryan, Meghan, Ahmed, Natasha and Matt. First up we had a nice BBQ at Tasha’s place and then Ryan, Meghan, Ahmed and I went back to my place where we ate a chocolate mousse pie Meghan and I had bought earlier. A cake was too conventional. It was yummy. They insisted that we use candles so I had two.
Later, we went out to a pub – Huether – in uptown Waterloo. We hung out there for the night. Chantal dropped by later to say hello and by then I was so tired I just wanted to go sleep.
By normal standards you could say it was a boring birthday. I guess it’s a sign of me getting older but I didn’t really care that it wasn’t a night filled with debauchery. Not to say that there aren’t many of those to come, because I’d be lying if I said there weren’t, but a chill night with some good friends is fine by me.
We rounded off the weekend with an awesome day at the beach. We drove to Grand Bend which is about 2-2 1/2 hours west. It was a perfect day for the beach. It was totally sunny and very warm but not scorching. The water was bone-chillingly cold, but that didn’t really matter.
Trampolines are fun.
The beach.
And I didn’t die!
I’m still alive
