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Mar. 7th, 2007 @ 07:14 am (no subject)
I'm not normally a guy that's prone to lonliness. I'm actually quite good at keeping myself busy enough not to notice. Not to mention the fact that I'm usually much more happy when not in a relationship than in one.

I've noticed over the past week though that I've been more than a little lonely. Actually I think needy would be a much better descriptor for it.

I'm craving some intimate attention. But not sex... maybe it's my lack of contact with gay men. I would blame it on hanging around with too many lesbians but I've been lesbian free since December.

Gushing sentiments such as,"I just want to be held", "What a great moon, it would be so nice to be watching it with someone", ETC ETC ETC. PLEASE INSERT VOMIT NOISE HERE!!!!!!

I fully expect all my friends to respond to this posting with scathing remarks about how sad I am, burning satire about my situation, and possibly the odd offer here and there to travel to cape breton to hold me.......

*Need to not feel Needy....*
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Good Times
Feb. 10th, 2007 @ 07:42 pm Please, Please, listen to me.....
Current Mood: amused
My parents have a trait in common with most other parents that I know. They have a nasty habit of having to come to every conclusion on thier own, in complete ignorance of their child screaming the appropriate response to their questions.....

Situation #1 I wake up and have to head off to the gym to teach class. I lazily make my way to the bathroom to take a shower. Turning on the hot water goes well, turning on the cold water gives no temperature change in the scalding water....

Darren: "MOM!!! The cold water isn't running."
Mom: "Did you turn the nob to the left??!"
Darren: "*GROWL* YES I turned the knob!!!"
Mom proceeds to the washroom, looking at the shower...puzzled.
Darren: "I think the pipe must be frozen..."
Mom: "Hmmm, there must be something wrong with the knob...let me go get your father."
Mom leaves and shortly returns with half awake Dad in tow.
Dad: "What's going on??" Looking at me then at the shower perplexed,"Jesus christ boy... what the fuck did you do to our shower??"
Darren: "Dad! I didn't do anything to the shower I think it's the pipes they are fro.."
Dad: "Well it was working fine last night!!"," It must be something with the knob, there has to be something..."

Frustrated I decide to forego the shower and move on to breakfast. I saunter out to the kitchen in my bath towel, cause that's what lazy close to unemployed 20 somethings do when the live at home, roam around half naked that is...I think I'll make a fruit and protien smoothy in that new blender mom picked up for me at W*lmart...

Darren: "FUCK FUCK!"
Mom: "Darren watch your language!"
Darren: "MOM! The blender isn't working"
Mom:(Screaming from the bathroom)"Jesus, Mary'n Joseph what the hell do you think I am, your machine-ist?","I just bought that blender of course it works!"
Darren: (frantically flicking buttons, moving the cord from outlet to outlet)"IT ISN'T WORKING!! I JUST WANT TO EAT! IS THAT SO HARD TO DO!??"
Mom: (Coming out to the kitchen)"Oh for God Sake's Darren, did you try flicking the buttons?"
Darren: "........."
Now Enter Dad.
Dad: "Fuck boy, did you try moving the cord to the other outlet, that outlet usually doesn't work..."
Darren: "The coffee maker is in that outlet and it's working fine..."
Dad: (proceeds to unplug and plug the defunct blender)"Cause sometimes when you move it to the other plug she'll start workin see..."
Darren: "........."
Mom: "I just don't understand, I picked that up only two days ago at w*lmart. It was normally $34 dollars on sale for $24",(looking at Dad),"Do you think that's why it was on sale??"

By this point I thought I should leave, yes... leaving was the best option for me.... I get dressed and ready for the -13 degree celcius weather. Out to my truck....

Darren: "FUCK FUCK FUCK, You have to be kidding me..."

Oh yes my friends, everything comes in three's and today was no exception my lovely truck would not start. Completely bewildered I returned to the house...

Mom: (heading for her bedroom)"Honey you better get going your going to be late for class..."
Darren: "The truck..."
Dad: "WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE TRUCK!!??", "Jesus boy..."
Darren: "Dad I didn't do anything to the truck, I think it's just really cold...."
Dad: "Holy Fuck, you didn't giv'er gas when you were trying to start her were ya?"
Darren:"......."
Mom:(returning) "What? What's wrong? Honey how come you haven't left yet?"
Dad: "He fuckin well gave the truck gas while he was starting'er, flooded the engine.","Ya shoulda just stayed in bed this morning boy".
Mom: "Oh Honey, we found out what was wrong with the shower... the pipe was frozen."
Darren: "........"

I did eventually get to work that morning to teach my class. I don't think I've ever worked a group of aerobics participants so hard in my life. I returned the strangly unfunctioning $24 dollar w*lmart blender for one that of course my mother said was FAR too pricy, yet miraculously it works (on the first try even!). My father informed me when I got home that afternoon that my truck was fine, it was just a bit cold and had to warm up before it would start......
Mom: "What, what's wrong
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Niagara
Feb. 7th, 2007 @ 03:35 pm The highs and Lows of teaching cycling....
As most of you know I've started teaching Fitness classes with the YMCA here in C.B.

The +'s and -'s of teaching "Spinning" Classes (for those of the un gyming type group cycling classes)

+ On the average class you easily burn 400 plus calories.
- After the average class my body feels like consuming 1000... give or take a few...

+ I choose my own music for all the classes I teach, which allows me to use all the great dance music I like.
- Most of my participants are 40 or above, you should see their faces when we do standing sprint to Missy Elliott.

+ As a new instructor you are treated as a novelty among the regulars.
- As a new instructor (male that is) you are asked by every mother with a single daughter over the age of 18 if you are single.

As an aside to the last one, I now am dating a 24 year old Kineaseology student currently at Dalhousie, HER name is Dana..... HAHAHAHAHHAHA. DON'T JUDGE ME! I'm not about to explain to some 60 year old aquafit participant my sexuality and it's applications....

+ Due to these classes my leg strength is almost completely restored to when I used to teach cycling a year ago.
- I have one pair of jeans left that fit my legs (and I can't dry them when I do my wash for fear that they will shrink!).

Hence the reason I'm planning a trip to halifax in March, I want to go on a search for jeans that have a 30 waist the will fit my legs.

That is all..... :-)
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Good Times
Feb. 2nd, 2007 @ 03:35 pm (no subject)
My apologies for the lack of entries of late. I'm finding it difficult to fit in enough time to post to my journal while on a library computer confined to an hour time limit.
Although I will say that I've been finding everyone else LJ's quite amusing. Thanks for the laughs everyone :-).
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Jan. 20th, 2007 @ 12:49 pm (no subject)
Quick Cape Breton Update:

1. Still don't have a computer.

2. Haven't gotten any further on the internet issue (both computer and the fact that we only have dial up available).

3. I actually LOVE Cape Breton and what it has done for me so far, and it's only been a month and a half!

4. I'm not heading to halifax to work for the summer, too costly, staying home and working here instead.

5. I'm now teaching classes at the YMCA. Both group cycling and Aquafit.

6. I start teaching Aquafit on Monday. I've never taught or attended an Aquafit class in my life...

7. I'm going to be living at my cottage for the summer. It's "out on the mira" for anyone from the maritimes that knows the song reference.

8. I won't be starting school until September. No upgrading or anything.

9. I'm getting my first year of school compeletly paid for by the goverment (wooohooo).

Well I think that's about it. I may be taking a trip down to halifax come spring but I'm not too sure about that yet. I'll try to update my journal a bit more frequently but the chances are slim. I don't get into the Library very aften and when I do my time on the computer is limited.
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Party time
Jan. 3rd, 2007 @ 11:47 am Perspective
I've been in Cape Breton for almost a month now. I haven't been working while here, due to the fact that I'm waiting for my EI application (employment insurance or pogie for all those that know the slang term) to be processed. I'm waiting for EI because once on assistance I can hopefully have them pay for my upgrading in order to apply for university. Once actually doing my upgrading I'm allowed to work nights during that time to make up for the cost of living that won't be covered by EI.

I still do not have a computer at home, which explains my lack of posts to my LJ. It's very annoying and hard to schedule a computer at this Library, but I'm dealing and getting used to it. Unfortunatly they do not provide high speed internet access where I live, only dial up service or satellite service (the later being 196.00 when bundled with phone etc.!). I'm unable to pay for the more expensive service until I'm settled, so I'll do without.

Christmas was spent with the family, visiting my relatives (which is always an interesting time). As per usual my cousin and uncle were loaded by the time we arrived to their home. Jimmy (the cousin) was just waking up for a second time that day. Which is not to say that he was waking from a nap, he was waking from passing out somewhere in his house. I remember a few years ago I found him on the floor of his cabin, drooling, mumbling to himself, very charming. My uncle Cameron can handle himself a little better, probably due to the fact that he spaces his alcohol out through his day, Cameron will start drinking around 9ish in the morning on christmas eve, Jimmy fits that same amount of alcohol in about half of the time. Needless to say these wonderful examples of holiday merriment kept me sober for the christmas holidays. New Years on the other hand was a different story.

Wine, oh you wonderful festive drink, oh you horrible drunkin monster LOL. New Years was a fun night, and believe it or not, for those of you who witnessed it, I do remember all of it (although some of the memories I truly wish I could wash from my memory, like cleaning the spot out of a certain guys shirt ooooyyy, too much said). Thanks to Rob who had the forsight to feed me some water before we left nihilicious's place. It was great to see everyone though, an ringing in the new year with old lang zign or however you spell it was quite a treat. Nihilicious all your hard work on this party didn't go un-noticed you are such a great guy, thanks so much for a wonderful new years!

It's now back to the old grind. My courses are announced January 6th. I'm hopeful that I will at least have a couple for this semester. Otherwise I'll be going into my first year a complete spring chicken, no phys or chem experience at all. Oh well just a little hard work will solve that one.

I've started working at my local gym. I'm teaching some cycling classes as well as aqua fit HAHA. I've never taught aqua fit and I have a feeling after this stint I probably won't want to teach it again. I'm doing a re-certification in personal training and also fitness instruction. Time to get back to myself and gain a little more perspective. AHHH the simple Cape Breton life, it's actually quite nice.
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Mr. Waiter
Dec. 17th, 2006 @ 05:34 pm (no subject)
For all of those that don't know I have arrived in Cape Breton safe and sound. I've actually settled in quite nicely. Everything seems to be in order more or less. I have a vehicle that I can use to run errands around town, thanks to my wonderful dad who put me under his insurance. My room is great although I had a really hard time getting used to how dark it is after I switch off the lights. For those of you who have lived in Toronto, you know that no matter where you live in the GTA, there is always enough light to navigate around an apartment or room without leaving a single light on. I live on a rural road in NorthSydney, the houses are about five minutes apart by car. There is absolutley no city glare. PITCH BLACK when I go to sleep at night, not to mention there isn't a sound, nothing!!! The only thing I hear at night is the sound of the fridge motor and that's actually upstairs from where I am in the house. I'm sure though I will come to enjoy this as a feature of living in the country... eventually.
I have unfortunatly run into a small snag with my upgrading. My courses are supposed to start in January. I've been informed by the instructors that it is highly unlikely that the Adult learning Center would be offering University Prep Mathematics or the Physics classes that I was interested in. This is due to the fact that most of the people returning to the ALC are looking to attain a GED. Because of this they usually stay away from classes that are Univ. prep. Anyhow, I've decided that if they don't offer these courses I'll have to either do some correspondence or work in C.B. until the beginning of spring at which point I'll head back down to Halifax to work for the summer and save some moola for my first year at CBU, instead of heading straight into my first year of Human Kinetics I'll be starting with a foundations year of Phys, Chem, Math etc. to get me up to snuff. Who knows, we'll see how it goes I guess.
Oh yeah, I'm in Halifax right now BTW. My loverly and wonderful friend and humanitarian Rob came and swept me away from the Cape Breton wilderness for a few days respite. Not that much planned so anyone who would like to get together let me know. I'll be working during the day from 9ish until at least 6, so leave me a email and we'll see what we can do.
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Party time
Dec. 11th, 2006 @ 11:47 am Home coming....
Current Location: Halifax International Airport

It has begun!  I arrived at Halifax International Airport at 10:15am.  I now have to wait a few hours for my shuttle bus to take me to the magical (and scary) land that is Cape Breton.  I also quit smoking today.  I haven't had a cigarette since 11:30ish last night.  I will hopefully stick with it this time, but if not try and try again until it finally sticks.  Living at home with my parents probably won't help, they both smoke about a pack or more a day between them.   As well as my grandmother who now lives with us.   I'll be living with three smokers, eeeekkkk.

Went to an amazing club Sunday.  It's called the Comfort Zone, horrible name AWESOME club.  My friend and I went there at 12:00pm sunday afternoon and it was absolutley packed wall to wall with people.  I'm not talking a small club either, there are two floors, bottom floor is divided into two very large dance floors, four seperate lounge areas.  The second floor was divided in two, one room was pool tables, the second part is another dance floor and bar with lounge seating etc.  Both floors have a exit to the back courtyard which doubles as a smoking area.  Even the smoking area was completely packed!  My friend said that due to the fact that this place is open 24 hours a day (it turns into an afterhours club at 2:00am every night), during the day they have a small dining area on the second floor, while they spin techno and house in the basement.  So most of the sketchies and tweakers head there to continue their night.  I wish I had found this bar a long time ago.  It was so amazing to go to this club at 12:00pm and dance my ass off, have a couple of drinks and SO MUCH FUN, and be out of there by 9:00 at night what a great time.   Thanks so much Jeff I had a ball!

Well I'm now on to my next journey in my life.  I'm sure it's going to be a very interesting and challenging ride, but I'm up for interesting and even more excited about challenging, I need something to wake me up.  Speaking of which I haven't had coffee yet so I'm going to get going to the coffee shop, yum yum.

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Mr. Waiter
Dec. 9th, 2006 @ 11:33 pm Just one more....
Last Saturday in Toronto.  What a night, well actually better put it's been a great week.  I've connected with basically every person that has had some type of influence in my life since I've arrived in the tdot.  I think Miss owner really did me a favor by not scheduling me for that last week of work.  It's been a fun experience up here.  Heading out with the roomies tonight for one last hurra.  

It's already been a very interesting night....
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Party time
Dec. 7th, 2006 @ 05:29 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: aggravated
I was taken out last night to the gladstone.  The gladstone is a bar on Queen W. that has a gay night every wednesday, it's a lot of fun etc.
Unfortunatley I had my ipod and over 40 dollars stolen out of my jacket while I was there.  I now hate the gladstone and the person that took that stuff, I don't know who you are, but you SUCK.....
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Niagara
Dec. 5th, 2006 @ 11:05 am The pains of attraction...
One of the greek boys called me yesterday morning and asked me to come along with him to "russian wrestling".  At the off chance the he may be turned on by large grunting men in tights pulling each other to the ground and rolling on one another, I agreed.  

I met him at Coxwell.  It took me an HOUR on the subway get there.  It only takes me 20 minutes to get to work from home and people tell me that I live in Alberta (haha Jayce :-p~~~~).  It's worth it though, I'm going on somewhat of a date with the greek boy right?  

We greeted each other, gave some warm hugs and we were on our way.  He asked me if I had brought a change of clothes.  Please take some time to picture the first signs of panic flash across my face.   "Ummm well I have my gym clothes from earlier today, they are used and a little sweaty but I'm sure they are fine.".  Greek boy," Good cause you are gonna get pretty sweaty, this is a really hard workout and it gets really intense during the sparing....".  My cute greek boy continued on after that but I couldn't really get past the whole sparing thing.  OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD.  I could feel my stomach start to turn, my heart rate started to rise.  I DON'T FIGHT, I don't and now I'm heading to an event with my Greek boy that was termed russian wrestling when he woke me up at 9:00am to ask me to go.  It is now termed Russian Martial Arts, and it's a WORKOUT with sparing drills.

Cut to workout, just after the "warm up" which included push ups to the count of 20 (that's slow counting to 20 on the way down and slow count to 20 on the way up!).   Running in circles around the cold classroom, squats to the same count, over and over and over again until I thought I was going to throw up.  

We started by pairing up with another person in the class to do grapple/throw drills.  I'm paired up with one of the instructors who just happens to be very hot, blond and built like a brick shit house.  He's very soft spoken and  extremely good at making me feel comfortable with my situation.  MMM I can get used to this, blondey is showing me how to block an attack to the waist and throat.  Repeatedly he does a "slow charge" to my waist and neck.  I throw him around a bit playfully trying to hide my excitment when I grab his waist or he thrusts his weight against as I take him to the ground.  I begin thinking that I should see if they have a branch of this in Cape breton, this is awesome!  The main instructor at the front of the room then tells us to switch.  I now have to pretend to be grappling  "Royal" (blond guys name), while he counters and puts me down mmmmmmm.  Royal says that I can be faster with him.  HEHEHE Ok.  My first attack is centered around his rock solid mid section of course.  I charge at him excited about being able to touch this guy over and over again and no one else is the wiser.......  WOOOOOSSSSHHHHH.........., I'm now on the ground, my arm is twisted around my back, I'm actually in pain, yes my gay friends PAIN, lots of it.  I yelp out, and Royal asks me if I'm O.k. .   Oh yeah, just a little surprised by that one I say.  My ego a little bruised, my arm a little out of socket.  I now, a little more cautiously, (and possibly a bit more turned on) head for him again.  I'm not quite sure what direction he flung me in this time, I know I saw lights, then blue (which I surmised later with Greek boy must have been the mat as I was flipping through the air, NOT in fact me passing out), then a slight bit of weightlessness and BOOOM, on the mat I end up, out of breath, a little in shock, and a lot less turned on......

Next drill everyone pairs up into three's.  One person hold anothers arm trying to tug him or her in different directions while the third person is standing as close as possible to that person that is being tugged around.  The person being tugged around is punching the person standing close to them.  Huh?  You want me to stand there and let him punch me?  I'm sorry this isn't really computing.  So we begin.  "I'll go easy on you", says Royal, who just happens to be the guy that's going to be punching me.  Sure, I do believe you made me feel good and comfortable last drill before you sent me careening through the air into a near death experience.  The punches start to fly, all the while I'm resisting every gay fiber in my body that is screeching, telling me to hit, slap, pull hair and kick until this guy stops punching me.  First the stomach, repeatedly.  Then the chest, over and over again.  Finally the sides and ribs.  The last few punches certainly left bruises.  I'm in my own little miserable world now, just waiting for this to end, and also thinking about how the bruises may look a little hot, or sketchy, jury is still out on that one.  

After three more drills of abuse and nauseating exertion, I started to realize that I really hadn't noticed my greek boy since the warm up.  Finally when the instructor tells us to cool down I search him out.  G.B. looks at me with a little bit of concern, "Are you O.k.?".  I'm standing in front of him trying to catch my breath, I'm absolutely soaked, my shirt is clinging to me, even my pants are a bit wet, I need to lay down, NOW.

AAAAHHHHH the stretch.  So great to stretch after a workout like this.  My breathing becomes a little steadier, I don't feel as though I'm going to die now.  I actually feel pretty good.  I'm sore, really sore.  But I feel exhilarated, alive!  I finally notice that a lot of the people around me have the same look of relief on thier faces.  It dawns on me that I just became the participant of a fitness class as opposed to an instructor.  I'm now observing my instructor while stretching thinking that this must be how people considered me when I was teaching fitness and cycling classes.  Minus of course the whole part where I picture myself in hot dirty sex with him, HE'S SO HOT!

I'm now on the way home with my greek boy, trying my best to exude some sort of vibe that I'm into him.  He then begins talking about this guy that he's been seeing for the past week.  He's really into him and they get along really well, but he's very young.  He wants my opinion on dating people that are younger than I am.  I very rarely date people that are younger than I am, and the one time that I did I learnt my lesson and I'm probably not going back.  I put on my best poker face and told him to go for it, that he sounded very excited about this guy.  He agreed saying that he hasn't met anyone in a long while that makes him feel all funny about.  Yuuuupp.  Oh well.

So I return home, nurse my war wounds and get ready for bed.  I think I'm going to go back to my old love affair with greek food and leave the kitchen and the cooking to the greek men.
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Good Times
Nov. 30th, 2006 @ 02:42 pm Recipe for a larger ego....
Current Mood: cheerful
Servings: Three

Greek fusion Cuisine...

Ingredients:

750ml of St.Remy Brandy

One package of Benson and Hedges Special Lights

One Playlist of Campy Top 40's music circa 1990 - 96

House owned by two greek brothers

Directions:

Consume Brandy straight up in snifter, adding dashes of cigarettes here and there with nostalgic music and occasional dancing. Slowly fold in funny conversation revolving around sexual experiences.

When conversation starts to slowly die, switch to water. Sit back and allow the real magic to begin!

And what comes of this marvelous recipe? Two hot greek brothers arguing over who's bed Sappiboi is sleeping in...

CAUTION: May contain large doses of bad decisions. If you are allergic to the combination of bad decisions and brandy, as I am, simply leave out the decision making and sleep on the couch.

I love greek food.....
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Good Times
Nov. 29th, 2006 @ 08:34 pm I'm angry, but I can deal with that, it's Karma that you have to deal with...
So it happened. At the start of my day shift today the owner (Stacey) that is notorious for telling people to leave before the end of their notice came in and delivered the news for my manager. You won't be on next weeks schedule Darren....

Fine, no worries, you have to do what you have to do. We have someone to replace you Darren la la la.... I cut her off after she asked me why I was seemingly upset. You are cutting me off of a week of income, of course I'm upset.

Why are you mad at me? She's now following me through the restaurant while I'm trying to wait on my tables.

I told her I wasn't mad at her that I was mad at the situation. I was good enough to give proper notice, while fully knowing your reputation of firing people after they have notified you of their intention to leave.

She just couldn't understand why I would be upset. Let's see I'm heading to an Island off of the east coast to a town that hasn't one internet Cafe. I don't have a computer, I need a computer. Considering the past few weeks as proof and knowing full well that my shifts would at least be cut by a couple of nights, I still would have made enough to buy myself the tools I need to stay connected, and do the work that I need for school.

THAT IS WHY I'M UPSET....

there was much more said between us, but I don't want to bore myself with this stuff again. Anyhow I think that I did the right thing giving proper notice, and taking the time to thank my manager for making my last couple of weeks enjoyable. Overall yeah it sucks that I'm missing out on the money for the last week that I'm in T.O. But my ticket is paid for, I've enough money to get me through to home and I left with my dignity. At the end of my shift today I told Stacey that I wasn't going to be coming back.
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Nov. 28th, 2006 @ 03:15 pm (no subject)


Congratulations Kevin and Tanya!!!!!! Your wedding was beautiful!

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Niagara
Nov. 28th, 2006 @ 02:19 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: horny
I fooled around with one of my "Straight" co-workers. I don't know how I feel about this. We went for beer at a pub, after beer we smoked a joint. While heading home in the taxi at one point he just reached over *ahem* touched me.

He's said that he would like to "see" me before I leave for Nova Scotia. HE'S REALLY HOT. I don't know what to do, should I go for this? Will it complicate our friendship? I really thought this guy was straight, really. I'm leaving in a little more than a week and a half, fuck it. I'm sleeping with him. Wish me luck....
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Party time
Nov. 23rd, 2006 @ 01:57 pm wake up and smell the cookies...
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Bamboo flute relaxation
Most people have a habit of loosing the moment that they are in by waiting for the next moment to arrive. As I was getting ready for the gym this morning I was packing everything into my gym bag, thinking over how my night at work was going to go. I then finished the dishes while thinking about what I was going to work out at the gym. I was finally ready to leave when I realized I was smelling fresh baked cookies, I paused and breathed in a deeply. What an amazing smell. I then went to our balcony and started to watch people buzz past on the side walk. The sun is soooo bright today, the day looks so clear. I just tuned in to the soft music playing in the background (I forgot I had even turned it on this morning).

Hmmm One moment savored, one nice day noticed, one appreciative and healthy person enlightened just a slight bit more....

By the way, the fresh baked cookies smell, it comes from a Mr. Christie Factory that is just a few blocks away from where I live, but you get the idea :-)
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Bearded
Nov. 21st, 2006 @ 01:50 pm Administering food poisoning, booking airline flights and remaking an old bedroom...
Current Location: HOME :-)
Current Mood: cheerful
I've been forced into giving notice early.  I'm a dope, or at least I just don't like keeping secrets that are my own.  I told someone about my plans for departure.  Two days later the vindictive lesbian alcoholic wench that is the bain of my existence approached me at a bar saying," I know you are leaving.... never doubt the power of my friendships with the people you talk to Darren...".  

LOL  Who are you?  The lesbian 007?  

I simply said that I wasn't really trying to keep it from anyone, that I knew once I had told one, I knew everyone would know.  She cut me off there just to let me know that she had told the manager what my plans for the next couple of weeks were.  She said she was concerned that I would leave them hanging during the start of our busy season and she just couldn't risk that (yet she can risk partying all ends of the night while knowing she has to work a double the next day).  mmmhmmm.....

The following day I had a meeting with my manager explaining the situation to him.  He was completely understanding, at least in person he was and also said that he thought that it was a great move for me.  I apologized for not coming to him first and having the rumor mill reach him before I did.  *Phew*  

They've now hired someone else, I stopped in to pick up my work aprons to wash them that evening.  The Wench was just after finishing her shift, of course she was at the bar having  a drink.  She happily introduced me to "Jeff".  Jeff had just had his first training shift on the floor tonight.  ....Awesome....         ~~~~~ :-\

I cooked a dinner for a good friend last night.  We had Papoutsakia, Kota Yemista, and Lemon roasted potatoes.  Papoutsakia = comes from the greek words for "Little boots", it's hollowed out zucchini that is filled with a mixture of ground lamb, cinnamon, kimmel, shallots and tomato sauce, it's then baked and topped off with bechamel or feta cheese.  Kota Yemista = makes stuffed chicken sound a lot more interesting hehe.  Marinated in lemon juice, olive oil, fresh garlic, shallots, fresh oregano and feta for 6-8 hours, then stuffed with Kalamata olives and a small amount of goat cheese and baked for 30 minutes.  And who hasn't had OPA greek Taverna's lemon roasted potatoes????  If you haven't you are missing out.  AWESOME dinner!!!!  Great company, such a good time.  Anyhow my friend called me this morning wondering if I had gotten sick sometime through the night.  He woke up at 5:30 this morning nauseated and headachey.  He's been sick since this morning, even so far as passing out at one point.  Did I give him food poisoning????  But I ate the same meal.  I'm not sick at all!  EEEEEKkkkk.

My parents have called and informed me that they have redone my room for my return ( I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD!!!!!!).  They are so cute.  They've moved the washer and dryer out of my future living space (thank god).  They also redid the floors in a laminate flooring that looks like hardwood.  I'm optimistic.  Lastly my mother has put up completely new WALL PAPER.....  LOLOL  I love my parents, especially when they get so excited about wall papering hehe, my father has painted the base boards in order to match the wall paper,  oh my......

I booked my flight for Nova Scotia.  I'm leaving December 11th in the am.   I then transfer from the airport to a shuttle that will take me to Cape breton.  I am actually looking forward to the trip home.  Shuttle buses to Cape breton are odd and fun, lots of interesting characters.  Unfortunately I won't be taking a stop over in Halifax  (SORRY GUYS AND GALS).  I need to buy a computer as soon as I reach home so knowing my lovely spending habits, heading to halifax for x-mas festivities isn't highly recommended.  

Today is a day off, i guess I should get back to being a lazy ass and lie back down on the couch :-).



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Mr. Waiter
Nov. 17th, 2006 @ 11:27 am (no subject)
Current Mood: tired
I have been avoiding most of my friends up here for the past week and a half.  I've been trying to explain to them what's going on but most of them don't really understand due to the fact that I can't really tell them the whole truth about me going home.  Unfortunatley I will not be working from Christmas straight through to May or June, do I need to save as much money as possible in order to get through the winter.  Because of this I've been keeping a pretty tight lip on the fact that I'm leaving IL Fornello.  Not to mention that the owner has a nasty habit of telling people to walk as soon as they give thier notice.  I'm not exactly sure how that plays out with the labour board but I'm sure it must be fine because she does it all the time (Instead of letting them stay out thier notice, she fires them and pays them thier hourly wage for two weeks).  So the friends that I've made at work don't really know what's going on.  Some have even shown concern, wondering why I'm not hanging out with them at all.  

I know this is for the better good that I keep this whole thing under wraps until I leave but it's driving me crazy.  I really don't enjoy keeping things from people, especially when they ask me directly if I'm thinking about going back to the east coast.  AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!  Only a couple of weeks of torture left........
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Nov. 14th, 2006 @ 03:01 pm "we're sorry that you are still waiting, and we appreciate your patience. As soon as a representativ
I've heard this recorded statement around 7 times now. I'm waiting on the telephone for a Aliant representative to assist me. It's been almost 7 months that I've been in Toronto and they haven't straightened out my cell phone contract yet.

I've contacted Bell Canada (my distributor in T.dot) and they have faxed through my contract to Aliant. Aliant claims that they never received the fax. I've had a "supervisor" from bell Canada contact Aliant directly and tell them the details of when my contract with Bell began. A month later I received another bill from aliant, up to 325.00, all in service fees, no minutes used, no features used hmm for the past 5 months...wonder why?

Finally on Saturday I got in contact with another rep from Aliant, he decided to take it upon himself to call Bell Canada to get the details of my contract and reduce the charges upon my aliant contract. Bell Canada could not authorize the release of my contract information to a party other than myself! LOLOLOLOL 

Aliant Rep "Hi there this is Alison, from Aliant Mobility. I'm calling on behalf of Aliant to confirm that Mr. Darren LeBlanc is currently under contract with Bell Canada and has been since April of 2006..."

Bell Rep,"I'm sorry Alison, I can't release that information to any person other than Mr. LeBlanc."

Aliant Rep "Unfortunately, Mr.LeBlanc has been getting charged for Aliant service in Nova Scotia monthly since he relocated to Toronto half a year ago. Aliant needs a copy of his contract with Bell in order to cancel his former contract." 

Bell Rep "Nope sorry I can't help you, you'll have to have Mr.LeBlanc call and request a copy of the contract from the store in which he purchased his contract."

Darren " Hi this is Darren LeBlanc calling, I was in your store on April 2nd/06 I was talking to Farrah (pronounced FA-Rah, not Fair-A).  I need a copy of my contract."

Mobility Store"I'm sorry Mr. LeBlanc we do not carry contracts for longer than two months, your contract has been sent to head office, you should contact them..."

Darren, talking to "head office", same speel, I need this, do you have it, how can I get it, la la la.....

Head Office," Yes we have a copy of your contract Mr. LeBlanc, can I have your address so we can mail that out right away?"

Darren," Well actually, I need this right away, I'll give you my fax number...."

Head Office," I'm sorry Sir we do not use a fax machine in this office...."

Darren," WTF!  What do you mean you don't use a fax machine, what kind of office doesn't have a fucking face machine???"

Head Office," La La La...."

Darren," O.k., then courier the contract to me, I need this thing asap."

Head Office,"O.k. Mr. LeBlanc I have your address etc.  It's going to take 5-6 business days to get to you but I will have that out by the end of today."

Darren," FAX ME MY GOD DAMN CONTRACT!  I'm not waiting another week to have this resolved, I've been trying multiple times and many different ways to solve this annoying problem, I want it done and over with..."

Head Office,"LA LA LA...."

Darren....SLAM, hanging up the phone  Curse, Curse Curse.  Smoke Smoke Smoke........ I throw myself at aliants feet.........

Darren,"PPPPLLLLLEAAAASSSE   Jeff, please help me solve this problem, I'm going bonkers, I can't get anywhere and I'm having thoughts of Killing my cell phone, maybe drowning it or baking it in the oven PPPPLLLLLEEEEAAASSSEEEEE...."

Jeff (Aliant Rep),"  Ok.  Mr. LeBlanc please hold I'm going to contact bell again.... Mr.LeBlanc, you still there?"

Darren, wiping the drool from the 12 minute nap I just had," Yep, I'm here..."

Jeff,"Well Mr. LeBlanc, it's all cleared up, your aliant balance is 0.00, I've recieved all the information I've needed from Bell, you are set to go!"

Hmmm  It's taken me 6 months just to see my contract from Bell....  Who the fuck did Jeff blow in order to clear up all my account concerns and see my contract with Bell in as little as 12 minutes?  Unfortunatly that came out of my mouth as a question towards Jeff..... Needless to say he didn't overly enjoy the comment but I believe my gratitude did come across in a exasperated cape bretoner sort of way.....

Cheers, Thanks Jeff!

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Nov. 14th, 2006 @ 11:37 am (no subject)
So now I'm just basically pissing away time before I leave for Cape Breton.  So why not go on a couple of dates right?  I went out to Torino's, a great Italian restaurant down on Queen St. West last night.  My date was a newish Dentist (he's had his own pratice for half a year now), this was also his favorite restaurant.  

The conversation didn't really go anywhere, there was really no spark what-so-ever.  He's very sweet, extremely attractive but just can't really carry a conversation further than the first question.  I think I commented on how good the food was about 7 times just to fill the dead air between us.  It's funny, I think we were both feeling the exact same way.  There really was absolutely no chemistry.  Although I did feel a slight tinge of a spark when I climbed into his 2006 fully loaded Lexus 4 door, with leather heated seats and sensor this and that, all in black.

I wonder if Mr. Dentist would mind me calling to talk to his car?  Maybe just a ride or two, every once in a while.  Hmmmm, just a thought.
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