Today i woke up happier than i have in about 6 years. It took me a long time to figure it out but i've realized just how much better life is when you wake up in the morning and you aren't dreading going to work. I got used to that feeling and thought it was normal, until i found a job where i could be creative, have fun, work hard, like and be liked by everyone, and generally be appreciated for my talents. This is all a big mouthful, but i've stopped going into work at loblaws, i think tomorrow i will officially quit. This morning that idea cemented itself into my head, and all i could think was "oh yeah, i dont need this place, i'm wanted elsewhere." I'm so happy i could almost cry if i tried, it feels so great to be wanted. So i'm sure i'll be riding these good vibes for a little while longer. I no longer have to pick peanuts out of poop so to speak, and it doesn't seem like loblaws minds that i'm leaving. It feels like everything is just opening up now, i have options and i can breathe easy, best of all i'm one step closer to becoming a professional at something i love.

Recently i've had some lyrics stuck in my head, they seem to summarize not only my last relationship but somehow work for the job too.

You traded me for the lump sum
You try but i'll never be a gentleman
You traded me for the lump sum
You try but you only ever treat the symptoms
-TPC

posted by Justin 9:41 AM 0 comments [edit]

Friday, September 25, 2009

A-Bone, please click this link and look at the picture about 3 or 4 messages down. If I'm right that this is Polish, please translate as well.

Click me A-Bone

posted by Tyler MacFadden 12:36 AM 4 comments [edit]

Sunday, September 13, 2009

And so we add yet another medical condition to bullshit pile. I just went to the clinic and got some bad news today. At first i thought i had a small skin rash or a bug bite or something, but then it spread across my stomach and somehow made its way to my back on the same side. Today i found out i have shingles, which apparently is the same virus as chickenpox and it can just randomly trigger later on in life(mostly when your like 70). I'm assuming i triggered it from stress, even though there are other ways to get it stress seems like the most logical reason for me. But yeah, this definetly is one of the more painful things i've delt with, especially today, since shingles attacks the nerves its hard to ignore. All i know is im sick of having a relatively big medical issue every year for like the past 4 or 5 years. First it was the flu, then mono, then the tonsil problems, then the hernia, and now shingles. I'm going to start taking my vitamins again, and it seems like a half assed exercise regiment is in order too. Bullshit.

posted by Justin 2:26 PM 1 comments [edit]

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I got me one of these

posted by Tyler MacFadden 11:56 AM 1 comments [edit]

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Lately it feels like i've been away, even though I really haven't. I've been working a lot and I feel out of touch with everyone for some reason, so we need another good night of fun boys. T-mac, be there in spirit buddy, everyone else, my parents are going away this weekend I think, maybe next. I need a reason to have fun, so lets make the most of it.

posted by Justin 10:58 AM 0 comments [edit]

Thursday, July 16, 2009

So yesterday marked the first day i worked in a kitchen in my entire life. It was pretty intense at times, and extremely laid back at others. When i arrived i was given about 10 minutes of training, they showed me where most things went and how to use the dishwasher. Then i started washing dishes, and i finished up and did nothing for about an hour. Everyone was offering to cook me food and telling me to take another break, it was amazing. Not to mention we were listening to Q 107 which is so much better than the crap we have at work. Everyone seems really fun loving and cool, and if i could have paid more attention to the jokes flying around i'm sur ei would have laughed. My last memory of being under control last night was when some CCR came on and i was grooving and having a good time. Then all these dishes started flying at me and the shit hit the fan. It was weird because i didn't even notice that much food going but i had my back turned, and the kitchen just went quiet all of a sudden. There wasn't a point where i was backing up all that much, but they did send someone to help me just because. It was awesome though, i love being under the gun like that, and eventually i got caught up. Though i have a bunch of small cuts and i was exhausted i loved just being in a kitchen and i can't wait until they let me cook some stuff.

posted by Justin 1:31 PM 2 comments [edit]

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Last night i was given an incredible honour.

Following an eveing out with some friends at the movies, Kyle and I were enjoying a casual stroll through the city. The time was roughly 11pm. As we made our way through Commerce Court we found ourselves on Bay St. Given the time the streets were rather bare which made for a nice quiet walk. As we were preparing to cross we heard some sirens from up the street. we decided not to move and just wait out whatever emergency vehicle was coming our way. To our surprise, a fair number of Police motorcycles stormed down Bay street in an impressive convoy followed by a dozen black vehicles. Now i have seen my fair share of movies to know a goverment escort when i see one. As the escort continued, a small group of vehicles with Japanese license plates emerged and at this moment i realized what the big commotion was all about. For the past week, Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko were visiting Toronto to commemorate 60 years of Canadian-Japanese relations. And it was then when i realized i was in the presence of royalty. After a few more minutes of police vehicles and govt. patrols a black caddilac appeared with Japanese flags above the headlights and out of the drivers side rear window a lovely lady looked right at me and waved. I waved back and smiled. It was the Emperor's wife. As she enjoyed my gesture the Emperor leaned over from the other seat and also aknowledged me with a wave through the window!


Truely an unbelievable story. Most Japanese citizens would go a lifetime without seeing there emperor in person, and a year removed from standing on his door step, I got to see Japan's royal family in my homeland.

If only he knew what I thought of him... ;)

posted by Andrew Myszkowski 11:00 AM 1 comments [edit]

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

So lately things have been good. It seems after getting out of terrible relationship i'm now met with the task of probably having to choose between two perfectly intelligent awesome girls. So thats just downright exciting. Plus I went for an interview today to work in a factory helping make guitar amps. It went alright, for my second interview ever. Who knows though, i'm just happy to be looking.

posted by Justin 11:54 AM 2 comments [edit]

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Yesterday, the teachers played the girls softball team in an impromptu game. I got to choose my position so I chose third as I used to play third base the summer that I was 7. I made a couple good defensive plays out there, but did manage to let one squeak by. It didn't matter though cause we showed those girls just how softball is played. The bats were hot, the defense was tight, and after 5 innings the game was called with the teachers up 5-0. Good times.

posted by Tyler MacFadden 2:28 AM 0 comments [edit]

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Last week the 3rd year students went on their trip to Okinawa. On the second day of their trip a number of kids started to complain of stomach cramps and the like. Incidentally, I also started to feel terrible around then, and was sidelined for the weekend. A couple of them threw up during the trip, and diarrhea was running wild. After they came back they had 2 days off school, but during that time a bunch of their younger brothers and sisters ended up getting sick as well, the culmination of which was 2 kids throwing up yesterday within an hour of each other.

One of the kids actually ended up throwing up during English class. It was pretty weird for me cause one of the other students just pointed it out, and here was the kid with some vomit on his desk and the floor, but cupping the majority of it in his hands. I went and got a bucket for him to put it in while the other teacher went to get cleaning supplies. All the while the kid just sat there like a trooper, cupping this vomit. By the way, it was also one of the rankest smelling vomits I've ever had this displeasure of smelling.

Today, we found out that the cause of the illnesses is Norovirus. So now the whole school is on high alert trying to stop the spread of this before too many kids get sick and they have to close the school down for a couple days. Despite the fact that it is an incredibly easy to transmit illness from what I've read this morning, I'm not too worried about getting it again so quickly since I've already had my share of it. What I've been wondering more about is just where we got it all since I didn't have any contact with the 3rd year students last week, I can only assume that the mutual source of our illnesses was on of the places in the area I visited during last week's Golden Week holidays, namely the local onsen, or the soba shop.

In any case, as much as I'd love a couple of free days off, I hope the spread does die down as I wouldn't wish to put anymore of my students through what I went through last weekend.

posted by Tyler MacFadden 1:19 AM 1 comments [edit]