Local 237 - Annual Year In Review Meeting - 2010
Please come to order everyone. Thank you for reading my annual year in review. This year has been a shitty ride and you may be able to tell that news is of slim pickings. So lets have a look back. Is everyone ready?
The year started off in the crappiest way possible. Explaining to grown adults why they have to pay their bills and transfering phone numbers for drunk callers between gasps and chucks of vomit. Then listening to the ramblings of "adults" whose lives have, and will continue to, amount to nothing.
Then I went home.
I started the year off with a good three week stretch of saying "Holy shit, today was an awful day." Great time to start school.
I went back to the college to get a second diploma, because it's hard out there. There were more than a few guys who I didn't think would make it, and more then a few who I was sure would. The outcome was not what I expected.
I spent the first month back at school juggling classes, commuting, home life, and the slave lord at work testing my resolve. It seems that 32 hours a week is "part time hours" or at least, there it was. By the end of the month, I needed shorter shifts and I pressed the issue, even if it meant me getting fired. I actually walked in one day planning to quit, but as fate would have it, that day marked the first of many in which they needed me more than I needed them. So I stuck around for a time.
Sociology class... bullshit.
Electrical Fundamentals... best done with a text book.
The Olympic torch passed through town and I was sure to voice my disdain.
Emily and I went to see a lot of movies. Some good. Some great. A couple that weren't worth it. We both loved "The Wolfman." Then there was that shitty remake of "Dances With Wolves." They said it was in 3D, but it really just looked like one of those pop-up books that two year olds love. Fitting, since that was the intelligence range of most of the ticket holders.
I played a lot of Wii for the.... TV in my living room. There were some that were garbage. The Metroid games were pretty worthy. I invested many an hour guiding the bounty hunter, Samus Aran, through tons of immerse 3D environments for hours of addictive game play.
I spoke to you about The Day When The Paycheque Just Isn't Worth It Anymore.
I performed a seven month experiment displaying the negative side effects of 18 hour days (not including "downtime").
I went to Toronto in the spring for some of "the visiting" and "the hanging out." Good times were had by all in attendance.
I found an effective, though albeit painful, method of forgetting things I don't need in my brain.
I also showed contempt for gasoline and denied pizza it's right to live.
Enjoyed many a beverage with my friends.
My sister got married. Then a couple months later, my brother got married.
Emily and I went to Halifax. The place is an awesome city. We both miss it there.
I spent three and a half months stomping on the feeble arguments of some retarded liberal douchebag, and I'd do it again.
My friends and I speculated that upon "death," William Shatner will turn into a ball of energy that will go on forever.
I got a new job at the college, and finally got to leave the call centre circuit behind. I kinda feel like Fry in the first episode of Futurama.
"Trevor," Emily and I went to FanExpo were we met with celebrities, saw over priced geek wares, listened to hippy retarded self-interested melodramatic 30 year old women with no husband or children (and no prospects for either of them) dribble on about garbage, and gave out my autograph. If only I were a little more prepared and a little swifter, I could be in talks to develop my super awesome sci-fi show idea.
Another birthday came an went, and I can't recall it.
Stomped the hell out of the "intelligent" remarks of my entire history class, all term long. Fools.
I got a new computer.
Spent an entire term busy everyday from 6am until 11 or 12 at night. That sucked so bad. Then I had to do the work of an entire four man team by myself. That really sucked.
I went to Barrie to help Jay move. That sucked, but it had to be done.
There was Christmas with the family, and I didn't make an excuse to leave early. Wow.
So that's about it. I should update more often. I'd like to, but sometimes it's hard to get motivated to do so at night. I will certainly time.
Until next time true believers. For Gnomeregan!
Quote Of The Day - "A very old author discoursing upon Irishmen, says, 'Where Irishmen are good, it is impossible to find better, where they are bad, it is impossible to find worse.' I am afraid we have got to this alternative. Treachery was never the character of Irishmen. Courage and intrepidity were their characteristics. Every creature is taught to fight, but boldly and fairly." Earl of Clonwell in James William Norton-Kyshe's book "The Dictionary of Legal Quotations."
Interesting Link For The Day - Lipschitz Live! This is the online transcript to an episode of the early 90s sci-fi show "Sliders." I would post a link to the episode online but I can't find it. If you can, watch it. In the early 90s, this episode accurately prophesied how our society would end up.
Interesting Fact For The Day - The Byzantine emperor Basil II hoped to end a 40 year war for good with one stroke. In 1014, he blinded 99 out of every 100 men out of a prisoner count of about 150,000. The remaining 150 only had one eye blinded and were used to lead the fully blinded back to the Bulgarian capital of Ohrid. The Bulgarian ruler, who was told to expect a returning army of freed POWs, rushed to meet them. Samuel suffered a stroke, and died two days later. Basil II received the title Bulgaroktonis, meaning "slayer of Bulgarians."
The year started off in the crappiest way possible. Explaining to grown adults why they have to pay their bills and transfering phone numbers for drunk callers between gasps and chucks of vomit. Then listening to the ramblings of "adults" whose lives have, and will continue to, amount to nothing.
Then I went home.
I started the year off with a good three week stretch of saying "Holy shit, today was an awful day." Great time to start school.
I went back to the college to get a second diploma, because it's hard out there. There were more than a few guys who I didn't think would make it, and more then a few who I was sure would. The outcome was not what I expected.
I spent the first month back at school juggling classes, commuting, home life, and the slave lord at work testing my resolve. It seems that 32 hours a week is "part time hours" or at least, there it was. By the end of the month, I needed shorter shifts and I pressed the issue, even if it meant me getting fired. I actually walked in one day planning to quit, but as fate would have it, that day marked the first of many in which they needed me more than I needed them. So I stuck around for a time.
Sociology class... bullshit.
Electrical Fundamentals... best done with a text book.
The Olympic torch passed through town and I was sure to voice my disdain.
Emily and I went to see a lot of movies. Some good. Some great. A couple that weren't worth it. We both loved "The Wolfman." Then there was that shitty remake of "Dances With Wolves." They said it was in 3D, but it really just looked like one of those pop-up books that two year olds love. Fitting, since that was the intelligence range of most of the ticket holders.
I played a lot of Wii for the.... TV in my living room. There were some that were garbage. The Metroid games were pretty worthy. I invested many an hour guiding the bounty hunter, Samus Aran, through tons of immerse 3D environments for hours of addictive game play.
I spoke to you about The Day When The Paycheque Just Isn't Worth It Anymore.
I performed a seven month experiment displaying the negative side effects of 18 hour days (not including "downtime").
I went to Toronto in the spring for some of "the visiting" and "the hanging out." Good times were had by all in attendance.
I found an effective, though albeit painful, method of forgetting things I don't need in my brain.
I also showed contempt for gasoline and denied pizza it's right to live.
Enjoyed many a beverage with my friends.
My sister got married. Then a couple months later, my brother got married.
Emily and I went to Halifax. The place is an awesome city. We both miss it there.
I spent three and a half months stomping on the feeble arguments of some retarded liberal douchebag, and I'd do it again.
My friends and I speculated that upon "death," William Shatner will turn into a ball of energy that will go on forever.
I got a new job at the college, and finally got to leave the call centre circuit behind. I kinda feel like Fry in the first episode of Futurama.
"Trevor," Emily and I went to FanExpo were we met with celebrities, saw over priced geek wares, listened to hippy retarded self-interested melodramatic 30 year old women with no husband or children (and no prospects for either of them) dribble on about garbage, and gave out my autograph. If only I were a little more prepared and a little swifter, I could be in talks to develop my super awesome sci-fi show idea.
Another birthday came an went, and I can't recall it.
Stomped the hell out of the "intelligent" remarks of my entire history class, all term long. Fools.
I got a new computer.
Spent an entire term busy everyday from 6am until 11 or 12 at night. That sucked so bad. Then I had to do the work of an entire four man team by myself. That really sucked.
I went to Barrie to help Jay move. That sucked, but it had to be done.
There was Christmas with the family, and I didn't make an excuse to leave early. Wow.
So that's about it. I should update more often. I'd like to, but sometimes it's hard to get motivated to do so at night. I will certainly time.
Until next time true believers. For Gnomeregan!
Quote Of The Day - "A very old author discoursing upon Irishmen, says, 'Where Irishmen are good, it is impossible to find better, where they are bad, it is impossible to find worse.' I am afraid we have got to this alternative. Treachery was never the character of Irishmen. Courage and intrepidity were their characteristics. Every creature is taught to fight, but boldly and fairly." Earl of Clonwell in James William Norton-Kyshe's book "The Dictionary of Legal Quotations."
Interesting Link For The Day - Lipschitz Live! This is the online transcript to an episode of the early 90s sci-fi show "Sliders." I would post a link to the episode online but I can't find it. If you can, watch it. In the early 90s, this episode accurately prophesied how our society would end up.
Interesting Fact For The Day - The Byzantine emperor Basil II hoped to end a 40 year war for good with one stroke. In 1014, he blinded 99 out of every 100 men out of a prisoner count of about 150,000. The remaining 150 only had one eye blinded and were used to lead the fully blinded back to the Bulgarian capital of Ohrid. The Bulgarian ruler, who was told to expect a returning army of freed POWs, rushed to meet them. Samuel suffered a stroke, and died two days later. Basil II received the title Bulgaroktonis, meaning "slayer of Bulgarians."