11.28.2006,08:51
clearly
I want to make one thing perfectly clear: I loathe the idea of Michael Ignatieff becoming our next PM. In him, we have yet another NeoCon fighting for his claim to the centre. Stateside he'd be red, and you'd think that'd be enough to scare away the membership of a party that has liberal as it's bloody name, but noooo. I'd just like his supporters to ask themselves: can we really win an election with a candidate who hasn't been a resident of the country for 36 years, or if we choose him, are we really just giving ourselves up to another wack of years of Harper? And by Harper I mean Mr. No-actual-policy-or-neck-can't-keep-his-officials-from-necking-with-foreign-visitors-
total-embarrassment-at-the-UN-if-only-the-whole-county-had-oil-Dr.-Evil-worst-sweater
-selector-ever.

Seriously, I'm tired of being embarrassed by my government. Don't choose another fop for your leader libs, because it's already gettin' foppy in here.
 
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11.20.2006,15:05
water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink
So sick of this whole boil water advisory.
I suppose it has a different sort of effect on everyone - can't imagine, for example, trying to run a hospital with unusable water - but being a cashier at the only store in town that seems to be able to keep stocked with bottled water sure has it's downsides. I just finished working for 9 days in a row, and the last three were pretty much nothing but lifting crates of water, 25 or so litres at a time. Both this morning and yesterday morning I was woken up by my sore, sad, abused right shoulder moaning its grievances. Spent the morning boiling pot after pot of water for hours so I'd have enough to do dishes.

current project: getting my certification at last

i need a drink.
 
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11.10.2006,16:25
got a job
starting next week, I'll be working in adult ed. 4 days a week, at 2 different centres. it's only a temporary contract until christmas, but it's enough to make me an internal applicant when all of the courses restart next semester and bump me up one of those ever important seniority levels.

5 years tuition at UBC: thousands
books for two degrees: don't ask
actually working in your chosen field: priceless

*glee*
 
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11.05.2006,06:57
november is like nightime
it's still dark out and I'm on my way to make sure someone's there to feed the yups when they crawl out of their caves in search of lattes and kamut muffins. the first rays of sun are only beginning to hit the cloud-backs outside my window, and are painting them an ominous sort of purple. it's been a weird week. still sick, or sick again, so at least bad news rolls off my back like water off a duck -- you see? I'm too tired to notice.
 
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