Only In Canada...

This is a 'rim roller'.
A rim roller rolls up the rim of cardboard cups.


You use it as is demonstrated here. This is because of, as many of you know, events like 'Roll up the Rim to Win' at Tim Horton's.
I saw one of these today and stood dumbfounded for a moment or two. People make a lot of money off stuff like this.

But hey, now you don't have to use your teeth! (Like the majestic beaver-to quote an add I heard once).

October

Autumn is my favorite season. Of all the fall season October is my favorite month. It has two awesome holidays, Thanksgiving (Canada) and Halloween. The trees change colour, dropping a wide array of red, gold, and orange leaves (as well as any and all colours between) to the ground to be caught up and played with by the wind. The weather is clean and crisp, fresh and bright.
Today was a perfect example. The sky was strewn with light cloud cover, the sun hiding shyly but close enough to impart some pale warmth. The air was clean and washed fresh by the rains last night. The wind was brisk and danced with the leaves in beautiful displays of alternating gentleness and quick aggression.
This is my favorite part of the season. Everything is clear and fresh, the last burst of strength and beauty before winter's death.

50th Post

Wow. 50 posts. Honestly, I never really thought this blog would go anywhere. I still don't have a lot of readers (to the best of my knowledge) but I haven't stopped writing. In fact, I've made it to an alarming 50 posts. I wanted to do something special for this post because it is somewhat unexpected. Unfortunately I couldn't think of anything.
Maybe I'll have a good idea for post 100. If I get there. However, I do have a small present for you people who have stuck in through all the emo rants. It's nothing special but I hope you like it.


This is a picture of my six month old kitten. He was recently fixed but luckily he's still a mischievous little bastard.


This is just a random picture I took of a city bus while waiting for my bus to show up. I don't know why but I really like this picture.


And last but not least: this picture of a gate. I love the way the hedges frame it. Don't worry, I wasn't just taking random pictures of people's property. I actually know the people who live there.

So that's it. Hope you enjoyed it and I'll talk to you all later.

Day Off

So today I went to visit my Aunt and Uncle who recently moved to Duncan. I spent the day helping my Aunt paint/prime some furniture, did some errands, lifting, etc. All through this we were talking and joking which was really nice. My Aunt is an awesome, creative, crazy type of person. She's really out there which has always been a big influence on me (that's right, now my friends know who to blame!). My Uncle told a bunch of stories like usual and we watched the squirrels outside their house. So cute! Apparently they bother some people in the area but we think they're pretty cool. After all this my Aunt made supper and sent me home with a bag of groceries.
The day went by crazy fast, for which I'm a little sad. I've already promised my Aunt and Uncle that I'll be back in December (which is the soonest I'll be able to afford to get out there). On the plus side this means I get to take the train, I did once when I was little I think but I don't really remember it. Plus, travel seems different when you're older. At least, it does to me.
It was nice to be out of the house and not at work.

Magazines

Working as a cashier, I see a lot of magazines. All that's in them is garbage. All you ever see is this, that, and the next thing about celebrities, more than half of which probably isn't true! I'm so sick of staring at mindless crap written for vapid, mindless readers. Worse yet; the (possibly) intelligent people who actually believe the junk written! What's the point? Are we, as a race, so dissatisfied with our own lives we have to read untrue stuff about 'famous' people? Why not pick up a book instead? At least fiction doesn't pretend to be true based on a few sentences and 'writers prerogative' or 'poetic license'. No. It's not real and doesn't claim to be.

There are people who follow magazines and 'stars' lives religiously. Don't they have a life? Apparently not.
I'm so sick about hearing that another celebrity couple has broken up or got together again. I don't care if they cheat. You know who else breaks up and gets together? Real people. You know who also cheats, or has multiple babies, or gets in car crashes? Real people. Do you know who has mental break downs or drinks to much? Real people!
Get the picture???

Not Just A School-Part Of The Community

So I found out a few days ago that the school I went to high school at is likely to be shut down due to 'low enrollment'. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with budget cuts as well, but I'm not positive so don't quote me on that.
It's devastating to be told that the school I went to, that I loved, may be shut down! My dad went to that school!
There should be other alternatives, and from what I've heard there are a few. However, the main idea is to ship all the students from that school to the one the next community over. Never mind the increased busing (and likely busing fees), never mind the fact that the school's too small, never mind that it will mess up the community. Yes, the community I went to school relied on the students during the school year to keep all the businesses going until tourist season. If the school is removed the town will likely collapse.
I am very unhappy about this. As are many others.

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Update

So for the past two weeks I've been Internet less. I did a fair bit of reading and played a lot of The Sims. Nothing exciting really happened.

I'm getting to the point where my life is getting back on track. I know where I'm going in the near future and I've figured out where I'm going after that.
If you told me a year ago that I'd be working as a cashier at Walmart, living in a not-so-great end of town, living paycheck-to-paycheck within a year; I probably would have laughed in your face and told you to stop doing crack.
But here I am.
On the plus side I move back in with my parents this January, almost a year after I moved out. Apparently they didn't expect me to last this long. I'm glad I did. Now I know I have issues living with more than two people at a time. Now I know I will never, ever apply to be a cashier. Mostly, now I know I can live on my own or I can go to school. Not both.
No, I'm not where I thought I'd be. Some how I think I managed to be where I needed to be.
Yes I know this is a horribly cliched thing to write. You know what? It's cliche for a reason. Almost everyone has been here, except for those who are going to be here sometime in the future.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to go read a webcomic.