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[Jace]

We went down tubing down the river today. Then had pizza. I ended up with sunburned eblows, knees, and just one spot on the top of my feet. Didn't see any boobs, although did find a couple sets of cute girls, and some that asked me about my tattoos. Reason number 43 for having tattoos: conversation starter.

Seriously though on the tubing thing, it is HUGE here, like, hundreds upon hundreds of people floating down the river. Some people have entire DJ systems set up to float down the river with them. Can't wait to go again either this year or next.

[Jimor]

Zingoleb, good luck with the job hunt. One thing to look into is maybe any music studios around town? Even if they aren't hiring, see if you can get some technical training in exchange for doing some basic labor around the place (I've yet to see a studio that didn't have several "in progress" projects waiting for somebody to just finish them). You'd already have a head start with your guitar knowledge, and it might lead to some opportunities later.

Dear Blog Thread,

Speaking of career exploration, I just sent in an online application to the local community college, the first step towards taking some TV production classes there. They have an excellent program that places a lot of students in the local stations, so it's a practical extension of what I've been doing at the local access station. Unfortunately, the access classes and experience don't come with that magical piece of paper that says I'm qualified to do what I've already done, so it's time to go back to school after a many year absence (a failed attempt at a physics degree). 

[JD]

Good Luck!

[snalin]

Since I'm currently in High school, the second year, I have one exam. One single, fucking exam. There were 6 classes in question, and I got my exam in the one single class I did not want. Oh damn.

This means that I have an exam Wednesday. And I'll probably not get top grades. Fucking shit.

[Scarychips]

I was going to make that post. But then I looked it up; it's because Quebec has some law about languages in video games and Rock Band 2 is only in one language or something and doesn't have French available and it seemed pretty ridiculous.

Today I played frisbee!!!! And Smash Bros. And went to the castle house. I need to find more things to do. I might be seeing Metric tomorrow but probably not but I sure hope so! Emily Haines alkdsfhadfgfdgfd

Yeah, exactly. It's called the Bill 101. It prevents anyone who doesn't have parents who went to an english school to go to an english school until CEGEP (after High School). Also, every video game must have a french translation (at least the booklet) if a french translation is available somewhere else in the world.

Also, Metric are incredibly fun live. Too bad you can't go see them.

And Thanks guys for the happy birthdays and shits.

[Patrick]

Emily Haines

I will battle you for her in a knife fight. All of you.

Dear blag,

A Girl Who Likes Me is coming over to my house because of the whole thing where I told everybody I wasn't gonna leave the house anymore since people went fucking stupid every time I did. I guess this is cool except she is 14 and I do not want certain Things to happen even though she has said many times that she hopes certain Things happen.

Also I kinda want to visit Akademi today (I can do that) just so my friend Nita doesn't feel alone. I really miss that kid, and I know she needs love and support more now than ever.

Love,
Me

P.S. I think I'm leaving here on July 7 and I don't want to leave and the depression just keeps getting worse

[Scandanavian War Machine]

a very likable aquaintence of mine died this weekend.

i'm not horriblely torn-up about it because we weren't best friends or anything but he was the type of person that no one could say anything bad about. literally every single person that met him liked him; he was just that nice. he will be missed.

[SirJuggles]

Pat you're one of my favorite posters on here but my little sister is 14 and uh.... please don't dude.

[Barmymoo]

Hell yes, my little sister is also fourteen and do not. I remember being fourteen and I almost slept with a boy then (actually I think I was fifteen at the time) and I am so, so glad I didn't, because I just wasn't emotionally in the right place even though I thought I was. Don't.

Today was my first english and last german exam! The english wasn't great to be honest, the questions were kind of weird and not what we were expecting (they usually have one of the two specify a section to analyse, but this time it let you pick your own) so I'm not sure how that went. German was great though, I'm shooting for high grades there. The only downer is that my friend Lara, of the terrible friends and birthday parties, was very ill and didn't make it in for either exam. She got a doctor's note and will get special consideration but alongside all the problems she's had this year with a really crap english teacher, she's probably not going to get into university next year.

Tomorrow I'm going to focus and do plenty of revision for Thursday's final sociology exam, and then hopefully make a start on the Law exams which are next week. I don't really need to revise all that much for the remaining two english exams but it might be an idea to glance over some quotes since it's closed book.

The end is in sight! Weird to think that in two weeks it'll all be over and in two months I'll know what grades I've got, and in two years it won't even matter any more. And guys guys guys in a little over a month I'll be in AMERICA! I still can't believe it (need to get travel insurance and start to pack)!

Oh and I'm writing a song. I haven't written a song in ages and for once it doesn't sound like an eight year old tried to write a pop song, it's actually not bad. I'll never be a songwriter but I have some pretty neat chords and a few lyrics from a poem I wrote.

[Sox]

14 years old is a child. Don't fuck children.

[Tyler]

14 years old is a child. Don't fuck children.

[Barmymoo]

In 2007 she wasn't even a teenager.

Think on that.

(Also I have no idea what cultural reference I just crushed under my huge ignoramatic feet but it felt gooood)

[BlahBlah]

Tommy was writing about Bioshock, a game in which you can kill little girls.

[Dazed]

So yeah basically if you're under 23ish, don't do things with girls 5 years younger than you, 'cause it's pretty creepy!

[allison]

age divided by two plus seven, isn't that the rule?

[Sox]

It's the rule as long as both parties are no longer children. I'm going to lose fans here, but I think it takes a certain disturbed mindset for somebody my age to get involved with a girl that age. I think you have to be genuinely mentally disturbed to want to fuck children. Even 17 is too old.
For the record, Patrick is not that guy. Re-reading all the responses, it looks kinda like we're suggesting he is. Sorry Pat! I hope it doesn't get too awkward for you.

[Jimor]

For the record, Patrick is not that guy.

Yes. What I'm more worried about from afar is that if she does come over: CHAPARONE! If she's been forward about her intentions, it's possible she'll brag to friends whether something happened or not, and who knows where that kind of thing will end up. This is one of the dangers of any level of celebrity.

[Zingoleb]

Zingoleb, good luck with the job hunt. One thing to look into is maybe any music studios around town? Even if they aren't hiring, see if you can get some technical training in exchange for doing some basic labor around the place (I've yet to see a studio that didn't have several "in progress" projects waiting for somebody to just finish them). You'd already have a head start with your guitar knowledge, and it might lead to some opportunities later.

Dear Blog Thread,

Speaking of career exploration, I just sent in an online application to the local community college, the first step towards taking some TV production classes there. They have an excellent program that places a lot of students in the local stations, so it's a practical extension of what I've been doing at the local access station. Unfortunately, the access classes and experience don't come with that magical piece of paper that says I'm qualified to do what I've already done, so it's time to go back to school after a many year absence (a failed attempt at a physics degree). 

There are no recording studios. I live in some very small towns (I sort of go back and forth between Albion and Medina, both of which are terribly small). There are two recording studios that I know of, but they are both private studios that my friends own - that is, not any actual business. They'd both let me record, but here's the thing: Alex generally wants to record his songs by sticking me on bass or guitar (which, actually, I'm completely cool with), and Jan (pronounced Yawn) is a total cunt about being in the studio.

I tried looking for an online job and only got a metric fuckton of spam and every time I try to apply for a job, it sends me to a different site to register upon. I gave up after a few hours and several websites.

Update on the schedule-fucking! Two days ago, I had today off. Yesterday, they scheduled me to work today. Today, they called me at the last minute to tell me not to come in. FORGET YOU DARIEN LAKE. FORGET YOU SO HARD.

All I do is whine about my job in here. I have to do something else.

So...Locrian scale, anyone?

[J-cob9000]

I have just discovered that my parent's new computer can run games. I downloaded The Sims 3 and Left 4 Dead and now I'm downloading Fallout 3. As soon as the one I ordered for 360 comes, I'm returning it.
Today, I have sat about coding things on one computer while watching The Fellowship of The Ring on another. I feel like an epic nerd. It's nice.

[Patrick]

Man thank god, the 14-year-old did not come over after all.

Somebody more reasonably-aged (college, oh god the relief) did though (wait, I don't recall inviting her over), and there was much kissy and grindy. So close to sealin' the deal and she had to go to a tutoring appointment with a professor. And I feel like such a womanizing pig right now that I could tear my hair out, but man, it was bitchin' at the time. THE RUDEST

[snalin]

Now I started picturing Kim Jong making out with some Albanian chick.

This means that I need to sleep.

[Patrick]

Bro gets mad play.

Also, Darryl, my life is awkward as shit as it is, I probably wouldn't even notice if you guys all thought I was a pedophile.

Because honestly, what is more awkward than being swarmed by Gypsy kids and not knowing whether they want money to feed their starving families or an autograph? This is seriously an everyday dilemma for me and it kindof makes me really depressed.

[nobo]

Man thank god, the 14-year-old did not come over after all.

I really hope that wasn't the only thing that kept you from fooling around with a 14 year old.

[Lummer]

Dear Blog Thread:

I got laid this weekend. Yay!

[Dazed]

o/

Dear dead animals and pedophilia thread,

I am seeing the Decemberists tomorrow! Hopefully it will be pretty awesome, I am taking a friend of mine who I have not seen in a few months. We are going to hang out around in Boston before the show, so I think tomorrow will be a pretty excellent day. Also, the lady who I am supposed to have gone out with this weekend fell ill, she apparently caught something from a kid at work. So, I will have to wait until next week to see her due to schedule conflicts this week. That kinda sucks, but other than that life is pretty sweet.

Good night and good luck, bloggers,
James

[Reed]

I am probably seeing the decemberists tomorrow night too!

Last night was the first night that I have slept on a real bed in 6 months. It was such an awesome night of rest that I slept through my alarm clock and decided not to go into work today and instead had an incredibly lazy day. Oh, and I got Venture Bros seasons 1 and 2 today.

I have enjoyed today.

[sean]

bhhhhhhhhhh i need better things to do with my monday nights than playing pokemon and downloading the chug life back catalog.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

no you don't

[redglasscurls]

So this kid who went to my high school just got back from the marines. He was a mornic douchbag before, and now he's a POMPOUS moronic douchbag who won't FUCKING LEAVE MY HOUSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS FUCKING MONDAY NIGHT AND I DO NOT WANT HIM HERE.

[phooey]

You people seeing the Decemberists are in for a hell of a show.  I wish I was in your shoes right now!

[Tyler]

Reed, where are they playing around here?

[Zingoleb]

Blaggy,

It is one thirty in the morning, early yet for someone of my nocturnal status. My sunset is your sunrise. I am still eating my constant dinner of frozen Kool-Aid and ignoring the deeper, gnawing hunger and hoping that maybe a bit of starvation will do me good! I really do not like being the fat ass I am, even though I am generally under-eating.

Muse is playing right now but I am debating putting on Mogwai just because it is nighttime and I want night music. I should make a playlist of night music! Yes, yes, yes, this would be wonderful. Something to pass the time with...several hours long, make an mp3 CD of it, make sure the songs segue nicely into one another.

I'm going to go play Mario 64 now. Take that, Bowser, you Blastoise with heartburn.

[Tyler]

Go to bed.

[Eris]

Zingoleb, do you live at home? You talk about your father talking to you or borrowing his car on occasion, and I am curious.

[Vendetagainst]

Today I went to work at four PM because I slept in. I spent three hours performing light physical labor in a beautiful garden and occassionally taking breaks to reread Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. I then ate delicious fish tacos, really tasty chips, and drank red wine with my boss and his boss and finished the day with an horchata. Oh, and I did not pay for the food.

My job can beat up your job.

[BrittanyMarie]

I'm pretty sure most every job can beat up mine. Not only do I work at a financial institution but it's in a call center where we take calls from all over the US.

I have, apparently, a really thick accent because at least a third of the people calling in make a point to comment about it. I either get "So where in Canada are you?" thinking they're clever because they "can tell". Alternatively they already know we're in Fargo so I get wood chipper jokes. I love the movie more than almost everyone but dang I have heard way too many terrible wood chipper jokes, and even Jon Stewart is guilty. It's not very hard to play along but still, that movie came out a long time ago! It's time to move on!

Although I'm no better, when an Australian customer was traveling back to visit family I told him "ok just so you know there's a 3% foreign conversion fee, and I'll have you write down that 701 phone number on the back of the card so you can call us collect if the card gets lost or stolen, and uh, don't die from all the poisonous everything there! Maybe bring a hammer for the spiders?" I am so professional.

[Zingoleb]

Go to bed.

Such an easy, easy thing to say, isn't it? I don't sleep at night. I've never been able to. If I were to lay down right now I would just stare at the ceiling and just lay there, and not be able to sleep. Am I tired? Oh, yes. Can I sleep? Oh, no. It's just not something that I am able to do.

Zingoleb, do you live at home? You talk about your father talking to you or borrowing his car on occasion, and I am curious.

Yeah. I want to move out but it's hard when you really have no money saved up and don't have a job that pays well enough to support you.

[Eris]

Surely there is food in the house? I mean, I live at home and don't eat particularly well, but there is still a pantry with food of some description in it. I do not resort to eating frozen cordial, even though I have no job and am constantly borrowing money off my family to pay my phone bills.

It just seems confusing that you are applying for food stamps or essentially starving yourself when you are living at home.

[Zingoleb]

Well, there's like...cereal. And bread. But that is pretty much it.

Unless you count cans of cranberry sauce and popcorn balls from last Halloween which I will not.

[Eris]

What about your roomate? How are your family living if there is no food in the house?

[Zingoleb]

My roommates have their own food and I don't touch it. Actually, the frozen juice is theirs but I'll pay them back for it later.

My father eats elsewhere. He gets fed a lot at his job, he tends to go around to his friends or to his mother's house to eat. He's never really been one to buy food, so it's not really that big an issue for me anymore.

Oh, and my family is me, my father, and the animals. That's all.

Edit: Hai, pagebreak

Slight update on my situation: It is raining, thunderstorming, I have Mogwai playing, incense lit, and candles burning. Tonight is a Good Night.

[David_Dovey]

On a similar topic I think the biggest shock for me after moving out is not always having food (particularly, small, snack-like food or leftovers) in the fridge/pantry at all times. That shit sucks, man.

[Reed]

Tyler, I'm going to be seeing them up in Boston.

[Dazed]

It is a pretty cool place to see a show. Look for me, I'll be the skinny white dude with long hair.

[Reed]

damnit damnit damnit. Looks like I won't be going. My friend was supposed to buy the tickets and I was going to pay her back, but she forgot to get them. Only the more expensive tickets are still available and I really can't afford the $50 for the ticket right now.

[Barmymoo]

I have an exam on social inequality on Thursday, and I cannot learn all this stuff. I can't do it! One of the questions will be to outline the evidence that a certain sector of society is (or is not) disadvantaged, so I need to know masses of statistics and theories and studies for different genders, social classes, ethnicities and locations and I simply can't learn it this quickly.

I know it's not entirely my teacher's fault, because to be honest she didn't have any idea what she was doing when she started teaching us and it was easier to focus on the exam we had last week, but even so I am so pissed off to be in this situation. We should have been learning this all year, we should have covered it in class and I should not have to cram it two days before the exam. I could have and should have realised that this was going to happen and started studying harder a few months ago, but I didn't and now I am panicking

[Ladybug]

Damnit. I have been home for less than 24 hours, and already things are getting on my nerves. We usually have dinner a little after 16/4PM, because that coincides with when my parents get off work, and it has been this way since before I can remember. So I get lunch aroud noon, and then assume we will be eating at normal dinner time. Except, my mom decides to be pissed off with my dad because he got held up at work for half an hour, so she's decides that nooo, we won't be having dinner until much later, if at all. But if I head into the kitchen to get something to eat because I am fucking hungry, she starts yelling and being thoroughly pissed off because I will "ruin [my] appetite".. What the fuck? You would think I was like 5, not 22. First of all, being mad at me for eating when I haven't eaten in 5 hours is fucking stupid, and second, if I do "ruin [my] appetite", that's my problem. I will still join them for dinner later, so why is it even an issue? She always complains about being stressed, but jesus christ, there is being stressed because there are too many things going on and too many problems, and then there is making up problems and being pissed off for no particular reason. I really, really, really hope I don't end up like her when I get older.

I feel so, so sorry for my youngest brother who has to live here for one more year.

[Barmymoo]

It's often the same here, for example this morning I came downstairs and mentioned I was going to have eggs for breakfast. My mum's partner told me I could do that, but only if I thought of something to have for tea because they were having eggs and chips and, I quote, "you can't have four eggs in a day, it will bind you".

I don't even want to know what he means by binding, but it is so frustrating. They do things like get two cherry tomatoes out of the fridge for me and leave them on the counter, ostensibly because "they are nicer when they are warm" (actually I prefer them cold) but in reality because I'm not allowed more than two tomatoes for my lunch. The one time I got my own lunch without any kind of guidance they both came in and started telling me I couldn't have cheese and hummus because it was too fattening.

I'd understand if it was a question of expense, or not having much of something, but it isn't. They just feel the need to control every single thing I do.

Gah. Sorry. I try not to rant about my parents too much because I know it's boring and typically teenage but I really can't wait until I move out. I know I'll be living on a pittance and probably wishing someone else was still paying for my food but at least I will be able to choose what I eat and when.

[iamiam]

so i am pretty much dead broke, as in i am in the negatives and have no money to do anything at all, ever.  but i've spent like $100 in the past few months on shows.

i am super dumb but these following months of forced hermitude are so worth it.

[Reed]

Parent drama: Reason #149 that I moved out of my parent's house as soon as I could.

(Also, I have been alarmingly unmotivated recently, so I'm procrastinating on the internet instead of getting anything done)