Apr. 8 Tyler Labine: He is a Canadian actor. The first time I saw him was on the teen sitcom Breaker High, about high school kids going to school on a boat. He is the fat and funny guy. This is the same show where Ryan Gosling got his break before he got really big in The Notebook. There was an article in the Journal about how TL did the short- lived show Invasion.
He's now in the new show Sons of Tucson. It's kind of like Malcolm in the Middle. SoT is about three boys who hire a guy (TB) to play their dad. Their real dad is in jail, and the kids don't want to be split up in foster care. I saw a bit of the show, and it's kind of funny. TB did do well for a couple of years on the show Reaper.
Epiphany: It's so weird in the interview. TB says: "I was in Vancouver. The only roles I got were mainly appearances on American shows shot in Vancouver. The small roles were given to Canadians."
Me: Oh my God! That's so true. How come I never noticed that until you pointed it out?
I've seen TB make an appearance in the American show Dark Angel and the movie Anti-Trust. Then there was Hank from Corner Gas making an appearance on the American Show Tru Calling as Tru's neighbor. Jesse Moss was on Dark Angel and Tru Calling. Then Giles Panton makes an appearance on the American show Human Target. All those shows are shot in Vancouver.
Apr. 9 Counter argument: The only time when Canadians get to be leads in shows that are shot in Canada, are when the shows are Canadian like Flash Gordon.
However, I was watching The Bridge tonight, and I saw Aaron Ashmore. He's a Canadian actor on a Canadian show. He's the twin brother of the more successful actor Shawn Ashmore. SA is known for playing Ice Man in the X-Men movie trilogy.
I then thought: "Wait! Aaron Ashmore is Canadian, and he's a regular on the American show Smallville, and it's shot in Vancouver. Also Edmonton actor Eric Johnson was on that show for the first season. Canadian actor Kristin Kreuk was on that show for several seasons." That's my counter argument that Canadians can get leads in American shows shot in Canada.
The Bridge: This is a really good cop show. This is the 3rd ep I saw tonight. One of the stories was an 8 yr old boy Eddie is kidnapped off a bus. The cops go to the house, and look around. Did you know that most of the time, the kid's in the house, but he's hiding, and falls asleep and can't hear his mom call him?
The mom says it's probably the ex-husband who violates the restraining order. The cops interview the bus driver who's been driving that bus for 10 years. He hasn't seen anything. Cut to Eddie with a teenage boy at a house watching TV. Teen boy said the mom's in the hospital so that's why he's watching Eddie.
Cops talk about that time a kid Archibald who was kidnapped on a bus 10 years ago. The man got arrested, and denies he did it. He dies in prison. Then it turns out the ex-husband got arrested yesterday so he couldn't have gotten Eddie. The cops put it together and realize that the bus driver has been driving the bus route for the past 10 years.
Cops go and tell the driver to spook him a bit. They follow the driver to the house where Eddie and the Teen boy is. The lead cop Frank goes into the house by throwing a chair to break the window.
Aaron Ashmore: Shouldn't we get search warrant?
Frank: There's a missing child in there, that's our search warrant.
Then as I suspected, the teen boy was Archibald. He said he was kidnapped 10 years ago by the bus driver, and that if got a new boy, he would be released. AA's character then shot the driver because he was going to set Eddie on fire.
Procedure: I read in a book that a cop can only go into your house if you have search warrant. But, if you see somebody in danger or you know for sure that's somebody's getting hurt in there, you can go in. It's mentioned from the movie Bon Cop Bad Cop. They're waiting for the search warrant to come through, but Bad Cop has to break in anyway.
Good cop: Great, now we can't use the evidence.
Bad cop: Whatever, I'll just say I thought I saw somebody in danger.
If cops go into a house without a search warrant, even if they find a dead body, that evidence would be inadmissable in a court of law because they got that evidence unlawfully. Cops have to be careful and go by the book.
Comparison: The Bridge is like Flashpoint. They're both Canadian cop dramas. This episode kind of redid a Flashpoint episode. On FP, a man kidnaps a little girl, because the one he's got at home is now a teenager, and gotten too old for him. On The Bridge, it's boys, and a Teen boy does the kidnapping.
Job rant: I'm doing my job search at night. I usually do this in the morning. I'm at the Public Service Commission of Canada website. All the jobs are stuff I'm not interested in, I'm not qualified for like needing a Bachelor's degree, or it's in another province. I could be a kitchen helper in Edmonton. It's casual, but it's for the Correctional Service of Canada which probably means working at a jail.
I applied there anyway. I found this piece of paper where it turns out I did set up an account on that site way back in May 2008. I applied at 6 positions back then, but I didn't get any callbacks. I also haven't been or logged onto that site since then, at least that's what I remember. Maybe they would have hired me if I went back to that site. But they didn't call me, so I guess they didn't hire me anyway.
Apr. 10 Writing: Today I pitched my script to some companies. I found it while I was on the internet looking for a job.
I always send two emails a week, with the occasional 3rd email. I need to maintain two emails a week so I know that I'm not writing too much when I should be on the internet looking for a job.
Banks: I showed my friend Justin my bank resume and he gave me some tips like instead of saying "administrative assistant", I should write "customer service representative." He said to email my resume to him, and he will email it to his bank location.
I added this girl Jenna whom I've known since jr. high to be friends on Facebook. She works at TD and we reconnected when she came to the Soup place back in Mar. 2009.
Apr.11 Paul Popowich: It's kind of funny. I was watching The Bridge, and every time I see the actor Paul Popowich, I've known I've seen him somewhere, but I don't know where. I was like: "Flash Gordon?"
Then today I was like: "Oh yeah! He was on the TV show Dark Angel in the pilot. He played Max's ex-boyfriend where he was only in one scene." I can't believe I remembered that. That show was on 10 years ago. I've seen it a couple times more with the buying the dvds, and watching it again with audio commentary. This is proof that I have a good memory with faces and that Canadians mainly get small roles on American shows that are shot in Canada.
Inspiration: I went to postsecret.com and there's a secret that said: "Hope is sending out seventy unsolicited resumes and still believing that next week would be better."
This is what I need to hear for my job search. I then went on my blog and looked up how many times I wrote about Post Secret. Quite a lot.
In 11 days, I passed out 72 resumes. That lay off really pushed me to look for a job. In 2008, I passed out over 100 resumes, but that was in a period of 8 months. In 2009, I passed out 110 resumes so I could get that call centre job.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
ADD/ struggle/ dream
Apr. 5 ADD: I was thinking about the past, and how my little brother Patrick never makes fun of me at all, unlike my sister. I remember this time back in 2002. I was watching The Simpsons where Bart gets diagnosed with ADD and takes Focusyn.
S: Hey Tracy, here's your favorite episode.
Me: No, my favorite episode is when George Bush moves across the street from the Simpsons.
One time that same year I tuned in and watched South Park with Patrick where this kid gets diagnosed with ADD. P never made a comment about me having ADD at all.
Me: Let me guess, the doctor then diagnoses the whole class with ADD.
That's what happens and then I left after that because it wasn't funny when it's predictable. If it comes on again, I'll watch it.
Job search: I'm looking to be an assistant manager at a retail store. I think I can take a step up from sales associate. I looked at Indigo.ca and the only positions available are North Town Mall and the airport. I went to gapinc.ca to look for jobs at the GAP. There was one in Edmonton.
I think I'm losing steam. I looked for a job for the past 3 days. Today I read a page of 16 and Pregnant on twop.com.
I went to Capilano mall with my mom and I passed out my resumes there. Then I went home and watched the Tyra show about teen sex survey. I think Tyra helped those girls on the show.
Banks: What's really good is that I then went and checked my email. I got an email where I got rejected from CIBC. It's where I go to Superstore and there is this pavilion there where I try to recruit grocery shoppers to sign with CIBC. That's okay.
The really good thing is that TD Bank emailed me back about being a customer service representative. They sent me these questions to answer. I then copy and pasted the questions onto Microsoft Word document, and worked on the answers for 20 min. I then sent it back to them.
Struggle: I was thinking about the first time I got a bank job, it took me 3 months to get it. That's fast, because it's not until 3 months prior to it my parents told me to do it. I really did appreciate the bank job and struggled to keep it.
It's kind of like if you don't struggle or work hard for something, you don't appreciate it as much. It took me like 9 months to get that call centre job. Now they don't give me any shifts, but I'm still keeping it because it took me a long time to get it.
I've rebooted my career search in Nov. 2009. It's been 6 months. Maybe I'll get that elusive bank job.
Mar. 6 Rant: I'm kind of annoyed. I gave the call centre my availability last week. Then they wouldn't give me any shifts this week. I was put on hold for 5 min. as I read the newspaper. My cordless phone cut out. I left a message. Then later I called back. Do you want me to beg for shifts?
Mar. 7: I have struggled. I have worked at what my dad call "garbage jobs" for 5 years before I got that bank job. A garbage job is a job where you throw it away, you can pick it back up again. It's easy to get one at a call centre, restaurant or retail. You don't need a lot of skills and there are no benefits. They don't pay really well either.
Inspiration: Yesterday I woke up, feeling stressed out because I didn't want to go to work. Then I called in sick. It was psychosomatic. I felt ill with the thought of going to work. I did do something constructive by passing out 15 resumes yesterday. As I was waiting for the bus, I met this old guy who works as a janitor at City Centre.
His name is Chase and he told me to look at the Yellow Pages for a job. He knows that I got laid off at the Soup place. He told me he has a college diploma in social work, but he's sweeping the streets. You gotta do what you gotta do to pay the bills.
Good: Today I went to work, and when I got there, I was fired. I was so happy and told the manager that I was dreading coming to work. She paid me $40 for the one day I worked. I have an job interview tomorrow.
Dream: I had a weird dream the other night. I was escorting a prisoner. He was wearing an orange jumpsuit and handcuffed at the front. My parents, and siblings, convict, and I were in the old blue van we used to have. I was wearing my purple blanket around me as usual when I watch TV or am on the computer in the basement because it's cold.
I liked the convict. I was holding his hand. I think my sister and my mom liked him too. Something about me being in college again, and doing a test.
S: Hey Tracy, here's your favorite episode.
Me: No, my favorite episode is when George Bush moves across the street from the Simpsons.
One time that same year I tuned in and watched South Park with Patrick where this kid gets diagnosed with ADD. P never made a comment about me having ADD at all.
Me: Let me guess, the doctor then diagnoses the whole class with ADD.
That's what happens and then I left after that because it wasn't funny when it's predictable. If it comes on again, I'll watch it.
Job search: I'm looking to be an assistant manager at a retail store. I think I can take a step up from sales associate. I looked at Indigo.ca and the only positions available are North Town Mall and the airport. I went to gapinc.ca to look for jobs at the GAP. There was one in Edmonton.
I think I'm losing steam. I looked for a job for the past 3 days. Today I read a page of 16 and Pregnant on twop.com.
I went to Capilano mall with my mom and I passed out my resumes there. Then I went home and watched the Tyra show about teen sex survey. I think Tyra helped those girls on the show.
Banks: What's really good is that I then went and checked my email. I got an email where I got rejected from CIBC. It's where I go to Superstore and there is this pavilion there where I try to recruit grocery shoppers to sign with CIBC. That's okay.
The really good thing is that TD Bank emailed me back about being a customer service representative. They sent me these questions to answer. I then copy and pasted the questions onto Microsoft Word document, and worked on the answers for 20 min. I then sent it back to them.
Struggle: I was thinking about the first time I got a bank job, it took me 3 months to get it. That's fast, because it's not until 3 months prior to it my parents told me to do it. I really did appreciate the bank job and struggled to keep it.
It's kind of like if you don't struggle or work hard for something, you don't appreciate it as much. It took me like 9 months to get that call centre job. Now they don't give me any shifts, but I'm still keeping it because it took me a long time to get it.
I've rebooted my career search in Nov. 2009. It's been 6 months. Maybe I'll get that elusive bank job.
Mar. 6 Rant: I'm kind of annoyed. I gave the call centre my availability last week. Then they wouldn't give me any shifts this week. I was put on hold for 5 min. as I read the newspaper. My cordless phone cut out. I left a message. Then later I called back. Do you want me to beg for shifts?
Mar. 7: I have struggled. I have worked at what my dad call "garbage jobs" for 5 years before I got that bank job. A garbage job is a job where you throw it away, you can pick it back up again. It's easy to get one at a call centre, restaurant or retail. You don't need a lot of skills and there are no benefits. They don't pay really well either.
Inspiration: Yesterday I woke up, feeling stressed out because I didn't want to go to work. Then I called in sick. It was psychosomatic. I felt ill with the thought of going to work. I did do something constructive by passing out 15 resumes yesterday. As I was waiting for the bus, I met this old guy who works as a janitor at City Centre.
His name is Chase and he told me to look at the Yellow Pages for a job. He knows that I got laid off at the Soup place. He told me he has a college diploma in social work, but he's sweeping the streets. You gotta do what you gotta do to pay the bills.
Good: Today I went to work, and when I got there, I was fired. I was so happy and told the manager that I was dreading coming to work. She paid me $40 for the one day I worked. I have an job interview tomorrow.
Dream: I had a weird dream the other night. I was escorting a prisoner. He was wearing an orange jumpsuit and handcuffed at the front. My parents, and siblings, convict, and I were in the old blue van we used to have. I was wearing my purple blanket around me as usual when I watch TV or am on the computer in the basement because it's cold.
I liked the convict. I was holding his hand. I think my sister and my mom liked him too. Something about me being in college again, and doing a test.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
career search/ jokes/ rant
Apr. 4 Career search: Get ready for a job heavy email. It's weird. For the past two days I haven't been working on my weekly emails or going on twop.com. Instead for the hours I spent on the internet, I was looking for a job at the bank. I went to Servus Credit Union and Bank of Montreal, and there were no jobs there. I went to Sunlife Financial and set up a new profile because I forgot my password. They said they will email my password to my email account, but it didn't work. I set up profiles at banks I haven't been to their site before like CIBC, and Royal Bank. I looked for careers at ATB Financial, TD Bank, HSBC, and Scotiabank.
Basically the past two days are go on the computer in the morning for two hours and look up and research jobs. Then in the afternoon I go out to the mall and apply for jobs at the mall. Then I come back and go on for another two hours to look and apply for jobs on the internet.
Jokes: On my breaks, I watch TV. This is kind of related to my career search. On MadTV, Stuart was talking to a social worker.
Stuart: You're ugly.
Social worker: I know. I work for the government.
I'm sure my friend Leslie is reading this and she's thinking: "That is the most offensive thing I have ever heard." She works for the government. It's just a joke. I'm sure Leslie will be having the last laugh with: "I still have money and respect from this job." lol.
This was a couple of weeks ago, but I was watching The Simpsons where Mr. Burns casino implodes. The old casino employees now work in retirement homes. I totally missed that joke, and Patrick explains that casinos and retirement are where scam artists exist.
Job tip: My mom told me that I should look for a temporary government job. It's easier to get a temporary job than a permanent one. As long as you have one temporary govt. job under your belt, you can build up on that experience on your resume and the govt. will more likely hire you for something permanent.
Bluecross.ca: I went to Bluecross.ca and applied for some jobs there. There are some I don't qualify like you need to be in medicine and have a college diploma in a computer program. There was some stuff I could apply for like call centre positions.
RCMP.ca: I went to rcmp.ca and there are other jobs than being a cop. I can apply for administrative like Criminal Investigative Analysis or Strategic services. There are Scientific, Technical, and Operational.
Rant: I need to get my negativity out. A few weeks ago I was talking to my dad, and he said that the only reason I got that bank job in the first place was that I had a reference from an employee who works at the bank. That was a slap in the face. However, I have gotten used to the proverbial slap in the face from my sister.
Sure, my resume was good with the help from my friend Angela and I did well in the interview. I even asked if my resume qualifies for this position because I thought you might need to be in business in college to get this job. The people who interviewed me assured me that my resume was fine.
I know my dad wasn't being mean. He was expressing his opinion and was being brutally honest. I'll add that to my sister saying things like: "The stuff you learned in Applied Math 30 is the stuff I learned in Pure Math 10." Yeah, I know in Applied Math 10, it was gr. 8 and 9 math. Is there a nicer way that my dad could have said that? No, not really.
Though he says that I could do better than retail, restaurants, and call centres. I can get an entry level job at a good company and work there for a long time.
A couple of weeks ago, my dad was driving me to work, and I told him that all my friends know that I'm looking for a job. My friend Angela said there's a administrative assistant job at the University of Alberta. My dad said I wouldn't be able to handle it. True, I was thinking the same thing. The position needs to be able to multi-task, stressful, and needs two years of administrative assistant schooling at CDI or MacEwan.
ADD: It's hard to focus on my job search on the internet with my ADD. Sure, take some breaks. You can watch TV, but it will only remind you about what you're going through. Last week I was watching some Desperate Housewives, and Preston was telling his parents Lynette and Tom that he got a job as a gutter at some meat factory.
Preston: It pays $14/hr, and it has benefits.
Tom: That's good.
Me: Yeah.
lol.
I thought the Soup place was going to close down at the end of the year because I saw that it expires on Dec. 2010. Steven told me that they get a new license at the beginning of every year. It also reminded me of Desperate Housewives when the Scavo's pizzeria closed down a couple of seasons ago. I imagined what would happen if the Soup place closed down.
Money: On the second to last day of the Soup place, this guy said he's been eating here for the past 3 years. He then gave us a $50 tip. Seriously.
Shopping: I see that the store Get Set closed down in City Centre mall. I applied there before on my job searches. Looks like I dodged another bullet when I didn't work there.
I applied at BCBG as an assistant manager. You need two years of retail experience. There are actually medical and dental benefits, but I think only for managers and assistant managers.
Unintentionally funny: Well the whole email can't be all about jobs. I was watching Flash Forward, and on the show, they mentioned the newspaper The Globe and Mail. I thought that was so funny because they were in Toronto for that episode.
I was watching the Canadian TV show The Bridge the other day. It showed a fat guy running, and a cop chasing him. I laughed out loud at that one. Fat guys running is funny.
Dark jokes: I have one more abortion joke I remembered from watching American Dad. The mother and father Francine and Stan invite this other neighborhood couple over to their home.
Stan: So I believed you had an abortion back in college?
It's dark in the way Stan said it so casually like he's trying to start a normal conversation with someone.
Food: In other news, I have been eating mayonnaise that expired 2 months ago. I haven't gotten food poisoning at all.
Inspiration: I was reading my old blog post about how I first got that bank job, and my parent's reactions to it. My mom was very happy. My dad was cool about it, but I know he was impressed. I need to think of my parents' reactions to inspire me. It took me 3 months to get that job back in 2008. Then it lasted for a month.
Then I started looking for an office job again in Jan. 2009. By Oct. 2009, that's when I got that call centre job. Which is kind of a step up, middle of the road job.
It took longer to get a call centre job, because of the recession. Banks aren't doing that well. I remember my manager Steven saying that Scotiabank laid off all the part-time workers. I know for sure in the US, it's not doing well. I've been reading the business section of the newspaper, and 104 banks have closed down in a year.
True Blood: This TV show is on Space Channel at 8pm on Sunday nights. I saw the first two eps on dvd. I missed the 3rd episode last week, but I got to see the 4th ep tonight. There is a more subtle reminder to look for a job as I see Sookie wait tables. It tells me: "You have to look for an office job or you'll be waiting tables for the rest of your life."
Basically the past two days are go on the computer in the morning for two hours and look up and research jobs. Then in the afternoon I go out to the mall and apply for jobs at the mall. Then I come back and go on for another two hours to look and apply for jobs on the internet.
Jokes: On my breaks, I watch TV. This is kind of related to my career search. On MadTV, Stuart was talking to a social worker.
Stuart: You're ugly.
Social worker: I know. I work for the government.
I'm sure my friend Leslie is reading this and she's thinking: "That is the most offensive thing I have ever heard." She works for the government. It's just a joke. I'm sure Leslie will be having the last laugh with: "I still have money and respect from this job." lol.
This was a couple of weeks ago, but I was watching The Simpsons where Mr. Burns casino implodes. The old casino employees now work in retirement homes. I totally missed that joke, and Patrick explains that casinos and retirement are where scam artists exist.
Job tip: My mom told me that I should look for a temporary government job. It's easier to get a temporary job than a permanent one. As long as you have one temporary govt. job under your belt, you can build up on that experience on your resume and the govt. will more likely hire you for something permanent.
Bluecross.ca: I went to Bluecross.ca and applied for some jobs there. There are some I don't qualify like you need to be in medicine and have a college diploma in a computer program. There was some stuff I could apply for like call centre positions.
RCMP.ca: I went to rcmp.ca and there are other jobs than being a cop. I can apply for administrative like Criminal Investigative Analysis or Strategic services. There are Scientific, Technical, and Operational.
Rant: I need to get my negativity out. A few weeks ago I was talking to my dad, and he said that the only reason I got that bank job in the first place was that I had a reference from an employee who works at the bank. That was a slap in the face. However, I have gotten used to the proverbial slap in the face from my sister.
Sure, my resume was good with the help from my friend Angela and I did well in the interview. I even asked if my resume qualifies for this position because I thought you might need to be in business in college to get this job. The people who interviewed me assured me that my resume was fine.
I know my dad wasn't being mean. He was expressing his opinion and was being brutally honest. I'll add that to my sister saying things like: "The stuff you learned in Applied Math 30 is the stuff I learned in Pure Math 10." Yeah, I know in Applied Math 10, it was gr. 8 and 9 math. Is there a nicer way that my dad could have said that? No, not really.
Though he says that I could do better than retail, restaurants, and call centres. I can get an entry level job at a good company and work there for a long time.
A couple of weeks ago, my dad was driving me to work, and I told him that all my friends know that I'm looking for a job. My friend Angela said there's a administrative assistant job at the University of Alberta. My dad said I wouldn't be able to handle it. True, I was thinking the same thing. The position needs to be able to multi-task, stressful, and needs two years of administrative assistant schooling at CDI or MacEwan.
ADD: It's hard to focus on my job search on the internet with my ADD. Sure, take some breaks. You can watch TV, but it will only remind you about what you're going through. Last week I was watching some Desperate Housewives, and Preston was telling his parents Lynette and Tom that he got a job as a gutter at some meat factory.
Preston: It pays $14/hr, and it has benefits.
Tom: That's good.
Me: Yeah.
lol.
I thought the Soup place was going to close down at the end of the year because I saw that it expires on Dec. 2010. Steven told me that they get a new license at the beginning of every year. It also reminded me of Desperate Housewives when the Scavo's pizzeria closed down a couple of seasons ago. I imagined what would happen if the Soup place closed down.
Money: On the second to last day of the Soup place, this guy said he's been eating here for the past 3 years. He then gave us a $50 tip. Seriously.
Shopping: I see that the store Get Set closed down in City Centre mall. I applied there before on my job searches. Looks like I dodged another bullet when I didn't work there.
I applied at BCBG as an assistant manager. You need two years of retail experience. There are actually medical and dental benefits, but I think only for managers and assistant managers.
Unintentionally funny: Well the whole email can't be all about jobs. I was watching Flash Forward, and on the show, they mentioned the newspaper The Globe and Mail. I thought that was so funny because they were in Toronto for that episode.
I was watching the Canadian TV show The Bridge the other day. It showed a fat guy running, and a cop chasing him. I laughed out loud at that one. Fat guys running is funny.
Dark jokes: I have one more abortion joke I remembered from watching American Dad. The mother and father Francine and Stan invite this other neighborhood couple over to their home.
Stan: So I believed you had an abortion back in college?
It's dark in the way Stan said it so casually like he's trying to start a normal conversation with someone.
Food: In other news, I have been eating mayonnaise that expired 2 months ago. I haven't gotten food poisoning at all.
Inspiration: I was reading my old blog post about how I first got that bank job, and my parent's reactions to it. My mom was very happy. My dad was cool about it, but I know he was impressed. I need to think of my parents' reactions to inspire me. It took me 3 months to get that job back in 2008. Then it lasted for a month.
Then I started looking for an office job again in Jan. 2009. By Oct. 2009, that's when I got that call centre job. Which is kind of a step up, middle of the road job.
It took longer to get a call centre job, because of the recession. Banks aren't doing that well. I remember my manager Steven saying that Scotiabank laid off all the part-time workers. I know for sure in the US, it's not doing well. I've been reading the business section of the newspaper, and 104 banks have closed down in a year.
True Blood: This TV show is on Space Channel at 8pm on Sunday nights. I saw the first two eps on dvd. I missed the 3rd episode last week, but I got to see the 4th ep tonight. There is a more subtle reminder to look for a job as I see Sookie wait tables. It tells me: "You have to look for an office job or you'll be waiting tables for the rest of your life."
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Ricky Martin/ I'm different/ money
Mar. 29 Ricky Martin: Did you know that Ricky Martin is gay? He came out today and it's on Yahoo news which is a reliable source. This was kind of like "the secret that everybody knows." You know, like Clay Aiken coming out. The phrase "the secret that everybody knows" came from my friend Angela.
It was in 2006 when she came to my house and she told me about how she has a friend who gave a baby up for adoption when she was in college. She has an open adoption and gets to see her baby occasionally. When I told the Ricky Martin news to Patrick:
P: Doesn't he have two kids?
Yes, he does.
Michael Bolten: I was watching this Criminal Minds episode called "Risky Business." There is this Goth kid played by this teenager Michael Bolten. I looked him up. It's so weird, he looks so different as a Goth, and this is how he looks as normal. Yeah, he has the same name as the famous singer.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm682069504/nm1832358
Job search: Last week I mentioned about how that restaurant called me, and I procrastinated in calling them back. I called them today and they said that they already hired someone. Damn. Maybe they wouldn't have hired me anyway, because they needed someone right now and I would have told them to call me back on Apr.1. They still have my resume on file.
I went to Monster.ca which I haven't been to in awhile. I updated my reference phone numbers now that the Soup place closed down.
Blockbuster: I read like a year ago that Blockbuster isn't doing well because they have new competition like Netflix. They maybe closing down. I'll still apply to Blockbuster.
Joke: I was watching CSI: NY, and Ian Zering guest- starred so he's the guy who did it. He was in the original 90210. I remember watching him years ago on Tyra, about how he got the role.
Ian: There was this big pile of scripts. And you know in Hollywood, there are so many actors, and so few roles. You're supposed to sign your name on this notepad when you take a script. I wrote "Ben Dover" and then I took the pile of scripts and threw them in a garbage can outside.
lol.
Mar. 30 Writing: I put on my Facebook status: "Tracy Au needs to get it together. Cut down on TV, get a job, and write her script."
This morning I buckled down and worked on the rewrites of The Fighter by going through Chris Craddock's notes. I emailed John Kerr about it. I also stayed away from the 16 and Pregnant thread because I think I overdosed on that show. I need to do something different. I was thinking about that line from A Walk to Remember again: "I'm sick and tired of doing the same s--- all the time."
I wrote a short email asking Kit Cope and Giles Panton if they read the new draft of the script. It's been a few weeks since I last heard from them.
Music: I also listened to some new songs by Colin Munroe on www.myspace.com/colinmunroe
New: I even drank Taster's Choice Colombian coffee. I never had it before.
Robin Thicke: I went to his myspace page at www.myspace.com/robinthicke. I then went to his official site www.robinthicke.com which I haven't been there before either.
New job: I got a new job today. Earlier I mentioned that I called back the restaurant and they said they hired somebody already. Well they called me again today, and I did an interview, and got hired on the spot. It's the same kind of restaurant where I get to drink free coffee and get 50% off on food.
It's in downtown and I have to work from 7:30am-12:30pm. From previous experience, working at Winners, I hated waking up at 6am every morning. However, I get to drink free coffee, so I won't be tired.
I'm different: I'm way different than the days of 2006. When I got laid off from my favorite job at the call centre, I was furious. It was the first time that has ever happened to me. Now when I got laid off from my second favorite job, the Soup place, I'm not mad. I'm kind of sad about it.
I was really addicted to Dr Phil and Maury those days, and I could have started my shifts from 1pm-9pm, but I didn't because I wanted to stay at home and watch those shows. I missed out making money back then. Now I'm not addicted to those shows, and it's totally cool if I miss day time TV.
Back then, I didn't really start looking for a job until I was unemployed. But now, I have a job lined up right after my lay off. I'll admit I made $6000 in 2006. In 2005, I made $7000 when I was working at the call centre and a clothing store. I was only working part- time for 8 months, and 4 months were unemployed because I was at school.
Money: I never had to worry about money. I'm cheap. But now, I have become very money hungry. I want to make and save as much as I can. I want to work full- time.
I don't eat out. Maybe buy something to eat once a week. I don't buy cds and dvds anymore. Rarely do I ever. I bought 2 cds in the past 3 yrs. I bought Flash Gordon this year. I write down everything I spent since 2007. I write down money I found. After each month, I calculate how much money I spent.
I write down all my paychecks and keep track of how much money I'm making. I've been making a good amount of money since I graduated in 2008. Let's say it's in the 5 digits. Each year I'm trying to make more money than the last and I have since 2008. At least, maintain it.
I did pretty much everything I said I would on my Facebook status. I worked on my script and got a new job. However, I didn't cut down on TV. I saw new episodes of Melrose Place, 16 and Pregnant, Law and Order: SVU, and South Park. That's 3.5 hours of TV right there. When Melrose Place was on, I spent half of the show on the internet.
Mar. 31 Irony: I used to make less money like in 2005, but I spent more. Now that I'm making more money, I spend less which is good.
Charity: I also used to donate a lot of money to charity, but now I don't. If you do donate, donate a monthly contribution like $5 or $10 a month to something like Unicef, Women for Women International, that helps people in 3rd World countries. If you want to help the homeless, donate to Hope Mission or the Mustard Seed.
Haircut: I got a new haircut today for $18. New haircut for a new job.
Progress: Here's something I haven't done in awhile. I went to www.jobs.gc.ca, and started looking for a job. I also went to www.servicecanada.gc.ca. I even called my call centre up and gave them my availability that I can work nights. I haven't been there for a few months and that's fine because I didn't like working there. I liked the fact that I'm still employed there and can put that on my resume that I've been there for 6 months.
I told my siblings where I work and that I start at 7:30am.
Sister: I thought you didn't like working early jobs.
I was surprised she remembered something I said back in 2007.
Me: Yeah, well I get to drink free coffee so I won't get tired.
Apr. 1: I went to my first shift at my new job. I drank 3 cups of coffee. I feel kind of overwhelmed there. I cut up the donair meat for the first time. I met some new people. I tried the regular coffee, the Irish Cream, and the Jamaican Rum coffee.
I made $50 today. Now I have 4 day weekend, but I can't just relax the entire time. I really need to look for a office job.
It was in 2006 when she came to my house and she told me about how she has a friend who gave a baby up for adoption when she was in college. She has an open adoption and gets to see her baby occasionally. When I told the Ricky Martin news to Patrick:
P: Doesn't he have two kids?
Yes, he does.
Michael Bolten: I was watching this Criminal Minds episode called "Risky Business." There is this Goth kid played by this teenager Michael Bolten. I looked him up. It's so weird, he looks so different as a Goth, and this is how he looks as normal. Yeah, he has the same name as the famous singer.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm682069504/nm1832358
Job search: Last week I mentioned about how that restaurant called me, and I procrastinated in calling them back. I called them today and they said that they already hired someone. Damn. Maybe they wouldn't have hired me anyway, because they needed someone right now and I would have told them to call me back on Apr.1. They still have my resume on file.
I went to Monster.ca which I haven't been to in awhile. I updated my reference phone numbers now that the Soup place closed down.
Blockbuster: I read like a year ago that Blockbuster isn't doing well because they have new competition like Netflix. They maybe closing down. I'll still apply to Blockbuster.
Joke: I was watching CSI: NY, and Ian Zering guest- starred so he's the guy who did it. He was in the original 90210. I remember watching him years ago on Tyra, about how he got the role.
Ian: There was this big pile of scripts. And you know in Hollywood, there are so many actors, and so few roles. You're supposed to sign your name on this notepad when you take a script. I wrote "Ben Dover" and then I took the pile of scripts and threw them in a garbage can outside.
lol.
Mar. 30 Writing: I put on my Facebook status: "Tracy Au needs to get it together. Cut down on TV, get a job, and write her script."
This morning I buckled down and worked on the rewrites of The Fighter by going through Chris Craddock's notes. I emailed John Kerr about it. I also stayed away from the 16 and Pregnant thread because I think I overdosed on that show. I need to do something different. I was thinking about that line from A Walk to Remember again: "I'm sick and tired of doing the same s--- all the time."
I wrote a short email asking Kit Cope and Giles Panton if they read the new draft of the script. It's been a few weeks since I last heard from them.
Music: I also listened to some new songs by Colin Munroe on www.myspace.com/colinmunroe
New: I even drank Taster's Choice Colombian coffee. I never had it before.
Robin Thicke: I went to his myspace page at www.myspace.com/robinthicke. I then went to his official site www.robinthicke.com which I haven't been there before either.
New job: I got a new job today. Earlier I mentioned that I called back the restaurant and they said they hired somebody already. Well they called me again today, and I did an interview, and got hired on the spot. It's the same kind of restaurant where I get to drink free coffee and get 50% off on food.
It's in downtown and I have to work from 7:30am-12:30pm. From previous experience, working at Winners, I hated waking up at 6am every morning. However, I get to drink free coffee, so I won't be tired.
I'm different: I'm way different than the days of 2006. When I got laid off from my favorite job at the call centre, I was furious. It was the first time that has ever happened to me. Now when I got laid off from my second favorite job, the Soup place, I'm not mad. I'm kind of sad about it.
I was really addicted to Dr Phil and Maury those days, and I could have started my shifts from 1pm-9pm, but I didn't because I wanted to stay at home and watch those shows. I missed out making money back then. Now I'm not addicted to those shows, and it's totally cool if I miss day time TV.
Back then, I didn't really start looking for a job until I was unemployed. But now, I have a job lined up right after my lay off. I'll admit I made $6000 in 2006. In 2005, I made $7000 when I was working at the call centre and a clothing store. I was only working part- time for 8 months, and 4 months were unemployed because I was at school.
Money: I never had to worry about money. I'm cheap. But now, I have become very money hungry. I want to make and save as much as I can. I want to work full- time.
I don't eat out. Maybe buy something to eat once a week. I don't buy cds and dvds anymore. Rarely do I ever. I bought 2 cds in the past 3 yrs. I bought Flash Gordon this year. I write down everything I spent since 2007. I write down money I found. After each month, I calculate how much money I spent.
I write down all my paychecks and keep track of how much money I'm making. I've been making a good amount of money since I graduated in 2008. Let's say it's in the 5 digits. Each year I'm trying to make more money than the last and I have since 2008. At least, maintain it.
I did pretty much everything I said I would on my Facebook status. I worked on my script and got a new job. However, I didn't cut down on TV. I saw new episodes of Melrose Place, 16 and Pregnant, Law and Order: SVU, and South Park. That's 3.5 hours of TV right there. When Melrose Place was on, I spent half of the show on the internet.
Mar. 31 Irony: I used to make less money like in 2005, but I spent more. Now that I'm making more money, I spend less which is good.
Charity: I also used to donate a lot of money to charity, but now I don't. If you do donate, donate a monthly contribution like $5 or $10 a month to something like Unicef, Women for Women International, that helps people in 3rd World countries. If you want to help the homeless, donate to Hope Mission or the Mustard Seed.
Haircut: I got a new haircut today for $18. New haircut for a new job.
Progress: Here's something I haven't done in awhile. I went to www.jobs.gc.ca, and started looking for a job. I also went to www.servicecanada.gc.ca. I even called my call centre up and gave them my availability that I can work nights. I haven't been there for a few months and that's fine because I didn't like working there. I liked the fact that I'm still employed there and can put that on my resume that I've been there for 6 months.
I told my siblings where I work and that I start at 7:30am.
Sister: I thought you didn't like working early jobs.
I was surprised she remembered something I said back in 2007.
Me: Yeah, well I get to drink free coffee so I won't get tired.
Apr. 1: I went to my first shift at my new job. I drank 3 cups of coffee. I feel kind of overwhelmed there. I cut up the donair meat for the first time. I met some new people. I tried the regular coffee, the Irish Cream, and the Jamaican Rum coffee.
I made $50 today. Now I have 4 day weekend, but I can't just relax the entire time. I really need to look for a office job.
Monday, March 29, 2010
honesty box/ chat roulette/ question
Mar. 26 Honesty box: I got this "Honesty Box" from Facebook. Someone who is a girl said this to me. She is one of my Facebook friends, and she sent an anonymous message: "I think you're too judgemental for someone who is so inexperience in all aspects of life."
She probably thinks that maybe due to all my weekly emails where I talk about teen pregnancy and abortion. Does that sound like I'm judgmental in those emails? Maybe I do come off as that. I know that I don't have a whole lot of life experience, I'm still 24. I have job experience. I read the newspaper, and watch TV. I'm very tuned in and know what's going on in the world.
Charity: Don't judge someone until you know the whole story. I remember back in 2007, I was reading about charity on Facebook and you can go to www.freerice.com and you can play a word game, and it donates rice to 3rd world countries. You can also go to www.hungersite.com and it does the same just by clicking this button. I've been going to that site everyday since 2002.
There is also the Breast Cancer Site, the Child Health Site, the Literacy Site, the Rainforest Site, and the Animal Rescue site. I remember this time back in gr.8 social studies class we're studying Brazil. A student asked: "Why do they have so many kids?
Mr. Molstad: So that some of them will survive.I thought was stupid. Why do you have so many kids when you can't even afford to take care of them. I told this to my friend Chamnouer in gr. 11 art class. She gave a really good answer.
C: You only have some money. What are you going to do? Buy bread or a condom?
Also in gr. 11 social studies, I watched The People Bomb and it's hard to get birth control.
Mar. 27 Chat Roulette: I read about this in The Globe and Mail about a month ago. You have a webcam, and you chat with other people one webcam. When you're bored, you switch to another stranger. I read there are a lot of naked guys on there. I was watching Tosh.O, and Daniel filmed his chatting. One guy recognized him.
Now I'm on Yahoo and there is this guy who goes by the name of Morten, and he wears dark framed glasses, and a green hooded sweatshirt to disguise himself. He kind of looks like Ben Folds, but they both denied it. Morten plays the piano, and he thinks up lyrics about the person he's chatting with. He's good at improvising.
Morten wants to live a private life, so that's why he keeps his hoodie over his head. He talked to ABC News and gave rules like don't tell anyone where I live, who I work for, and what my real name is. He does do something with computers, and he taught himself how to play the piano when he was 9. He plays for strangers on Chat Roulette so he can learn to be a more comfortable performer.
Ben Folds did a tribute to him, by wearing his hoodie and playing the piano at a concert on Chat Roulette. Morten is very happy, and has the highest rated Youtube video ever and got 4 million views.
Joke: I was watching Flashpoint, and the SRU were chasing this white SUV. There were three black SUVs following the woman. They then end up boxing her in, as in have one car behind her, one beside her, and one in front of her so she is forced to stop. As they were driving on the highway. Patrick was watching with me.
P: What is this? The OJ Simpson car chase?
lol.
Characters: I was thinking about the lead Shawn in the movie Fighting. He's kind of a bad guy, but not so bad he can't redeem himself. He does illegal fights, but it's not straight up really bad like selling drugs.
Keegan: In other news, I like the name Keegan. I'll add this to the list of names that can be used for boys and girls, and as first and last names like my name and: Taylor, Cameron, and Parker.
Reuse Centre: Here's an interesting thing I noticed at the Reuse Centre. There is a pile of trophies. People throw away trophies. This would be a good place to go if you're a set designer. You need to decorate a set for a TV show, just go here. I've said it before, you should go here if you like arts and crafts because there are lots of art supplies here.
I also think if someone is inviting people over, they should buy all these trophies, and decorate a room with it. He can then lie and say that he won all these trophies. lol. Maybe I could use this for a script.
Procrastination: I'm going to admit on Friday morning, I could have made a couple of phone calls back to two companies that called me for a job, but I didn't. But then it turns out one company called back, and it was really a charity. The other one was actually a restaurant that I applied to.
I tried calling back the restaurant on the weekend, but it was closed. I'll call back on Monday. I didn't totally procrastinate, because the Soup place called me to come into work early. I didn't have time to call and set up an interview.
Lesson: I was watching this South Park episode and I would say the lesson is: "Don't let one thing, especially something meaningless like a computer game take over your life." The kids become obsessed with World of Warcraft and the line: "Oh my God, you killed Kenny. You bastard!" I remember way back in 1998, I was at Leslie's house and she and her brother James kept saying that.
You should see the kids. They became overweight, got zits, only had 3 hours of sleep because they were playing the computer game. They had to play it so they could get to a level that's so high and kill that one player who was ruining everybody's fun. The point is to live a balanced life.
Mar. 28 Garfield: A few weeks ago my family we're eating lasagna. That's Garfield's favorite food. I used to love that show Garfield and Friends. I loved reading the comics when I was a kid. My sister said that she went on a blog and if you delete Garfield out of the comic strips, and just have his owner Jon Arbuckle talking, he seems really philosophical. I haven't seen it though.I do know that the creator Jim Davis is a Leo. I remember reading these questions from fans and one asked: "What's your sign?"
JD: Leo, of course.
Fan: Do you own any cats?
JD: No, my wife's allergic.
S says that Jon was supposed to be gay, because he had a "roommate." I don't remember that. I thought Jon was based on Jim Davis because both Jon and Jim were raised on farms. There are comic strips where Jon visits home.
Writing: I said it before, that after I wrote Fighter, I wrote Garret which is exactly like it, but the character names are different. I had hit writer's block. The writer in residence Chris Craddock said Rain is a little like Fighter. I've been procrastinating with writing in the morning because I know I'll get a call from work.
Well today I went to work, and did do some brainstorming for my writing because Sunday is really quiet.
Blog: This isn't totally good. Someone made a comment on my blog. The person's name is evision. He said about my blog post "friends/ psychology/ W5": "www.onlineuniversalwork.com". The only blog he follows is www.Training-Classes.com."
Mar.29 Question: I was reading this new Edmonton magazine called Merge. It's about business and charity. It's free and it came out this month. The question in it is: "If I had all the money in the world and had to do something to fill the day, what would that be?"
She probably thinks that maybe due to all my weekly emails where I talk about teen pregnancy and abortion. Does that sound like I'm judgmental in those emails? Maybe I do come off as that. I know that I don't have a whole lot of life experience, I'm still 24. I have job experience. I read the newspaper, and watch TV. I'm very tuned in and know what's going on in the world.
Charity: Don't judge someone until you know the whole story. I remember back in 2007, I was reading about charity on Facebook and you can go to www.freerice.com and you can play a word game, and it donates rice to 3rd world countries. You can also go to www.hungersite.com and it does the same just by clicking this button. I've been going to that site everyday since 2002.
There is also the Breast Cancer Site, the Child Health Site, the Literacy Site, the Rainforest Site, and the Animal Rescue site. I remember this time back in gr.8 social studies class we're studying Brazil. A student asked: "Why do they have so many kids?
Mr. Molstad: So that some of them will survive.I thought was stupid. Why do you have so many kids when you can't even afford to take care of them. I told this to my friend Chamnouer in gr. 11 art class. She gave a really good answer.
C: You only have some money. What are you going to do? Buy bread or a condom?
Also in gr. 11 social studies, I watched The People Bomb and it's hard to get birth control.
Mar. 27 Chat Roulette: I read about this in The Globe and Mail about a month ago. You have a webcam, and you chat with other people one webcam. When you're bored, you switch to another stranger. I read there are a lot of naked guys on there. I was watching Tosh.O, and Daniel filmed his chatting. One guy recognized him.
Now I'm on Yahoo and there is this guy who goes by the name of Morten, and he wears dark framed glasses, and a green hooded sweatshirt to disguise himself. He kind of looks like Ben Folds, but they both denied it. Morten plays the piano, and he thinks up lyrics about the person he's chatting with. He's good at improvising.
Morten wants to live a private life, so that's why he keeps his hoodie over his head. He talked to ABC News and gave rules like don't tell anyone where I live, who I work for, and what my real name is. He does do something with computers, and he taught himself how to play the piano when he was 9. He plays for strangers on Chat Roulette so he can learn to be a more comfortable performer.
Ben Folds did a tribute to him, by wearing his hoodie and playing the piano at a concert on Chat Roulette. Morten is very happy, and has the highest rated Youtube video ever and got 4 million views.
Joke: I was watching Flashpoint, and the SRU were chasing this white SUV. There were three black SUVs following the woman. They then end up boxing her in, as in have one car behind her, one beside her, and one in front of her so she is forced to stop. As they were driving on the highway. Patrick was watching with me.
P: What is this? The OJ Simpson car chase?
lol.
Characters: I was thinking about the lead Shawn in the movie Fighting. He's kind of a bad guy, but not so bad he can't redeem himself. He does illegal fights, but it's not straight up really bad like selling drugs.
Keegan: In other news, I like the name Keegan. I'll add this to the list of names that can be used for boys and girls, and as first and last names like my name and: Taylor, Cameron, and Parker.
Reuse Centre: Here's an interesting thing I noticed at the Reuse Centre. There is a pile of trophies. People throw away trophies. This would be a good place to go if you're a set designer. You need to decorate a set for a TV show, just go here. I've said it before, you should go here if you like arts and crafts because there are lots of art supplies here.
I also think if someone is inviting people over, they should buy all these trophies, and decorate a room with it. He can then lie and say that he won all these trophies. lol. Maybe I could use this for a script.
Procrastination: I'm going to admit on Friday morning, I could have made a couple of phone calls back to two companies that called me for a job, but I didn't. But then it turns out one company called back, and it was really a charity. The other one was actually a restaurant that I applied to.
I tried calling back the restaurant on the weekend, but it was closed. I'll call back on Monday. I didn't totally procrastinate, because the Soup place called me to come into work early. I didn't have time to call and set up an interview.
Lesson: I was watching this South Park episode and I would say the lesson is: "Don't let one thing, especially something meaningless like a computer game take over your life." The kids become obsessed with World of Warcraft and the line: "Oh my God, you killed Kenny. You bastard!" I remember way back in 1998, I was at Leslie's house and she and her brother James kept saying that.
You should see the kids. They became overweight, got zits, only had 3 hours of sleep because they were playing the computer game. They had to play it so they could get to a level that's so high and kill that one player who was ruining everybody's fun. The point is to live a balanced life.
Mar. 28 Garfield: A few weeks ago my family we're eating lasagna. That's Garfield's favorite food. I used to love that show Garfield and Friends. I loved reading the comics when I was a kid. My sister said that she went on a blog and if you delete Garfield out of the comic strips, and just have his owner Jon Arbuckle talking, he seems really philosophical. I haven't seen it though.I do know that the creator Jim Davis is a Leo. I remember reading these questions from fans and one asked: "What's your sign?"
JD: Leo, of course.
Fan: Do you own any cats?
JD: No, my wife's allergic.
S says that Jon was supposed to be gay, because he had a "roommate." I don't remember that. I thought Jon was based on Jim Davis because both Jon and Jim were raised on farms. There are comic strips where Jon visits home.
Writing: I said it before, that after I wrote Fighter, I wrote Garret which is exactly like it, but the character names are different. I had hit writer's block. The writer in residence Chris Craddock said Rain is a little like Fighter. I've been procrastinating with writing in the morning because I know I'll get a call from work.
Well today I went to work, and did do some brainstorming for my writing because Sunday is really quiet.
Blog: This isn't totally good. Someone made a comment on my blog. The person's name is evision. He said about my blog post "friends/ psychology/ W5": "www.onlineuniversalwork.com". The only blog he follows is www.Training-Classes.com."
Mar.29 Question: I was reading this new Edmonton magazine called Merge. It's about business and charity. It's free and it came out this month. The question in it is: "If I had all the money in the world and had to do something to fill the day, what would that be?"
Friday, March 26, 2010
joke/ The Hitchhiker/ entrapment
Mar. 23 Jokes: Somebody dropped this clip from a folder at the Soup place. It said "Bank of Dad." lol. That's like "Mom's Taxi" as a license plate.
I found a sticky note pad from TD. It says: "Thanks for sticking with us!"
Funny commercial: Cut to some guys eating a burger at Burger King. It looks like an amateur video. Then these camera crew appears, and this guy who was wearing leaves pops out from the plants.
Camera guy: You're eating a burger from Burger King!
Guy: Yeah, I know. I'm at Burger King.
Then I realized that they're dissing those Pizza Hut commercials. They showed "real people" and it looks like an amateur video/ hidden camera show. I like this BK commercial.
Thief: I read in The Globe and Mail that stealing art is not profitable. You can only make 10% tops off stolen goods. This is research for my script.
Writing: Oh my God, that Writer in Residence Chris Craddock from the library read my Fighter script and made comments about it. He did diss it, which is okay, and even expected. You're always going to get criticized and it was constructive.The highlight was that he liked my one joke in it. This one:
Shawn: I haven't been stealing cars. I don't even play Grand Theft Auto.
Last time when he read Rain, he said some jokes were funny, but at the same time it kind of missed the mark. He did talk about how one line doesn't really close a scene. Remember that time I was talking about CSI: NY putting too much emphasis on a line to close every scene?
Dialogue: I was thinking about how characters burst some piece of dialogue out when they're angry. They tell the truth when they're pushed. Like that time when Marco comes out to his friend Spinner, by telling the truth that he's gay on Degrassi. It's like that in real life.
Kind of like that time back in 2007 when I was looking for my missing boyfriend. I asked Patrick what's the closest police station there is. He tells me, but he also asks why. I didn't tell him why.
P: Do you know what I hate about this family? Is that we don't talk to each other.
Me: So I can report John missing.
It came out in a burst, and P was shocked. Well I found him, so everything's good.
Mar. 24 Job: I'm making a conscious effort to not write about my job search. I think I write about it too much. I will mention one thing about my job. At work yesterday:
Me: I don't want to put too many cans out in the fridge, because if they don't sell, I'm going to have to put it away. We have like a week and a half.
Lisa: Actually, we have one week of work starting tomorrow.
The Hitchhiker: I remember reading this script back in gr. 8 Language Arts class. It was like a Twilight Zone script. I'll spoil it for you. This guy is driving, and he always sees this hitchhiker on the the highway. It was creepy because he started appearing when he was driving on the bridge. Then it turns out the hitchhiker was the driver. The driver drove over the bridge and killed himself. He was dead. Then there was the movie The Sixth Sense. It came out in 1999. If you haven't seen it. Skip to the next paragraph so you won't be spoiled. Bruce Willis's character is dead.
Then in 2001, I was watching this indie film on the internet. They did a parody called The Sick Sense. It's where Bruce Willis's character from The Sixth Sense and Robin William's character from Patch Adams teams up together.
Patch Adams: I see sick people.Then it turns out BW's character was sick. It looked like he was drinking alcohol in one scene. At the end, they did a flashback and it turns out he was drinking cough syrup.
Reuse Centre: I don't know if any of you guys have been to the Reuse Centre in downtown. They sell books and you can get a whole basket full of stuff if you pay the flat fee of $4. There are lots of stuff like construction paper, pens, markers, birthday cards, and lots of crafts if you're into that kind of stuff.
Bus joke: The bus driver said this today: "We're here at the library so you can read my lips."
Entrapment: Today was my day off so I passed out some resumes, shoveled snow, and I learned what the word "entrapment" meant. Today I called Chris Craddock and we talked about The Fighter script and he said there was entrapment in it, and it was illegal. I went on dictionary.com and it said this: "The luring of a law-enforcement agent of a person into committing a crime."
Chris: It's like when a cop goes up to a prostitute. He doesn't ask her for sex. She has to offer it first, and gives a price. He observes it, but he can't initiate it.
Me: Oh yeah, that reminds me of the TV show Cops. A cop drives up to a prostitute and asks "Do you want a ride?" She gets in, and then she starts offering the price.
We discussed the script for a good 30 min. Then at dinner time, I said: "Did you know that entrapment is illegal?" My sister rolls her eyes and talks about Mayerthorpe. In the Edmonton Journal last year, there was this big article about how they got Dennis Cheeseman to confess and commit crime.
S: The police say it wasn't entrapment, but from the article it sounded like it was.
I remember writing about that article in my weekly email/ blog. I said: "If that female cop did more, it would be way sexier of a story."
Mar. 25 Psychic: I woke up this morning thinking about how the psychics told me I was to get an office job in Feb. or Mar. 2010. I have one more week until March ends and then the chance to get an office job will probably expire.
News: This was quite awhile ago, but I read in the Journal that the Winspear won't be holding MMA tournaments.
Counter argument: Awhile back I laughed at the Broadview Security commercials SNL parody: "Are you a single woman who lives in a 5 bedroom home?" Then I thought about Desperate Housewives like Edie, Katherine, and Susan each do. That's fictional though. Well they were married, then divorced, then their kids moved out, so that's why they live alone. It's realistic.
Then there was the Criminal Minds episode "Slave of Duty" where a successful woman lives in a big home because she can afford it. Then there was an episode of Dexter where a woman lives in a house by herself, because she doesn't like living in apartments where you can hear other tenants, and they can hear you. But so do my grandparents. The two of them live in a 5 bedroom home. So that's my counter argument.
Mar. 26 Underpaid jobs: I was on Yahoo and it listed underpaid jobs, like some I know about. It's about underpaid celebrities. Did you know that entry- level news anchors get paid $27,000/ yr? Local and state politicians like in Mississippi, state legislators make $10,000/yr. Small town mayors make even less.
A stand-up comic makes $50 for two 20-min sets. Some don't get paid at all for open mike nights. I know that job doesn't pay well, unless you become famous like on TV. Same goes with chefs. They get paid $13/hr according to the article. I know that by reading the Help Wanted ads in the classifieds section of the newspaper.
Minor League athletes don't get paid well, and have a second job in the off season. Authors don't either unless you hit the big time like J. K. Rowling. Comic book and video game artists and animators get paid $41, 500/yr after a few years. I still think it's a cool job to be creative in.
I found a sticky note pad from TD. It says: "Thanks for sticking with us!"
Funny commercial: Cut to some guys eating a burger at Burger King. It looks like an amateur video. Then these camera crew appears, and this guy who was wearing leaves pops out from the plants.
Camera guy: You're eating a burger from Burger King!
Guy: Yeah, I know. I'm at Burger King.
Then I realized that they're dissing those Pizza Hut commercials. They showed "real people" and it looks like an amateur video/ hidden camera show. I like this BK commercial.
Thief: I read in The Globe and Mail that stealing art is not profitable. You can only make 10% tops off stolen goods. This is research for my script.
Writing: Oh my God, that Writer in Residence Chris Craddock from the library read my Fighter script and made comments about it. He did diss it, which is okay, and even expected. You're always going to get criticized and it was constructive.The highlight was that he liked my one joke in it. This one:
Shawn: I haven't been stealing cars. I don't even play Grand Theft Auto.
Last time when he read Rain, he said some jokes were funny, but at the same time it kind of missed the mark. He did talk about how one line doesn't really close a scene. Remember that time I was talking about CSI: NY putting too much emphasis on a line to close every scene?
Dialogue: I was thinking about how characters burst some piece of dialogue out when they're angry. They tell the truth when they're pushed. Like that time when Marco comes out to his friend Spinner, by telling the truth that he's gay on Degrassi. It's like that in real life.
Kind of like that time back in 2007 when I was looking for my missing boyfriend. I asked Patrick what's the closest police station there is. He tells me, but he also asks why. I didn't tell him why.
P: Do you know what I hate about this family? Is that we don't talk to each other.
Me: So I can report John missing.
It came out in a burst, and P was shocked. Well I found him, so everything's good.
Mar. 24 Job: I'm making a conscious effort to not write about my job search. I think I write about it too much. I will mention one thing about my job. At work yesterday:
Me: I don't want to put too many cans out in the fridge, because if they don't sell, I'm going to have to put it away. We have like a week and a half.
Lisa: Actually, we have one week of work starting tomorrow.
The Hitchhiker: I remember reading this script back in gr. 8 Language Arts class. It was like a Twilight Zone script. I'll spoil it for you. This guy is driving, and he always sees this hitchhiker on the the highway. It was creepy because he started appearing when he was driving on the bridge. Then it turns out the hitchhiker was the driver. The driver drove over the bridge and killed himself. He was dead. Then there was the movie The Sixth Sense. It came out in 1999. If you haven't seen it. Skip to the next paragraph so you won't be spoiled. Bruce Willis's character is dead.
Then in 2001, I was watching this indie film on the internet. They did a parody called The Sick Sense. It's where Bruce Willis's character from The Sixth Sense and Robin William's character from Patch Adams teams up together.
Patch Adams: I see sick people.Then it turns out BW's character was sick. It looked like he was drinking alcohol in one scene. At the end, they did a flashback and it turns out he was drinking cough syrup.
Reuse Centre: I don't know if any of you guys have been to the Reuse Centre in downtown. They sell books and you can get a whole basket full of stuff if you pay the flat fee of $4. There are lots of stuff like construction paper, pens, markers, birthday cards, and lots of crafts if you're into that kind of stuff.
Bus joke: The bus driver said this today: "We're here at the library so you can read my lips."
Entrapment: Today was my day off so I passed out some resumes, shoveled snow, and I learned what the word "entrapment" meant. Today I called Chris Craddock and we talked about The Fighter script and he said there was entrapment in it, and it was illegal. I went on dictionary.com and it said this: "The luring of a law-enforcement agent of a person into committing a crime."
Chris: It's like when a cop goes up to a prostitute. He doesn't ask her for sex. She has to offer it first, and gives a price. He observes it, but he can't initiate it.
Me: Oh yeah, that reminds me of the TV show Cops. A cop drives up to a prostitute and asks "Do you want a ride?" She gets in, and then she starts offering the price.
We discussed the script for a good 30 min. Then at dinner time, I said: "Did you know that entrapment is illegal?" My sister rolls her eyes and talks about Mayerthorpe. In the Edmonton Journal last year, there was this big article about how they got Dennis Cheeseman to confess and commit crime.
S: The police say it wasn't entrapment, but from the article it sounded like it was.
I remember writing about that article in my weekly email/ blog. I said: "If that female cop did more, it would be way sexier of a story."
Mar. 25 Psychic: I woke up this morning thinking about how the psychics told me I was to get an office job in Feb. or Mar. 2010. I have one more week until March ends and then the chance to get an office job will probably expire.
News: This was quite awhile ago, but I read in the Journal that the Winspear won't be holding MMA tournaments.
Counter argument: Awhile back I laughed at the Broadview Security commercials SNL parody: "Are you a single woman who lives in a 5 bedroom home?" Then I thought about Desperate Housewives like Edie, Katherine, and Susan each do. That's fictional though. Well they were married, then divorced, then their kids moved out, so that's why they live alone. It's realistic.
Then there was the Criminal Minds episode "Slave of Duty" where a successful woman lives in a big home because she can afford it. Then there was an episode of Dexter where a woman lives in a house by herself, because she doesn't like living in apartments where you can hear other tenants, and they can hear you. But so do my grandparents. The two of them live in a 5 bedroom home. So that's my counter argument.
Mar. 26 Underpaid jobs: I was on Yahoo and it listed underpaid jobs, like some I know about. It's about underpaid celebrities. Did you know that entry- level news anchors get paid $27,000/ yr? Local and state politicians like in Mississippi, state legislators make $10,000/yr. Small town mayors make even less.
A stand-up comic makes $50 for two 20-min sets. Some don't get paid at all for open mike nights. I know that job doesn't pay well, unless you become famous like on TV. Same goes with chefs. They get paid $13/hr according to the article. I know that by reading the Help Wanted ads in the classifieds section of the newspaper.
Minor League athletes don't get paid well, and have a second job in the off season. Authors don't either unless you hit the big time like J. K. Rowling. Comic book and video game artists and animators get paid $41, 500/yr after a few years. I still think it's a cool job to be creative in.
Monday, March 22, 2010
friends/ psychology/ W5
Mar. 19 Friends: My friend Angela dropped by the Soup place tonight. That was a pleasant surprise. We had a chat. She's on the look out for a job for me too. She said at the U of A, there are administrative assistant jobs that pays $30/hr. It's high stress and you have to multi-task. I don't think I can do it.
Quote: I thought about that Henry Ford quote: "Whether you think you can do it or you can't, you're right." I must remember not to put obstacles in front of myself.
16 and Pregnant: I was on the 16 and Pregnant thread and I thought this was interesting:
Person: Dr. Drew was rude, and a little old-fashioned by focusing on the guy wanting condomless sex rather than on girls learning to stand up for themselves.
Person 2: "Maybe he was harder on Gary because he was already a grown man having sex with a teenager (like dumbass Ryan, who Dr. Drew was also particularly hard on). By all means Amber could have and should have been more assertive and said "no glove no love" but in this case there was a big difference in maturity levels between a 14 year-old virgin and a sexually experienced 18 year old man.
Same goes with Maci and Ryan. Unlike Ryan I commend Gary for stepping up and being a good dad, but IMO both of these guys deserved to be taken to task for their irresponsibility, more so because they as grown men chose to date girls who were still in high school. I also question why these girls' parents were OK with these guys in the first place and didn't outright demand their daughters be on birth control (I don't buy Maci's excuse that her mom didn't have enough time to give her the talk)."
Psychology: The thread talked about how we socialize girls to be less assertive, and a people pleaser mainly to men. Well there are a lot of articles in women magazines teaching women how to get what they want, and learn to say no to things and people. Yeah, well we socialize men to tough it out. I remember in Eng. class in Centre high, men have more health problems because they don't go to the doctor.
When a woman has a health problem, they go to the doctor. Men have always been socialized to tough it out when they get hurt. By the time they're 50 years old, and they have a chest pain, they tough it out, when really they should be going to doctor.
Mar. 20 Good news: I just read that Demi Moore helped prevent a 18 yr old guy from committing suicide through Twitter. He emailed Demi on Twitter that he was going to commit suicide, DM asked if he needed help, and he said yes. The actress Nia Valdaros saw the post, she called a suicide prevention centre, and they called the police.
The police came to his house, and they found the guy crying on his computer. This is the second time DM saved someone from suicide. A woman emailed her on Twitter about harming herself.
Fun: What a coincidence, but my other friend Silivia dropped by the Soup place today. She came to pick up her T4, and I told her we were closing down the restaurant by the end of the month. We chatted a bit. She asked if me I lost weight, lol. I don't know because I don't weigh myself.
S: You worked here for 2 and a half years?
Me: More like 2 years. Specifically 1 yr and 9 months.
Funny rant: Yesterday I was talking to my manager Steven about how one worker can't work on Sunday.
Me: Ask Emily.
S: I don't want her to be overworked.
Me: So? When I worked here before you hired Emily and Lisa, I was overworked. Before you hired them, I always said to hire one or two people.
S: I like to hire full- time people. It's also about finding the right people if they're reliable and going to be here.
Me: Or you could hire a part- time, temporary, on- call person. But I doubt anyone would want that kind of job.
Then today I was talking to my other manager Stella, and told her to get Emily to work.
S: But she has a husband, and I think she wants to spend time with him.
Anyway, E ended up being able to work on Sunday after all, so that's good. I guess I'm annoyed because I have a family too. Well it's different though. I'm not married, and I don't have kids.
Actors: I was watching Flashpoint which is shot in Toronto. I saw three actors from three other TV shows and movies that are also shot in the same city. The talent agent from The Best Years guest- starred. It took me 5 min. into the ep to place him. The guy who played the boyfriend came in at 10 min. and I knew him right away. I saw him on the show Fries with That? and the movie Shattered Glass.
48 min. into the show, I recognized the kid.
Me: Hey, that's the kid who plays the younger version of Toby on The Listener!
lol.
Buffy: I saw a commercial that Muchmusic is airing Buffy the Vampire Slayer on weeknights. When I saw that, I said: "Oh my God!" That kind of reflects me back on the days when Space channel started airing it in Sept. 2001 on syndication. They were in their 6th season then. I watched it every night because I missed the first three seasons.
I didn't get into the show until the 4th season. Eventually, Space started phasing it out, and aired it really late like at midnight when it used to be on at 6pm. I love that show. I think I may have missed a few episodes in the last 7th season though.
Blog: Oh my God guys, another person other than my friends and family read my blog. This person Pallas commented on "poetic/ crazy news/ stay positive" post and said: "This is an interesting post." I clicked on the name, and it's to a medical insurance company. Now that's interesting.
Mar. 21 Lookalike: I was IMing with Cameron, my friend Ray's little brother/ old co-worker on Facebook. I sent the picture of the girl who plays Liz on My Life as Liz.
Me: Do you think this girl looks like Ray?
Cameron: Woah.
lol. Ray, and her mom also agree.
Mar. 22 W5: I was watching W5, and here's a warning for you. Beware of Jesse Wilms, because he is a scam artist. He lives in Sherwood Park and he's in charge of Just Think Media. He scammed people by creating websites that say "Have a free trial." You give him your credit card, and address so he charge a $2 shipping fee. But really, he's charging you automatically for $80/month on your credit card bill.
You have to read the fine print, where you have to cancel within the first like 3 days so he won't keep charging you every month. He is pretty much not only scamming people, but big corporations who do things legit. W5 interviewed Dr. Oz. I already saw him on 20/20, but he said the same thing: "If you see my face on a website promoting something, it means it's fake and stay away from it."
W5 reports that Jesse Wilms got a F for his Just Think Media from the Better Business Bureau. There are many complaints against him. JW dropped out of high school and he's 22 years old and making hundreds of thousands of dollars illegally. I have seen an ep of Oprah where someone who doesn't graduate out of high school is more likely to end up in prison.
The W5 camera crew try to get JW at his parking lot when he's trying to get to his car. That kind of reminds me of the days I used to watch Cheaters where a camera crew catches people cheating on each other.
The other part is Tammy Wynn is released from prison after being wrongfully convicted for killing her baby. Blame it on the paleontologist who did a crappy job on the autopsy. She spent 10 years in prison, and this other guy went to prison after being wrongfully convicted too. He spent 12 years in prison.
At least the paleontologist apologized, and is exposed on national TV. The host Victor Malerek talked to a politician about what the punishment for the paleontologist Charles Smith should get. Well W5 crew kind of ambushed him in the lobby after work. The politician kind of gave a vague answer that he's working on it.
Quote: I thought about that Henry Ford quote: "Whether you think you can do it or you can't, you're right." I must remember not to put obstacles in front of myself.
16 and Pregnant: I was on the 16 and Pregnant thread and I thought this was interesting:
Person: Dr. Drew was rude, and a little old-fashioned by focusing on the guy wanting condomless sex rather than on girls learning to stand up for themselves.
Person 2: "Maybe he was harder on Gary because he was already a grown man having sex with a teenager (like dumbass Ryan, who Dr. Drew was also particularly hard on). By all means Amber could have and should have been more assertive and said "no glove no love" but in this case there was a big difference in maturity levels between a 14 year-old virgin and a sexually experienced 18 year old man.
Same goes with Maci and Ryan. Unlike Ryan I commend Gary for stepping up and being a good dad, but IMO both of these guys deserved to be taken to task for their irresponsibility, more so because they as grown men chose to date girls who were still in high school. I also question why these girls' parents were OK with these guys in the first place and didn't outright demand their daughters be on birth control (I don't buy Maci's excuse that her mom didn't have enough time to give her the talk)."
Psychology: The thread talked about how we socialize girls to be less assertive, and a people pleaser mainly to men. Well there are a lot of articles in women magazines teaching women how to get what they want, and learn to say no to things and people. Yeah, well we socialize men to tough it out. I remember in Eng. class in Centre high, men have more health problems because they don't go to the doctor.
When a woman has a health problem, they go to the doctor. Men have always been socialized to tough it out when they get hurt. By the time they're 50 years old, and they have a chest pain, they tough it out, when really they should be going to doctor.
Mar. 20 Good news: I just read that Demi Moore helped prevent a 18 yr old guy from committing suicide through Twitter. He emailed Demi on Twitter that he was going to commit suicide, DM asked if he needed help, and he said yes. The actress Nia Valdaros saw the post, she called a suicide prevention centre, and they called the police.
The police came to his house, and they found the guy crying on his computer. This is the second time DM saved someone from suicide. A woman emailed her on Twitter about harming herself.
Fun: What a coincidence, but my other friend Silivia dropped by the Soup place today. She came to pick up her T4, and I told her we were closing down the restaurant by the end of the month. We chatted a bit. She asked if me I lost weight, lol. I don't know because I don't weigh myself.
S: You worked here for 2 and a half years?
Me: More like 2 years. Specifically 1 yr and 9 months.
Funny rant: Yesterday I was talking to my manager Steven about how one worker can't work on Sunday.
Me: Ask Emily.
S: I don't want her to be overworked.
Me: So? When I worked here before you hired Emily and Lisa, I was overworked. Before you hired them, I always said to hire one or two people.
S: I like to hire full- time people. It's also about finding the right people if they're reliable and going to be here.
Me: Or you could hire a part- time, temporary, on- call person. But I doubt anyone would want that kind of job.
Then today I was talking to my other manager Stella, and told her to get Emily to work.
S: But she has a husband, and I think she wants to spend time with him.
Anyway, E ended up being able to work on Sunday after all, so that's good. I guess I'm annoyed because I have a family too. Well it's different though. I'm not married, and I don't have kids.
Actors: I was watching Flashpoint which is shot in Toronto. I saw three actors from three other TV shows and movies that are also shot in the same city. The talent agent from The Best Years guest- starred. It took me 5 min. into the ep to place him. The guy who played the boyfriend came in at 10 min. and I knew him right away. I saw him on the show Fries with That? and the movie Shattered Glass.
48 min. into the show, I recognized the kid.
Me: Hey, that's the kid who plays the younger version of Toby on The Listener!
lol.
Buffy: I saw a commercial that Muchmusic is airing Buffy the Vampire Slayer on weeknights. When I saw that, I said: "Oh my God!" That kind of reflects me back on the days when Space channel started airing it in Sept. 2001 on syndication. They were in their 6th season then. I watched it every night because I missed the first three seasons.
I didn't get into the show until the 4th season. Eventually, Space started phasing it out, and aired it really late like at midnight when it used to be on at 6pm. I love that show. I think I may have missed a few episodes in the last 7th season though.
Blog: Oh my God guys, another person other than my friends and family read my blog. This person Pallas commented on "poetic/ crazy news/ stay positive" post and said: "This is an interesting post." I clicked on the name, and it's to a medical insurance company. Now that's interesting.
Mar. 21 Lookalike: I was IMing with Cameron, my friend Ray's little brother/ old co-worker on Facebook. I sent the picture of the girl who plays Liz on My Life as Liz.
Me: Do you think this girl looks like Ray?
Cameron: Woah.
lol. Ray, and her mom also agree.
Mar. 22 W5: I was watching W5, and here's a warning for you. Beware of Jesse Wilms, because he is a scam artist. He lives in Sherwood Park and he's in charge of Just Think Media. He scammed people by creating websites that say "Have a free trial." You give him your credit card, and address so he charge a $2 shipping fee. But really, he's charging you automatically for $80/month on your credit card bill.
You have to read the fine print, where you have to cancel within the first like 3 days so he won't keep charging you every month. He is pretty much not only scamming people, but big corporations who do things legit. W5 interviewed Dr. Oz. I already saw him on 20/20, but he said the same thing: "If you see my face on a website promoting something, it means it's fake and stay away from it."
W5 reports that Jesse Wilms got a F for his Just Think Media from the Better Business Bureau. There are many complaints against him. JW dropped out of high school and he's 22 years old and making hundreds of thousands of dollars illegally. I have seen an ep of Oprah where someone who doesn't graduate out of high school is more likely to end up in prison.
The W5 camera crew try to get JW at his parking lot when he's trying to get to his car. That kind of reminds me of the days I used to watch Cheaters where a camera crew catches people cheating on each other.
The other part is Tammy Wynn is released from prison after being wrongfully convicted for killing her baby. Blame it on the paleontologist who did a crappy job on the autopsy. She spent 10 years in prison, and this other guy went to prison after being wrongfully convicted too. He spent 12 years in prison.
At least the paleontologist apologized, and is exposed on national TV. The host Victor Malerek talked to a politician about what the punishment for the paleontologist Charles Smith should get. Well W5 crew kind of ambushed him in the lobby after work. The politician kind of gave a vague answer that he's working on it.
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