The snooze button is a horrible horrible invention, I find myself hitting the damn thing for an hour every morning, even if I put my phone all the way across the room it still happens. I think that they should equip all alarm clocks and alarms on phones with some sort of physical and mental challenge that you must complete before you can turn off the alarm.
It would be either be the greatest thing ever or result in the largest amount of damaged phones and clocks on the planet. Something to think about.
Man I haven't blogged in forever and this is all I can think of, I'll come back with something better, I promise.
Monday, 26 March 2012
Monday, 5 March 2012
The Gift of Music
I've been playing, or dabbling, in guitar for the past 7 years or so now. It's never been something that I've taken seriously to be honest. I'll pick it up for a little bit, play a song or two, then put it away for another month, repeat the process. But recently I've been re introduced to an old friend of mine, the electric guitar courtesy of my friend Darren. I had the pleasure of playing his electric guitar last week and decided to buy my own. And I'm very glad I did.
Since the purchase of my new toy I've played everyday for various amounts of time. Now to a lot of people, including me, the act of playing guitar can be a very daunting task. There's a lot of knowledge behind it, thousands of notes and chords, numerous positions to play in, millions of songs to learn. It can be very intimidating at times.
But I'm realizing that when you go at your own pace the experience can be extremely rewarding. And I think that that can be said about so many aspects of our lives. Don't think that you need to learn everything all at once, whether it's giant strides or baby steps, you'll get there eventually.
Since the purchase of my new toy I've played everyday for various amounts of time. Now to a lot of people, including me, the act of playing guitar can be a very daunting task. There's a lot of knowledge behind it, thousands of notes and chords, numerous positions to play in, millions of songs to learn. It can be very intimidating at times.
But I'm realizing that when you go at your own pace the experience can be extremely rewarding. And I think that that can be said about so many aspects of our lives. Don't think that you need to learn everything all at once, whether it's giant strides or baby steps, you'll get there eventually.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Too Much TV
Have you ever thought to yourself that "I watch too much tv?" I have, numerous times. But still, I work at a tv station, spend all day in front of tv's, and computer screens, then I go home after work and watch tv, or movies, or fire up the PS3. It's just a part of life.
So it's time for lent, but I'm not religious, but I am however going to try and cut down on my tv time. So this morning I actually didn't turn the tv on and it was pretty wicked. I put in my headphones instead and went about my business of the morning. I'm gonna try and make this a thing, it was pretty sweet.
So it's time for lent, but I'm not religious, but I am however going to try and cut down on my tv time. So this morning I actually didn't turn the tv on and it was pretty wicked. I put in my headphones instead and went about my business of the morning. I'm gonna try and make this a thing, it was pretty sweet.
Monday, 20 February 2012
Roll Up the Rim To Win
If there is any indication that Canadians love a chance to win stuff, it's Tim Horton's roll up the rim to win time. I made a resolution this year to buy less coffee from the coffee shop and drink more tea, or at least drink the crappy coffee we brew at work. But come on, a 1 in a million chance to win free coffee or maybe a donut? Count me in!!
It's funny how it works, you can sell the same product day in and day out and people will buy it, but you give people a chance to win something too and they'll buy 2 or even 3 times as much. It must be something that's pre programmed into our brains as human beings. We just love the opportunity to win, no matter what it is. The prize could be a bag of horse manure and we'd still wanna see if we could win it.
It's odd how that works. And of course I'm writing this while sipping coffee out of a roll up the rim to win cup, drinking just a bit faster than usual so I can see if I won anything.
It's funny how it works, you can sell the same product day in and day out and people will buy it, but you give people a chance to win something too and they'll buy 2 or even 3 times as much. It must be something that's pre programmed into our brains as human beings. We just love the opportunity to win, no matter what it is. The prize could be a bag of horse manure and we'd still wanna see if we could win it.
It's odd how that works. And of course I'm writing this while sipping coffee out of a roll up the rim to win cup, drinking just a bit faster than usual so I can see if I won anything.
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Time to invest
When I moved to Victoria and started my new job at the tv station I thought life was gonna be awesome. And for the most part, it is. I'm making decent money, I have benefits, I work decent hours, work with some decent people, and I live in paradise. If you've been to Victoria BC then you know what I mean. But for every shiny spot there's a shadow. And that shadow is tax season.
The downside is that this place is a little on the pricy side. I've even lucked out with an awesome place to live for a low amount of rent, a great landlord and a wicked location close to work. But still, it costs a lot here. I always try and save money in any way possible, I shop when things I enjoy eating are on sale, I put plastic on the windows in the winter(if you've lived on the prairies you know why), I try and ride my bike or walk when I can, I keep my spending down and stay in on most weekends. And no matter how much you try and get ahead it never seems to be enough. I pay a lot, A LOT, of money towards taxes and yet the government still wants to take more. I guess it's time to start investing and finding ways to screw the government so it's them giving me money and not the other way around.
Who knows, maybe someday I'll be making enough money that I won't even have to worry about this......but that's still a long way's away.
The downside is that this place is a little on the pricy side. I've even lucked out with an awesome place to live for a low amount of rent, a great landlord and a wicked location close to work. But still, it costs a lot here. I always try and save money in any way possible, I shop when things I enjoy eating are on sale, I put plastic on the windows in the winter(if you've lived on the prairies you know why), I try and ride my bike or walk when I can, I keep my spending down and stay in on most weekends. And no matter how much you try and get ahead it never seems to be enough. I pay a lot, A LOT, of money towards taxes and yet the government still wants to take more. I guess it's time to start investing and finding ways to screw the government so it's them giving me money and not the other way around.
Who knows, maybe someday I'll be making enough money that I won't even have to worry about this......but that's still a long way's away.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Valentine's Day Can Suck It
So it's valentine's day....again.
I always get a kick out of the idea of valentine's day. To me it's a joke. Why bother showing the one you love how much you love them by buying flowers and chocolates? You should be doing that everyday. That's the way I look at it. To me this day is just a made up holiday to drum up sales in the gift card, flower and chocolate industry. As if the chocolate industry needs to sell more shit. I think, looking around at the majority of society, that they've done pretty well already.
I wish that we had a day to celebrate being single. I do it everyday but imagine a day dedicated to being single. There'd be drink specials at the bars for single people, you'd get discounts at stores everywhere, but only if you were single. Dinner for 1? Half price? Sign me up.
Of course this day does offer many opportunities for single people. Heading out to a bar or pub offers many chances to strike up conversations with lonely girls and guys who find this day rather depressing. Hey guys, it's just another day on the calendar. Or course we've been programmed to think of it as something bigger than it really is.
But hey, why not try and capitalize on it anyway?
I always get a kick out of the idea of valentine's day. To me it's a joke. Why bother showing the one you love how much you love them by buying flowers and chocolates? You should be doing that everyday. That's the way I look at it. To me this day is just a made up holiday to drum up sales in the gift card, flower and chocolate industry. As if the chocolate industry needs to sell more shit. I think, looking around at the majority of society, that they've done pretty well already.
I wish that we had a day to celebrate being single. I do it everyday but imagine a day dedicated to being single. There'd be drink specials at the bars for single people, you'd get discounts at stores everywhere, but only if you were single. Dinner for 1? Half price? Sign me up.
Of course this day does offer many opportunities for single people. Heading out to a bar or pub offers many chances to strike up conversations with lonely girls and guys who find this day rather depressing. Hey guys, it's just another day on the calendar. Or course we've been programmed to think of it as something bigger than it really is.
But hey, why not try and capitalize on it anyway?
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Working and Realizing It's Not What You Wanna Do
I know I've touched on this subject a few times already, but it's just so huge. Doing what you love in life is probably one of the most important parts of leading a happy life in my eyes. I think that a large majority of us are in the same boat as me. I do have a pretty sweet gig, I work in a tv station which is what I went to college for, I make decent money, have benefits, work 10 hour days 4 days a week, and yet, I am not happy. I consider myself pretty good at what I do, I can say that for a few people around here, but not everyone. And that's where the problem lies.
I've said this a million times before, it would be nice if you could just walk up to someone and tell them exactly how you feel about them, for example, telling someone at work that they are completely incompetent and can't perform their job duties to save their life. But you can't, because it's not socially accepted. So when you know there's a problem at your job, and you know how to fix it, but you can't, and nobody else will, it becomes an even bigger problem. You're told to let the problem work itself out, or it'll take time, or, just keep your head down and it'll be fine. There's only so long you can do that for before you start asking yourself "is it all really worth the payoff?"
In my mind I'm only here because I want to get out of debt and get a house, or maybe move somewhere else and try something different. I'm about a year away so I have some time to think about it. In the meantime, I'll just keep bashing my head against the wall trying to get things sorted out here.
Why can't people just be professional and do their jobs like they're supposed to?
I've said this a million times before, it would be nice if you could just walk up to someone and tell them exactly how you feel about them, for example, telling someone at work that they are completely incompetent and can't perform their job duties to save their life. But you can't, because it's not socially accepted. So when you know there's a problem at your job, and you know how to fix it, but you can't, and nobody else will, it becomes an even bigger problem. You're told to let the problem work itself out, or it'll take time, or, just keep your head down and it'll be fine. There's only so long you can do that for before you start asking yourself "is it all really worth the payoff?"
In my mind I'm only here because I want to get out of debt and get a house, or maybe move somewhere else and try something different. I'm about a year away so I have some time to think about it. In the meantime, I'll just keep bashing my head against the wall trying to get things sorted out here.
Why can't people just be professional and do their jobs like they're supposed to?
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