Give your seat up!

This evening, I was sitting on the subway on my way home from work when an old man boarded the train. He was an older gentleman (probably in his 70’s or so) and he was holding a newspaper in one hand and a cane in the other (that he was balancing on). Because it was the tail end of rush hour, there were no available seats so he was forced to stand near the doorway.

He wasn’t standing too close to me, but as soon as I saw him trying to balance on the moving train with his cane, I got up and walked towards him. I told him he could take my seat, but when I turned around, some lady stole my seat. Luckily, the train was stopping at a station, so someone got up out of their seat and I helped the older gentleman into the free seat.

First of all - I am so sure that I was the ONLY person that would give up my seat for the old man. I wasn’t even sitting close to me! That really makes me incredibly angry.

And secondly - what’s up with the lady stealing my seat? Sure, I got up, but what the heck! Did no one else see the older gentleman?!?!!

This works me up. I was infuriated and I wanted to yell at everyone for being incredibly inconsiderate. Why wouldn’t you give your seat up for an old man! Karma, goddammit.

Sigh.

After 60+ years, it’s official.

Archie chooses his woman!

Also, I was unaware that the characters had blogs. Veronica is my homegirl.

Whatagwan!

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything really - but I’ve had pretty good reason. Nothing’s really been going on. I made job-switcheroo and there has been no downtime at all. I’m usually an “inbox-zero” person, where I can’t feel organized if my inbox hasn’t been filtered and all read and filed - but over the last few weeks, I’ve been lucky if the number of unopened items have dipped below 300. My Google Reader is up over 1000 unread entries. I feel so out of the loop.

So I thought I’d spend this quiet (finally) Saturday morning pouring over my emails and news feeds to catch up. This also requires some sharing - my list of stuff that’s happened and that are kind of neat.

Spent an excellent long weekend in Montreal. Unfortunately, we did not get any poutine while we were there, but we did find a fabulous Polish restaurant named Stash Cafe in Vieux-Montreal - and they had killer Bigos and Pierogies. The place was packed and there was a pianist at the front of the room - I am on the search for something similiar here in Toronto.

There was plenty of walking and sight-seeing. Montreal was pleasant but I was happy to be back home.

I returned to my geek roots and bought something pretty geeky. I’ve been meaning to buy a laptop for quite some time, but I couldn’t justify it because I knew that if I were to buy one, I’d treat it like a desktop computer. I would keep it on a table and it would never go anywhere else. So the perfect option was to get an Acer AspireOne Netbook. It’s tiny, it’s light, and it does the job. I can’t wait to take it on planes and trains with me.

This was purely impulse (I had a passing, “hey, a netbook would be neat” thought that lead to a purchase three hours later), so I’m going to play with it and decide whether or not it is as awesome as I thought.

It’s my birthday soon! And I get to spend it with my family in Calgary!!! I am uber excited to see them again - it’s been over a year since I’ve seen them. Only a few more weeks!!!! And I plan on doing some excellent shopping while I’m there - Holts, you’d better be ready. Sigh :D

And I have now lost my energy to update anything else. Perhaps I shall update again next month :) Actually, I hope it’ll be sooner now that I have my netbook - I have confirmed that if you have subscribed to Bell for your internet service, you get free internet at Starbucks. Oh hells yeah.

I miss yoga.

Have a good Saturday!

A letter from FutureMe.

Getting up this morning felt no different from any other day - although it should, considering it’s the first day of 2009 (hope you all had a safe one!). Instinctively, I grabbed my blackberry and started going through my emails that landed in my inbox overnight.

And that’s when I saw it. The letter from FutureMe. An email I sent myself a year ago, through the FutureMe.org service.

Dear FutureMe,

One year ago, you decided that you were going to really hunker down and start going to the gym regularly. Have you?

This year, you’ll be turning 25 - a fairly large milestone. I hope you accomplish as much as you can before your birthday so that you can look back and realize how much you have going for yourself.

And… stop throwing shit when you’re angry.

It was creepy and kind of cool getting a letter like that. I might draft one up for myself again for next year. For those planning resolutions this year, it might be helpful to send yourself an email once a quarter/every 6 months to check up on yourself.

Anyways, off to dinner… at chez Martin. I’ll be heading out of the country for a week, so I’ll see y’all when I see ya.

This weekend in a nutshell.

View from the Skylon Tower

The year is winding down, and I am only now slowly appreciating the weekend fun. It started off with dinner at the Revolving restaurant @ The Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls - for Meezy’s company’s Christmas party. Many drinks were had in the hotel room, and the food was alright. What a decent Christmas party, though - paid hotel room and paid dinner… although I was starting to get a little dizzy. I had taken Meezy out for his birthday a few months back to the CN Tower’s 360 restaurant - and this was a very nice reminder of how dizzying and somewhat frightening (fear of heights) the whole ordeal could be. Wine makes it much more bearable, though. And not to mention, I didn’t have to foot a $200+ bill. For 2 people. For mediocre foods.

I digress.

Supreme Soul

Saturday evening, I got to see MY (second) FAVOURITEST DANCE CREW EVER. Yes, Caps lock is required… because Supreme Soul is worth more than caps locks can provide.

I somehow scored 2 free tickets to the event - Best Dance Crew Tour @ Koolhaus (featuring DJ Wish One from Jabbawockeez). From the flyer, only Supreme Soul, Super Crew and Fanny Pack (ugh) performed. Not sure what happened to So Real Cru, and I don’t really care, because my heart only beats for my Supreme Soul.

What a fabulous show.

Check out the 26 second video I took after the jump. It’s super shaky, but still, super awesome.

KangaROOS Aztec Low zips

And today, we spent it shopping around town. Had to stop by Da Zone cause I heard that a great sale was going on - and it was! If you’re from Toronto, HIT IT UP… they’re moving and are selling all stock for an additional 20% off their already cheap ass prices. I bought a pair of KangaRoos waterproof winter boots for $36 (taxes included!). WHAT.

That’s pretty damn awesome cause I looked them up online as soon as I got home (to cure the guilt in me for shopping for myself instead of others), and they’re retailing for ~$140 CAD on walkingonacloud.com.

They are warm and squishy… and will solve my previous dilemna.

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10 Things

And because Leo asked so nicely for me to blog to cure his boredom woes…. I’m hopping on the 10 things bandwagon. So this week, it’s 10 random things about me. Cause, I know you’re probably interested. ;) 

1. I probably wash my hands at least 5x before I leave my house in the morning.
2. I am gullible and often fall into marketing traps. Always.
3. It runs in the family (I believe), but I have a huge, massive temper. Although, I rarely ever get mad enough to go straight up Hulk.
4. I used to work at a poker company but I can’t win a hand of poker if my life depended on it (except, I think I beat you the very first time we ever played poker, Leo!! haha)
5. Gets very annoyed when people tell her what to do. 
6. My gym iPod rotation often includes Pussycat Dolls, Beyonce and Britney Spears - but am too cool to admit this outside of a quirky meme ;)
7. I have more male friends than female friends. I chalk this up to the fact that I am in the IT industry, and when I was a software developer, 100% of my peer developers were male. 
8. I am ultra competitive. Like, ultra. And when I am not succeeding, I am frustrated. 
9. Thinks you should send me your blog… I love reading new blogs :) And if you don’t have a blog, you should get one. 
10. Realistic video games scare me. Give me bubbly cartoony characters over bloody zombies anyday. Except, I only play The Sims, so… problem solved!

Happy Friday!!!! R&R FOLKS.

trying not to spend any money.

A few weeks ago, i went a whole week without spending a single dollar. i felt incredibly accomplished - and i want to start doing that again. I broke down my finances honestly this evening, and I am finding that Christmas and my upcoming vacation will really be taking a big chunk of my money. I mostly work every summer, so my summer and hot weather attire is very limited (as in, I probably only own 1 pair of shorts). So, it’s looking like I have to set aside some money just to prepare for the hot vacation - oh, but i’ll be away from this drizzly, crappy and cold weather - I can’t wait! 

Today: I spent $5.37 on lunch. That was unfortunate because I made my lunch the night before - I just forgot it in the fridge. Mondays aren’t the greatest days for me and my memory. The upside was that they gave me a free orange, so I brought that home for the sickie, Martin. I like oranges and all, but, I hate the smell they leave on your hands. 

So, back to topic - I plan on being the cheapest bastard for the next few weeks. So far, I’m alright with it. I have plenty of books I need to dive back into, and I’ve got my beloved gym membership (sigh). The only slip-up I can forecast is that I have an appointment for a free makeover at the Nars counter next week - and I know I’ll probably fall in love with a handful of products that I’ll just have to have. 

As for the summer clothing, I hope to find the cheapest stuff in the world - like Forever 21/H&M type stuff. It’ll be an interesting endeavor - definitely a challenge. But if I could somehow end up with a handful of outfits for under $300, that would be fabulous! 

It’s a shame - I really wanted to go to the Spa at least once before the vacation - but it looks like the spa will have to wait til I reach my destination. And that wouldn’t be too bad, either!

Anyways, enough of my rambling…

Solange’s album is half-decent - who would’ve known that I would dig her as much as I do?

Obama-Biden, changing the world already.

Saw this photo on Digg - so I don’t really know who took it… but it touched my heart! (click on image to enlarge)

I am very proud of the Americans - and I can’t wait for what the future may have in store!