Platform 327

Saturday saw another party at Metal Haus. Much drinking, of course, was had by all. Yes, including me, even though I know better.

Metal: “Well, we’re out of white wine, but there’s plenty of beer.”

Me: “Duuuuh…. okay.”

Fuck, you’d think I’d been a drunk long enough to know better. But, of course, once I start drinkin’ there ain’t no stoppin’. I’m just getting the hangover now. Wendi had to buy me some anti-puke pills on Sunday morning so I could keep the anti-headache pills down. What can I say? I’m a romantic.

I’m gonna have to make a choice. I can be a drunk all my life, or I can go straight-edge. There’s no in between for me. And staying drunk is the only thing is the only thing that’ll keep me from giving a shit about wasting my life on two-day hangovers. However, waking up one morning and discovering I’m 65 years old with no job, no retirement savings, and not enough government pension to keep the bottles lined up is probably gonna suck.

Working on my “professional” site, I’ve finally finished entering all my articles and reviews from the April 1995 issue of The Spill Magazine. Today I typed in reviews of Hazel, Morphine, and a joint review encompassing albums by Sacrilicious and Thin White Rope.

Most amusing to me, though, is my review of local outfit Victims of Luxury. I thought that band was gonna be huge, and it turns out they broke up less than a year after I wrote my praise of them and their album. Looking back, I had a really lousy record of picking The Next Big Thing. What ever happened to Strawman, Goldfish, Rosie O’Shea, Heavy Water and the who-knows-how-many others?

Ah, well. Even though those bands are lost to music history, I am enjoying this trip through my old published work. Lots of memories of lots of fun times… with a few scenes missing here and there, especially at the beer-sponsored events.

Don’t forget to go out to the store and buy your discounted sugary treats! And when you’re done, sign up for the class-action lawsuit being filed against Canada’s chocolate manufacturers. It’s not like there are any real problems in the world or anything. While we’re at it, let’s sue Sony for making Playstation 3s too expensive, or McDonald’s for inflating the price of burgers. Hell, let’s just sue everybody! It’s an American-style litigation! And if those lawyers don’t get us the money they’ve promised, we’ll sue them with other lawyers! Yeee-haw!

Uh-oh. I’ve probably said enough to get myself sued.

As I’ve mentioned, I’m sorting through all the family photos. That means I have plenty of ammunition for Random Photo Posts coming up! I’m starting with the pics I already have that are digital, so that makes things even easier.

Here’s a pic from my old crappy apartment on Landsowne Ave., way back in 2001. Yes, I was bored. And probably drunk. Enjoy!

Oh yeah, and I’m too lazy to resize and crop all my pics to fit into the column space on this blog, so you’re going to get a lot of this overlapping ugliness with the Random Photo Posts until and unless I decide to go for something with a wider content column. Deal with it.

As I may have mentioned, I’m entering all the articles I have had published (that I have copies of anyway) into my my “professional” site. While I’ve disabled comments on the articles themselves in order to avoid getting drawn into long discussions about some shit I wrote about some band 15 years ago, I have added a “news” feature to the site where I basically make an entry about what articles I typed in that day and maybe a thought or two about them. If this blog isn’t scratching your blog content itch, why not check it out?

At one point, that “news” section will be expanded into other aspects of my “professional” life. Just so you know.

By the way, I cast my ballot in that federal by-election that’s going on today. I gotta tell ya, the pickings these days are slim. I ain’t voting NDP, I’m not voting for the Green Party as long as that person is party leader (never mind the fact that I got no less than 4 mailings from the party that’s supposed to be “environmental”), I don’t even know who the fuck the PC guy in my riding is, and then there’s Bob Rae. Oh, Bobby, Bobby, Bobby… what can I tell ya other than “no way in hell”? If he’s getting in, it ain’t gonna be on my vote.

That left me with but one choice. Okay, two, but the Canadian Action Party has lost all appeal to me. So now I’m left with one choice: The Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada. To any of the questions you may pose to me, the only answer I have for you is, “Hey, why not?”

Yeah, I couldn’t answer that question either, which is why they won my vote by default.

Just for the hell of it. I’ve probably got stuff to report, but at the moment I’m busy with some other projects. I’ve been getting back to my “professional” site, as well as taking on the daunting task of scanning and cataloging 4 generations of family photographs. I’m also considering whether or not to sign up for Script Frenzy. I’m thinking not, but I still have a couple of weeks to change my mind and jump in.

It’s good to have hobbies.

Day 4 on day shift, and things are starting to catch up with me. Can’t stay awake, can’t sleep, and the change in eating schedule has my whole system out of whack.

There are some good things, though. After work I can go for a walk without dealing with midnight drunks blocking the street. And once summer comes, I plan on spending my afternoons by the pool and lying in the sun.

Right now, however, it’s fatigue and headaches. I need coffee.

It’s my first day on day shifts for… a very long time. I can see the sun rise.

But being on an opposite shift to W wasn’t working. With one of us asleep half the time we were together, we weren’t getting out and doing a lot of the things we wanted to do. I’m kind of looking forward to early morning walks together… when the weather warms up, of course. By then, hopefully, I’ll be used to my schedule.

At the moment, it’s time to zombie-shuffle my way into the office. Have a nice day.