update, Twitter style:
- back in town... Chuck's picking me up for the party
- made it to the Biltmore, ankle is still f'd up from the fight last night, no dancing for me
- told Sarah that I b/c of my ankle I now walk like a pimp, her response "NO, you'd make a great hit man, but you'd be a horrible pimp"
- on the guest list, wooop, thnx Meshell
- Cole introduced me to a new beer, me likes
- mingle time
- music time
- sooooo apparently I'm Superman (Smallville or Returns???) as a fan just spotted me, introduced himself, and thanked me for all my work
- still shaking hands w/ crazy fan guy... Cole and Chuck are just laughing
- crazy fan guy wants to buy me a drink, but I fear he is to drunk to remember to do that
- crazy fan guy now brought over his roommate to meet me
- I now know crazy fan guys life story, I'm taking it as a cautionary tale b/c I don't want to be this guy is 15years
- moving to other side of the bar
- wooooooooooo Van is here, get to hang out w/ her now; it's been a long time, I missed her
- met some new peps
- Cole networks like a mad man
- Chuck gives me drugs for my ankle
- hate not being able to walk <insert angry face here>
- Cole and I decided we're climbing the Chief
- confined to a stool, being antisocial
- supposed to be heading to a bday party, but if the line up is to big we're bailing
- Cole wins a girls shirt, I'm sure he'll look great in it
- and we're off, saying our goodbyes
- back in town... Chuck's picking me up for the party
- made it to the Biltmore, ankle is still f'd up from the fight last night, no dancing for me
- told Sarah that I b/c of my ankle I now walk like a pimp, her response "NO, you'd make a great hit man, but you'd be a horrible pimp"
- on the guest list, wooop, thnx Meshell
- Cole introduced me to a new beer, me likes
- mingle time
- music time
- sooooo apparently I'm Superman (Smallville or Returns???) as a fan just spotted me, introduced himself, and thanked me for all my work
- still shaking hands w/ crazy fan guy... Cole and Chuck are just laughing
- crazy fan guy wants to buy me a drink, but I fear he is to drunk to remember to do that
- crazy fan guy now brought over his roommate to meet me
- I now know crazy fan guys life story, I'm taking it as a cautionary tale b/c I don't want to be this guy is 15years
- moving to other side of the bar
- wooooooooooo Van is here, get to hang out w/ her now; it's been a long time, I missed her
- met some new peps
- Cole networks like a mad man
- Chuck gives me drugs for my ankle
- hate not being able to walk <insert angry face here>
- Cole and I decided we're climbing the Chief
- confined to a stool, being antisocial
- supposed to be heading to a bday party, but if the line up is to big we're bailing
- Cole wins a girls shirt, I'm sure he'll look great in it
- and we're off, saying our goodbyes
short post, so it doesn't really count...
moving to Squamish [city next to Whistler.... google map it if you have too... yes you
] in a few hours...
moving to Squamish [city next to Whistler.... google map it if you have too... yes you
] in a few hours...It's a quite night, fall is upon us and the temperature is becoming ideal. Well, ideal for those of us from Ontario. I walked home tonight staring at the waxing moon, and thinking that I want to take up photography again. Years ago I worked as a night watchmen, and I took pictures of everything; I always like composing scenes at night, as they always had that quiet, desolate feel to them. Showing how I see the world during the hours that most of the world is asleep was one of my favorite things. To this day I'm happiest while out in the hours between dusk and dawn. Alas my old Minolta 35mm (that I liberated from my father) that I took to my photography courses is to expensive to use, as I no longer have access to a dark room to develop film; and a DSLR is out of my price range... for now...
As of late I've taken to writing in my journal (black reporter moleskin (plain), as is the standard) and had decided that I'd stay away from the blogosphere; however, after meeting up w/ an old friend who was a regular reader of my blog, and having him berate me for not posting, I have decided to return. For how long, I don't know. We'll see.
About a month ago I have traveled back to Ontario for the wedding of two of my oldest friends. It was a bitter sweet reunion as I was very happy for them, and yet realized that even though I miss everyone there I have grown apart from many of my friends. They all remember the Cory from days past and are not familiar with who I am now. And I'm sure they probably felt the same, as its impossible to stay close with so much distance apart, unless you put allot of work into it; and we really haven't done that. I did however have a wonderful time, even though it was spent running around visiting as many people as I could in the small window of time I had. I miss my nights in the darkness (actual darkness, not something you can find in a city) that blanketed me, sitting on the beach, looking at the milky way.
From there I flew into Toronto to visit my best friend. He lives one block away from the Hilton downtown, which would usually mean us getting into shenanigans, but we hadn't' visited in so long we stayed in w/ good food, drinks, and talk. That's all I really wanted/needed.
Last weekend a couple friends and I rented a car, and I drove out to Seattle. This adventure was for us to see Mr. Neil Gaiman read a chapter from his new book "The Graveyard Book". Now, when passing through the boarder, be advised that telling the boarder officer you are traveling to Seattle for a "book reading", will elicit a very dumbfounded look (much like a cow if you were to try and feed it something that would disagree w/ its four chambered stomach), followed by a pause, followed by the growing look of disbelief that spreads across their face at the speed of syrup spilled on a table (the thick stuff, not that watered down travesty they give out in cheap diners). From there a barrage of questions is fired off in our direction to try and catch us in a lie; however, since we're all nerds, and were actually going down for the reason we stated, they let us continue on. This was my first time to Seattle, and I enjoyed it a little to much. Now I know I had my rose coloured glasses on, but with that said I loved the city. The architecture was gorgeous, the university filled me w/ nostalgia for my school days. I even missed studying. I missed it to the point where when we found the library, we climbed to the top floor into a room 200meters long, 20meters wide, 30meters high, with stain glass windows, and rows upon rows of desks. Then I gave everyone 10min to find something unique in one of the thousands of book. I ended up reading "A Theory of Discourse" by James L. Kinneary, and discussed the difference between rhetoric, communication, composition, and discourse. Outside of this room we find the worlds largest book, no really; it is actually labeled (with a plaque and everything) with said achievement. It's 133lbs if you care to know.
huh, look at that... I seem to have written more then I planned on, and it's getting late. I'll continue on next time w/ the Neil Gaiman reading. G'night
As of late I've taken to writing in my journal (black reporter moleskin (plain), as is the standard) and had decided that I'd stay away from the blogosphere; however, after meeting up w/ an old friend who was a regular reader of my blog, and having him berate me for not posting, I have decided to return. For how long, I don't know. We'll see.
About a month ago I have traveled back to Ontario for the wedding of two of my oldest friends. It was a bitter sweet reunion as I was very happy for them, and yet realized that even though I miss everyone there I have grown apart from many of my friends. They all remember the Cory from days past and are not familiar with who I am now. And I'm sure they probably felt the same, as its impossible to stay close with so much distance apart, unless you put allot of work into it; and we really haven't done that. I did however have a wonderful time, even though it was spent running around visiting as many people as I could in the small window of time I had. I miss my nights in the darkness (actual darkness, not something you can find in a city) that blanketed me, sitting on the beach, looking at the milky way.
From there I flew into Toronto to visit my best friend. He lives one block away from the Hilton downtown, which would usually mean us getting into shenanigans, but we hadn't' visited in so long we stayed in w/ good food, drinks, and talk. That's all I really wanted/needed.
Last weekend a couple friends and I rented a car, and I drove out to Seattle. This adventure was for us to see Mr. Neil Gaiman read a chapter from his new book "The Graveyard Book". Now, when passing through the boarder, be advised that telling the boarder officer you are traveling to Seattle for a "book reading", will elicit a very dumbfounded look (much like a cow if you were to try and feed it something that would disagree w/ its four chambered stomach), followed by a pause, followed by the growing look of disbelief that spreads across their face at the speed of syrup spilled on a table (the thick stuff, not that watered down travesty they give out in cheap diners). From there a barrage of questions is fired off in our direction to try and catch us in a lie; however, since we're all nerds, and were actually going down for the reason we stated, they let us continue on. This was my first time to Seattle, and I enjoyed it a little to much. Now I know I had my rose coloured glasses on, but with that said I loved the city. The architecture was gorgeous, the university filled me w/ nostalgia for my school days. I even missed studying. I missed it to the point where when we found the library, we climbed to the top floor into a room 200meters long, 20meters wide, 30meters high, with stain glass windows, and rows upon rows of desks. Then I gave everyone 10min to find something unique in one of the thousands of book. I ended up reading "A Theory of Discourse" by James L. Kinneary, and discussed the difference between rhetoric, communication, composition, and discourse. Outside of this room we find the worlds largest book, no really; it is actually labeled (with a plaque and everything) with said achievement. It's 133lbs if you care to know.
huh, look at that... I seem to have written more then I planned on, and it's getting late. I'll continue on next time w/ the Neil Gaiman reading. G'night
really now, Asilanne posted before me... that boggles my mind.... lets get this started...
I'm working all the time... and I'm going back to the gym after by 6mths hiatus (where I lived in 6 different places, and wasn't, ummmmmm, eating... all thats behind me now)... so my days "long" days consist of:
- 0530 - wake up, head to gym
- 0730 - home, shower, make food
- 0830 - work first job
- 1700 - work second job
- 0000 - home, email, sleep
lather, rise, repeat
short days are the same but I only do one job...
and if lucky I have one day off a week to grocery shop or what have you...
now you may ask... "why are you doing this to yourself???"
and I'll reply... "sorry, can't talk right now, I'm to busy"
- I'm off to ON on the 29th.... lil wedding back home, visit friends/family (which will be work) then back here for work...
- note: olympic speed walking freaks me out
- I have a place to live now, good roommate, and a cat (roommates).... home is good now
- this was a day of old friends... one had a layover at our airport, so I went and visited him, and one of my oldest friends called me up and talked, talked, talked... huh, I just had a really good day....
time to make food...
ps, SUPER happy that we're starting a ban on bottled water...
I'm working all the time... and I'm going back to the gym after by 6mths hiatus (where I lived in 6 different places, and wasn't, ummmmmm, eating... all thats behind me now)... so my days "long" days consist of:
- 0530 - wake up, head to gym
- 0730 - home, shower, make food
- 0830 - work first job
- 1700 - work second job
- 0000 - home, email, sleep
lather, rise, repeat
short days are the same but I only do one job...
and if lucky I have one day off a week to grocery shop or what have you...
now you may ask... "why are you doing this to yourself???"
and I'll reply... "sorry, can't talk right now, I'm to busy"
- I'm off to ON on the 29th.... lil wedding back home, visit friends/family (which will be work) then back here for work...
- note: olympic speed walking freaks me out
- I have a place to live now, good roommate, and a cat (roommates).... home is good now
- this was a day of old friends... one had a layover at our airport, so I went and visited him, and one of my oldest friends called me up and talked, talked, talked... huh, I just had a really good day....
time to make food...
ps, SUPER happy that we're starting a ban on bottled water...
it was a good night.... I had a house warming party, and I was worried... I was worried that people wouldn't have a good time, or be bored.... worried... but, it turned out amazing... Meshell txt'd me (which cheered me up), Jess showed up early, made us a play-list, gave me beer, drank and left {thanks brother 
}.... 4 of use broke into the apartments nxt door and skinny dipped in the pool (picts to follow (if they turned out)).... music, drinks, food, friends, b'day cake for people, rockband, and smiles...... ya, all in all it was good times.... G'Night, sleep well, and i'll talk to you soon....
}.... 4 of use broke into the apartments nxt door and skinny dipped in the pool (picts to follow (if they turned out)).... music, drinks, food, friends, b'day cake for people, rockband, and smiles...... ya, all in all it was good times.... G'Night, sleep well, and i'll talk to you soon....well, I'm back.... I imagine I have allot to say... been 6mths w/o a home, went to Puerto Rico, lived, loved, lost (as always).....
but all this will come in good time...I'm just going to talk about my night...
you see, I had to work tonight at my video store... and this store I've made friends... and the most important is Charley... Charley is a 6'ish yr old lil girl who comes in, we always talk and have fun, I gave her "Monster Squad" to watch, and from then she decided that she is the lil girl who befriend Frankenstein... well, her and her Dad came in tonight, but I was on my break so I didn't see her..... but she promptly asked everyone else "Where is my boyfreind???", "Where's Cory???".... and that simple act made my day (and my day consisted of being massively productive w/ the wiring my apartment w/ interweb, getting 1/2 price pitchers of beer and free glasses, OH and ketchup (strange story there... for later!!) and tickets to Indiana Jones, and eating amazing food.... so even after all this, the fact that Charley came in and asked for me.... sigh....)
and thats that...
now that I can, I'll be posting again... so you can stop yelling at me (you know who you are!!!) I plan on doing a large post and let you know whats been going on.... everything from my trip, to the fact that the first thing I put in my new room is a book shelf (w/ a certain book (that has Kevin Bacon climbing out of the cover) featured at the top!!!).....
G'Night everyone....
but all this will come in good time...I'm just going to talk about my night...
you see, I had to work tonight at my video store... and this store I've made friends... and the most important is Charley... Charley is a 6'ish yr old lil girl who comes in, we always talk and have fun, I gave her "Monster Squad" to watch, and from then she decided that she is the lil girl who befriend Frankenstein... well, her and her Dad came in tonight, but I was on my break so I didn't see her..... but she promptly asked everyone else "Where is my boyfreind???", "Where's Cory???".... and that simple act made my day (and my day consisted of being massively productive w/ the wiring my apartment w/ interweb, getting 1/2 price pitchers of beer and free glasses, OH and ketchup (strange story there... for later!!) and tickets to Indiana Jones, and eating amazing food.... so even after all this, the fact that Charley came in and asked for me.... sigh....)
and thats that...
now that I can, I'll be posting again... so you can stop yelling at me (you know who you are!!!) I plan on doing a large post and let you know whats been going on.... everything from my trip, to the fact that the first thing I put in my new room is a book shelf (w/ a certain book (that has Kevin Bacon climbing out of the cover) featured at the top!!!).....
G'Night everyone....
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd my interweb access is slim to none.... I've almost forgotten what it is I do on the ol'interweb <shrug>..... looking for a place to live and some new jobs... if I don't get these things I'm thinking of moving back to Ontario.... thats all....
so my roommate decided that it was a good idea to get mad and smash the cable modem and router.... so no interweb for me.... I'll get back to everyone soon....
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd I'm back...
yes yes, you were all waiting on pins and needles for my triumphant return... well the day is upon you and now all is right in the world.... Hazaa Hazaa....
now, about the trip...
I went on a cruise, which is something I have never actually wanted to do, as it just gives you the watered down, tame, cliche version of where ever you're going.... w/ that said, you can still travel outside the "recommend itinerary" and meet some interesting locals that truly make your trip... ie, the ghost cab driver that broke every considerable law to get us to our destination for $4, in a vehicle that had its mirrors sheered off (presumably from more illicit driving), a dashboard held together w/ rope, a beer in the cup holder, and a transmission that had seen better days (before our driver some how merged 1st and 2nd gear into a monster that hopped us down the st), all the while he was on the phone w/ his insurance company about his most recent accident...
aside from that, I had beautiful beaches, beautiful weather, exceptional food, and a sauna... yes a sauna... oh how I missed going for a sauna.... sigh.... and all that paid for for work....
so I'm back to gloomy weather and no home.... I'm staying w/ a friend until I can get an appartment... I'm getting frustrated.... OH, I wrote a 6pg introspective piece about not having a home... if I get the time I'll type it out..
but thats that, I have to run for a lunch date.... hope all is well w/ everyone... and for all those who emailed, I'll get back to you soon as I have yet to get some quality interweb time....
later
yes yes, you were all waiting on pins and needles for my triumphant return... well the day is upon you and now all is right in the world.... Hazaa Hazaa....
now, about the trip...
I went on a cruise, which is something I have never actually wanted to do, as it just gives you the watered down, tame, cliche version of where ever you're going.... w/ that said, you can still travel outside the "recommend itinerary" and meet some interesting locals that truly make your trip... ie, the ghost cab driver that broke every considerable law to get us to our destination for $4, in a vehicle that had its mirrors sheered off (presumably from more illicit driving), a dashboard held together w/ rope, a beer in the cup holder, and a transmission that had seen better days (before our driver some how merged 1st and 2nd gear into a monster that hopped us down the st), all the while he was on the phone w/ his insurance company about his most recent accident...
aside from that, I had beautiful beaches, beautiful weather, exceptional food, and a sauna... yes a sauna... oh how I missed going for a sauna.... sigh.... and all that paid for for work....
so I'm back to gloomy weather and no home.... I'm staying w/ a friend until I can get an appartment... I'm getting frustrated.... OH, I wrote a 6pg introspective piece about not having a home... if I get the time I'll type it out..
but thats that, I have to run for a lunch date.... hope all is well w/ everyone... and for all those who emailed, I'll get back to you soon as I have yet to get some quality interweb time....
later
