Yes, I do still exist!

Been very emotional these last couple of months. Sister got married and yes I was an emotional basket case. I know it's hard to picture me crying. Shoeless Joe's, though I love to work there, is just not paying the bills and I have had to borrow alot of money from family just to keep going. It's really depressing to not be able to take care of yourself finacially.

Hopefully things are about to change....

I recently received an offer to work under a local chef. Still lousy pay, but I will now be collecting hours again that I can log in towards getting my Red Seal (Chef's Papers ) I need 6000 hours, so I have a lot of work on my hand. But getting those papers are worth it!! I also got my old job back in a local factory on the midnight shift. I'm actually starting to feel like I can stand on my own two feet again.

Still miss everyone. It's looking like I might be a ghost around you all untill OBP! But there is no way I will miss thst for the world!!

I guess I should update this thinger majig...

Let see...

I have been working at a Shoeless Joe's for a month now. It's good. I actually feel like I have accomplished something at the end of the day. Down fall, I have been super tired and have had no interest in socializing whatsoever.

I've also been helping my father and step-mother renovate their new home. They just purchased a century home in town. It's going to look nice once they are finished. Cool finds in the house though. The original owners used newspapers to level the floor under the hardwood. Most of the papers date between 1920 - 1955! It was interesting to read some of the stuff. Leons apparently was having a sale in '54. Complete living room furniture set... $198.00!!

Went on date recently. I took her to the Body Works exhibit at the Science Center. She is a Mortician, so it was right up her alley. I took her out after for dinner. Then she tells me she had a wonderful time, but she felt no fireworks.... *argh... my groin!* Ah well! Better luck next time!

My sister is getting married next week, so I'm going to be super busy. I'm making the wedding cake. Three tiered, cheesecake! Then I have to figure out how to transport it to Hamilton. Maybe I could always use the cheesecake angle to "boom-boom with the bridesmaids"? .... maybe not

Even though, I have been anto-social, I miss my SG family. Flit, Dusti, 2low, Lexie, Agy, Will, Renna... dammit I would be here for hours if I listed you all!

Well, this has been an interesting couple of weeks.

I left my horrible corporate job, passed into my 2nd degree in Freemasonry and today....

I got a new job! I will be starting tomorrow morning as a Prep Cook at a Shoeless Joe's. I know it's nothing special, but it's my foot in the door to get back into cooking.

Wish me luck!

The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct... leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

This weekend was insane busy!

Saturday, I had prepared cheesecake squares for my sister's bridal shower and than somehow got roped into going to it. Guys, if you can avoid it, don't go. Later that day, I did get to use the ol' potatoe cannon....



Sunday was a blast! It was my first time ever to the FanExpo. I got to see so many cool costumes and things!









I also snagged a few good photos of some celebs...







And then there was The Iron Sheik...



This man was insane!! You'll notice the small Michael Jackson doll infront of him. He hated it. He was screaming so loud at it, you could hear him from eisles away.

The Honky Tonk Man had to sit with him the entire weekend...



The two of them stopped their drunken rant long enough to get a picture with me...



Finally at the end of the day, R2-D2 got lucky...




Yesterday the fun didn't stop either. I met up with Will and Agy at the CNE and we had a blast for Agy's birthday. I learned that drinking beer and than going on the Gravitron is a horrible, horrible idea. It didn't seem to phase Agy though, she wanted to go on every vomit-rocket they had. And yet, I have never seen someone so terrified to go on a Ferris wheel....



After a few more rides, we ran over to check the Flowrider Show. A giant stationary wave machine, that you could surf. We sat for a bit and watched the Pros show off...



Afterwards we went and grabbed the cheapest meal I have ever had! 99 cents for spaghetti! Can't beat that! Then we took off to the other end of the CNE to see the Super Dog show. Fifty percent of these dogs are rescue dogs, which made them SUPER dogs. They put on a great show and the old man who was the Ringleader could have been the next Bob Barker.





After Super Dogs, we came outside to discover a light show on the side of the building...





We then hit the rides again, picking up any that we hadn't ridden yet. Including the Mouse House, a brightly coloured roller coaster, with cars shaped like the mice from the silly boardgame Mousetrap. It looked so ridiculous and we spent the entire time in the line up making fun of it. Yet, it taught us lesson...

--Operation Beaver Party Update--

What a blast! I haven't had so much fun camping in ages. I met so many great people this weekend. Thanks again to Luscious for putting this together and letting me join in such late last minute!

Thanks also to King_Mob, Dane and Willie for giving me a hand with my tent when it started raining. I promise, next year, I will have a brand new tent and no one will have to worry about a waterlogged Murdoch!!

I had a such a good time hanging out all weekend with my extended fam, Flit & Dusti and 2low & lexxie. You all better come visit me soon!!

And I can't wait to see Agy, Willie, Renna, MattA and AandP again at the SG Baseball event!

Does anybody remember You Can't Do That On Televisiom?

Les Lye aka Barth of Barth Burgers passed away Tuesday.

Rest in piece Barth!

I have been asked quite a few times about why I left Facebook. I left for several reasons, one was personal, another was a conscious decision to step away from the electronic world.

I was finding myself on it far, far, far to much. I could not do anything without checking FB first, it was beginning to control my entire social life and I've seen it with alot of other people too. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't hear at least once a day, "Leave me a message on FB" or "I made all the plans and set up an event on FB". It has got to the point where most people place their entire lives on FB and do all their socializing on FB that they find it hard to communicate with people outside of FB.

My own sister is an example of this. She has scheduled all her important dates and meetings for her wedding on FB. Not thinking, that for the majority of older people in her life (parents, grandparents, etc.), they don't have FB and would not have found out about, if it wasn't for the fact that she ended up calling them upset, asking why they never acknowledged her "events" on FB!

Another example would be a friend of mines girlfriend, who is one of these people that noitifies you every 5 minutes on their current status. As well as using FB as a way to continue her favourite passtime, Trash-talking and Gossip.

Third, I got tired of the disconnection that FB brings. No one talks to anyone anymore (I realize the irony of blogging about this on SG). I like to pick up the phone and call friends when I want to socialize and only then to set up a time so we can meet.

Lastly, FB has a horrible track record for security and lack of privacy. For more on that, read this; Facebook Privacy Failure

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you want to talk, give me a ring-a-ding-ding and if you don't have it ask.