Blog blog blog... everyone loves a blog... sorta =\
It's kinda funny now that 'weblogs' have become commonplace. Having watched the Internet grow like an infant to the adolescent just begining to question it's own existance, I've enjoyed to see people use it as a collaborative outlet as well as a creative one.
People sharing their lives with the whole world, bringing journalism to new heights of expose.
The problem now becomes: what to blog, and where?
There's enough hosted blog services to shake a stick at, from MSN's spaces, mySpace, your own domains with a blog publishing app, blogger, livejournal, and now SG! (for me anyways)
We've also got to be careful what we blog where, tho. I don't have a problem letting myself loose here on SG, but i wouldn't do the same to my myspace account. *grumbles.... fucking myspace...*
So, that being said, I might as well pour a little of my heart into this post.
I moved to Toronto in July of 06, and am, at the moment, living with my girlfriend of about 2 years. She was living here while I was back in Niagara when she offered to let me stay with her to get on my feet in the city.
Well that happened faster than I figured... I found an awesome job right away, money's been great, I've met a few good friends, and got to employ my best friend who i never got to see for like 4 years.
We work for a data / hosting facility, and are working on building a recording studio. We're close to the latter, (Adam's setting up the drum sound-proofing right now!), so it's been great to work on something I love while building something else I love from the ground up. I really can't wait to unveil the studio. I'll be sure to post a msg when that happens, and offer a discount on the hourly rental rate if you found out about it from here
So that's work. In my personal life, things are somewhat different.
Things with the g/f are certainly 'interesting'. I'm a big hearted Leo, and she's a Pisces. The first thing i noticed before we got together was that our signs are the 2 most incompatible signs. All the warnings were there: THIS IS DOOMED!!
But we thought nothing of it. Her dad's a Leo and her mom's a Pisces, so hey... they can do it, right?
Emilie's had an interesting life... she grew up in Panama and moved to Tanzania (East Africa) when she was like 12 or 13. For me, growing up in hick-ville, Niagara, she's something exotic.
Things are turning for the worse, however. I havn't exposed this anywhere else online, so i figure SG is the best outlet for me.
She HATES Toronto and wants to leave, but can't bear the thought of being without me. Personally, I'm getting so frustrated with the situation, I just don't know what to do.
She's taking Culture Studies at York U, but hates it immensely.
Her job keeps screwing her over, and the poor gal doesn't have her 'business teeth/fangs' to avoid people from pushing her around.
So, these feelings have Em in a constant whirlwind of ups and downs. Every day is a new gamble. Will she cry for no reason? Will she snap on me for asking if she went to school that day? Will she be super happy and infant-like-silly, or will she be in a state of loathing?
She depends on me to cook, clean, do laundry, and pay for food. It hasnt started breaking my bank or my will just yet, but it's an effort to keep up to say the least. That, and instead of doing anything around the house, she just plays World of Warcraft all day. I love coming home after a long day's work to find her in front of my other computer playing WoW while the house is a mess, her dishes are piled up (cuz i clean mine as soon as I dirty them), laundry's a mess and the cat litter is stinking up the apartment. =(
Just yesterday, I was offered a unit in the building I work in. I would be able to live rent free for as long as I needed (while still at my current salary, or more). This would be amazing so that I could save up and buy a condo or something. Plus, I'd be living in an awesome unit, wouldn't have to drive to work, and would be with my best friend, while living beside our recording studio. How can I turn that down?
I care for Em so much it hurts, but i can't keep letting myself give in to the 'settle-down' lifestyle. She wants to have kids and be a 'stay-at-home-artist-and-mom', which is ok, but puts tremendous financial burden on me!
So, that's my story. I have to tell her soon that I won't be able to live with her, and that will end our relationship as we know it. Back to being single (oh i miss it so!).
I will miss the little things like going to sleep beside her every night. She sleeps naked, but 4 weeks ago decided we weren't having sex anymore. So that's been slightly annoying.
I see her naked every day, but can't touch!
So wow, that was a longer-than-intended post. But fuck it. If you got this far, thanks for reading, and maybe you'll have something insightful to offer too =)
Cheers =)
It's kinda funny now that 'weblogs' have become commonplace. Having watched the Internet grow like an infant to the adolescent just begining to question it's own existance, I've enjoyed to see people use it as a collaborative outlet as well as a creative one.
People sharing their lives with the whole world, bringing journalism to new heights of expose.
The problem now becomes: what to blog, and where?
There's enough hosted blog services to shake a stick at, from MSN's spaces, mySpace, your own domains with a blog publishing app, blogger, livejournal, and now SG! (for me anyways)
We've also got to be careful what we blog where, tho. I don't have a problem letting myself loose here on SG, but i wouldn't do the same to my myspace account. *grumbles.... fucking myspace...*
So, that being said, I might as well pour a little of my heart into this post.
I moved to Toronto in July of 06, and am, at the moment, living with my girlfriend of about 2 years. She was living here while I was back in Niagara when she offered to let me stay with her to get on my feet in the city.
Well that happened faster than I figured... I found an awesome job right away, money's been great, I've met a few good friends, and got to employ my best friend who i never got to see for like 4 years.
We work for a data / hosting facility, and are working on building a recording studio. We're close to the latter, (Adam's setting up the drum sound-proofing right now!), so it's been great to work on something I love while building something else I love from the ground up. I really can't wait to unveil the studio. I'll be sure to post a msg when that happens, and offer a discount on the hourly rental rate if you found out about it from here
So that's work. In my personal life, things are somewhat different.
Things with the g/f are certainly 'interesting'. I'm a big hearted Leo, and she's a Pisces. The first thing i noticed before we got together was that our signs are the 2 most incompatible signs. All the warnings were there: THIS IS DOOMED!!
But we thought nothing of it. Her dad's a Leo and her mom's a Pisces, so hey... they can do it, right?
Emilie's had an interesting life... she grew up in Panama and moved to Tanzania (East Africa) when she was like 12 or 13. For me, growing up in hick-ville, Niagara, she's something exotic.
Things are turning for the worse, however. I havn't exposed this anywhere else online, so i figure SG is the best outlet for me.
She HATES Toronto and wants to leave, but can't bear the thought of being without me. Personally, I'm getting so frustrated with the situation, I just don't know what to do.
She's taking Culture Studies at York U, but hates it immensely.
Her job keeps screwing her over, and the poor gal doesn't have her 'business teeth/fangs' to avoid people from pushing her around.
So, these feelings have Em in a constant whirlwind of ups and downs. Every day is a new gamble. Will she cry for no reason? Will she snap on me for asking if she went to school that day? Will she be super happy and infant-like-silly, or will she be in a state of loathing?
She depends on me to cook, clean, do laundry, and pay for food. It hasnt started breaking my bank or my will just yet, but it's an effort to keep up to say the least. That, and instead of doing anything around the house, she just plays World of Warcraft all day. I love coming home after a long day's work to find her in front of my other computer playing WoW while the house is a mess, her dishes are piled up (cuz i clean mine as soon as I dirty them), laundry's a mess and the cat litter is stinking up the apartment. =(
Just yesterday, I was offered a unit in the building I work in. I would be able to live rent free for as long as I needed (while still at my current salary, or more). This would be amazing so that I could save up and buy a condo or something. Plus, I'd be living in an awesome unit, wouldn't have to drive to work, and would be with my best friend, while living beside our recording studio. How can I turn that down?
I care for Em so much it hurts, but i can't keep letting myself give in to the 'settle-down' lifestyle. She wants to have kids and be a 'stay-at-home-artist-and-mom', which is ok, but puts tremendous financial burden on me!
So, that's my story. I have to tell her soon that I won't be able to live with her, and that will end our relationship as we know it. Back to being single (oh i miss it so!).
I will miss the little things like going to sleep beside her every night. She sleeps naked, but 4 weeks ago decided we weren't having sex anymore. So that's been slightly annoying.
I see her naked every day, but can't touch!
So wow, that was a longer-than-intended post. But fuck it. If you got this far, thanks for reading, and maybe you'll have something insightful to offer too =)
Cheers =)