freakpirate

Work pretty much destroyed me this week. I'm so far gone from tired and worn out that I've crossed into some kind of parallel exhaustion dimension.

My youngest brother is moving in with his girlfriend this weekend. My roommate is out on a date. I'm spending my Friday night with my cats, a beer and H.P. Lovecraft. While this isn't the worst evening ever, I...
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I can't tell if I was always terrible at flirting or if this is a new development. Either way, it's annoying.

Work is busy. I'm not sleeping much these days. It's starting to wear me out.

Both of my cats passed away suddenly over the last month. Heartbroken doesn't even begin to describe it.

Work is mostly going well. The flooding in the city has thrown things into a bit of chaos.

My medication seems to work most of the time. Still some really hard days every now and then. The last three have been a bit of a rollercoaster.

I...
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I guess I should update since I actually have news.

I've been working for the last two and a half weeks. I got a job interview out of the blue and I'm working as a department head for a lighting equipment rental company. I spend my days listening to my music, testing equipment and packing it up to ship out for shows. It's a pretty...
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Another successful show under my belt. Even though I've been working with these people for five years now, it's still weird getting all of the thanks and praise. It's just my job and there are dozens, if not hundreds, of people here who could do it just as well, if not better. Work on the next show starts very soon. Still unemployed. I should probably...
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So... three months went by.

I turned 29. I'm quitting my shitty, soul (and knee) crushing job at the end of the month. I have no backup plan yet but I'm sure I can work something out. My off and on roommate is back up in Edmonton for a few weeks so I'm alone with the cats again. It's always strange switching between having someone...
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I've really just been working, reading and drinking too much for the last month. The march towards full on grumpy old man status progresses.

So, I've been back from vacation for a few weeks. I guess I could talk about it.

Vancouver was lovely. More importantly, vacation was lovely. I haven't had a real vacation since 2009 and my sweet, fuzzy Lord was it nice to not think about work for a few days.

Aquarium

I didn't go to the aquarium on my visit in 2006 so that was...
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I'm in Vancouver now. God damn, vacation feels good.

Off to the aquarium today.

Two weeks from now, I'll be sitting in Vancouver. It's my first vacation in three years and I could not be more excited. There are going to be museums, good food, drinking, karaoke and, most likely, my first tattoo since I was 19.

Work has been slowly driving me into the ground but the promise of time off has helped me get through the last...
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It's time for my monthly check-in so that you know I haven't died.

There's really nothing exciting going down here. I spend most of my time watching TV or reading. If you're looking for good books, I would highly recommend anything by Christopher Brookmyre. The audiobooks are incredibly good.

I've also spent a decent amount of time having pointless internet fights with friends of friends...
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