Various Subjects
Aug. 30th, 2009 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nomoreuturnsI'm convinced that Felix (the baby next door) is being tortured. Or something, because that kid just cries all. The freaking. Time. It's possible that he's teething now, because he seems to be at that age, but I don't know...do babies wake up at three in the morning to scream and cry about teething? Or it could be a million other things.. *shrugs* Who knows? But if he's still crying like that tomorrow, I'm going to go around and ask if they'd like a hand, like someone to babysit for a while or...I don't know, something, because if it's bad for me, I don't know how the parents are coping.
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I'm starting to pack up my stuff. I managed to buy a hard-case for my bass last Saturday, after some initial misgivings...the problem with having an older bass is that the shape of the body and length of the neck are different to modern configurations. But after some creative spontaneous refurbishing that resulted in me getting a 10% discount (the dude at the store claimed "damages at the warehouse" :D), the bass case was suitable!
This means that I now have two suitcases (the one I came with, and the bass case) and two carry-ons (backpack and laptop case), which I think will hold everything I need them to. My packing strategy is pretty simple: Pack everything that I need that will possibly fit. If it doesn't fit or I don't deem it necessary, than I obviously don't need it, and can chuck it. Simple! Except for my DVDs...I already know they're not going to fit, so I'm going to mail them back to Oz.
My roommate's love-life is still making like a sitcom. I feel like I've been plunked into the middle of Friends or How I Met Your Mother or something. I'm sure J will look back and laugh on this one day, but right now it's frustrating for her and both frustrating and hilarious for me, because The Guy is acting like a retarded Rhesus monkey. I don't understand how you can get to 32 years of age and still be completely fucking oblivious and emotionally challenged, but I'm sure he'll snap out of it eventually...that, or my swan song will be to stage an intervention and get J focussed on someone who isn't an immature idiot.
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Been mainlining Generation Kill and Farscape. Farscape because I heart that series a massive amount, and Generation Kill becausewordsalone rec'd it...thank-you, wordsalone! (Ray and Rudy are my favorites.) I now have to see if the library has Evan Wright's book, and also probably Nathaniel Fick's as well, because I'm thinking they're going to be damn interesting reads.
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Definitely going to Seattle for Bumbershoot! My ticket came in the mail on Friday (thank-you again,iamsamwise!), I bought my ticket from the soulless minions of the beast at Greyhound, and I managed to find a place to crash via CouchSurfing for the duration of my stay. I'm getting in the day before the festival and leaving the day after...that way I won't be stressed out too much by the travel, and I'll be able to explore Seattle a little more. \o/
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I have been/will be working for SK Diamonds from Houston yesterday/today/tomorrow. I worked for them last year at this time, and they remembered me and sent me a Facebook message going "hey, want to work for us again?" to which I replied "heck yes!" 15$/hour to chill out in A/C and and sell diamond jewelery to the masses, which is incredibly easy because they all know what they want anyway, and all I have to do is help process their purchases.
A lot of people hit the display today...I think we sold 70% of the merchandise. Today was pretty neat because just as we were closing up, a man came over with a statue of an eagle made out of solid silver, inquiring as to what type of diamonds Ruzbeh would suggest for its eyes. The statue was about 7 inches tall and weighed 14lbs...the dude said he's going to hide it (along with 11 replicas) somewhere in BC, then write a book about the process of making it and hiding it, put some clues in the book, and let people find the damn thing. He's making a gods-damned treasure hunt. I think that's pretty damn sweet...I might buy the book when it comes out.
I may be going to Toronto to work for them, too...Ruzbeh and Shannon asked me and the other girl who worked today, Tina, if either of us were busy on the 13th, because they're doing an exhibition in Toronto and need workers. I said, jokingly "sure I'm free, I just need to figure out if the pay will cover my plane ticket" and Ruzbeh was like "oh, no, I'll check out prices and if they're reasonable we'll pay for you to come out and help us". Which...would be pretty sweet, not gonna lie. Hopefully that'll work out; I'd like to see Toronto before I split for Oz.
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In my last week of being 20 and my last month of living in Vancouver. Fun times, yo.
I'm starting to pack up my stuff. I managed to buy a hard-case for my bass last Saturday, after some initial misgivings...the problem with having an older bass is that the shape of the body and length of the neck are different to modern configurations. But after some creative spontaneous refurbishing that resulted in me getting a 10% discount (the dude at the store claimed "damages at the warehouse" :D), the bass case was suitable!
This means that I now have two suitcases (the one I came with, and the bass case) and two carry-ons (backpack and laptop case), which I think will hold everything I need them to. My packing strategy is pretty simple: Pack everything that I need that will possibly fit. If it doesn't fit or I don't deem it necessary, than I obviously don't need it, and can chuck it. Simple! Except for my DVDs...I already know they're not going to fit, so I'm going to mail them back to Oz.
My roommate's love-life is still making like a sitcom. I feel like I've been plunked into the middle of Friends or How I Met Your Mother or something. I'm sure J will look back and laugh on this one day, but right now it's frustrating for her and both frustrating and hilarious for me, because The Guy is acting like a retarded Rhesus monkey. I don't understand how you can get to 32 years of age and still be completely fucking oblivious and emotionally challenged, but I'm sure he'll snap out of it eventually...that, or my swan song will be to stage an intervention and get J focussed on someone who isn't an immature idiot.
Been mainlining Generation Kill and Farscape. Farscape because I heart that series a massive amount, and Generation Kill because
wordsalone rec'd it...thank-you, wordsalone! (Ray and Rudy are my favorites.) I now have to see if the library has Evan Wright's book, and also probably Nathaniel Fick's as well, because I'm thinking they're going to be damn interesting reads.Definitely going to Seattle for Bumbershoot! My ticket came in the mail on Friday (thank-you again,
iamsamwise!), I bought my ticket from the soulless minions of the beast at Greyhound, and I managed to find a place to crash via CouchSurfing for the duration of my stay. I'm getting in the day before the festival and leaving the day after...that way I won't be stressed out too much by the travel, and I'll be able to explore Seattle a little more. \o/I have been/will be working for SK Diamonds from Houston yesterday/today/tomorrow. I worked for them last year at this time, and they remembered me and sent me a Facebook message going "hey, want to work for us again?" to which I replied "heck yes!" 15$/hour to chill out in A/C and and sell diamond jewelery to the masses, which is incredibly easy because they all know what they want anyway, and all I have to do is help process their purchases.
A lot of people hit the display today...I think we sold 70% of the merchandise. Today was pretty neat because just as we were closing up, a man came over with a statue of an eagle made out of solid silver, inquiring as to what type of diamonds Ruzbeh would suggest for its eyes. The statue was about 7 inches tall and weighed 14lbs...the dude said he's going to hide it (along with 11 replicas) somewhere in BC, then write a book about the process of making it and hiding it, put some clues in the book, and let people find the damn thing. He's making a gods-damned treasure hunt. I think that's pretty damn sweet...I might buy the book when it comes out.
I may be going to Toronto to work for them, too...Ruzbeh and Shannon asked me and the other girl who worked today, Tina, if either of us were busy on the 13th, because they're doing an exhibition in Toronto and need workers. I said, jokingly "sure I'm free, I just need to figure out if the pay will cover my plane ticket" and Ruzbeh was like "oh, no, I'll check out prices and if they're reasonable we'll pay for you to come out and help us". Which...would be pretty sweet, not gonna lie. Hopefully that'll work out; I'd like to see Toronto before I split for Oz.
In my last week of being 20 and my last month of living in Vancouver. Fun times, yo.
