Saturday, April 26, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Roommates.
Roommates like these two wonderful individuals are impossible to come by. I'm being honest, no matter how rough the road may be ahead, they always have your back and having nothing but the interest of their friends at heart....unless you are playing settlers of catan against them lmao! Just kidding, but really watch out, they are both really good strategists!
Neil and I lived together for two years, now technically three since the first was in dorms. But last two years we loved in a house together and for the latter part, his amazing girlfriend Hailey as well. To finish off this year, they were kind enough to let me stay with them at their new off campus apartment for the remainder of my placement time here in Thunder Bay.
Thick and thin, dry and wet. These two have done a lot for me. I hope one day I can pay it forward or do something just as equally helpful for them in return.
The new place is great and yes takes time to warm up to, but it comes with it's own pool in bedroom pool :p just kidding you two, the apartment is new and pretty renovated, some cosmetic changes are needed to accommodate not small people under 4 feet tall, and leaks through the floor...ya apparently the apartment is having a baby and it's water broke.
It is close to many great things in Thunder Bay, and had a great summer location, hopefully it just doesn't rain much :p
I'll miss you two! Thanks for everything and you can bet I'll be seeing you both again! :)
Sincerely,
C.B.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Snow.
In Thunder Bay, it's a 8 month of the years sort of deal.
Anywhere else it's either slush or 24\7 when going up further north.
What is that makes this weather so difficult? Us being childish and whiney about it; the way we treat the environment or just the natural random order of things?
Snow certainly brings out our most maladaptive traits. When snow falls we seem to be as careless as ever. Some say no, we are way more careful since we won't drive if roads are bad. This is half true, but when do we deem a road too bad to drive on? After an accident occurs? We we go off the road or briefly lose control? Exactly.
One thing that always made me scratch my head as skid is why kids try to prove their invulnerability to the cold by under dressing, I did it when I was young and I knew it was stupid; I always found a way to cheat the system though. Suggesting we play tag or something. Then I began to stink when puberty got and I was sweating -_- that was a life lesson and a half.
I'm pretty sweaty as most people know when I start being physically active, looks like someone had dumped a bucket over my head and I don't know why. Maybe I'll Research it and let you all know :)
Frikin snow. Still going to school today even though most students probably won't be there.
Coffee much needed? Maybe.
Talk to ya later alligator...s apparently I only have one page viewer at the moment and I have a feeling it's counting me when check view of my page. I'll probably do more with this later on :)
Have a great day and make a sex snow man for me :)
C.B.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Coffee dates
Nothing seems as harmless as two people getting together after talking a not in the public eye as a couple passer bys.
Coffee dates are a unique and genuine gesture of interest from one person to another, you are taking time (as is the other person) to meet at a coffee shop, for a coffee or tea that you are better off without and discussing everything under the sub (unless you are super awkward or playing games), but seriously you can learn so much from a person or even about a person, over coffee. Depending on how long or how intimate the conversation becomes, you have had two solid hours to see how they react to you and to see what they are like as people.
Body language is key, the minute you noticing them subconsciously mimicking your body movements, it's game over, you got this! If coffee turns into a bite to eat else where, you got this! These are both good signs! If it turns into wham, bam, thank you man...or mister, then I would suggest searching else where for company and probably getting checked out by your doctor as well as checking your wallet shortly after.
Coffee dates offer you a chance to actually meet the person and develop a relationship of some sort with them; on top of that, they can be more than random people meetings but a great place to bring family together. I had an exgirlfriend from Markham who was Mexican and very family orientated. Her and her family would go out for dinner once a week to some fast food place for dinner but then always go to Tim Hortons for desert usually. It was an interesting ritual but nice to be included in it nonetheless :)
A coffee date is exactly where you wanna start in a relationship and a lot harder to get than you would think. I wish you all luck in your endeavours, and thanks Tim Hortons for being a huge help in all my adventures :) I don't know how I could ever explain all the different encounters I have had at tom Hortons, it truly is a staple in canada, Thunder Bay would certainly not have been the same for me if it was not on the places it was :)
Sincerely to my readers, be yourself, be kind and when it is real, forever remember.
Cheers!
C.B.
Bus
Ppffftttt Thunder Bay bus time....
Thunder Bay bus time does not follow EST, they follow WTW- whenever they want
Thunder Bay buses has people who find it too cold out to walk, people who can't start their car and everyone else just as crazy as the bus schedule
Thunder Bay buses are great for school day field trips, usually if you take your grade 11 human lifespan class on it, you can show them the unit on the need for community development
Thunder Bay buses has so many problems they needed to make a Thunder Bay bus problem page of more than one category- Thunder Bay bus drunk problems; Thunder Bay bus wrong bus problems; and Thunder Bay bus didn't show up but found out it did before I got there problems
Thunder Bay bus is excluded from the law against open alcohol in the vehicle on any day that ends in "Y"
Thunder Bay bus problems are held by everyone at any point of time, usually the only thing worth taking the bus for is the experience and your fingers, all jokes set aside about the bus system, MOST of the folks driving the buses, are fairly solid folks :) and I commend them on their bullshit taking abilities; they must seriously get some legit sensitivity training cause damn! I would have no mercy.
Thank you for the years of service, for five years I didn't have a vehicle in one of the coldest areas in ON, I walked or bused... When the bus was running on time :p
Another wonderful rant post,
C.B.
Who knew?
Who knew this would happen, you leave unbeaten vegetables in a dark and damp place, they grow...moldy or sometimes more :p
I love my roommates and this is no shot at them but it just made me think; it solidified things that have happened in my life, or things that I have done in my life.
Folks, we need to take a step back sometimes and remember about hat sack of taters under the sink, life is busy and there is always hints going on, but we need to remember to look and see, not just look. How many times we all went under the sink and did nothing or noticed nothing, none of us realized it had gone bad until our neat freak roommate was bitching about the garbage then peeked his head in all the way and BAM! Science class.
The point is, if we didn't realize this, someone could have lost their life. ya taters will eat you of you don't eat them. You are warned. If that is all you got from this, go stand in a potatoe field and just feel ashamed.
Sincerely,
C.B.
Coffee break
Wow. So everything I wrote on here was just lost. I should have known better. Well coffee break, take 2
Here it is, basically I'm saying that coffee breaks are one of the smaller problems posing a bug problem. Small problems are fine and normal, not to mention manageable, but certainly, believe me when I say a lot of smaller problems can create one really big problem, especially when they are all creating problems in the same aspect.
Our society has come a long way, some ways for the better whole others, not so much. Ya satellite tv is great, but could we not be outside enjoying time with nature or friends? We live with family so I mean realistically they would be out television if we had no television.
Coffee breaks have become a staple in our spciety though, jokes aside, it is extremely maladaptive. And I won't get into my rant about coffee being the reason Italians are short and that there is an undocumented correlation between coffee, teachers and Italians lol
We need that coffee break, even as students we get it; we are straight up, babied and continually infantilized by the governing bodies in order to have that ability to say, "come on, don't slack, look, we give you time to do your own thing" in reality this is true that they do this but at what cost. At the cost of our successors' abilities. I'm serious, and id be the first person to say it but school shouldn't have summer and heck yes all the pa. Or pd. days on top of the holidays are brutal; I'm a tyrant in training, certainly, I think uniforms are great and the beginning of building good character is giving students the ability to be held accountable for themselves and the opportunity to create a name for themselves, this is how we develop the human race elites.
I mean, I am one who stands strongly for creation, imagination and individualism but it is so strongly abused, soooo abused by students and I had a supply teacher say it to me while on placement last week, the students are in control and they know it. Principals, administration and teachers can say all they want but at the end of the day; you notice it; the teacher accommodates the student, the principal assigns detentions to students that don't show up, they accumulate and that is that, no questions; a student misses half a year of school and then is worked back into the system, expecting that the student will transition with no problem cause that is what teachers do. The reality of it being that the student may move on due to their prior knowledge, redo the course or just merely pass because the teacher is sympathetic to them.
The idea of the coffee break is a little break in our ensemble, we have a few minutes in our day to be ourselves and turn off the performance; no matter who you are or what you do; that is why people are so tired at the end Of the day. We perform and perform day after day, at work with friends; you can be the happiest individual alive but it does not change the stone cold fact that we all have bad days, and we all handle them naturally or at the very least, what is natural to us.
Hats off to those that have a bad day and are able to take it into themselves without letting loose on some poor soul passing by at the time. This is what the coffee break is for, a moment to collect and redirect; whether you work customer service or public sector as an information teller, the fact is we are always performing; self policing, ya, it's a thing.
Jeremy Bentham had an idea, a prison blueprint called the panopticon. It was an interesting blue print as it was a circular prison that touched end to end, completed circle. Directly in the middle was a glass tower that could not be seen into but could certainly be seen out of. The purpose of this tower was to create the illusion of 24/7 survelliamce. The prisoner's cells would be open concept as they are now only the main hallways would be located on the on er wall while the inmates were able to look upon eah other's cells and the tower, not knowing exactly who was watching them, but that someone was always watching them would force them to ideally behave themselves, continued behaviour hopefully reinforces rehabilitation, etc.
The point is, as much as I like coffee and as much as I like breaking. I think we need to remove folks, and as the great Comeau puts it. Remove what you ask? Well my friend, I need you to remove your head from your ass.
I wrote this on my coffee break just to help you make sense of it all :)
Cheers :)
C.B.
Early morning.
I know many a people who hate early mornings, what did they do to you, huh?
I'm just kidding around, it is certainly hard at times for us to get the sleep we need and the ability to sleep longer than we should makes us lathargic throughout our days. We certainly having a sleeping society syndrome in that whenever we make important plans we weigh against how tired we are at that moment. There are certainly other factors but in this case I am just referring to sleep.
Another problem with sleep these days is our ability to sleep through anything....at this is mine maladaptive ability, god forbid it was back in the prehistoric area, I would never hear stampedes or big bad dinosaur steps nearing me while I slept.
I can run off no sleep; I feel like crap but my brain certainly needs a rest from time to time as most people do. When they don't, you hear those horror stories of hallucenications and hyperactivity. I think i once read the human body can only go 11 days without sleeping? Is that true; cause I believe 4 days without good and water is all our bodies can take.
It's too bad we don't have a robotic banking system for sleep, we just collect hours of sleep when we went and spend the energy when we feel we need it lol same with eating, too bad too much food just leads to obesity :p
So ya, Monday at 7am I am sitting here on the bus after nice cuddles and a movie last night, went to bed probably a bit later than I had planned but certainly better sleep than most nights lately.
Coffee or no coffee...ugh I feel obligated since we are just sitting here by mick dicks; but at the se time I need to be saving money and should be not drinking beverages that stunt your growth, seeing as how in so frikin short already :(
You know, there was one girl I might who was a wee bit taller than me, and not once made a joke while I was with her about my height, probably when I wasn't around :p just kidding, she was a right sweetheart but before her there was one girl I was speaking to online (yes, I have a plenty of fish account -_-) who looked at my height and after I greeted her she says "your so short though!" ....ouch, from then on, I was turned off of girls who were taller than me :( but then I met this girl, ya off tinder...kind of....I kind of knew her before that.
So I originally met her when I was working at the cafeteria one day, it was Halloween and all the people in the cafeteria were dressed up, this girl and a couple of her friend went dressed as crayons, cute outfits; my buddy I was working with at the time, Henri, asked me to get a picture of them for him. I did and that was that. I continued on my life as they all continued on theirs. This is the nature of how small Lakehead is, I seen her around walking through campus here and there but never thought I had a chance. One night at crocs, EDM bar, I was there early and making new friends. I met a nice girl and asked to by her a drink, she agreed and brought along her friend. It was a short lives kindness as after we were waiting in line her friend began mocking me for being 23 -_-why you ask? Well because they were second year students and I was a "5th year douchebag", should have asked her of it was past her bed time or if her parents know what she is up to. Ugh so this girls friend was right rude and was made that the girl I bought a drink for was content dancing with me; she eventually took her the girl I was dancing with and stormed off, Neil said she was probably just a closet lesbian :) thanks man, you know how to make me laugh when down.
So after the girls were gone, I wandered and ran. Into the crayon girl, about a week after I sounded like an idiot trying to talk to her and totally not getting her number, I was on tinder, doing what I do, when BAM! There she was in all of her beauty, I thought well for the shots of it, I know she will never know I likes her on tinder, when again! Suddenly BAM! I fumbled my phone because to my surprise there was a mutual match.
One message after another, texting now then, before I knew it, coffee date :) my specialty :) I'll get onto the topic of coffee dates in my next blog, that's a whole other bag of cats, no pun intended :p this coffee date led to cuddles and and couple random hang outs, but while we were flirting uncontrollably with each other, there was something that has kind of stuck with me, the whole reason I brought this story up in this post. She was taller than me but never said one mean thing, in fact she felt self conscious that she was too tall and thought I didn't like that. She didn't realize that it was a lot more than looks that she had over me, admittedly, I had really, really liked her. She had it all, and ya she was talk and ya at first I thought I was too short for her liking but, the something there, made us blind to it because we just enjoyed each other's company so much.
Alright. I need to go, wrote my next post and start my day.
Cheers.
When it is real, forever remember.
Friday, April 11, 2014
Challenege
You need to always remember something, acty many things but this one thing in particular.
Always challenege yourself.
What keeps us motivated in life is challenege. We never truly understand our true potential until we challenege ourselves to do what we need to in order for us to see that we have the ability to overcome almost any and all obstacles (within reason).
I am guilty of challenging myself in small silly ways, everyday; some days I fail, actually most days I fail but when I look back, it was not only a learning experience but I also challenege myself a little more than I may have needed to.
I take a bus to my placement and even before that I used to take it a few places, I stopped taking the bus though, before this year. There was. Lengthy period of time where I would just walk, everywhere! What I used to do and still do sometimes , if the bus was not at the stop yet and I was waiting and after checking the time, find out I still 30 or 15 mins, I would try to see how any stops I can get to before ended up at a stop where the bus would be. Now, this is part of the reason I walk everywhere when possible, it drives me nuts that ninety percent of the time I don't make the bus and the next bus stop from I left is that far from where I was walking -_-
#thunderbaytransit ugh
On my way to placement though folks, hope you find your own daily or weekly challenege, keep your life exciting and your fresh :)
My next challenege, less coffee and no smoking; when. I get home from school...for the summer, workouts...mad workouts!
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Nervous.
Nervous about this, feel like it may get me in trouble but at the same time i don't really care because its awesome and liberating not only the comic involved but all the minds of the eyes that will look upon it :)
So I came across a many great comics in my time here at Lakehead and I have been getting better and better with technology, learning how it can make life accessible and easier to mow through. I have read so many different things that I would love to share with my family and friends; I have taken upon myself to make my documents more accessible to employers as well now. I sort of had to, lets be real; its the 21st century. So one of the things I am proud to say I have done (but nervous to be proud about it), is liberate the interesting plot of the Spider-Man "Maximum Carnage" series. I have created a more engaging and audio-book like youtube video as well as pintrest board; facebook photo album. Thank you Lakehead University library scanner resource! <3 love this machine.
I feel bad because it is Marvel and it is Stan Lee who is a total fucking boss! But honestly as a teacher, if able to make this resource available to my students, #14 out of the Maximum Carnage series is an excellent tool to teach the philosophy of moral development as Lawrence Kohlberg speaks of; or even utilitarianism. So for those of you that don't know Spider-Man doesn't kill his enemies ever; except the little screw up with the green goblin and the hobgoblin; RIP Harry and Norman Osborne. Spidey's most notable enemy to youth these days is Venom and believe it or not they actually team up together in this twisted plot. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Venom was basically the accidental creator of Carnage and thusly feels responsible for unleashing such unto the world. Venom is a vigilante who knows capitol punishment and sits along side similar morals to that of The Punisher. Putting aside their differences They team up and tackle Carnage; without killing him and without killing Venom; how does our wall crawling friend expect to stop Carnage; or stop Venom from killing Carnage? Read about it, a little more to it as you read it but I don't want to spoil that plot twist and brain busting question you will ask yourself at the end of it.
See! Worth it? I think so. Enjoy and good luck to my friends writing exams as well as my friends still on placement. Totally killed the summative assessment today! Got my fingers crossed for a contract offer from Maple Leaf Schools in China!
Cheers!
C.B.
So I came across a many great comics in my time here at Lakehead and I have been getting better and better with technology, learning how it can make life accessible and easier to mow through. I have read so many different things that I would love to share with my family and friends; I have taken upon myself to make my documents more accessible to employers as well now. I sort of had to, lets be real; its the 21st century. So one of the things I am proud to say I have done (but nervous to be proud about it), is liberate the interesting plot of the Spider-Man "Maximum Carnage" series. I have created a more engaging and audio-book like youtube video as well as pintrest board; facebook photo album. Thank you Lakehead University library scanner resource! <3 love this machine.
I feel bad because it is Marvel and it is Stan Lee who is a total fucking boss! But honestly as a teacher, if able to make this resource available to my students, #14 out of the Maximum Carnage series is an excellent tool to teach the philosophy of moral development as Lawrence Kohlberg speaks of; or even utilitarianism. So for those of you that don't know Spider-Man doesn't kill his enemies ever; except the little screw up with the green goblin and the hobgoblin; RIP Harry and Norman Osborne. Spidey's most notable enemy to youth these days is Venom and believe it or not they actually team up together in this twisted plot. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Venom was basically the accidental creator of Carnage and thusly feels responsible for unleashing such unto the world. Venom is a vigilante who knows capitol punishment and sits along side similar morals to that of The Punisher. Putting aside their differences They team up and tackle Carnage; without killing him and without killing Venom; how does our wall crawling friend expect to stop Carnage; or stop Venom from killing Carnage? Read about it, a little more to it as you read it but I don't want to spoil that plot twist and brain busting question you will ask yourself at the end of it.
See! Worth it? I think so. Enjoy and good luck to my friends writing exams as well as my friends still on placement. Totally killed the summative assessment today! Got my fingers crossed for a contract offer from Maple Leaf Schools in China!
Cheers!
C.B.
Monday, April 7, 2014
England?
Yes, England is something I am sincerely considering folks. I am hooked up with Engage Education for a week long trip to find work with them over there in England. Originally I was supposed to be looking in the Grenwich area but apparently I was mistaken and it is actually the Brighton area I will be looking into.
Engage came to Lakehead originally at the beginning of the second semester here and set up interviews for mid-February. They liked what they saw and now I am looking into work with them. They are essentially a head hunting company looking for teachers going to teach in England.
Head hunters, for those of you who are wondering, are groups of people who go out and essentially take people's heads. No, actually it doesn't kill you, I know very impressive. They have developed technology in England after doing recent research at Stonehenge...turns out aliens are real. OMG! I am kidding relax...well aliens are real though..ugh just scared the crap out of myself. great...Eliza, get here, I need someone around, too quite...Neil? Hailey? Help? please come back to residence now? :P
So for real, head hunters are organizations that collect a specific set of of people. In this case, Engage is hired by a series of schools to find certain types of teachers. All schools in England do this since there are a lot more privatized schooling aspects in England.
Before even considering to go over there I needed to look at money. Not sound like I am not in it for the love of teaching, because I totally am! Seriously though, in all cases, the fact is I am ridiculously in debt to OSAP (Ontario's Shi**y A** Plan). Kidding, but real it sucks; for those unfamiliar, it is a loan students take to help pay for the thousands and thousands of dollars required of them to start a life...avoid rant, avoid rant, avoid rant....ugh whole other can of frog eyes.
Anyways, ya life is not exactly free (who woulda thunk right?) and my end game is to teach here in Ontario one day, I feel passionate about the people here because essentially these are my people. I know their problems and I know what we need to make it better and I think over time I will know exactly how to make it better; but nothing can be done without a naturally, man made (oxymoron for the win?) green resource. You guessed it! Money. Some of you say no, some of you say no...LOTS OF MONEY! I agree with the later. Everything has a cost in this world, don't say otherwise because you will lose.
If I can find a place that I can make a difference or feel like I made a difference while also being able to put money away, that would be great, thus why I was originally looking at teaching in China. Make lots of money to store away, probably pay off my debt in two and half years or so if I work there for the company I was looking into working with, Maple Leaf Schools. A whole different process in itself from that of which one goes through in England.
Nevertheless, England is a reality, it is doable, I am looking at a line of credit, full time work (if I can find a job), travel experience, medical benefits, academic classroom (ya right, I wish...hard to come by as a new teacher in England) and a pretty penny for a new teacher.
Engage is the best company I have spoken with so far, they certainly invested a lot of money for their marketing and appeal to people by send new recruits to England for a week to find work, all expenses paid except for meals and spending money.
I shall go on about the possibilities in the near future later, company is here :) and she brough a pizza sub with everything on it..extra spicy :D
Engage came to Lakehead originally at the beginning of the second semester here and set up interviews for mid-February. They liked what they saw and now I am looking into work with them. They are essentially a head hunting company looking for teachers going to teach in England.
Head hunters, for those of you who are wondering, are groups of people who go out and essentially take people's heads. No, actually it doesn't kill you, I know very impressive. They have developed technology in England after doing recent research at Stonehenge...turns out aliens are real. OMG! I am kidding relax...well aliens are real though..ugh just scared the crap out of myself. great...Eliza, get here, I need someone around, too quite...Neil? Hailey? Help? please come back to residence now? :P
So for real, head hunters are organizations that collect a specific set of of people. In this case, Engage is hired by a series of schools to find certain types of teachers. All schools in England do this since there are a lot more privatized schooling aspects in England.
Before even considering to go over there I needed to look at money. Not sound like I am not in it for the love of teaching, because I totally am! Seriously though, in all cases, the fact is I am ridiculously in debt to OSAP (Ontario's Shi**y A** Plan). Kidding, but real it sucks; for those unfamiliar, it is a loan students take to help pay for the thousands and thousands of dollars required of them to start a life...avoid rant, avoid rant, avoid rant....ugh whole other can of frog eyes.
Anyways, ya life is not exactly free (who woulda thunk right?) and my end game is to teach here in Ontario one day, I feel passionate about the people here because essentially these are my people. I know their problems and I know what we need to make it better and I think over time I will know exactly how to make it better; but nothing can be done without a naturally, man made (oxymoron for the win?) green resource. You guessed it! Money. Some of you say no, some of you say no...LOTS OF MONEY! I agree with the later. Everything has a cost in this world, don't say otherwise because you will lose.
If I can find a place that I can make a difference or feel like I made a difference while also being able to put money away, that would be great, thus why I was originally looking at teaching in China. Make lots of money to store away, probably pay off my debt in two and half years or so if I work there for the company I was looking into working with, Maple Leaf Schools. A whole different process in itself from that of which one goes through in England.
Nevertheless, England is a reality, it is doable, I am looking at a line of credit, full time work (if I can find a job), travel experience, medical benefits, academic classroom (ya right, I wish...hard to come by as a new teacher in England) and a pretty penny for a new teacher.
Engage is the best company I have spoken with so far, they certainly invested a lot of money for their marketing and appeal to people by send new recruits to England for a week to find work, all expenses paid except for meals and spending money.
I shall go on about the possibilities in the near future later, company is here :) and she brough a pizza sub with everything on it..extra spicy :D
Lived. A Summary
A small child, born in 1990 in the cold and snowy month of December. A Capricorn for life, a horse to other cultures and one of the youngest in his generation. Growing up in smaller areas, living in even smaller areas then those before. Sitting on the fence between what was and what is; making a new name, a new identity for oneself. The boy slacks, but has fun; makes friends, but never has enough. When the time comes, there are thoughts of veterinary work and talks of working with the criminal code. But all in all, the endgame he ends up in the North doing what he loves, well trying to do what he loves...working towards doing what he loves at least! Making friends and passing on knowledge is what it is he loves; what's next, well really not even he knows.
My life up to this point in 2014 beginning of spring...well Southern Ontario winter more so, and Northern Ontario spring :P ... Has been interesting. I honestly cannot complain and will not because of course everyone has thing they wanted to do in life but were unable to however, it needs to be recognized what it was that was done. The things that are happening in our lives at the moment never seem half as exciting as it does when we look back on it in retrospect. Sincerely, if tomorrow was going to end, then nothing could make me feel more ready for death than everything else I have already done.
Do not mistake. I do not want to die. Please, life is good, there are still many cute girls to meet and many different beverages to try. Shows and shows till time can quit. Students to teach and barriers to breach. I hope to run from here to there and instead of tripping before reaching the finish line; I want to run, far and fast, right through the tape and beyond, then come to my own slow halt.
Along the way, I met the most interesting people along the way and I hope I never lose them or contact with them because I know those memories are ones I hope to experience again with all of you; the Lakeshore boys; the Gator football family; my roommates in first year, the people I was intimate with, the Ryde st. boys, all you wonderful bartenders and my roommates from the end of my time here. All my friends of friends, Stewy, Max, Tanisha, Mac, Kat, Adam; all of you, Thank you for the memories :)
Ill tell you more later, this was certainly a long write today and a hard one because I just couldn't figure out exactly how to get into the topic without going on so many different tangents, so emotional :')
Sincerely,
and good night.
C.B.
My life up to this point in 2014 beginning of spring...well Southern Ontario winter more so, and Northern Ontario spring :P ... Has been interesting. I honestly cannot complain and will not because of course everyone has thing they wanted to do in life but were unable to however, it needs to be recognized what it was that was done. The things that are happening in our lives at the moment never seem half as exciting as it does when we look back on it in retrospect. Sincerely, if tomorrow was going to end, then nothing could make me feel more ready for death than everything else I have already done.
Do not mistake. I do not want to die. Please, life is good, there are still many cute girls to meet and many different beverages to try. Shows and shows till time can quit. Students to teach and barriers to breach. I hope to run from here to there and instead of tripping before reaching the finish line; I want to run, far and fast, right through the tape and beyond, then come to my own slow halt.
Along the way, I met the most interesting people along the way and I hope I never lose them or contact with them because I know those memories are ones I hope to experience again with all of you; the Lakeshore boys; the Gator football family; my roommates in first year, the people I was intimate with, the Ryde st. boys, all you wonderful bartenders and my roommates from the end of my time here. All my friends of friends, Stewy, Max, Tanisha, Mac, Kat, Adam; all of you, Thank you for the memories :)
Ill tell you more later, this was certainly a long write today and a hard one because I just couldn't figure out exactly how to get into the topic without going on so many different tangents, so emotional :')
Sincerely,
and good night.
C.B.
Creativity Break
Creativity Breaks are important. Every so often we are blessed with moments in life where we feel inspired or so proud of ourselves that we absolutely need to write down a thought or idea. I am not doing that here merely, giving myself a pat on the back as I enjoy writing so, my hard work paid off and I am taking ten minutes to write a brief little entry about...well I guess, essentially it is about how we need to remember that giving ourselves a pat on the back or a little reward is always important.
Conditioning is certainly what the idea is here, a reward/punishment system or as teachers call it, "token system". Student does something good, therefore they receive an incentive. That is ( think at least), the most basic "101" example of our survival instincts. One of the only primal things left about our ancestry that we full well still accept today.
Story about a guy with a dog. Guy named Pavlov (for those readers who know the story feel free to skip on). Had this big ol'dog, not sure what kind but for the story's sake, lets make it a beethoven looking dog, and lets say he totally had a keg of beer around his neck, because honestly. Who would not want a dog that just brings them beer. That is a dog you could TRULY call Molson. I think Molson is a great name so we shall call Pavlov's dog Molson (but side note: it drives me crazy how many people call their animals molson, yet that animal has nothing to do with beer, I mean; at the very least you could even say I was drinking Molson when I decided to get a dog, next thing I knew I was drink and there was a dog humping my leg when I woke up). Whatever, I just hope people are collecting on sponsorship of Molson-Coors :P or that Molson is collecting on that copyright :P SO! Pavlov's dog Molson, was a right alcoholic. it was terrible, this dog would party till the wee hours of the morning and was just a crude and rude individual. All the female dogs really didn't like him and he was certainly on the verge of doom. So Pavlov took pitty on this mistaken creature and felt like it was his fault since it was because of him that Molson became an alcoholic. Well seriously, I mean, the dog has a keg on its neck and when Pavlov is drunk, he is a mess, so he messed up putting the cap back on the keg a few times and spilling happens, then licking of floor/beer happens then the dog is looking at Pavlov and Pavlov gets angry cause he thinks the dog is judging him so he storms of to bed. The dog is curious and decides to venture into this unknown taste which soon comforts him all to well and helps him forget about the ruthless owners he has had in the past. Pavlov is going to cure Molson of his addiction, every day he gives Molson a beer and then makes him vomit immediately after. He probably does this for a week, three times a day. on the first day of the new week he tries to give Molson a beer and whaty happens? he vomits, so the dog's alcohol tolerance and self respect have not only gone down but his body has developed a natural ability to say "NO!" and not accept the alcohol. Afterwards, Molson lives a very boring and born again life after tearing out the throat of Pavlov since he ruined the one thing he truly loved in life. Every dog has its day, the end.
So ya, conditioning, its a thing. Remember, dogs named Molson...dangerous! Alcoholic dogs that are recovered alcoholics, even more dangerous :P but most importantly, reward yourself. Thanks for reading <3
ps. totally just jealous cause I want to get a dog that I think can proudly carry the name Molson :(
Conditioning is certainly what the idea is here, a reward/punishment system or as teachers call it, "token system". Student does something good, therefore they receive an incentive. That is ( think at least), the most basic "101" example of our survival instincts. One of the only primal things left about our ancestry that we full well still accept today.
Story about a guy with a dog. Guy named Pavlov (for those readers who know the story feel free to skip on). Had this big ol'dog, not sure what kind but for the story's sake, lets make it a beethoven looking dog, and lets say he totally had a keg of beer around his neck, because honestly. Who would not want a dog that just brings them beer. That is a dog you could TRULY call Molson. I think Molson is a great name so we shall call Pavlov's dog Molson (but side note: it drives me crazy how many people call their animals molson, yet that animal has nothing to do with beer, I mean; at the very least you could even say I was drinking Molson when I decided to get a dog, next thing I knew I was drink and there was a dog humping my leg when I woke up). Whatever, I just hope people are collecting on sponsorship of Molson-Coors :P or that Molson is collecting on that copyright :P SO! Pavlov's dog Molson, was a right alcoholic. it was terrible, this dog would party till the wee hours of the morning and was just a crude and rude individual. All the female dogs really didn't like him and he was certainly on the verge of doom. So Pavlov took pitty on this mistaken creature and felt like it was his fault since it was because of him that Molson became an alcoholic. Well seriously, I mean, the dog has a keg on its neck and when Pavlov is drunk, he is a mess, so he messed up putting the cap back on the keg a few times and spilling happens, then licking of floor/beer happens then the dog is looking at Pavlov and Pavlov gets angry cause he thinks the dog is judging him so he storms of to bed. The dog is curious and decides to venture into this unknown taste which soon comforts him all to well and helps him forget about the ruthless owners he has had in the past. Pavlov is going to cure Molson of his addiction, every day he gives Molson a beer and then makes him vomit immediately after. He probably does this for a week, three times a day. on the first day of the new week he tries to give Molson a beer and whaty happens? he vomits, so the dog's alcohol tolerance and self respect have not only gone down but his body has developed a natural ability to say "NO!" and not accept the alcohol. Afterwards, Molson lives a very boring and born again life after tearing out the throat of Pavlov since he ruined the one thing he truly loved in life. Every dog has its day, the end.
So ya, conditioning, its a thing. Remember, dogs named Molson...dangerous! Alcoholic dogs that are recovered alcoholics, even more dangerous :P but most importantly, reward yourself. Thanks for reading <3
ps. totally just jealous cause I want to get a dog that I think can proudly carry the name Molson :(
Friday, April 4, 2014
Begin.
These blogs started, or at least my fancy for them started when I was but a youngster. I had always been obsessed with social media and recording my life, moment by moment as though I was going to forget everything that has ever happened. I horde away so many objects from my past, so many moment saving objects. It was so bad at one point I saved the box from the first Trojans I had ever bought. Don't be a goomba, obviously I threw it out when I realized it was weird and that she broke my heart...and that I ugh just kidding, but really I did throw it out. I think the most precious item I used to have was my journal. It had everything in it (everything is pretty much the whole point to this blog for me :P) but then my mom burned it, ugh; another can of worms...we are good, we love each other, just don't always see eye to eye, she doesn't agree that in order to learn, one must act and learn for oneself. I know only because I myself have seen this happen before. A friend gets into a relationship, you say "not a good idea, she is...not a nice woman"; this disregard your warning and then return with a heavy heart. This action repeats itself and time and time again until the person finally figures it out...same sorta relationship with my mom and I :P
NO! I did not say I was dating my mom, geez louiz papa cheez, you are one sick and twisted individual, and you are making my spin off track here, can I please continue now? thanks.
So as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted. >: | your mean, stop bugging me.
SO! ya, I have always had a fascination with archiving away my life, in hopes that one day someone will be able to learn from it or maybe I will get famous or best of all; I will be a few years older with a son who I will be able to pass these objects on to and show him the possibilities out there for him as my parents did for me. In fact right now as we speak I am developing a family heir loom. my ring, I have had it for a number of years and I have seen it go many a places...we will say...the history behind it...well I was walking through Mac's Mart, saw a rolling stones ring and and AC/DC ring; I am a fan of Metallica, so my heart was actually broke. Nonetheless, I wanted a ring so I chose to freely take the Rolling Stones ring. Yes, dark years were upon me up until the Big Dirty of two years ago -_- I could not risk supporting AC/DC fans while I was fighting for...rooting for at most actually, oh 103.3 Buffalo Rock Radio..how the mighty have fallen :P
So, now that I accomplished next to nothing of what I wanted to say; Ill talk to you, next post :) maybe on a less confusing basis...or maybe not, maybe more! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Cheers!
NO! I did not say I was dating my mom, geez louiz papa cheez, you are one sick and twisted individual, and you are making my spin off track here, can I please continue now? thanks.
So as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted. >: | your mean, stop bugging me.
SO! ya, I have always had a fascination with archiving away my life, in hopes that one day someone will be able to learn from it or maybe I will get famous or best of all; I will be a few years older with a son who I will be able to pass these objects on to and show him the possibilities out there for him as my parents did for me. In fact right now as we speak I am developing a family heir loom. my ring, I have had it for a number of years and I have seen it go many a places...we will say...the history behind it...well I was walking through Mac's Mart, saw a rolling stones ring and and AC/DC ring; I am a fan of Metallica, so my heart was actually broke. Nonetheless, I wanted a ring so I chose to freely take the Rolling Stones ring. Yes, dark years were upon me up until the Big Dirty of two years ago -_- I could not risk supporting AC/DC fans while I was fighting for...rooting for at most actually, oh 103.3 Buffalo Rock Radio..how the mighty have fallen :P
So, now that I accomplished next to nothing of what I wanted to say; Ill talk to you, next post :) maybe on a less confusing basis...or maybe not, maybe more! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Cheers!
Pilot.
Welcome.
To my fellow reader,
This is the beginning of a story. The story is unlike any other you have ever heard as it was/is my own. Any and all stories you read in here are true and for the sake of friends and family; i try not to use fake names. Just kidding, they are all fake names, think I want to hand out any fame from this to others? pfffttttt.
The story begins in a time, and place (obviously); and if you wait one moment, I will start it, geez louiz papa cheez!
Oh my, where are my manners?
I am Carmelo Bono, you don't know me, but you do now...sorta, we have not met officially but if you really want to, I like two milks in my Tim Hortons coffee (I am also Canadian obviously). I am half Italian, clearly referring to the better half ;) and love the show How I Met Your Mother, well I did...then they had that ending which was a total joke...and April Fools joke I hope...
Any-who, in the pages to come you will read the some of most sickening (and sick), things; things that may help you; things that you may hate me for. Regardless, please enjoy and remember, "The unexamined life, is the life not worth living." -Socrates
:) Cheers
-C.B.
To my fellow reader,
This is the beginning of a story. The story is unlike any other you have ever heard as it was/is my own. Any and all stories you read in here are true and for the sake of friends and family; i try not to use fake names. Just kidding, they are all fake names, think I want to hand out any fame from this to others? pfffttttt.
The story begins in a time, and place (obviously); and if you wait one moment, I will start it, geez louiz papa cheez!
Oh my, where are my manners?
I am Carmelo Bono, you don't know me, but you do now...sorta, we have not met officially but if you really want to, I like two milks in my Tim Hortons coffee (I am also Canadian obviously). I am half Italian, clearly referring to the better half ;) and love the show How I Met Your Mother, well I did...then they had that ending which was a total joke...and April Fools joke I hope...
Any-who, in the pages to come you will read the some of most sickening (and sick), things; things that may help you; things that you may hate me for. Regardless, please enjoy and remember, "The unexamined life, is the life not worth living." -Socrates
:) Cheers
-C.B.
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