Today's Track : Gorecki - Lamb
Day 2...
One day and I’ve already put 75 km on my new car. Actually I did that on purpose because I’m trying to break the car in as soon as possible! I’m supposed to take it easy on the car until it reaches about 2000 km. I’ve already calculated that to be approximately 3.345 gas tanks I have to go through in the city or 2.4364 gas tanks on the highway. Once it’s broken in you can sure as hell bet I’m going to be spreading it’s wings and making full use of all 160 horses.
Ever wonder how they came up with the unit “horsepower”? I wonder if they used a particular horse to measure the amount of power it had and made that the standard unit for engine power. I’m guessing that horse is probably dead by now since the hp unit has been around for awhile. Maybe there’s a stuffed horse in some automotive museum somewhere...
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I’m heading to Vermont tonight with Mark, Dan and Arthur for our last snowboarding session of the year. A little bit worried about this trip now because Mark’s friend Vince just broke his collarbone over the weekend attempting an A-rail which was a good 6 feet off the ground. This guy’s had a bad string of luck lately. About a month ago he banged his head in the half pipe and had a pretty serious concussion. Doctors told him to stay away from snowboarding for a few months. Apparently the concussion affected his hearing as well.
What also makes me worried about this trip is that this is Arthur’s first snowboarding trip since he “fractured” one of his kidneys last year on the rails. He’ll be the first to tell you that peeing blood and being in the intensive care unit is not fun. Having him on this trip is going to make me second guess my rail attempts.
Wish me luck and good health because the spring/summer season is coming up and I don’t want to be in a body cast watching people play beach volleyball!
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Was just talking to Karen about her last name and whether or not she would be taking her fiancé’s last name, keep her own, or hyphenate her last name with his. She said Mrs. Choi sounded odd because that’s what she called his mother. I suggested hyphenating it to Mrs. Nekoda-Choi which doesn’t sound too bad. This got me thinking about whether or not Sonia would do the same with her last name if we eventually got married. Sonia Dong-Le could be mistaken for Sonia Dongle which could be the cause for much teasing (which is something she’s totally not used to). I suggested she could hyphenate it the other way around so that it would sound French and prestigious – Sonia Le Dong. She didn’t like that idea either so I think she’s just going to take my last name.
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One more hour and my weekend starts...
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Today's Track : Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
10:30 am.
On the fourth day after my birthday, there was light – and it shone down on my new car. As a birthday gift to myself last week I signed papers for a new Mazda 3 GT, making this the largest single purchase I have ever made. My first NEW car and the 2nd Mazda I have owned (I used to own a used MX-6). Last night I was so excited I could barely sleep and for those who know me – sleeping is something I don’t have any problems with. I pick the car up at noon and then I have 2 days of joyriding before I go away to Vermont for my last snowboarding trip of the year.
Speaking of which, I got a cheque from my friends to purchase a new snowboard for next year’s season. Did I say how awesome my friends are? Sonia also contributed a large portion of that so I can’t forget to thank Miss Ting-Ting. I love the people in my life right now. There isn’t a single person I care about that’s not a significant part of my life right now and for that I’m the luckiest person on the Earth.
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Upcoming events later this year that I’m looking forward to :
a) Vermont snowboarding trip this weekend.
b) Karen’s engagement party in April.
c) My one year anniversary in May.
d) Collin’s bachelor party in Montreal in June.
e) Collin’s wedding in June.
f) Warren’s wedding in June.
...
2:30 pm
I’m still staring at my new car through the window in my office. I can’t believe it’s raining on my car on the very first day I have it. I want to run out there and put a sweater on it or maybe a tarp. Then I want to give it a hug and maybe rub the steering wheel a little.
10:30 am.
On the fourth day after my birthday, there was light – and it shone down on my new car. As a birthday gift to myself last week I signed papers for a new Mazda 3 GT, making this the largest single purchase I have ever made. My first NEW car and the 2nd Mazda I have owned (I used to own a used MX-6). Last night I was so excited I could barely sleep and for those who know me – sleeping is something I don’t have any problems with. I pick the car up at noon and then I have 2 days of joyriding before I go away to Vermont for my last snowboarding trip of the year.
Speaking of which, I got a cheque from my friends to purchase a new snowboard for next year’s season. Did I say how awesome my friends are? Sonia also contributed a large portion of that so I can’t forget to thank Miss Ting-Ting. I love the people in my life right now. There isn’t a single person I care about that’s not a significant part of my life right now and for that I’m the luckiest person on the Earth.
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Upcoming events later this year that I’m looking forward to :
a) Vermont snowboarding trip this weekend.
b) Karen’s engagement party in April.
c) My one year anniversary in May.
d) Collin’s bachelor party in Montreal in June.
e) Collin’s wedding in June.
f) Warren’s wedding in June.
...
2:30 pm
I’m still staring at my new car through the window in my office. I can’t believe it’s raining on my car on the very first day I have it. I want to run out there and put a sweater on it or maybe a tarp. Then I want to give it a hug and maybe rub the steering wheel a little.
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
I was just playing with a rubber band and I tried to stretch it and it broke. I then started stretching other parts of the same band and they broke. It’s an old rubber band that’s degraded so much that it easily fragments into small pieces at the very slightest bit of stress. It’s like the inanimate version of me.
This reminds me that I should go home and check the expiration date on some of those condoms I’ve been storing since university. Wouldn’t want them fragmenting into pieces under all the stress of sex.
Astronaut- “Houston, I think we have a problem. The shuttle is starting to melt on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.”
Nasa Controller - “Is the shuttle melting or the outer shell of the shuttle is melting?”
Astronaut - “Wait, let me go to the window and check. You’re right, it’s the thin layer of rubber that’s around the shuttle that’s melting.”
Nasa Controller – “Can you do a U’ee and back out of there before our boys are splattered all over the Earth?”
Astronaut – “Impossible Houston, we’ve already entered there’s no going back.”
Nasa Controller – “Well I guess we’ll just have to pray that the rubber holds up.”
Astronaut – “Roger that Houston, don't worry we're coming home.”
Anyhow, I know what you’re thinking – Shaky hasn’t had sex since university; that’s why he has old condoms lying around. You are so wrong. If you come over tonight I’ll show you how wrong you are.
This reminds me that I should go home and check the expiration date on some of those condoms I’ve been storing since university. Wouldn’t want them fragmenting into pieces under all the stress of sex.
Astronaut- “Houston, I think we have a problem. The shuttle is starting to melt on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.”
Nasa Controller - “Is the shuttle melting or the outer shell of the shuttle is melting?”
Astronaut - “Wait, let me go to the window and check. You’re right, it’s the thin layer of rubber that’s around the shuttle that’s melting.”
Nasa Controller – “Can you do a U’ee and back out of there before our boys are splattered all over the Earth?”
Astronaut – “Impossible Houston, we’ve already entered there’s no going back.”
Nasa Controller – “Well I guess we’ll just have to pray that the rubber holds up.”
Astronaut – “Roger that Houston, don't worry we're coming home.”
Anyhow, I know what you’re thinking – Shaky hasn’t had sex since university; that’s why he has old condoms lying around. You are so wrong. If you come over tonight I’ll show you how wrong you are.
Today's Track : Metric - Down
My birthday is approaching this weekend and for the first time in years I’m not having a Dorian Gray complex about it. I’m not in the least bit annoyed that I’m yet another year older and yet another year behind what people my age should be doing. And what is it that we should be doing at the tender age of 28? I suppose signing over our lives to our mortgage; our wives; our jobs. I have three friends already who have purchased houses/condos in the last year or two. I had four friends get married last year. Three friends are getting married this year and two more are recently engaged and set to be married next year (congratulations Karen/Hyun and Arthur/Flo). I’d say 90% of my friends work too much and get paid too little but then again that’s probably what the majority of the population would say as well.
Akiko posted a blog recently about life getting serious all of a sudden. I think we all knew this day would come and we all wondered about it as kids but never really understood the significance and impact this moment would have in our lives. Twenty plus years of being groomed to be responsible for ourselves. (God I hate that word. I really do.) So now we own our own objects of debt. We no longer speak as a single selfish child. We no longer have time to just hang out with our friends. We’re too busy working, balancing our budgets, planning out a family and purchasing more objects of debt. Is this what our parents were preparing us for? Seems a bit daunting doesn' it?
So up until now I’ve barricaded myself in my parent’s home in protest. I’ve refused to purchase any objects of debt until my largest object of debt – my student loan – has been paid off. I work for a company but I’ve refused to let the company work me. I've been scared as hell of the real world.
All this is about to change though. I can feel the winds of change blowing over top of my little utopia. I’ve started working on a budget. I’ve already invested money in some stocks. I’m working on a retirement savings plan. Sometime in the next few weeks I’ll be purchasing my own car. In the two or three years I’ll be moving out on my own and looking to settle down and plan a family.
I’m not worried anymore. Responsibility no longer scares me. I now have the ability to either crash this ship into the rocks or land this ship on some new undiscovered land.
March 21st I turn 28 and it’ll mark the beginning of my independence.
My birthday is approaching this weekend and for the first time in years I’m not having a Dorian Gray complex about it. I’m not in the least bit annoyed that I’m yet another year older and yet another year behind what people my age should be doing. And what is it that we should be doing at the tender age of 28? I suppose signing over our lives to our mortgage; our wives; our jobs. I have three friends already who have purchased houses/condos in the last year or two. I had four friends get married last year. Three friends are getting married this year and two more are recently engaged and set to be married next year (congratulations Karen/Hyun and Arthur/Flo). I’d say 90% of my friends work too much and get paid too little but then again that’s probably what the majority of the population would say as well.
Akiko posted a blog recently about life getting serious all of a sudden. I think we all knew this day would come and we all wondered about it as kids but never really understood the significance and impact this moment would have in our lives. Twenty plus years of being groomed to be responsible for ourselves. (God I hate that word. I really do.) So now we own our own objects of debt. We no longer speak as a single selfish child. We no longer have time to just hang out with our friends. We’re too busy working, balancing our budgets, planning out a family and purchasing more objects of debt. Is this what our parents were preparing us for? Seems a bit daunting doesn' it?
So up until now I’ve barricaded myself in my parent’s home in protest. I’ve refused to purchase any objects of debt until my largest object of debt – my student loan – has been paid off. I work for a company but I’ve refused to let the company work me. I've been scared as hell of the real world.
All this is about to change though. I can feel the winds of change blowing over top of my little utopia. I’ve started working on a budget. I’ve already invested money in some stocks. I’m working on a retirement savings plan. Sometime in the next few weeks I’ll be purchasing my own car. In the two or three years I’ll be moving out on my own and looking to settle down and plan a family.
I’m not worried anymore. Responsibility no longer scares me. I now have the ability to either crash this ship into the rocks or land this ship on some new undiscovered land.
March 21st I turn 28 and it’ll mark the beginning of my independence.
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Today's Track : Metric - Wet Blanket
Falling for the creep, the body leech here he comes
Vicious hypnosis, a clenched fist saying it’s wrong
to want more than a folk song
underneath the shaker knit he’s a brick wall
she keeps falling for the trick vegetariate sing-along
give a little kick with your fine thigh high
Falling for the creep, the body leech here he comes
Vicious hypnosis, a clenched fist saying it’s wrong
to want more than a folk song
underneath the shaker knit he’s a brick wall
she keeps falling for the trick vegetariate sing-along
give a little kick with your fine thigh high
Friday, March 12, 2004
Today's Track : Metric - IOU
A fresh new band with a fresh new sound, not to mention people who are aware of the sad state of affairs in this world. Check them out -- METRIC will rock your brain.
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Clad in chic black, superficially Metric resemble stylish fashionistas and pulsate like a synth-pop band you can dance to, but there's more than meets the eye. Just because they rock the body doesn't mean they can't stimulate the mind.
"The idea is, we're taking [René] Descartes and kicking him down," frontwoman Emily Haines said of the French philosopher who said the psyche and body were mutually exclusive. "We're saying soul, mind and body are together and kicking him where it hurts."
Whatever their manifesto declares, the music works on multiple levels. "If you want to dance to it, then go ahead," said guitarist James Shaw. "But if you actually want to sit down and listen to it, you can do that as well. That's the point."
Musically, the group isn't easily pegged, either. Outwardly, the band's sound is glammed-up 4/4 synth rock, but closer inspection reveals songs within songs, poignant emotions and taut, complex rhythm changes. "It's probably two more steps of refinement than a simple pop song," said Shaw. "It's not that much harder, it just takes a little more work."
The group started in Toronto as a creative partnership between Haines and Shaw in 1995, and the urbane duo refined their cosmopolitan sound over the years by living in New York, Montreal, London and Los Angeles. Along their nomadic path, the pair gave their soft electronic sound a bolt of rhythmic energy in drummer Joules Scott-Key and, shortly after, bassist Josh Winstead in 2002.
While inspiring, their global trek wasn't without adversity. What was meant to be their introduction, Grow Up and Blow Away, fell victim to record-label limbo. So when a new deal was struck, the group scrapped the disc entirely and set off to make what is now their second "debut" album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Reflecting such diverse influences as Duran Duran, Stereolab, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Blondie, Old World Underground bounces and buzzes with new wave romanticism and feral punk snarl, but an undercurrent of stirring melancholy permeates the melodies and lyrics.
"['Combat Baby'] is about disappointment," Haines said of the group's dynamic first single. "Observing things — the blending of twilight, the laming of neighborhoods and the fatiguing of youth."
While Haines reminiscences nostalgically about the past, her observations also perform double duty as incisive social commentary. Politically aware and disillusioned by recent world affairs, Metric created a song in "Combat Baby" that says, "We're not going down without a fight."
"We're not political in the sense where we're not going to say really obvious statements, but having any energy to express [politics] or even talk about it means that you're entering the political realm," Shaw said. "Most people don't even feel entitled to their own opinion. That to me is the biggest crime."
On one track, "Succexy," Haines sings, "All we do is talk, static, split/ Screen as the homeland plans enemies"— a sardonic salvo against apathy and the media's "shock and awe" coverage of the war in Iraq.
"At the time we were making the record ... we were overwhelmed with the amount of bad news [packaged] in a highly entertaining form," Haines said. "Like the glamour of aggression and the gross sex of invasion and making it entertaining. The rhythmic constancy of images made us really bummed about the state of things."
Seducing with their glossy sheen, Metric subvert listeners by reeling them in and then provide them with an almost subliminal subtext to chew on. While confronting ill-motivated adversaries, from velvet rope scenesters ("The List") to those who fetishize retro sounds ("Dead Disco"), it's all balanced with painfully real human emotion; one moment Haines is sarcastic and caustic, the next reflective and bittersweet.
And now that the fashionably tailored members of Metric are ready for their close-up, the distinguished are starting to take notice. French director Olivier Assayas ("Demonlover") has already featured the band in his upcoming film "Clean," their former Brooklyn roommates in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have given them props, and fellow hipsters in the Hot Hot Heat have taken them on tour.
Haines sums up the band's musical goals in the form of a hypothetical over-the-counter drug. "It would give an amazing burst of real energy that was sustainable," she said. "Not like a fleeting caffeine high; you would recognize that your body and mind was young and you'd act accordingly.
"With no hangovers of course."
A fresh new band with a fresh new sound, not to mention people who are aware of the sad state of affairs in this world. Check them out -- METRIC will rock your brain.
...
Clad in chic black, superficially Metric resemble stylish fashionistas and pulsate like a synth-pop band you can dance to, but there's more than meets the eye. Just because they rock the body doesn't mean they can't stimulate the mind.
"The idea is, we're taking [René] Descartes and kicking him down," frontwoman Emily Haines said of the French philosopher who said the psyche and body were mutually exclusive. "We're saying soul, mind and body are together and kicking him where it hurts."
Whatever their manifesto declares, the music works on multiple levels. "If you want to dance to it, then go ahead," said guitarist James Shaw. "But if you actually want to sit down and listen to it, you can do that as well. That's the point."
Musically, the group isn't easily pegged, either. Outwardly, the band's sound is glammed-up 4/4 synth rock, but closer inspection reveals songs within songs, poignant emotions and taut, complex rhythm changes. "It's probably two more steps of refinement than a simple pop song," said Shaw. "It's not that much harder, it just takes a little more work."
The group started in Toronto as a creative partnership between Haines and Shaw in 1995, and the urbane duo refined their cosmopolitan sound over the years by living in New York, Montreal, London and Los Angeles. Along their nomadic path, the pair gave their soft electronic sound a bolt of rhythmic energy in drummer Joules Scott-Key and, shortly after, bassist Josh Winstead in 2002.
While inspiring, their global trek wasn't without adversity. What was meant to be their introduction, Grow Up and Blow Away, fell victim to record-label limbo. So when a new deal was struck, the group scrapped the disc entirely and set off to make what is now their second "debut" album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Reflecting such diverse influences as Duran Duran, Stereolab, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Blondie, Old World Underground bounces and buzzes with new wave romanticism and feral punk snarl, but an undercurrent of stirring melancholy permeates the melodies and lyrics.
"['Combat Baby'] is about disappointment," Haines said of the group's dynamic first single. "Observing things — the blending of twilight, the laming of neighborhoods and the fatiguing of youth."
While Haines reminiscences nostalgically about the past, her observations also perform double duty as incisive social commentary. Politically aware and disillusioned by recent world affairs, Metric created a song in "Combat Baby" that says, "We're not going down without a fight."
"We're not political in the sense where we're not going to say really obvious statements, but having any energy to express [politics] or even talk about it means that you're entering the political realm," Shaw said. "Most people don't even feel entitled to their own opinion. That to me is the biggest crime."
On one track, "Succexy," Haines sings, "All we do is talk, static, split/ Screen as the homeland plans enemies"— a sardonic salvo against apathy and the media's "shock and awe" coverage of the war in Iraq.
"At the time we were making the record ... we were overwhelmed with the amount of bad news [packaged] in a highly entertaining form," Haines said. "Like the glamour of aggression and the gross sex of invasion and making it entertaining. The rhythmic constancy of images made us really bummed about the state of things."
Seducing with their glossy sheen, Metric subvert listeners by reeling them in and then provide them with an almost subliminal subtext to chew on. While confronting ill-motivated adversaries, from velvet rope scenesters ("The List") to those who fetishize retro sounds ("Dead Disco"), it's all balanced with painfully real human emotion; one moment Haines is sarcastic and caustic, the next reflective and bittersweet.
And now that the fashionably tailored members of Metric are ready for their close-up, the distinguished are starting to take notice. French director Olivier Assayas ("Demonlover") has already featured the band in his upcoming film "Clean," their former Brooklyn roommates in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have given them props, and fellow hipsters in the Hot Hot Heat have taken them on tour.
Haines sums up the band's musical goals in the form of a hypothetical over-the-counter drug. "It would give an amazing burst of real energy that was sustainable," she said. "Not like a fleeting caffeine high; you would recognize that your body and mind was young and you'd act accordingly.
"With no hangovers of course."
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Today's Track : Metric - Combat Baby
I saw a taxi cab along the side of the road being towed yesterday. I saw another taxi cab pulling over to give this other guy a ride while the tow truck did his thing. Curiously I wondered whether the 2nd taxi was going charge the first taxi driver for the ride. I’d imagine that he probably didn’t since it looked as though they worked for the same company. It’s probably one of the “benefits” of working for a taxi company. If I was part of the taxi union I’d probably vouch for free emergency taxi rides. I’d probably also vouch for free air fresheners.
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Last night I let Muffin sleep in my room and he kept getting up and walking around the room. At one point I thought I heard him *sigh*. I think I might have woken him up a few times with my snoring. I think he wants to sleep in his own bed tonight.
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My iPod battery has been dying on me and I’m sad to say I’ll have to send it back for repair. Thankfully the repair is still under warranty. It’ll be a sad 10 days without my iPod though.
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Sonia is celebrating her 27th birthday today. We've got dinner plans at a restaurant called Auberge du Pommier tonight. It’s French for "apple tree inn". I just found out that it’s owned by the same people that own Canoe. Unfortunately I didn’t have a great experience at Canoe the last time I was there. The food was mediocre and the price was insanely expensive. Hopefully tonight will be different! I’ve already got great company so I guess I can’t complain too much =) Happy Birthday Ting-Ting!
I saw a taxi cab along the side of the road being towed yesterday. I saw another taxi cab pulling over to give this other guy a ride while the tow truck did his thing. Curiously I wondered whether the 2nd taxi was going charge the first taxi driver for the ride. I’d imagine that he probably didn’t since it looked as though they worked for the same company. It’s probably one of the “benefits” of working for a taxi company. If I was part of the taxi union I’d probably vouch for free emergency taxi rides. I’d probably also vouch for free air fresheners.
...
Last night I let Muffin sleep in my room and he kept getting up and walking around the room. At one point I thought I heard him *sigh*. I think I might have woken him up a few times with my snoring. I think he wants to sleep in his own bed tonight.
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My iPod battery has been dying on me and I’m sad to say I’ll have to send it back for repair. Thankfully the repair is still under warranty. It’ll be a sad 10 days without my iPod though.
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Sonia is celebrating her 27th birthday today. We've got dinner plans at a restaurant called Auberge du Pommier tonight. It’s French for "apple tree inn". I just found out that it’s owned by the same people that own Canoe. Unfortunately I didn’t have a great experience at Canoe the last time I was there. The food was mediocre and the price was insanely expensive. Hopefully tonight will be different! I’ve already got great company so I guess I can’t complain too much =) Happy Birthday Ting-Ting!
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Today’s Track : New Order – Vicious Streak
I’m in total yesterday denial. Yesterday never happened. Today is great. Tomorrow will happen but I’m not sure if it's going to be great or not. I suppose it will probably be better than today, assuming that tomorrow I’m still in yesterday denial.
I have more than a few issues in my past that I totally regret. I know they say you shouldn't have regrets but I honestly don't know a single person who can say that they're completely regret-free.
(Ooooh, that would make a good name for foods that are usually fatty and have been stripped of their fatty goodness! Regret-Free Butter; Regret-Free Bacon; Regret-Free Ice Cream. I digress.)
I think the reason I have so many regrets is because I've made so many regret-inducing decisions (RIDs). I guess a normal life in general involves a lot of RIDs and one of the goals is to gradually become wiser so that we can decrease the RIDs in our lives. That or make enough good decisions to offset them. Either way I'm nowhere near as wise as I should be and I'm nowhere near regret-free. I should start concentrating on making good decisions from now on. If all goes to plan somewhere down the road I'll be enjoying memories from the past instead of denying them.
I hope you're a part of those enjoyable memories.
I’m in total yesterday denial. Yesterday never happened. Today is great. Tomorrow will happen but I’m not sure if it's going to be great or not. I suppose it will probably be better than today, assuming that tomorrow I’m still in yesterday denial.
I have more than a few issues in my past that I totally regret. I know they say you shouldn't have regrets but I honestly don't know a single person who can say that they're completely regret-free.
(Ooooh, that would make a good name for foods that are usually fatty and have been stripped of their fatty goodness! Regret-Free Butter; Regret-Free Bacon; Regret-Free Ice Cream. I digress.)
I think the reason I have so many regrets is because I've made so many regret-inducing decisions (RIDs). I guess a normal life in general involves a lot of RIDs and one of the goals is to gradually become wiser so that we can decrease the RIDs in our lives. That or make enough good decisions to offset them. Either way I'm nowhere near as wise as I should be and I'm nowhere near regret-free. I should start concentrating on making good decisions from now on. If all goes to plan somewhere down the road I'll be enjoying memories from the past instead of denying them.
I hope you're a part of those enjoyable memories.
Thursday, March 04, 2004
Today's Track : The Vines - Get Free
I just set up a blackberry for one of our sales reps. Now all of his company emails are redirected to his blackberry while he’s on the road and in the hospitals. Here’s the email conversation that followed after I gave him the blackberry to take home.
Me - Hopefully you're getting this on your blackberry…send me a message back if you do!
Matt - You the Man!
Me - Awesome!
Matt - This isnot easy to drive and email at the same time
Me - Watch out for that old lady crossing the street in front of you.
Matt - I don't brake for old ladies. Only young ones.
Me - I'm printing a copy of this now and asking Christine to send this to your home. I hope you get back from your trip to intercept this letter before your wife does.
For a small fee I'm willing to burn the evidence before it reaches Christine.
Matt - Good luck collecting. My wife already knows I'm incorrigible.
Me - Incorrigible can easily be edited to "unfaithful". Please make the cheque out to Khiem Le.
Matt - I'll be forwarding these messages to Kip to illustrate what a productive worker you are. “Cheque” this!
Me - I guess the question is whether I'm more afraid of Kip or you're more afraid of your wife.
Matt - You win. How much do you want?
It’s been a productive day at work!
I just set up a blackberry for one of our sales reps. Now all of his company emails are redirected to his blackberry while he’s on the road and in the hospitals. Here’s the email conversation that followed after I gave him the blackberry to take home.
Me - Hopefully you're getting this on your blackberry…send me a message back if you do!
Matt - You the Man!
Me - Awesome!
Matt - This isnot easy to drive and email at the same time
Me - Watch out for that old lady crossing the street in front of you.
Matt - I don't brake for old ladies. Only young ones.
Me - I'm printing a copy of this now and asking Christine to send this to your home. I hope you get back from your trip to intercept this letter before your wife does.
For a small fee I'm willing to burn the evidence before it reaches Christine.
Matt - Good luck collecting. My wife already knows I'm incorrigible.
Me - Incorrigible can easily be edited to "unfaithful". Please make the cheque out to Khiem Le.
Matt - I'll be forwarding these messages to Kip to illustrate what a productive worker you are. “Cheque” this!
Me - I guess the question is whether I'm more afraid of Kip or you're more afraid of your wife.
Matt - You win. How much do you want?
It’s been a productive day at work!
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