note of whats to come

just so everyone that reads this blog is aware, i will be leaving for ireland on sunday. so officially this site will be updated when i get a chance with info from my trip. for instance i may inform you all that i am alive in well... disapointing to some, exciting for others. but really this site may actually have interesting blogs in it for once...

which way please

today i sat contemplating many things. one question that keeps me occupied in thought is, are our destinies predetermined? or do the choices we make everyday alter the rest of our destiny? we have free choice and will, and some will argue that God ultimately knows what we will choose thus our destiny would be predetermined, but what about changing our minds? was the original decision the right one, or the second one, or maybe when we switched back? if i choose something really bizarre tomorrow, out of character even for me, would that have been predetermined, like if i decided to buy a cowboy hat... not likely to happen but i could decide that i'm sure? not too sure... and i would really like the chance to treat life like one of those choose your own story story books, where you can cheat and read all possible outcomes and then decide the one you like the most.

once again cobourg is dumb

so a big plastic factory in my town went up in flames today. spreading tons of toxic gas into our atmosphere, our breathing air and the air of many towns east of our town. for those of you that don't know our town of cobourg is neighboured by port hope which has a huge uranium plant. for all of our safety we should have a very precise and effective evacuation plan ready to go. in the case of a disaster like this the town should snap into action and have everyone evacuated to safety. i could see the flames from the fire from 15 km away and i could see the smoke from even further away, a big pillar of jet black smoke. it looked as though we had a nuclear bomb go off in the middle of town. even the average joe would know how toxic the smoke would be. some not all but some of the neighbouring schools were evacuated, some but not all of the neighbouring business's were evacuated, and some but not all of the roads were closed that neighboured this factory were closed, and one section of houses were evacuated but only a small fraction of those that should have been. it is now 7 hours after the start of the fire and my fair town is still deciding if it should evacuate. this should have been decided in the first 20 mins of the fire. we are playing with peoples lives... people are trusting the cobourg officials to make decisions for their safety. plastic fumes are some of the most toxic fumes out there, and the cobourg officials have let people live in these conditions for hours. a carbon monoixide alarm went off at work and one of the employee's took it outside to see where the safer place would be and outside it had a reading of 600... this is far beyond dangerous. i really hope that the town of cobourg is ready to deal with the fall out because of this. guarenteed there are going to be many health issues stemming from this fire and i hope that cobourg is ready to compensate for these health issues. i had to go into town and i could smell the fumes when i entered town and i was upwind from the factory, soon after entering town i got a major headache, and i was only there for a short period of time. i'm sorry for all those people who live on the wrong side of the fire, and i'm especially feeling sorry for those who no choice but to stay in the effected area (ie brookside inmates, elderly). and i definitely feel sorry for those who are now out of a job.

worstest day ever...

so, i travelled to see my good friend meals before she heads back to sudbury. she made me this awsome great dinner... mmm chicken.... mmm cauliflower.... good stuff. so we decided that the best thing to do was go shopping, so we headed out to vaughan mills mall for some serious shopping. so we're driving along in jaun (my sunfire), minding our own business, stopped at a light (cause that's what we do here) and out of no where a huge lexus suv decides that it likes my car so much (sunfire jealousy is very serious i hear) that the suv decided to kiss my car really really hard. much to my surprise not all kisses are good. my poor little sunfire's butt got pushed right in, and now one of its door just doesn't feel up to opening anymore, but do not worry my trunk is making up for it by refusing to close. stupid suv didn't even have a stratch on it.... but i least i know my car attracts rich people, from texas. after a short trip to the shopping centre we like to call collision central and much harassment from hairy, scuzzy, short, drunken tow truck drivers we made it back to meals apartment.... with our trunk flapping in the breeze. now i have a $500 deductable to look forward to, and 4 recently purcahsed out of 6 beverages now soaking into my trunk... i think this has been the best hiccup as of late... now for a night out... walking... poor poor jaun needs a little time to recoup after his lovefest. and don't worry meals and i are only suffering from a minor to mediocore case of whiplash... i will survive!

greatest day ever!

so today was my last day of work... well one of two jobs. i was sad to go, but excited that i only have to work one job from now on. no more doubles!!! last days are always fun, you get to slack off, and you don't care what you do against the rules cause hey, you won't work there in a couple hours. to top it all off a very cute merchandiser hit on me... that was great. today is my last double for a long time... and i'm actually looking forward to doing it. on a more fun note, i got my first rejection letter... apparently if you don't finish the application process to ryerson university they won't let you in... i think i knew that but i had to check for sure, sometimes they lie. now i'm just waiting for the two other rejection letters that i'm sure are to follow... note to self stop applying to school's and then changing your mind. someday i'll be more decisive.... i wonder when that will be? maybe today... oh wait nope.