news, fish, home

it's been a bit since i wrote on here. a few things have happened.
i now work for myself. i don't have a name yet, workin on that. i contract under 8 different companies to clean windows. there are a few that i work with regularly, and the rest the odd time. it's ok so far.
hard to find work in the winter, but i had an awesome job come up. 3 winter months doing hirise caulking at a great wage. only problem is it's 3 hrs north and i'd be gone 5 days at a time. i'm gonna see if 3 days/wk is ok. shouldn't be a problem.
ashaya is due nov 18. so we have less than 2 months now. everything is going fine. i'm just about to paint our apt. was gonna do it today, but i'm pretty sick with this stupid cold. i don't wanna do NOTHIN'.
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ok, so what the hell? why does anyone even compete with heinz?? i mean, everything else SUCKS! i was at this restaurant the other day, i get breakfast (sucked too) and i wanted ketchup for my potatoes. they give me this generic red squeeze thing. i'm goin', "aw man. what's in this?"

it wasn't heinz. so my crapy potatoes tasted even worse... good. exactly how i wanted to start my day. oh... OH! THEN.. i went to the same place for lunch, which for some reason i like to call dinner. i get the "house special". which is fish n chips. which makes me happy cuz i like fish. it's hard to find good fish in toronto. and this MUST be good, it's the "house special".
was it good? ...NO! house CRAP!! i think they got the fish outta a box at NoFrills. i ask for tartar sauce. they give me those little packs of kraft. wha? ah..c'MON! tartar sauce is the EASIEST thing to make!
so 2 things i have sworn off in toronto (ya, SWORN off) is fish and alexander keith's draft, which are both only good back home.
there, 2 more reasons to miss home.

freakin BORED!!!!

ya so, now, cuz i have NO! car. i'm stuck not doing some of the jobs i could be doing. such as : jobs in barrie, or ... around. when i had the car i was all OVER the place. barrie, north bay, owen sound, mississauga. those were long days. i heard north bay is the pregnancy capital of canada

so now i can't schedule those big jobs. i've done one job since then. a preasure washing thing on jane at 4 in the freakin morning. i'm getting pretty stressed out.
i applied for this job. not contracting. but a REAL job. haven't had a real job in a long time. i've been doing seasonal for too long now. it's this building that i work cleaning it. like hallways and crap like that. dusting. BUT!! i get to live in the building! i'd get this freakin HUGE 2 bdrm apt worth over 1200/month! they pay all my utilities!. i just have to pay internet/cable/phone! and i still make like 14 bucks an hr!
hope i get that. then i don't have to worry about running out of work in the winter, right around when the baby is on it's way... WHICH, we went to the doctor-woman for the ultrasound! REALLY cool! they gave us some pics. one of it sucking it's thumb! i'll try n get those up. my scanner is shite.
ya ok, back to my week-long holiday.

long time no blog

hey. it's been awhile since i've been on here. got a car. a week later the engine seized. almost like it had a SEIZURE. my car seized, slash, seizure. the motor shook violently and made lots of weird sounds. then as if it had never happened, just stopped. but it would not start again.
SO. that means i have no car now. just as i was getting used to a car, and cursing the buses, saying, "hunh, i will never ride on a STUPID bus again. i'm too GOOD for that."... it dies. and i feel regret for the harsh words i used when i passed the buses. "yeah, SCREW YOU, bus." also, "HA! bus."
i have to find another car. it's become an ordeal to go to the store. i have to walk. i can't drive. i can't walk outside and get in my car. cuz my car had a seizure and is dead. it is IN the junk yard. it's junk. it was junkED.

Pictures at work

i'm drinking a guiness riiiiight...niowNOW!!!!! yeah it was good!
ya so... here's the building i been on for the last few days

This building is awesome. i have a guy on the roof moving a rolling beam around for me, then running down to get a boat when i'm done the drop.

check the hair, it's all flippy. i haven't cut it since i buzzed it short 6 months ago.

bein' saaaafe

saaaaafe

DEAD DEAD OMG I MADE A HORRIBLE ERROR!!!!


ATTACK OF THE BIRDS!!
man, you shoulda seen all these birds. they were circling around me.
i AM the crow! KAAWW!!

This is my buddy, chris, he's got this magical power where he doesn't have to be BEHIND the camera to take a picture. he's also very much bigger than me.

such a dork.

Atlantis, Ontario Place

here's the building i'm workin on.
it's a dance floor on the roof. the building is over water, so i have to drop down into a boat. it's actually kinda fun, and i get a change of scenery. i'm always lookin at pavement, and other buildings, but here i get the lake.

i don't do it at night

Business

so i'm trying to start a magazine. it was a mag that i did in school.
i've been looking into government grants for starting a small business. there are TONS of grants in ontario. i've got to do up a business plan and figure out design. i've got a guy here that i've kinda been talking to for a bit of help. should be fun. i'll post when i get a bit farther.

Old Lady

Friday i was working on this building. it's above Allen rd. on Dufferin.... not like anyone who reads this knows where that IS, but..... it was a short 4 story building. started off having a ladder guy there and he worked his way around the building some, about a fifth of the building. i was done my job, so i came to help.
BUT he was tired and his back hurt, so i grabed my ropes and started doing drops. we didn't get very far then ended for the day...
-----next day. which is friday. what i told you wasn't friday, it was wednesday. thursday it rained.
-----ok...
friday. i get to the job. start working. then i run into this old lady near the elevator. ARG. just thinking about her makes me mad. every highrise guy knows what i mean, and know what i'm gonna say next.
she says, "you didn't do my bedroom window."
i say in a very annoyed voice, "i'm not done the buiiiildiiiiing!"
her- "but why did you do my livingroom window and not my bedroom window?"
me- "because i can only do one window at a time."
her- "but i can see bird poop on my window. it's on the outside."
me thinking- "ah ya. i hope"
me saying- "where are you, on the back of the building? i have to finish where i am first."
her- "i'm apartment 314. PLEASE do my window!"
me- "wait till i'm done the building, and if you have a complaint, THEN make it!"
------this whole time she's following me up the elevator. ugh

SO i go back to work. a few drops later she's below me on the ground.
her- "You didn't do my window yet!"
me- "LADY! i HAVE to finish THIS FIRST!! (as i point down the front of the building) before i can get around to the BACK of the building!!!!"
her- "well make sure you......" blah blah i put my headphones on.
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then she gets me at the elevator again an hour later.
her- "are you done the front yet?"
me- "NO, you just SAW me on the front!"
her- "i want my window cleaned. it's apt 314. there is bird poop on it. it's dirty..."
me- "LOOK it will be done before i leave. and if you have a complaint, THEN complain... when the job is DONE"
and i ran to the elevator.
---it reminded me of that movie, The Duplex, with Ben Stiller. he had an old lady living above him. man i was pissed. as she talked i kept dreaming of things to do to her. like grab her by the hair and rub her face on the wall. or take her to the roof and hang her by the foot off the side of the building. i was pretty mad. but i finished the building.
then i had to carry all my gear like, a mile to the shop cuz my stupid boss can't give me a truck, or 2-way radio, or even get a guy to check on me. that crap weighs about 60 or 70 lbs.
other than that. the day went great.
--today was saturday, had a buddy over. we watched The Ringer, cuz he hadn't seen it yet. funny movie!
-i bought some new kicks. man they are WAY better than my old ones. old ones had hols on the bottom. i bought them back in nova scotia. these are Airwalks, black, and no holes. they were 40 bucks too!
k, i'm goin ta bed! bye