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NYE 2021
Our New Years' Eve marking the end of 2020 came and went with little fanfare. The global pandemic had put a damper on the notion of even getting together in groups of 3 or more. Honestly, we slept most of the evening and were awoken as midnight approached, by a flurry of phone calls and text messages from well-wishers, that roused us to a state ( Read more... ) -
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée!
Growing up in Toronto, my parents put me in French Immersion, with the best of intentions, thinking this would give me an edge in life. For me, it was a daily academic nightmare, and resultantly, forged a poor intellectual self-image in my formative years.... but that's not where I was going with this
Every morning at 9:00am we would have to sing ( Read more... ) -
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Our relationship is making advances. Mélisa now let's me snuggle up with her at night. This may not seem a great step to most, but when we first met, she would push me away in her sleep. This is an unconscious reponse due to the many traumas she endured as a child. Now after four years of dating, she finally allows me to snuggle while she sleeps, ( Read more... ) -
Good Morning World.
So a handful of Vitamins with coffee does not help the medicine go down.
It is Saturday morning, and body does not wish to be arisen from its bed. Nonetheless, I am off to help Kathie move her stuff to a new apartment.
For the second time in a year. -
Humpday in NYC
I come down to NYC to occasionally do some facetime and to make sure my billing is caught up if payments are lagging. It kinda like a work focus group where I can meet with all the other designers and contractors.
I used to enjoy it immensely, however I now find it a chore. I get little sleep, and most of my time is spent going to and from the ( Read more... ) -
Aliens
I noted that there are several key phrases absent from the New York dialect:
"Please"
"Thank You"
"May I..."
"Let me get that for you..."
Whenever I use any of these phrases, I am greeted with surprise, occasionally pleasure, and often suspicion.
It's like living among the Ferengi.
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Painful : /
While I have been away they have hired a slew of interns and additional managerial positions (which were needed desperately). There is a trend I have noted, to hireing female blondes between the ages of 21 and 26. Previously we were a company of roughly 90% males (programmers & designers). Now I fear my boss has swung too far the other way ( Read more... ) -
Notes of xenobserver
These strange creatures who resemble humans, meander about in this thriving metropolis, engrossed in the purchasing and selling the newest wares produced by the natives from across their far-flung empire, with little concern for the well being of their brethren. These "Newyorkers" as they refer to themselves are a strange species. They spend their ( Read more... )