Leaving on a jet plane…once I sort out these fees

So the man and I are going on a much deserved trip at the end of November. Me being the planning nazi that I am booked the flights well ahead of time. I paid for the flights in full and was charged a 150$ fee by the travel agency for her time and effort, fine whatever, I was cool with that. So fast forward a month and a half: US Airways cancels our flights for some reason so we had to rebook everything on American Airlines. I get the charges on my MasterCard and look, there is that pesky 150$ travel agent charge again. It’s not my fault the airline cancelled my tickets, why should I pay this fee again?

I asked her why I was being double charged and she answers with “This is the price of doing business. This is how I get paid”. My ass it is. I know full well you make a salary and what, so the airline cancels our flights again or maybe even again? Are you going to keep charging me this fee cause that’s b.s. Anyhow, after a few heated e-mails I now see that the refund is back on my card…ha ha ha biatch. North South Travel sucks don’t use them.

It’s not really all that hard people

I thought I read somewhere that Canada has a 98% literacy rate or something. I guess the entire nation’s 2% of illiterate people ride the Skytrain on a daily basis. There are signs everywhere in the stations posted by the numerous escalators to “Walk Left, Stand Right.” You’re holding everybody up by standing in the middle and refusing to move. Those signs are there to promote traffic flow. Oh, girl in the white boots with the pink frilly corduroy skirt, you should really wear underwear when going out in public or learn to stand on an escalator with your legs crossed…

Classless bling posts

Why do women change their Facebook or MSN Messenger picture to that of their engagement ring? Don’t get me wrong, I remember how excited I was when I got engaged and I love looking at other girl’s rings too but to create an entire Facebook album entitled “My Ring” is just plain idiotic if you ask me. Get over yourself. As Si Si says, "it's crass and classless."

Canadian $ on a rampage

This goes out to my colleague who has to announce every 15 minutes to everyone in 'Cubeland' about how the Canadian dollar is ‘really kicking some ass’. Yeah, it’s fantastic news alright... 250,000 people were laid off from manufacturing jobs Canada-wide this year, people are buying new cars in the States to save some money thus taking a $50,000 purchase out of the local economy 1 car at a time, tourism is at an all time low as it's cheaper for people to stay at home and ski/shop then to come up here like they used to, oh, and you know what the best part is? I still get to pay a 30% mark up on most products on our local shelves as we have not made the necessary adjustments up here yet. Yeah, rock on, go Canadian dollar; idiots.

Annoying Person Habit #4598-9876b

People who think they are good at impersonating accents but in fact, really suck at them. You may think that you sound Italian, Scottish, German or even like Borat for the joke you are telling me for ohhh, the 4th time this week but I hate to tell you that your Fat Bastard sounds kinda like a Newfie and your Borat sounds likes he’s from Montreal.

High 5's are gross

So apparently, 1/3 men fail to wash their hands after going to the washroom, compared to 1/8 women, say researchers who covertly monitored users of public washrooms throughout several cities in the U.S. First of all, eeeew but does anyone else find their collection methodology disturbing, or is it just me?

Take me to your leader

In order to get to my place of work, I must take the elevator to the 17th floor and then walk up to the 18th penthouse floor. Now, I have learned many things since I started working here and one of them is this; I always thought that Ecclesiastical was some kinda Christian church/sect/whatever, but according to the rules of Bentall, Ecclesiastical actually means “pushy little gossiping Chinese women who budge and push people out of the way to get on the elevator first”. They glare at people who get off on lower floors and make loud remarks such as “Doesn’t this building have stairs?" For being a group of Christians selling insurance, one would think they would be a nicer, more polite group of people wouldn't you think?

Good marketing? Lazy parents?

Every time I turn on the television there are ads for all sorts of diapers: Pampers Cruisers, Easy Ups, Baby Dry’s, ones that get cold when you have an accident, etc. What is with this? I know, I know, I’m not a parent but it strikes me as pretty fucked up if your kid can not only tell you that their diaper is freezing cold and wet, they can wash their own hands with the Kandoo soap, etc, but they still don’t have the wherewithal to figure out when to use the potty? Pretty soon the commercials will show teenagers asking to borrow mom’s car and then pan over to a package of diapers made ‘just for your teen’…

Here...let me give YOU a tip!

Tip jars at places like Flying Wedge Pizza, Blenz, Subway? Are you kidding me? I am sick and tired of tip jars all over the damn place. Why should I feel like I have to tip someone for doing something that they are already being paid to do? They are not like a server in a restaurant who may go out of their way to ensure that your meal is just the way you want, clean up any spills and cater to your crazy whims and dietary needs all with a smile on their face when all they really want to do is slap you silly. Counter people are low rent humps who for the most part are sullen, surly, and slow. Why should I be guilted into supplementing your low paying job?

Overreacted?

A Surrey woman who previously took in abused pit bulls was attacked by two of them on Sunday afternoon when they turned on her in her own home. As she was being mauled, an RCMP officer coming to her rescue made a quick decision and shot one of the vicious pit bulls. The victim and her family are now criticizing the officer’s actions and want her to know that their children are now having nightmares about the killing of their dog. Are you kidding me?? I would rather they have memories of that than memories of their mother being torn apart by 2 vicious dogs! That RCMP officer made the right decision and spared that woman further injury, she could at least be grateful. Pit bulls were bread to kill, attack and maul…any asshole who keeps them in a home, especially a home with small children should be put down along with their ‘precious’ pit bull.

This city has gone to the dogs

There is this guy who has two huge Great Danes in the West End and I always see him allowing his dogs to drink from the water fountain in the park on Chilco Street. Those fountains are for people, not for dogs. Don't get me wrong here, I love dogs and I know that they need water but why not bring along a bottle of water for your dog instead of allowing them to slobber all over the park fountain? And don't tell me 'dogs have less germs than humans', whatever, I do not see many humans giving the communal fountain some tongue like your huge ass Great Danes seem to enjoy doing, yeccch.

Kids these days

I was watching the local news tonight and they had a story about these raging soccer mums in some bumpkin place near Kelowna. They were raging because their children lived in the schools catchment area and had to walk 4km to school instead of catching a free ride on the school bus (school buses which are full of children who actually live FAR away). First off, walking is not going to kill you, it’s good for you. Second of all, you knew when you bought your home that you lived within the set catchment area and knew damn well that the school bus did not service your area…why are you acting so surprised now?

Funny enough, the very next piece talked about how this generation of children and teenagers are the fattest ever and how their life expectancy would be lower than that of their parents. It showed a class of Vancouver school kids exercising and then the camera panned in on one girls set of very chunky legs; can you imagine being that poor little girl in the purple stretch pants? She probably raced home thinking that her and her class would be on t.v. that night and instead she saw that she was singled out as the token fat kid…so cruel.

The spawn of Paris

Paris Hilton (who is currently single) vows to have children by the end of next year. Since when did babies become the must have accessory item? It seems that so many immature people are having babies lately (hello Nicole Ritchie, yeah, I'm talking about you). If you are not responsible now, what are the chances that you will become more responsible once baby arrives? You should already be responsible and perhaps even in a relationship before getting knocked up. At least she has money and will not have to suck off her parents for the baby necessities but Paris procreating is a scary thought. I really think that people should have to take an exam before they can get pregnant.

Barnyard antics

It’s annoying enough that you insist on eating carrot and celery sticks in a confined, shared, small work environment but the fact that you insist on chewing them with your mouth open is simply inexcusable. We have a lunch room, use it!

Raise a little hell

It's amazing that you, your Union, and your union leaders would think that considering all of the inconvenience you have caused us Vancouverites as of late, that you would dare ask us for public support. That requires a rationalization process that I simply cannot grasp. I think that us, the taxpayers should rally behind a movement to remove the right to strike from all public sector unions. ‘Forced strike’ my ass.

Surrey is many things...

Surrey, Canada’s auto theft leader is looking for a better image, literally. The city wants your feedback so that they can produce a shiny new logo to augment their current coat of arms. Residents can participate by filling out a survey, there’s also a chance to win various prizes when you provide input. I wonder what the prizes are: those spinning hubcaps to pimp your Neon? Pepper spray for your walk home from Gateway Station? A lifetime supply of small size baggies to dole out your crystal meth in? Hmmm.

Pincushion

Apparently my yang is off! I went in for some acupuncture today seeing as I have been under a lot of stress lately which has affected my sleep and the traditional Chinese doctor said that I have issues with my heart and liver and that my yang is in poor shape. I knew that I was sleepy and stressed but my poor yang *sigh* Now I am sporting some pretty cool ear seeds and sleeping nicely. Placebo? Perhaps but it seems to be working so far.

à la Rodney King

What in the hell is wrong with the Vancouver Police Department as of late? Fatally shooting a bipolar man who was down on his knees, beanbag shooting an innocent guy carrying his cell phone in his hand, having a long time serving officer caught with oodles of kiddy porn in his home…Where do they find these people?? Apparently all you need to do to become a police officer in Vancouver is to have an undergraduate degree in any field. Does having a B.A. in Greek and Roman studies or a B.A. in art history make you better suited to be a beat cop? Computer says no. It’s scary knowing that we are being ‘protected’ by people like this; they have guns for Christ sake! I think we need better psychological testing before giving these people a badge.

How rude

About an hour after the man and I said “I do”, people started coming up to us asking when we would be adding to the family. First off, it’s none of your damn business and second I don’t even know if I can have children because, well, I’ve never tried! How do you know that I want any? Not everyone on this earth feels the need to procreate you know... How do you know I’m even fertile? I swear, the next person who asks me this I am going to make up a story and tell them that I can’t because I was actually born a man or something.

White & nerdy

What is it with all the nerdy white guys going out with hot looking Asian girls in this city? It’s an epidemic. Don’t these Asian girls realise that these guys are single because us white chicks don’t want to date them? And what’s with the creepy 40 something and older guys hanging around the ESL schools on Robson Street hoping to chat one of these young girls up? Creeeeepy. If I were one of these girls, I’d stick to the Coach or Prada handbag as a must have accessory, not a nerdy white guy who wears socks with his sandals *shudder*.

Sleep Country rawks!

The man and I headed to Sleep Country today as our current mattress is a piece of crap and is not conducive to sleeping through the night. Normally I would avoid a huge chain like Sleep Country at all costs but we figured that they would have the best selection. I must say that even though they are pretty cult-like and kept going on and on about how Christine Magee is the best boss ever and the fact that they had a huuuuuge picture of her on the wall by the cashier in a very Mao-like stance…I was uber impressed with the staff. They were helpful, did not push the most expensive product on us, listened to our concerns, etc. I would highly recommend them to anyone; Sleep Country rocks!

I want my damn potato

Why I keep going back to this friggin’ Greek place when there are a plethora of other places to eat in Bentall, I don’t know, but it is one of the few places that always has something vegetarian to eat so I keep going back. Never, not once have they got my order right; I order the platter and pay the platter price but I substitute salad for rice and then I have to fight, argue and whine to get my potato…the potato in which I am entitled to given that I paid for the damn platter so I can get my damn potato in the first place! Gawd, it is not difficult. Perhaps if Greek people or even English speaking people ran the place I would get what I asked for instead of having to explain to the Koreans behind the counter how a friggin’ platter works.

The world is not your ashtray

What in the hell is wrong with smokers anyway? Besides being stupid enough to inhale cyanide, benzene, tar, formaldehyde, pesticides and polonium into their lungs they also seem to have it in their head that they are not subject to littering laws and basic decorum. From a very young age, most of us are taught not to litter, so why is it that every smoker I've ever seen discard their cigarette butts on the ground instead of in an ash tray or trash can (once butted out of course, no need to be both a fire bug and a litter bug)? They flick them out of car windows, stomp on them outside of every office and mall entrance and they discard them in front of bus stops.

Come on, smokers; if you're going to injure yourselves and others via your filthy second-hand smoke, the least you could do is respect public property and cleanliness and clean up after yourselves. Your cigarettes are not biodegradable and frankly, we are tired of seeing your trash all over our city.

Hey PETA! What are my rights?

I almost got attacked by a raccoon on my way in to work today! There were two baby-ish raccoons peering out from behind these fence bars on Harwood Street and a few of us stopped to look because they looked like little convicts and then wooosh, I hear this clickity clacking sound as this big, fat hissing momma coon comes charging down the sidewalk at us! Sometimes I feel like I live in a zoo.

The Idiot

Lynn Colliar with Global morning news pisses me off at the best of times but this morning she showed just how big of a moron she really is. One of the local fire departments is raising money for one of their colleagues who has very advanced cancer and she sends out a ‘hello’ to him and says “I hope that you’re feeling better!!” Jeez, the dude has cancer not a frickin’ cold or food poisoning. Her relentless bashing of all the men on the morning news really gets to me but really, she’s just plain dense; and stop dying your hair, it looks fu*&in’ awful!!! I can’t believe no one has told you already.

Night Market goodness

So the man and I finally drove out to Richmond to attend the famous Night Market last night. The atmosphere was very much like the open air markets in Thailand so we felt right at home pushing our way around the hoardes of short people to look at the various knock off goods that they had. The quality of the knock offs were disappointing compared to the cool stuff that one can find in Thailand so we headed over to the food hawkers instead. Curry fish balls, skewers, Taiwanese cheese tofu, bean curd with Thai sweet chili sauce, etc. The food rocked and it was super cheap. We were stuffed for under $12! Well worth the drive.

Beware of the green eyed monster

Jealousy is an interesting thing. I am at an age where either my friends are really making something of themselves or really bungling it up and still kicking it like they were back in high school. It’s funny because the majority of my friends are getting married, having kids, establishing careers and buying up real estate while they still can. Then there is the minority of my friends who want everything that the majority of my friends have but are not willing to work for it, they just whine about it and try and take the successful/happy ones down a notch every chance they get. You, minority, can have your parties, hangovers and unstable relationships while the rest of us are actually having fun getting our shit together and making a sustainable life. Sure, we all feel jealousy from time to time but when it harms relationships and friendships, perhaps it’s time to check it at the door and get over it already.

Overheard on Davie Street

So I'm walking down Davie Street at around 7:45 AM this morning and I notice that an old restaurant is undergoing a transformation on the outside. In place of the old restaurant is a noodle place of some sort about to open. This couple in front of me is walking and the trendy guy looks at his female friend and says "And really, who doesn't fuckin' love noodles? How can you go wrong??" to which a disgrunted woman standing there waiting for her bus answers "I fuckin' hate noodles so there, too many noodles all over the place". The conversation cracked me up anyway.

It's really not all that difficult

Now for those who know me, you know that I am no rock star in mathematics, but I can still add and subtract with the best of them. So I’m at Starbucks yesterday getting my afternoon fix when the cashier says “$4.21, please”. My money bee* was chock full of small coins and a fiver and there was a long queue behind me so I handed over the fiver, a quarter and a penny. He takes the change and stares at it as if I’d just handed over a wad of Monopoly money and said “Don’t worry, keep the change”.

After the cloud of confusion appeared to clear, he looks up at me and smiles as he hands me over a loonie. I say “Don’t you owe me a nickel?” (to which the mid 30’s Chinese man behind me chimes in “yeah, he does”). The cashier stood there for frickin’ ever thinking, scratching his head, looking around and finally pulls open the drawer to give me my goddamn nickel. It’s not about the money boys and girls, it’s about the principle. This has now happened to me twice in the last 4 days and it happened to my pal Gareth as well this morning when he bought his morning muffin. Do they not teach basic arithmetic in schools anymore? I am tired of being shortchanged by someone too stupid to do simple math.

*(my change purse is a small, beaded bee)

Work makes me fat

So today L. brings in this frickin’ gorgeous blueberry cheesecake because she had too many blueberries kicking around her place. Oh my goodness, as if this isn’t one of the yummiest cheesecakes I have had in a while *drool, bluuuuueberries*. Screw 'office spread', I am headed towards office obesity at this rate if people keep bringing in treats…I am soooo weeeeak.

This one time, at band camp

I am in an organisation with this girl, for the purposes of this blog, we’ll call her Annoying. Everyone in this organization is fairly well spoken, sarcastic and somewhat abrasive; everyone but Annoying that is. She is always relaying stories that are somewhat interesting and then she will say something like “..Yeah, and so then I told him to shove it…Well actually I didn’t say that” or “Yeah, so then I went to city hall and said, ‘I’m not paying for this, it’s your problem, not mine’….Well actually, I didn’t say that”. You’re strange…stop telling these whack stories and if you do, let’s stick with what you actually DID say instead of what you wished you had said but didn’t have the cojones to, mm’kay?

Happy Pride!

So I spent my morning marching in the annual Pride Parade with my fellow Liberals alongside Hedy Fry's float. Our theme this year was 'diverCITY' (Vancouver is very diverse place plus it's fun, blah blah blah you get it). I was walking in a gown with these 3+ inch golden strappy heels and about half way through, my feet were killing me somethin' awful. Seeing Rena and wee little Sloane near the end kept me going though and I hobbled my way to the finish at Thurlow Street. It was a total blast and no matter what anyone says next year, I'm wearing flats!

Rat savior or off his meds?

I was dropping off some mail at the post box on my way to work and as I passed by the alley behind the Bang and Olufsen store on Burrard I noticed an animal cage/trap thingy with quite possibly the largest rat in the whole of the lower mainland in it. As soon as I dropped the mail off I came back around the corner to use the alley as my usual morning shortcut. As I rounded the corner, I saw that this crazy hobo had picked up this caged/trapped rat, threw it on top of his shopping cart of goodies and had taken off running down the alley…WTF was he planning on doing with that rat anyway? **by the way: it was not a pet cage, it was one of those traps with a way in and no way out**

No Bentall, YOU rock

So, I work in one of the Bentall buildings downtown and today they threw a tenant appreciation day for the entire building. There was a live mariachi band, free burritos, chips and churros and the weather was just plain awesome. Even though no one in our company won a prize, we still had a good time. Thanks for the free lunch Bentall, really it was the least you could do considering your elevators trap us and free fall several floors thus scaring us when all we want to do is go home!

Not the sharpest tool in the box

Why do we continue going to Home Depot? It’s like an exercise in repeatedly banging ones head against something very hard and sharp. The last 3 times we have gone to Home Depot we have been told to try Rona instead as they do not carry the basic parts that we needed; what exact purpose do you serve Home Depot??? The funniest part of the adventure was once we realized that Home Depot did not have the part we were after, the man had to use the facilities; their toilet was broken! Their tv commercials are always on about their contracting services and how they can fix and do everything, ‘cha, as if I would ever use them now considering the fact that they cannot fix a toilet. Home Depot, you suck!

Celebration of Light aftermath

Had a wee chuckle over this one; as seen on several home-made posters taped to trees and utility boxes in the West End a day after the fireworks:

"Some asshole kicked over my garden gnome on Comox Street and chipped a small piece of his ear off. If anyone has any information about this let me know, I will beat these fuckers to within an inch of their lives for such a wanton act of vandalism. Peace."

West End residents rock

I have to give a huge shout out to all of the volunteers who came down to Sunset Beach and English Bay and cleaned up all of the garbage left behind from the Celebration of Lights fireworks; you people are fabulous. Despite having several CUPE union members standing there hurling insults at you while you were cleaning, you trudged on. It’s our neighbourhood and I have heard several of my neighbours commenting on how the beach has never been so clean. Perhaps the CUPE members were choked that yet another bargaining tool was taken away from them but honestly, how many of these CUPE employees actually live in the City of Vancouver? Cause I do and my taxes pay your wage…isn't this extortion? Or are you going to tell me that the City of Vancouver does not pay you a high enough wage so that's why you are 'forced' to live in places like Surrey, New Westminster and Port Moody? There is no way in HELL the city should allow your contracts to end a few months prior to the 2010 Olympics; fuck that noise. Flame away.

Dog city

I just don’t get it; dogs in stores. I was in a fairly high end clothing store today and this woman strolls in with some sort of poofy, well manicured dog. The store employee was obviously unhappy that the dog was in the store as she followed it around with a Swiffer broom picking up the dog hair trail. The dog owner looks over to her and says “What? She’s fine…she is very well mannered”. What is wrong with people here? Your dog may be well behaved but you most certainly are not…what makes you think it’s ok to bring your dog into a store or a coffee shop? Are you really that selfish and dense?

Molysmophobia

Hey girls, I hear ya, public washrooms can be nasty places but what’s with the toilet paper barriers on seats everywhere? I would rather you put said barriers down on the seat rather than the ever popular ‘hover method’ (whereby you make a mess all over the place: gross, nasty, eeeew) but if you must make the barrier then please have the decency to throw it away after and not leave your little TP castle half in the bowl and half all over the floor. Were you raised in a barn? Did you grow up with a personal maid? I don’t care; it shouldn’t be someone else’s job to clean up after your paranoia and sloppiness, stop with the TP castles ladies!

Nameless in cyberspace

Anonymity on the Internet is an interesting topic. Some people like to use it for illicit purposes whereas others who have no balls in real life use it to look big and scary on the net. Seeing as a certain negative person who rarely has anything nice to say in real life loves to post here, I would like to encourage them to come on out and stop posting anonymously. I would have no problem if said person posted under their e-mail address or Gmail name like most of you but they don’t. So yeah, please continue to post but don’t be a chickenshit and try to start posting under your name/nickname like everyone else does. This blog was created for me to vent my feelings, frustrations and thoughts and if you don’t like it, then don’t read it; not a difficult concept.

Bitch, please

Why do short people with short little legs insist on hopping off the bus or stepping out of cabs and cutting me off to walk directly in front of me? There is lots of room on the sidewalk for you to walk elsewhere but nooo, you have to go right in front of me even though I have been walking on this path long before you got off said bus or taxi. You try so hard to walk as fast as you can, looking a bit ridiculous mind you. I let you try for maybe ¼ of a block then I get frustrated and easily walk around you because my legs are longer and I am just plain quicker than you are. As I pass you I can hear that you are out of breath, huffing and puffing away…why do you even try?

The Vancouver Country Club

Say what? A slow down of city services? How can they slow it down any more from the status quo? They are already paid a ridiculous amount of money to do menial work and then they bitch and complain that 6 weeks paid holiday is not enough, every stat holiday off is not good enough and the best benefits package around just won’t do. The fact that they would be considered grossly overpaid in any other industry but union work for the city and the fact that they do not see this blows me away… seriously, get over it. Try working in the real world where one is not paid for overtime, one is lucky to get anything more than 2 weeks holiday, where one works on Easter Monday AND Boxing Day, oooooh, yep, that is what the rest of us do. As much as I hate mayor Sam Sullivan I have to say bravo for not putting up with the unions bullshit this time, stick it to ‘em Sammy! It sucks that the city will possibly reek of garbage and filth for a few weeks but doesn’t it already reek like that here?

Messed up

When this story broke out, I know most Vancouverites were thinking “Oh man, yet another Sikh man has killed his wife” but none of us wanted to say anything out loud and be deemed a racist. So the news services towed the husbands line for a few days about alleged masked intruders who broke into their townhouse (in broad daylight mind you), stole nothing and killed her but barely touched him; yeah pretty unlikely story. Anyhow, then on the day of her memorial service, the husband is arrested at the airport trying to flee the country. Not looking so innocent now huh? This is an epidemic, why does this keep happening to these innocent women? It makes me sick.

As seen in the 'Couv

Guest ranter, Drain has these following observances to add to the ‘WTF, did I just see that category’:

An asian guy pulls a U turn on the causeway about 100M from the bridge- I guess he did not want to go over the bridge. It was like a 3 PT turn and by the time he was finished, traffic was stopped both ways. Sometimes I wish I was a cop...he deserves to have his car impounded.

Then, at 8AM on Saturday morning – I was cycling over the Burrard bridge and at the top, a homeless guy with a shopping cart was standing in the middle of the sidewalk taking a leak...very nice...I thought I had seen it all. Nice job Sam Sullivan is doing to clean up the city; I guess his "Broken Windows" program is not working.

Later on Saturday a gal driving a scooter had a cellphone stuck to her cheek with the helmet holding it in place and carrying on a conversation! WTF?

What to do

I have a modern day conundrum here; my good friend C. passed away at the end of May. Every time I log into MSN messenger, I see his chat name and his last tagline “C: sitting in the sun & loving life”. I can’t help but be a bit creeped out. I also feel this intense sense of guilt when I even contemplate deleting him from my chat list because it makes me a sad whenever I see his name there and know that he’ll never be logging in again *sigh*

The drugs don't work

I was waiting for the man to pick me up last night by Waterfront Station when a guy approached me telling me that he was starving and had not eaten all day. I gave him the bag of crackers that I had just opened and started eating and off he trotted, thanking me and not harassing anyone else and looking genuinely grateful. 2 minutes later, the scary witch-looking lady that is always trying to sell stolen flowers comes up to me and says “My name is Jackie and I have been off heroin for 10 months and am in the methadone program. Can I have some money?”, as she is shaking uncontrollably and looking all drugged out. I said ‘no, sorry I have nothing on me’ and she proceeds to hork on my shoe and scream “You look like you never ever help the homeless you bitch!”. Normally I would ignore it but I was in a bad mood and told her to fuck off and go harass someone else. It pissed me off seeing as I had just given someone the only food I had and not 4 days earlier donated over 600$ worth of nice business suits to a women’s shelter that helps women get back into the work force and ready for job interviews. Plenty of us help those actually in need but me giving drug addicts money on the street to help get their next fix is not going to help anyone.

A convenient truth

I was reading the news the other day and saw that Al Gore's son was pulled over going 160 km/h on a freeway the other day. He was caught with marijuana on him as well as loads of prescription drugs. All that aside my favourite part of the story was that he was going 160 km/h in a Toyota Prius! I had no idea that a hybrid car could haul ass like that, wicked.

Peace out

I was walking home yesterday and happened upon a hoard of young Asian girls posing for vacation pictures; they all flashed the peace sign instead of posing or smiling like a normal person. Then as I continued to walk past other touristy spots along my journey, I saw more Asians posing for pictures and flashing the peace sign. Perhaps it’s a victory sign instead of a peace sign but either way, WTF?? Have all those years of Hello Kitty warped their minds? Any insight into this would be mucho appreciated.

Mooove over!

No seriously, YOU move the fu*& over! I am walking on the sidewalk and you and your entourage are walking on the sidewalk. Said sidewalk has room for about 4 people wide max and you are walking with 7 people arm in arm. Do you a) break apart briefly to let people pass or do you b) giggle and ignore oncoming people? Well I choose option c) as an “excuse me, may I please pass?” no longer seems to work. I almost felt bad for barreling through your entourage sending 3 of you spinning and one of you calling me ‘mean’ but I did ask for ‘permission’ to get past and well, who doesn’t like a good ole’ game of Red Rover now and then? Seriously, learn some frickin’ manners ESL students of Robson Street.

Statistics Secret?

Stopped in at the outlet shops on the way back to the Great White North and decided that I needed some cheap and comfy ginch. Bought some stuff at Victoria’s Secret in Bellingham and the ditz behind the counter asks me if I would like to sign up for a free Victoria’s Secret Credit card. I politely answer, “No thanks, I’m Canadian and we do not even have your stores where I live”. She looks at me, bats her eyelashes and says “Well actually, 80% of our credit card holders are Canadian…”. Yeah, as if, at least give me a believable number. That’s like telling me that 80% of Tim Horton’s Roll-up-the-Rim winners are from Mexico, nope, not buying it.