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Swag vs. Class

So there's been this endless debate about Swag vs Class and I can finally give my opinion: Class all the way.

Class has been around for much, much longer than swag, which I refer to as "Adolescent, grubby Class" I mean think about the differences, Swag has muscle shirts, bad goatees, and straight ball caps and baggy pants with sneakers.

Now Class on the other hand is much more refined: a good suit, sharp tie, facial hair trimmed and neat and hair nicely done and not hiding under a hat with a pair of shiny shoes.

Based on those two comparisons, plus many great men have embraced Class for far longer than Swag. Take any old-time musician or businessman and compare them to Jersey Shore and clearly there is a winner in terms of what looks good on guys.

thinking about moving.

So.  Ive been thinking recently.  maybe calgary is tapped out for me.  i would like to be closer to my family and that maybe ive outgrown my hometown.  I know where all of the good stuff is here in ol Cow-Town. 

Calgary just feels stale for some reason, like theres not a whole lot happening here, either with my job or social wise.  and a place ive been thinking about moving to is Vancouver.

now hear me out: its right on the coast, an 8 hour drive to my family or a really short plane ride or train hop, and with my job I can move anywhere in canada and have both my job and my pay-rate.  i mean sure calgary is my hometown but it only lasts for so long that a place feels stale and unexciting.

i looked at places to rent in vancouver and the surrounding area.  check this out: a basement suite with a gas fireplace and one bedroom at 700 square feet i can get for less than 800$ a month!  with all utilities included!  its crazy!  I pay the same amount for less than half the space!  so its something to consider for me, if things dont work out with my current love interest.

being closer to my family is important for me and if that means moving away from my hometown of 4 years then so be it.  besides, i think i might be done with all this crazy 'snow' stuff.  I love how it makes everything white but to drive in it is something completely different.  it sucks.

three day weekend!

yes! i managed to snag a three day weekend!  i personally think everyone should have a long weekend every once in a while.  i would say about once a month.  from the boring motony of working all the time i personally think it should be mandatory for every profession.  everyone from world leaders to the lowly mc donalds worker.

everyone likes weekends and if i was a world leader i would try and mandate long weekends through my country.  happy workers are productive workers right?

Friend zone.

I am here to tell you one thing tonight: the Friend Zone does exist.

Science seemingly has proven this relation anomaly as myth but I am here to tell you that it is in fact very, very real. I had been seeing this woman for the past two weeks now and gone one two dates with her.  I feel that things are going in a very positive direction with the dates leading somewhere.  Tonight i received a message from her saying basically: i like you but im not feeling it.

Really?  she told me multiple times that she liked me but then decided to put me on a shelf like a bad piece of china never to be used again?  Seriously?  But i am confident that this happens to everyone, where in their mind they think its going well, but then the other partner pulls the rug from under their feet.  Its disheartening to say the least, and I will never understand how a female's mind works.  Ever.

We have advanced diagnostic tools that can scan a brain in real-time and give us feedback instantly but the inner workings of a womans' brain?  Forget about it.

Dating?!

Yes.  I went on a date, and it was AWESOME! i wont get into specifics but it went really well and I am on track for another date with the wonderful woman i met tonight.  its been WAY too long since ive had some genuine, human interaction and its something i think i deserve.  Now ive got to plan the second date, which of course cant be a repeat of the first date, that just makes you look tacky and unimaginative.  im so glad the internet has all kinds of dating ideas, it was actually from the internet.

Now ive got to scrounge around for more ideas, if you excuse me.

Hello world!

Yes, its a blog posting!  i know, long time no posting right?  Anyway, im typing away on my new bluetooth keyboard that i just managed to snag today, its been so long since ive typed on  a real keyboard and having a keyboard for my nexus tablet is just icing on the cake.  But enough about that, Im here to talk about something thats been bugging me for a long time now:

Canada treated as a third world country.  With technology I mean.

Yes, i had this revelation a while ago, that in terms of when new technology comes to the great north, we are usually the runt of the litter.  All the technology seems to get released in three areas first: the US, Europe, and Asia.  Then it gets filtered down from there and finally in either the second or third wave we are able to get our mitts on the newest phone.  Want to know whats really bad though?

Research in Motion, or RIM the makers of Blackberries and their Playbook are based and operate in CANADA! right at Waterloo, and all their new stuff gets released in the States first!  it makes me sad to see a Canadian company ignore its own people and just deny us our tech goodies.

iYawn 5

So apple came out with the new iphone and personal opinion it sucks really really bad.

Apple will always play catch up now and things won't look better for them--ever.

I found this and I just shook my head. They changed 3 hardware things and a bunch of software stuff and expect people to get it with open arms.

Even my phone the moto RAZR a phone from yesteryear is better than the new iPhone they just came out with.

Apple. I am sad that you have failed to innovate.  Again.

Skyrim

Yes, this post is bout a game, but I'll be comparing it to something close to my heart: Canada.

How?  Let's factor in a bunch of stuff in a general sense: a massive country with tall jagged mountains and rolling hills?

Skyrim check
Canada check

Hard working people resistant to cold and snow and love to play in said snow and always want an alcoholic beverage of some kind?

Skyrim check
Canada check

So I think Bethesda really had our great white north in mind when they made the game, and that's one of the reasons I like it so much.

And its over

Yes. I am returning to the frozen north, well its not frozen but give it about 3 weeks and it will.

Like the title says, my wondrous vacation is over, i should never, ever stay away from my family for more than a year at the most.  Its nicer that my family follows my Facebook postings, it's nice to know they care. 

i got a bunch of clothes and games all at crazy American prices; not like Canada where a pair of pants is 35$ and games are 70$ it's almost highway robbery!

On vacation

It feels good to be on vacation, don't have to worry about work, dealing with traffic, or bills for a while, its just a wonderful experience. I think everyone should take vacation at least every 6 months. It should be a requirement for working at a place, its just awesome.

:| I made that emoticon

That's basically my expression at the moment. See I'm about to go on vacation and thought it would be good to arrive early and best whatever crowds would bee in the airport. Only to realize that i managed to get there 6 hours early, and that i can't check in buy have to wait until the 2 hour mark before i can even get my boarding pass printed.

I honestly thought about bringing my nexus 7 tablet but decided against it, because my phone can already do the stuff that the tablet can do and didn't make sense to bring it.

I know I'm going to need a nap when i get to my destination! I will be one sleepy man when i get there.  And its exactly like my coworker said: I'd be too excited to sleep and presto, its happening just looker he said it would...

Testing the microphone

Okay this is me testing the microphone on the nexus 7 ha ha ha wow that's pretty cool.

So I'm finding that I can't really do dictate between sentences but for the most part I think it'll work just fine. Makes writing down mental note the heck of a lot easier um so I'd just testing this out to see if it actually works and it seems to be working really well.

The only problem I'm finding is that it cant tell where a sentence starts and where sentence ends. So I still have to put in punctuation now to make it easier to read and thats that's okay I'm willing to live with that.

So the next time when I have an actual mental note I'll actually be able to put it down from my brain directly on to the post rather than typing through fingers.

Nexus 7 and Goodbye PCs.

Like the title says, I got myself a Nexus 7 and am ditching the PC world. I have a PS3 now and can play awesome games on that and for the most part my PC gets used for looking at websites, Youtube and reading stuff online. I havent watched any movies that I had stored on my laptop and I figured rather than upgrading to a new PC with all the bells and whistles and dropping some serious money, I figured I would get a tablet.

I looked at this one and thought it would be a good substitute and would go with that one. I was determined to get it, but then saw the Nexus 7 sitting right next to it in the store. It was only 60$ more, with double the memory and the next step in the processor.

How could I refuse? I asked the folks at Futureshop if they had one, but was denied, "You cant find these in Calgary. They're sold out everywhere..." I was determined and there was another Futureshop on the way home and thought Why Not?

I got there and then asked, one went into the back room to see and the other guy chatted me up about the rumours about Apple's 7 inch marvel, which I scoffed at, and then from the back, a man came back with a box: It was a Nexus 7! I just about flipped my lid, we walked to the cash register, and he sighed, saying that he was going to buy that one after work! I smiled inside, and then a SMOKIN' hot girl came up to me and showed me her Nexus 7 saying that she loved hers. My grin couldnt be any bigger as I walked out the store, knowing I swiped the tablet of awesomeness right from their hands and will put it to good use.

Since this is my last post on a PC I figured that it would be cool to do a little send off for PCs, but I cant think of anything right now. Oh wait! Thanks for the games, word processors, and all that other stuff you do. Im gone to tablets and will never look back.

Day off

I love having weekends. I take all the chores and do them on the first day so that the second day is really nothing but relaxing all day long, and so far that plan seems to work every time. Except when i forget to do laundry, and then its something to do on the 2nd day.

On the lookout

I'm on the lookout for a new PC. preferably a desktop so that it doesn't shut down randomly. I'm going to try and breathe some life into my dying laptop by using canned air and see how much life i can get from it before i bite the bullet. But now I'm thinking that since i have a PS3 again and the only real thing i user my PC for is YouTube I'm thinking i might just get a really nice tablet

Yawn.

So I'm on break at work. Its pretty boring here; there's no soda machine, and no sink, its quite sad. I get s whole 15 minutes to spend to myself in silence, unless someone walls through the door.  Thought i would make a post and pass the time.

Maybe I'll see if i can escape early and go back to my studio apartment of solitude.  Although my computer has been acting more and more on the Fritz lately: shutting off when listening to music and typing out a story....might have to replace it sooner than i thought.

I have new Stories!

Remember back a while ago I made a post about how I was writing new stories and stuff? Well I have a link to a profile I made and some of my new stories Ive been working on right here

Yes, the stories about My Little Pony: Friendship is magic. I really like writing about the different scenarios that can occur in that world; since its all new I can create whatever I want and with a little bit of tweaking it can work. Plus how often can I write an awesome story about near-godly ponies taking over kingdoms by force? Or about the despair of defeat and the ultimate choice to surrender?

Like I said, I love LOVE receiving feedback, and you have to sign up on the site to leave a reply or you can just submit a comment here on Blogger. I thought Id update you guys on what Im doing in my free time! And let me tell you I have LOADS of that hanging around.

Writing.

It used to be a favourite past-time of mine. I could sit down and pound out all kinds of stories, ones that were sad to ones that made you cry with laughter. Ever since I got back into writing, I find that it just works for me. People respond to my writing and then it gets me motivated to write more!

Its a wonderful cycle and its one that I hope to keep alive for a long, long time. For the most part its just short stories at the moment, but one of these days Ill get around to writing a nice, big book. I have no idea what it will be about but as long as people gave good feedback on it, I could work forever on it!

Clean house.

I have a clean house! It makes me happy that Im not living in a pigsty any more, that I can see my floor and feel thats clean under my bare feet. It helps buying a swiffer mop. And having a vacuum and cleaning supplies.

So, I went to walmart today but I didnt get my microphone since I had gotten a few frozen things, I didnt want them to de-thaw but it would be kind of a stretch to say that Walmart would have a kick-ass mic that would be perfect for recording auditions and trying to break into the voice acting scene.