What’s with the Candy here?
Do you ever get that dreadful feeling when you know that there’s something crappy that you’re going to have to deal with at work or perhaps it’s the mere thought of facing something that is just really shitty in general. Well, I know I’ve experienced this a couple of times in the last little while and there’s this built up anxiety that looms over me every time it happens. I woke up the other day and that was the first feeling that came over me. It’s a troubling feeling when you wake up and it’s doom and gloom right away. And it was all because I knew it was going to be a busy crappy day. On the flip side, I’ve also noticed that I usually over-anticipate things. So when the time comes and it’s time to face the music, it’s usually not that bad. It’s one hell of a defense-mechanism. I’ve got a lot of grey hairs to show for it.
I don’t know what is so special about these candies here, but everybody has them. I shit you not, when I say everyone because I see them every place I go to. All the restaurants have them, all of the lobby’s carry them, the banks, etc… They all have these complimentary candies that they leave out and they’re all the same assortment of hard sweets: some Werther’s Originals, A&W candies, butterscotch, strawberry, different flavoured swirly candies. I don’t get it. There must be a group of people that peddle these things for charity cause everywhere I go, I find them staring at me, coaxing me to have one. I generally don’t unless they have Werther’s Originals, and that’s only sometimes too. I’m just sick of seeing them. It’s weird when a bowl of variety candies isn’t enough variety for me. I guess I am just more and more difficult to please.
This weekend, it felt like Groundhog Day, I somehow managed to go to Costco four times, and IKEA twice. It’s not that I love going to Costco that much, it just worked out that way. I went the first time to specifically pick up beer, a second time with the intentions to buy a rug, a third time to actually buy the rug (from a different location), and a fourth time so that my colleague Gurp could buy a rug too. We would have gone to the one in Woodbridge too, but it wasn’t open yet (not until May 5th). You must be thinking, ‘that must be one hell of a rug!’ Well, to quote The Dude from the Big Lebowski, "That rug really tied the room together" and I think that statement holds true. I love the rug that I bought. The price was good, the size was nice (10′x7′), and the different patterns they carried were nice too. 
Anyway, all of the trips weren’t that bad because most of the visits were relatively short. But admittedly, it was probably three too many trips. IKEA is always sold out of stuff. They just need to carry more products in black-brown. If you go to the self-serve area to pick up your desired item, there’s a good chance that the bin will be empty. Anyway, I picked up a coffee table for $40 cause I was tired of using the stupid futon. I picked up a TV stand too. 
I was sick of watching it off of the floor.
Lately the weather has sucked something fierce. It’s been cloudy and grey the past few days here and right now, the wind is trying to blow my windows out. It is seriously scary because this building is old and I don’t have a lot of faith in these windows. I’m sure I’ve lost my window screens too. I thought having windows was a good thing, but when they keep rattling like they are right now, then it’s just unnerving. I live on the top floor so I actually hear the wind from the roof too. I just hope it doesn’t keep me up. I wonder if this kind of weather wreaks the same havoc as it does in Vancouver. There are a lot of trees here too, so it wouldn’t surprise me if I wake up to stories of giant trees being uprooted and blocking the highway. Scary shit!
I’m going to close this off for now, and I wanna put out some final thoughts:
- stop voting for Sanjaya people!
- Lost was great last week; finally something interesting
- 24 finally took a turn for the better; Chinese people sure are relentless
- Go Canucks!
- if there’s any interest of going to NJ for a concert, let me know, I think I’ll be going in July
- I’m out!
