Friday, October 30, 2009

Student of the Month

Today i am so proud of my daughter. Let me tell you why.When we got home today after school she showed me a certificate. It was for being student of the month! I was so proud. She got a gift certificate for a restaurant and everything It said Diana showed a positive attitude in all areas of learning including responsibility . It was so awesome.

Today was her first halloween dress up day at school. This year she is Cinderella. She got to parade around her school in costume with all the other kids. Diana got a ton of candy as well. Also she got invited to her first birthday party. One of her fellow classmates is having a princess themed birthday party. It was really a great day for yammy today! She was so good all day! I can't wait to take her trick or treating tomorrow. When I'm miserable at work tomorrow I'm just gonna think about how happy my daughter makes me.

Thursday kicked ass!

Oh how i love my days off. Thursday was a damn fine day if i do say so my damn self. After taking Diana to school we hit the comic book store. Purchasing comics now counts as job related expenses due to the show. I wonder if we can write that off as a business expense on income tax. We also did a little grocery shopping. We needed lettuce after all. Only downside to the day? My back was hurting all day. It felt like someone had kicked me hard-but no one had kicked me.

Rob and Nickle came by in the afternoon. Their washing machine is on the fritz so we lent them our facilities. While they were here i threw on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Guess what? Now i know 4 people (myself included) that liked that movie. I don't care what anyone else says-Harrison Ford is cool. Ended the evening with the latest episode of Stargate Universe. We'll probably watch some movies tonight to review on the Sunday show. I have nothing prepared. I probably should get cracking on that. Maybe today. We'll see. I may just pass out on the couch. Thats sounds like a likely scenerio.

I'm going to go pick up Diana from school now. I'll probably write again later. Have a good one.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Stupid rainy ,shitty day

Wednesday has come and gone. I must say it was one of the most annoying days i've had in awhile. I woke up to hear that it was pouring rain. That was a really nice walk to work. It was fun working while soaking wet. On my break i went for a walk. A truck drove by so fast it blew gravel into my eye. It took about an hour to get my eye feeling normal again. Then i got told that because it was dead everyone had to take an hour lunch. Ok i could deal with this. I figured that since my lunch was scheduled for 1:00 that they would just have me go until 2. This would allow me to chat with Kath adn i would only have 4 and a half hours of work left. For some reason lunch got bumped up to 12:30. Kath wasn't available to chat and i still had half a shift to go after lunch.

After lunch on my way back into the front door of work i got nailed by badge police. Let me explain. There's 2 doors to get into my building. One gets you into the front door. You need your work badge to get through these doors. Its been stated that no matter what you have to use your badge on the 2nd door even if someone is holding the door for you. Ok no problem. It really doesnt matter on the first door. Some lady opened the first door and instead of holding the door for me made me go back and punch in. Wtf? She wasnt a supervisor or a security guard or anything just some idiot rep. I had my badge out she could see i worked there. Why would i pretend to work there? Thanks badge vice.

The customers were ridiculous as well. Even the most simplest of questions was annoying me. For example. When is my bill due. October 29th. SO when do i have to pay my bill? Are you serious? Don't even get me started on the porno disputes. It was horrible.

I forgot on my way to work my foot sunk through a pile of mud. It was lovely. Nothing beats cleaning your foot in the bathroom of your work place. Good times.

Ok a couple of nice things did happen to me. A couple of people told me i really looked like i was losing weight. It was really nice to hear. I have been dieting for awhile. Even though the scale was showing a lower weight,i really couldnt tell by looking at myself.

After work i got a call from Rachel. It was Nick's birthday and she was inviting me over for birthday cake. It was very nice of her. We shot the shit for about an hour and a half. It was cool and actually was a nice way to end such a crappy day. We looked at old photos of her kids and even some pictures from my wedding in 2001. I'm blessed to have such nice friends.

Monday, October 26, 2009

A boring Monday but that's more than ok

Monday morning is upon us. I have no complaints today. I booked today off from work. Diana had a class trip to the pumpkin farm today and someone needed to pick her up from school. I happily agreed to ask for the day off. It feels really weird to not be working on a Monday. Weird shmeird i'm just happy i don't have to work. So i'm just taking care of some chores and blogging. Yee ha.

Our second podcast was broadcast yesterday. Rob says we had a lot of listeners. More than the previous sunday nigh host. I love my friends for listening. I need to get used to my radio voice. I love Kath's voice and Rob sounds cool as well. Diana made her radio debut. Rob got her to say "yippee ki ay mister falcon." you might know that as the edited for tv version of "yippee ki ay mother fucker" from the die hard series. I thought we did ok. I love doing the show and even though i'm not prepared for the next one,i can't wait to record it. Actually next Sunday will be our first live broadcast. I'm a bit nervous but that's ok. Hoping some of my friends might call in. That would be cool. Looking forward to it. It'll be our day after halloween extravaganza. I may even watch the halloween episode of quantum leap. Yup i am most definately a nerd.


Well my day is done. Diana had an awesome time at the Pumpkin Patch. Her first class trip ever was a success! She was even given a pumpkin. We'll be sure to carve that up for Saturday. I found out that it's only a 10 minute walk from here to Diana's school. I won't leave so early next time. It was a quiet day after that. Cleaned my laundry room a bit as Nickle needs to use our washing machine this week. Did a little grilling as well. Diana and i watched a Flintstone Halloween special from 1979. I just put her to bed. For such a boring day i am so massively tired. I hope i can stay awake long enough to watch some tv with Kath when she gets home from work. Anyhow that's about it for now. Take care everybody

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Dream come true

I wish i was a kid with simple dreams. Diana and i went to the store to buy some celery. On the way home she stated "today was like a dream come true!" I asked her why this was the case. She replied "because a ladybug landed on my hat and i saw halloween stuff at the store and on the way home we saw birds!" Man if only i had nice easy dreams like that. Life would be easier. Amen.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Oh my god! Oh My god! Famous people may be listenng to our geek extravaganza



I'm very escited! So Kath created a facebook group for our show. A lot of our friends have joined. I sent requests to some of my facebook friends. After the convention in August i friend requested tv personality Liana K. She had been the red headed co host on the Ed The Sock show.More important she is a comic book nerd. We had seen her on the space channel a while ago. Her walls out covered in action figures and various memorabillia. Thought she was pretty cool. I saw an article in the newspaper about her costume at this years con. It was a cool Black canary costume. So i thought i would friend request her on the old facebook. Anyhow long story short i didn't send her a group invitation. She has over 1000 friends and she's a celebrity to boot. You can imagine my surprise when we got a message on our group from her. She had totally joined the get your geek on group! She must have seen the link in the news feed that comes up. She told us to break a leg. I'm a bit nervous now thinking that its more than just our friends listening to the show. I also see that friends of hers have joined our group as well. Its really cool. Kath also mailed a request to Kevin Smith as well. Imagine if he answered? I would definately be scared. Oh well.

Friday, October 23, 2009

No rednecks:part 3 of the trilogy

Good day and welcome to Friday. I'm sitting here enjoying another lovely day off of work. Kath picked up some hours today. She had called in sick earlier in the week. We barely got up in time to get the little rug rat to school on time. Rather than go home and run the risk of falling back asleep,we decided to just go do our running around earlier. We got some coffee and pop to try and wake us up. Thank you caffeine! We went to the grocery store,the computer store and the Future shop. After a month of waiting i was able to finally get my hands on a copy of the new Barney Bentall cd.

Soon Kath and Nickle were treking to the states for groceries,following this Kath went to work. I will admit that i felt sad all day because she wasnt home. So i did the only thing i could to take my mind off of it. I cleaned. I did some dishes,the laundry,picked up the living room and vaccummed. Then i fell asleep on the couch while Diana played her video games. I was very happy to see Kath later in the day.

And that my friends is my 3 day saga of not having to deal with yelling inbreds. Luckily I'm back tomorrow! Yee ha! I'll probably come home after work and start my reviews for the show next week. I think as a joke we will also be reviewing a Rick Springfield vampire movie called Nick Knight. It was a tv movie that i think i spent a whole 2 bucks on. Also it is now my goal to get Rob and Nickle to see the last Indiana Jones movie. I want to see if anybody other than me and my mom liked it. Anyhow i hope everyone has an awesome evening. I'll write again soon.

No red necks for 3 days part 2: electric bugaloo

Thursday was a kick ass day. We woke up early and took Diana to school. After school we headed off to Rob and Nickle's house to record our second episode. It went well. Once again Kath and i just shot the shit about comics. This time however Diana actually spoke on the radio. Rob also threw in some audio samples from various films. It was really cool except i kept exclaiming Nice! every time a new quote was played. I will have to watch that in the future. The music seemed to be ok today as well. Not to loud. Nickle even helped us record an intro to the show. I really like the way the show is going and happy that his friends have given him this great opportunity.

We arrive home around 7.Got Yammy fed and ready for bed. About 9ish Rob and Nickle came over. They were kind enough to buy some pizza that we all shared. Rob even made an apple pie. It was one of the best pies i had ever eaten. He could totally go into the pie making business. Anyhow the purpose of the evening was to watch some zombie movies. Next week is our halloween show so we figured we would watch some scary movies. Work related projects can be fun indeed! It was my first experience with zombie movies. We viewed 2 funnyish movies. Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland. Shh it was a bootlegged copy from the internet. I can honestly use the phrase "wow Woody Harrelson was cool in that movie!" Since i was so tired i dozed off during the second film. That's ok cause Rob scared the crap out of me to wake me up. Good times. My wonderful wife encouraged him to do so. Thanks Kath! It was a fun evening. Fell into bed exausted around 2 am. Luckily for me i had one more day off to look forward to.

No rednecks for three days! Part 1:Wednesday

This week i asked for an extra day off. The way Kath's work schedule works we would have needed to send Diana to daycare 4 days instead of 3. We couldnt afford 4 days. Luckily i had accumulated a bunch of paid vacation days. It could not have come at a better time. I was so pissed off and annoyed by the end of my Tuesday shift it wasn't even funny. I actually had one bastard tell me i did a great job. I said thanks and he answered he was being sarcastic and hung up. What the hell? Who does that?

Our computer crapped out Wednesday. Just would not start. So spent the day watching tv with Diana. Went to Rob's house with Diana to help produce Lady Joan's show again. Went ok. During the broadcast Diana started yelling into the room that i had forgotten to pack crayons. She had her coloring book but no crayons. Had to bribe her with a treat when we got home so she wouldnt make a peep. When we arrived home i counted up a bunch of dimes and nickles and pennies and took her to Tim Hortons for a donut. On the way there we ran into Rachel. Chat ted for a bit and said hello to another friend named Becky. Then it was donut time. Yeeha!

After Diana went to bed Rob and Nickle came over and we watched Glee. I guess for me the highlight of the night was Nickle singing the entire Afternoon delight song. She even quoted a good chunk of Anchorman. It was funny as hell. Anyhow that was Wednesday in a nut shell.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Poor sick Stewarts

Sickness has hit the Stewart household. Diana was the first one to fall ill. She is currently feeling better. Within a day Kath and u became sick as well. Kath actually stayed home from work today. Thankfully she's doing better tonight. I feel like total crap as well. I don't know how i got through work today. It was all i could do to concentrate on my calls. Not to mention every customer today was either a loud screaming red neck or a racist inbreed. One of the markets we don't normally get calls from had their calls sent to us today. Oh joy. I got called every name in the book and a preacher screamed her head off at me as well. That was awesome. So basically a typical day of work. Yes it sucked balls indeed. I'm happy to be home. I get he next 3 days off. I can take it easy tomorrow and then on Thursday we record our second show. Can't wait. Ok gonna go do some laundry and watch tv with my honey. Have a good one.

Monday, October 19, 2009

I survived our first show


Its the day after our first show. THings went well. I was so happy with how it turned out. There were a few technical difficulties but it was ok. I think the problems will be ironed out for the 2nd episode.

At 7:pm i went to the radio station web site. I immediately noticed that the system decided to play a bunch of promos and ad's for the previous sunday night show which no longer exists. OOps. I immediately got a call from Rob and Nickle that they were trying to fix the problem. I wasn't panicking. A few minutes later our program started playing. You could hear in my voice that i was nervous. My voice was shakey. It got better as the show went on. Kath's voice sounded amazing right from the beginning.

Rob and Nickle soon showed up to listen to the premere with me. Rob had beer to celebrate. I don't drink at all anymore so the one beer i had made me a bit loopy. The only other issue we had with the show is we recorded the songs too loud and many of them had to be replaced. I'll know better for next time. I heard from a bunch of friends during and after the show. Everyone seemed to like it. My friend Dennis messaged me. I havent spoken to him in awhile. It was cool hearing from him. He said he wanted to support us. He is definately one of the nicest guys in the world. Also heard from Adriel, mike and Kimmy. It was really nice. Heard from several work friends today that they enjoyed what they heard as well. I am flying high right now.

Well thats the first show report. Kath and i are already working on ideas for the 2nd one. We're recording that one this thursday.Kath is off on Sundays in November so we will actually get to do some live shows. Very exciting stuff for us. can't wait! Talk to you all soon.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Kathy reading her comics makes Jay a happy nerd


Its Sunday. I'm not sure why i'm so nervous. I think Kath and i did a good job with the show. Last night another member of the train rek radio team,Matt edited our show together. He cut out a lot of our uh's and um's. He says it sounds good. It's gonna get a lot better as time goes by. Just got Kath's schedule for the first few weeks in November and we will actually get to do some live shows. Looking forward to it. I'm also really excited that Kath is reading some comics again because of the show. That warms my geek heart.

Kath actually created a group for the show on facebook. So far 75 people have joined. Check this out--some of the people we don't actually know. We think they joined because of the flyer we had printed.So thats kind of cool. I'm looking forward to hearing the recorded show and to talk with people in the chat room.

Ok gonna go watch some smallville and justice league with the kid. I will probably write back later after the show airs.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

ding dong the crappy cartoon king is gone

Its Saturday evening. The day is done. My poor Diana woke up at 4:30 in the morning. She had coughed so hard she threw up. Poor kid. I got her pj's changed and threw her sheets in the wash. She was ok after that. SHe's a real trooper. I went to work at 8. What a long ass day. Got a bit of good news. Is it wrong that i was happy my previous manager resigned? I'm still bitter he threw me in the criminal row. This also means that there will never,ever be a chance of crappy cartoons played on Saturday again. I almost danced a jig!

Anyhow just finished laundry and cleaned Hesh's litter box. Kath will be home soon. I can't wait to see her and Diana. Getting a little nervous. The show airs tomorrow night, I hope everybody like it. I'm sure it will get better with time. I am looking forward to getting everyones opinion. Have a great evening everybody.

ps the link to the radio web site is http://www.trainrekradio.com

Friday, October 16, 2009

man i love food samples--maybe a little to much


I do enjoy my days off.After Diana got home from school we hung out with Nickle and Rob. They had recently obtained a membership and were nice enough to invite us a long. Cost co is great. The best part was the free food samples. I'm a pig what can i say. We also hung out at Chapters. The thing i hate about Chapters? When i'm there i pretty much want to buy one of everything. So many cool graphic novels. Had a cool time hanging out and shooting the shit. We also hung out for a bit last night. Finally got to play them some of our Kevin Smith q and a dvd's. Would love to get together and play some more. Funny stuff. Dirty but funny.

We're home now and we're hoping to catch up on a week and a half of recorded tv shows. Dvr is getting a little full. Kath cooked a turkey today as well. Very delicious. Have i mentioned she's the best cook ever? I'm lucky to have her. Indeed.

Anyhow i'm going to move my butt to the couch and watch some tv with the fam. Have a great night everyone.

Get your geek on: the pilot


Well the first show is in the can. Thursday afternoon we went to Rob's and recorded. It went ok. I was a bit nervous but got through it. There were a few moments where i actually didnt have a clue what to talk about but luckily Kath was there to pick up the slock. A big thank you also goes out to Rob for being there to help. We reviewed a few comics and tv shows. Hopefully it won't be too boring. I even got to pick out some music for the show. I had a great time and can't wait to get some more shows under our belts. It should be noted that during the first commercial break Rob advised me were actually live on the air. It was a scary thought at first but it turned out to be ok. The show is going to be on again Sunday night at 7pm. Rob also let me know that eventually the shows will be available on i tunes as well. Also thank you to Nickle for watching our poor sick Diana while we recorded. After we were done we went to the comic book store to hand out some flyers. They were even cool about putting one right on the door. Kath started a facebook group and a twitter account. This is exciting stuff to us. Imagine we get to be on the radio just bull shitting about stuff we like. It's amazing to us. Hopefully other people will like it.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Yeah I'm not Brad Pitt


Spent the last couple of days hanging out with my sister and mother. Had a really good time actually. MOn Sunday my brother in law picked Diana and i up. We went to my mom's house for thanksgiving dinner. The dinner was awesome. The turkey was great. Desert rocked also. My sister made a kick ass cake and we also had pumpkin pie. Yeah i didnt stick to the diet at all. Kath showed up after she was done work. My mom took some pictures of Diana and my nephews for a really cool grand kids picture frame she got. My sister and i did the usual teasing of my mother when she told us she liked Fleetwood mac and mike and the mechanics. Usually when she says she like a group my sister or i will ask the follow up question. Name 1 song by them. Always funny. I also got the annual "cut your hair" speech from mom. This year i got "if you cut your hair short you will look like Brad Pitt." Yeah thats gonna make me look like Brad Pitt. I will admit our beards are simmilar. I doubt if i cut my hair i'm going to automatically look like an inglorious basterd. Nice try mom.

Monday was also pretty fun. My mom picked Diana and i up and we went to the Balls Falls thanksgiving fair. Despite it being really chilly had a great time. Diana pet a donkey! There was a really cool Birds of Prey display too. A former teacher of my sisters had some eagles and owls and hawks. Those birds were really cool looking. The food there was awesome to. Diana loved it. Her favorite moment of the day was when Auntie Su bought her a hat made out of balloons. She was really good. Went back to Su's house for more turkey and cake. Yup back on the diet today! Kath and Nickle picked me up around 10. Rob ajoined us at our place and we watched last weeks episode of Glee. Talked a little bit about the radio show. Its gonna be fun. Well i'm going to go chill out for a bit. Just got home a little while ago from my awesome job. Have a great night everybody.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Turkey lurkey doo.


I just wanted to wish everybody a happy Canadian thanksgiving. Or as i like to call it -the day Jay slops out on turkey and pie. We're just getting ready to go to my mom's house. Gonna bathe and dress the kid soon. Hopefully there will be no fights this year. My step sister won't be there so all should be calm. I'm sad that Kath has to work though. My mom is going to pick us up soon. Looking forward to seeing everybody and looking forward to eating turkey! Happy turkey day everyone.

I'll try not to say booger on the air


Ok i have an exciting announcement to make. I haven't wanted to say anything until i knew for sure it was a reality. Next Sunday Kath and i are gonna start doing a weekly talk radio show on Rob's online radio network. Its going to be called "Get your geek on." and will be stories and reviews about comics,movies and tv. So finally 20 years later my broadcasting course is paying off! Its going to be on Sunday nights at 7:00. I'm very excited and can't wait. There was a guy that did a simillar show and he didn't work out. I don't know maybe he shouldnt have threatened to shoot Rob with a gun. I'm just saying. Anyhow Kath and i volunteered to do a new show and everyone seemed to think it was a cool idea. Its really all part of a master plan to get Kath to read comics again. We've been preparing all week and trying to write up some geeky yet interesting stories. We're gonna start recording a show this coming Thursday. I think it will be a lot of fun. I definately appreciate the opportunity that Rob and the gang is giving us. Wow a chance to talk comics. Its a dream come true for a nerd like me. I'll keep you all posted on how to hear the show. Anyhow have a great day.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Jay has an awesome Friday and realized Macdonalds sucks ass


Hey there and welcome to Friday. I'm in a really happy mood. Broke but happy. We paid off 2 bills in full and that makes me very happy. Bills all caught up and got to spend the day with Kath and Diana. Woke up in a great mood. I didnt have to get yelled at by rednecks today either! The weather sucked but thats ok. Note to self though. Next time you think going to Macdonalds is a good idea: think again. I was hungry after we started running around today. Diana wanted a happy meal and i thought yeah Macdonalds sounds awesome. I havent eaten it in awhile as i have been dieting. Since my weight is down i figured what the hell. Wish i would have kept thinking. First of all the prices have gone up since the last time i was in a Macdonalds. For the same price i could have gone to cheers or a real restaurant and had a descent meal. Secondly after i ate it,the burger settled in my gut and felt like it would never be digested. I had to come home and down several tums for my stomach to feel better. Next time i think i will let diana get her happy meal and then go somewhere else for lunch.

Other cool things that happenned today: Diana tried on al old Cinderella dress and it still fits perfectly! Now we don't have to get her a brand new dress for halloween. Hey anytime we can save money is ok with me. Was also able to get some of my books from the comic store. I thought i had put a dent in the bag but its still fairly heavy. Oh well. maybe i can empty it when we get our income tax return next year.

Kath just left to go to Niagara falls new york to get some groceries. I wish i could have gone but as you know i have passport issues. She's going by herself as Nickle had to work. I worry when she's by herself. I really shouldnt worry i guess. Kath is an awesome driver. I just wish i could have been there with her.

Rob called. He's probably coming over to watch the first and possibly second episode of Stargate Universe. So that'll be something to look forward to when i'm stuck at work listening to whiney customers.

I chatted with my sister for a bit last night. Diana and i are going to my mom's house for Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. Can't wait. I'm going to work a whole 4 hours on Monday. It'll be a little bit extra money due to the holidays. So that'll be nice. Anyhow gonna go lay on the couch and watch some Coach. Have a freat nigt everyone.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Producer Jay

Hey gang. I had a really cool night. Just got back from Rob's place. After work he picked me up and we went to his studio. I was trained on how to produce a show. His friend Joan was doing a show and i was taught producing. Turns out producing a show is easier than i thought and definately can't wait to do it again. It made up for a long drawn out day of work. So thanks to Rob for the opportunity.

I'm starting to feel a lot better. Monday i felt like death. My nose ran like a sieve the whole day. It wasnt very cool when i was taking calls at work and a river of snot poured out. Yeah thats attractive. Diana is feeling better as well.

So Diana is excited. She's going on her first school trip ever to the pumpkin farm. She also got her first school photos done. We'll be ordering some soon. She's loving school and i couldnt be happier.

weird moment of the week? i slipped in a huge pile of spagetti and sauce--in the parking lot. Cause thats what you're gonna be on the look out for outside. Craziest thing i'd seen at our complex since my possum hunting neighbour was loudly singing I write the songs. Yup he's that cool.

I'm seriously looking forward to doing nothing with Kath for the next few days. Just gonna catch up on tv tomorrow. Friday gonna do all our running around and Diana has the day off from school. Fingers crossed I'll find the new Barney Bentall cd. Hopefully Rob and or Nickle will make it over in the next few days to watch the first episode of Stargate Universe. Sure hope it doesnt suck. Anyhow just a short update to touch base. Talk to you all later. Have a great night.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Jay and Kath's excellent adventure in 2004




This week marks the five year anniversary of the coolest trip i ever took. So in the fall of 2004 a bunch of musiciams decided to do concerrts across the u.s.a The goal of the shows was to convince voters not to re elect George W Bush. The tour was called Vote For Change and musiciams such as John Mellencamp,Pearl Jam,Neil Young and others would be doing various shows. I noticed that Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M. and John Fogerty were teaming up for several shows including a stop in Cleveland. Now everyone knows I'm a huge Springsteen fan and i really like Fogerty and R.E.M as well. I jokingly said to Kath, "Cleveland isn't that far away we should go." To my surprise she said yes. I was floored. We both agreed this would be a once in a lifetime chance to see a show like this. So Kath found a descent hotel room and we drove to our destination. Even the trip was fun. It took about 5 hours, We stopped at a really cool all you can eat buffet in Erie that a friend of ours had raved about. It was so good. Ate a lot of pizza and desserts.

We arrived in Cleveland a couple of hours before the show and found the hotel room. It had a jacuzzi and everything! The jacuzzi was pretty sweet! We were so close to the auditorium we just walked over. Walked past some protesters with picket signs. Apparently not all Americans hated George Bush. Go figure. We found our seats. I really wasn't sure what to expect at the show. I knew there was gonna be a lot of support for John Kerry.

So the show started and out walked Bruce and Michael Stipe of R.E.M. They outlined what the show was going to be all about. THey introduced the opening band Bright Eyes. I had never heard of them at the time and was willing to give them a shot. Man they made my ears bleed. The lead singer screamed all of his lyrics. It was pretty bad. When they were done Bruce came out and announced that in addition to the issues of the night he was there because he had been a big fan of R.E.M. for years. With that R.E.M. came out and launched into The One I love. It was awesome. They did a lot of their hits like Losing My Religion and Imitation of Life. Near the end of the set Bruce came out to play lead guitar on Bad Day. Up next was the highlight of the night as far as i am concerned. Bruce dueted with Michael Stipe on the song Man in the Moon. Kath and i pretty much sat there with our mouths wide open. It was really an awesome moment. It sounded so beautiful as a duet.

Next up Bruce Springsteen and The E Street band took the stage. Bruce walked out with an electric guitar slung over his back while playing an acoustic guitar. We soon recognized he was playing an acoustic instrumental version of the star spangled banner. It was really evident he loved his country and was really pissed off at what George bush had done to run it into the ground. Kath teared up a little being american and all. That song went immediately into Born In THe U.S.A. He never let up for a minute and went right into Badlands followed by Lonesome Day and No Surrender. It was incredible. He played about 2 and a half hours and even had Michael Stipe sit in on Because the Night. John Fogerty came out in the middle of the set to play 4 songs. Now i should have mentioned that at the time Kath was pregnant with Diana and it was then we realized Diana wasn't going to become a John Fogerty fan.she kicked Kath all the way through his set and seriously ended when Bruce came back out. Kinda funny in a way. The night was capped off when all the performers of the night came out to sing "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" and an explosive closer of Patti Smith's "People Have the Power."

We left the concert on such a high and seriously if i was American i so would have voted for John Kerry. Alas as we all know Bush got a 2nd term.

The next day we stuck around Cleveland, After an amazing all you can eat breakfast, we headed to the Cleveland zoo. It was a really nice zoo. It seemed like it took forrever to get to a place that actually had some animals. The first animals we saw? Canadian geese! It made us laugh. Cleveland was pretty nice. If there had been more time i would have loved to have checked out the rock and roll hall of fame. On the way home we again stopped in erie and for the first only time in my life we got pumpkin pies from macdonalds! Anyhow it was an incredible trip. Thought i would bring it up to put me in a good mood. Hope everyone is doing fine. Talk to you all soon.

Jay's weekend: sick,mad and having nightmares about joey jeremiah


Man i am not a fan of this weekend. I woke up saturday feeling blah. I think i finally picked up the bug Diana has had for the last week or so. I had a sore throat and felt light headed. Oh and lets not forget the phlegm! To top it off i had to go to work on a saturday feeling this craptastic. Then i arrived at work and couldnt get into the computer i normally sit at. The person who sat there friday had locked it and i didnt have the password to un lock it. So i sat at another desk and it wouldnt accept my passwoed and said that i wasnt allowed on the system. A manager had to get me back on the system. Normally this takes 2 minutes. This time? Almost half an hour. I got to sound like an idiot to about 15 customers. "um thanks for calling but i can't help you because i can't log on to my computer." So the manager who was re setting my password{by the way it was my ex manager man i miss him so much)calls over to me and tells me to shut everything down. Normally this means that once i re start my computer i can log on. Nope i tried to log on and he proceeds to yell at me. Then he says i have to turn off the computer again. I was pissed. So i finally log on and the first lady i talk to was a major bitch. I think i may have gotten 2 words out of my mouth. She couldnt verrify the information on the account so i couldnt access the account. She starts yelling for a supervisor-who by the way would need the same information to access the account. I try and talk and she tells me I'm being rude? I'm sorry maybe if i got a complete sentence out of my mouth i could understand how she could think i was being rude. It was so annoying. She got a supervisor and then hung up on her when they told her the same thing i did about verrifing an account. Man and it seemed like just about everybody wanted to yell yesterday. The day just dragged. It was constantly busy and it seemed as if half the staff called in sick. Sure wish i could have. on a positive note--still no shitty cartoons.
Oh i know what else is making me mad. Whats with the shitty weather lately? If its not raining its freezing out. I've already had to start growing in my winter beard ahead of schedule. Crazy!

Sunday is here. Again i feel like a total bag of shit. I feel groggy and can't stop sneezing. Awesome! So Diana has no problem waking up early on days she doesnt have to. Crawled into bed with us early and wanted us to wake up. Oh well what are ya gonna do. Kath doesnt have today off but we will get to spend thursday and friday off. If all goes well i'll finally find a copy of the new Barney Bentall cd on Friday. I realize he isnt a popular singer but seriously none of the cd stores in st catharines so much as got 1 copy in?

I actually had a "greatest hits" of nightmares last night. Lets see i was being evicted, i got shot and i was still working at kfc. Its ok though cause at least i was friends with Joey Jeremiah from Degrassi Junior high. At least i couldnt wake up and end the dream. I have no problem waking up from dreams when Jennifer Aniston and i are about to do the nasty though. Thats fair.

Just got some good news from Kath. She managed to get halloween off. Wasnt sure what we were gonna do about trick or treating. Everything is cool now though. We're gonna get a cinderella costume for Diana this year. Diana still wants me to be the joker. I guess i could be the heath ledger joker if i don't wash my hair for a few weeks. I have a spiderman shirt so there has been talk about face painting a spiderman mask on my face.

Well i feel lousy so gonna lay on the couch and watch cartoons with Diana. Have a great sunday everybody! I'll try and be more cheerful the next time.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

My poor nephews arm


Just a quick note. I just read my sisters blog and saw the my nephew Devon has broken his arm. My heart goes out to the little guy. I think i may have been responsible. I've been talking about broken bones lately. So sorry if i jynked you buddy. I hope you get well soon. Oh and no more broken bone talk from me. This is almost as bad as the time i killed Dave Thomas the owner of Wendy's restaurants. I worked at Wendys for 2 months. One morning i was really tired and i had burnt my arm. I looked up and saw Dave Thomas' portrait. I remember cursing him out. A week or so later he was dead. Oh and i think i killed the lead singer of 80's band Big Country. I downloaded some big country songs one day (seriously who does that besides me?) and by the end of the weekend he had hung himself. My favorite story about a celebrity death. One of Kath`s friends saw a picture of Lucille Ball and asked ``ìsn`t she dead yet.`` A couple of days later she was. Anyhow i digress--- Devon hope the arm heals quickly!

Note to October:please don't suck



Well its a few hours into October and so far so good. I have my fingers crossed that this month will go smoothly. I'm hoping its a happy month for the Stewart family. I don't want any stress. I can dream can't i? Just got home with Diana. After school we went to the comic book store and before we could go inside Diana fell asleep. So i went in by myself and got a couple of books for us. I purchased a "batman team up" comic for the child . For myself i picked up Die Hard year one. Yes the adventures of Bruce Willis when he was a rookie cop in the Die Hard universe. I can't wait to read it. Man i love Die Hard. By the way its a disaster down town. Construction and road repair everywhere, Road closed signs on a few side streets as well. Not cool. I just want to thank Kath for driving us as it was insane. Diana and i went to Tim Hortons for a cookie after Kath went to work. THe pumpkin donuts are back in stock as well. Delicious!
I already cleaned both kitty litter boxes and soon i will vaccuum. I wanna get all my chores out of the way so i can concentrate on hanging out with Diana and watching the Superman/Batman movie. I just want to say thank you to Rob for repairing our vaccuum again. It was broken last year when a hyper little dog chewed the power cord off of it. I don't miss that dog at all.

Ok gonna go eat lunch and clean up. I hope everything is great and i wish a very happy month of October to each and every one of you.