jay's blog of doom

Holiday greetings

2012-02-20T13:51:00.003-05:00

To all my Canadian friends have an awesome family day. It looks really nice outside. The sun is shining bright. I think Diana and i are going to take a walk once we eat and get dressed. I can't wait for Kath to get home at 5. Only downer is that half an hour of work i have to do. Looking forward to watching some tv with my wonderful wife.

If you're an american then i hope you're having a great presidents day.

Lastly just wishing our good friend and fellow geek Kristen a very happy birthday. She's helped us out with the show a bunch of times and like me she is at the awful dayjob. It was actually her birthday yesterday but in the midst of all the other holidays today just wanted to wish her all the best.

Geeking Out with the fam.

2012-02-20T01:20:00.003-05:00

Ok i am a proud geek. I took my daughter to see a star wars film on the big screen. So Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace was just re released and this time its in 3d. I guess the plan is to release each of the 6 star wars movies in 3d--1 a year for the next six years. I am a huge star wars fan and have been since i was 8 years old. I even like the prequels--episodes 1 through 3. They get a lot of flak but i like them.

We had a great time. The kid hasn't taken off her 3d glasses since. She was good. Didn't talk the whole time--even watched the Darth Maul parts and she's scared of him. I was so happy i got to take her. I felt like a little kid watching it again to. It was a big part of my childhood. My one regret is i wanted to get Diana's pic taken with a star wars poster at the theater--like we did with her at the Muppets. No star wars posters in the whole place. What the H? So we settled for our pic with the American Pie stand up. Such a great day. Kath had an awesome time to. She was smiling the whole time and managed to stay awake. That was huge for her. I love my Stewart family.

Porn disputes oh how i have missed you.

2012-02-18T02:35:00.002-05:00

Hooray! I got my wish. My first big porno dispute since i've been back at the cable company. Lady was disputing porn charges on bill stating that she didn't order movies like that. Meanwhile there was porn on every bill for 2 years and that seemed to be ok. As always here is some of the humorous titles that were ordered.

Varsity slut squad
Tap that fat taco--that seems racist
freshman butt sluts
casting call: 12 inches only--that seems unfit to men 11 inches and smaller
and finally the heartwarming film--hijack my hole--have we learned nothing from the terrorists?

It really is great to be back.
Not.

Made it to the weekend.

2012-02-18T02:22:00.003-05:00

Thank God. I made it to the weekend. I had my doubts there for a bit. Customers were in fine form this week. A gentleman who sounded like Redd Foxx from sanford and son got into a yelling match with me today. Here's the dumb thing--i agreed with what he was saying and told him what he was saying was correct but he didn't see it that way. He said he wasn't comfortable talking to me because i didn't know what i was talking about. Um i was agreeing with what you were saying? Hello? I wasn't disputing a single thing he was saying. Everybody say it with me " the job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers!"

Speaking of ridiculous work crap. So Monday is family day-- a holiday that was made up less then 5 years ago. Tuesday we got an email saying that 50 of us could take the day off as a paid holiday. I jumped at the chance--a 3 day weekend? Yes please. I put in my request at noon that day and waited. I still hadn't heard back from my manager on Thursday afternoon. I had to let our babysitter know whether or not she would be taking Diana on Monday. Turns out my manager had emailed the request to the wrong department. Here's where it gets super dumb. My schedule for Monday changed today--i guess I'm getting most of Monday off. I have to go in at 8 at night and i'm done at--are you ready for this? 8:30. So I'm off all day and have to go to work for half an hour that night. So lame. Yay me.

Some random rambling on a wednesday night

2012-02-16T00:33:00.003-05:00

Wow I have been neglecting the ol' blog. 15 days into the month and this is only my 2nd blog. The Stewart family has been sick. Last week Kath had to go pick up Diana because she coughed so hard at school that she threw up. Did i tell you how brave my daughter is when it comes to throwing up? She doesnt even care. She was mad that she had to go home sick. I still cry when i throw up. Its the worst feeling in the world.

Other than that not to much has been happening. I'm still getting used to being back in the land of the redneck. So many angry calls. I'm not a happy camper. Thats putting it nicely.

In cool news-- Allison and i have emailed a few times now. I'm happy to be reconnecting with an old friend. High school was a rough time and I'm lucky i had friends like her and Scott to help get me through it. In feeling old news I just realized high school started 29 years ago. Holy crap. I'd like to stop aging now please.

We had Hunter and Kristen on the show again last Sunday. It was our valentines day show and it was good to have one of our super geek couples on. Its nice to have new friends as well and they are a really nice couple. I know Kristen from the day job. Hunter started listening to our show when he was teaching in Korea last year. They're currently planning their wedding. In other feel old news they were born a year before i started high school. Hey i may be old but i feel like a nerdy kid.

Anyhow I'm gonna get to bed now. I'm gonna try and write some more this weekend. Take care everybody,

For Allison

2012-02-07T21:52:00.003-05:00

Just heard back from my friend Allison, As you recall We've been friends since grade 9 way back in the day. We used to write letters to each other in school and through the mail. This continued for many years before the dawn of the internet and emailing. Her 12 year old daughter Aivry thinks that its cool we used to do that. I was almost tempted to get out the old pen and paper and do it again. Then i realized my handwriting is just plain awful. I can't even read it myself sometimes. You would think it would be easy to write now that email exists but i have really slacked off writing over the years. I suck i know. I'm trying to keep up to date this year. It makes me happy hearing back from my friends especially after a long day of red necks yelling at me.
I have all her old letters as well as old letters from other friends over the years. There's a box of them in my basement. I'm thinking of reading them and feeling old.

Anyhow Allison isn't on facebook anymore and mentioned she misses seeing pics of Diana so will leave some on this blog.

Diet is a go

2012-01-31T10:33:00.001-05:00

Oh i just remembered one thing in January that did make me happy. I started a diet January 1st and so far it seems to be working. I've lost 9 pounds. My short term goal was 12 so i am almost there. If i could lose another 10 after that befoer wizard world in April that would be awesome. I've started drinking more water and cutting out all the extra crap i was eating. Its amazing what happens when you dont eat 6 cookies for lunch.

Good riddance January

2012-01-30T23:51:00.002-05:00

I know it seems like i say this at the end of every month but i can't wait for this month to be over. Shitty weather, i was sick 3 times,part of my tooth fell out and i'm back at the cable company. I don't have a whole lot going on in February. I am going with Kath and Diana to see Star Wars episode 1 in 3d. All 6 star wars movies are being remastered in 3d and they will be released 1 a year for the next 6 years. Sure its the worst of the star wars films but I'm excited Diana gets to see Star wars on the big screen. Also that movie had my favorite of all the light sabre duels. That'll be in 3 weeks. Also Kristen and Hunter are gonna be on the february 12th episode of get your geek on. So i have 2 things to look forward to next month. Suck it January. Suck it long and suck it hard.

Diana's playdate

2012-01-30T23:29:00.004-05:00

I'm so excited for my kid. She just got invited to her first play date after school tomorrow. Her friend sarah invited her over. Her mom wrote us a note and invited Diana over. I think thats really cool. Diana has a best friend ! that makes me really happy. I guess they are both alike in a lot of ways and they are both shy. I'm glad they found each other. Friends are important. I can't wait to get through my next horrible shift to hear all about it.

I blinked and missed the weekend

2012-01-30T10:15:00.002-05:00

I've got a bad feeling about today. I woke up sick again. Stuffy nose, sore throat,the works. It snowed last night as well so had to trek through that. Oh and the best part--i get to work in a few hours. How is my weekend over already? Man i already want it to be next weekend already so i can lay on the couch and watch movies with Kath. Hopefully the rest of the day will be alright. I'm gonna go eat some eggs and toast. That will cheer me up.

chuck you

2012-01-29T01:18:00.004-05:00

Friday night we said goodbye to one of our favorite shows Chuck. The show had been on the air for 5 years and had its series finale. Joining us for the finale was our good friends Hunter and Kristen. I won't give to much away as we'll be talking about it on this week's Get your Geek On. I can't believe another awesome show is over. Damn you NBC. I will miss the show and especially miss actress yvonne strahovskis skimpy outfits

The long ass week

2012-01-28T00:26:00.003-05:00

Thank God the week is over. I don't like being back with the cable company. I forgot how crazy the customers get. Its all coming back slowly. Still getting used to it all over again. Its rough.

The weather has been really shitty all week as well. This year there's a pattern. It will snow and then a day or 2 later it will rain all day leaving a huge muddy mess. Today it rained and then snowed and then rained some more. Really?

I felt sick all week. Some sort of stomach virus. Threw up a few times and ate a lot of tums. It sure was swell.

So to sum up- snow, puking and loud mouthed customers not good. Weekend off-good.

I've come home

2012-01-24T09:38:00.002-05:00

So yesterday was my first day back at the cable company. All i have to do for 3 days is listen in on other calls. So for the first half of my shift all the customers were nice--i thought i was in the wrong place. After lunch it all came back. The porn disputes,the complaining and of course people getting mad about the programming. See older blogs for my comments on that. Like we have a say in cbs not running Jeopardy. Sigh. I'm back.

Producer Kath

2012-01-24T09:29:00.002-05:00

Sunday was a first for the show. Rob had work to do in Toronto for his show so Kath produced Get Your Geek On. Rob gave her a crash course in producing before he left. It actually went over pretty well. Nickle sat in as well. We actually went down to the studio an hour and a half before air time just to make sure everything was working and we played an hour and a half of Barney Bentall songs. It was pretty great.

Maybe 2012 will be ok part 2; oh boy!

2012-01-22T23:58:00.005-05:00

So wizard world is coming up in April. If you recall that's the con we usually get in for free and we interview a celebrity or 2. There weren't any celebrities i gave a crap about this year. Then earlier this week the announcement came--the big star this year is Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap. Quantum Leap is hands down my favorite show of all time. It was about a scientist who lept back in time within his own lifetime and he had a hologram friend named Al that only he could see and hear. I loved that show. I'm a sucker for a time travel story. I've followed his career since the show as well. If i got to interview him it would be a total geek moment. Man i hope that comes true. Best year ever if it happens.

Ok maybe 2012 won't suck completely

2012-01-20T02:32:00.003-05:00

On the way back from taking Diana to school Kath hooked up her i pod and played me the new Bruce Springsteen single. It's called we take care of our own and the album is out on March 6. So i have that to look forward to at least. Go boss!

The shittiest news of the month:worse than the dog shit incident

2012-01-20T02:11:00.003-05:00

So now its time to reveal the shittiest news i got this month. This is the big reason that 2012 is starting off horrible. My friend Deb and i got told that we are going back to our old job with the cable company. I am not looking forward to rednecks and their porn disputes again. It is going to suck so bad, At least my blog will get funny again. Here's the best part. We've been gone almost a year and we're getting no training. We get to listen into other peoples calls for a couple days. I don't remember anything and i threw my old notes away. Should be an adventure. There are a couple of cool things about going back. I don't have to do shift bids every three months and they are allowing me to keep my weekends off. But lord I'm gonna have to deal with those damn red necks again. Did i mention the porn disputes?

2012 suck ass part 2

2012-01-18T01:23:00.001-05:00

While walking to work today in a windy rain storm i stepped in dog shit. I haven't done this since i was a kid and i was almost late to work--trying to get the shit off of my shoe. Did i mention i hate this year?

2012 Sucks ass part 1

2012-01-18T01:05:00.002-05:00

So i haven't blogged in awhile. I am not liking this year so far. So about a week and a half ago part of my tooth fell out while eating a piece of toast. It didn't hurt or anything so i let it go. A week and a half later I'm in so much pain. It literally feels like my mouth is going to explode. Yeah its a great feeling. Its especially great when it starts hurting ar work while speaking with customers. oh good times.

Happy birthday Andrea

2012-01-14T02:35:00.002-05:00

Wow i haven't blogged in 2 weeks. Since i don't want to start the year off with a blog about me bitching i will start with something a little happier. Oh don't worry the bitching is coming but i'll save that for the next blog. Anyhow i'd like to take this opportunity to wish my good friend of 24 years Andrea a very happy birthday. My friend Scott introduced us in 1988 and we've been pals ever since. I hope you have a great day and a big ass cake.

Hey there rover come on over

2011-12-31T23:11:00.003-05:00

Wow 12 years since ytk. More importantly 12 years since the family guy y2k episode where they went looking for the twinkie factory. Ha HA. seriously what happenned with the cheese and crackers? Man i'm over tired. Happy new year to everybody. Left foot, right foot

Where's the cheese and crackers?

2011-12-31T22:28:00.004-05:00

Watching New Years Rocking eve on tv right now. They're running old clips from the 80's and 90's when i was watching the show. Just saw Tears For Fears and the spice Girls and billy idol. Fergie from the black eyed peas is hosting. I can't believe i have friends that think she is gross. To them i have to ask---really? I'm just rambling now. Counting down to cheese and crackers.

Can't wait till tomorrow. We're counting down our favorite movies of 2011 on the show. This year kath and i are doing separate lists just to see how different they are. Can't wait. It's been 2 weeks since our last show. Oh yeah just a big shout out to John and Rach and Stacey for helping with the show in December.

Resolutions 2012

2011-12-31T19:04:00.004-05:00

Well i guess its time to look back at my resolutions from last year and see how i did. Here's a recap

Jay's goals and resolutions for 2011

1) I'm gonna diet again and hopefully by the end of 2011 i'll be a slender reed. I want to drop some weight so i finally get to wear a costume to a convention.

2) ok seriously i need to relax at work. I'm going to try really hard to be calm around these assholes. If i have a heart attack at work the red necks win and we can't have that!

3) i want to make sure i stay in touch with all my friends a lot better than i did this year. I've already told friends like Dennis and Lisa we should get together more often. I want to at least email friends a lot more often.

4) more fun with the show. I want to try really hard to get more interviews this year. The more i do the better i will get at it.

5) ok i am running out of Party Of five actresses to have a 3 way with. This year i will try for Neve Campbell. She may have to take a day off of work from Macdonalds to accommodate this. Honestly I have the full support of my lovely wife Kath

How did i do?

1) Yeah the diet was non existant. I usually diet in the summer. Not this year. The diet was in the toilet.

2) ha ha ha. Yeah i'm never gonna relax at work. I've been downright angry at work. I tend to swear like a trucker. It ain't pretty

3) well i wasn't really successful at staying in touch with friends. Although i did hang out with Dennis and Andrea and Stacey.

4) ok i had so much fun with the show this year. We broadcast from the first Niagara Falls con,we also returned to wizard world where i got to interview an honest to God Kid in the hall.

5) can't believe the neve campbell 3 way was a bust. She wouldn't even return my calls.

ok the moment you've been waiting for

Jay's 2012 new years resolutions

1) I'm dead serious about losing weight this year. My short term goal is to lose 10 pounds before Wizard World in August. I want to lose at least 20. If i cut all the crappy food i should be able to do it. Fingers crossed

2) i want the show to keep going. I want more interviews this year. I want to broadcast live from assorted geek events

3) ok i know i need to chill out at work. I hate the job but i have a family to support. If i have to be there i should try and be happy about it

4) i think i should take another crack at inventing time travel. I want to travel back to meet the guy who coined the phrase "the customer is always right." and punch him in the balls

5) ok i'm running out of party of 5 actresess to have a 3 way with. I think Paula Devicq the maildis still left so lets say her. I do have the full support of my lovely wife Kath. Seriously.

I really hope 2012 is a fun year. There were a few good moments here and there this year but for the most part i consider it a rotten year. We lost Hesh, I got moved to another jb that i dislike as much as the last one and i still feel like i don't know what the hell I'm doing. Some opportunities that i thought were going to pan out for me didn't. I'm gonna try and put all that behind me and work on having the best year possible. I have my family standing beside me and i have my health. So happy new year everybody.

New years feast

2011-12-31T19:01:00.002-05:00

Man i am looking forward to new years eve tonight. We're gonna have a big Stewart family pig out, Steak and fries and cheese and crackers and chips. One last blow out before i buckle down and go on a diet. I want to lose 10 pounds before wizard world in April. I can do it! maybe?

Rochester bound

2011-12-31T12:09:00.002-05:00

Yesterday we finally made it back to Rochester. Unfortunately it was a really sad reason that brought us back. Kath's aunt had passed away on Christmas day and yesterday was the funeral. Luckilly for me work let me have the day off. We found out the funeral was 9 in the morning so we had to be on the roadtro Rochester by 6;30 in the morning. Quite the early morning.

Guess how we started the morning? You guessed it--dead battery again! Hooray! and it was 6;30 in the morning. Again we got lucky. A very nice neighbour that we have never seen before gave us a boost. We were gonna have to do something about that pesky battery real soon. We arrived in Rochester a few minutes before the funeral. It was a really say event. I didn't know Kath's aunt really well but she seemed like a really nice human being. I have to say that i am so proud of Diana. She was so quiet and well behaved during the funeral.

Following the funeral we went to visit with Kath's dad and his fiance. We had a really nice lunch and they gave us some Christmas presents. My brother in law Jaime also showed up with our niece Victoria and nephew Jamieson. I couldnt believe how Victoria had changed. She is 14 now. I couldnt believe it. I met her when she was 2 years old. She seemed all grown up. I am very old.

We left a few hours later and visited a couple of new comic book stores. Of course we wanted to buy one of everything. I picked up a couple of comics and we left our business card. I can't wait to go back when we have more time. They were both cool shops. While we were getting comics we decided to go to an auto poarts store Kth's dad had recommended and we got a new battery. Whew. No more boosts at 6;30 in the morning.

From there we went to spend some time with our friend Rose--or bubba as i call her--its a Nash Bridges thing. Anyhow she had some nice presents for Diana. Man the kid got spoiled this year. She made out like a bandit. We decided to go for dinner and when in Rochester that can only mean one thing--garbage plate! A garbage plate is mac slad and french fries with 2 burgers coveed in onions and meat sauce. It is delicious. While we there we also got to see our friend Don. It turned out to be a really good day after alldespite the circumstances.

Happy birthday Kimmy

2011-12-31T03:43:00.001-05:00

I just wanted to wish a very happy birthday to my super friend Ki. She and her husband Nick are celebrating their anniversary this week as well. Congrats guys.

Friendship is rare

2011-12-31T02:34:00.002-05:00

Gonna give a shout out to 3 of my best friends who i got in touch with this week. First of all i will go on record as saying that i suck when it comes to writing to friends. I also am not a phone guy. I used to love talking to friends on the phone in my younger days but in my adult years not so much.

First of all i heard from my buddy Scott. I think we may have wrote once in all of 2011. Scott moved to England years ago. We both admit that we suck at the emailing. I always have so much i want to tell him but i am far to lazy to write. We wrote a couple of times this week. His emails always make me laugh.

Speaking of Scott back in 1988 he introduced me to another long time awesome friend--Andrea. We've been through a lot together over the last 23 years. I did actually get to hang out with her once this year at The Barney Bentall show in July. We also saw him 20 years ago in 1991. I know she reads the blog so i will go on record as stating we will hang out more in 2012. There's a ton of cool movies coming out that we should all attend. Kath and i were going to all kinds of movies with her in the past but our stupid work schedules never seem to sync up anymore.

This brings me to my third shout out.I wrote to my friend Allison for the first time in 2011 on Christmas eve. Man back in the old days we were actually writing letters to each other the old fashioned way. We've been friends since the early 80's and one of very few people i still talk to from high school. I think i may have dropped a mention a time or 2 that she suggested i try my hand at blogging in the first place. I just found out her daughter is going to be 12.That makes me feel really old as i remember her writing to me to tell me she was pregnant. I think at the time i had only been dating Kath for a few weeks.

Anyhow i just wanted to say that although i may have slacked in the writing department i consider the 3 of you to be really awesome and i am lucky that after all these years you consider me a friend. I am going to try harder in 2012 to stay in touch a little more often. I apologize in advance if at the end of 2012 i am writing an entry like this again.

Hot Amy where art thou?

2011-12-31T02:30:00.004-05:00

Ugh. My hair is doing that stupid thing where when its starts getting too long iy curls around my ears. I miss my hair cutter/friend Hot Amy. She moved away earlier this year. She knew her way around a pair of scissors and she was easy on the eye. Curse you hair! Damn you and such.

10 years burning down the road

2011-12-28T10:16:00.002-05:00

Yesterday was my 10 year anniversary of working at the call centre. Sadly there was no parade,no confetti falling down on me and no cake in sight. I did have my usual bad mood at work though. So that was nice.

Christmas day

2011-12-27T01:39:00.002-05:00

So Christmas day 2011 arrived. It really felt like it snuck up on this year. It didn't feel like we were prepared--even though we were. Anyhow Diana came into our room around 8:30 to try and wake us up. She crawled into bed with us and lets us sleep until 9:30. it could have been worse. My nephew Devon woke my sister up at 9 in the morning. We went downstairs to see what Santa had brought her. She got some cool super hero toys and some stuffed animals and other assorted goodies. For writing the list only the night before, santa did pretty good.

Kath did some more baking and we headed out to the van at 1. We were about to drive to London Ontario to spend the holidays with my family. My sister Erin had invited us. Then disaster struck. We had packed the van and we were about to be on our way. Unfortunately the van had other ideas. It decided it didn't want to start. Awesome! Luckily my good friend John was home. He gave us a boost and saved the day. We got to London within an hour and a half and had an awesome dinner. Erin's boyfriend Jim is really cool. He's into Comics like Kath and I. We had a great time and eveytone spoiled Diana rotten. I ate enough cookies to choke a horse. It was cool seeing the family.

Christmas Eve 2011

2011-12-26T12:11:00.002-05:00

So i haven't blogged in a few days. I was lucky enough to have Christmas off. This was the first year at my work where we were staying open. I don't get it either.

We woke up on Christmas eve day and cleaned a little bit. Kath did baking all day. We did our exchange with Rob and Nickle around noon.They got me a really cool wall hanging of the justice League. We're gonna hang it in the living room after the tree comes down.

Spent the rest of the day cleaning and watching Christmas shows. Kath baked. I even grilled chicken. I've never grilled on Christmas eve before. Thankfully its been a green Christmas.

Diana finally wrote a letter to Santa. A few days ago Kath took her to the mall to talk to santa. All day she had been rehearsing what she was going to ask him. When they got there Diana didn't talk to Santa--she is really shy. In this years santa picture Diana looks really pissed off. Santa said he would surprise her since she didn't ask for anything. So we tried to explain that maybe asking santa for presents on Christmas eve maybe wasn't a good idea. You know since he was already delivering presents at the time.

Oh and i should also mention--Diana never wants to go to bed early. Starting at 6:30 she was all set to go to sleep. Nice try Diana Rose. We put her to bed at 10 and then wrapped presents and watched another batch of Christmas shows. Got to bed at 4. We wee hoping Diana wouldnt get up to early.

Boxing day good times

2011-12-26T12:02:00.004-05:00

Here in Canada its Boxing day. A day where everyone in Canada takes back the christmas presents they didn't like All the stores also have great deals. Unfortunately the stores are jammed packed with sweaty angry people. I honestly don't know what would be worse today--going shopping or having to go to work. I get to go to work! I am praying that people will be too busy shopping to call in to complain. My friend Hunter lent me a Stargate Atlantis novel and all i want to do today is read it. I'd rather be home. Diana and Kath are both here today. I feel rested up at least so maybe it won't be so bad. Ha ha ha i crack myself up.

Miss you pal

2011-12-24T03:29:00.005-05:00

Wow i am in quite the sad mood. I've been sitting here writing to friends to wish them a merry christmas. I started thinking how this is our first Christmas without Heshy the cat in 17 years. Sure he used to try and knock all the ornaments off the tree. I think i actually miss that a little. I can't believe i'm tearing up now thinking about my orange buddy. Hey you know what doesn't help? Listening to a song called christmas won't be the same without you.

Oh yes i wil grow a doctor rush beard--oh yes

2011-12-24T03:06:00.004-05:00

Well because it was snowing today and getting massively cold there's only one thing i can do. Grow my beard back. I have a pretty good start. I'm gonna grow a big ass doctor Rush beard from Stargate Universe. Yeah thats the ticket. Take that winter!

Its starting to snow

2011-12-23T09:50:00.001-05:00

My angels concert

2011-12-22T23:12:00.003-05:00

Diana's christmas concert was cool It was a play about penguins and Diana was part of the choir. It was really nice. As i stated before i got out of work early as well. It was an awesome day. I only have one more day of work until the holidays. I can't wait.

I miss 24

2011-12-22T09:13:00.002-05:00

Speaking of Jack Bauer--Happy birthday Kiefer Sutherland. Please finally make that 24 movie. Thank you.

Dammit

2011-12-22T09:09:00.004-05:00

I knew i was having to good of a week. My stupid dvd player died on me. To quote Jack Bauer "dammit!" Kath says that maybe in the new year we should make the jump to blu ray. I guess some blu ray players play regular dvds as well. I guess i'll have to wait til the new year to finish my greatest American Hero box set. Again i say 'dammit!"

Random nice things happenning this week.

2011-12-22T08:59:00.002-05:00

Wow. So far i'm having an ok week. I passed a quality at work-finally. We passed our inspection as well. We've been getting Christmas cards and cookies. That makes me happy. Kath and i have even managed to catch up a little bit on our tv watching. I only have to work half a day today. Diana's school christmas concert is tonight so i'm getting out of work at 6. Christmas is this weekend. Should be fun. I have one more day of work until the weekend. Hopefully things will stay pleasant for the rest of the week. I might even be able to catch up on blogging.

Good mood to end the night

2011-12-19T01:03:00.004-05:00

Its 1 in the morning but wanted to blog before my good mood went away. Tonight was our Christmas episode. It was our 3rd. Our good friends John and Rach were kind enough to appear. We had a great time. I wish it wouldnt have ended. It was our last show of 2011.I'm not looking forward to tomorrow. It's gonna be a long week. We're gonna do some last minute shopping on Tuesday. I hate Christmas shopping. Oh well. I feel like i accomplished a lot this weekend. Ok i can do this. I can have a good week. I can pass my qualities. I can stay positive. Next weekend will be fun.

cd less 2011

2011-12-18T15:59:00.002-05:00

Wow here's something weird i just figured out. I love music cd's. I got my first cd player in 1989 and have bought cd's every year ever since. I realized that 2011 marked the first time in22 years that i didn't buy any cd's. We're in an age now where we can just go online and download music. There wasn't really a lot i wanted to buy this year, Strikes me as odd.I didn't even buy the newest Bryan Adams and i own all his stuff. Strange days indeed

Sunday a week before christmas

2011-12-18T15:49:00.002-05:00

It's sunday afternoon. I feel like i barely made it to the weekend. Work was rough this week. I failed 2 qualities. I wasnt the only one. I swear they are making the qualities harder to pass. I was doing pretty good quality wise until i hit November. I don't get it.
Christmas is in a week and for some reason i don't feel prepared. We have most of our shopping done,and the tree and decorations are up. I kinda feel blah about the holidays this year, Not sure why. I'm looking forward to Christmas day though. My sister Erin has invited us up to London Ontario for dinner. Its about a 2 hour drive away. I used to go to London all the time to visit my buddy Scott. I really like that town. I've been there once with Kath to see Bryan Adams.

My weekend has been cool. Did some cleaning and decorating and watched a bunch of christmas stuff. Went out and got a bit of air with the kid. Hooray i have work tomorrow, Yeah i guess i am a glass half empty kind of guy. I wish i wasnt. Oh well.

Learning to Cry

2011-12-13T11:06:00.003-05:00

Hooray i made it to Tuesday. Last night i got to speak to a customer who claimed his name was Tom Petty. Tom Petty is a hero of mine. Love his music. After talking to Tom Petty last night i came to the realization that Tom Petty is a dick. This guy really wouldn't back down. See what i did there? I thought he was going to have a breakdown The waiting wasn't the hardest part for him. I'm glad it wasnt the real tom petty. Heroes aren't supposed to be assholes.

Much like the boomtown rats-i don't like mondays

2011-12-12T09:05:00.003-05:00

So its an hour and a half into my week and i already want it to be saturday. Diana was tired and in a very cranky mood. She spilled a drink all over herself so she had to change. She was ok by the time we had to walk to school. Kath has a long weird schedule this week so I'm barely going to see her. I have a headache and i can hear that my cat is throwing up under the christmas tree. All this and i get to go to the most wonderful place in the world in a few hours. My lovely job. Yay me!

Two weeks into December all ready

2011-12-12T00:14:00.002-05:00

Holy crap. Tomorrow is December 12th and i have yet to blog this month. Holy crap. I can't believe that we're 2 weeks away from Christmas. That seems insane to me. We've gotten a little bit of shopping done. Work has been just flat out crazy. What else is new. Not sure what else to say in this here blog. I think I'm gonna go to sleep and I'll blog fresh in the morning. Have a great night

November won't be missed

2011-11-30T23:05:00.001-05:00

See ya November. You won't be missed. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Bring on December!

Rip Mr Harrison

2011-11-30T09:10:00.002-05:00

Wow. Just read that its the 10th anniversary of George Harrison's death. He was my favorite Beatle. He had so many great songs. Everything from My Sweet Love to Got My Mind Set On You. He was also in an amazing late 80's group called the Travelling Wilburys. I also became a huge fan of Tom Petty as a result of that band. R.i.p peace George

AND the hits keep on coming

2011-11-30T09:06:00.002-05:00

Its Wednesday and the week hasn't gotten any better. I've gotten sicker,it rained for a full 24 hours and today i slept in causing Diana to be late. I wish it was the end of the week. Yup i think I'm just going to whine and complain today. Thats a nice attitude.

This truly was a Monday

2011-11-29T00:59:00.002-05:00

What a fantastic day. I woke up sick. My nose has been running all day. It was beyond crazy at work and i got my 3rd manager in a month. Its pouring rain outside as we speak. Only 4 more days until the weekend.

another long week ahead

2011-11-28T01:20:00.002-05:00

Yuck. Here comes another week of crappy shifts. Had an awesome weekend. Spent Sunday with my family. We went to the new muppet movie and it was amazing. There were spots in the film that made me tear up. Kath lovd it--she's a lifelong muppet film. I love going with Diana to the movies. She sits there and listens and laughs in all the right places.

Had a nice dinner and did an episode of Get Your Geek on. Three more episodes left this year. Kath's friend Mark from work did the show tonight. He's a cool guy.

Ended the night with the walking dead, The last episode until February was on. It ended so f'ed up.

I really hope this week goes by quickly. I'm really not looking forward to another crazy week at work. A slow week would be great. I'm not going to lie--u would love it so much if its dead in there this week. I just want to see my friends and read some comics. Thats the dream.

Yup not a fan of dealers

2011-11-27T02:23:00.001-05:00

I spoke with a dealer the other day and i swear to you he said his name was awesome. He was far from his name. His name should have been useless. Thats all i have to say about that.

Muppet time

2011-11-27T01:48:00.004-05:00

Had a muppet filled afternoon with Diana today. Tomorrow Kath and i are taking the kid to see the new muppet movie. So to prepare myself i watched the muppet movie, the muppets take manhattan and muppet treasure island. I'm almost completely muppetted out.That being said i am really looking forward to the new movie. Can't wait to see Kath's reaction to the new movie. She is a lifelong muppet fan and i imagine she will giggle a lot. It'll be cute.

Super friends reunion

2011-11-26T01:29:00.003-05:00

Thursday night we went to the christmas party for Kath's work. It was a little different then years past. This year in addition to dinner there was a magic show. It was in a theater in Niagara Falls that i didn't know existed. I'm not much of a magic guy but the show was really cool. I was impressed with all the tricks. The magician had some cool tigers too.

Actually the highlight of the night was seeing my friends Kim and Nick again. Kim is an old friend who works with Kath now. I had first met them over in 1999 when i was working the midnight shift at the donut diner. It was a shitty job. I got the midnight shift and it was all drunks and crazy people. I think i met Kim on my 2nd or 3rd night there. It was around this same time i met Mike and Trish and Adriel. I soon struck up a friendship with them and started hanging out and going to movies and karaokee and stuff like that. They truly kept me sane at that job. So many great stories from that time. I called them my super friends I stayed in contact with Mike and Adriel after i left the diner and lost track of Kim. When facebook started up a few years ago i reconnected with everybody. Last night was the first time i hung out with Kim in a decade. it was really nice.

Ha ha ours was last month--we win

2011-11-25T09:33:00.003-05:00

Forgot to wish our American friends and family a happy thanksgiving yesterday. Diana has started calling American thanksgiving-fake thanksgiving. For me it just means that sometimes i get 2 thanksgiving dinners. I do love the turkey. I will say i am thankful for our american friends and family and can't wait to see them all now that Kath has her passport.

Passport--finally

2011-11-25T09:29:00.002-05:00

Good news for the Stewart family. Kath got her passport yesterday! This means we can visit friends and family in the United states again. I haven't crossed the border with Kath since last January. Its going to be cool. We could go over every 2 weeks if we want. I have weekends off and Kath has every other weekend. I also want to take this opportunity to thank Rob for carting my ass over there for groceries all year. It was much appreciated.

Kath rocks

2011-11-23T00:49:00.003-05:00

I just want to go on record as saying i have the greatest wife ever. Sunday morning she surprises me by taking me to Toronto to a comic book convention. It was a small con that i had completely forgotten about. We packed Diana into the van and took off. There was no traffic and we got there pretty fast. It was a little bit crowded though. I was able to find some cheap comics and trade paperbacks and we capped the afternoon off with some hotdogs and fries.

On the way back Kath noticed a sign for a fancy grocery store she wanted to check out in Oakville. There was all kinds of samples and we also had spicy ice cream. On the way out of there we discovered a comic book store called conspiracy comics. Nice little shop. It reminded me of the comic book store that the big bang theory guys go to.

Thanks Kath for being my best friend and for always having my back. You're the best!

Welcome back Boss

2011-11-23T00:40:00.002-05:00

Ok how about some stuff that did make me happy this week. Kath sent me a link showing that not only will Bruce Springsteen be putting out a new album in 2012 with the e street band but he will also be touring. Kath has already confirmed that we can go. I can't wait. It will seem weird seeing him without Clarence Clemons though. Listening to Jungle land as i type and tearing up a bit

Horrible day for Jay

2011-11-23T00:33:00.002-05:00

Man did i have a rough day. We were supposed to have a unit inspection today. I spent the last week cleaning when i could. The inspection never happened and won't for another 2 weeks.

Diana woke up sick. She was actually crying. There was no way she was going to school today. So i kept her home and we each took a couch to crash on. I unfortunately woke up around 10 to one when Kath was getting home and i had to leave for work at quarter after one.

I also saw that our Get Your Geek on site was down. I didn't know at the time that it was just maintenance so i panicked. We can't do a show without that site.

Work turned out to be shitty as usual. Luckily i got to sit by my pal Trish who made me laugh and cheered me up.

I really want this week to be over.

Dealers= fun

2011-11-21T09:19:00.002-05:00

So have i mentioned how much i dislike the dealers at our cell phone stores? They always call in and they don't know what they're doing.They never want to finish their own work orders or credit the customers. They constantly make mistakes on the account and sometimes we can't fix it on our end. When we can't fix it on our end they get really pissed off at us. I always kid that i want to go to dealer school because it seems like an easy gig.

Anyhow on Friday i had to go all Jack Bauer on a dealer. The dealer was trying to cheat the customer out of a refund. We have a policy that if you don't like the service or if you have any issues then you can return the phone within 14 days after purchase and get a refund on the equipment. The service itself is a different situation. If you want a refund for the service then you have to return the phone within 7 days and you cn't be over 30 texts or 30 minutes of talk time.

So a customer called me and the dealer had refused him a credit for the phone. It was 3 days after he bought it so he was well within his right to ask for a credit. However he was over the 30 minutes so he wasn't going to get a credit for the service. The customer understood that. He asked me to talk to the dealer. No problem. Here's what i heard in the background

customer to dealer: "can you talk to him?"
dealer: "no he can call me back if he wants to talk to me."

what the hell? Who is that being helpful to?

cust to me: " he says you need to call him back.

screw that so like i said i reached down deep inside and channeled my inner Jack Bauer

Me: "no put him on he's going to talk to me now."

dealer gets on the line all cocky and obviously doesn't know what he's doing. He's confused the return policy of the phone with the return policy of the service and tells me he's not crediting the phone itself because the customer is over the 30 minutes of talk time. So i explain--slowly i might add--the policy of returning the phone

Dealer: "so what do you want me to do about it?

Me pissed by this point: "You're going to refund the nice customer for his phone."

I'm not sure if i helped or not.I don't think the dealer ever processed what i was saying. I would love to be a fly on the wall at dealer school. I've yet to meet a helpful dealer.

Happy half birthday little devil

2011-11-17T09:22:00.002-05:00

SO Kath pointed out to me that yesterday was Diana's half birthday. She is 6 and a half years old. We celebrated it with the gift of cake. Happy half birthday buddy!

Diana the report card queen!

2011-11-17T09:18:00.002-05:00

As i already mentioned in an earlier blog i an super proud of Diana this week. As if i couldnt get any prouder,she kicked ass on her report card.They don't get marked on a grading system but they mention everything she does well. Apparently she is awesome at everything. She is reading at a grade 3 level in grade 1. I'm happy that she took after Kath in the brains department.

Can it be the weekend already?

2011-11-16T09:08:00.003-05:00

Hooray! The week is half over! Yesterday was just a total shit fest at work. There were outages everywhere and a new 50 percent off sale. Customers were ruder than usual. I know right? Had a huge head ache by days end. There was some swearing on my part. Couldn't wait for the clock to strike 10. To be blunt the day sucked balls. Finger crossed this day will go smoothly. I'm already counting the seconds until the end of the shift. Anyhow gonna go nap for a bit. We'll talk soon

Remembrance day

2011-11-15T09:21:00.002-05:00

Forgot to mention that last Friday Kath and i went to Diana's school for a remembrance day assembly. All the classes in the school sang songs and read stories about remembering the soldiers who fought in the war. Diana's class sang a song about poppy flowers and then read out loud a play about being brave. Diana remembered her lines and was great. I was proud. Lets be honest everything she does makes me proud.

What happenned to the weekend?

2011-11-15T09:04:00.003-05:00

Man that weekend went by way to fast. It felt like i blinked and missed it. At least i'm back at work. Yay. Four more days until the next weekend! I drank my first pop in a week yesterday. I also had 5 waters. I don't think i need to totall give up pop but i do need a better balance. Maybe 2 pops a day compared to the 5 or 6 i was doing. My sleep schedule is a little better since i started the new shift. I'm not as tired as i used to be. Did i mention only 4 more days until the weekend? Sigh.

Productive saturday

2011-11-13T00:47:00.003-05:00

Hey everybody. I had a pretty productive day off. Diana and i went for a walk to her school and then to the new flea market. The flea market is coming along nicely. Not all the stalls have been filled yet--still hoping for some toy and comic book vendors. At least its in walking distance. I do miss the macdonalds toy selling lady from the original flea market though.

Did some cleaning to. W e have clean up at our complex next weekend so thought i would get a head start. I started with the hall closet and i don't think I've cleaned it since I moved in here. Found some interesting items in there. Some old entertainment weekly magazines from 2007 and even a mixed cd of unreleased Bruce Springsteen material i had downloaded. Its still only about halfway done cleaning the closet. Then its on to Diana's room.

Watched some shows with Kath after she got home and now sitting here blogging and working on tomorrow nights get your geek on. My day was ok. I can't complain.

the ufo whisperer

2011-11-10T09:11:00.003-05:00

Yay! my neighbour has already put up his christmas lights that are brighter than the sun. The good news is that they stay on all night. I swear if you look outside at 1 in the morning it looks like 1 in the afternoon. I love it. It looks like he's trying to signal a ufo to land on his property. We call his lights the landing strip. So hooray for us!

Movember

2011-11-10T08:57:00.002-05:00

Hey i forgot to mention that I'm taking part in Movember. Yup that's November with an m. Movemeber is where you try and raise money for cancer by growing a mustache. So on Novemeber first you make sure you are clean shaven and then the fun begins. I hadn't been clean shaven in about 10 years. Diana had never seen me without a beard. So i shaved and slowly I've been growing a mustache. I haven't been doing to well with the donations though. I've asked a bunch of people and haven't gotten a response yet. Hopefully I'll get some donations by the end of the month. I sure can't wait to grow the beard back.

The great pop experiment

2011-11-09T09:28:00.002-05:00

Wow its really taking me a long time to blog this month. So on Sunday i decided to do an experiment for a week. I've gained some weight lately. Part of the reason for this is that i have stopped drinking water which isn't good. So for a week i'm going to try and go with no pop. So far i'm on day 3 and not sure if i like it or not. I've had a headache for 2 days and i have felt pretty tired. I almost fell asleep at my desk yesterday. On the plus side i'm getting about 6 waters in a day. So there's that. Anyhow We'll see how i do next Sunday. Maybe i will drop a few pounds. That would be swell

2011-11-07T09:03:00.002-05:00

First blog of November. Only took 8 days. Had a great weekend. Its been a long time since Kath and i got to spend a whole weekend together. This new schedule might be ok after all. Its still taking some time to get used to it. Last week wasn't to bad, It was slower than i expected. It was nice getting home at a descent hour. I got to tuck Diana in and read her bedtime stories. The only drawbacks so far were--there's a lot more calls from dealers and as you may have guessed-I am not a fan of dealers. Its also hard to find a seat because when i start during the day everyone is there. Other than that its been ok.
Saturday we went to a craft show in Oakville. We got a few early Christmas presents. We also did a little grocery shopping and went for comics. Sunday we checked out the new flea market and finally got Kath's passport information mailed out. Soon we can go back to the states together again. We're hoping her passport will be in before Christmas so we can go see family and friends.

Well I'm rambling now so you know what that means? Yup its time for a nap. I'll write later. Take care.

Trick Or Treat

2011-10-31T16:52:00.003-04:00

Today during the afternoon ,Kath and i went to Diana's school for their halloween parade. All the kids and teachers get dressed up in their costumes and walk around the neighborhood. This year we were told it would be ok if parents came to. Diana was dressed like a little devil. There were lots of ninjas and skeletons and clone troopers. The parade actually went past our neighborhood as well. It was really cool.

Trick or treating turned out pretty cool as well. Nickle came with Diana and I while Kath handed out candy. We actually ventured out of the complex this year and did a couple of extra streets. I threw on a green lantern t shirt and ring and Nickle painted a mask on me. The mask looked cool. We came home after an hour. Diana got so much candy and 12 bags of chips.

Not looking forward to tomorrow. Its the first day of my new shift. Although i will be home at a descent hour and i will be on a great sleep schedule,i'm not looking forward to being busy all the time. That could suck. On the plus side i am looking working with people like Debbie and Kristen and people i didn't get to see working the midnight shift. Here's hoping November doesnt suck.

happy halloween everybody!

2011-10-31T01:45:00.004-04:00

I am so looking forward to trick or treating with the kid tonight. Hope she gives me some sour patch kids!

No show again

2011-10-30T20:32:00.002-04:00

I shouldn't be blogging right now because i am beyond angry. We couldn't do a live show this week because Kath and rob had other stuff to do. We went ahead and recorded a show last night. I should have known better.No im not Richard Marx. Every time in the past we have recorded a show something screwed up that prevented the show from playing. Not sure why i convinced myself this time that wasn't going to happen. I'm sitting here in front of my computer at 8;30 and have yet to hear any of this weeks show. It should have started playing half an hour ago.

In the past when this has happened the recorded show that didn't play would just go up on our web site. That's great and everything but i want something to play in our show time slot. There was one week where we didn't record anything and i was assured an older episode would play. Didn't happen. So lesson learned if we can't do a live show i will expect our 8-10 time slot to just be dead air. I will not put myself through this again.

Staking out the neighborhood.

2011-10-30T16:51:00.002-04:00

Wow didn't realize my last post was post number 700. Time flies when you're complaining. Diana and i went out for a walk and scoped out where we're going to trick or treat tomorrow. We are actually going to venture a little bit out of the complex this year and maybe do an extra street or 2. I'm excited. Kath and i both have the day off. We're going to visit Diana at school also for her halloween party. Looking forward to it.

Lazy days rule

2011-10-30T03:40:00.002-04:00

Had a real cool Saturday off with Diana. We took a walk,watched tv and did a few chores. Kath came home at 9;30 and we recorded a new get your geek on to play Sunday night. I like lazy days. It avoids having to listen to customers tell me to go fuck myself. Good times

blah blah

2011-10-29T13:55:00.003-04:00

Another call i took yesterday i want to briefly mention. Another angry gentleman called in yesterday. Big surprise huh? I don't remember a lot about the call. I remember he wasn't a big help though. I think his internet was down. I asked if he was getting an error message, I swear to God his reply was

"yes i have an error message that says blah blah blah blah blah blah."

really? Does it really say that? hmm let me look up blah, blah , blah etc in your phones user guide. And he said it so fast to. He expected me to be able to figure out his issue by saying blah blah blah. I can't understand why i dislike my job so much.

No time for love doctor jones

2011-10-29T13:28:00.004-04:00

Believe it or not i had another exciting/annoying/funny call at work. A very angry asian fellow called in and his issue was that one of his friends was getting an error message when he tried to call him. His friend had a different phone carrier and everybody else in the world could get through. So i suggested that maybe the issue was on his friends side and they should contact their phone carrier. This did not sit well with the angry asian. So i tried to troubleshoot in other ways, However the guy refused to answer any of my questions and proceeded to yell at me. He asked me why i was asking questions and i replied it was my job to ask questions to find out what the problem was. So eventually here's what short round had to say to me. Pure genius i might add.

Awesome asian angry man: "fuck you!"--see i told you it was genius

Me not taking his shit : "sir if you continue to swear i will end this call."

Jackie Chan: "fuck you,fuck you,fuck you,fuck you,fuck you(he may have said it 10 or 12 times i lost count), Do you understand that?"

me feeling a little like Clint Eastwood: i do understand and you understand you've been warned about the swearing. Have a great day."

and i ended the call. Fuck me? Fuck him.

Just another day at the office

2011-10-26T16:01:00.002-04:00

Another awesome day was had at work. Yesterday there was an outtage in Toronto that took cell phone service out for maybe 3 hours. I couldn't believe how angry the customers were. They were seriously treating me like i had anally raped their grandmothers while pouring sugar into their gas tanks. Thank you Kevin Smith for that quote. They seriously thought we caused a problem on purpose. I'm sure the president of the company woke up and thought "hmmm, you know what would be cool? We should disrupt service so all our customers call in pissed off. Wouldn't that be delightful?" Customers are great. I get where they are coming from but to be that over the top angry? Ridiculous.

cell phones; the number of the beast,

2011-10-25T03:00:00.003-04:00

So i actually had a customer call in today and cancel their account because their account number ended with the numbers 666. Did they think satan was going to visit them because of a demonic cell phone account number? Yeah your cell phone was created in hell. A red creature with horns and a tail is going to show up because of your account number. Some people. Sorry pal if its hell on earth you want then might i suggest the new Twilight movie.

Sunday --ugh

2011-10-24T02:40:00.003-04:00

Wow not gonna sugar coat it. Sunday sucked balls. I couldn't wake up to save my life. I stumbled out of bed around noon and went downstairs only to fall asleep another 3 times before 3. Seriously what the hell? Finally dragged my ass off the couch around 3;30. I took Diana for a walk to try and get some air and wake up. It did the trick.

Kath got home around 5:30. We were gonna have some dinner and watch some tv and get ready for the show. A friend of Kath's from work was coming over to talk about the new Batman game. If anything i was over prepared for the show. It was gonna be good. Shortly before 7 Rob called to say his van broke down on the highway. So no show tonight. Thats ok we had some shows we could watch. Waited all week to watch the walking dead and rescue me. However they recorded with tiling and no sound. Good times.

Going to bed soon. I 'm starting my last week of working the midnight shift. I can't wait for it to be next weekend already. Oh well

John Mclane makes it all better

2011-10-23T00:36:00.003-04:00

Weekend is great. Already mentioned our Green Lantern adventure. Was weird coming out of the theater and it wasnt even noon yet. After the movie Kath went to work and Diana and i came home. We cleaned up a bit and Diana did a painting craft. We went out for our regular Saturday walk and just chilled out. Did some grilling,cleaned the studio and hung out with Merlin the cat who refuses to come up stairs now.

It's almost 1 in the morning and i'm dead tired. Why arent i in bed? Live free or die hard is on tv and i think its the unedited version. Yup the version where john mcclane says yippee ki ay mother fucker. Life is good.

Yet more shitty call centre news

2011-10-22T23:43:00.002-04:00

So i got some bad news the other day. A day after i get my excellent shift bid news i found out my new cool manager who got me my awesome new shift has been transferred over to the hellish cble company i used to work at. She was my manager for a total of 3 weeks and she was probably the coolest manager i ever had. I feel bad for her having to go to the cable company though. I hope she doesnt have to deal with a million porn disputes. There's something i don't wish on my worst enemy. Or maybe i do. I'm so confused.

Happy birthday Hollie

2011-10-22T13:09:00.002-04:00

A very happy birthday to our good friend Hollie. Hollie and Kath have been friends since they were teenagers. I met Hollie 12 years ago today. Jath and i had been dating for 2 months at the time and we went to The states to Hollies birthday party where we met. It was also the first night that Kath and i got pukked into U S customs. We still joke about it to this day. The guard asked us where we were going and we told him a birthday party. He actually asked us who was having the party. Kath almost asked--why are you going to be there. Good times.

i know right?

2011-10-22T12:56:00.003-04:00

Wow its been a pretty cool Saturday so far. We went to the Niagara square at 9;20 in the morning to see a free screening of Green Lantern. Yeah i realize it was a weird time to see a movie, A kids charity was showing some movies for free this morning. All the snacks, pop and candy were 2 dollars a piece and the money was going to charity. Diana came with us and it was her first non animated film in a movie theater. She seemed to like all the parts that showed Green Lantern but didn't care for the talking parts. Kath actually made it through the whole movie with out falling asleep. I forgot a lot of the jokes and stuff from the first time we saw it in June. I still really liked it a lot and still can't understand why it did so badly at the box office. Fingers crossed there will still be a Green Lantern 2. I can't believe its only 1 in the afternoon and i had popcorn for breakfast. Yay Saturdays

A few less problems for Jay

2011-10-20T09:03:00.002-04:00

ok i feel like things are going my way for the time being. I got my shift bid request and it looks like i will still get weekends off. I can still do the show. I will work monday to friday 1:30 TO 10:00. Its a pretty good time frame. I will still get home fairly early to watch rv with Kath and i can get to bed fairly early. So i'm pretty happy. That and another issue i was having was solved yesterday. So for the time being i feel pretty good. I feel like i could take on the death star all by myself.

Not so cool quote

2011-10-20T08:58:00.002-04:00

While speaking to a dealer yesterday i asked if i could put him on hold to get some information. His reply? Something i hope no one ever says to me again--"that sounds delicious broseph!" Lame.

customers are funny

2011-10-18T09:11:00.002-04:00

Favorite quote of the week at work. So when anyone calls in we need to either verify a 4 digit code on their account or the answer to a security question. One lasy tried to answer the security question what is your favorite color? She answered--green something. Thats cool because i think my favorite shade of green is the popular green something. Yeah it apparently doesnt take much to ammuse me these days.

Assorted stuff

2011-10-18T08:58:00.003-04:00

I just got back from taking Diana to school. I realized i'm behind in my blogging. I really hope this week is going to be a good week. I feel a little better about the shift bid. Still not liking the job so much though. Thats big news isn't it?

The weekend was pretty cool. Rob took us to the Buffalo comic con. Had a pretty good time. I spent a whopping 12 dollars but that got me 12 comics and the screenplay for clerks 2. It was a really good turn out this year. Fingers crossed that next year at this time Kath will have her passport so she can go.

Its starting to get cold outside. Not a fan of that. Hoping to get a new jacket soon to stay warm. Wow i sound really boring today. Maybe theres a reason i havent blogged so much this month. Anyhow I'm gonna go watch a bit of tv and go take a nap. Yup i am really old. Have a great day.

New manager rules!

2011-10-16T10:18:00.002-04:00

So it turns out i got a new manager,and she's really cool. She's a lot more organized than the last one. I told her about my issues with working on Sunday,told her about get your geek on. It turns out our friend Kristen had mentioned to her awhile back that i had a show. So she said she would try really hard to get me that day off and i will probably work saturdays now. I don't have an issue with that because i worked just about every saturday for the last 10 years. Needless to say i'm in a good mood about this news. I'll keep u all posted

Gygo 100

2011-10-13T09:26:00.002-04:00

One cool thing did happen to us this week. We aired our 100th episode of get your geek on. John was kind enough to record with us. I figured it would be awesome to have my friend of almost 30 years to be on with us. It went pretty good. We had a lot of listeners and it was a great time. I can't believe we've been lucky enough to do the show for 2 years. I know that if i don't get my sundays off we'll figure something out. Not ready for the show to die off just yet. I feel i have a lot of shows in me and its a lot of fun.

Shift bid again

2011-10-13T09:11:00.002-04:00

Wow i haven't blogged a lot this month so far. October is not going well. So i got some awesome news this week. My shift at work will no longer exist. No more midnight shift. Because i worked that shift i was guaranteed my weekends off. I don't really care about Saturday but i need Sunday off to do Get Your Geek On. The call centre will now only handle calls from 10 am to 10 pm. I can still take Diana to school which is awesome. We got our shift bid choices yesterday and there was 42 different shifts. I could work with 25 of the shifts. Hopefully things will go my way. Fingers crossed.

Let Me say thank you

2011-10-09T03:04:00.001-04:00

Havent written a blog in awhile but popped out here to wish all my Canadian friends and family a very happy thanksgiving. We're going to my mom's house for dinner. Turkey rules.

Stupid 3 am shift

2011-10-03T01:19:00.004-04:00

Hey good day and welcome to october. Fridays shift really sucked. There was a big midnight madness thing going on so everyone and his brother called in. I started late--6:30 and worked until 3 am. It was busy until about 1am. Call after call. It sucked ass. When 1 hit it slowed down and died off. For the last 2 hours i just talked movies and comics with the other 3 people that were working. We had some laughs. Man i don't wanna work that late again. It totally blew. Have i mentioned i hated the shift?

This week should be interesting. Maybe get my shift bid papers and maybe get a new manager. Man i hope this week doesnt suck.

Help me energy drink

2011-09-30T15:28:00.001-04:00

Having a pretty good day. Got up at 8 to take Diana to school. At 10 Rob picked me up for groceries in america. Here it is 3:30 and i've been up ever since. The great news is i start work at 6;30 and go til 3 in the morning. Yeah I'm screwed. I wanna go nap but i'm afraid of not waking up on time. Kath is bringing me home an energy drink on my lunch break. That'll be at 10 so hopefully that will keep me going til 3am. Probably not though. Hope i dont fall asleep at my desk. They might frown on that.

Bye bye September

2011-09-30T01:26:00.002-04:00

Wow September is almost over. I guess it was an ok month. Who knows-- i slept a lot. Looking forward to October. I have the con in Buffalo on oct 16th and of course there's halloween. If i get my way with the shift bid it should be a kick ass month. As long as i get sleep that is.

Hooray its Thursday

2011-09-29T15:46:00.002-04:00

The week is almost over and it hasn't been to bad. I never got in trouble for that horrible call last week and the shift bid has been postponed for a couple of weeks. Everyone in my row including me were told we had to go sit somewhere else. That sort of sucked. I liked the computer i was sitting at. Oh well. Sleep continues to be my best friend and i will nap any chance i get. Yup I am an old man. I have become a huge fan of pizza pockets this week. They're quick to make and delicious. Just said good day to my family and I'm headed into another wonderful shift. Tomorrow i work til 3 in the morning. Sleep isnt going to like me. Gotta run. Talk to you all soon.

Hooray its work time again

2011-09-27T15:18:00.002-04:00

I just ate a bunch of burger king and now i want to go back to sleep. I am old. Oh well off to work in an hour. Hooray! I had a nice afternoon with Kath but alas its all over. Its like a prison sentence.

Monday: is the week over yet?

2011-09-26T15:48:00.002-04:00

Once again an excellent weekend has come to an end. It was everything i wanted in a weekend. Lots of sleep and a flea market adventure capped off by another excellent episode of get your geek on. There were so many people in our interactive chat room this week. It was so cool. My friend Andrea was listening to the show for the first time. Thought that was pretty cool. Now I'm in the middle of getting ready for work. It sucks. I'm hoping that bad call from last wednesday is a distant memory and it doesnt come back to haunt me. Also we will probably get the forms for the new shift bid this week. Not looking forward to that. Can i just skip ahead to the end of the week? That would be nice.

High times

2011-09-25T16:45:00.002-04:00

So just thought I'd share my conversation with the biggest drunk in Vancouver. Friday night i got a call from a guy wanting an extention. I immediately felt dread becasue we don't grant payment extentions and i had a feeling it would go to a supervisor. I saw that he had already paid the bill and didn't owe anything until the end of October. This is when i discovered he was out of it. Some quotes that followed:

"i don't know if you can tell but i'm pretty high."

" Did you hear that R.E.M. broke up?" Then he proceeded to sing Everybody Hurts at the top of his lungs.

" Are you from Vancouver? I fucking love Nickleback !"

"Hey Jason guess what i did? I took my shirt off here at the bus stop. I'm half naked.Yeah!!!!"

then i hear him yelling at someone

" Hey baby!! What's up? Jason she don't wanna have anything to do with me cause I'm so fucking old!!"

he also read half a poem to me. It was kind of entertaining. Kath hopes thats the call that my supervisor marks this week, That would be funny.

Everybody's working for the weekend!

2011-09-24T03:54:00.002-04:00

Hooray! I made it through the week! Yeah baby! Nothing o do this weekend but sleep and grill and work on the show. By the way there's a brand new get your geek airing this sunday night from 8-10! i'm in a pretty good mood. Work was half descent tonight. It rained a lot and i got soaked but other than that my day sure was swell. Now its off to bed with visions of no work dncing in my head

Anyone wanna work for me today?

2011-09-22T15:31:00.002-04:00

Man i don't want to go in to work today. Any of my friends want to go in for me? I'll give u a dolla. I'll be your best friend. I have a bad feeling i'm going to be getting into trouble today. I think my manager over heard me telling a customer off and i think he might be grading me on the call. So fingers crossed i don't get written up. I'll post about it later as an update