Well, as of yesterday I have officially been at Tomlinsons for one year! Yay!! Unofficially though, it was a year last Friday. What happened was that I applied for this job, and got it, and Subway just happened to be doing their renovations at the time, so I had the week off. I decided to use that week to start working at Tomlinsons. When Subway re-opened, I had already given my 2 weeks notice (one of which I didn't work because the store was closed) so I only had to work one week there, and then I started back here! I was kinda hoping that for being here one year, I might actually get a key to my 'office' (aka the dungeon/closet/server room), but no, I didn't. So I still have to go find a spare key whenever I get in before Matt does.
In sort of related news, (the relation being that it was with work. It was coincidence that it happened on my being here for 1 year) the accounting department went out to Dooley's for some pool last night. I wasn't too sure how it was going to go,and was even more unsure when I walked into Dooley's and the only person there so far was Eric, the sales manager (he's kinda intimidating cause he's one of the top 4 executives at the office). But things got better when he said he was buying the first round and other people started showing up. It turned into a fun night in the end, and it didn't cost me a thing! (other than some coupons that I got with my membership I got a couple weeks ago)
Friday, September 28, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Weekend
This weekend was awesome! Well, at least up until yesterday. Really it started on Thursday with the Sens game from the Tomlinson box. The view from the box is great. I never really noticed how close you actually are to the ice, cause I've only been there for concerts. The game itself was ok. I'm not a huge hockey fan, so I didn't really know what was going on, cause there was no commentary. The real fun part was just hanging out with the people from accounting outside of work. There was food and drinks also, so that made it even better.
Friday night was the Rush concert. I don't really know a lot of Rush songs, so I wasn't sure how I would like it going into the concert. It was actually a really good concert! There was no opening band which is good, cause then it's always a really long time before the band actually comes on. The best part of the show was the visual stuff. They had three giant screens as the backdrop on the stage, which usually was close ups of the band, but for some songs they had other things going on (one of the songs involved a dragon which blew flames toward the screen, and then actual flame appearing on the stage, it was awesome!!). The lighting was unbelievable, they had 5 movable sets of light that could be raised and lowered and tilted around. They had about 7 jets of flame that sprung up every now and then, and a few songs with lasers (check out the video below, sorry about the crazy movements, but I was trying to do it without the usher seeing me, cause he yelled at me for taking pictures. Also, the sound on my camera isn't the best, so it would probably be good to turn the volume down). The best part of the show for me was the drum solo. It was just the drummer playing for about 10 minutes (at least it felt like
10 mins to me). He was sitting in a drum set that went 390 degrees around him, with a larger than regular drum set in the front, and then it spun around and had an electric drum set, and some different percussion instruments. It was amazing! One thing confused me though, and still does confuse me. They had three ovens on stage, and they were cooking chickens in them. I counted, and I believe they had 54 chickens slowly turning to cooked perfection. There was even a cook that came out on stage every now and then to check on them. It was very weird! We left around 11:15, and they were still playing their 5th encore song.
Saturday, Amanda went to her parents house, and I stayed home and didn't really do much, other than watch some Dr. Who and walk to Wal-Mart. That night we were heading to a house warming party for Allison, and we got invited to a pre-party BBQ at Scott's place. I decided that I was going to be the DD for the night, but was easily convinced to stay over at Scott's so that I could drink. I started off with beer, and was doing fine. Then we took out the Jagermeister, and that ended up being my downfall for the night. The party started at 9, but we decided to be fashionably late, and didn't head over to the party till about 10:30. It wasn't far from Scott's, so we decided to walk it, drinking beer and Jagermeister along the way. The party was awesome. I don't really remember much about it, on account of all the drinks. I don't even know how much I drank, but it feels like I had about half of a 26oz of the Jagermeister, straight out of the bottle. Definitely one of the best parties I've been to. While at the party, I decided to write in my blog from my Blackberry. I did three posts, but only left one on because the other two were completely unreadable. If you were lucky enough to be reading my blog between 2 am and about 11 am on Sunday, then you got to read all three of them. Thank you again to Allison and her roommates for the awesome party!
Sunday morning was not fun. actually all of Sunday was pretty bad. It was filled with sleeping, trying to help Amanda with a school project (which we did get finished eventually) and picking up Mitzy for two weeks. My parents have gone to Turkey for a week to visit one of my mums friends, and then they are going to England for another week to visit family and friends. While they are gone, Amanda and I decided to take my cat Mitzy to the apartment with us to see how we do with a cat, because we are thinking of getting a kitten soon. Mitzy really hates traveling in her carrier, and meowed horrible most of the way to the apartment. When we finally got there, she explored our hall, then the bedroom, and then stayed under the bed for a long time. We finally got her out, and closed the bedroom door so that she would have to explore the rest of the apartment, and hopefully get used to it. She did explore a bit, but then decided to hide out behind the toilet for a while. By the time we were going to bed, she had become more comfortable, and actually slept on the bed with us.
This morning I woke up thinking that I was fine, but then realized that I actually wasn't I really didn't want to come into work, but knew that I had to. So here I am now, just finished lunch, and ready to head out to Moodie to pick up my laptop that has been getting fixed since the 4th. And now apparently I have to go to a bank to pay something for work!! Yippee!!
Friday night was the Rush concert. I don't really know a lot of Rush songs, so I wasn't sure how I would like it going into the concert. It was actually a really good concert! There was no opening band which is good, cause then it's always a really long time before the band actually comes on. The best part of the show was the visual stuff. They had three giant screens as the backdrop on the stage, which usually was close ups of the band, but for some songs they had other things going on (one of the songs involved a dragon which blew flames toward the screen, and then actual flame appearing on the stage, it was awesome!!). The lighting was unbelievable, they had 5 movable sets of light that could be raised and lowered and tilted around. They had about 7 jets of flame that sprung up every now and then, and a few songs with lasers (check out the video below, sorry about the crazy movements, but I was trying to do it without the usher seeing me, cause he yelled at me for taking pictures. Also, the sound on my camera isn't the best, so it would probably be good to turn the volume down). The best part of the show for me was the drum solo. It was just the drummer playing for about 10 minutes (at least it felt like
10 mins to me). He was sitting in a drum set that went 390 degrees around him, with a larger than regular drum set in the front, and then it spun around and had an electric drum set, and some different percussion instruments. It was amazing! One thing confused me though, and still does confuse me. They had three ovens on stage, and they were cooking chickens in them. I counted, and I believe they had 54 chickens slowly turning to cooked perfection. There was even a cook that came out on stage every now and then to check on them. It was very weird! We left around 11:15, and they were still playing their 5th encore song.Saturday, Amanda went to her parents house, and I stayed home and didn't really do much, other than watch some Dr. Who and walk to Wal-Mart. That night we were heading to a house warming party for Allison, and we got invited to a pre-party BBQ at Scott's place. I decided that I was going to be the DD for the night, but was easily convinced to stay over at Scott's so that I could drink. I started off with beer, and was doing fine. Then we took out the Jagermeister, and that ended up being my downfall for the night. The party started at 9, but we decided to be fashionably late, and didn't head over to the party till about 10:30. It wasn't far from Scott's, so we decided to walk it, drinking beer and Jagermeister along the way. The party was awesome. I don't really remember much about it, on account of all the drinks. I don't even know how much I drank, but it feels like I had about half of a 26oz of the Jagermeister, straight out of the bottle. Definitely one of the best parties I've been to. While at the party, I decided to write in my blog from my Blackberry. I did three posts, but only left one on because the other two were completely unreadable. If you were lucky enough to be reading my blog between 2 am and about 11 am on Sunday, then you got to read all three of them. Thank you again to Allison and her roommates for the awesome party!
Sunday morning was not fun. actually all of Sunday was pretty bad. It was filled with sleeping, trying to help Amanda with a school project (which we did get finished eventually) and picking up Mitzy for two weeks. My parents have gone to Turkey for a week to visit one of my mums friends, and then they are going to England for another week to visit family and friends. While they are gone, Amanda and I decided to take my cat Mitzy to the apartment with us to see how we do with a cat, because we are thinking of getting a kitten soon. Mitzy really hates traveling in her carrier, and meowed horrible most of the way to the apartment. When we finally got there, she explored our hall, then the bedroom, and then stayed under the bed for a long time. We finally got her out, and closed the bedroom door so that she would have to explore the rest of the apartment, and hopefully get used to it. She did explore a bit, but then decided to hide out behind the toilet for a while. By the time we were going to bed, she had become more comfortable, and actually slept on the bed with us.
This morning I woke up thinking that I was fine, but then realized that I actually wasn't I really didn't want to come into work, but knew that I had to. So here I am now, just finished lunch, and ready to head out to Moodie to pick up my laptop that has been getting fixed since the 4th. And now apparently I have to go to a bank to pay something for work!! Yippee!!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Drunkeneas
Wow. I havnt been thud drink in a long time. It has been ABG awesome night. Thank you sooo much to Allison and her roomsyes for an aweome party!! I had an awesome time!!! I'm hoping to ftpo writing nor cause I need TO
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Sens game tonight, in the box!
That's right, I got tickets to the Sens game against the Washington Capitals tonight, in the Tomlinson box! I'm very excited! I've never seen a Sens game before, so it's going to be fun! Donald (the accounting manager) decided to get tickets for the accounting department, and invited the IT department (Matt and myself) along also. I heard something about there's going to be food there also, which would be cool.
Also, sort of on the same note, I got tickets to see Rush tomorrow night, also in the Tomlinson box! I'll try to do a review of them on the weekend, but I discovered that I'm not that good at writing reviews.
Also, sort of on the same note, I got tickets to see Rush tomorrow night, also in the Tomlinson box! I'll try to do a review of them on the weekend, but I discovered that I'm not that good at writing reviews.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Early Mornings
Over the past two days, I've discovered that I'm actually kinda a morning person, once I get out of bed. Of course that means that I become a horrible afternoon person. I discovered this because I've had to come in early for work both yesterday and today. Both days I've had to be in for 5:15. My plans of going to bed at 9 the night before didn't work, so I ended up going to bed around 11. Yesterday was the worst. I slept through half an hour of my alarm going off, and waking up at the time that I had planned to leave the apartment. I still got there on time, but only cause there is absolutely no traffic on the roads at 5 in the morning, which was really nice. The big problems come around 12 or 1. I start getting extremely tired, and coffee only gives me a few minutes of relief from tiredness. Yesterday I got off early at 4, went home and slept for about 2 hours. This was a mistake, cause then I couldn't get to sleep last night! This morning I actually got up in good time, and got here around 5:10. Ive had a couple cups of coffee and some breakfast, so I think I might actually stay till my usual time today!
Your probably wondering why I need to come in so early. We have a new payroll system that we are trying to use for all of our drivers and mechanics. It's a handpunch system that scans the shape and density of your hand. It then sends the information into a time management program where changes can be made if necessary. Then we transfer that information over to our accounting program, and everybody gets paid. We've got the mechanics working pretty good on it, and we've been paying them by their handpunch for a couple weeks now. Now we want to get the drivers paid by it, so in order to do that, we need to register each driver into the system and set up their hand on the handpunch unit. This has pretty much been my biggest project here at work, so of course I'm the one that has to come in and get the drivers enrolled, and because the drivers leave the office anywhere from 5:30 - 6:30, I need to be here early to catch them before they leave.
The system works really well, we only have three problems with it: 1. people aren't punching properly (ie. they come in half an hour early, punch in ten go up for coffee and to chat until they are actually supposed to start work). 2. The managers aren't telling the employees to punch at te right times, so they need to ok the hours that come through the system, which is annoying. And 3. the payroll people absolutely hate the system. They feel it's a waste of time, and they can enter in the hours faster in the accounting system. If we can ever get past those three problems, then this will be a great system. I can see us getting around the first two problems, but the last one is going to be very hard, just cause they hate it so much.
Your probably wondering why I need to come in so early. We have a new payroll system that we are trying to use for all of our drivers and mechanics. It's a handpunch system that scans the shape and density of your hand. It then sends the information into a time management program where changes can be made if necessary. Then we transfer that information over to our accounting program, and everybody gets paid. We've got the mechanics working pretty good on it, and we've been paying them by their handpunch for a couple weeks now. Now we want to get the drivers paid by it, so in order to do that, we need to register each driver into the system and set up their hand on the handpunch unit. This has pretty much been my biggest project here at work, so of course I'm the one that has to come in and get the drivers enrolled, and because the drivers leave the office anywhere from 5:30 - 6:30, I need to be here early to catch them before they leave.
The system works really well, we only have three problems with it: 1. people aren't punching properly (ie. they come in half an hour early, punch in ten go up for coffee and to chat until they are actually supposed to start work). 2. The managers aren't telling the employees to punch at te right times, so they need to ok the hours that come through the system, which is annoying. And 3. the payroll people absolutely hate the system. They feel it's a waste of time, and they can enter in the hours faster in the accounting system. If we can ever get past those three problems, then this will be a great system. I can see us getting around the first two problems, but the last one is going to be very hard, just cause they hate it so much.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
IBM Support
OMFG I hate IBM tech support!! Ronnie's (the big boss) laptop has been having some problems, so Matt has been looking at it. Anticipating the worst, he asked me to contact IBM and get some recovery discs sent out to us in case we need to format the machine. So I look on the IBM website to see if they have them available to download, or an online order form. Of course, they don't! So I find the right number and call them up. I was on hold for maybe only 3 minutes, and then I got a very nice, english speaking guy who was very helpful and set a ticket up for me. He then transferred me to product department, with a ticket number and the product number of the CDs I need to get.
So I think to myself: 'Perfect! All I need to do is give the guy my ticket number, he'll pull it, get all the information and say 'Thank you Mr. Winch, the CDs have been shipped to you'', but no, instead I give him the ticket number, and he asks how he can help me (I don't even think he looked the ticket number up). So I tell him that I'm looking for recovery CDs, and he asks for the product number. I give it to him and he asks me to wait while he pulls up information. He then tells me that the CDs will cost $39.95. So I tell him that according to their webpage, if the product is still in warranty, then we get the CDs for free ( by the way, I should probably mention that these are CDs that would normally be shipped with the laptop if you buy from anybody else, like Panasonic). He tells me that I need to talk to somebody in the warranty department, and set up a warranty order. I'm a little bit annoyed right now, and get even more so when he gives me the number to call, but doesn't transfer me like everybody else does.
So I call up the next person I'm supposed to talk to, and tell them that I'm looking for recovery CDs for a laptop still under warranty. She tells me that I need to talk to a different department, gives me the number and transfers me.
The next person comes on, and I tell them the same thing: that I'm looking for recovery CDs for the laptop under warranty. She then asks if I'm looking to buy the CDs, and I tell her: 'no, the laptop is under warranty, so I get them for free'. She then basically acts like I'm an idiot, and has called the wrong place and that I'm wasting her time. She tells me to get in touch with the PC help line, gives me the number and transfers me.
While I'm waiting to be transferred, I notice that the number I'm being transferred to is the original number I called. After about ten minutes of listening to the hold music, I realize that there hasn't been any messages like 'All of our representatives are currently busy, please stay on the line and waste your day while we finish playing our online poker games' or 'Your call is very important to us, but we have 500 more important calls that we will deal with before we see you'. I think that the lady that 'transferred' me actually just put me through to their music channel. So I hang up, and call the number back, and get through in about 2 minutes. I then tell this guy my story, and he got confused I think (or he just didn't care) cause he asked me why I was calling (even though I just told him). So I tell him the usual replacement warranty deal, and again I'm asked if I want to purchase them. So I'm getting kinda annoyed right now, and I tell him (kinda angrily) that no, I get them free because the laptop is under warranty. So he asks whats wrong with the laptop, I tell him it's performing slowly, and we may want to do a recovery in the near future, and thats why we want the CDs. He asked if I've done an F11, and I tell him no, cause I have no idea what that is (it actually sounded like he said S11). He then proceeds to tell me that they can't send me the CDs until I do an F11, and that I need to call them when I have done one so they can walk me through the recovery process, which he then proceeds to explain to me. When he's finally done, I ask him if there is anyway I can get the CDs sent to me, and he says that ' that's not the way we work'. He does the usual 'is there anything else I can help you with?' I say no, and he does the 'thanks for calling' thing, to which I reply ' yah, ok' and hang up. The funny thing is that I've ordered recovery CDs from them before, and I had no problems! I hate tech support sometimes!!
So I think to myself: 'Perfect! All I need to do is give the guy my ticket number, he'll pull it, get all the information and say 'Thank you Mr. Winch, the CDs have been shipped to you'', but no, instead I give him the ticket number, and he asks how he can help me (I don't even think he looked the ticket number up). So I tell him that I'm looking for recovery CDs, and he asks for the product number. I give it to him and he asks me to wait while he pulls up information. He then tells me that the CDs will cost $39.95. So I tell him that according to their webpage, if the product is still in warranty, then we get the CDs for free ( by the way, I should probably mention that these are CDs that would normally be shipped with the laptop if you buy from anybody else, like Panasonic). He tells me that I need to talk to somebody in the warranty department, and set up a warranty order. I'm a little bit annoyed right now, and get even more so when he gives me the number to call, but doesn't transfer me like everybody else does.
So I call up the next person I'm supposed to talk to, and tell them that I'm looking for recovery CDs for a laptop still under warranty. She tells me that I need to talk to a different department, gives me the number and transfers me.
The next person comes on, and I tell them the same thing: that I'm looking for recovery CDs for the laptop under warranty. She then asks if I'm looking to buy the CDs, and I tell her: 'no, the laptop is under warranty, so I get them for free'. She then basically acts like I'm an idiot, and has called the wrong place and that I'm wasting her time. She tells me to get in touch with the PC help line, gives me the number and transfers me.
While I'm waiting to be transferred, I notice that the number I'm being transferred to is the original number I called. After about ten minutes of listening to the hold music, I realize that there hasn't been any messages like 'All of our representatives are currently busy, please stay on the line and waste your day while we finish playing our online poker games' or 'Your call is very important to us, but we have 500 more important calls that we will deal with before we see you'. I think that the lady that 'transferred' me actually just put me through to their music channel. So I hang up, and call the number back, and get through in about 2 minutes. I then tell this guy my story, and he got confused I think (or he just didn't care) cause he asked me why I was calling (even though I just told him). So I tell him the usual replacement warranty deal, and again I'm asked if I want to purchase them. So I'm getting kinda annoyed right now, and I tell him (kinda angrily) that no, I get them free because the laptop is under warranty. So he asks whats wrong with the laptop, I tell him it's performing slowly, and we may want to do a recovery in the near future, and thats why we want the CDs. He asked if I've done an F11, and I tell him no, cause I have no idea what that is (it actually sounded like he said S11). He then proceeds to tell me that they can't send me the CDs until I do an F11, and that I need to call them when I have done one so they can walk me through the recovery process, which he then proceeds to explain to me. When he's finally done, I ask him if there is anyway I can get the CDs sent to me, and he says that ' that's not the way we work'. He does the usual 'is there anything else I can help you with?' I say no, and he does the 'thanks for calling' thing, to which I reply ' yah, ok' and hang up. The funny thing is that I've ordered recovery CDs from them before, and I had no problems! I hate tech support sometimes!!
International Viewers
When I started this blog, I decided I wanted something to show me how many people have visited my blog. For this I chose Google Analytics. I played around with it for a bit, and discovered that I can not only see how many people visit my blog, but also where they visit from! Mostly the visits have been pretty local: Ottawa, Gloucester, Nepean, but there were also some from Toronto and Kingston. I just discovered today that on the 14th of September, I had a visitor from France!! That was really exciting for me! I never thought that people other than friends and family would view this blog. Also, yesterday I had visits from New York city in the States, and someone from Brazil! I have no idea who those people could be, but it's still exciting to see them on my map! I wonder how long it will be until I have a visitor from each continent? ( I was thinking each country, but that would take way too long!) So if you know anybody from another country, let them know about my blog!
Also, with this post, I now have two pages of blogs! Yay me!
Also, with this post, I now have two pages of blogs! Yay me!
Monday, September 17, 2007
Weekend
So this weekend started off at Amanda's parents for dinner on Friday night, then a visit to Angies place to see the kids new rabbit.
Nothing much happened Saturday during the day, other than Amanda quitting her job at Petsmart (which only consisted of one day of training). We went over to Catriona and Jeff's on Saturday night. A month or so ago we decided to have a games night once a month, hosted at each others houses, and Saturday was their turn. We decided that it would also be a drinking night. We had a great dinner, and then started into the games. We played IQ 2000 first, which is a trivia game from the '80's. I think if we hadn't had been drinking, we would have stopped playing very early. The point of the game is to travel along the path on the board by answering trivia questions based on anything from geography to politics, fairy tails to spelling, and everything in between. Some of the questions were ridiculously easy (Spell 'banana') and others were ridiculously hard ( I can't remember any right now, cause they were ridiculously hard, and I was drinking, but there was some American politic stuff that was really hard). The game went on for a long time, with Jeff winning in the end, and many more drinks being drunk. After that we played a couple rounds of a$$hole, and then started watching Black Books (a British comedy starring Bill Bailey, a hilarious Brittish comedian). After a couple episodes of that, we went to bed.
Sunday morning started off with a hearty McDonalds breakfast! The day was pretty uneventful after that (Amanda slept, and I watched some Dr. Who) until the afternoon. Ryan was having some computer problems, so he brought that over for me to take a look at, and then we went to pool. Pool was fun as it always is, and I finally decided to get myself a membership to Dooley's. Apparently I now will get some free pool, free food, and other free stuff throughout the year, as well as discounted pool. After pool, Amy came over for dinner, and we watched Stand by Me. I have never seen it, and it actually wasn't that bad. It was neat to see some big actors as children. We also watched part of Anchorman, but it was starting to get late.
Nothing much happened Saturday during the day, other than Amanda quitting her job at Petsmart (which only consisted of one day of training). We went over to Catriona and Jeff's on Saturday night. A month or so ago we decided to have a games night once a month, hosted at each others houses, and Saturday was their turn. We decided that it would also be a drinking night. We had a great dinner, and then started into the games. We played IQ 2000 first, which is a trivia game from the '80's. I think if we hadn't had been drinking, we would have stopped playing very early. The point of the game is to travel along the path on the board by answering trivia questions based on anything from geography to politics, fairy tails to spelling, and everything in between. Some of the questions were ridiculously easy (Spell 'banana') and others were ridiculously hard ( I can't remember any right now, cause they were ridiculously hard, and I was drinking, but there was some American politic stuff that was really hard). The game went on for a long time, with Jeff winning in the end, and many more drinks being drunk. After that we played a couple rounds of a$$hole, and then started watching Black Books (a British comedy starring Bill Bailey, a hilarious Brittish comedian). After a couple episodes of that, we went to bed.
Sunday morning started off with a hearty McDonalds breakfast! The day was pretty uneventful after that (Amanda slept, and I watched some Dr. Who) until the afternoon. Ryan was having some computer problems, so he brought that over for me to take a look at, and then we went to pool. Pool was fun as it always is, and I finally decided to get myself a membership to Dooley's. Apparently I now will get some free pool, free food, and other free stuff throughout the year, as well as discounted pool. After pool, Amy came over for dinner, and we watched Stand by Me. I have never seen it, and it actually wasn't that bad. It was neat to see some big actors as children. We also watched part of Anchorman, but it was starting to get late.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Explosion at work.
So around noon today, everyone was doing their work as normal, nothing really exciting when the place started shaking! We're all kinda used to this because they do blasting in out quarry right behind us, and we always feel it, but this one was really strong! People freaked out for a minute or two, and then went back to normal. Then , when Mandy (receptionist at work) came back with lunch she was telling us how there were rocks all over Rideau Rd, just up the street from us. Turns out a blast went wrong at the quarry across the street from us! Apparently a boulder went right into the side of a van in a parking lot across from where the blast actually happened.
So that was the buzz around the office for a bit, but then it died down. Then, Kyle signed onto MSN, and his name was something about an explosion. So I asked him if it was the one on Rideau, and it was! Turns out he works at a steel company on Rideau, and the van that got hit was in their parking lot. Apparently another car got hit, and the got some holes in their roof now. I haven't had to go anywhere today, so I haven't been able to see any of the damage, and it will probably be all cleared up by the time I'm done work.
Just thought you guys would be interested to know about it, cause I dunno if it'll be in the news, but now if it is, you already know about it!
So that was the buzz around the office for a bit, but then it died down. Then, Kyle signed onto MSN, and his name was something about an explosion. So I asked him if it was the one on Rideau, and it was! Turns out he works at a steel company on Rideau, and the van that got hit was in their parking lot. Apparently another car got hit, and the got some holes in their roof now. I haven't had to go anywhere today, so I haven't been able to see any of the damage, and it will probably be all cleared up by the time I'm done work.
Just thought you guys would be interested to know about it, cause I dunno if it'll be in the news, but now if it is, you already know about it!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
No more Facebook
Well, my days at work have just become longer. Facebook has been blocked! Now I don't know what I'm going to do while waiting for stuff to finish, and when I have nothing to do! I might actually have to do more work now! Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit. I don't go on it that often at work. Just the occasional time when things are slowed down, and at lunch. But it still sux! I could always un-block it (that's the great thing about being an IT guy!) but then they would notice, and know that it was me ( there's only two people that have access to block and un-block sites), and that probably wouldn't end up good for me. So, I'll just wait it out, and see if the block gets lifted.
Addition to my last post
So I forgot to mention in my post yesterday that Amanda and I also went and played pool on Sunday. Last year we had gotten into the habit of going to Dooley's every Sunday with friends from Amanda's lab. During the summer, that stopped because everyone was busy most weekends, but this weekend we heard from Kyle, asking if we wanted to play pool. It wasn't quite the same as last year because there was pt the there of us regulars, but Kyle brought some friends from his job, and we had a good time. We got what we consider the best table in the place: the one under the stairs with the extremely comfortable chairs. We played for a couple hours, then had to go to my parents or dinner. If you want a good place to play pool, I highly recommend Dooley's on St Laurent.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Been Awhile
So it turns out that keeping a blog is harder than I thought it would be. I thought I could just come home everyday, and spend 5 or 10 minutes writing my blog, but it's proven to be tougher than I thought. It's been about 2 weeks since I started this blog, and lots has happened that I should write about. Amanda and I have done some fun stuff.
Two Fridays ago we went to see the sound and light show on Parliament Hill with Jeff, Sabrina and Yemisi (from Amanda's lab). It was really cool! It was short movie clips, and pictures projected onto the Parliament buildings, with music and audio clips about Canada's history. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. I don't know if they are still doing right now, but it was fun. After that we went to a place called Oh So Good. It's a dessert/coffee place, and is really good!! It has regular coffee and tea and hot chocolate, and specialty coffees also. Their dessert are fantastic! The pieces are large, but not large enough to be too much, and I believe they make them all in the store. It's located on Murray street in the market, so if you're in the area, look it up and go in for an amazing dessert. Amanda and I just hung out at the apartment on Saturday and watched a couple movies. On Saturday we helped our friend Allison move. She wasn't moving very far, so it wasn't a lot of work.
Nothing too much happened at work last week, other than my laptop having to be sent away to get fixed because of a broken/loose power plug. It got sent away on Tuesday, and it's not back yet, so it's been annoying at work having to use one of the spare laptops.
This past weekend, Amanda and I went to Yuk Yuks with Amanda's sister Angie, brother-in-law Robin and out friend Stephanie. Amanda and I have never been, and we loved it! There were 4 comedians performing (well, three comedians, and one hostess) and they were all good. The best one though was the headliner, Pete Zedlacher. Apparently he's been on a couple tv shows and won some Comedy awards. I was laughing so hard during his whole performance. I defiantly want to go to Yuk Yuks again sometime (hopefully for Mike Bullard who's coming in October!).
Amanda and I also went to St.Laurent mall on Saturday, and I made an awesome find! I've really been getting into the new Dr. Who series lately, and I've been wanting to watch some of the original episodes, but I haven't been able to find them online, but Music World happened to have Dr.Who: The Beginning. It's the very first 13 episodes of Dr. Who filmed back in 1963. I've just finished watching them, and they were great! They were full of cheap audio and visual effects, and the acting was a little off sometimes, but they were still fun to watch. Now I just need to find the rest of season one, and the other 25 seasons, and I'll have the whole series! I think it's going to take me a very long time before I reach that stage!!
Well, I think that's enough for now. I'm definitely going to try to write more than I have been, and I think it might be easier, because I've discovered a new feature where I can e-mail my blogs, so now I can write blogs from anywhere I an get reception on my Blackberry!
Two Fridays ago we went to see the sound and light show on Parliament Hill with Jeff, Sabrina and Yemisi (from Amanda's lab). It was really cool! It was short movie clips, and pictures projected onto the Parliament buildings, with music and audio clips about Canada's history. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. I don't know if they are still doing right now, but it was fun. After that we went to a place called Oh So Good. It's a dessert/coffee place, and is really good!! It has regular coffee and tea and hot chocolate, and specialty coffees also. Their dessert are fantastic! The pieces are large, but not large enough to be too much, and I believe they make them all in the store. It's located on Murray street in the market, so if you're in the area, look it up and go in for an amazing dessert. Amanda and I just hung out at the apartment on Saturday and watched a couple movies. On Saturday we helped our friend Allison move. She wasn't moving very far, so it wasn't a lot of work.
Nothing too much happened at work last week, other than my laptop having to be sent away to get fixed because of a broken/loose power plug. It got sent away on Tuesday, and it's not back yet, so it's been annoying at work having to use one of the spare laptops.
This past weekend, Amanda and I went to Yuk Yuks with Amanda's sister Angie, brother-in-law Robin and out friend Stephanie. Amanda and I have never been, and we loved it! There were 4 comedians performing (well, three comedians, and one hostess) and they were all good. The best one though was the headliner, Pete Zedlacher. Apparently he's been on a couple tv shows and won some Comedy awards. I was laughing so hard during his whole performance. I defiantly want to go to Yuk Yuks again sometime (hopefully for Mike Bullard who's coming in October!).
Amanda and I also went to St.Laurent mall on Saturday, and I made an awesome find! I've really been getting into the new Dr. Who series lately, and I've been wanting to watch some of the original episodes, but I haven't been able to find them online, but Music World happened to have Dr.Who: The Beginning. It's the very first 13 episodes of Dr. Who filmed back in 1963. I've just finished watching them, and they were great! They were full of cheap audio and visual effects, and the acting was a little off sometimes, but they were still fun to watch. Now I just need to find the rest of season one, and the other 25 seasons, and I'll have the whole series! I think it's going to take me a very long time before I reach that stage!!
Well, I think that's enough for now. I'm definitely going to try to write more than I have been, and I think it might be easier, because I've discovered a new feature where I can e-mail my blogs, so now I can write blogs from anywhere I an get reception on my Blackberry!
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