I was meaning to make this post yesterday, and have been meaning to post more, but sitting here with perennial dial-up, waiting longer than necessary for my high speed modem to arrive, it is very de-motivating in the efforts to actually string a few words, sentences, and paragraphs together. And our power outages haven’t helped any. Not that we had one in our home, just that they make commutes unbearable. For the modem, it turns out Uniserve was less than honest with me about the details of my service, and they want me to fax an unsolicited voided cheque to them before they deliver my modem. Well, I have three words for Uniserve:
FUCK THAT OFF!
As such, my favourite telecom company, Telus, will now be my phone and mobile company, internet, and television provider. Nothing like reducing the number of bills in the house.
Well, anyway, rant over. Well, that rant is over. It seems, according to Time Magazine, I am the 2006 Person of the Year. And so are you. And so is anyone else who can read this it would seem. And Bush once again does not get the nod. Not only can he not use this technology, it is still above his cognitive abilities to read or write.
In Canada, politically anyhow, the Conservatives finally edged the Liberals and formed a minority government. They gave generous tax cuts to the rich, reduced the GST, and strengthened the military. Sadly, they said fuck you to the Kyoto Accord, raised taxes for the lowest income bracket, lied to Canadians and started taxing income trusts, tried and failed to open up the same-sex marriage debate in hopes to recriminalize it, and giving Quebec more fuel to their fire of seperating from Canada, just to name a few anti-Canadian gaffes by the douchebag, Mr. Stephen “I LIKE young boys” Harper. And you know, if I lived in the US and made a similar disparaging remark against the Fuhrer Dubya, I’m sure I’d be arrested by the FBI by now and enduring days, or perhaps months of sheer interrogation. Thankfully, I live in the country that has the most personal freedoms on earth. Canada.
The worst mistake I made this year was working for Best Buy, aka electronics retail hell. While it may be a worthwhile job for a student going through school, to earn a little extra money, it was by absolutely NO means a reasonable way to make a living. It did however, open my eyes to the vicious reality of the business world in the 21st century. And that reality? Companies nowadays are nothing more than legalized slavery and prostitution rings, that show little to no interest in the welfare of their employees. Ten years ago I’d never thought I’d say this, but I am very grateful for the existance of unions. It is the one body, at least here, that will actually look out for employee interests.
The Canucks? We had a shot of making some playoff noise last season, fucked it up, and now are on the 14 year rebuilding plan. I just hope we can develop before Luongo’s contract is up and he heads elsewhere.
Liverpool? We won the FA cup, and started the new season like always… losing enough matches so we have to fight for third in the Premiership. Again. Grrr.
As for the film world, work was slow this year. Really slow. Though hopefully, this winter and spring, I can work towards a few goals. One, actually direct and shoot SOMETHING, whether it be documentary or a short film. I intend to stay focused on writing, as I have an idea for a television series on the go also. I also intend to finally, FINALLY get my Mac, as so that I can pursue my true non-directorial film pursuit. Editing.
Finally, I would like to thank Dawn, Mom and Dad, Aunt Jan, Jana, Sherry, Dawn’s parents, Claudia, and Angel for their birthday wishes. Though I have to say I hate getting old. I know, I do keep young at heart, but your joints tend to put up a hell of an argument to the thinking young concept.
That is all.
