Cuhdear everybody laffin at poor Miss Utah.
See the link dey
So Sunday night at de Miss USA show (and before ya ask yes apparently dem duz still got dese pagents cause I thought dem did dun wid) dem ask poor Miss Utah a question "A recent report shows that in 40 per cent of American families with
children, women are the primary earners, yet they continue to earn less
than men. What does this say about society?”
Miss Utah freeze like a deer in headlights and mumble out some nonsense bout "create education better". Poor chile!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2013
5 years ago
Today was the last time I wrote something that I actually liked.
Maybe not the last time I wrote something good but who knows.
See Father's day is now a conflicted day for me. How do I keep up the charade of being all happy etc when in the back of my mind I'm thinking about my dad's death on father's day 5 years ago. Kind of sucks.
And I'll be honest my heart actually hasnt been in writing ever since he died. I think my writing peaked with his eulogy (Which I put my all into trying to do justice to my dad) and then I fell into a deep funk, writing only occasionally when my mind feels too full and needs to be evacuated of a few thoughts: the joy is gone somewhat.
Should be a bit different this year too since I'm now the father of 3 (had twin boys a few months ago) so I should be like really really happy and thankful today...except I'm not really feeling it. Its no disrespect to the fam who are trying their best to make me feel happy but it just brings back too many painful memories, too many regrets, too much anger, too many questions. And you know what really really sucks about someone dying on one of these holidays that move around. You sort of have to deal with the anniversary twice a year since those days like father's day usually doesn't fall on the same day as the actual date of the death except maybe once every couple of years. Its like a double whammy.
Anyway not sure it helps but glad to get that off my chest if only to relieve a little of the clutter in my mind.
Not sure there's much more to say. It is what it is.
Still this is cheaper than a shrink so maybe it helps.
On a nicer note. Happy father's day to all the dads out there, hope you don't have my issues and enjoy your day to the fullest
Maybe not the last time I wrote something good but who knows.
See Father's day is now a conflicted day for me. How do I keep up the charade of being all happy etc when in the back of my mind I'm thinking about my dad's death on father's day 5 years ago. Kind of sucks.
And I'll be honest my heart actually hasnt been in writing ever since he died. I think my writing peaked with his eulogy (Which I put my all into trying to do justice to my dad) and then I fell into a deep funk, writing only occasionally when my mind feels too full and needs to be evacuated of a few thoughts: the joy is gone somewhat.
Should be a bit different this year too since I'm now the father of 3 (had twin boys a few months ago) so I should be like really really happy and thankful today...except I'm not really feeling it. Its no disrespect to the fam who are trying their best to make me feel happy but it just brings back too many painful memories, too many regrets, too much anger, too many questions. And you know what really really sucks about someone dying on one of these holidays that move around. You sort of have to deal with the anniversary twice a year since those days like father's day usually doesn't fall on the same day as the actual date of the death except maybe once every couple of years. Its like a double whammy.
Anyway not sure it helps but glad to get that off my chest if only to relieve a little of the clutter in my mind.
Not sure there's much more to say. It is what it is.
Still this is cheaper than a shrink so maybe it helps.
On a nicer note. Happy father's day to all the dads out there, hope you don't have my issues and enjoy your day to the fullest
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Conversation pieces
Walking quickly up Yonge Street yesterday, in a rush to make it to the subway before 6. Not really paying any attention to anything other than sidestepping fellow pedestrians when suddenly the following relatively loud conversation from a guy on his cell phone walking just up ahead caught my ear
"Have you talked to *unknown* recently?"
"Have you talked to him?"
"He's moody these days"
"Its his nephew........."
pause.
I walk past ears piqued now wondering if I will catch the rest of the conversation. Wondering who this person is and what's wrong with their nephew to put them in a bad mood. Not that is any a mi business but sometimes random conversations just intrigue me.
Mind you I don't even slow down or break stride or look at the speaker as I pass.
pause
"Yea" he says probably replying to something the person on the other end of the line had said.
"Yea its his nephew, he's 5 years old. He's.........."
pause and rest of conversation drowned out by loud dance music from a passing car.
By then I'm about 10 steps ahead but stopped at the light. He catches up and is turning west
"Yea, his brain" more noise.
"They found out ..........."
and then its too late. He crosses perpendicular to me and the rest of the conversation is drowned out by distance, passing vehicles and two Filipino ladies passing in front, staring back, chatting away furiously in Tagalog probably about the ridiculously sized fake breasts of a woman who had just passed by.
Wait what! Sorry where was I again.............
"Have you talked to *unknown* recently?"
"Have you talked to him?"
"He's moody these days"
"Its his nephew........."
pause.
I walk past ears piqued now wondering if I will catch the rest of the conversation. Wondering who this person is and what's wrong with their nephew to put them in a bad mood. Not that is any a mi business but sometimes random conversations just intrigue me.
Mind you I don't even slow down or break stride or look at the speaker as I pass.
pause
"Yea" he says probably replying to something the person on the other end of the line had said.
"Yea its his nephew, he's 5 years old. He's.........."
pause and rest of conversation drowned out by loud dance music from a passing car.
By then I'm about 10 steps ahead but stopped at the light. He catches up and is turning west
"Yea, his brain" more noise.
"They found out ..........."
and then its too late. He crosses perpendicular to me and the rest of the conversation is drowned out by distance, passing vehicles and two Filipino ladies passing in front, staring back, chatting away furiously in Tagalog probably about the ridiculously sized fake breasts of a woman who had just passed by.
Wait what! Sorry where was I again.............
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Immigrant Rage
So ah gone in the convienence store this morning to get a Lotto ticket for this record $55 million dollar draw tonight.
Three people in the store besides me and de store owner: one old black lady with a walker buying nuff nuff Lotto tickets, anudda lady who aint have nuttin in she hand but in line right ahead a me and anudda fella in his 50s or 60s in a black baseball cap wid a lil man purse in he hand looking around in de store.
So I stan up in line a few minutes, looking at mi phone killing time and the store owner tekin long long to sort out the old lady lotto tickets. Going back and forth to the machine and looking around.
Out a de blue so he ask the fella that looking round the store if he looking fa something in particular.
Well boy like Paul Keens' character Tante Merle wud say "Who tell he to say dat?"
Three people in the store besides me and de store owner: one old black lady with a walker buying nuff nuff Lotto tickets, anudda lady who aint have nuttin in she hand but in line right ahead a me and anudda fella in his 50s or 60s in a black baseball cap wid a lil man purse in he hand looking around in de store.
So I stan up in line a few minutes, looking at mi phone killing time and the store owner tekin long long to sort out the old lady lotto tickets. Going back and forth to the machine and looking around.
Out a de blue so he ask the fella that looking round the store if he looking fa something in particular.
Well boy like Paul Keens' character Tante Merle wud say "Who tell he to say dat?"
Friday, March 15, 2013
Recession
I guess first off I should start by saying that I feel blessed to actually have a job.
Why do I say that you ask?
Well its not like I was/am facing imminent unemployment at any time recently but I just get this feeling that despite the big names and institutions and politicians telling us that the recession is over that we are still in its midst.
Either that or the world has just gone all pear shaped.
Looking around downtown Toronto, and even in the suburbs I see way too many for lease signs on commercial property. Seems like every other week or month I pass some plaza, some previously occupied storefront and see it currently empty. Doesn't matter if its a main street or a side street our small businesses seem to be getting decimated. And not only are existing small businesses being knocked out but where are their replacements. Where are the burgeoning hosts of entrepreneurs who are dying to replace them.
Why do I say that you ask?
Well its not like I was/am facing imminent unemployment at any time recently but I just get this feeling that despite the big names and institutions and politicians telling us that the recession is over that we are still in its midst.
Either that or the world has just gone all pear shaped.
Looking around downtown Toronto, and even in the suburbs I see way too many for lease signs on commercial property. Seems like every other week or month I pass some plaza, some previously occupied storefront and see it currently empty. Doesn't matter if its a main street or a side street our small businesses seem to be getting decimated. And not only are existing small businesses being knocked out but where are their replacements. Where are the burgeoning hosts of entrepreneurs who are dying to replace them.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Strollers!
Apparently the big story in Toronto today is limiting strollers on public transit.
Now I understand that sometimes you might get on a bus and have to wade through a few strollers to get a spot to stand but really does that necessitate limiting the number of strollers on public transit?
To me the fact that someone even asked this question is just sad and shows how much of a me-preoccupied society we have become.
Suck it up, people with strollers, have as much right to be on public transit as anyone else. No they do not deserve to be made to pay extra fare, no they shouldn't be limited in their travelling time, no they shouldn't be limited in number on public transit. And if you have to ask why then you are more self-centered and clueless than I imagined.
Its actually a common sense thing. Can another stroller fit? OK then well let them get on. If they cant then no don't let them get on.
I encourage no I dare the TTC to come up with a cohesive plan, a plan that makes sense, on limiting strollers on buses given the numerous makes, models and especially sizes of strollers these days. I mean its alright to say damn these strollers are bigger than they used to be so limit them but its not the parents fault that manufacturers are making strollers so big so why make them pay for it.
Look public transit is there to serve not only people who think they are entitled to use it as their own personal limo and get offended when someone they don't want sits next to them (yes you people who don't want to sit next to a brother on the train know who I'm talking to) but its there to serve the needy and those with no other means of travel.
Inconveniencing persons with strollers is not a very clever solution to space problems.
Now I understand that sometimes you might get on a bus and have to wade through a few strollers to get a spot to stand but really does that necessitate limiting the number of strollers on public transit?
To me the fact that someone even asked this question is just sad and shows how much of a me-preoccupied society we have become.
Suck it up, people with strollers, have as much right to be on public transit as anyone else. No they do not deserve to be made to pay extra fare, no they shouldn't be limited in their travelling time, no they shouldn't be limited in number on public transit. And if you have to ask why then you are more self-centered and clueless than I imagined.
Its actually a common sense thing. Can another stroller fit? OK then well let them get on. If they cant then no don't let them get on.
I encourage no I dare the TTC to come up with a cohesive plan, a plan that makes sense, on limiting strollers on buses given the numerous makes, models and especially sizes of strollers these days. I mean its alright to say damn these strollers are bigger than they used to be so limit them but its not the parents fault that manufacturers are making strollers so big so why make them pay for it.
Look public transit is there to serve not only people who think they are entitled to use it as their own personal limo and get offended when someone they don't want sits next to them (yes you people who don't want to sit next to a brother on the train know who I'm talking to) but its there to serve the needy and those with no other means of travel.
Inconveniencing persons with strollers is not a very clever solution to space problems.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Supermarket madness
Dear Mr Supermarket owner
I understand that ya duz mek nuff money when the holidays arrive cause certain people like dem duz only shop when Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas arrive but I got some advice for ya.
We your loyal customers dat duz shop week after week in ya store doan really like all the hustle an bustle come holiday time. I mean whichpart these other people duz be all year round? Dem doan cook except on special occasions? Is only KFC and Mcdonalds dem buying all year round fa true? Well nuh wonder summuch diabetes and obesity run this place nuh.
Anyways ah have two suggestions for ya. The first one is to try an have some sort of video or instructional pamphlet for these one time shoppers on using a shopping trolley. Lawd ave mercy, the place already pack but people doan know ya cant park off ya shopping trolley in de midle a people aisle an go browsing all bout the place causing all sorta aisle block.
And be familiar with the size a ya trolley. No miss lady dat trolley not going to fit in dat tight space and please watch where ya going cause muh corns cant tek anudda running over so soon after the last one. And dont be turning dem corners a de supermarket aisls like ya going to the indy 500 eidda.
The second suggestion is I feel ya need to reward the loyal customers like me that duz shop at ya week after week. So I suggest ya come up wid some sorta shopping loyalty or shopping priority fa we. Give we bigger carts or express lanes or some sorta preference to these newbies cause is we weekly business that duz keep you going from holiday to holiday ya know. If ya had to wait on Christmas, Easter and thansgiving allya goods wud be in deyso spoiling an ya wud be gine outta business quick quick.
Anyway happy Christmas everyone.
I understand that ya duz mek nuff money when the holidays arrive cause certain people like dem duz only shop when Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas arrive but I got some advice for ya.
We your loyal customers dat duz shop week after week in ya store doan really like all the hustle an bustle come holiday time. I mean whichpart these other people duz be all year round? Dem doan cook except on special occasions? Is only KFC and Mcdonalds dem buying all year round fa true? Well nuh wonder summuch diabetes and obesity run this place nuh.
Anyways ah have two suggestions for ya. The first one is to try an have some sort of video or instructional pamphlet for these one time shoppers on using a shopping trolley. Lawd ave mercy, the place already pack but people doan know ya cant park off ya shopping trolley in de midle a people aisle an go browsing all bout the place causing all sorta aisle block.
And be familiar with the size a ya trolley. No miss lady dat trolley not going to fit in dat tight space and please watch where ya going cause muh corns cant tek anudda running over so soon after the last one. And dont be turning dem corners a de supermarket aisls like ya going to the indy 500 eidda.
The second suggestion is I feel ya need to reward the loyal customers like me that duz shop at ya week after week. So I suggest ya come up wid some sorta shopping loyalty or shopping priority fa we. Give we bigger carts or express lanes or some sorta preference to these newbies cause is we weekly business that duz keep you going from holiday to holiday ya know. If ya had to wait on Christmas, Easter and thansgiving allya goods wud be in deyso spoiling an ya wud be gine outta business quick quick.
Anyway happy Christmas everyone.
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