The Briar Patch

The world keeps giving me shit to blog about when I wanna keep working on fiction! Yes I realize that is a first world problem. And I am glad to have it rather than nothing to write about but I wish it wasn't always so stupid. See there was yet again a school shooting. It is a horrible hallmark but I remember the big one, Columbine. I was in grade 12 at the time. It shocked the world, we had an assembly the next day basically to say if you ever feel like this get help! We as a society hoped that it was a one off, we were proved very, very wrong. Mike Moore made a half assed movie about it. When it came out I was mind blown by it. When I realized many things can be given a slant (Thank you journalism school & making of a murderer) I took it with a grain of salt. But he did raise a very good point, WTF?! why were these shootings happening??? I am not gonna blog that, that would take a lot longer than I have but I am starting to get perturbed with this new anti gun BS going on. ...

I should have finished 2012 with the move. No not me moving again, thank god but my work moving. We had long out grown our old building so we had a massive one built. The week between Xmas and New Years all we did was move. Now this was bad for me. With KT home a couple nights we sat and had drinks late. But because work was so slack I really didn't care. I think I had a week long hangover during that move. Plus the building wasn't finished so we had to use port potties. Let me tell you 40 people using 8 port potties for 5 days is nasty. Actually it got to the point we would just drive over to the timmies and get a coffee just to use the washroom. 2013 started out rough. KTs holiday for the Christmas break was winding down, in fact I think she was supposed to fly the next day or maybe the day after so we were going to go out and have a good bye dinner. She was running late but that was okay, I poured a drink and played some of the Arkham games Bugalow had gotten me for Xmas. ...

High school was really about 2 things and maybe they weren't the right 2 things. MY first job and my girlfriend. But aint that a guys problem all his life?? Money and women??!! :) When we got back from Edmonton with Lil Beast I got a phone call. Not to apply on a job, no, but that I had a job at a local chain restaurant. The manager had been friends with my uncle for as long as I can remember. The general manager who everyone mistakenly thought was the owner was also friends with mom for as long as I could remember. So there it was no interview no nothing, just you start Monday after school. I was a bus boy, I cleaned tables, made salads and brought food out when needed BUT I was not ready on my first shift to carry food. That requires training!  HAHAHAHAHAH (No offense people in restaurants, but working in one from 15 - mid twenties no it really doesn't) AT this point I was still kinda shy and awkward. So the general manager brought all the waitresses and bus girls together....