waiter, there's a magnet in my cup

really, there was a magnet at the bottom of my o.j. this morning. it had fallen off the fridge and into the fridge but i couldn't find it, so i just shut the fridge door and went on with life. a couple of hours later i decided to finally drink the glass of o.j. that i'd left in the fridge for about 3 days and found the magnet.... at the bottom of my cup.

i'm pooped. all this getting up and going to work stuff is overrated, but necessary. the funny thing is, the hours are humane, so i'm not as exhausted as i used to be and i still have a lot of energy to do stuff which is new and funny-feeling. i was all set to sit on my butt all weekend and watch endless movies but i've actually been outside for most of the weekend, save this morning. (ok - i saw the new harry potter last night which ROCKED... run, don't walk and make sure you go pee before it).

so the job is good. i have some political issues with it, but overall it's a good job and i can translate my concerns into good community development. it's just a bit of a headache at times. the people are so friendly and fun, but they are recreational programmers and it seems like every sentence starts with "i was out for a run last night...." or "i'm on a soccer team..." which just makes me want to light up a cigarette while they're talking.

(i know... i shouldn't be so critical, but it's the first week and i'm just trying to suss out what i'm dealing with and how i'm going to operate in this group of folks. it's good but just a little different from the social justice framework that i'm used to living my life in.)

anyway, life's good - i just have to do some errands because i don't get to stay home tomorrow. and my mom is booked to come out for a visit and i am so excited.

random post for a random day and now it's time to buy some soy milk.

annals of the unemployed

soooo
it's been a while, a long while, since i posted which coincidentally corresponds exactly to when i finished my job. (ok, i finished 5 days later).

being unemployed is good. just stressful in the long stretch of days and the push/pull effect of looking for a job (i.e. wavering between, "wow! i love being unemployed and not having anything to do" and "wow! if i don't get out of my apartment sometime soon i will kill someone, most likely myself". not good.)

since becoming a freebird, i had a lovely time of intense decompression. think lots of movie-watching, quilt-making, frantic making of lists of things i would do while unemployed, frantic unmaking of lists since i was unemployed, goddammit, and didn't want/need lists to propel my day, and finally, lots of sleeping.

then i had the best family visit ever in windsor and just hung out with my mom, my niece, my bro and sister-in-law and my grandparents. it was amazing.

then i came back to vancouver and got the blues. i missed my family and finally clued into the fact that i was not on vacation, that i need a job to pay those dastardly things called bills and then i got angry. the org i used to work for owes me money which they have still to pay (which infuriates me) and i also had shit to do which i wasn't doing. and i got angry at myself for being angry at myself which is nice and circular and always productive. so i gave that up, although it comes back in waves, and i decided to exercise. i've been deep into my yoga practice and i've also been swimming in preparation for a race that i haven't registered for yet, but which i imagine i am in every time i get in the pool and mentally pummel the other swimmers while they happily do their lengths.

i've also had the bestest visitors since i've been unemployed - janet and chachi came and alice is coming in only two sleeps. it's nice that they've been here and it's nice too that i have nothing but time for them. oh and fine hospitality - i have that too. and my friends rock. but a lot of them work although i've been promoting the "freedom 28" lifestyle to anyone that can afford it.

that's all. i doubt anyone reads this thing anymore but i will persist since i have the time.