I really gotta quit waiting so long between posts. I forgot lots of stuff I've been meaning to write. LOL

Well work is going good still. Studio's been busy as ever. Now with the fact that Roadhouse is closed for a while, we should be and have been busy. Scores, well, it's Scores. The place which should do good but the owners just don't seem to care about it. And the fact I feel like and pretty much am a human jukebox. Oh well, as long as I get my $125 a night plus a few shots, it's all good. Finally Essies. We just started our music game show as a way to get people in there earlier and start with a base crowd. The game show has 4 mini games in it: Music Mashup, Music Trivia, Complete the Lyrics, and Identify song & Artist. Stayed clear away from Name That Tune format so Cary can't bitch about anything. Hopefully it'll be a bit busier for the next one. Depending on it's success, I should get my raise there. Plus if things go very well, I can put the final touches on my music game show and introduce it in the fall somewhere.

The weather has been wonky lately. Went from that really cold snap to +11 temps, melted mostly all of the snow on the roads (except on my block of course!) and now it's suppose to snow again this weekend. But at least no -50 temperatures....for now.

Had the Cash Store Christmas party a few weekends ago. There was supposed to be about 88 people from all the stores, however one branch had a nasty cold rip through it's employees and 2 others canceled, so by the end of it, we had about 23 people. It was held at the Army & Navy club like the year before. The food was great and drinks were a bit expensive, and had a few of them dancing for a while. Was done, and packed up by 12:00, where I cruised over to Studio and helped out Opi who was working for me.

Now as for my personal life, it's ok, but there may be life. First off since I know Ryan WILL read this at some point, thanks for all the support man, and let's do coffee next week. I'll call you. My love life STILL sucks, but I got a few potentials. I realize that it'll just happen. I will still speak my mind to a girl, if I think she's beautiful and such. But I must concentrate on improving me, in all aspects of my life. Things will fall into place then. The Christmas holiday put a bit of a damper on me financially, but I'm able to rebound. I'm back on track after the end of the month. Lots of weddings and such getting booked and should be another fun summer. As for the club scene, this should be my last hurrah. Time to find something a LOT more stable. What exactly that is, is yet to be determined. Ok. No more procrastinating on this blog stuff. :o)

Well it's been a tremendously long time since I blogged last. Seems I survived Christmas this year but I really do think it'll be my last. Again I really don't like spending money one that I don't really have and second for what purpose. Maybe it's because I'm getting old but it has lost it's charm. I didn't even get a chance to go up and see Taia, because I couldn't afford it. But my brother came down and mom once again cooked for an army of 12, even though there was only 3 of us. LOL.

Another reason I really hate Christmas is that I lose out on work. Grrr. Boxing Day was decent at Studio though. Backtracking a bit, the annual Festivus game on the 23rd was great. Great turn out and people don't realize how hard it is to run on snow. I was SO sore at the end of it all. And it's been so nice not to have to work in retail on it's busiest day~!

New Years eve was busy at Studio with no cover. After the night was said and done, I'd finally got fed up. I talked to some of the bartenders and heard how much they made (close to $400 for most). So here I am in the booth, creating a frenzied party atmosphere, making my $100 a night, when a bartender makes $400/night and the bar makes $1000s of dollars. How is that even close to fair. Don't get me wrong about the bartenders, they have to work hard, but they expect tips. Tips are rendered upon service given. So I will still work at Studio but I am in the process of looking for something else. I still love and enjoy my job, but it's time for me to be adequately compensated for my efforts.

Seems this cold weather ain't going away anytime soon. Caused havoc at The Lethbridge Lodge as the city's water main broke and flooded the downstairs of the place, causing it to be shut down last Monday. So we transplanted Essies at Studio. It was very weird seeing their doorman working, but it was all good.

Not much else to say. Going up to see Taia the 17th of January. And thank God I have the Cash Store Christmas party this Saturday. I'm still gonna be screwed for cash but at least I'll have a bit extra to get back on track.

To quote a terrible singer, "...Oh the times they are a changin'...." Welcome to 2010.

I officially hate Christmas. I don't like the fact that I spend money that I don't have or can't really spend, I'm bothered by useless people racing to get that last minute gift item, I lose out on work hours, which means less pay because of the holiday and I can't really relax because of all the above. Oh, but it's a time to enjoy with the family. Yeah sure whatever. I'm going to see my daughter, hang out for a bit, and the next day I spend it with my mom and brother, and that's about it. Conversation drops to a snails pace. Sigh.

On the lighter and happier side, that crazy cold snap we had (even currently which is -15 or so), my car has never been better. I LOVE my car starter. Thank you Bob !!!

It was busy at Essies tonight. We lose Thursday at Studio because of the holiday but are back in the swing on Saturday. At least from what I hear, people are saying it's the place to be now. And that makes me happy. Vince, Josh, Chad and everyone else has put their time and effort into it and they're seeing the rewards now. 2010 coming up soon. What DOES the future hold for me?

Had our Studio 54 Xmas staff party tonight. It was a fun filled affair with pre-supper snacks and drinks. Then we had Chinese food for supper which was fantastic. Finally topping it off with a gift exchanged which went quite good. Had more drinks and had a good time and even danced a little. Towards the end though, I kind of got stuck in the dj booth which was ok with me, on a personal reason. Let's hope it works out well for me.... :)

Yep the weather came back and is being a total tart again this weekend. Not as cold as last Monday but cold enough. Have our Studio 54 Christmas staff party tonight. My date that I was supposed to bring backed out on me and I'm left with nobody yet again. Sigh........

Dream: Bizarre dream of a social event of some sort. I remember the 2nd half of it, of my computer sitting on a desk and catching on fire. So I let it burn as I couldn't put it out and went to get some food. So busy at this restaurant I went to. More of like a pizza place. They were so swamped that they were serving individual slices to people going through an automated drive through. Then a little bit later, I went to check on my computer again, tried starting it up, and amazingly it did. The strangest part of the whole dream I think was the end, where I was at a summer type fair concert. It was a country act, and everyone was inside waiting for the show to start. I get on the mic and did a grand intro for them, and got no response from the crowd. They almost seemed pissed off that it started so late. Then whoever the organizers were, decided to move them outside. After I asked a friend of mine that was there why everyone seemed distant in their reactions he said that they were upset about the whole thing, and getting moved outside was the topping of the cake. Not sure what this dream is supposed to mean...

COLD !!! BRRRR........

I hate cold weather. no matter how much I dress for it. Monday night, apparently we set a record for the coldest city in Canada. At 3 AM, after I got off work I went home and checked the weather network. It was -39 C regular temperature and with the wind chill it was -51 C. -51 C ?!? What the f*ck is that !!! Needless to say if I don't have to go out, I'm not. It's warmed up considerably throughout the week, and this weekend it's supposed to plunge into the deep freeze temperatures again. UGH !!!

Question: Why can't they get the city guys to clear the snow from the middle of the road at night when traffic is a lot less?

Long time no blog ! Where you been hiding ?! LOL

Well it would seem that winter is in full swing now. We just got a ton of snow dumped on us here on Friday. Blizzard like conditions as blowing snow and cold temps made for havoc. I went to mom's to attempt to clean off the driveway, but I got about halfway done. Whenever I would clean off a section, the wind would start to fill it up again with snow. I was beat by the elements. So I drove home, crawled into bed and went to sleep.

This weather makes useless people drive even worse. All those jackasses in their big trucks, and SUVs think they're better than the rest of us by driving at high speeds on bad roads. Screw you all and hope bad fortune rains, or in this context, snows on your parade !!