I’m starting back at work tomorrow, so I’ll be off the radar for a while. I’ve been working on some new stuff I hope to have posted next week, though. ‘Til then.
-AM
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Take Me Back.
Some of you must remember these from YTV. I didn’t want to overload you with the nostalgia but I couldn’t leave any out. They’re all so great. I still find that some of the music pops into my head at odd times even to this day. And these haven’t been broadcast in some 14-15 years. I have to say I still enjoy The Pyramid music, as well as the Rubber Duck song. What kid couldn’t?
I can still picture my parent’s living room as it was back then as I sat on the sofa and was totally entranced by this music and the animation that to me, now, is obviously right out of the early 90’s. It reminds me of not having a care in the world, other than to watch YTV for hours on end, of course. How things have changed.
I hope they bring back similar memories for someone else. Enjoy.
-AM
Thoughts.
Does anyone else hate those express checkouts at Wal-Mart? I feel like we’re being herded in there like cattle. Everyone lines up at the gate and no-one moves an inch until they hear, “Please go to… 3”. Before you know it they’ll be sticking us with electric cattle prods when it’s our turn to pay, and we’ll probably just grunt at them. I would.
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One of my favourite things to do in the fall is not to admire the colours, or decorate for Halloween, or enjoy the cool air. It’s to drive as fast as I can through piles of leaves on the road, because when I look in the mirror and see them blowing around behind me I feel like I’m driving the Batmobile into the Batcave.
-AM
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
"New" Is My Middle Name.
On the daily schedules they print off and post at each station, they've placed "NEW" between my first and last name. So much for keeping that a secret. I'm even used to introducing myself that way, now. I think I'll actually be sad when it disappears, when I turn into just another name.
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So anyway, here I am, just about three months into the job. We have a lot of catching up to do, don't we? The time has flown by. It feels like I've only been out there for a few days, but maybe that's because I feel like there's still so much for me to see.
It seems like it was just a few days ago that I was showing up for my first shift. I was terrified, nervous and I felt like I had forgotten everything, which was maybe partly true. On that first day as I was checking our truck pre-shift, I realized that as soon as I had finished writing my final exams, and passed my final scenarios, I started forgetting things. As I thought about this, and I as I struggled to remember how to work the monitor, too scared or shy to ask for help, I sat alone in the back of the truck and put my head in my hands wondering what the hell I got myself into. Can I actually do this? Did I get lucky on all of those tests? Will I just embarrass myself? It's made even harder when you're looked at as the one that's just out of school, therefore you should know everything, right?
My head was cleared as soon as we got our first call. A man assaulted at a residence in a lower-income area of town. Don't know the whole story but he had been cut up pretty bad with a broken pool cue. Big lacerations all over his face and head. As soon as we walked in and saw this man lying in a pool of blood on the floor you'd better believe all of the self pity went right out the window. I went from feeling like the rookie didn't know squat about working calls to feeling like I had been doing this for years.
So when I think back to that first day it still seems like it was yesterday, but for some reason I still can't imagine my life before I started this job, and I can't imagine life without it. It's all I know right now and I love every second of it. Can't wait to start it all over again tomorrow.
Take care.
-AM
even walls fall down
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So anyway, here I am, just about three months into the job. We have a lot of catching up to do, don't we? The time has flown by. It feels like I've only been out there for a few days, but maybe that's because I feel like there's still so much for me to see.
It seems like it was just a few days ago that I was showing up for my first shift. I was terrified, nervous and I felt like I had forgotten everything, which was maybe partly true. On that first day as I was checking our truck pre-shift, I realized that as soon as I had finished writing my final exams, and passed my final scenarios, I started forgetting things. As I thought about this, and I as I struggled to remember how to work the monitor, too scared or shy to ask for help, I sat alone in the back of the truck and put my head in my hands wondering what the hell I got myself into. Can I actually do this? Did I get lucky on all of those tests? Will I just embarrass myself? It's made even harder when you're looked at as the one that's just out of school, therefore you should know everything, right?
My head was cleared as soon as we got our first call. A man assaulted at a residence in a lower-income area of town. Don't know the whole story but he had been cut up pretty bad with a broken pool cue. Big lacerations all over his face and head. As soon as we walked in and saw this man lying in a pool of blood on the floor you'd better believe all of the self pity went right out the window. I went from feeling like the rookie didn't know squat about working calls to feeling like I had been doing this for years.
So when I think back to that first day it still seems like it was yesterday, but for some reason I still can't imagine my life before I started this job, and I can't imagine life without it. It's all I know right now and I love every second of it. Can't wait to start it all over again tomorrow.
Take care.
-AM
even walls fall down
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Just FYI.
When you are driving too fast down the street on your motorcycle and a car in the oncoming lane is turning, please wait until you know for sure which direction they're turning before you try to fly past them. Trust me.
-AM
-AM
Friday, October 2, 2009
Am I Paranoid?
I think my Ipod wants me to commit suicide. This is the playlist it came up with on the way home today:
REM - Everybody Hurts
Elliot Smith - Needle In The Hay
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (yeah, yeah...)
And the kicker:
Nirvana - I Hate Myself and Want to Die
I mean, come on!
-AM
REM - Everybody Hurts
Elliot Smith - Needle In The Hay
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (yeah, yeah...)
And the kicker:
Nirvana - I Hate Myself and Want to Die
I mean, come on!
-AM
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