2014-07-30 Angry... Still.

So I went to counseling to deal with my anger... Aparently they taught me how to avoid anger, but not how to deal with people and issues that anger me in past. I suppose I could just wank off on hunks think, but really, it would be a passive way of getting shit off my chest. 

I'm learning that telling people that you are pissed off with them, and why you are pissed off seems to get shit off people's chest. But all that causes is bullshit between two people, I mean, is it really worth it versus just letting it go...

Letting it go... Yeah, easier said than done

For that sitch I would just use marijuana to get rid of anything, or bury, that was bugging me, but since I don't smoke pot anymore, it been a rough go for me when it comes to anger and giving a shit. I'm not sure how to get rid of some of my shit. Suppose I need me some more talks with professionals.

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2014-07-29 10:02pm

Yesterday was the same as every other monday... installed windscreens at rental company maintenance lots... Last night we went to Risty's Cafe and Sushi Bar for dinner, had some delicious sushi. Been there plenty of times, but i normally order a burger. We found this place when we first moved to Marpole.  Found out we could get a bento box and a burger and fries for under $15.00.



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2014-07-27 8:15pm

Found myself sitting at the walnut grove pub with an old friend last night, as my wife is outside with her bestie chatting it up over double ceasars... Buddy decided to purchase some pull tabs... $20.00 in machine, no winners... Boo.

I decide to match, put $20.00 in machine, boom... $100.00 winner. Tab is paid. Buddy has been playing keno, some numbers we picked, boom... $90.00 winner... Night was paid for by BCLC, thanks government dor allowing shitty little pull tabs as a form of gambling in licensed establishments...

Had a jamaican jerk chicken burger thought id relive some jamaican glory... Was ok. Had three pints of Budweiser... Good beer, I gotta say. Drank 7 cups of water for he rest of the evening, got home around 1:30am, hit the pillow and woke up at 6:30...

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2014-07-20

Took a trip to the Richmond Country Farms market today, got mostly local produce. It's a farmers market on the eat side of highway 99 at the steveston highway interchange. They have a whole selection of fruits and vegetables. Like I mentioned above, mostly local grown. They has carts and carts of corm, three for a dollar. Grown on the farm, peppers, cucumbers, zuccini. You name it, they got it. And also some extra goodies too, kettle corn. There's a vast selection of organics aswell, also they have my favourite milk, avalon. ended up filling out crisper, and the rest of the fridge with broccoli, cauliflower, beans, corn (three ears for a buck), kale, peppers (green, red, and purple). and a bunch of other assorted fruits and veggies, for a reasonable price too.

 At Richmond Country Farms they also gave farm animals around. below are some example of just what they gave for animals...

2014-07-21 - Crabbing at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver, BC

Last night after work we (Leah, Oliver, and Keri) drove across the lions gate bridge to Ambleside Park in a west Vancouver and chucked out crab traps into the burrard inlet in search of dungesess crab and red rock crab. Hauling out a plethora again, but same as before, more moms and babies... We were once again able to keep one. But at 12.00 a pound, it's a good return, sure were not in the market for selling it, but not having to buy it sure helps.

This is the before shot in the bag on the way home, the after shot... don't have one, we threw him in a boiling pot of hot water and that was the end of the crab. Got a bag of crab meat in the freezer.
Thought a previous crab was of size, so i took him over to the scale and i was a little careless... hims got my finger in his pincher...
Live and learn i suppose, hims was just trying to escape back to his world, as i took him to my world. turns out it was too small anyways so he got chucked back into the inlet.

Once again, we were done late so a stop off for a feast of McDonalds was instore... Happy now... sad later. :( 

it was quick and easy and at 11:00 on a school night, its whats fed dinner.

2014-07-19 - Part 1... America.. Fuck Yeah!

Part 1... America.. Fuck Yeah!

So, yesterday, was a good day. Started out going to work to grab some items for the days adventures, grabbed a box of nitrile gloves and a pair or wire snips.

Drove back home, made Leah some coffee so she had a fresh cup waiting for her when she woke up, jumped back in the car, went down to kitsilano to pick up my cousins husband, Oliver. Drove back to home, picked up Leah, drove her to her work In surrey. 

Oliver and I continued on our mission,  we drove down to Pacific Border crossing. Where we waited in line for excessive 1.5 hours just to get to the border. Dealt with border guard, you know the one you get who isn't very friends at all, looks straight forward, doesn't look you in the eye, straight faced the whole time, asking you the same 5 questions... I get it, it's your job, but at least do it with a smile... Anyways, out of the border line up, past the kiosk, boom... America... Fuck yeah!

Drive down about a block and a half, picked up couch legs oliver ordered from online. Aparently you can get shit delivered to a warehouse and pick it up there. A way around people not wanting to ship to canada...

Back I'm the car, bought some gas for 4.25 a gallon american. Which after exchange rate comes to 1.25 a litre. Still better than the robbery that is 1.47 in vancouver... (Figure it out government... Once again, no brainer... I buy where it is affordable and canada isn't affordable) so back in th border line up back to canada. 45 minutes this time... Canadian Border Services Agent... Get to the kiosk... No welcome back to canada, no fuck all...

CBSA "how long were you gone?"

 - "about an hour"

CBSA "what did you do?"

 -  "picked up a parcel, bought some gasoline"

CBSA "what was the parcel?"

 Oliver "couch legs"

CBSA "what was the total value?"

 Oliver "30.00"

CBSA "really?"

 - "yup, we really like waiting in line..."

   Didn't get a laugh or anything, just a blank look... Lighten up... It's just two Canadians going to America, fuck yeah!... for something to do...

CBSA "what do you both do for work?"

 -"I. An Autoglass installer"

Oliver"I'm a wedding photographer"

  

Pretty straight forward right...

CBSA" what's in the trunk?"

 - "I don't know... Nothing... Well... Actually a milk crate with a jug of oil, and eliminator from Canadian Tire and and a jug of washer fluid I think"

CBSA starts taking notes... What the fuck? Anyways, we were out of there pretty much after that. Maybe we seemed suspicious because we waiting in line for a total of 2.5 hours for couch legs and gasoline.

2014-07-19 - Part 2... Jericho Beach Pier Crabbing Adventure

Left the border, drove back to Leah's work to pick her up, chilled there for a little bit. Left, drove home, let the dogs out, drove down to Oliver and Keri's place and packed up out shit... Were are going crabbing at Jericho Beach. Never been before but I'm into fly fishing so lets do it. loaded up a bag with some alcohol and supplies we need for our adventure. Leah was working in the area so she came along and Keri shower up a little after 7. all in all we caught maybe 20 crabs... but we had to throw back 98% of them cause of size regulations.  One was questionable, like maybe off my 2mm, so we threw it back, but we were able to keep one. was the right size.
the one in the picture was the one that was questionable in size.  These are the traps we used. we filled them with cheap ass chicken, necks and backs bought from IGA on broadway for $3.00 per pack.
we had four traps going, can have two traps per person with a tidal licence.
 Leah had to leave around 7:30pm cause she had a client to tend to, she does home care nursing at the moment, she goes to peoples houses and care aides for the allotted. I felt a tap on my back, turned around and it was long time friends whom i haven't seen in a really long time. Kim Teshima. Random sightings in the city of people you grew up with 4 hours north in a village called Ashcroft. Was good to see her. She was on a run, so she left and we continued to crab for most of the night. There were quite a few people there, lots of tourists taking pictures and shit... people waiting for you to haul up your traps to catch a glimpse of a Dungeness Crab. I guess there isn't really much etiquette when it come to city fishing/crabbing. www set up out traps and threw them in, see. you throw them in... then 15 minutes later, you haul in your traps, have look and throw them back in. so these two folks decide to set up camp right where we are trapping. maybe try to be a little considerate next time. and because of that,
the little boy that was sitting there lost his scissors to the ocean because our trap line caught his scissors and sent them off the pier. Sorry little dude, but maybe don't set up shop where someone else is already established a fishing zone.  On top of that the guy in the chair the guy in the chair reeled in our trap lines a few times ruining or traps that were set... thanks for that. but i guess these things happen.  all in all it was a pretty awesome day. Another fine example that indeed British Columbia does rule in many ways.
Crabbing in your back yard with a initial investment of around $50.00.
Since we didn't have much luck in the size regulation crabs, we found ourselves at a pub after eating burgers... yeah i know, but ya can't keep females or anything smaller than 166mm across their shell. was a good burger, place was called Colony Bar Kitsilano , but the prime rib onion ring burger was delicious.

winter solstice/cusp

So i have been looking at the fact that i am born on the cusp of Sagittarius and Capricorn and aswell as i looked at the winter solstice dates for december 22, 1978. apparently the dates fluctuate from year to year around december 20, 21, 22nd of the year. and that year it was on the 22nd of December... theres got to be some sort of spiritual significance to that combination...

http://www.tarot.com/astrology/sagittarius-capricorn-cusp

(* source - "http://infinitedimensions.org/devices/thellid_calendar/GWS_dates.pdf")

Guitar withdrawals

I really need to start making songs... Missing it right now.

Transit adventure to North Vancouver

En route to North Vancouver on transit, taking the canada line. Got the head phones on so I don't have to listen to anything or anyone. Plus I try to enjoy my music when I can... Track... "Violent Pornography - System of a down"

Train is almost full, well seat are taken, some people standing. A people watchers heaven...

Day 2...

Day two of my first of three weeks off. Sporadically placed throughout the year. Let's face it, if I had a. Three weeks at once, I'd go bat shit crazy by the end of the year. A guy needs breaks from work. Yesterday, went to 'murica with Leah and my cousin Keri, drove around northwest Washington (Bellingham, Blaine, 'and Burlington). Oh the deals one can get over the 49 parallel. Especially gasoline... With exchange rate...paid 1.07 a litre... In vancouver, the price is 1.39 a litre... No brainer if you ask me. 

Today, going to North Vancouver for a Reiki* (see below) session. Taking another transit adventure. Trying to do my part... #optingout

Reiki (霊気^?, /ˈreɪkiː/) is a spiritual practice^[1] developed in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui, which has since been adapted by various teachers of varying traditions. It uses a technique commonly called palm healing or hands-on-healing as a form of alternative medicineand is sometimes classified as oriental medicine by some professional medical bodies.^[2]Through the use of this technique, practitioners believe that they are transferring universal energy (i.e., reiki) in the form of qi (Japanese: ki) through the palms, which they believe allows for self-healing and a state of equilibrium.^[3]

There are two main branches of Reiki, commonly referred to as Traditional Japanese Reiki andWestern Reiki. Though differences can be wide and varied between both branches and traditions, the primary difference is that the Westernised forms use systematised hand-placements rather than relying on an intuitive sense of hand-positions (see below), which is commonly used by Japanese Reiki branches. Both branches commonly have a three-tiered hierarchy of degrees, usually referred to as the First, Second, and Master/Teacher level, all of which are associated with different skills and techniques.

Reiki is based on a ki – a supposed life force which is purely hypothetical.^[4] Used as a medical treatment, reiki confers no benefit:^[4] the American Cancer Society,^[5]Cancer Research UK,^[6] and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine^[7] have found no clinical or scientific evidence supporting claims that Reiki is effective in the treatment of any illness.

Thoughts on a bus...

Sometimes life doesn't turn out just the way you wanted... 

Remember... You can do anything...

Whoever invented the saying "fake it until you make it" clearly made it in a short amount of time...

Realizations...

So I have been standing on my soapbox a fair amount lately. Everything from saving the environment, to being against big oil expansion etc. I suppose all of this has turned me a little sour towards everyday life. Clearly anger is no way to live out your days. It takes allot out of someone to stand up for something that not all people do, plus not everyone wants to hear their opinions all the time.