Poetry in le Transit

Do you know what "Poetry in Transit" is?
If you ride on TransLink buses, in BC, you do.
I think, they are dumb.
They don't make sense;
They are not even funny.
Not like my poem.
I think 'tis a funny poem,
But I think "Poetry in Transit" is dumber.
How do poets even make a living?!

-Anon

Tubing

I thought this'd be funny, cause I just read a bunch of quotes from Leemarc....and because I can!

A conversation between me and my Australian cousin, who has an Australian accent (what are the odds?!). Hehehe....I'm a dag.... (that was Australian slang). Man, they're so weird (I'm gonna get flack for that...)

On Windows Live Messenger (goodbye sweet sweet MSN Messenger...):

><((((+> says:
how u guys doing over there?

this is what Tim says:
good its snowing this weekend

this is what Tim says:
not much

this is what Tim says:
but first time in a while

><((((+> says:
cool...u been tubing or boarding?

this is what Tim says:
nope

this is what Tim says:
too expensive, and i'm too lazy

><((((+> says:
or 'toobing' as it would be said

this is what Tim says:
....no, its tubing.....

><((((+> says:
pronounciation?

this is what Tim says:
yeah toobing

><((((+> says:
cool

this is what Tim says:
what, you say tewbing?

this is what Tim says:
or tyoobing?

><((((+> says:
umm chyoubing

this is what Tim says:
wahahahaaaa........

><((((+> says:
hehe

><((((+> says:
ch-you-bing

this is what Tim says:
ok i'm posting this online....

><((((+> says:
alright
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I don't know why but our convseration kinda ended after that.

I got a free calendar today, hurray.

While walking through the mall, there was a little rack set up in front of a calendar club type of store which said: "Free - Please take only one." And on the rack, there were a bunch of calendars, the kind that have a page for each day of the year, and you can place it on a flat surface (like a desk) to stare at.

Soooooo I took one, because the theme amused me. And they were free. Free stuff is pretty cool. I took a picture as a sample of a day from each month of this year. Did you know this year is a leap year? Boo-ya it is.

Click to enlarge.

le calendrier

janvier

février

mars

avril

mai

juin

juillet

août

septembre

octobre

 

november

 décembre

la fin, bam.

S.tick A.t it Dude

The first time I read about seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D), I thought the whole idea itself was sad (the lame kind of sad). I thought it must be sort of true for some people (like the kind who purses their lips when they're angry, or the kind that enjoys eating bagels ), but it was just a dumb idea to me because I typically love winter. Interestingly though, after hearing some news reports on TV about Monday (January 21, 2008) being the most depressing day of the year, the idea of SAD became more real to me. On a completely separate note, I was unusally energetic and joyful on said Monday. Strange!

Anyways, for the past month and a bit or so, (now that I've thought about it), I think I had a very slight case of seasonal affective disorder. I wasn't depressed or mopy all the time, but I was frequently tired (as mentioned here and here), which I must admit was partially my fault since I wasn't going to bed early enough. But honestly, the weather/seasonal timing did play a part of it. It's a real dreary feeling to have to crawl out of a warm bed, trudge to the bus stop in the cold eeeearly morning, and then arrive at work by 8am- all with no daylight. And then it's an almost equally dreary feeling to get off at 5pm, and trudge back home, again with no daylight. It was a real battle each morning to wake up, and I ignored my alarm clocks so many morning... Long story short, I'm really appreciating how there's more and more sunlight as I travel back and forth from work because I actually see it now.

Oh yes, while talking about the sun, here's a short conversation I had with my boss:
[I hold a door open for him as he walks through]
Me: [holding up my hand and rubbing my thumb and index finger together] What? No tip sir?
Boss: Never stare directly into the sun.
Me: [taking a few seconds to process the "random" statement] Wow, that's a good tip.

Oh yes, one more tip I learned today. Wearing earbuds and listening to music while driving is a baaaaad idea.
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1. I'm thinking of starting a thing called Pointless Posts in the near future. They will be designed to waste time, but hopefully be amusing.

2. Church politics sucks bigtime.

3. I would love to see a drime one day with the theme music being The Pretender by the Foo Fighters.

4. Haven't done this in a while but, saw gas in Edmonton about 12¢/litre cheaper than it was here. Lately, it's been about 105ish¢/litre.

fo' real?!

The other day, I was at the dollar store, and I saw a do-rag on the shelf. I almost considered buying it. eheheheee....

It's a new year...but it feels like the old still

Still tired (my own fault), and I can't really get anything done because I have the intent, but no real drive to do it. I'll start and not finish. At the end of the day, nothing is really accomplished and then

One of the most beautiful sounds in the world

So I'm in Edmonton, at the C4C Bi-Mon Sci-Fi Con. Hehehe, sorry, that reference always cracks me up. Actually its wintercon (Winter Conference). Anyways, picture this: it's Sunday night, you're in a room with 300-400 twenty-something year old university students from across western Canada. The worship band's leader at the front of the room says you can stay, or you're free to leave. What happens? The students stay. On their own will. And they sing songs that speak of how amazing Jesus is, who is God. The voices sing in unison. The band stops playing their instruments for one verse/chorus, and its just acapella, of about 300-400 people singing to God. It was great.

And then some of the most beautiful sights I see: whereas other 20-something year olds would be off in a bar, or doing crazy/possibly irresponsible things with their friends, I see in front of me, young men with their hands on each other's shoulders, praying for each other. I see varying numbers of groups, men and women, crying out to God, near tears with passion. I don't think what I saw and heard can be faked. I don't believe it is "organized religion" because the things I saw can't be organized. I sat in my chair and just observed my peers, my friends, my brothers and sisters. It's hard to describe but I just thought I'd attempt to share that.

And I guess that's it for 2007. I'll aim for more posts in 2008. Maybe.

I wonder what my life would be like...

I'm doing this in the interest of procrastination. Sigh. Updating my resumé and writing my co-op work term report is sooooo boring. And I'm sooooo tired, because I'm always tired (isn't that a nice cogent statement? [<-- dry wit])

Sooooo.... I wonder what my life would be like if:

-I drank coffee
-I was an F.O.B. (no, not a fob, but an eff-oh-bee)
-I was more than 7 feet tall
-I smiled more
-I lived alone
-I had a gun
-I only ate kosher meat
-I grew a queue
-I could b-boy (popping is so cool!)
-I had a Scooty-Puff Sr.: The Doom Bringer (because the Scooty-Puff Jr. suuuucks.....)
-I was a world champion at something
-I wasn't indifferent
-I didn't procrastinate or waste time
-no one read this...

Tim's Solution to Help Slow Global Warming...

...which may or may not be a myth.

I'm all for reducing, reusing, and recycling, but it's sort of annoying how in almost every single type of media thingy, they'll talk about climate change/climate impact or carbon emissions/carbon credits....

It's getting a bit band-wagony/commercialized.

For example, next week I'm going to introduce onto the market, my very own designer, reusable, eco-friendly, shopping bags, made from 100% recycled panda! I mean plastic!

.....that's creepy.


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Ok, so now onto my plan to slow global warming:

Houses/living spaces use up a lot of energy (I think) to heat up the occupants inside. Solution? Get rid of all furnaces and electric heaters and stop spaying/neutering all dogs. Let them breed. Then every house should have a minimum of 20 dogs. My theory revolves around the fact that dogs are warm (and cute!) and give off warmth, so if there's 20 dogs running around your house, you won't need a heater anymore! It's as simple as that! The costs you save on heating, you can use to take care of the dogs. Aren't I genius? Take that Al Gore.

Disclaimer: I'm probably wrong. But if I'm right, BAM!

T.G.I.W!

Thank God it's Wednesday! Because it's two days from Saturday, my sleep-in day! Aaaah sleep.

At approximately 2:30pm today, there was a spectacular, beautiful (the kind of beautiful where you have to stare for a few seconds and then whisper to yourself, "That is beautiful..." kind of beautiful) rainbow in the sky. Actually, it was a double rainbow, but the first one was what had me standing out in the rain for a good 30 seconds to stare at it. Came back inside, then had to go back out into the rain to stare at it some more. I'm pretty sure it was a full arc, but I couldn't see the end side because some buildings were in the way. Wow, it was so vibrant against the grey clouded sky. Idiot idiot idiot for not having my camera with me. Idiot.

It's been a while since I've posted stuff. I'm just so unmotivated. I have a bunch of things I want to post/upload but I just don't make myself do them (more idiot....).

Anyways, here’s a picture of a rainbow from September 22, 2007. Pretty “lame” in comparison to the one I saw today. Ooooh I just got goosebumps thinking about today's rainbow. Sigh.


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Note to self: Matthew 7:1-5, Romans 12:9-21. Wake up Tim. Are you real?

Things from the top of my head

Currently, I am in a super, fantastic, happy mood. I don't know why. I'm thinking my dinner was laced with LSD, but its unlikely. Maybe I'm realizing the joy of the Lord tonight.
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Today's Office episode, entitled "Branch Wars" is one, possibly, the best Office I've seen. I laughed a lot. Out loud. I even giggled.
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Our next door neighbour is such a sweet old lady. She's really old and always calling me over to get her newspaper for her (long drive way) or open a jar of something. And then she'll give me a treat like cookies or juice and in her own words, "Something for your Bow-Wow." She always has leftovers from her meals to give to our dog.
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King of Queens is soooo funny. This tiny bit of dialogue had me laughing out loud:

Doug: (walking in to Arthur in the kitchen) Hey Arthur, what did you do today?
Arthur: Oh, I had a busy day: Long story short, the shag carpet's all the same length...

Hi-larious!
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CKNW New Club (type in "tsbutton" in the referred section if you want to join 8^D)
I was hoping to win a Wii..... 2500 points per entry for the draw for the Wii.... 130 entries later.... I didn't win a Wii. Poo. But, see top "point" of this post.
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I wore really thick/long socks yesterday. My feet were amazingly warm! Although, I got some static shocks from certain door handles that I haven't felt before....
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Mark Driscoll is a very gifted speaker/teacher. He doesn't always give a lot of Scripture references for everything he talks about, but he manages to balance it out by explaning biblical things in a relevant manner, which is pretty great in itself. You'd understand more if you listened yourself, which you should.
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There's so much dog hair in my bed. The dog sleeps in my bed so much more than I do. The little spoiled fart.
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You should really go do something productive now.

On Thursday...

I went to a mailbox to mail some things and I crunched some dry leaves on the ground. Then while at the bus stop, I crunched a few more leaves on the sidewalk. They were reasonably crunchy.

One minute of your life you're never going to get back....

Tomorrow's weather forecast...

As if today wasn't wet (Vancouvery) enough, due to some boost from tropical storm LingLing(?) from the Pacific, there have been warnings for high winds and heavy rain.

Yippeeeee.....