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But I am still freaked out.

One day happy and boom the shit hit the fan.
Not that anyone pissed me off just some over thinking, as usual.

I went to do my laundry and at the same time pay my rent. I had a long walk on Water street and came across a few people I know but I pretended that I didnt see them. I didnt feel like talking to anyone. Silence was my friend or my worse ennemy depending on how you look at it.

I saw Sara, I stayed away. I saw Bob, I crossed the Street. The only one that caught me was Sandy taking a stroll downtown with his baby daughter, which I still cant remember the name... She is the cutest little thing. He gave me the bear hug which he is famous for. You'd think that would make me feel better but no, made me sad.

I walked to the waterfront thinking it would cheer me up but even the wave crashing on the the bottom of Signal hill did not stop my mind going everyhwere at the same time.

I have last minute jitters... no, I have an irrational panic attack about going back to the mainland. Even for a week. I don't even know why but I am freaking out. I want to s... ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6918448/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6918448/ Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:07:57 PST
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http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6868904/ Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:13:10 PDT
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1001 pages view!


Wooot!

http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6844921/ Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:40:22 PDT
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom



Hardcover: 198 pages
Paperback: 231 pages
Publisher: Hyperion (September, 2003)
Language: English


From Publishers Weekly

This life-affirming fable ironically opens at the end of the life of a seemingly ordinary man. Known as "Eddie Maintenance" to those he works with at Ruby Pier, Eddie led what he saw as a disappointing life working as head of maintenance at a seaside amusement park. Upon his death, he learns that heaven is a place to make sense of his time on earth and that he will meet five people from his life who will help him understand its greatest lessons. Accompanied at times by music that sounds psychedelic rather than heavenly, reader Singer conveys this uplifting story in an earnest manner. However, the soft-spoken intonations he employs for women and the gruff but bashful voices he uses for men add an extra dose of sweetener to this already sentimental tale, as does Singer's plaintive rendition of Eddie and his... ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6766933/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6766933/ Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:08:54 PDT Le syndrome de la page blanche. I am thinking of doing a collective short story and I am looking for inspired writers or writers to be to join in.

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Shot without consent

>> Local photographer crusades against Quebec-only restrictions on street photography

by KRISTIAN GRAVENOR

So you got one of those newfangled digital cameras and you've gone snaphappy, shooting photos of friends, relatives, strangers, pedestrians, squirrels, buildings, trees and fellow party animals. Then you send them around or pop them up on a Web site.

You might consider slowing down.

Little known fact about life in Quebec: if you don't have official permission from the people who appear in your photos, they can sue you for making such images public. And that applies even if you were to e-mail the picture to a few friends, or put it on a little-frequented Web site.

Quebec is the only place in North America where photographers are required to get permission from the subjects of photographs that will be presented to the public. The only situa... ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6432406/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6432406/ Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:57:24 PDT Le syndrome de la page blanche. I am thinking of doing a collective short story and I am looking for inspired writers or writers to be to join in.

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So I am trying this new thing...

Not being compulsive about my writing so I wont get fed up.

The imagination is not the problem, that I have enough to sell!

I am lazy when it comes to sit down and write. I will procrastinate as hell and it is for me that I do it, it is not homework or work. Can you imagine what it would be if it was?

I have a love/hate relationship with writing. Sometime I thank god for my overactive imagination and daydreaming capabilities but it also turn out to be a curse. My reality is never interesting enough, I need to create a few alternative worlds.

Anyhow, the new thing I am starting: write once a week. That way I will not get fed up. Right?

Emphasy on TRYING!

A friend of mine revised Misty Dee, which will probably be the title since I think I am going somewhere with that. Here's the revised version.

Now I am of... ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6391017/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6391017/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:57:19 PDT Le syndrome de la page blanche. I am thinking of doing a collective short story and I am looking for inspired writers or writers to be to join in.

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Work is killing me and not slowly!

I work in a call center and we do customer service for wireless, cable and internet services. That requires a lot of information and a minimum of common sense.

My position is Senior CSR or floor support. I walk around and help reps with complicated case and/or lack of common sense. I also take Supervisor calls and do some billing issue.

Until this weekend we were a team of 10 Senior, about 20 supervisor with an estimate of 300 agents. 2 Seniors got promoted to Supervisor, that shrinks the support staff quite a bit. We also have 3 support staff schedule only for new people, commonly called Training Bay. 1 of them got promoted to Supervisor.

Now let's see what is coming up next. We have 8 trainers in total. All of them have class curently going on. That is about 15-20 people per class... Let's say 15...

8x15=120

7 Seniors (1 is currently replacing someone at administration for holidays) a... ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6367745/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6367745/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:35:11 PDT Le syndrome de la page blanche. I am thinking of doing a collective short story and I am looking for inspired writers or writers to be to join in.

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Who's the happiest person in the world right now?

Okay, there is probably someone else happier then me, like someone who won a load of cash... but I am very excited...

I got a friend in Liverpool and we have been penpals forever. We recently started to chat and exchanging music and he made me listen to great bands and artists such as Porcupine Tree, the Dresden Dolls. Damien Rice, John Martyn and Opeth!

Opeth launched a new album on August 26 but is currently only available in Europe. Well... who has it now????





ME!


*happy dance*

and I looooove it!

~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6332165/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6332165/ Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:11:08 PDT Le syndrome de la page blanche. I am thinking of doing a collective short story and I am looking for inspired writers or writers to be to join in.

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Thanks to Barastol for the Deviant ID, I it!




http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6322526/ Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:10:39 PDT
You can use any of my work...

Pweeeeeease!

Okay, please don't throw any rocks at me.

I really, really do not like The Phantom of the Opera.

I don't see what is the big thing around this, the songs are not that good.

To be honest, it bored me to death!

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It is revolting to see what those people went throught. I kept thinking of my friend Aline and what horror she might have witness when she was just a kid before being a refugee in Belgum.

I highly recommend that movie.

I got Lori's gift yesterday, an authographed copy of Outlander. I have read it but since she met Diana Gabaldon at The Fergus Festival (not related to Fergus O'Byrne) she got Wicked and I the same gift, knowing how we loved that book. Heck, I am the one that made Lori read it!

My shoulder is still hurting, I have to see a doctor about that to make sure it will be allright. Since last Saturday was nuts at work, I think the stress of that day made it worst. We had a new converged (both cable and wireless, which is not easy to assimilate in just 4 weeks) starting on the floor at 6pm and another one starting at 1:30.

The support staff is quite restricted on Saturday nights, we were 4 until 10:30 and then 3 until 2.. and then me... The call flow is quite high too during the weekend which makes me think someone messed up when they sheduled them... We lost 3 newbies that night and I am surprised it was not more! They didn't even know how to use the freaking phone!

I am trying to come up with a new DevID but my inspiration is quite low when it comes to me... Would someone be kind enough to come up with something without putting my face on it? ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6297399/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/6297399/ Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:57:21 PDT
The last time I saw Colleen perform was last February...

She is playing at The Ship Inn for Folk Night At the Ship on August 31...

I am so there!

I am not a big fan of female performers but I have a few exceptions and she is one of them...

Anyone will join me?

Mood: Musically Inclined
Listening to: Newfoundland Weather, Colleen Power
Reading: 5 people you meet in heaven
Watching: Hotel Rwanda (still waiting to watch it)



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Bowring Park... can you believe I never went there in the 2 years I have been here? I have to go back and bring pigeon food again...

Need to train pigeon to win next competitio of pigeon feeding!

Now, mini-me won the susbscribtion but was so kind and gave it to me. I still need to explore what are the possibilities beside not seing the annoying adds...

I thought I could get a shotbox...
I want a shoutbox....

I didn't stay long at work. My shoulder has been hurting like a bitch since last night and now, it is worse.

Guess who's going to the doctor soon?

Yeah, me....

Mood: in pain
Listening to: Banks of Boston Beauty Queen - Dresden Dolls
Reading: 5 people you meet in heaven
Watching: Hotel Rwanda



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]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/5063095/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/5063095/ Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:52:59 PDT
I just added tons of Mermaids in my favorite collection!

maybe i should start a mermaid group! ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/4367428/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/4367428/ Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:41:39 PST
There is a banner appearing when I get to my message menu that gives a pop up to download the hebrew language settings....

I will not download it, I don't need it, I don't understand Hebrew.

I asked our nice admins if it was possible to do something about it and their answer was: download the language settings and you wont get the pop up.....

Grrrrrrrrrr!

Anyone else having this problem and finds it annoying? ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/4022244/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/4022244/ Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:34:26 PST
I was talking with Chantal today, our Operation Manager and asking her if she was going home (NB) for the holidays. She asked me the same question and I explained that because no time off is allowed I wouldn't, it's not worth it for me to fly for 2 days.

Chantal: What do you mean no time off? I have been approuving time off...


WHAT????

It's a little late to tell me.... I have no money for the plane ticket.

It's one thing to not being able to go home cause you have to work... but I would have been able too, if I knew...

I am depressed! ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3962335/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3962335/ Wed, 01 Dec 2004 07:32:10 PST
Work has been quite amusing lately, a lots of newbies, most of them not only clueless but apparently dumb as a rock. I was doing floor support and just finished helping this guy when he askes: "Where are you from?"

His buddy quickly answer for me: "She's from the bay!"*

For those not familiar with Newfanise, this would mean I am from outside of St-John's, not a townie...

"I am defenitly not a townie but from the bay? Way out in the bay! "

The other guy, the one that asked said the funniest thing after that: "No, she has more a Texas accent, so she must be from Alberta..."

How can someone be that wrong in so little words?

I really don't see where you got the Texas accent.... Abd even if I did.... What the hell is the connection with Alberta?

Them and four other agent around them proceed in trying to find where I am from. I am not kidding, they named every provinces but Quebec and I had to stop them when one said: Detroit! ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3778393/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3778393/ Sun, 07 Nov 2004 16:53:29 PST ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3776962/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3776962/ Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:55:11 PST
Just got to Krac radio...

8pm, Eastern time! ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3763347/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3763347/ Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:32:33 PST Joyeux anniversaires
Nos voeux les plus sinceres!

Happy b-day to LostParadise

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Disgruntled Democrats seeking a safe Canadian haven after President Bush (news - web sites) won Tuesday's election should not pack their bags just yet.


Canadian officials made clear on Wednesday that any U.S. citizens so fed up with Bush that they want to make a fresh start up north would have to stand in line like any other would-be immigrants -- a wait that can take up to a year.


"Let me tell you -- if they're hard-working honest people, there's a process, and let them apply," Immigration Minister Judy Sgro told Reuters.


Asked whether American applicants would get special treatment, she replied: "No, they'll join the crowd like all the other people who want to come to Canada."


There are anywhere from 600,000 to a million Americans living in Canada, which leans more to the left than the United States and has traditionally favored the Democrats over the Republicans.


But statistics show a gradual decline in U.S. citizens coming to work and live in Canada, which has an ailing health care system and relatively high levels of personal taxation.


Government officials, real estate brokers and Democrat activists said that while some Americans might talk about moving to Canada rather than living with a new Bush administration, they did not expect a mass influx.


"It's one thing to say 'I'm leaving for Canada' and quite another to actually find a job here and wonder about where you're going to live and where the children are going to go to school," said one official.


Roger King of the Toronto-based Democrats Abroad group said he had heard nothing about a possible exodus of party members.


"I imagine most committed Democrats will want to stay in the United States and continue being politically active there," he said.


Americans seeking to immigrate can apply to become permanent citizens of Canada, a process that often takes a year. Becoming a full citizen takes a further three years.


The other main way to move north on a long-term basis is to find a job, which in all cases requires a work permit. This takes from four to six months to come through.


Statistics show the number of U.S. workers entering Canada dropped to 15,789 in 2002 from 21,627 in 2000. In 1981 some 10,030 Americans gained permanent residency, compared to 5,541 in 2003.


Asked if there had been signs of increased U.S. interest, Sgro said: "Not yet, but we'll see tomorrow."


The Canadian foreign ministry said there had been no increase in hits on the Washington embassy's immigration Web site, while housing brokers doubted they would see a surge in U.S. business.


"Canada's always open and welcoming to Americans who want to relocate here, but we don't think it would be a trend or movement," said Gino Romanese of Royal Lepage Residential Real Estate Services.


Those wishing to move to Canada could always take a risk and claim refugee status -- the path chosen earlier this year by two U.S. deserters who opposed the Iraq (news - web sites) war.


"Anybody who enters Canada who claims refugee status will be provided with a work permit...it doesn't matter what country they're from," said an immigration ministry spokeswoman.

Refugee cases are handled by special boards, which can take months to decide whether to admit applicants. The rulings can be appealed and opposition politicians complain some people ordered deported have been in Canada for 10 years or more.

(With additional reporting by Randall Palmer in Ottawa and Larissa Liepins in Toronto) ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3706456/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3706456/ Sat, 30 Oct 2004 05:38:31 PDT
Check list on why I am happy:

Coffee in my own place, alone
I got my Emerald Rose CD yesterday!
I got my weekend off
I am getting rid of Dominique for good!
Nico can connect to the web downstairs (Fuck you Rogers!)

Thing to curse about:

One heater is not working and I am freezing my ass off at night
The bathroom stinks and I need to clean it, a lot!
Still have no nobs on the drawer in the kitchen
Still have a few things to bring down from upstairs
It's snowing
I am getting a cold
I have to clean the house
I am ready to bet that the bitch will not help me
She is still owing me money for her long distance calls


BUT I AM BY MYSELF!

And BTW, the Emerald Rose CD are great! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Bumper sticker.... that sounds like a radio contest to me.....

Note to self: Virtualy kick Eric's ass. I get material from band and artist I never met in person when I don't have what he promised... Although, technicaly, I never met Eric since I hung with Damien, Frank and Chris.... Okay, let me rephrase that. I get material from band that I never met any members nor I have a continuous and regurlar email exchange with....

Better!

So, time for some Pimpage!

Tomorrow's show will go on as usual, as long as the server is not playing with me and make me curse...

1h30 Plus Tard, Sunday, 8pm, Eastern Time [link] ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3687690/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3687690/ Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:48:42 PDT
At [link]

or

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Celtic and Rock music! ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3660840/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3660840/ Sun, 24 Oct 2004 05:55:53 PDT ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3637030/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3637030/ Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:27:51 PDT And there I had the strangest dream;
And down by Brennan's Glenn there grows,
A briar and a rose.

There's a tree in the forest,
But I don't know where;
I built a nest out of your hair,
And climbing up into the air,
A briar and a rose.

I don't know how long it has been,
But I was born in Brennan's Glenn;
And near the end of spring there grows,
A briar and a rose.

Picked the rose one early morn,
I pricked my finger on a thorn;
It had grown so high,
Its winding wove the briar around the rose.

I tried to tear them both apart,
I felt a bullet in my heart;
And all dressed up in springs and clothes,
The briar and the rose.

And when I'm buried in my grave,
Tell me so I will know;
Your tears will fall to make love grow,
The briar and the rose. ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3637019/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3637019/ Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:27:17 PDT
One misty moisty morning, when cloudy was the weather,
I met with an old man, he was clothed all in leather;
He was clothed all in leather with his cap beneath his chin, singing,
Howdedo and howdedo and howdedo again.

I went a little further and there I met a maid,
Well a maid a-goin' a-milking, and milkin', sir, she said;
And I began to compliment and she began to sing, singing,
Howdedo and howdedo and howdedo again.

This rustic was a treasure as on his way he hied,
All with a little bottle fast buckled by his side;
He wore no shirt upon his back but wool unto his skin, singing,
Howdedo and howdedo and howdedo again.

This maid, her name was Dolly, clothed in a gown of grey,
And feeling somewhat jolly, persuaded her to stay;
And then in kind embraces I strolled her double chin, singing,
Howdedo and howdedo and howdedo again.

I said that I would married be and she would be my bride,
And lonely should not tarry and twenty things beside;
I'll plough and mow and reap and sow and you will sit and spin, singing,
Howdedo and howdedo and howdedo again

Her parents then consented, all parties were agreed,
Her portion thirty shillings, we married were with speed;
And Will, the piper, he did play, while others dance and sing, singing,
Howdedo and howdedo and howdedo again.

Now, Bobby plays the mandolin for the many damsels gay,
Along with Fay and Dolly to celebrate the day;
And when they came together their hats they all did fling, singing,
Howdedo and howdedo and howdedo again
Singing, howdedo and howdedo and howdedo and howdedo again ]]> ~Arielmac http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3629517/ http://Arielmac.deviantart.com/journal/3629517/ Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:46:13 PDT


Be patient, I am getting older by the minute! ]]> ~Arielmac