Friday
I didn’t have any plans for the evening, nor did I plan on making plans. I wanted a relaxing evening at home. My mother, she asked if I would drive her to some company function. Her firm was going bowling. Now, my mother, she doesn’t like driving, especially at night, so I agreed.
Getting to the bowling alley, there wasn’t much traffic. We were heading into the city and most of the traffic was going the other way. So, we got there with plenty of time to spare. To kill time, we went to nearby Yorkdale mall, walked around a bit.
On my way home, I decided to not cook dinner, but get some take-out. I went to Popeyes and got some yummy fried chicken with those delicious biscuits they’ve got there.
At the exact moment I left Popeyes, my cellphone rang. It was Juice, he was staying in that night and wanted to see if I wanted to hangout. “I’ll be there in ten minutes,” I replied. For you see, Juice lives pretty close to Popeyes and the sooner I sit down to eat, the warmer and fresher my meal will be. Instead of going home to eat the take-out, I went to Juice’s place.
After dinner, Juice was showing me this program he installed on his Mac. This program allowed him to use OS X’s built-in audio effects on iTunes. For years, he has been trying to simulate the compression tools used by radio stations when they broadcast music. This program and the audio effects in his operating system now allowed him to do that.
Juice demonstrated this program, as it is of interest to me as well. “‘kay, which song do you think would really highlight the compression effect?” Juice asked me. My first and only response was of course “More than a Feeling.”
Juice fiddled with his mouse a bit, typed a couple of keys on the keyboard. “I don’t appear to have that song in my library.” Juice stated.
After much silence from me and head motions that can only convey dissappointment, Juice found a song that highlighted the effect well.
Before going home, I ventured back into the city and picked up my mother from the company function. With her, she had a trophy. She had apparently won the women’s high score. About time! This is a woman who bowls year round. If she can’t kick some serious butt at a company bowling function where she’s the only person with her own bowling shoes and ball, she really should find a new hobby. She bowled better that night than she had the night before in her league.
Saturday
Saturday, I had to go into work in the morning. It has been really busy lately and I don’t see any signs of slowing down. And people say we’re in a recession.
For the past week or so, my boss has been driving the van mostly and I’ve been driving his SUV. But on this day, we switched back to the normal routine, me in the van, him in the SUV. I went to pick up the van only to find the front windows open a little bit and the doors unlocked. Great, the van left outside all night with open windows and unlocked doors. That’s wonderful when there has been a thunderstorm. Luckily, none of the thousands of dollars of equipment stored in the van was soggy or stolen.
People often ask me why I continue to work for this man. Let me tell you, everyday with this guy is an adventure.
After work, I ventured out into the world of hawking crap I don’t use anymore. I finally brought that big box of DVDs I’ve assembled to a place that will take them off my hands. In the end, I unloaded something like 160 discs. I got nowhere near what I had paid for these things, not even close, but I didn’t expect to get much at all. When all is said and done, I’ve got a lot of shelf space cleared, a couple bucks in my pocket and a collection of DVDs that no longer looks like an obsession.
In the evening, I went out with Bob and the Wonder Twins. We started at this one bar in Scaberia. My goal was to get drunk but right before we entered this place, we spotted a family sitting down eating a late supper. A family, including children. I can’t get drunk around kids. I voiced my opinion and we left in search of a pub. We found one and I started drinking.
Beer is not my friend.
Later, we went to a pool hall.
I haven’t gotten that drunk in a long, long time. Any details I write down will probably be inaccurate.
The ride home was a bit of a blur. I probably slept for most of the ride.
Sunday
Other than doing a bit of food shopping, I stayed in, relaxed. Juice came by for a bit. We played some Mario Kart.
I should have gone for a walk or did some exercises or something, but I didn’t.
