Escape from boredom

Since I went to the Blue Rodeo concert last night and had a great time (as I did at their concert four years ago) and I need an injection of excitement to get me through the day, I had a great idea to share some concert memories.

The best concert I have ever gone to was Megadeth at the old Maple Leaf Gardens, I believe it was after the release of Youthanasia. The light show and power of the music was simply amazing. Something that just can't be replicated in the more common outdoor venues used today. This is the concert I base all others on. A close second was the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert I went to two years ago. Wow!

My worst concert has to be Pearl Jam. It has nothing to do with the performance because that was pretty entertaining but it was all to do with the weather. It was an extremely hot day in August, I had no money for food or drink, and it was a day long outdoor event in Barrie. I just don't do well in hot weather.

My first concert was Aerosmith at Exhibition Stadium. I didn't really know too many of their songs but it didn't take me long to get into the music. I can't recall the song they did for the encore but that place was rockin'.

The dullest concert was Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusions tour at Copps Coliseum. Brian May opened and that was fun but Axel Rose spent most of his time on stage sitting on a couch drinking beer. We ended up leaving early and missed Axel walk off the stage prematurely.

The biggest surprise was the Tragically Hip in Belleville a couple years ago. I am not into the Hip that much but I took my sister as her birthday gift. Man can those guys put on a show. I was in awe at how fun that concert ended up being.

The biggest disappointment was Great Big Sea. Again this has nothing to do with the performance because they are a fun band but I found out that I really didn't know too many GBS songs and therefore couldn't get into it as much. More drink and I don't think that would have mattered.

There are two that I remember fairly well. The first being Soundgarden and Metallica at Lollapalooza. I fell asleep during Soundgarden (again another long, hot, day long outdoor concert) and Metallica came out guitars blazing. That was after the release of Load so we were afraid they'd play a lot of crap off that album but they came on with some old heavy stuff. What an entrance! The second memorable concert was Megadeth at the Guvernment. My friend and I started the chant to bring them back for their encore and were fairly close to the stage just off to the left.

The only concert I wanted to be spit on, the Headstones at the pub at Brock University. What can I say I was pretty wasted and had a blast at this one.

I was going to put the funnest concert I was at but there are several that would fall into this category for different reasons so I have left it off. Well, if you read this I know you are just as bored as I am so feel free to comment on your favourite concert or maybe some band that puts on a great show.

Clarifcation

Have you ever watched paint dry? Grass grow? That is more exciting than my work right now.

I may need an afternoon nap after all.

Perhaps delirium has set in

After a late night, almost no sleep and extremely boring work, my day is going by surprisingly well. Perhaps not having any bosses around is a major factor in how well the day is going.

By the way, if you are a fan of Blue Rodeo but haven't gone to one of their concerts yet you should . They will not disappoint.

Question of the day

Coworker: what would you do if another employee touched you?
Me: that depends if I liked it.

Time flies...

Time sure does fly when one is having fun but on the other side of things, time seems to stop all together when one is not having fun. Maybe there is some filing I can do.

Habitual student

Every year students are hired at work and every year they seem to gravitate towards me. Being in my thirties I am far from being a student but every year these hired students seem to treat me as one of their own. Until recently I found nothing wrong with this because they are usually nice enough and, unless they bug me about work, they are not annoying at all (unlike other sections on my floor).

This year as the students arrived and they once again treated me as a fellow student I began wondering why this is so. I came to a two part conclusion. Firstly, even though I am in my thirties, I am still one of the younger people in my office. On top of that, my attitude towards my work and job is closely in line with a student’s attitude. The other part is that my work itself is not that far removed from what a student would do, including ample time to ‘space out’. At times it even seems that I am given ‘make work projects’ just so it looks like I am busy. It is so bad that most students are given work that is more important and more challenging than my menial tasks. (I guess it is evident why my attitude is that of a student now).

I am not sure if I should be glad the students see me as young or if I should see my situation as just sad.

Get me through the day

The only thing that is going to get me through today is the fact that after today, my work week is more than half over. I really like these three and a half day weeks.

Nice surpise

Being a Monday morning, I am extremely tired and really not wanting to be at work at all, especially since I enjoyed a 3.5 day weekend. Despite my unwanting, I grudgingly got out of bed and made it into work, sweating from the ridiculous heat outsdie (I really enjoyed the spring like temperatures we've had this summer until now). My first thought on arriving at my desk, with random papers stacked on my keyboard tray and my phone's message light flashing, was ugh!

I have since noticed that my bosses are inexplicably absent today. It may not be such a bad day after all.

July 2009 Quotes

It's Canada Day, up Canada way on the first day of July
And we're shouting hooray up Canada Way when the maple leaf flies high.
- Stompin' Tom Connors (Canada Day, Up Canada Way)

And if someone down at the football game
Says, “Hey! Why do you scream”?
They’re gonna realize, when we get the prize
We've been wakin’ up the Grey Cup team
- Stompin' Tom Connors (Football Song)

God is great, beer is good and people are crazy
- Billy Currington (People Are Crazy)

To be real was to lose control
- 54-40 (Beyond the Outsider)

Same old, same old every day
If things don't change you're just gonna rot
'Cause if you do what you've always done
You'll always get what you always got
- Aerosmith (Get a Grip)

I don't want to be your idol
See this pedestal is high and I'm afraid of heights.
- Alanis Morissette (Not the Doctor)

Seems every path leads me to nowhere
- Alice in Chains (Rooster)

I wonder should I get
I would but what's the point
When something's gone
It's gone for good
- Blue Rodeo (Already gone)

Fight hard
And the battle is yours
- Bon Jovi (Stick to Your Guns)

God have mercy on the man
Who doubts what he's sure of
- Bruce Springsteen (Brilliant Disguise)

Co-operation is capable of indefinite expansion.
- D.C. Masters (A Short History of Canada)

distance is nothing, when one has a motive
- Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason
- Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

there is meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.
- Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

Those who do not complain are never pitied.
- Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)