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Last night after a grueling class with our first meeting of the minds in our group (I hate the awkwardness of meeting a group for the first time. We were all just standing there like we were on some first date), I left class at 9:45 and headed to the bus stop.

Waiting there for 15 minutes I pondered how the bus service can suck so much late at night and woe was me as I was kind of in a rush to get back home to see Mike’s parents off.

Anyhow, an 85 pulls up and I’m thinking “By this point of waiting for the 95, when it pulls up it will be packed to the gills and probably pass me by so I should just hop on the 85, ride to St.Laurent then wait for the 95 there since St.Laurent is usually a drop off point for a lot of passengers.”

So I get on the 85 and after two stops it veers southward instead of heading east young man! WHAT? Ah man, did I screw up the bus number? I ring the bell and get off. At this point I’m wondering if this is a sign of some sorts that I should stay in the downtown core tonight with Vero. I brush it off and say “Nah, I gotta get home. Haven’t been there since Tuesday.”

As I’m walking back to the last stop where I can catch the 95, I arrive and see not one, not two, but THREE 95 series busses pass me by! Incroyable! As I stood there bewildered at my rotten luck, I realized that I should pay attention to these signs and realize that it’s pointless to head home. It’s already 10:30 and I just spent 45 minutes waiting for buses and I’m still 20KM outside of Orleans.

This was it. This was the definite sign to hoof it back to Ottawa U campus. But the question is – why?

At first I thought it was to find Vero outside of the Residence with all her friends and there was a BBQ going on. Did the heavens bring me back to campus for a hamburger and to see my lovely girlfriend? Not sure…doesn’t seem earth-shattering to me.

Was it to demonstrate my dancing move entitled “THE BOWLER” to Brad in which I skinned my elbow on the pavement? Not sure…probably not. I can skin my elbow anywhere else.

After retiring to Vero’s pad I was pondering this situation with Vero in which she was pretty miffed that the reason that I came back was to see her! 😉

But then it happened. The heavens shone their uv light down on the television set as I hit Channel 50.

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.

OH MY GOD! There it was in all its badly edited, horrible acting glory. Vero was thinking “What the heck is this show?” while I was saying “Please let the Disco Wolfman make an appearance…YES, there he is!”

We watched it for 15 minutes and decided to go to bed as it was already 11:30.

My night was complete after witnessing Frightenstein. I can’t wait to get our cable package to watch the entire series.

As you all must know, Montreal was victim to some moron going in to a college and firing on innocents.

I’m not even going to begin to go into how these people are morons…but I want to talk about the media for a minute.

I hate how all we see today is pictures of the killer with his firearms. Yes, because THIS is what I want to see. A killer being idolized.

I can’t recall the specific details, but I’m pretty sure that when JFK was killed, the cover of TIME had his (supposed) killer on the front of it, not JFK.

Why are we intrigued by the killers and not the victims? Where’s the picture of the poor girl who lost her life yesterday? Granted, maybe that’s not the best route either…maybe the family doesn’t wish for their child’s face to be plastered over the media after she has been killed.

But at the very least, stop freakin’ publishing pictures of the killer flaunting his firearms like they’re his pride and joy. It’s an insult to everyone involved, and I also feel insulted that I have to see these pictures everytime I’m trying to get an update on the story.

Personally, it makes me sick to the stomach everytime I see a picture of this guy. Perhaps the media should forget about the killers and focus on the tragedy.

Ten bucks says someone out there can name me the individuals responsible for the Columbine Massacre but can’t name me one person who died innocently.

In the spirit of my letter writing campaign, here’s a VERY interesting article for you all.

Click here.

You know me…if I’m disastified with a service, I write a letter! Here’s my letter to Black’s Photography.

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To whom it may concern,

I purchased a Black’s Prepaid Photo Card for 100 4×6 photos a few years ago. I had used 45 of the photos at the time and placed the card in my wallet.

The opportunity arose to print of some photos and I remembered that I had this card hidden in my wallet and I went to the Black’s Photography store at Place D’Orléans, in Orleans, Ontario. I was greeted by John who was very personable and helpful.

He discovered that my card had expired. I asked how a card that I paid for has an expiry date and he stated it was company policy and he had no real explanation for it.

He was very helpful in that he gave me 15 free photos for my troubles. I would like to applaud his actions in giving me something for my disappointing trip.

I would appreciate it if Black’s Photography will explain to me why there is an expiry date on something that I paid for in the first place. Yes, I understand that there is a notice on the back of the card indicating very clearly that it will expire in 2 years, but that still doesn’t explain why Black’s would do this. I am disappointed that something I paid for is invalid over time. Essentially, I paid for a service that was never fully delivered.

I would appreciate if I receive a response in writing, as well as some form of compensation, perhaps an additional 40 free photos to top up the 15 which John had given to me. Unfortunately, John had taken the card in question, therefore if you need proof that I had this card, I would recommend you contact the store at Place D’Orléans.

Thanks for wasting my time! (alright, I just added this for the fun of the blog)

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What’s everyone’s take on this? Maren was talking about how everything has an expiry date clearly listed (gift cards, etc.) but she did agree that in principle, this is a lame business practice. But, I’m sure we all know WHY they do it this way. They hope that they have people like me who forget about it over time, let the thing expire, and then they essentially got a profit for no work done.

OR, they have an expiry date so that they generate more sales during the 2-year period that it’s good for, rather than sales generated until the END OF TIME. Mwahahaha.

So here’s my take and feel free to comment. Good business policy internally – gets the money in and potentially nabs some cash from the stupid customer who forgets to use it. Bad customer mojo to those like me who forget to use it in time.

Take a look at my cousin’s blog entry on our adventures with Urban Croquet! It was my first time playing croquet and it was a sweet, sweet game.

Here.

Random Note: It was strange to hang out in the midst of another Palmer who goes by the name of Palmer. Everytime someone would say “Palmer” we would both look their way. 😉

Swimming: Swimming is going swimmingly well. Ha ha ha.I keep upping the number of laps I do each day. I’m a week into it, and have not got bored from it yet. It may be the fact that it’s conveniently down the street from me, and the pool is usually empty which lets my mind wander instead of always being on high alert watching out for lane changers.

The Who: The Who kicked off their North American tour last night in Philadelphia. Check out the setlist here. When we bought tickets for the Who show (in town this coming Friday), I had not known much about The Who so I sought out some albums in the mall and they had crap. In fact, I didn’t much about them and ended up buying some soundtrack to Quadropenia. BOOO. Tha isn’t a freakin’ album! Anyhow, after downloading their discography (hey, give me a break here…I tried to pick up their albums!) I was introduced to a few albums and am now listening to a mock setlist on my iPod.

iTunes: The new iTunes version 7 is freakin’ amazing. So slick. I love this software. I am also impressed with the annoucement of an 80GB iPod. Just in time considering mine has hit it’s 60GB limit. Let’s be honest…other than a glitch that I may have to send it back for repair, I am fine with mine and won’t bothering upgrading until it bites the big one. I was hoping Apple would have announed a new chipset for their MacBook line so I could think of buying one. But I’ll hold off.

Recording Tip: When you’re bouncing all your tracks to the stereo tracks, don’t have a conversation with Mike and noodle on the guitar while it’s bouncing, or at the very least, unplugh your mic and guitar from the soundboard or else your recording is ruined.

Medical Miracles: I found this amazing, amazing, AMAZING article on the Wolfshack about how common sleeping pills have brought people out of vegetative states. No joke. This is insane to think about. I was running around telling everyone about this. This is something that I can tell my kids that I witnessed. Click here for the article. Thanks to Pete for digging this one up.

iplaying: Who Are You – The Who (Who Are You)