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The Life and Times of Joe: Life Changes
By: JOE


So yeah, it's time for another one of those "life update" blogs that everyone does.

I've moved to Vancouver. Finally. Heh.

I love Whistler, and I'm going to try to stay close to it, but it was finally time to make the move to the city. I think in the long run it'll be a good idea, I've lived around it all my life, from Victoria, Nanaimo and Whistler. I guess I have kind of circled around the city for a long time without ever really coming over here. I haven't found a place to live yet, but I'm sure that'll happen soon. I looked at a RAD townhouse on saturday, but like any of the places I've looked at so far, a million people were looking at it as well. Heck here, you have to fill out a two to three page "application" to rent from someone. This might be standard for a lot of people, but for me, it's pretty ridiculous. Hell, most of them even ask for info that they aren't allowed too, I don't fill it out, but what are you supposed to do?

Why am I looking for a place down here you may ask? Well I found a new job down here. I'm doing a lot of the same things I was before, web and graphic design, fun computer stuff, etc. Should be pretty cool for sure. Big change, but hey, sometimes you gotta do it.

Everyone here rules, and it's been a ton of fun. I'll still be around for sure, but not as the admin guy you know me of. I've met a ton of friends on here, and will continue to meet more!

Joe



Published On: 9/3/2007
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Harvest News Blog: Get your DREAM GREEN JOB...
By: Green.colonies.com


  Get your GREEN DREAM JOB

This is not another generic “How to Write the Resume for Success” or “Sell Yourself” self-help article. I am simply going to let you in on a happenin’ Grassroots networking opportunity that has likely already sprouted up in your neck of the woods.  It will have you spreading the GOOD GREEN WORD about the authenticity and the inevitable effectiveness of this unique Social gathering.

 ENTER: Greendrinks / VENUE: Your local pub, Yoga Studio, or even Art Museum / SPOTLIGHT: Eco-Activists, Professionals, Students, and “HIP-pies”; such as- Green Building Consultants and Design Firms, Organic Farmers, Owners of Eco-conscious PR firms and Fair Trade Chocolate Companies, Bio-Diesel Retailers and Solar Power Engineers, students of Sustainable Economics and Urban Planning….. Your chance to get face-to-face and celebrate with people who you want to work for –or probably will work with- in the near future!

One Tuesday a Month, 6-ish p.m.: Beer and Wine are free-flowing, smiles light up the room, the food table is loaded w/ local goodies, name tags speak “open door”, and you have one mission….Drink, Eat, Shake hands, and Share your ECO-Passion with other GREENDRINKERS. 

Last Tuesday I strolled into Evo, a Surf/ Skate/ Snowboard Retailer and Gallery in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.   As one of the hosts of the Seattle Greendrinks that month, Evo opened up its Warehouse-size shop to about 500 Green Industry Players and wanna-be eco-activists—potentially, like yourself. Everyone there wants to connect to others that are just as excited about the Green Revolution! Thus, you’re bound to enter into the inner circles of Eco-Blissdom and fall ‘in love’ with the vibe of the social Eco-scene. Greendrinks has what it takes to keep people coming back for more- and telling their friends who have the same interest in Green about it! So, the party grows and the Dream Green job network explodes with opportunity!

Now go Network and connect with those who share your interest in re-constructing the Conventional business models to reflect this era of Green. Green is the place to be and you want a part of it not JUST because it is thriving, but because, DEEP DOWN, you know the Green Industry is making this world a better place to live for you today and for your kids in the future.—It’s only Natural to wanna be a part of that!

Start a Greendrinks in your town, city, or country….visit: http://greendrinks.org or if you’re in Seattle find a Greendrinks celebration at: www.seattlegreendrinks.org Tell Gabriel that Maggie sent ya! CHEERS!
 

Interest-based Social Networking is the way you captivate the hearts and minds of your future employers, Green Industry mates, friends and neighbors.  I have been to GREENDRINKS- SEATTLE four times now and I have witnessed its exponential growth and been a beneficiary of its authenticity. Authenticity is a blend of confidence, truth, influence, leadership, passion and cannot be faked.  Greendrinks arose from peoples’ authentic call to others in their community for a revolution in the way we carry out our day to day activities- from the morning cup ‘o joe , to the afternoon business lunch, ending in the last bulb switched off.   It all starts with caring and then sharing and this is where the job opportunity appears and my lesson is taught. –Bless, Maggie

Maggie Hoback is the leader and inspiration for the Green Living interest-based online social networking community at Colonies.com. Similar to the Greendrinks social network, yet Green.colonies.com has with a 24hrs a day meeting space, ECO- newsfeeds,  membership profiling capacity, photo sharing, and more! Her interest in Green Living took off while pursuing her degree in Agribusiness. With studies focusing on Sustainable Development, Fair Trade, and Organic Agriculture, Maggie found a passion in publicizing the importance of creating a sustainable future for all lives on earth. By creating a Community space for Eco-conscious individuals and organizations to harvest their own and shared knowledge and experiences so that we become more efficient Stewards of the Earth. Join at: www.green.colonies.com , part of the Colonies.com Network. People.Passion.Purpose.



Published On: 5/15/2007
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My Journal: Leaving on a jet plane, don't know when i'll be back again.. oh babe, i hate to go.
By: cazza21


For the past 5 years I have been travelling around trying to figure out what to do with my life and where i wanted to be.  I've done the soul searching, tried too many different jobs, and lived in too many different towns in too many different countries.  And finally, I think i have found it.  The true test is that no matter how crappy my job was, I still loved every minute of being in whistler!  The mountains outside the window, the lakes, the crazy nights, the lazy days, the people... everything about this town makes me happy.  And yesterday I had to say goodbye to that town, those mountains, and to all those great people. 
 
It's one of those things... I know I can stay in whistler right now and i would be so much happier than if I went back to Ontario.  But logistically, it would be a nightmare.  I have so much unfinished business to take care of, and i need to make some more cash.  All that travelling wasn't cheep and i'm still paying for it. So that is why today i sit in Vancouver, hours away from a flight that will bring me back to Ontario.
 
It's funny how you can look for so long for something, then when you finally  find it, how everything just falls into place.  I am really sad to have had to leave.... but knowing that i will be back soon makes it bearable!  The move back to Whistler countdown has already started....


Published On: 8/23/2006
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My Journal: Can't wait until Tuesday...
By: cazza21


I need another day off already!  This place completely drains me! My throat is killing me.. and i was doing such a good job at fighting this cold! Maybe it was yesterday's 5.30am to 10pm shift that did it.  Or the negativity in this place!  I'm usually a pretty happy person, but damn, after working all day, on computers that regularly crash, i've had enough!
 
Plus, I hate stupid people. I know i've said this many times before, but never have I seen so many in one place. I think it's because my boss is an idiot and she hired them all. Sometimes, I think that if myself and the other supervisor were off, this entire camp would fall apart.  On my days off, i keep getting call from boss-bitch to come in and help her, to anser her questions, blah blah.  It's a pain in the ass!  She has no idea how to run a camp.  She'd be a fab counsellor, but when it comes to the behind the scenes she is clueless!  It takes me 30 minutes to do rounds and get the 140 kids to bed.  It took here 4 hour.. then she called me the next morning to take over her shift because she needs her sleep! I haven't had a real night's sleep in res since i got here! i'm getting good at functioning on 5 hours a night! Only good thing is that on weekends, head boss comes up from Vancouver and picks up her slack so that we can sorta run a decent camp! lovely! 
 
right, so that's my rant for this very early Sunday morning! 


Published On: 8/6/2006
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My Blog: werrrrrrrd. the family.
By: NoGoodTrying


 
 
Grow More Pot
by Jello Biafra
From I Blow Minds for a Living, recorded at Slim's, San Francisco, Nov 21, 1990

Does anybody out there know that for the first time in American history the U.S. Army was used in a war operation against the American people? Right near here, up in Humboldt County about 200 miles north of San Francisco right near a town called Shelter Cove, get this: three- to four-hundred American G.I.s dressed with automatic rifles and fully armed for battle, fanned out on maneuvers through the woods, backed up by a dozen Blackhawk attack helicopters. The mountain people up there were frightened out of their wits! They thought there was a war going on, especially the ones that had soldiers kicking in the doors to their cabins and putting guns to their heads in front of their children.

Why!? Who was the enemy in this war? Not the communists! Not Saddam Hussein! Not Earth First! or even the spotted owl. No! The enemy they called out the army to put down, secretly, so few people outside of Humboldt would get alarmed as possible, it wasn't even a person or an army or a terrorist group! It was a plant, the marijuana plant.

And they actually did manage to find a few for the G.I.s to pull up, and then they had to fly in more from the government stash so the pile would look big enough when they lit the bonfire for the network TV news cameras, so that they could say "Yes! Another triumph in the Drug War!"

Drug War. War. The American army sent to war against the American people. And we're supposed to feel relieved and secure and protected. Protected from what?!

A lot of people with more guts than I'll ever have risked their life and limb all last summer at the Earth First! Redwood Summer Action up in Humboldt County. They were chaining themselves to redwoods that were three times wider than they were, 800 years old, they were spread-eagled, as the saws buzzed right over their heads. They stood in the dirt as the bulldozers charged them and stopped right at their toes. Or people waved clubs at them, charged them with logging trucks, shotguns, you name it. All to try to save some of the last unspoiled virgin forest we have left anywhere in this country from being chopped down and turned into toilet paper, TV Guides and the Weekly World News.

On the other side the loggers saying "What about our jobs!? What about our families!? What about our lives?! You needed wood and cardboard to make those protest signs!"

We need fuel! We need paper! It's almost gone! Where are we gonna get more? The answer, for centuries, has been right under our nose: grow more pot!

If we're serious about saving the earth, saving the ozone and our freedom to go about saving the earth and the ozone, we should start by paying all those dirt-poor coca farmers in South America and out-of-work loggers in Fortuna and Eureka, and Midwest family farmers and rust-belt families too, to all get together and grow more pot!

Why? Get ready for this...! There's a book out called The Emperor Wears No Clothes. The author's name is Jack Herer. It's published by Queen of Clubs, and I think there's ads for it in High Times, or NORML, the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, could direct you to a copy I'm sure, and in this book, among other places, it is written that before the 20th century, the marijuana plant provided almost all the world's paper, all the world's clothing and textiles, and almost all the world's rope.

According to none other than the U.S. Department of Agriculture you can make four times as much paper from one acre of hemp plants as you can from an acre of trees. And instead of chopping down all the redwoods in Humboldt County and turning Northern California, Oregon and Washington and Appalachia into the Sahara Desert, if you do it with hemp plants, you can just grow another crop a few months later and make more paper! At one-quarter the cost of making paper from wood pulp and only one-fifth the pollution. The ancient Romans knew this and grew it, Henry VIII made each farmer in old England grow their share, because they knew if you want the strongest natural fiber there is, you all have gotta do your part for the King and grow more pot!

And we did, too! Guess what Levi jeans were originally made out of? And guess what American flags used to be made out of? And guess what the early drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were written on? And if that's too un-Christian for you, guess what they made Guttenberg and King James Bibles out of? Guess what you can use to power a car? You can get at least four times as much cellulose to make gasohol or methanol from hemp stems as you can from a corn stalk. Which along with solar energy would be a great way to avoid dying for oil in Saudi Arabia.

In the 1920s and 1930s most American cars and farm machinery had the option of running on gas or on methanol; most racing cars still do run on methanol. And George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis on their plantations and smoked it, too!

In the 1760s in the American colonies you could even be jailed for not growing pot! Because that was part of the key to becoming economically independent from Britain. Hemp was legal tender in the Americas, a substitute for money, from 1630 clear up to the early 1800s. And hemp seeds are a great source of protein, better than soybeans, and it's cheaper than soybeans, too. Or so says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Marijuana is legal for medical use in 34 states used to treat glaucoma and pain caused by cancer, and you can digest more protein from a hemp seed than a soybean seed. It's even shown some signs at being able to combat herpes. And, guess what kind of a parachute Mr. Drug War Junta-Man himself George Bush used when he bailed out of that bomber in World War II?

Hemp was illegal by then, but farmers were briefly ordered to grow it again in this country for the war effort and all, and the U.S. Army had their own stash all along in the colonies in the Philippines.

So, how did everything get turned around so damn bad? Doesn't it strike you as a little dumb that we burn oil and choke ourselves and chop down all our trees and ruin innocent people's lives by branding them criminals and throwing them in jails, or sending them off to drug camps, or taking all their property and selling it before they're brought to trial? In the process, making crack and heroin cheaper and easier to get than pot? Why do we do this when we don't have to?

Meanwhile the Police Chief of L.A., Darryl Gates gets front page approval for telling a U.S. Senate committee that pot smokers should be shot on sight. Because smoking pot is treason because, after all, it's illegal.

Why was marijuana cracked down on? And why was it done so violently? Well ... Ready?!

In 1936 Popular Mechanics magazine hailed the invention of a new machine to process hemp, predicting that marijuana/hemp would once again become the world's largest cash crop. This did not at all sit well with people like Hearst Paper Manufacturing or Kimberly-Clark or other cutthroat multinationals who happen to have large timber holdings. It didn't sit to well with tobacco barons for obvious reasons, and it sure as hell didn't sit too well with old buddies DuPont. Hemp processing uses only one-fifth the chemicals need to process wood pulp, and DuPont had just patented a new wood pulp sulfide process, and DuPont's patented plastic fibers had just passed up hemp as the No. 2 fiber, next to cotton, and they wanted to keep it that way!

And the last thing the big drug companies wanted was to lose their share of the ever lucrative disease industry market, to more affordable medicine made from marijuana or other natural ingredients because, check this out, you can't own and make money off a patent for medicine in this country, unless the medicine has chemicals in it. If it's all natural ingredients, you can't patent it. Maybe that's why we don't have access to a cure for cancer or AIDS, or why the health food store I go to keeps getting harassed by federal authorities for selling herbal medicines.

Meanwhile, guess who owns Congress? So marijuana was outlawed in 1937 and they fanned the racism fires playing the racism card just like they do when they want to crack down on rock-and-roll or rap or hip hop or something like that. They said that smoking marijuana might cause you to fall under the influence of listening to jazz! I believe that it was even said on the floor of Congress that marijuana had to be banned because smoking it might make a black man look at a white woman twice. And let's not forget that U.S. Treasury Department funded documentary film, called, "Reefer Madness!" So marijuana was outlawed as devil weed in 1937. Only 53 years ago it was legal. Need I say more, on why our beloved fearless leaders go out of their way to censor our access to information so damn much? Can you imagine the mass outrage if this kind of stuff ever really got out? And people knew that this big drug problem that they keep reading about and hearing about is being caused by the government themselves? And people knew how easily each one of us individually could turn our ecological and human crisis around without resorting to Nazi bullshi*t like oil wars and drug wars by just saying no! to George Bush.

And if people knew that the very companies that provide us with such crucial conveniences as Kleenex, paper towels and junk mail, have systematically and brutally rearranged every single one of our lives so that we are literally wiping our ass with out own future?

And it doesn't have to be this way! I mean, I'll tell you, I do feel kind of funny saying all this because I used to be a pothead and I hate smoking the stuff, and the whole low-energy stoner Deadhead vibe that comes with it. But, you don't need to smoke pot to realize that the real drug problem in this country is not the drugs. And we can help solve drug problems, crime problems, environmental problems - even our racial problems if we say no to George Bush and get together and grow more pot!


Published On: 8/5/2006
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My Journal: 2 days off! finally!
By: cazza21


I finally get my 2 days off that I am supposed to get! woohoo!! The only downside of having a live in job is always being there... so I'm looking to escape for a couple days!  Beach and beer are on the top of my list... meaning I must be over this hangover finally!!
 
WOOHOO DAYS OFF!!!


Published On: 8/3/2006
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My Journal: Why I heart Whistler!
By: cazza21


I have to say, with all the crap going on at camp, I still heart Whistler!! People here are so nice!! Here are a few things that I have never experienced anywhere else...
 
*After our massive problem with the bus this morning, everything was sorted out in whistler dollars... a case of Kokanee gold.  Much Much less then the actual price of repairs and labour!
 
*I walked into second cup to get a white chocolate hot chocolate (so yummy) and the people behind the counter where speaking french, so i ordered in french.. we talked for a bit and then i left without having to pay because they siad most people switch to english even if they know french!
 
*My boss and I were about to hike the hill to rez after the pub one night, and 2 guys said they had just gotten a taxi and since there was room no use it going to waste! Dropped off right at our door!
 
*Everyone on the phone treats you like they have known you forever! I deal with lots of supliers and restaurants.  Each and every one of them has a great nickname for me. I also get lots of huns, sweety and babes! ha!  I have to say, every conversation I have lasts forever... and we do have a list of people that when they are calling I have to hand the phone over to my coworker.  She has dibs on one of the Chef's at Joey Chan's and the delivery boy at the supply store! ha!  I also had a pizza delivery call last 20 minutes! I also like the fact that sometimes the suppliers throw in extra stuff for me (free dinner, drinks etc)
 
*The people that work in the rez are great... and since I feed everyone left overs I have tons of people dropping in to caht and keep me entertained during the day.
 
 
Why did I take a job in ontario... i should just stay here!


Published On: 7/31/2006
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My Journal: The kids have arrived....
By: cazza21


I spent 17 hours working yesterday on 2 hours sleep... i slept one hour last night... at 6.30 I was already on the phone with head office trying to sort out sending kids back to vancouver.  Right now, i'm in the office sorting out transportation and everyone is at Breakfast. Lucky for me, there is a fridge full of Quiznos... litteraly over 40 subs.  If you're hungry, come visit!
 
I know it's only day 1 of camp... but wow, why did I think this job would be a good idea?
 
 
 
bit of an add on.... so it is now 2pm, still noone around, but I did find the 2 missing japanese students.... but my translator is at the beach.  So i just spent time chilling with the maintenance guys, feeding them, and actually got a phone number!! woohoo for me!
 
So now i'm just bored, and melting in the heat while trying to uderstand the japanese version of connect 4 going on beside me!


Published On: 7/24/2006
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My Journal: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Whistler!
By: cazza21


I finally made it to Whistler! woohoo!!! And finally got the net set up this afternoon! so here is a bit of a Carrie update.
 
Been really busy with work... it's insane how disorganised things are here.. but things are falling into place.. sort of. And they better, camp starts on sunday.
 
yesterday I took the day off and took the gondola up Whistler Mountain, took the peak chair up and did some hiking around the few trails that were open.  It was great to get out of the office and get some fresh air.  Although our office has a great view too... of the staff housing basketball 'court'! ha!
 
For camp, I am in charge of food and transportation.  Transportation was fine until one of our driver's quit... how could you quit a job where you get payed to drive around in a short bus!! I find it quite funny that I have 3 short buses.... i must be special! 
 
Food is a pain in the ass because people are too busy catering to Crankworks to feed us... although there are some fun perks to the job.. ie. Getting free dinners and drinks at places that want our business (i have a camp of 140 to feed, with a decent buget..)is lovely!
 
I need a nice heavy night of drinking before the kids get here!
 
and I also got a job for september... teaching SK back in London, ON. it"s part time so leaves for lots of snowbaording time in the winter! woohoo!!!


Published On: 7/19/2006
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My Journal: You learn something new every day....
By: cazza21


I'm starting to get a bit frustrated with this job.. if I have to stay in vancouver for another few days, i may expload! i was supposed to be in Whistler by tomorrow night to see Jay and the gang... but looks like that' not happening... I may not even make it up until Friday now. If they do that, i'm taking thursday off. Screw them i'm tried of being at this camp and having to hel them out (because they are pretty clueless here) and i am not getting any of my work done!
 
But the kids are great, for the most part. And as much as they are here to learn English, I have picked up on some spanish and am working on my Asian languages (jap, taiw,etc).  The staff here is also tons of fun, very international.. from colombia, australia, hong kong, tons of Ontario folk, and a few from BC.  Also doing some interviews and nterviewed an actor yesterday who wasin Blade (the series) and the stargate series! so hilarious when you ask when are they available to start and they answer ' have to check with my agent' ha! 
 
Anyway, hopefully i'll bein whistler soon and having more fun! i have a feeling i won't be sleeping much this summer! ha!


Published On: 7/11/2006
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My Blog: Summer Blues
By: Snowgoon77


   So today I was dreaming of the snow.  The better half mentioned that the CO trip will probably be out for the coming season due to her "condition".  Not that I hadn't been thinking about winter, but this just brought it to the forefront of the days thoughts.  So much for mowing and such, I spent a couple hours with the board attached to my feet, hopping around.  Nothing like a little mid summer dreaming to get me oh so psyched for next year. 
 
On a better note, it sounds like I can atleast pursue jobs in the MN area to better my snowboarding environment (oh yeah and to be closer to her family as well).  Wish me luck in finding the job to bring me there.
 
Time to get back to the dreaming of winter.


Published On: 7/9/2006
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My Journal: 23 days until Whistler!
By: cazza21


I'm having a bit of a crisis. I can't for the life of me decide what I want to do next year. 

Whistler would be great.. but I don't think I can afford staying out there the entire year, so I was thinking of heading out end of Dec/January-ish.  I will have to fly back for a wedding in February though, so not sure if I can find a job that will give me a week off.

Vancouver would be fabulous, but I still haven't heard anything from the schools I have applied to. I doNt, know the town enough, and it's so huge... still not sure if i'm ready for that, but will take a serious look when I'm there this summer.

London, Ontario.. yeah I know it doesn't sound as glamorous, but I have a place to stay so I can save some cash.  I have 2 great schools that I can supply teach at making 220$/day minimum without having to work full time. That way I can take holidays when I want (ie make it to the entire week of telus), stay in the city I still pretty much consider home, and live with my best friend. 

I have to make a choice... live pay check to pay check and try to have as much fun as I can on a budget, or stay in Ontario for another year and actually make some cash to move out West in a couple years, while being able to afford having some fun and travelling.

Grrrrrr i hate being a grown up and having real responsibilities and depts and having to make responsible choices!!  

Published On: 6/10/2006
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My Journal: What the parents think of me....
By: cazza21


I had never really given much thought about what the parents think of me as a teacher.  But this week, there have been tons of little moments when I have realised they aren't all so quick to embrace new teachers in their school, all the more if they are young, 1st year teachers. So sorry for hte rant.... but I'm due for a bit of school related talk! Just skip to the end for a summary! ha!

On saturday, I headed to one to my fellow teacher's houses for her graduation party (she just finished her masters).  Her house is amazing and has a pub in the basement..  Anyway, I was looking forward to getting behind the bar again like at the last staff party, grabbing a pint by the firepit, and enjoy the band.  It was interesting too, because the lead guitar was the french teacher from last year... kindda ackward knowing how much he messed up the kids accademics, but a good guy and a great  guitar player. But I digress.  When I walked down to the pub, I was greetted by 8 of my grade 7 students.  They were overly happy from the combination of pop and cake.  One of their mothers turns to me and says, hello, i'm so and so's mum, and this is so and so's mum...etc.... and sorry, i didn't catch your name, was it Missy? to which i replied, um, no, i'm MsA, I teach your children french.  Jaws dropped... the kids were laughing.... then the mother appologized and said I was just so young she assumed I was one of the new students in the class. yeah i'm young, but do I really look 13? I don't think she was impressed that I was a teacher and drinking a pint.. but hell it was the weekend, and the other teachers were all drinking much heavier than I was!   grrrrrr

Then today, i was running the school track and field meet (150 kids, 6 events in 6 age categories, and only 3 injuries! not too bad for my first time running it!).  I was being silly with a group of the 8 year old who had just killed the 9 year olds times in the 100m dash, singing and pretending we were cheerleaders.  Anyway, I had to go ask a student something, and the parent beside me heard the child call me MsA. the parent laughed a bit and asked if I was the french teacher. SHe interduced herself as 2 of my students mother.  She said the kids talk about me all the time.. I said nothing bad I hope! and she said, no, they just say that you have a lot of energy and always try to make things fun, and I can see that they are right!  i took that as a compliment.. but the day got better!

after the meet, another teacher and I went to see a Family from our school at theri store to than them for sponsoring our teams and giving us freezees to sell.  Well we walk in, and the mother says, oh, it's MsA, the teacher our kids would rather have as their mother.  I teache 3 of her kids (grade 3, 4, and SK) and apparently there was a conversation one night about eating gummie bears for dinner, and when their mother said they couldn't they answered, with a MsA would, cause she's cool like that! ha!!! I had to laugh! she then loaded me up with tons of free chips... she found out i have a weekness for slat and vinegar Lays and I now have a months supply of them! ha!


Long story short....woohoo for parents who like me and who don't care that I'm young!! and woohoo to kids who tell their parents nice things about me! Boooooooo to parents who can't realise that even though i'm young I have 2 university degrees and tons of experience under my belt and am fully qualified for the job! okay, enough.. amaizing race should be starting soon! ha!

Published On: 5/17/2006
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My Journal: Phase one of moving to BC complete!!!
By: cazza21


So yesterday after my last class, i jumped on the school computer to check my school email, then i had to check my regular one... and there it was.. the email I had been waiting all week for.

I got a job in Whistler!!!  I will be the Food and Transportation Supervisor for the ESL summer camp.  Now what kind of qualifications do I have for this.. well, none actually. But the job I had interviewed for was a shorter term (by 2 weeks) and less than half the pay.  When I asked them why they gave me this job, they said it was because i told them the other one didn't pay as much and I was a little leary of taking it cause I have to pay for my flight, etc.  So they gave me this one because they really think i'll be an asset to their staff! It's also a live in position, so no need to get all stressed about finding a place to stay!

I'll be flying into Vancouver on July 3rd, and heading staight up to Whistler to get used to the accomodations and camp there, then back down to Vancover and the UBC camp where I will job shadow for a bit to get to know what the hell I'm doing, then a week of training, then up to Whistler July 16th until the 21st of August to help run camps there.

My main goal while i'm working there for the summer is to find myself a job for the winter.  Hopefully I can get in at the school there, but I know that's a far stretch!  So maybe i can at least be a supply teacher and work at a hotel or something on the side.  I'm already looking into other jobs and places to stay. Thank you to everyone on here who had been so helpful with helping me sort out things for the winter!! I heart you all!!

Published On: 5/13/2006
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My Journal: It's been a happy 2 weeks!!
By: cazza21


I think there are two different kinds of people in the world. Those who, when stresses out, can't even think of eating, and those that eat anything and everything. I unfortunetly am of the second variety.

Luckily, the tables have turned.  The old principal has been kicked out of the school, and a new one was brought in. Not only does he actually believe in discipline, but he also believe in treating all teachers equal.... i'm no longer 'just the french teacher'.  We had a bit of a chat yesterday (after he suspended a student for throwing a water bottle at me when I asked him to please sit down and get back to work.) and he told me that he's surprised that i stuck around after all the things he's heard. He said he read all the repports I sent ot the office about students behaviour and he couldn't believe what the old principal let them get away with it.  It's nice to hear that i'm not crazy for thinking these kids are insane, but when you have a principal that doesn't believe french is a real subject, it's hard to get any support.

Now, I come home and i'm in a great mood. I started jogging... and have cut 10 minutes off my time in 2 days! I'm starting to actually feel good about going into work, and the kids have this new found respect for me now that the new principal encourages and supports all I do! I'm usually still smiling at the end of the day, which NEVER happened before, and i mean, i'm a pretty happy person! so hurray for things looking better!

on an opposite note though.. my Knights are getting their butts kicked... i'm giving up on hockey! And... i haven't heard anything back from the interview i did for the job in whistler.. starting to get a bit nervous.. i really wanted that!! if only to be there to do interviews with the schools in the area! ha! so yeah, thanks to all of you who have your fingers crossed for me.. hope you don't mind keeping them crossed a little longer! thanks!

Published On: 5/10/2006
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My Journal: I hate stupid people...
By: cazza21


So this fabulous job that i want in BC.. here's a bit about it.  It's a couple weeks of living in Vancover to get things set up for camp, then 4 weeks in Whislter as the Live-In Dorm Supervisor.. ie, i'll be responsbile for scheduling the night staff, key drop offs, and other lame dorm business.  Sort of like an RA. It sounds like a pretty easy job, and fun, and hell I'll be in whistler, where I can start trying to find something else hopefully.

The problem is, the person who had the job last year (or who has it now in Vancouver, not quite sure) wants it back or to keep it.  So now I have to actually have an interview and go through the real hiring process.. that's what I get for not accepting the job right off the bat! oh well, so keep your fingers crossed for me.. I have my phone interview next friday, and need to learn a shi*t load about running a dorm before then!

Published On: 4/28/2006
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My Blog: mmm Red Bull
By: heart_core


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The Drink Of Champions...

Published On: 4/23/2006
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My Journal: I need to rant...
By: cazza21


I just got a call from my sister... my little sister... no, my little-est sister.

She told me I have 2 years to get married, or else i'm dancing in my socks at her wedding.  Yes, the 20 year old, youngest of the 3, is engaged...i'm definetly happy for her and her fiance is one amaizing guy... but I'm still a little shocked by the whole thing.  She's still so young to me.. still in college, never lived anywhere but home, has only worked part time at 2 jobs in her entire life and gets everything given to her... i gues it's just that we are such opposites.  When I was younger, I remember we would take turns being sent away on march break as having both of us in the house at the same time for an entire week would result in serious bodily harm and mental distress for my poor mother. I think that she needs to get out and experience the world before she settles down, but she doesn't like leaving the familiar. Definetly opposites.

As for the dancing in my socks.. it's a French tradition that if your younger sibblings get married before you, you have to dance around in your socks (usually grams knits a pair and sews bells on them) and people throw money at you.  I find it cruel to be pegged off with toonies, but maybe that's just me.

anyway just had to rant..... maybe i'll change how I feel about this tomorrow!

Published On: 2/14/2006
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My Blog: ummmmm i don't know
By: rockanrollchick


hey people im in LOVE but im really SAD this sux i haven't talked to my bf in 2 dayz and i miss him so much and i really love him so much i went bolwin today and all i guess it was fun in a way we kept yellin at this one nasty girl to stop dancein cause no one wanted to really see her so i had to be one of the 2 people to yell at her it was funny cause befor she started dancing i was doing good when she stated a got nothin but gutter balls i hated it but it was just a game and i start my job soon but ummmmm well i juess i get payed good and all i git payed like umm $5 on hour and i work 7 hours and all well its going to be so much fun not i have to do this one thing for school and i have to sing in two different groups in 1 its just me and my katie singin a song then in the other its me 3 other girls and 4 boyz and 3 of them Rob Cris and Tyler aka Spaeth yea tyler likes to come up behind me when im at my locker  adn slap his shoe because of something that i used to do with is pretty funny and all Rob likes to follow me lol  and ask me to much for gum when i don't have any Cris well hes cool and all he eats at my lunch table and stuff and well in a way hes like my brother that Mexican lol but oh my god the 4th guy i hate him i had to where my glasses and i was makein my friends laugh and they flue off my head and he took them and ran and pissed me off so much i made tyler rob and chris go after him and when i got them back i beat his ass man he might be a jr in high school but that don't mean anything to me lol

well i love troy with all my heart and i alwayz will and im so happy to be with him be ready to fight not bitch fight fist fight lol but i am a really nice person where you do get to know me tho

I LOVE U TROY (bigfeller1988)



Published On: 2/1/2006
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My Journal: umeå -06
By: mar_wa


hey hello! i havent been skiing since i left switzerland at that feels shi*t! but i got good news! i will be working in storlien from next week :). that will be great fun!! and i can get some money to go back to switzerland again...
i went to umeå last weekend with some friends. most of my friends were going on some scouty courses. but i didnt want to go there, so i went to umeå to meet friends and have fun istead!! too bad im going to storlien, cant go back to ume until april when the winterseason is over...

i will add my friend Malin´s blogging from our trip to umeå. but its in swedish :-P.
jaja, too much talking. have fun!! /maria

Umeå 2006
Fredag 27 januari

Status: Luleå plus 1 grad.

13.46 Maria ringer pappa Per för att fråga hur man öppnar motorhuven.
13.51 Maria lämnar hemmet.
14.02 Malin blir upplockad vid busstationen.
Malin skriver ut sitt samhällsprov och lämnar in det.
14.30 Plockar upp David vid midskogs och hämtar grejer hos han.

David: Sväng höger här
(Maria blinkar höger)
David: Va, blinkar du höger? De finns ju ingen väg där

15.00 Plockar upp Oskar som såg på ett TV program och övervägde att stanna hemma.
15.06 Plockar upp Hurtig
15.23 De fem glada och förväntansfulla lulebor lämnar Luleå
15.25 Vi kör över Bergnäsbron

Oskar: Krocka inte, jag lovade mamma att jag skulle komma fram hel

Hurtig: Men hur kan du ha så mycket pengar?
Malin: Men ni vet väl vad man använder brösten till grabbar?
Oskar: Jag har då bröst, men har aldrig fått betalt för att ha dem.

Oskar vid pennan
”Säg mig låt nummer 11 på Marias skiva, den som går Dum-dum-dum är signaturmelodi till ett tv program, kulturmagasinet? ”

Status: Skellefteå -2 grader

16.52: Malin och Maria tar ett enväldigt beslut och bestämmer att de blir hamburgare på Max i Skellefteå.
17:54 fem mätta ungdomar lämnar Skellefteå.
17:54 Marcus ringer och kollar läget (Vi misstänker att grabbarna börjar bli lite oroliga, vi sa att vi skulle vara framme vid 18-19 tiden. Alla har ringt nu)
18.17 Maria har grymma problem med att blända av.
18.52 Nyfikade i Lövånger.

Hurtig: TACK FÖR FIKAT! (ser inte personalen)
Personal: (som sitter precis bakom hurtig) Hmm, tack desamma…
Hurtig: Oj där var du ju…

18.53 Maria demonstrerar rondell körning i Lövånger.
18:57 14 och ett halvt varv. Elin med bihang blockerar vägen.
19:06 Maria drar ett varv till
19.06 Också var det bara tre som fortsätter till Umeå, lämnade två av passagerarna i Lövånger. 
19.35 Road trip bilen drar förbi
19.36 Vi hakar på
19.37 Oskar är imponerad av dricka hållaren
19.42 Oskars nyårslöfte: Aldrig fira nyår med lumpare
19:50 Oskar berättar om två orutinerade tjuvar i Överkalix

Status: Umeå -4 grader

20:01 Tre hela lulebor anländer till Umeå.
20.21 Anländer hos Steve.

Konstaterar att de tog 6 timmar och 20 minuter från de Maria startade köra bil.
Grabbarna fattar inte hur vi lyckas.

Vi åker senare till Marcus, handlar på Obs! och hjälper Marcus baka semlor.

01:42 Jimmy, Steve och Maria åker till Steve för att meka med Jimmys X-Box och ändra färg på den.
02.05 Steve och Maria börjar se 3 avsnitt av Invasion.
03.01 Lämnar Malin och Jimmy, Marcus och då är semlorna nästan klara.
05.05 Godnatt

Lördag 28 januari

Vi åker till Lövånger och hälsar på.
Vi kramas, pratar med en massa folk och skrattar.
Kan dock inte stanna allt för länge eftersom Jimmy ska jobba så vi åker hem (Umeå) igen.

Vi åker hem och chillar, Marcus hos sig, Maria och Steve hos Steve och Malin och Jimmy hos Jimmy. Vi stoppar också lite mat i magen.

18:30 Steve vid pennan ”Maria hämtar mensmonstret. Hon hittar via hitta till Badis”

Malin och Maria beger oss ut på äventyr:

Maria: Hur bra låter de? Två tonårstjejer från Luleå, vilse i skogen några mil utanför Umeå.

Fast tillslut hittade vi till Strömbäck. Där hälsade vi på Marias kompis Helen som pluggar där. Väldigt fint ställe men vi skulle bli tokiga

21:29 Lämnar vi Helen
21:48 Maria drar en bil.
21:46 Upptäcker vi att OK/Q8 har stängt.
21:50 Upptäcker vi att Steve faktiskt tror på våra SMS.

SMS1: Vi har plockat upp två snygga killar vid östra Ersboda och är påväg till en fest.
Vi hör av oss senare.
SMS2: Malin har däckat och jag vet inte riktigt vars jag är.

Snacka om förvånad han blev när Malin svarade när han ringde.
”Är inte du däckad??”

21:54 Hittar vi ett annat OK/Q8. Så vi tankar.

Vi kom fram till att vi åker och kollar festen på som skulle vara på lokalen.

22:15 Lämnar vi fjortisfesten
22:22 Vi bestämmer oss för att hitta ett fik för att hämta andan.
22:22 En polisbil med blå ljusen på åker förbi

Malin: Kolla Maria
Maria: Hallå vi är ju i stor stan!
Malin: Ja jusst ja!

Steve och Ernst hittar också till fiket.
Malin och Maria konstaterar att vi är väldigt övertrötta, att choklad är gott och att sydsvenskar dricker sydsvenskt kaffe.

23:53 Fikat är avklarat.
23:59 Maria kör mot enkelriktat, påväg mot Max
00.02 Är på äventyr i P-hus
00.45 Grabbarna har käkat färdigt på Max
00.53 Vi parkerar hos Steve
02.29 Maria dunkar skallen i väggen för att orka köra.
02.33 Maria konstaterar att det är gott att sniffa spolarvätska
02.39 Malin säger Gonatt
02.59 Maria och Steve ser på The Grudge och ett avsnitt Invasion.
05.58 Godnatt

Söndag 29 januari

Status: Umeå 6 grader

15.31 Vi börjar hemfärden mot Luleå.
15:50 Vi glömde operation säkerhet hos Jimmy så vi måste ta en ny road trip.
16:34 Jimmy testar känslan av att sitta i en gyn stol.

Status: Skellefteå 6 grader

17:33 Max väntar på oss
18:04 Vi är mätta och belåtna.

(Maria är besviken för att hon bara fick två tomatskivor, förra gången fick hon fyra)
Oskar: Du kanske blinkade mer förra gången
Malin: Eller hade mer urringat…
Oskar: Men de är ju samma tröja
Malin: men hon hade kanske dragkedjan öppen.

18:07 Möter vi fem knarkare i en saab.
19.31 Dumpar vi gröngölingen vid F21
19.41 Tre trötta Luleåbor anländer hem.

Malins slutsats 1: Arbetslösa har alldeles för lite att göra så de börjar jävlas med folk istället. Som Maria, bländar alla med helljusen.
Malins slutsats 2: Umeå har otroligt mycket fjortisar.

Helgens låt: Jag är så het – Björn Rosenström

Published On: 1/31/2006
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