Fire Hydrant Syndrome

Well it seems my last entry was essentially fluff and lacked substance. I guess this is true. Hopefully, this post will satiate the demands of the masses.

I have entitled this post "Fire Hydrant Sydrome" to describe a phenomenon that I am all too familiar with.

I have a dog and when I let him out into the backyard he proceeds to mark his territory and essentially gets into a peeing contest with my neighbour's dog for who has ownership rights over the fence. I have come to notice that sometimes human males exhibit a similar behaviour minus the peeing. They do so when it comes to women. I think a recent LavaLife ad put it best with the caption "Stop dating your friends' ex girlfriends." You see I have gotten into numerous situations where I have stepped on other guys' toes when being attracted to certain women. In one case, it even caused the end of a friendship. More recently, the Fire Hydrant Syndrome has been present in a different sense. The sense that because a friend has a crush or likes a girl he essentially lays claim to this girl and everyone is left to wait for his move (which never happens) so as to not offend him. This is quite annoying. This is the main reason why I have talked about wanting to date people outside the group. At least this way if I am stepping on toes they don't belong to those whom I care about.

I've noticed my best friend is back into the groove of "picking up girls". It's good and actually funny to here him chatting up a girl because of how insightful he tries to be. No doubt I probably do the same thing but since I know him so well I can pick up the subtle differences in his conversation and it makes me laugh. Great job buddy.

So I think I want to take a Eurotrip next year and hit up the UK music festival scene with my buddy Jay and then hit up the rest of Europe after being joined by Ayland and Martino. This may be the final opportunity to take such a trip since I don't have a strong ties or responsiblities here now. I am single and my condo responsiblities don't come into play until 2007. It would be such a great experience. I haven't seen any part of Europe with the exception of Portugal and even that was as a child. The targeted places are the UK, Portugal, Spain, France, Rome, Amsterdam and back to the UK. Time to plan the logistics of this trip.

So back to the Fire Hydrant Syndrome...what's up with that? If it didn't work out then it wasn't ment to be and that doesn't mean it wasn't meant to be with one of your friends. It's time to let go. In the other case, if you like her make a freaking move already. Staring her down and dreaming about being together isn't going to make it happen so light a fire under your ass and get moving. Sheesh. That's all I have to say about that.

Song of the Post:
"Love Foolosophy" by Jamiroquai

Loving Work...who woulda thunk it?

So I love my job in every facet (except the commute). I'm preparing myself for moving to Waterloo and I'm looking forward to doing so which will allow me more time to relax. I feel I'm too high strung at the moment and need to relax. One good thing is that I got my condo builder to give me an extension on the deadline for my last downpayment which should aleviate some of my worries.

I ran into my district manager from my old job at Starbucks this week and what a prick. I mean after four years of basically doing my manager's job with a fraction of the salary the guy can't even look me in face and just pretends he doesn't see me. Jerk!

So gotta figure out how many vacation days I have for this year so I may take a weekend trip along with a longer vacation if I have enough time.

This summer has gone by pretty fast and it seems like I haven't done enough to really enjoy it. Before you know it the fall will be here once again and then winter....sheesh it seems like just a short time ago I was freezing my butt off in the cold.

The time is near for when I have to buy a new ride. Laquisha is getting a little old and she is starting to drink a lot of oil in addition to the giant amount of fuel she is also drinking.

So now what to buy? I was thinking of a used Audi A4 1.8T. They sell for about 15K for a 2001 model or maybe a fully loaded Jetta and stick with the VW family. I dunno what else to get. The Lexus IS300 is too much money, I don't want to buy new and not crazy about many other cars. Something might come to me we'll see.


Song of the Post: "Combat Baby" by Metric

Ok Ok Already! Sheesh! I'll Update Soon I Promise!

It seems that due to my infrequent updating I must begin each post with an apology so here goes.

To all my faithful readers, I am truly sorry for not keeping this blog up to date.

There now quit yelling at me.

Where to start? My job. I have begun my career with a great career and I am loving every moment. I am learning so much about corporate culture and the was business is done and meeting great people along the way. Fantastic.

The drive leaves something to be desired since I do spend about 2 hours of my day behind the wheel and it leaves me drained at the end of the day.

Next. I finally finished reading "The Celestine Prophecy" in its entirety (I went like 3 months with 35 pages to go...sad) and it was well worth it. It has left me with a new approach to life, spirituality and relationships with others. The ninth insight is a bit of a stretch but the first eight are totally on point.

Watched some "Sex and the City" recently...not a chick show. This show can apply to anyone. We all face similar issues regardless of gender.

So...the love life. Meh! Sure I have had my random attractions to girls but nothing seems to satiate my desire for the right girl or I have been doomed to perpetually pick the wrong girl. Very "Carriesque" (see above note on S&C). A phobia for commitment seems to be a reocurring theme. So then what happens? My thoughts return to the one that got away, so to speak. Blah Blah enough of that. I guess I am the quitecential sweet guy who is always attracted to girls who like jerks. Fantastic.

Really strapped for cash right now due to the HUGE condo payment coming up. Meh.

I miss hanging with my friends during the week since I got this job and that sucks but what can you do. I try and make the best of the time we do spend together like this weekend at Earl's. Call dibs on the sink!

My best bud thinks I'm depressed but rather it's just stress building and it'll go away once I get this deposit out of the way. What can I say? I've always been one who wears his heart on his sleeve.


A deeper, more introspective, post to follow.....I promise.


"They Say Life is what you make it!"


Song of the Post: "They Say" Common