Fistibop Day

aka Boxing Day, for all you gents.

I find the entire concept of the day to be hilarious. Waiting an entire year, people are willing to camp out hours early to save maybe 30% on an outdated product. Would the opportunity cost of having the item be worth it? Depends on the person, I guess. Maybe I'm thinking this way because I'm not willing to go out this time. I don't have anything to buy. And I hate crowds of people. And I hate people. And I hate people driving like idiots on the road.

I wonder how long this day of fistibopping can last, especially with the 'economic crisis'. Sure, Black Friday this year had a decent (profitable) turnout, but we've all had a little more time to digest this inevitable economic collapse. I can't really imagine next year's to be really busy. The reason why this year's will be successful is because people have this pent-up rage the entire year to wait until Fistibop Day to splurge their money all over the register. It'll be the last insane buy they will do. Anyway, I hope you all had a good hunt and bought what you wanted.

I'm leaving on January 1st. I will be going alone, and I will take 3 days to drive for a total of 21 hours towards Fort McMurray. This should be good assuming no delays or accidents. If I do die, well.

The Interview

was a huge success, apparently.
I gauge this on the fact that I was hired for the position. Though the details haven't come yet, (they were late with the HR, so the contract is coming on Monday), I do know some things.

1) 8 months total. 4 at one mine, 4 at the other.
2) Alberta.
3) Pay is pretty good, considering rent is free. (paid by company)

I'm gonna be missing for some time.
Have fun, guys.

Officially done

Today, I had my final final. It feels great to be relieved of this burden. I can relax now, and do what I want when I want. I don't really want to think about school anymore, mostly because thinking about it won't change anything. What's done is done.

Curiously, I received a phone call from the Engineering Co-op office today about an interview with the company Syncrude for a job in the Oil Sands. Strange because I never sent in a resume. They sent it in for me. Even more strange is that I've left the Co-op program for ~8 months now, with no contact with them. The interview is at 8am. This means that I should have had it by the time this is done.

It is a little bit early for me, but I guess that's fine. I don't really care if I work during this upcoming semester or not. Not going to screw up this interview on purpose either.

Haircuts

They're terrible.

I guess I've had a sheltered life or something because I always have difficulty getting my hair cut. I usually never go until I can't stand the constant badgering of people around me concerning my long hair. The problem is that I'm not used to getting them.
Never quite know what kind of hairstyle that I want because I don't know any of the style's names. I'd tell him to but my
standard, except they might not know what standard is. I just tell them to cut it short, which is so vague that I never know what the outcome would be.

Ugh, sometimes I get the urge to shave it all off.
I actually want to see myself go bald for a short while.
I want to dye my hair to something grey/whitish.

Maybe next time.

World of Warcraft.

I'm not sure why there are people who believe lining up for a midnight launch of World of Warcraft is especially pathetic. I think it is no different than lining up for an iPhone, the Nintendo DS, Halo 3, Gears of War 2, or even the Wii.

Honestly, what is so different about this product that automatically puts it in the shit-tier of respect?

That said, I'm going to be lining up tonight in the hopes of getting a Collector's Edition copy.

Cruelty Creating Chris

There's been a bunch of stuff that I am just not too sure about...
I've been thinking and writing about this fun little story, but I'm having trouble finding a rational explanation of why a person would kill. So far, I have envisioned the murderer as a religious fanatic, but it seems a little unrealistic for an ultra religious but sane person to decide to take up arms against others. I mean, I just don't see how I can make the religious person seem sane and have him kill a bunch of people. I guess... religion, sanity, and murder... choose one.

Second thing is that it feels like there are a lot of negative forces aligning, all with the sole purpose of making my life difficult. I dislike this.

The woods are lovely dark and deep.

My spirits are going way down as the hours for natural light continues to shrink. My only consolation is that thus far, it has been a fairly dry autumn.

The end is in sight though, and I shall soon escape again from all of this.

Going trick or treating at our age is absolutely pathetic. I hate anyone doing that and imagining it'll be a good time.

ISLAND MURDER MYSTERY

MAIN CHARACTER IS DISORIENTATED, MISSING MEMORY.

A DETECTIVE CHARACTER COMES UP, QUESTIONS HIS WHEREABOUTS.

MAN CAN'T REMEMBER, CLAIMS INNOCENCE. HE SELF DOUBTS.

DETECTIVE GOES ON TO QUESTION THE WIDOW. HE TAKES MAIN CHARACTER WITH HIM.


SHOCKING: THE LAND SURROUNDING THE MANSION SPLIT AWAY FROM THE REST, FORMING AN ISLAND WHICH IS MOVING AT AN INCREASING SPEED.

ONCE THIS HAPPENS, THE MAIN CHARACTER REALIZES HE IS THE MURDERER. HE TRIES HUNTING DOWN THE DETECTIVE AND THE WIDOW BEFORE THE ISLAND 'DOCKS'


AND THEN ZOMBIES SHOW UP, ONLY THEY AREN'T REALLY ZOMBIES.

THEY'RE PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION.

Sounds like a great story idea to me.

No Aliens.

I'm somewhat disappointed that the aliens failed to show up. The rational part of me knows that Aliens won't arrive, especially not in a 2000 mile long ship over the skies of Alabama. I was just hoping in the deepest darkest part of me that it would turn out to be real. It would be super awesome if true.

It would be the first collective undeniable proof that everyone's problems are trivial.
Wars would stop. Religion becomes trivial. Maybe people will finally start helping other people in a semi-unrealistic-utopian state.

The aliens could tell us why we are here. Maybe they have some secret knowledge on science and philosophy.