Sticky Beak
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The Skinny
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...life in small Northern towns, working for assholes, boys who refuse to become men, synthetic personalities, anorexic models and their link to emotional scarring, bad marijuana trips, crazies on BC Transit, beer, piece of shit cars, living out of a suitcase paycheck to paycheck, unrequited love, Seinfeld, minimum-wage jobs, broken New Year�s resolutions, and over-limit Visa accounts.
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A life unordinary... Anyone who knows me has undoubtedly heard me use the expression "My life is an endless purgatory"... For years I've been convinced that the universe is set in some kind of grand conspiracy against me, that the gods have bets going on my life, and that my destiny is one of gimpy, barren singledom, chronic unemployment and poverty, with the sole purpose in life of supplying endless comic relief to those around me through the strange and twisted tale that is me. Lately though, I've been reflecting on my life and actually smiling. This has plenty to do with Damian's appearance on stage, no doubt, but beyond that I've simply been taking stock of where I've been, what I've done, where I'm headed, and - more importantly - the friends I've made along the way. I am truly blessed, and each one of you out there reading this silly little blog of mine is a testament to how blessed I am. I have achieved a levity and easiness these past couple of months that was unknown to me previously. Maybe it's because I've been unemployed and enjoying a ridiculously relaxed lifestyle? Maybe it's because I've been surrounded by my family for the past 3 months (without a SINGLE fight or argument, I'd like to add) ... a luxury I haven't had for years. Maybe I actually am a closet sun-worshiper and after all those years of damp darkness in Vancouver I'm finally regenerating and drying out? Maybe it's because my 'commute' to work consists of a 20 minute stroll along the ocean on a beautiful, palm-lined street? Who knows. Whatever it is, I'm sure the people around me are just as happy as I am at my 'transformation'... But don't worry, my pretties..., the bitter, jaded, cynical beast lies sleeping and will no doubt be awakened on occasion in order to reconstruct the chaos that generally comprises my life for you here... No matter how giddy and satiated with life I may be, I am still a devoted member of the 'grunt' class and a well-conditioned gimp-olympian. I am a magnet for freaks and a swirling vortex of odd occurances... I am living proof of Murphy's Law and the gods' sense of humour; the definition of the inevitability of past karmas. But as I always say... "It's just another chapter for the book." I am loving this life unordinary! |