Timing...

"There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you."

The above is a quote by Stacey Charter.
Here is her blog.

My only misgiving on the above is that I see myself as not complex, but simple. It is others who mistake me as being complex, again, because of their own issues.

Interesting that I rambled on just the other day along a similar line.

I sent off a FB Friend request, we'll see if she responds.

Thanks for the quote girl! Read More...

Where oh where are you?

Some of the specialized dating sites that have sprung up on the 'net, according to MSNBC.com:

– For marijuana smokers 420Dating.com;

– Meet “lonely attractive inmates” Meet-an-inmate.com;

– Only for “beautiful, desirable people” DarwinDating.com;

– Tall men and women TallFriends.com;

– People who share the same sexually transmitted disease STDmatch.net;

– Fans of “furries,” anthropomorphic animals Pounced.org;

– Women who didn’t graduate from Harvard but would like to date a man who did DateHarvardSq.com.

Am still looking for a 420TallFriendDarwin site, but am at a loss as yet.

Oh well... Read More...

Todays ramble...

For the very first time in this life, I took a dog for a walk. I guess you could call a 100lb lab a dog, sure. Still, it was a blast. Did I scoop when she pooped? No, I did not. Call me bad then k.

It's a beautiful day outside (as is everyday really). Passing strangers and greeting them with a warm 'good-day' is always nice. It can be funny waiting for the response, if there is one. Usually a big man in a long dark coat can bring caution/fear into the hearts and minds of those I greet. Still, I usually get a warm response in return.

Despite going a full 62hrs without a cigarette, I bought a pack today. Wasn't a 'must have' but just something I wanted to do.

Watched a flick on a 50" wide-screen last night (Bourne Ultimatum) and let me tell ya, wide-screen LCD beats full-screen any day!

Tomorrow I venture out and buy my first cell in over a decade. After checking out a number of providers and hearing feedback from some of my FB friends, I've decided to go with Public Mobile. They have true unlimited plans starting from CDN $35 bucks. Check them out.

My team (the Leafs... DUH!) are on a 6-2-2 clip but still find themselves 6 points out of a final play-off spot. Here we go again...

That's it for now.

Be well! Read More...

Dust in the wind? No, I think not...

With Hump-Day upon us, I can't help but look back to a week ago where I was almost left hanging on a limb.

Compared to today... well, there is no comparison. And yet one could not have happened without the other. Funny how life is that way.

With week's end fast approaching, I am optimistic that what I've put in place is the foundation needed to continue on my road. Despite my insistance (or because of?) that I fly in the face of what society says I should look like, should wear... how I should behave... what I should work at... I am more than confident that each and every day, I will not only survive, but be happy.

Most people cannot understand. They are stuck in their rut, they are raising a family (still), they grind out their 50hr week.

I can't help but feel empathy for them. They've no idea of what exsists outside of their little box, and they attack anyone/anything that reminds them of this.

Can't help but chuckle as well, for there is no reasoning with the unreasonable... no rationalizing with the irrational.

So, I will continue to grow my hair, continue to listen to what I want, continue to go where I want, march to my own beat.

If you think the above to be selfish, then, not only are you stuck... but you are ignorant of all that is important in our world.

Be kind to others... smile, laugh... enjoy the ride!

Or fuck-right-off! Read More...

Life always finds a way...

No matter where you are and/or what you're doing life will always find a way to remind you of that which is most important to you.

My soon-to-be 22yr old son has survived a spin/roll-over in the wilds of Nova Scotia. Though he is roughed up and in severe pain... he's no broken bones and came out of it relatively unscathed.

No seat-belt, air bags didnt' deploy. Enough of trying to prove you have your Father's will to live in ya, ok my son?

Your Dad loves you, and is thankful you're still around... xo Read More...

Keepin' it going...

With Phase III now settled (thanks guys), I've now the next 5 weeks to look forward to.

Part IV consists mainly of idle waiting though, as not a heck of a lot can be 'done' until such time as a location is settled upon. Still, I look forward to some reno work as I help those who helped me.

All about Karma...

PS: I'd forgotten how different Mississauga is from T.O. Read More...

And there's the pitch

Sometimes when it's thrown right down the fat part of the plate you just gotta hit it out of the park.

And so I can't help but sit here and chuckle to myself as I marvel over the blissful ignorance that some choose to live with. I just can't get my head around that. Yet I can't allow this to take up any more of my time. There is no point.

On a pivotal day for me this week, my horoscope proved to be prophetic in saying;

Stay centred. Your time will come. Calming down a volatile situation might be a problem. Perhaps letting it go might be best. Through observing, an unexpected insight becomes plausible.

I will not be deterred from that which I hold dear. Not again. Read More...

Ticking away...

It has been argued that those moments already passed no longer exsit... and that moments yet to come do not as yet exsit. If that be the case what are we, in fact, left with? A single moment in time... This is not to be confused with living for the moment, but maybe living in the moment. Accept a single (perfect?) moment in your day, and maybe, just maybe... you'll be able to accept another. And yet by the time I've typed those words they too pass in time. Are you ready? It happens whether you are or not so...

With that said, there is a simple answer within these words...

There is no tomorrow, A tragedy on display, A sickness for all to see, I will kill this part of myself that I hate and that I see in you, It was always mine, anyway.

It was always mine anyway...

The root of all discord between people?

Nothing like having a mirror up in your face. Don't be afraid to look (the answers have always lied within.)

And don't worry... be happy! Read More...

Onward man!

Thanks to the kindness and generosity of others, and, despite the recent and short-term detour... Phase II is now 'complete'. I was reminded that a part of moving forward could, at times... actually include moving! Day-One now stands at just over 1400 days... Read More...

Meh...

Always trust your instincts!

I am yet again reminded of a quote by Shakespeare;

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

I shall not forget again. Read More...

New month, the new beginning continues...

With the beginning of a new month, I find myself looking ahead to what can/will be. Read More...