Jess

Okay so in my last post I mentioned someone named Jess. I've decided to talk about Jess. But not just the Jess I talked about in the last post; other Jess' too. Like for instance, Jess Squirrel. She's a character in Brian Jacques' Redwall series. Remember those? About mice and stoats and foxes and rats and badgers fighting and eating delicious food? Hell yeah, I'm rereading the entire series. All the books are pretty similar (once you've read one, you've read 'em all), but I enjoy them enough to actually go through the chronological order of the series.

Back to Jess Squirrel. What the hell kind of name is that? And yes, of course - she's a squirrel. But that's her last name. Come on. "Jess Squirrel has her archers ready!". How foolish!

Any other Jess I know? Of course, there's Jess from my Katimavik days, I knew her pretty well 'cause I lived with her.

I have a cousin named Jessica.

And that's all I've got to say about that.
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A new job! And a new blog post

I think this is the longest break I've had on my blog - the longest since I started in 2007. Wow. I'll have to double check, but I'm pretty sure the most I've skipped was a couple months.
The break happened for a number of reasons, including leading a pretty boring life and not having much to write about as well as feelin' a little discouraged at seeing my view counts in the single digits. But I swore to myself when I started this blog that I would never pay much attention to the view counts. I guess I kinda broke that promise. Oh well. I'm here now!

So I got a job. It's nothing fancy, working in a kitchen... but actually, it is pretty fancy because it's a pretty fancy place with fancy food and fancy people. Well, I don't really fancy all the people all that much actually. The snobbish academic university type, y'know. But I haven't been around for very long and the people I work with are really cool. Real nice, too. When it gets busy, some of the head chefs can get stressed and they become pretty ruthless, but the food they make is so good I wouldn't dream of complaining.

Here's a song that's been stuck in my head ALL day and which is ironically upbeat:

 

Okay, so I'll probably post more often now that I actually have adventures to write about. My cameraphone is broken though, so not too many pictures for now... :(

Mad Stories

I'm headed to a monthly event in just a few minutes. It's called Mad Stories. It's not very well known so usually only a handful of people show up. I go because I've gotten to know some of the people there and I enjoy both listening and sharing stories related to mad experiences.

What is a mad experience? I think a mad experience is any experience that cannot easily be explained by routine. It is an experience generally out of the ordinary, different from typical modern things like job interviews and picnics in the park. Mind you, mad experiences do occur in both these situations. They can occur anywhere, at any time.

Mad experiences are also sometimes intertwined with psychiatry. There's certainly a lot of madness in this field, with things like electroshock treatment and the (forced) tranquilizing of people with lived mental health experiences commonplace all over North America nowadays.

Mad stories is a place where people come together to talk about experiences that they find odd or particular. It's generally quite lighthearted and laughter abounds. Tea is always provided, so in a way, it's kind of like Alice's mad tea experience in Wonderland.

Cheerio!

The world in the rear-view mirror doesn't matter

Credit to Lights for today's blog title.

I don't even drive, but I thought it was interesting to have a car analogy in the title. Mostly, it's just a lyric that's been playing in my head for the past little while. I guess the idea is to be moving on and focused on what lies ahead instead of what's behind.

The longest day of the summer has already gone by. Now, gradually, the sun will retreat little by little, leaving me feeling as if I have a little less time to do things during the day.

I'm feeling empty-headed. I think I'm going to go for a bike ride to a new library.