Tuques and beanies

On my downtime at work I was browsing our merchandise shop when I came across what was clearly a tuque being labelled as a beanie.

I don't know if you know the history of the tuque (and I'm not about to lecture you), but it's pretty much a staple of Canadian culture. When it gets cold, people wear tuques. Now, you can argue about the spelling of the word toque, but in the end, we're all just looking to keep our noggin' warm.
Here is my tuque. I don't know why it's sideways, but it'll have to do.

 So when someone calls a tuque a beanie, well, I boil on the inside. I decided to take a poll amongst my coworkers: I showed them the hat above, and asked them "How would you describe this hat?". All six of them unequivocally said it was a "tuque", with 2 people calling it a "winter hat" before clarifying. I'll take a picture of that poll for due diligence and post it below when I get the chance.

As you can tell, I'm pretty particular about my data. The poll was informal, but the results were real: don't call a tuque a beanie! It is frankly, insulting.

Thank you for listening to my rant. Have a good day.

CBDiablo

I thought I saw some snowflakes falling today but it seems the sun chased them away.

I had a busy week. Lots of new releases came out, so a lot of people were eager to order. And boy did some people place big orders - 6 bottles of CBD here, 60 grams of Blue Dream there, no big deal. Except it was a big deal because many people had been waiting weeks to get their hands on out-of-stock product. And within 2 days, the CBD oil was gone again.

Anyway, just a glimpse of what my work life is like.
In other news, I got a Nintendo Switch - Diablo edition! Holy fizzlebangs it is SO awesome. I've never owned a console in my life (aside from gameboys) and it is the pinnacle of entertainment to be able to sit sprawled out on a futon and play incredibly fun games. If you're reading this and you have a Switch, hit me uppp!

I'm on the hunt for a concert to go to. I know it's not typically how that works, but I realized the other day I hadn't seen any music I liked live in a while. I should probably go to something different than Paramore for a change, but if they're in town... well, it's always a good time. Oh, and I did see Kardinal Offishall at a private event with Aurora the other day, that was neat.

That's it for now!

Autumn skookum

Crimson earth, magenta sky
One of the above is not a lie

Costume partay

Working at Aurora, I get access to a lot of cool events, usually things that Aurora has sponsored. One such event happened last week with the "Boombox" costume party at Bell TIFF Lightbox. I was given some VIP passes to go and I had a pretty good time. I wore a wig, so at least I had something to wear.

It was a large venue, with a few different themed rooms. On entering, you had to go through some haunted house-like creepy areas with scary sounds. But the main stage (with an open bar nearby) had a band playing some 80s tunes throughout the night. Servers were handing out bad appetizers, mostly mushroom based.

When I went upstairs, I found there was a VIP section only for Aurora employees, so I got some comfortable couches to sit on and sipped on a cider for the rest of the night.

Pigeons know the cold is coming

Finding refuge near the CN tower

Happy Legalization Day!

I almost forgot to make a blog post today, but I wouldn't miss such a historic event!
So yeah, I work for Aurora now and it is EXCITING being part of the whole legalization process!

I noticed the typo but did nothing to fix it because my shift was up