He Lives!

I don't know if anybody actually remembers that this blog exists... In fact- I don't know if blogs are even still a thing. Do people read these anymore or are we too busy clicking through a million pages of those stupid lists of stolen Reddit content that you could've seen ages ago without all the ads if you'd bothered to go on reddi- never mind. I digress.

So anyways, I've recently gotten the urge to share my thoughts with you again valued reader. I'm three years wiser then when I last wrote on here and what a difference three years can make! When I started this blog it was New Life, New Challenges, Same Person. Well as it stands now, that new life of mine is about 6 years old. That's pretty insane. I don't even remember writing half the posts and I'm utterly appaled by my overuse of the phrase 'holy crap'. I used it way too much. In fact, let us all agree that holy crap is henceforth banished. In lieu of 'holy crap' I will use the much more adult 'holy shit' and if that offends you I hate to inform you that we can't be friends. No, no dear reader. I refuse to associate with that kind of person. You can, however, watch from a distance where you can no longer hear my profanities because let me tell you. I swear... I swear a lot. 

So let's get down to the nitty gritty. What's new with me? Well, I have the same job still! 4 years this spring! Do I love it? Oh man, the number of times I'm asked that question still blows me away. I hear it at work. I hear it when someone new finds out what I do. I hear it at family functions. I hear it shouted at me as I parade through town! Every single time without fail my answer is the same. The same unchanged boring answer I have provided from day 1. Are you ready for this? Are you ready for me to settle this seemingly fascinating question that absolutely everybody seems to ask me? Yes. It's fine. No, the math is not that hard. Yes, I do have funny stories but unfortunately I cannot divulge information about anything that goes on in that building because they'll fire me. End of job talk.

Let's move on to something more interesting now shall we? Yes, lets. 

I've moved away from my dear aunt. Well, more accurately she moved away from me. Off she went to Australia and off I went to the bustling town of Gananoque. Never heard of it you say? Well it exists, I assure you. That lasted a year and a bit before taking the courageous almost too adult-y step of moving in with my significant other! Jesus, even that was almost a year ago. Clearly it's going well if I'm still here. I'm now surrounded by my new family and friends and I can happily say I have roots here now. I love where I live, I love what I do (sometimes) and I love the people who I have met on this journey. If I could have forseen myself sitting here writing this 6 years ago I can honestly say that I would not have believed you. I would not have believed that teenage me would step so far out of his comfort zone, move 300km away from home and be this happy surrounded by people who love me and who I love. 

Anyways, that's all I have to say for now. I enjoy this outlet still and to be completely honest with you I forgot it existed and also I spilled wine on my keyboard so this would have been a pain to write for the longest time. Silly me can't be bothered to spend 10$ on a new keyboard. Silly me can't be bothered to move the wine glass after spilling it 6 times in a row reaching for the mouse! 

Ciao for now! I'll try to come back tomorrow!!  

~Chris

Hello?

Dear Internet,

It has been 1 year and 4 months since my last confession.


Did you miss me? This went from being my outlet to my forgotten middle child! I assure you I'm still alive and kicking. I'll try to check in more often.

In the mean time feel free to chat me up! I know you must miss me!

An open letter to 'Yahoo!'

First off let me start off by saying I enjoy 'Yahoo!'. I've had an e-mail with them that may be full of spam but still gets used. I use yahoo answers all the time and it's not the worst place to read the news. That being said I read on the interwebz the other day that there had been a major password breach on their servers and that something like 400,000 accounts had been compromised. I paid absolutely no attention to it because I don't have anything sensitive on there anyway so why should I care. Well yesterday I get a notification from Amazon notifying me that a suspicious IP address has tried to change my password. I thought that was odd but whatever. Later I get an e-mail from twitter that said the same thing! Then I had a eureka moment! Those two accounts both use the same username and password that my Yahoo account used. But wait a minute... Certainly if my account had been compromised yahoo would have notified me! Right? Nope. I logged onto my yahoo account this morning and there was no problem. My old password still worked and I saw no mention that my account was now open for the world to see since I assume my username and password are now on some list on some shady website for the scum of the internet to see. Clearly basic damage control says you automatically reset the compromised accounts passwords and notify them IMMEDIATELY. I understand you shouldn't be using the same password across multiple accounts but that's no excuse for them to remain absolutely silent. I will be cancelling all my accounts with those people like many people before me.

Remember when Sony had the same security breach? I couldn't access my account for ages. Then when I finally could the first thing they did was make me reset my password and I haven't lost my faith in them but yahoo? I now trust you more then that nigerian prince who promised to send me millions of dollars!

Farewell Yahoo!!!!!!
Sincerely,
Pissed off

Zombies...Heatwaves....Tornado's

One day I'll stick to writing on here. But for now you'll have to live with sporadic posts when I have the chance. It's been a very busy couple of months. I've found a new job which I won't expose to all you lovely Internet peeps but needless to say it has been a hectic crazy few months of learning and sleeping. All in the name of a job that is unlike any job I've ever had before!

So a few weeks ago a headline grabbed my attention. Well, not so much grabbed but ripped my attention away from its normal happy place. You've heard of this whole zombie man in Miami? Well if you haven't step out from under your rock for a few minutes and google it. A man named Rudy Eugene was found at the side of the road in Miami. He was naked and chewing a man's face off. Police said he growled at an officer who told him to stop and appeared to show super human strength. Now that story alone was enough to convince people that we were indeed seeing the beginning of a zombie Apocalypse. But then it was explained that this man wasn't a zombie. He was just on this drug called bath salts. I didn't know whether to be relieved or even more worried! Now there's a drug out there that completely normal people could take which would turn them into cannibals? Lovely. But THEN it came out that this man had nothing but pot in his system. I'm no pot head but I know that pot does not do that to a person. So what turned Rudy Eugene from a church going decent man into a cannibalistic maniac? I guess we'll never know.

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Nothing to worry about!

Moving on... It has been an interesting few weeks weather wise. Not only have we seen a lot of heat we've seen some incredibly severe weather. Let me tell you a little story... I was preparing myself for work and was all ready to go when the power went out. I looked outside and it was sunny. Dark in the distance but still sunny! Power stayed out long after I left for work. I got to work and went in and that was that. But my lovely aunt was just down the road from me and happened to get this picture of this monster of a storm funnel whatever going over my head. Can't say I would have felt better knowing that that thing was passing over me but a little heads up from SOMEONE would have been nice!!!

Nope. No longer in Kansas

This next photo was taken around the same time our power went out and is probably the reason WHY the power was out. 5 minutes away from our house this thing roared on whilst the entire village stood on the front lawn asking each other if their lights were off as well.


Overall an interesting month. Each day brings something new and I'm very thankful that my life has taken such an interesting turn over the last few months. I'll leave you to get back to whatever it is you do on the Internet.

Ciao!
Chris

Amen!

So a while back I got into an argument with a friend of mine. He was determined to convince me that evolution was all made up and creationism is where it's at. We probably argued for about 6 hours with neither of us convincing the other in any way that their beliefs were wrong. Here's the thing though. What started out as a polite debate about creationism vs. evolution eventually turned into him trying to tell me that I was going to hell. By the end of it I had brought him down to his last argument which was "you have to believe me because if you don't you're going to hell". This is where you religious nuts lose me. When he said that to me I asked him what he believed was going to happen to the rest of the people on the planet who practice a different religion then him. He told me they were all going to hell too. So I pointed out that most religions had been around a lot longer then his religion so what makes him think his religion is the right religion? Well, the bible [he said] tells us this and this and we must worship the bible. So this went on for ever and ever and by the end of it I was thoroughly convinced there is no god, and he was thoroughly convinced that we are all evil sinners and I'm going to burn for eternity. When he left I felt sad. Not for me but for him, for all those people who are taught from a young age that they are right, the rest of the world is wrong and they are the only ones going to heaven so long as they follow the rules. I live my life. I am a good person and I don't need an organization to tell me that I'm a bad person if I don't do what they feel is right. That is what I elect my government for.

I no longer wish to see you any more!

Why is it that a religion that was created 2000 years ago is acceptable to follow but a new religion comes forward and everyone calls it a cult and criticizes it. Do people not see that to people like me all religions look that way? Whether your religion is 2000 years or 2 years old I don't think any of them are real. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the guidance they offer to people in a crisis or a big life decision. But to tell people to devote their lives to these organizations is wrong. I will not be a part of it and I would appreciate it if these organizations (because I feel that's what they are) would stop approaching me on the street, in the bus, at my door and through my friends. Because I will not change my mind. These people need to learn to respect our difference in opinion and belief because I am sick of being told that I am a bad person for not believing in god! If I walk into a church and tell the pastor I think he's full of crap then I'm doing something wrong. If two people approach me on the street and tell me I'm going to burn and hell and that I'm stupid for not believing in god then that's perfectly OK? I could really go on forever and I would love to start a running segment of creationist arguments and my rebuttals towards them because I have a lot to say! So ciao for now! Stay tuned for more!!

Chris

So it has been awhile since I posted anything! Not like I've just been lazy and ignoring you all! I want you to go back and read the first post in the blog. I'll wait...

The Family

So I'm back! I've come back to the middle of nowhere to try something different and hopefully move forward in life. I'm happier then I've ever been and that alone was worth the trip. I look forward to sharing more with you as I continue this journey!! 

So off we go! Full speed ahead!

Chris

Vunderfull Vezzer Ve are Aving

Hey guys. Thought I'd check in and let you know that I'm not dead. I've been out of town for a bit and too busy to sit down and write out a blog post but here I am!

Smiling Melanoma Machine

I don't know what witchcraft is causing this weather but it's been like summer the past week. Nothing like breaking out the patio furniture in the middle of march. I'm not complaining though! I'll be back to my regular fantastic blog posting later on this week so I hope I haven't lost you forever because I've been gone for a week. Seriously though, how shallow can you be? Do you not love me enough to stand by me in my time of need?

That's it for now! I'll see what I can do about posting something tomorrow... Ciao!


-Chris