The GoodKid

 I am still in Calgary playing the roll of a painter. I think I play the part alright but I am sure the professionals can see the prematureness in my skills of their trade.

I am planning a departure from the “Heart of The New West” and leaving Cowtown for Vancouver and Victoria before heading east to Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto and Ottawa via Greyhound bus line. I start my travels, with a friend, on July 18 and plan to be back in Charlottetown before midnight on August 1 when my Discovery Pass expires. Home for a visit or for a while is to be determined.

Carbon tax proposal by Dion’s Liberals is drawing Harping from the Federal Conservatives. Obviously, because it is not their plan. The Green Switch could be enough for Dion to enter the ring swinging but I am not sure if it will be enough for him to knock out the majority of Stephen Harper’s team. We’ll have to wait and see. I am sure there is an election coming soon, I mean it this time. Seriously.

It’s a new year and to follow shortly will be a new blog. This blog became to much for me to handle and manage. I have over 8,000 spam comments in queue for moderation, no motivation to clear them out and no motivation to write if people can’t comment.

Expect this page to be new in the next week or so. Interesting things to come.

P.S: I quit drinking… binge style.

I’m bored…

It has been awhile since I bothered to write anything on this blog. I don’t really have an explanation nor do I feel that an explanation is needed. Never fear, though, because I am working on a couple of projects which, once online, will feature me and several other people contributing posts on a daily to semi-daily basis with rotating topics mainly centered around current events, corruption, truth, ect.

Aside from my digital footprint my reality is also in alright shape. I am still smoking cigarettes and not eating very healthy but those two important areas are on a conscious to-do list. I am working a lot and making a little more money doing the call center gig this time around. My application for school is all inked in and ready to be mailed out once the school starts to accept registrations this coming October. Exciting, sorta. I’m having fun though…lots of fun.

Hope everyone is doing fine!

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The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.

On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.

“Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied.” I know I can’t help having troubles on the job, but one thing’s for sure, troubles don’t belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again.”

He paused. “Funny thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick ‘em up, there ain’t nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.”

I am writing this post from an iPhone… This phone is amazing!

Canada Day for me is like Christmas to a young child minus the gifts unless you count alcohol as a gift. Staying true to my traditional celebratory ways, this year’s Canada Day was exceptionally one of the best weekends I have had in a long time. It was filled with friends, talks, music and meeting new people…I also managed to sneak in a quick trip to Halifax and the time to write lyrics to an emo song.

I was excited come 9:30 on Friday because once I logged out of my phone at work I knew I would not have to log back in until today, Tuesday. Friday was a quiet night. I sat at home with a friend and we just talked until 4:00 in the morning. It was an easy start to a rough weekend for sure, but oddly enough was one of the best nights I have had in a while. I enjoy sitting around talking about nothing and watching random videos on the Internet, especially with this friend.

Saturday was Festival of Lights and the day a friend of mine came to the Island for a visit. I spent the better part of the afternoon hanging out with some friends and being creepy to poor Lisa (the friend from away) and hunting down an extra ticket to the festival for a friend. The evening was spent at the waterfront park turned massive venue for the Nickelback concert. I am not a fan of Nickelback but they played an awesome show. I was really impressed and surprised at how much I actually enjoyed it.

On Sunday, the big day, Canada Day, I helped one of my friends move into his new apartment. He supplied the beer, which was great but really helped dapper a person motivation for moving things up several flights of stairs. I think the best part of helping him move was when we met his neighbours and drank beer with them. I love meeting new people and I love beer. Later in the day I met up with my friends and hung out with them all night. I managed to make it down to watch the fireworks, which were not very impressive to say the least. Nickelback had better pyrotechnics during their set. Oh well, it’s for the children and I am sure they enjoyed it…although I did overhear one kid telling his mother how crappy the display was. After the fireworks it was back to more hanging out, beer drinking and good times. I remember going to a work party with my cousin, too. Oh yeah, and I ended up going back to my friend’s new neighbours place and drinking more beer with them.

Monday morning I was woken up from someone messaging me on Windows Live asking me if I wanted to go to Halifax for the day. I accepted the invitation, which was free, and was on my way to Halifax by 11 in the morning. We didn’t really have much of a reason for going but I really needed to get off the Island and go for a long drive. I was back home within 24 hours and now I have to shower and go log into my phone at work.

Two great weekends in a row. I am crossing my fingers for a third.

Don’t ever put your faith in me I’ll only let ya down
Don’t pick me up when I’m stumbling just leave me on the ground
And right or wrong I’ll stick by the things I say
And I couldn’t give a shit if ya go or if ya stay

I don’t need your pity and I don’t need your bullshit lies
And I don’t’ want your opinion on the faults of my life
You can talk all you want but I won’t hear a word you say
I’m an unforgiving prick and I’m just living the bastard’s way

When my day has come and I lie beneath the dirt
People gather smiles wide and poor booze upon the earth
They’ll remember all the good times but only talk about the bad
They’ll drink or say whatever it takes to keep from getting sad

I don’t need your pity and I don’t need your bullshit lies
And I don’t’ want your opinion on the faults of my life
You can talk all you want but I won’t hear a word you say
I’m an unforgiving prick and I’m just living the bastard’s way

And on my mother’s doorstep lies a single red rose
And a story of a broken man that a mother would never know
I showed her the best and the worst days of her life
And I promised her that one day I would take her for my wife
But she knew it was all a lie the moment I left her bed
She said “your boy was a son of a bitch and I’m glad he’s fucking dead”

I don’t need your pity and I don’t need your bullshit lies
And I don’t’ want your opinion on the faults of my life
You can talk all you want but I won’t hear a word you say
I’m an unforgiving prick and I’m just living the bastard’s way

I haven’t had much of a chance to make any new posts over the last several days, and to be honest, I’ve been experiencing a writers block of sorts. Sure, I am able to sit down and type out a post but for some reason I have not wanted to submit anything that I have written. I attempted three times. Would that be writers block or writers insecurity?

Any how, a brief update on my life is in order: I have started working back in the industrial park at the place where I worked before I returned to school for the winter. Aside from work, I have been doing typical Andrew things, such as: hanging out with friends, setting myself up, trying to make a difference, and going to the beach.

The Boomer tattoo thing is officially over except for one more interview which I should get finished soon. The show that I used to raise money was a great time and brought in $275 at the door. That money was added on to my team’s total which came in around two-thousand dollars. What a rewarding experience. The Relay for Life was an amazing time filled with many strange and powerful realizations. I had the pleasure of walking several laps with a survivor who was happy to share his stories. This man, who’s name I never did get, said he never smoked a day in his life and lived a very healthy and active lifestyle but still was unfortunate enough to be hit with three types of cancer. It just goes to show that cancer has no prejudice.

Hopefully my writers block is gone and I can return to regular posting. Let me know what you think on this week’s poll.

Last month I launched a publicity stunt aimed at gathering attention to the Relay for Life, with a follow up function to raise money for the Relay. I made a promise to get a tattoo of Boomer Gallant if 1,000 people joined my Facebook Group. Within the first 26 hours the group had met its objective. Oh boy, am I ever true to my word, because I got Boomered (as I like to call it) last night.

I can’t wait to show everyone the tattoo this Saturday - Chris in at The Tattoo Shop did an amazing job on it. For anyone who is unable to make it to the event this weekend I will be posting pictures on Sunday.

ROCK FOR LIFE / Boomer Tattoo Unveiling

All proceeds go toward Relay For Life
8:30PM till 2AM

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