I sure drank last night. A hangover's kept me in bed all day. I definitely won't be here forever, because Andrea and I are going to see Wicked tonight, and I've been looking forward to it for two months:


Yes!

A group of us celebrated Simon's birthday (and Andrea's A- in her Poli-Sci course, preeemptively) at the Royal Oak. I got a little carried away with shot orders - Irish Car Bombs, Liquid Cocaines, Blowjobs, plus a couple of mini-pitchers of Rickards Red. A lighthearted time was had, though somewhere between the time I stumbled into Andrea's bedroom and the time I woke up a bulldozer had its way with my body.

The back exercises seem to be making my sciatica worse, so I'm going to cool it for awhile. I have to head over to Sears to pick up the blinds for my living room. I wish someone would carry me.

All of my dreams last night were work related. I even woke up from a Rogers Video dream with the thought, "Fuck this, I'll just wake up and end this misery." I'm like Little Nemo the Dream Master. I'm like Tom Petty in the video for Running Down a Dream.

That's what I get for eating diner poutine before bed. I hung out at Kat's place last night with Patrick, Mariel, John and Simon. We watched The Wizard and cracked wise on it the entire time. It was a fun. A few of us grabbed dinner to wrap up the night.

I spent yesterday learning how to use the NN-19 sample player in Reason, figuring out how to write out chords in the sequencer and adjusting a piano sequence I wrote to loop correctly. I'm working my way through the book at about a chapter a day. I should have it wrapped up by the first week of July, and then I'll start composing. I won't be an expert by any means but at least by then I'll have used most of the program's components.

Today is my sister's birthday.

I hate looking for apartments, simply because I want to get it over with as quickly as possible so that I can stop thinking about it and know where I'll be in three months time. However, at this stage, I'm going to be picky. I looked at a place on Elgin today - great location and a good price - but it was too small, cramped and not very well lit. I can do better. As much as I'd like to go with the first place I see, I want to be happy with where I'll be living for the next year. So the hunt continues.

Last night I finished my work in about 20 minutes and sat around until 5 before I finally went home. My boss just emailed me to let me know that the Senate is working out a bill and won't really be sitting until next Tuesday, so I shouldn't bother coming in. As much as I appreciate having the job, I'm really going to be looking for some stability soon. I hope I can turn it into something worthwhile.

I hung out with Kat, Patrick and John last night for a bit and had a really good time. And here's the kicker: I knew Simon had moved into Kat's building, so I texted him to find out what apartment he was in, and he eventually replied: he's in the place directly across the hall from Kat's. The two should build an additional wall in the hallway and just leave their places open.

I'm having coffee with Rachael at 6 and then going to see Holy Fuck at Barrymore's with Andrea.

It looks like I landed that job at the Legislative Support Office Publications Centre, proofreading debates for the Senate of Canada. I'll hear next week about the finer details. I showed up to the interview dressed to impress though everyone in the office was quite casual. The coordinator gave me a tour and I saw where I'd be working - a cubicle. My first cubicle. This will be only the second office job I've ever held, but Filament Communications was pretty open concept. This is an office through and through, located in a building on Elgin near Parliament. I'll be just like those folks moseying around in business attire talking on cell phones and wolfing down pre-afternoon-meeting lunches. Except it will be the middle of the night. As long as I know where the coffee machine is, I think I'll be okay.

Andrea and I went to WalMart for some things before going back to her place and making dinner. We went over to Erin's to hang out, and the man, the myth, the legend, Simon Haisz was in attendance. It was certainly good to find out that he hadn't REALLY fallen off the face of the earth, as most folks seem to have indicated.

In a moment of ridiculousness the cops showed up and said that we were being too loud. If we avoid the cops tonight, it will be a miracle. Ash, Ian and I are having a pretty big party of the Tiki variety, with 24 folks currently on the guest list. I need to buy a vacuum cleaner and get this place looking better. Lots to do today. Should be fun.