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An odd Friday night

Saturday, September 10th, 2011 at 10:42 pm

Lunch
I went to Remy’s for lunch and saw Jon Hamm [Don Draper of Mad Men]!!!! I didn’t notice at first, but the waiter told us….so I walked by him just to make sure…and it was definitely him :D That was pretty cool…but surprisingly, not the highlight of my day.

Just after work
I went to Eaton’s Centre to get a Kirby T-Shirt from Hot Topic…but they didn’t have any. I was sad. I went to Future Shop with Z, and Z ended up getting a Flame Red Nintendo 3DS and Nintendogs that she planned on getting…as it was released that day. Nintendogs is a pretty fun/cute game actually. We don’t have the time, space, or money for a pet. Also, I’m allergic to cats. So for someone like me, this thing…well, I don’t know if it’s the next best thing, but it’s still pretty fun.

I ended up getting a 3TB WD External HD at FutureShop. I had been planning to for a while…one can never have enough storage space! Especially with a lot of my things still on CDs and DVDs.

The Bar
Afterwards, Z and I went back to Remy’s for dinner with some co-workers and to celebrate one guy’s b-day. We had lots of shots of various things…i think Z and I both had 5 or 6 shots total…Z had 2 beers, I had 1…..with a pasta dish for each of us, our total cost was about $100 each. Yikes….but the night was still young and the b-day boy had one request left for the night….to go to a strip club cuz he’d never been.

The Strip Club
…yeah…LOLOL so after the bar, me + 3 co-workers + Z + the b-day guy’s female friend all went to Brass Rail. 4 dudes and 2 girls….at a strip club. Me going to a strip club…with my gf. Anyways, it was pretty awkward…but also fun and interesting. As expected, when women go to a strip club, they’re thinking very different things from men. “She’s a good dancer” or “She must have crazy upper body strength” or “Her legs must be really strong” were the things the females said. Guys on the other hand, were simply generally quiet, and visually pleased. No words need to be said :) Except for b-day boy….who was talking to many pretty ladies throughout the night.

The guys would basically only talk to b-day boy, asking him which girl he liked. And also, we just made fun of all the single men, that came in alone.

Anyways….that was my Friday. That strip club thing was totally unexpected, but entertaining…..definitely one of the oddest Fridays I’ve had in a while.

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Update

Friday, September 9th, 2011 at 12:34 am

I know I haven’t been blogging lately…a mix of sleep + work + allergies + burnout.

Sleep
I’ve been sleeping a lot this week. I think it’s to make up for last week, and my vacation. I don’t think I slept more than 8 hours a day for those 2 weeks, even on my vacation and I had some incredibly bad sleeps last week. I kept waking up at 4 or 5am, wired. I haven’t had that lately and I’m so thankful. Bad sleeps, multiple days in a row are incredibly taxing. So now, I think I’m just…well, enjoying the good sleeps. Like, making up for all the bad ones….it really feels great, I think it’s really improving both my attitude and productivity at work. That’s not to say I’m tired of late nights, it just means….it’s nice to sleep early and relax. It feels soooo good!

Work
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…these next 2 months are definitely the most exhausting and busy months in my 5 years at [Redacted]. Like, I’ve had projects where I’m busy. Busy for a week, busy for a week and a half…but I’ve got so much work on my plate, 2 giant projects launching at the end of Oct….I’ve been working like crazy at work, sometimes at home…and I just haven’t been able to look at anything else for a while. I go home and I just want to do nothing, I’m so exhausted…poor warrenshea.com

Allergies
They’ve been bad since CNE. Once my nose gets hit or affected, it takes a while to heal. It’s pretty sensitive.

Burnout
Uhh…yeah, I’m burnt. out. My vacation…should have been used to just relax, because…ugh, I feel like I’ve been working/busy forever………

This Weekend
I’m going to Eaton Centre tomorrow…to go to Hot Topic and get my Kirby Shirt >:( I wanted to order it online…but shipping for 2 shirts was $30…so expensive. X-Men: First Class Blu Ray comes out tomorrow…going to get that probably. Z might get a red 3DS tomorrow…and a game, maybe Nintendogs and Cats or whatever. I’d like to play that :D I love cutie animos. I pre-ordered Star Fox 64 over Amazon…so I won’t be getting it tomorrow…which sucks, cuz I really wanna play it…

I don’t know what I’m going to do this weekend. Organize my files 8 years of previous code/design files to get my portfolio for warrenshea.com ready? Start my new blog? Do some photography? Do some art (really itching to do some art today)? Do some work? I don’t know….but I’m hoping to be recharged for the weekend so I can start getting productive again!

Anyways…..just wanted to write something. I know it’s nothing mind blowing but I get really antsy when I haven’t written in days. I feel I owe it to my readers (and the blog) to let them know I’m alive.

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You missed your calling.

Monday, September 5th, 2011 at 9:08 pm

I was at the CNE yesterday, in one of the buildings where they have these awesome sand castles and sculptures. There, I also saw the area where this guy balances rocks on each other. Like, not square rocks…sharp rocks…triangle rocks…it seems pretty impossible when you look at them.

It got me thinking…what if you’re spectacular at something…like, maybe better than almost everyone in the world, but you don’t know what it is. What if you go through your whole life never knowing “I’m the best, in the world, at this”.

I just thought that’d be sad. I mean, most people take careers in what they’re decent at and will bring them money. I don’t think rock balancing can bring you a lot of money…unless you’re some of the few in the world that are good at it.

Anyways…just something that crossed my mind while watching him.

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I got a Venus fly trap yesterday. It’s a carnivorous plant! That’s so awesome. You need to keep it moist, but it feeds on flys…and if you need, meat. So next time we have a good steak going, I’ll chop off a small piece for it :)

Hopefully it can get rid of some of the fruit flies that have come into our home recently :'(

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Feeling like ass

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 at 1:51 am

I felt absolutely terrible this week. Not to mention all the work this week…

After my vacation, I couldn’t, and still can’t get my sleeping back on track. Monday, I couldn’t fall asleep…ended up pulling an all nigher, 24.5 hours….where the last 8 or so was at work. Generally, my mind starts to go around 20-22 hours…I generally can’t make it to 24. I had 2 XL coffees that day….and I think those hurt my sleeping…

For the next 2 days, I was waking up at 4am, despite sleeping at midnight….and I’d wake up wired, cuz of the coffee i’d be drinking to keep me awake while at work.

For the next 3 or so days, I’d still wake up at 4am or 5am, no matter what….and I’d wake up wide awake. But I was able to get to sleep within 30m…thank god. seriously.

So my sleeping has been messed. I’ve been so stressed with work. Wired on caffeine, but incredibly tired. Travelling to my (second office) this week at yonge and sheppard….and finally, I had allergies, giving me general weakness and a runny/stuffed up nose. I thought I was getting sick but fortunately it was just allergies.

Not to mention working OT whenever I could, a rooftop BBQ yesterday…I’m just so exhausted. I was supposed to go out tonight, I had 2 social events…but I cancelled them both, I just needed to rest. Tomorrow, I have another social event (a picnic), and Sunday the CNE…and Monday I’ll hopefully be resting and working OT.

I had no energy to blog, missed my 1st and 2nd day posts….til today.

Ugh. Worst week this year :(

Anyways…hoping things get better for me.

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WTB – September 2011 Edition

Friday, September 2nd, 2011 at 11:59 pm

Things I’m expecting in September – Total $187.30

Shigenori Soejima Artworks
$26.33 – Price I Paid (total)
Ordered July 11, 2011
Purchased at Amazon.ca

DCUO: Zatanna Statue
$76.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered Feb 22, 2011
Release Date Sept 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

D-Arts Megaman Zero
$41.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered April 27, 2011
Release Date Sept 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

D-Arts Megaman X
$41.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered May 21, 2011
Release Date Sept 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Things I received in August – Total $526.52

Kotobukiya DC Comics: Jean Grey Bishoujo Statue
$51.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered Feb 22, 2011
Release Date Aug 2011
Received Aug 31, 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Kotobukiya Marvel Comics: Ms. Marvel Binary Bishoujo Statue
$56.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered May 21, 2011
Release Date Jan 2012
Received Aug 31, 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Kotobukiya Marvel Comics: Emma Frost Bishoujo Statue SDCC Exclusive
$64.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-orderered July 30, 2011
Release Date Aug 2011
Received Aug 25, 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

D-Arts Black Wargreymon
$89.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Ordered July 30, 2011
Received August 17, 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

D-Arts Beelzebumon
$52.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Ordered July 30, 2011
Received August 17, 2011
Purchased at The Big Bad Toy Store

Zelda: Official Soundtrack CD
$34.95 – Price I Paid (total)
Ordered July 24, 2011
Received Aug 8, 2011
Purchased at eBay.ca

Catherine “Love Is Over” Deluxe Edition
$79.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered May 31, 2011
Release Date July 26 2011
Received Aug 5, 2011
Purchased at Amazon.ca

Kotobukiya Marvel Comics: Invisible Woman Bishoujo Statue SDCC Exclusive
$94.63 – Price I Paid (total)
Ordered July 27, 2011
Received Aug 4, 2011
Purchased at AmiAmi

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