Mr. Rogers

These are the people in my neighbourhood? Yes that’s right. These are the people that I work with each day. The pictures were all taken using my phone. Each photo is a reasonably accurate representation of the pictured individual’s personality.

Amanda

Craig

Floppy G

I’ve also included a horrible picture of myself, to hopefully avert any hostility and possible ‘revenge posting’ which might have otherwise occurred.

Yours Truly

Strong & Sensitive

I was surfing the net and came across this. I don’t really know what this is, or why Brawny has it on their website. My best guess is that it’s for people who have a crush on the Brawny guy. It’s funny in a lot of ways, but in even more ways than that it’s just weird. Maybe even a little creepy. I’ve watched about 3 different combinations so far, and I don’t know if I’m going to be able to watch anymore tonight.

Thus far my favourite custom combination was . . .

* Picture of Loveliness
* Show Emotion Freely
* Serenade

It’s really odd!

Check it out!!!

A Tale of Adventure

This is a tale for all those who seek adventure. I found it when I was cleaning up some old photos. It was in the form of an 8 page book so I had to reformat it, but this is how it looks sans page turning. Enjoy!

Doppelgangers?

The other day at the mall I served a family and was in the process of completing the sale when the daughter pointed to my name tag and told me that she had the same name as me. It’s very rare that someone has the same name as me, and this was particularly odd because it was a young girl. What’s even more odd is that her brother’s name was Hayden.

Just to recap:

My name is Grayson
My brother’s name is Ayden

My customer’s daughter’s name was Grayson
Her brother was Hayden

Grayson and Ayden versus Grayson and Hayden.

Weird!

Applefest 2005

Today was Applefest in St.George, and I've been looking forward to it since Saturday, September 03, 2005. My Grimsby posse hit it up with some accompaniment by a couple Brantford pals, about 2 years ago and we all had a great and eventful time.

This year was very unlike last. We still had a good time, but nothing really memorable happened and we left Applefest after about an hour.

We ended up going to the Bell Homestead and taking a tour from a very friendly Charlie Bell, who gave us all the 'dirt' on the family. We had Indian food for dinner, and before the night was done had all the photographs we needed to fill the album cover of our first record. (Oh, something memorable to come out of Applefest 2005 was the formation of 'Precious Patty Wagon and the Princesses'. Don't bother waiting for our first album, it might be a while)

It was great getting to see some of the old posse again, as I've been lax in my correspondence with them, and despite the fact that Applefest present was overshadowed by expectations from Applefest past, the day was a complete success.

Rootin’ Tootin’ High Falootin’

The title of this article may be a tad misleading. The word ‘tooting’ was used to rhyme and does not pertain, in any way, to flatulence. If you’re looking for fart jokes, you’re reading the wrong post.

I’m actually writing about spending a day in high society. Jamie was given free ticket to see ‘Stardust Follies’ (A homage to Broadway and Hollywood at the Sanderson Centre), but once we arrived we found we had box seats with arm rests and lots of room to fidget. The show was great and both Jamie and I had a good time. Then Jamie went home and I went to my Grandmother’s birthday dinner at the Country Club. That’s a fancy place. We had two bottles of wine (which you taste before you decide if you want the bottle) and I had a delicious rib eye steak with garlic mashed potatoes and vegetables. For dessert I had escargots (which was actually an appetizer, but I’m not really a big dessert guy).

This day stood in stark contrast to most of my days which I spend riding my bike around, renting a movie, and drinking a Tiverton in my apartment.

Life, The Universe, and Everything

This summer I’ve spent a lot of time looking for a place to live, and stressing about what I’m going to do with my life. The funny thing is, though, I’ve done very little about finding any answers. I like my job at Rogers, but it’s definitely not what I want to be doing. I’ve known this all summer, but since all my friends have come back to town, I’ve become more motivated to get out, and find something new. I’ve signed a 12 month lease in Holmedale, so I’ll be here for the year, so whatever I do it’s going to have to take place in or around the GBA (greater Brantford area).

My problem is not that I have no options, it’s that I have too many options, and don’t know what I’m looking for. I know that at some point I’ll go back to school, for either my masters or another degree/diploma, but for the time being I want to try something new. I also want to travel before I get too loaded down with debt and responsibility. I want to do something that I actually care about, and something that I will enjoy.

I don’t know what’s going to happen or what I’ll end up doing, but stay tuned and I’ll keep you abreast of my upcoming travails.

Rockin' the LPM

Sometimes I get bored at work (I’m serious) so I tend to watch a lot of music videos on Launch Cast. My favorite videos at the moment are

En El Camino, My Doorbell, Thanks That Was Fun, and La Bonne Etoile.


The videos look a lot better once you have a membership, but I’m not going to encourage that because I don’t want to prostitute myself to the man anymore than I already have. Either way, you get the gist, and if you like them, I’m sure you’ll be able to find a way to see them in higher resolution.

Keepin' it festive

I’ve been thinking a lot about stuff that I really like to do that I don’t ever do anymore, and one of these things is going to community festivals. I’ve listed 2 events, and dates which I’m definitely going to try to attend. If you’re interested in going, drop me a response. The more people who come the merrier, especially if you can drive, and don’t mind taking others.


Applefest
St. George
Sept. 17th
10am - 5pm
Free admission

Pumpkinfest
Waterford
Oct. 21st - 23rd
Free admission

Ghost Encounters
Brantwood Farms
Oct. 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th
7pm-ish
$5 per haunting

Harder to think than I thought.

Blogging is harder than I thought it would be. Sometimes you’re just not in the mood to write anything. I’ve sat down a number of times in the past couple of days and typed out blog entries, and then looked back and decided not to post them. I’m either not comfortable presenting all my ideas to anyone who happens across my site (thusfar my list of visiters includes Jim Tucker, and Shabudabu) or my entries are just uninteresting. There is so much that I want to say, but when I try to express my ideas they come out not sounding like I had intended. It’s frustrating and discouraging, but I guess that’s just life and I’ll just have to trust that the longer I blog the easier posting is going to become.

Circus Pictures

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