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today, mastercard tries to mess with my head! here’s a sober-looking note I found printed on this month’s credit card bill:

TO HELP YOU MEET UNEXPECTED FINANCIAL DEMANDS WE HAVE MADE THIS MONTHS PAYMENT OPTIONAL. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOU SKIP THIS MONTHS PAYMENT, INTEREST WILL STILL ACCUMULATE.

that’s nice, mastercard. but what unexpected financial demands? i pay my bills on time every month, and this month is no exception. suddenly I’m getting cold sweats at the thought of a gang of mastercard thugs in black suits, bad ties and sunglasses showing up at my place with gasoline and zippos. credit card companies do wierd things. or maybe I just don’t buy enough stuff on credit, like DVD players, Playstations, fancy computers, phat speakers, flatscreen monitors, and so on. but why would I buy things I don’t really need when I don’t even have the money to buy them?

Oh yeah. BECAUSE THEY’RE SO COOL.

the next item on my list of things to do someday: learn to ride on horseback.

I was talking to a horse today, well, trying to talk to a horse anyway. the problem with talking with horses is that we don’t speak the same language. forget Mr. Ed. I’m talking real communication. horses have their own ways of communicating, you know, stomping their hooves, poking, nuzzling, whatever else. I don’t know how to read those signs. I wish I did. and I had this funny thought this afternoon… even people don’t speak the same language. I wish I could read people’s signs better. I wish I knew other people better. sometimes I really feel like I don’t know what people are trying to tell me. like there’s this big gap in the communication between us.

anyway, I’m not getting down on myself here, I was just having a moment. lately a lot of things in my life have been getting clearer. I feel a lot better about myself and a lot more confident in my personal spiritual progress. I am getting better and better day by day. one day at a time. Little realizations like this one today are just ways I use to strengthen my identity, to build strong foundations for my existence. Maybe I’m not so good at communicating at this point in my life. But I’ll improve. I’ll get better, one day at a time. Same thing for all the rest of it. God is so good. I’m having a wonderful time.

’nuff said:

seriously folks, welcome to another installment of my life. I started work today, and it went really pretty well. got up at six, ate breakfast, showered, shaved, got dressed, said a prayer or two, and set off to work. and I worked! This contract is going to be nice and busy. My final deadline is November 20th, which means I have to plan my time very well. I was working on that plan today, and it’ll be finalized tomorrow, after a meeting with the team responsible for my project.

I’m actually pretty tired right now. I guess I’m going to bed soon. lol. as soon as I finish unleashing all the MAYHEM I need to unleash.

mayhem. that’s the word of the day. and now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to blow up the spot.

my, who’s that handsome young man wearing the tie?

and the natty dreads? and the golf hat? uhh.

why, it’s good old Martin B, at your service.

Though this nice young fellow gives him a run for his money:

heheheh.

hello good people of funland. I’m here to bring you the good news! I have a job and will likely have another one soon. whoa. what’s the deal?

Well, yesterday I accepted that job at the SADC Nicolet-Bécancour, and there was indeed much rejoicing. I came in to work this morning to see what was up, and to participate in a meeting with the principal movers and shakers of the project. It was quite interesting and enlightening (and confidential). I even had the bounty of going to lunch with them afterwards at a nice little restaurant in St-Grégoire – paid in full by my new employers. Hot damn! This is starting out well. I hope they’re not fattening me up to eat me. Anyway, now I have homework to do to get ready for the project, my part of which will mostly entail research and convincing nice people to give us money. Cool.

Yesterday, right after accepting said job, I got a phone call from the OTHER people I’ve been in touch with: CLIC. No, not the bean company. The language college — Centre de Langues Internationales Charpentier. I guess I impressed them when I had that interview with them; they’d like to hire me to teach people to speak English. Nice! From what I can tell, they’re a really good team, and it would be pretty cool to work there. The nice part about all this is that the SADC job is a day job from Monday to Friday, and CLIC would be evenings and possibly some weekends. So I can do both jobs (within reason of course). Plus, after the SADC job finishes (it’s a thirteen-week contract), I would have the option to expand my hours at CLIC. I’m set baby! That means that after the Christmas holidays, I can keep working at CLIC making sweet sweet cash. Ahhh, sweet, life-giving, bill-paying cash. No more huge gaps of cashlessness as I search for a job while I watch my savings dwindle to paltry amounts. Cash cash cash cash cash cash cash cash. Not Johnny Cash. CASH!