What happens when u come across a hillary duff song while drunk

Thanks to Ms. Hillary Duff for inspiring me to write this lame song:

Time to go, to get away
Time to pack my bags and fly away
Through the jet streams and through the air
I don't know what the fuck to say

Wake up wake up on a saturday night
Could be loading luggage or standing in line
Sleeping through the flight in a dazed out way
Grumbling through transit just an airport away

Asking myself where the fuck am I?
Body is in Rome but feels like it's Nome
Fin-ally reach the place I call home
Wondering when I'll get to snore alone

Wake up wake up on a sunday night
Gorging on mama's food or some other delight
London, Paris, Tokyo, Rome
Screw you coz I'm finally home...


Disclaimer: My singing has been known to cause nightmares. I absolve myself of all blame if you so choose to hum along. I also love all the above-mentioned places, I just used em cause they rhyme and go with the song.

Whats happening to this world?

9/11, the continuing violence in Israel/Palestine, the London subway bombings, the Kashmir bombings, car bombings in Iraq, terrorism in Sri Lanka, bombings in Bangladesh, bombings in Egypt, the Taleban lead violence and political assassinations in Afghanistan, ETA bombings in Spain, violence and instability in various regions of Pakistan, the callous and brutal regimes in Africa. And this is only the tip of the iceberg. What is this world coming to? Can't we all just sit down and discuss our differences rather than trying to achieve our goals through violence?

What's more surprising is that this is occuring in this day and age of the information highway, where information is avaiable at the click of a mouse, where more people are better educated, in a time where people should have learnt from the mistakes of the past. So why is this still happening?

I think the problem, besides the obvious reasons, is that we are losing some of the ideals that define humanity. When an innocent girl gets killed by crossfire from a gangsta turf war, all that the gang members can say is that their sorry but she happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Yet they shot each other in highly populated areas. The modern lifestyle can also be very stressful, life have become the rat race that it is can have adverse effects on people not strong enough to deal with. Being nice isn't "cool" anymore, people are more willing to take advantage of others. People also seem to allow their stubborness and pride to alter their views and perceptions on life and are more resistant to idealogical change.

I'd like to know what makes the terrorists think that killing innocent civilians will help them get their way. What were they thinking? That crashing a couple of planes into the Twin Towers will make the U.S. is going to cower before them? That by murdering local civilians the U.S. is going to leave Iraq? And on the other side of the coin, the current U.S. adminitration in their arrogance thought they could just waltz into Iraq and make it a democracy. As it stands now, both sides are not going to accept defeat and the endless cycle of violence will continue. What did you want for X'mas again? Peace on earth and good will to all man? Yeah? Well tough luck.

!@#$ the TTC

The Toronto Transit Commission...supposedly the pride of North American transit 10 years ago. Many major American cities, including the likes of New York City & Chicago, looked up to it as a role model. Now it has been surpassed in both efficiency and quality by a whole slew of other transit systems. It sole mandate seems to be to further frustrate and annoy its users year after year. Sometimes it's not just the TTC but even the people who use it.

So you might be wondering why I chose to rant and bitch about it now. Well, while I was waiting for the bus today, this fat, obese woman asks me and this other chick at the bus stop if we had extra tickets. We both said no. Then when we get on the bus, she asks the driver whether he can drop her off a block down the road without a fare. He refuses. Then she's like does anyone in the bus have an extra ticket? Ofcourse no one came forward. After holding up the bus for like a good 5 minutes, she gives everyone this really dirty look and stomps away. Like seriously, why the fuck should we waste our $2.50 on you? And you have the nerve to give us dity looks? Like go get a job and earn your tickets bitch. Or ask someone you know for one, don't ask strangers at the bus stop. Cause you ain't getting nothin from us.

My major pet peeves with the TTC:

1. Threatening to strike at the end of every contract.
Seriously, how much do you want to get paid to drive a fucking bus up and down a street? There are engineers, scientists and nurses who get paid less then your sorry asses. Cost of living has increased u say? Sadly for the rest of us, we can't strike and bring the city to the standstill to increase our wages. Which brings us to the next point.

2. Fare increases
Yeah, keep whining about how ridership numbers are declining, keep wasting money on marketing slogans like "ride the rocket". How the fuck is increasing fares going to increase ridership? Paying more for better service is one thing, but paying more for service that keeps plunging further down the crap hole is a different story. And extend the student discount to ALL students, including college/university students. Giving discounts to just little school kids who only use the bus to go and come to school is pointless. Your not encouraging people to give up their cars when its cheaper to fill your car gas tank twice a month than it is to buy a metropass.

3. Whack bus and train scheduling
"Ride the rocket." Ride the rocket my ass. The best schedule that the brilliant minds at the TTC could come up with is sending 6 buses/trains in one direction and only one in other. This pretty much ensures you ain't getting anywhere soon (unless u happen to be going in the direction of the 6 buses). And why do u post time schedules when they aren't followed? Save the time, effort and money spent on making them and save them for your next contract instead of hijacking more public tax money.

Annoying passengers:

1. People bringing in bicycles, large bags and other obstructions during rush hours.
2. Talking/yelling across the bus. If you wanna talk to your friends, walk up to them. Hollering at them from the back when they're at the front can get pretty annoying, especially early in the morning or late in the day.
3. Cutting lines and then acting like you don't understand what your doing. I'm sure you know what your doing, don't assume that I'll just brush it off as cultural ignorance. There are some things that are universal, and queueing up is one of them.

Some funny/quirky experiences on the TTC:

1. Everything was all nice and quiet on the Bloor platforms early in the morning when out of the blue this woman starts dancing and singing soca tunes. Hilarious!
2. It's rush hour and this woman enters with a small bird cage. She engages in a conversation about the bird with a fellow passenger. She then opens up the cage and pulls the bird out so that the other passenger can have a closer look at it. The bird takes off and flies around the compartment for a while, terrifying the old ladies and cracking up the younger generation.
3. A topless guy, wearing a Santa Claus hat in the middle of July. He kept flexing and making wierd grunting sounds the whole ride lol.
4. A vagrant stops me in a subway station and then proceeds to tell me that Jesus loves me.

Idealism vs. Realism

I'm a go-with-the-flow kind of person. I mostly make decisions only when one is needed. I rarely plan anything in advance. I tend to work and make decisions only near deadlines. On introspection, I guess I need some pressure, proding or inspiration to do something.

As some of you might know, I've had a lot of free time these past 3 months. Being a sort of pseudo-intellectual, I've thought about a lot of stuff and have experienced a whole new part of life I've never bothered to look at previously. I've been forced to come out of the bubble I used to live in - I think I'm intrinsically an idealist and unconsciously choose to avoid harsh realities until it slaps me in the face.

So I decided to try planning for the future and envisioning the person I want to be. Not necessarily iron clad plans, but a flexible list of options I could choose. While contemplating my options and observing other individuals, I've realized that I need to answer a seemingly simple question first. Do I go with the idealistic options? Or do I choose the realist options (minus the ideals) to survive in this imperfect world?

So basically when you want a 60k+ starting first job, a Benz C class or Acura TL, a snazzy condo downtown and smart investments to secure you financially for life, decisions need to be made. So do I bust my ass for the next few years in grad school again and get that high paying job? Or do I land a job, by hook or crook, and hope that my intelligence gets me through? So many people have managed to snag something through lies or deceipt. Even if I take the high road, I will still be competing with them in everything I do. Again, do I take the ideal route? Or do I "even the play field" even if that's not really to my taste. Like it or not, it is the survival of the fittest, and way too many people choose the wrong path to survive. At the end of the day, I need to survive too.

Sometimes I feel that I think too much. Maybe I should try another life - a life consisting solely of working a 9-5 job, watching sports, chopping girls and downing alcohol - ignorant of everything else happening in the world.