Jordan’s Mindless Ramblings

So, I thought this year would be different from last.  2009 had an absolutely abysmal Spring and chilly Summer.  It would really be an exaggeration to call the Summer of 2009 a Summer.  It was really a pre-Fall season, with lots of rain. 

This year however, it was shaping up to be better.  Most of April has been warm, downright balmy some days.  Compare to last year, when there was snow, this Easter weekend was a complete turn-around.  It was shorts-weather.  It was awesome.

Today however, was a little different.  After continual heavy rain.  It decided to start snowing.  Not just a sprinkle either.  We had full on white-outs in Lindsay.  We’re talking zero-visibility.

Mother Nature is such a tease sometimes.

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As far as I’m concerned, the best time to do any shopping you have to do is between the hours of 12 and 6 in the morning.  That’s any time between midnight and when the sane people begin to wake up and start their days.  It’s just one of those fantastic, yet absolutely bizarre experiences that everybody should try at least once.

The only problem is that your options are usually limited during the twilight hours.  Sure, there’s always convenience stores, but those don’t really count.  Grocery stores, even department stores are the best places to visit on your pre-dawn excursions.

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I’ve felt a little more detached from the world at large lately, and things that happen around me don’t seem to make much sense to me, although everyone else seems to go along with it just fine.

I was in the Canadian Tire last night along with Chippy Sunshine, on the quest for duplicate keys.  When we got there, we were greeted with the most unholy sight one could expect to find in a hardware store: a grocery store.

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Well, things at Useless Babble HQ have been going well, and by that, I mean that it’s really fucking cold.  The Halycon days of one of the coldest and wettest summers I can remember are gone and replaced with the cold and wet of early December.  It’s enough to make a man want to start a fire in the middle of his living room floor, if just to get warm for a little while.

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Today was the series finale of Jon & Kate Plus Eight.  Although I’ve never really been a fan of the show, I do find the kids to be utterly adorable, and I can’t help but chuckle at their wide-eyed enthusiasm to the world at large.

Since I’ve written about the kids previously in my blog post Jon & Kate Plus an Extended Custody Battle, I felt almost obligated to see the show out.  As I mentioned earlier, I’m not really a fan.  This was something that Chippy Sunshine got me into, but still…there are some things that need mentioning.

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Well, even if Fall doesn’t arrive for a couple of days, it’s already looking, and feeling like it out there.  Soon, I won’t be able to wear shorts outside without looking like a raving lunatic. 

You’ll also notice, if you go to any stores, and I don’t suggest that you do, that Christmas is already being pimped out and is soon to be whoring on a street near you.

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Finally, it’s that time of year: when all the little bastards that run around the neighbourhood with wild abandon get rounded up and put on buses to school where they’ll spend eight hours a day learning.  It’s the greatest time of the year!

The only problem is that now the stores are packed with kids and parents looking for paper and pens.  I can’t break through the crowd at Staples to buy a drawing pen.  It’s enough to drive a man insane!

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I know I spent some time bitching about the weather in my last post, but I have a story to tell, so come closer, sit on Uncle Jordan’s lap and hear a tale of travel in the big city.

I’m not much of a city person, so I try to avoid Toronto as much as possible.  I do however enjoy baseball, so when I get a chance to go to the Skydome (which can hold more people than the population of my hometown), I take it.

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When I first created this site, I was torn on the subject of a blog.  On one hand I wanted to be able to write short articles on daily occurrences without having to keep to any kind of schedule.  On the other hand, bloggers are, for the most part, douchebags.

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A Dairy Queen is the closest fast food place to where I work, so when I get in the mood for some greasy burgers or chicken sammiches, I go there.

Today, I got in that familiar mood and headed down there, only to see the most outlandish pimp I’ve ever laid eyes upon. 

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