CLE

First of all- I have no followers.
My feelings are hurt guys.

Anyway, more nonsensical babbling.
Thunder bay has the "Canadian Lakehead Exhibition" which sounds a lot more exciting than it really is. Mostly it's a fall fair. Rides, coney dogs, elephant ears, music, "wild" animals and kids wandering around by themselves. And a lot of vomit.

But this isn't about vomit.
There were a fair amount of vendors, most ridiculously over priced, but some actually had some pretty decent merchandise. I came along a booth that was selling body jewelry. I saw some AWESOME scorpion nipple shields, and was temped to buy them, but I wasn't sure where I would find time between working, school and roller derby to actually wear them (can you imagine falling tits first on hard pavement with some derby bitch on top of you? My nipples would be left behind. They would be an ex-parrot. Err nipples).
I looked at some titanium tunnels in my current size, but the dude wanted $95 for them. I said, no thank you and continued moving on. Also the fact the guy had no fucking clue about stretching or plugs/tunnels turned me off. He asked what gauge I was, to which I replied- 20mm (I know sizes come in "gauges" but how many people honestly are like "dude I'm a 0 gauge, most people know their size in mm, or inches). Anyway, I digress.
I then came upon a bunch of Asians also selling body jewelry. I don't say "Asians" to be racist, there was just literally, 6 Asians working that booth. I found they also knew nothing about the product they were selling, but they had some really nice organics, so I took a look anyway. I came across some 25mm hanging wood ornate plugs. They were gorgeous. The vendor took out one of them for me to hold, and "try on" (hold up to my ear I guess) as she handed me a mirror. I asked how much? And she replied $120 (and for those of you who don't know- that's actually a decent price). As I held them in my hand, I thought about it. 25 mm is my goal size- though I'll probably play with the idea of going bigger, and I thought this would actually be a pretty good purchase, as they are "nicer" than most of my other plugs. The lady walked away from me holding them, and I thought I must either look really honest, or they bought them for 3 cents. I could have faded into the background with these awesome plugs. But obviously I did not.
Anyway, the point of my story is: I was shopping with a friend and co-worker, who told me "those are too big!" as she asked previously how much bigger those plugs were in comparison to what I was at now (for those of you not listening, that's 5mm larger). To which I replied- "too big for what".
I've been with my boyfriend almost 7 years now. He has no mods. He mentions from time to time how he doesn't want me to go bigger, and this has gone on for years. Never once has he told me anything was too big- or that my ears are gross.
Anyway- this "friend" of mine, continues to ramble on about how once you get to a "certain size" your ears look "gross". What size this is, I have no clue. I guess an inch? I then ask her, "How many people do you actually know that have larger lobes, and how many of them aren't customers." As I've mentioned previously, I work at Spencer's Gifts. We sell body jewelery- and honestly most of it is pretty good quality, but we get idiots buying it. I was actually trying to educate my district manager on how to stretch her ears (and my friend who was at the cle with me has 8mm lobes, she gets offended everyone asks me). We get all sorts of teens who are "stopping at 0g because that's the point of no return, or mommy will get mad" and have no idea what they are doing. There are a few that have made it to an inch with no issues, but a lot of them fucked up at some point- and honestly their ears ARE gross. I usually refuse to serve them.
So my friend is trying to talk me out of buying these because some stupid teenagers have gross looking ears. Says the friend who had a blowout before getting to 8mm.

Basically, whole point of my story is: if you're friends with someone who has mods, please don't tell them what they can and cannot do. What looks "gross" and what is acceptable. You wouldn't be telling me to cut my hair a certain way, or stop wearing jeans because they aren't fashionable anymore.
If you are really their friends, you would encourage them to do whatever they want, as long as they aren't being stupid, irrational, or unsafe.
Obviously we all know the risks, and we all have seen disgusting blowouts and bad tattoos. We aren't stupid.
So friends, please hold each others hands when getting a tattoo. Laugh when they are getting pierced, but most of all- don't judge. You should love us for the way we are.

Earthquake in Ontario?

So I guess I really suck at posting every day.
Anyway, apparently there's all this HubBub and Hooha about there being an earthquake in Quebec/Ottawa/Wherever. My friends are all saying they "felt" the quake, and it was so scary. Well seeing as all my friends live in Brantford (another hour outside of Toronto for those of you who don't know Ontario well), and the quake was only rated as a 5.5, I highly doubt they felt anything but an aftershock. According to those in Ottawa: "[...] the whole building started to shake including the lights and the ceiling vibrated."
I don't understand how we have a "pussy" quake and everyone is flipping about it. Sure its cool- and surprisingly rare in Ontario, but seriously? There is really NO damage apart from objects falling off shelves (which happens all the time if you own a cat). Places all across the world get their asses whooped by natural disasters every day. BUT NOOO WE ONLY CARE ABOUT OURSELVES. Not saying that Canada never helps out with anything, but really now, a 5.5 earthquake hits, and thats all we're going to talk about for the next 3 years. Calm down, it could've been a lot worse.

I'm also curious about this new HST bullshit.
Frankly, I honestly don't really care that we're paying a larger lump sum of tax. I like my free health care enough that unless the tax is more than the item itself, I don't care.
What I don't understand is this:
(As as much as those will call me "racist" or other unsuitable names, I'm still going to bring it up)
Why don't the Native Americans have to pay any of it. I know they were fighting against HST, but I assumed the Government would say: Look, here's your 5% off (ontario) and continue on..
But apparently they actually WON and now don't have to pay any sort of tax at all.
This is where I start to sound Racist.
Personally, if they don't want to pay tax, that's fine with me. BUT:
Don't use our health care
Don't use our money for free post secondary
If you aren't paying any money into it- you shouldn't get to use the service. My best friend is aboriginal- Mohawk Six Nations- and first year of University was hell for me trying to pay. He of course, didn't worry about a thing.
I understand that yes- the natives were treated very poorly, and I am sorry for the way people have/and do treat them. But again, I could be mistaken, but as far as I know the Jews don't get anything for nearly being wiped out by the holocaust, and the blacks don't get any compensation for being slaves, India doesn't get shit from Britan... the list goes on and on.
Lots of bad choices were made by a lot of bad people. And I am seriously sorry for those who have been victims of this.
My mother is Mexican, they too have had land/wealth stolen from them, but you don't see me asking for Texas back.
Say what you will- call me what you want. I have nothing against Aboriginals, as I mentioned, my best friend is Mohawk, as are many of my other friends. I actually have conversations/debates with them all the time regarding tax. None of them are personally offened- and you shouldn't be either. If I had a tax card- you can bet I would use it (not for anything less than 100 though, its just not worth it). If the government gave me a free run of our university and our health care- sure I would be in heaven. It's the Government that's being stupid. It just means that in a year they're going to have to up the tax again because 50% of us aren't paying anything at all.

Mall World...

I work at Spencer's Gifts.. Those of you who don't know what that is- it's a novelty store. We sell shit anywhere from fake cigarettes, rubber chickens, and airzookas, to bondage tape, stipper poles and vibrators.
So basically, its a huge teenager attraction. I literally spend the whole day kicking out 16 year olds who have no respect and no manners. Not saying that every 16 year old is this way- there are plenty that I don't kick out.
I also get these kid's equally disrespectful parents.
Since we sell a lot of drug paraphernalia (NOT BONGS) I often refuse to sell items to kids under 18. I mean, I don't want their parents coming back and blaming me because their kid doesn't know enough to not buy something their parents are going to beat the shit out of them for. Sometimes they come back.. Sometimes.
And that's what really baffles me. I mean if the kid is 17 and their parents are open minded that they smoke pot (or they think their kids don't, but they like the shirt), whatever. But I love when parents bring their 12 year old son in, with hickeys all over his neck, and proceed to buy him a "fuck" buckle (literally a belt buckle that just says FUCK), a shirt that has the addidas logo as a pot leaf stating "addicted" and another shirt that says "Smile if you take it in the ass".
SERIOUSLY?
Your kid shouldn't even be HAVING sex, or smoking pot. HE'S 12 YEARS OLD.
Also: the fuck buckle? He's 12. Where's he suppose to wear it? Church?
I'm sorry, but anyone over the age of 20 is going to be like "WTF MATE" when they see this 12 year old kid walking down the street with a fuck buckle and a pot shirt. THEY WILL JUDGE YOU, THE PARENTS!!
Sure he'll be cool @ school for 5 minutes, before the teacher notices and sends him home.
Granted, the smile if you take it in the ass shirt is funny, but only on someone who's old enough to understand what it means. This 12 year old SHOULDN'T be laughing.
I'm not usually one to judge. I don't scrutinize the old men and women who come in and buy sex toys. Good for them! But lady, I judged you.
You aren't necessarily a "BAD" parent. Hell, I wish my mom went and spend $60 on shit for me, but you should obviously be looking after your kid a little better. I mean, its possible he's not smoking pot, and he's not having sex and he honestly just thinks he's "cool" if he has these things, but you need to tell him its NOT. He can be cool when he's 18.

Well, it's not snowing.

First post- but my second "blog" ever.
I really don't have an interesting life to talk about, so I doubt I will have any loyal followers. I work just like everyone else. I go to school, like almost everyone has. I also have extracurricular activities. I paint, I sculpt, and I play roller derby. My derby name is Lucretia Slams, though I'm thinking of changing it to "The Mexicutioner" because my mother is Mexican, and therefore I am also part Mexican.
Today it's hot- and I have no air conditioning. My dog is whining to go for a walk, and I'm procrastinating on taking her on one.
I'm really not sure on what I plan to get out of this, but I'm sure something will come. Today was my only day off this week- so I have lots to do. I am also procrastinating on that. Sunday, I have our derby yard sale, and a baby shower, I also think I will go see Robin Hood because apparently, it's fantastic.
The first weekend of June I'm going to a Derby Boot Camp. No, it's not the super amazing fun one that happened last week, but I have friends there, and it's cheaper.
Anyway- I better get on that shit I don't want to do.
See you all in a bit.

Also- I will TRY to post every day, but the likeliness of that happening is beyond my control.