Just Chillin’

That subject pretty much sums up my last few days.

The no-work thing is going pretty well – still just doing the bare minimum, although some days the bare minimum ends up being a lot!  I keep getting ideas etc too for website changes and things to do.  I recently read a book about domains, and it talked about how you should build one page on every domain, rather than letting them just sit there.  One of those things that makes complete sense, but until you actually read it you don’t think of it.

So I went through a list of my domains.  I have a ton of NFL Tickets sites(like BEARSNFLTICKETS.COM etc) and me and Vin will split the load on those.  Taking those aside, I have about 68 domains that I need to write a 600 word article for.  I started that today while watching the soccer, and going to just keep writing this during the football tomorrow.

TV watching I’m down to 5 episodes left of Sopranos.  Should finish that in next few days.  Absolutely no idea what to watch next – hoping to convince the wife that I can go ahead and watch the rest of The Shield without her.

I finished most of the Joseph Finder books, and started John Grishams The Associate.  I forgot how great a writer Grisham was, and how easy his books are to read.  I read about 200 pages in an hour, and should have it finished tomorrow.  Then I might try Vince Flynn – Protect & Defend.

Also went to see Zombieland on Thursday which was a pretty fun movie.

I’ve been playing a fair amount of XBox 360 lately, and today I went on a marathon session, investing 7 hours into it and beating Saw.  Honestly probably not a good idea – I don’t mind playing for an hour or two, but those long sessions are killer, and make me feel like shit afterwards like I’ve totally wasted my day.  Think I’m going to tone down the 360 playing for a little bit.

Speaking of – I’m gonna go get me the alternate ending in Saw which should hopefully be worth an achievement.

Thank Christ.

When I was in Budapest, I of course had my Blackberry on me at all times.  I was at dinner on the 3rd night, when Here Comes The Hotstepper played on it, indicating I had e-mail at my super important e-mail address, which I generally have to respond to immediately.  After checking it, someone asked me

“You’re not using your Blackberry for e-mail over here, are you?”

“Yeah……..why?”

“International data transfer rates.  It’s like $2 a kilobyte.  How many e-mails do you get in a day?”

“About um……..400.”

So yeah, since coming back from Budapest I’ve been shiting myself waiting for my Rogers bill to arrive.  I probably could have called them and asked, but really I was too scared to.  Much like how you don’t get tested for cancer – you’d just rather not know.  Then this evening that e-mail arrived – “Your Rogers Bill is now available”, and I took a deep breath and opened it….

$283.41.

WHEW.

I was seriously expecting a 6 figure sum.  Apparently I DON’T get charged for receiving e-mails however – only if I am browsing the web or doing text messages or using Blackberry Messenger.  That’s what cost the extra – it bumped my bill up by about $161.

I’m almost disappointed.  I’ve been practicing my “WAH WAH I DIDNT KNOW I AM SO NAIVE” phone call to Rogers for weeks now.

Whew.

This is such a dumb thing to say

But I am having trouble with not working.

I wrote on September 30th about how it was Time to Chillax.  Basically I’ve been working my ass off for a long time, and now I should be taking time off, only doing the urgent stuff, but basically just taking it easy for awhile.

Man, is it ever hard.

It sounds retarded to be whining about something like this, but I really find it hard to switch off.  I just can’t sit there and watch a movie, or a TV show, or sports.  I always feel like I have to be working, or doing something – anything.  Multi-tasking is just something I have been doing for so long, I’ve forgotten how to relax.

However it is actually a good thing – because it motivates the fuck out of me.  You have no idea how much I want to get back to work, and start working my ass off.  I’ve got a million ideas on how to improve my Casino Signup Bonus website for example, which I can’t wait to implement.

Oh well – tomorrow I’ll be good, as I have a nice day ahead of doing nothing but playing Resident Evil 5.  Wheee.  Achievements here I come.

Flight Prices are Retardo

Kingston->Toronto->Edmonton.
Edmonton->Toronto->Kingston.

Total: $1200

Kingston->Toronto->London.
Manchester->London->Toronto->Kingston.

Total: $1000

That is seriously fucking retarded.  At first I thought it was because Edmonton is only 6 weeks away, and the London trip is end of January.  However I checked for a flight to Edmonton in January – still around $1200!!!  And that’s without seat selection.  Seat selection is complementary on the latter.  On the Edmonton trip it would add another $100.

Fucking retarded.