Headphones

I need suggestions for great headphones (in canada) for less than 50 bucks if possible.

I've gone through so many in the last couple years it's not even funny right now. I had the skullCandy Low rider headphones for a while - my first paid the connection to the jack part got a loose wire so it flickered the sound - repeast scenario for 2 more skull candy headphones. then I had one Skullcandy pair actually snap at the band.

That was it for skullcandy for me, then I got a couple other ones, ear buds which are evil and other ones, then finally bought these Wesc Headphones. they had a replaceable cord, which was its selling feature to me, plus a metal band, not plastic. So then yesterday on the skytrain home, the cord by the jack started making the sound flicker on the one side again... now that i go to try to find a replacement cord, HMV (where I bought them) doesn't stock the replacement cords! Go to future shop he says... know what future shop has? HUGE long COILED ones.

 

Ug, what to do....

well, I cant worry about that now... Got copic classes to do....

Headache

I'm burnt out.
I have had a headache since I woke up - not uncommon.
Yesterday I worked the Frame sale (normally my day off) and while it wasn't the worst experience of my life, it certainly wasn't the best.
It was Freezing cold (I'm still trying to raise my core temperature), Filthy, and crowded.my jeans are terrifying with how much dirt is on them, I have a ton of mysterious bruises that showed up as well.
I've been working so hard. Moving boxes and stuff at mums house for her move, renovations at Opus and thne the frame sale (unloading skids, loading skids moving frames) I was moving heavy stuff for 8 days straight. Today's my day off then I have the shipment to do on Tuesday. I'd kill for a week off. SOON.

I'm also pretty frustrated with life in general. It seems like there is no one who actually listens to me. the people that should often brush me off, or ignore me - especially in the company of specific others.
Normally when someone says something that I find incredibly hurtful I will say something - despite the fact that I get LAUGHED at most times, or told I'm opinionated or over-sensitive (as if that matters in the value of feelings - they're felt either way and when someone says "you hurt me" that shouldn't just be ignored) but last weekend I said nothing. I regret it, but I think I'd regret it more if I said more at the time. I'd rather bawl in bed for 3 hours once in a while than be laughed at or ignored by the people who are supposed to love me.
Well anyway, according to them I don't know what bad times are, so what am I so upset about? I don't know. Maybe something's in my eye. That must be it.

I've been asked to host a Colouring Contest over at the CDAC so I'm working on setting that up. It will be December 16th I think. I'm also working on setting up some paid online copic colouring courses as well. That will be in the new year.
I'm debating the continuation of the Digi Stamp selling as well. I don't sell much and it's a great deal of work coming up with images for it.
I'll focus on comics  I think.
I need to organize and standardize my work for Hello, Albertosaurus soon. it's sorta... eveywhere right now.
guess I should do that now....
First, a shower to warm my poor bones.

32 days until Christmas

This woman is So clever.

Lady: "These books that were on your shelf here and here " *gesturing to the sketchbooks - some colours are 50% off, others are regular price* "I'm going to take them off your hands for 5$ each" (car Salesman tone)

I looked at the shelf noting the MAJORITY of her pile is the colour that is NOT clearance, and thus is actually $12 each, and only about 7 of the ones she had were actually clearance priced

Me: "no, sorry, that's just not going to happen"

Lady "yes, i know how it works, i know about the mark up you have *wink*, so you can give them to me for $5 each"

Me: "...No sorry, I cant. They're already discounted 50% for those ones, and I'm not able to have it go any lower."

lady: *wink wink* "you don't want me to take these all off your hand, so you can get more stock *wink* for 5$ each?"

Me: "No, we wont have trouble clearing our stock. No one here is going to put that price any lower for you. It's already 50% off, it's not going any lower"

Lady: "I'm an accountant, I know how it works. *wink* You can do it for me."

Me: "No I really cant"

Lady: "are you the owner here?"

me: "No I'm the leader in charge today"

Lady: "Oh leader in charge, I like that *wink* it's a good answer"

me: "..."

Lady: "I'd like a call from the owner"

me: "no, it's her day off. That's why I'm here"

Lady: "okay then, Well i guess we wont take them then"

Me:"okay, bye"

Then she told her friend they were going to try across the street.

They bought tape.
They don't sell those books across the street. 

Something I enjoyed today

So At work, we put our bathroom out of order permanently due to 5 or so massive blockages in the toilet causing overflow. So either customers are abusing our good nature, or the plumbing is failing. Either way, we can't spend our days pulling customers shit out of the toilet every day - as a result it's out of order.

There's the back story. It's relevant.

A customer comes in today, and asks for the wash-room key. I said "sorry, it's actually out of order just now." The woman gets all fluffed up and is like "I spend so much money here, I'm a good customer blah blah blah, the world owes me a living" I said, I'm sorry, there was a Waves (coffee Shop) on the corner if she needed one, I knew they had a bathroom. Then she goes all fluffy again about "I'm a regular customers I shouldn't be sent across the street to go to the bathroom, I spend lots of money here.. blah blah blah I don't mean to take it personally but I think this is terrible... blah blah blah" and I said "We actually aren't required to have a public bathroom here, but it's just out of order for now" and she goes off huffing and puffing. She says she's got some paint on hold so I pull it for her and then she wants to go fart around in the aisle some more. whatever.
 Already irritated by the woman I head off and start ringing in the next customer. The bathroom woman lines up behind the woman I'm helping and says "Must have been a theft issue, or something for you to put it out of order" (she interrupted the customer I was helping to say). I was getting annoyed and said "actually it's the plumbing or something...." and continued helping the person in line. Bathroom woman is like "OH... well you should get that fixed I mean, I know you can't do anything about it, but you should pass it along so it gets looked at" and I said "They're already on it...." (Like, Fucking DUH!!!) and she says "oh that's good" and carries on about how horribly inconvenienced she is. I said "Look, It's not a malicious thing, we didn't go in there and mess up the plumbing just so you couldn't use it, It's beyond our control, It's just OUT of ORDER for now, and hopefully it will get fixed."  Super irritated by now. Then she starts in on "Do you know when it will be back up?" and I said no, I didn't know if it would EVER be back up. She rambled on as she wandered away, and luckily I was able to escape at that point.

What on EARTH makes a person act like that?
Why the fuck do people think that the people who had to shove their arm elbow deep into their shit to try to repair the toilet, should give a flying FUCK that they have to cross the street to take a piss?

Before you run and bitch out someone in an art store for not having a public bathroom remember this - By law, we are not required to have a public bathroom; only food service places have to. The bathroom Opus locations provide for you is a bonus! a COMPLETE bonus! Consider yourself lucky that people are willing to deal with public bathrooms at all so you have a place to go to.

PS: She doesn't spend much money at Opus, I didn't recognize her at all - The woman she interrupted however was a very good customer.