I think that much is obvious.

Folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, folding, and more folding.

Towards the end I almost started to enjoy it. There's something sort of hypnotic about the whole thing. And you end up with all these perfect piles of half-zip sweaters and classic-fit khakis. The Obsessive Compulsive part of me likes that sort of thing.

But, still, not recommended.

Off for Sushi!

-Trevor

I know I can sometimes be a bit lackadaisical when it comes to updating here, and I used to feel bad about it.

Not anymore though.. Hell if Michael Moore can only manange to post twice in July, I'm not doing so bad!

-Trevor

Well, it's started.

No, no, I'm not going to bitch about the Gap. And no this blog is not going to turn into Blue Apron Blues v.2.0. I've learned my lesson on that score all too well.

Still, I'll tell you that things went pretty well. I folded more shirts than I have in my life... don't let my mom know that.

I get this weird nervous thing when I start at a new job. I guess it's normal. But I find myself getting halfway through a sentence and sort of rushing to the end, often with unintelligible results.

Like I was telling this guy "The fitting rooms are over there" and I was sort of thinking "there's people over there who will help you" at the same time and what came out was "The fitting rooms are people."

Although it was muffled enough that I don't think he noticed. And the fact that no-one ever really listens to anything past the first three words a customer-service person says anyway.

And, you know, body language and all that.

Point is, he made it, all right?

Well, now it's time to get out of these "loose fit jeans" with "authentic sandblast wash" and into my PJs. Lots of work to do tomorrow. And on Sunday I'm scheduled from 7:00pm to 4:00am.

To steal from Dave Barry: No I'm not making this up. The new season is in and we have to fold, hang and sticker more merchandise than you can shake a stick at!

I love my job! :D

-Trevor

P.S. How can anything be 'authentically sandblasted' anyway?

I'm always interested by the search terms used to find our page... Here are some examples: 

• "internet celebrity" 
• "ain't that a kick in the teeth"
• "article about trucker cap" 
• "jim fah" 
• "how many are in a half rack of ribs" 
• "eric clapton tours"
• "www.cheaters.ca" 

Looks like the folks at google are doing a fine job of providing relevant results to people. I'd tell you how I found these out, but then I'd have to kill you.

-Trevor 

Went to see Cuff the Duke tonight--they were backing up this other guy. Someone on the same label.

It was an exciting show, but it made me wonder--how much of the experience of going to a show is dependent upon the enormous amplification systems. How much of the excitement is just your body's fight or flight-reaction to such an incredibly loud noise? 

Though, to be fair, musicians have never been afraid to use volume to get your attention... Think of the surprise symphony, or Tchaikovski writing cannon parts.

Was is Tchaikovski? Did I spell Tchaikovski right? Probably not, but you get the reference.

My current addiction: Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow I am an elite uber-spy! (Fear and trembling is the appropriate reaction.)

You kids all stay safe now,

-Trevor

Yes, that's my life right now...
 
The roommates are all away on fabulous vacations to Winnipeg and Montreal, and I'm left here with nothing to do but set my amp on 11 and rock rock rock away.
 
I'm starting at The Gap soon. It's just a temporary thing, I swear.
 
Honestly, though, my life is pretty damn boring at the moment. I feel like I'm in a universe-sized time capsule. Everything is going to be exactly how it is right now until sometime far far in the future when someone cracks the sky open and the world is entirely new.
 
Wouldn't that be a lovely day?
 
That reminds me of Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland. He's awesome. Did I post about Hey Nostradamus! here? I forget these things... If I didn't I should have. It's brillo.
 
I made a flash animation... It's called "What Bush Doesn't Want You To Know About 9/11" check it out here.  (sensitive viewers are cautioned.)
 
Also, I made a flash invitation to the next house party. You can find it here.  You're all invited! Everyone in the whole WORLD!

Ummm, so that's all for now! But more soon, I promise!
 
-Trevor

Finally, my two greatest loves in one place: Philosophy and Jerry Springer

-Trevor

Really, I did! But for some reason the script that records your highest score is only showing 62,000 something. But, well, what does it matter?

Why is it so important to be remembered? What's history good for anyway?

I think it became obsolete once we became able to Photoshop our way into anything. If Forrest Gump can meet Kennedy, why can't I? And if the great men of the past were just mortals like us--their greatness just the excess of poets--then why bother trying to be great?

It's not my job to be great, instead it's history's job to see me as great. So I might as well just be my mediocre self, and let those who come after me lionize me.

Did you know I was thirteen feet tall and ate a tiger for breakfast, a lion for lunch and feasted upon a whole herd of elephants for dinner?

Well, I did. At least, I will have in two hundred and fifty years. Just you wait and have seen!

-Trevor

Yes, yes, the rumours are true!

I have a job interview on thursday at...

Wait for it...

The Gap!

Maybe even Gap Kids... could be fun selling clothes to kids.

"Hey Timmy, did you know someone just like you made this? Except they were very very poor. That's why it's so cheap!"

-Trevor

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Shopping for a new mission,
Sagittarius? Or perhaps a new branch of your old familiar mission? You
should be. This is one of those pivotal moments when heaven comes all the
way down to earth; when invisible allies from the other side of the veil
make an appearance; when age-old secrets briefly show what they're
really made of. To aid your quest to glimpse your best possible future,
here's advice that the sorcerer Don Juan gave to his student, Carlos
Castañeda: "Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many
times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone, one
question. 'Does this path have a heart?' If it does, the path is good; if it
doesn't, it is of no use."

(From Rob Brezny -- www.freewillastrology.com)

-Trevor

(From Dave Letterman via michaelmoore.com)

10. That actor who played the President was totally unconvincing

9. It oversimplified the way I stole the election

8. Too many of them fancy college-boy words

7. If Michael Moore had waited a few months, he could have included the part where I get him deported

6. Didn't have one of them hilarious monkeys who smoke cigarettes and gives people the finger

5. Of all Michael Moore's accusations, only 97% are true

4. Not sure - - I passed out after a piece of popcorn lodged in my windpipe

3. Where the hell was Spider-man?

2. Couldn't hear most of the movie over Cheney's foul mouth

1. I thought this was supposed to be about dodgeball

-Trevor

Has anyone seen this show, Starting Over?

Is this not the sickest, most depraved thing on TV?

Who would televise a support group? Who would then show the members of the group trash talking each other behind their backs? Who would take people, obviously in need of some counselling and use them as entertainment?

Ah, that's right... American Network TV Execs...

-Trevor

From CNN.com:

"The victim didn't even know what was happening, and witnesses said they thought it was fireworks.

Witness then saw her pocket explode with smoke and fire...

Original Story

(okay, maybe not terrorists, just cheap replacement cellphone batteries.)

From the Associated Press (via Yahoo! News):

"[Bill] Cosby made headlines in May when he upbraided some poor blacks for their grammar and accused them of squandering opportunities the civil rights movement gave them. He shot back Thursday, saying his detractors were trying in vain to hide the black community's "dirty laundry."

"Cosby also said many young people are failing to honour the sacrifices made by those who struggled and died during the civil rights movement."

Original Story