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I spoke way too soon.

Right after I posted my last entry. I refreshed the page and my domain was blocked. I was slapped with this shit:

Access to this site was blocked by the rule ‘Block offensive sites’.

This site is offensive? I guess I swear a lot and talk about being a prostitute but how is that offensive? I don’t think I ever posted porn or anything here. What the fuck? I was so excited that I could work on the site from work.

Oh well. Once the site got blocked I sat back in my chair and played Bust-a-move on my cell for two hours. I’m stuck on level 23.

Stay tuned.

I’m really glad I added the Day Job category to the blog sidebar as I realized my site isn’t blocked by IT. I’m going to start blogging from work on company time because at least I’m getting paid for this NO THANKS TO GOOGLE ADS!

Well, can’t blame google for not updating my blog with interesting content consistently and marketing it. However, there is no point in blaming myself because I’m fucking awesome and warrant no drama whatsoever.

I wanted to figure out how to blog from my phone but I bet it would end up costing me a lot of scrilla as cell phone service is broken in Canada. Everything is expensive and doesn’t work too well compared to Japan which is unfortunate.

I do miss Japan and I think the ironic twist to this website is that it went from a weekly journal showcasing my awesome wacky life in Japan to a blog chronicling my mind numbing, mundane, 9-5er, office monkey lifestyle in Canada. But things will change!

I’m a spring time optimist waiting for lunch.

It seems like my wild and wacky Japan days are over for now. I have settled into a nice and cushy office job back home.

Well, it’s not that cushy. Let me explain what I do: I work for a construction equipment rental company which is a certified CAT dealer. It’s the biggest in Canada and I work at the head office inside the corporate building.

I have two titles: Online Administrator and Purchase Assistant. So, in theory I work two jobs. During the day I run the company’s eBay site and sell off used equipment to farmers around North America. I have to hound branch managers across Ontario to send me pictures of their old stuff and then deal with kooky eBayers from all over.

In the afternoon, I have to place daily purchase orders with our various suppliers which is kind of like data entry but a little more objective. Just a little.

It’s a little boring and tough living in Grimsby but I manage. I know this shit is only temporary. I’m almost done getting my license back. Just need to do one road test and I’m ready to hit the road again. I’ve got big plans.

Shit man, I grew up fast.

My first stop in Toronto was visiting my dad at his friend’s, Food Fucker’s, downtown apartment. I brought him some sake so he made us yakitori and we got crunkeddd!!

It was pretty good and the chicken bits were way bigger than the portions on the island of Nippon. FYI, yakitori just means fried chicken. Well, it’s more like chicken kabobs with sweet sauce and usually served at bars. Drankin’ food.

Tristan from Tardcast fame made it out to the party and we had a blast watching the old men argue about politics and play old tunes. Man, Canada is just as crazy as Japan.

I promised a lot of people updates but I’ve been too damn busy ever since I hit the homeland. I landed a decent corporate job within 3 days of my arrival which I will talk in detail about soon. I also have formulated a plan for my future.

Right now I’m scrambling to get my driver’s license again because I’m going nuts in this hick down. Be prepared for a shit load of rants on the rude awakening of coming home.

Right now I should be sleeping but I’m busy updating my phone’s firmware which I hope doesn’t fuck it up for good. See, who cares about this shit?

Anyways, I have to sleep. Promise to update with pics and get back into the groove, playa.