Like any cheap thrill, prolonged exposure to the same stimuli can lead to a decrease in sensitivity to the stimuli. To achieve get back to the level of thrill one is accustomed to, an increase in sensation, or moving on to bigger things, is necessary. No seriously, it's a biological theory of some sort. I remember daydreaming about flying cupcakes while a professor discussed an experimenting that showed this theory in action.

It's too bad I can't remember the actual term(s) because then I would've at least linked it to a wikipedia article. This definition will have to suffice.

Welcome back. If you have no idea what just happened, you've been Rick Rolled. Now, THAT I the wikipedia article for.

Back to my point.

My cheap (PUN) thrill is free stuff. In years past, I was satisfied with attending events for free stuff. You know, put in some time and get rewarded for that time. Especially events I was not directly affiliated with. A commerce information session? Cool beans. A fifth year student with full-time jobs already lined up attending third-year-student internship recruitment sessions? You know it. A help group for those coping with nightmares from that time they were mauled by a big bear in the dark forest?

Too far?

Pens, highlighters, notepads and squeezy-spongy-juggling-balls are now all considered "small fish". I've moved on to the Internets. Where putting in time really isn't an issue. And it's all really legal! No longer do I have to experience that guilty feeling I got in my gut that time I snuck out of the ping-pong-enthusiasts club I never intended to join right after they handed out free ping-pong balls (that never happened).

I like free stuff and now you can too. You're welcome.

(Maybe I'll blog more often too...that thrill still hasn't worn off, but the thrill of spending time away from my beloved computer is the new and shiny toy in the drawer...if ya know what I mean ya dig? (what?))

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To settle differences going on in the workplace.

What is the absolute correct way to pronounce the word 'process'? PROcess or PRAWcess? No sitting on the fence answers. Pick a side.

Do you know the difference between an acronym and an abbreviation?

I play a game of even or odd (made popular by an episode of House we watched during lunch break) with the guy next to me whenever the phone rings. The loser answers the phone. Should I be even or odd?!!!!??

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I was going to write a post a day this week, but thanks to the hot water tank that sprung a leak in my basement, I spend all my free time draining water from my carpets. Therefore, I'm going to have to amalgamate all my thoughts into one really un-thought-out post.

These events, conversations and quips all took place within the past week and a half at my first "real" job. And I like putting things in quotes. "See". Try to keep up, but if you can't, it's okay. Second place isn't all that bad.

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Our trainer, let's call him Dan, cause that's his real name, was discussing his childhood as a Jewish boy

"Yeah, my parents enrolled me in judo lessons. I was really good at it. And it only makes sense, after all, it's spelled J-E-W-D-O."

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Sitting in the back row of the room are three guys. The guy to the left is named Tony. The guy to the right is named Tiger (Woods! not). The guy in the middle's nameplate now reads "the".

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Bowling, at the ghetto Bowlerama located on Yonge near Cummer. You know, the one with bowling balls that have cracks in them, and tilted bowling lanes. The "characters" involved are Chris (white dude) and Conrad (black guy that reminds me of Dave Chappelle.

Conrad: "Chris is kinda good, but he (Chris) sucks."
Myself: "...What?"
Chris: "Chris...is kinda good...but he sucks..."
Conrad: "Well yeah, compared to me."

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This has nothing to do with anything. But 82-0? That's more than a goal a minute. That's just cruel. Bulgaria probably shouldn't have fielded a women's ice hockey team. You could put me out there by myself, as a goalie, and I probably wouldn't lose 82-0.

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During one of our many breaks from work, we happen across a list of the top 100 songs of all time. You know, those lists that don't make sense to anyone because the songs on top of the list all suck?

Conrad: "Is 'I Like Big Butts' on that list? That song changed my life."

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Trainer Dan: "I highly recommend the white hot chocolate from the coffee shop next door."
Myself: "Oh yeah? Why don't you go get some now?"
Trainer Dan: "I told you, It's way too hot to be drinking hot chocolate. I'll drink it when I'm cold."
Myself: "Good thing you're already cold...hearted. Go get yourself a hot chocolate."

Trainer Dan gets up off his chair, and whips the squishy mini soccer ball type thing we've been tossing around the room directly at me. Luckily, I had already gone into turtle mode. It glanced harmlessly off me.


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So, work has been swell. Way more swell than a 3 day bruise. Does that last sentence even make sense? Does it make too much sense?

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You know, with all my traveling adventures this summer, there was one thing I didn't come across until I got back to Toronto.

If you guessed the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 ad in the top left corner of the picture you'd be absolutely correct!!!! YOU ADVANCE TWO SPACES!!

*shakes head at the seriously stupefying stupidity*

Yes, Toronto's first (and hopefully not last) scramble intersection (Dundas & Yonge). Don't know what I'm talking about? Do you still think I'm talking about Traveling Pants? Do you spend an abnormal amount of time figuring out how to put on (put on...eastside! *ahem* word to Jeezy) pants in the morning? Wikipedia it. And you probably need this too.

(my picture sucked, but you can click it for the full size, or click here for a better depiction of scramble in action)

Mark it on your calendar folks. August 28th. The day Toronto finally embraced everything the United States constitution stands for, everything that Braveheart stood for and everything this Tower will one day stand for. The freedom...(dramatic pause)... to walk from H&M to Futureshop without having to unnecessarily cross over to another corner and stand in front of a Forever 21!

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