Last night (early morning) i fixed the downstairs toilet. It wasn't difficult, i don't know why i put it off. Just took a little while, an hour of work. I replaced the tank and some of the internal mechanisms with a spare toilet I picked up from a garage sale for 20$. It's a cheap fix compared to replacing the entire toilet and/or hiring an electrician. Looks pretty good too.

The basement bathroom is not up to today's code. It's a 1950's house and the allowances would have an inspector rip the whole thing up and replace it all, but it's a hell of a renovation for no profit for a resale so i'll just fix the issues myself.

This is sort of a rambling post today but i'll continue. I've been playing a fair bit of Team Fortress 2, a neat FPS videogame. I have about 450 hours logged since it was released in october? abouts. I was playing in a tournament today but my team lost badly. It's largely a result of bad organization and no leadership but it made me feel like...

Not much going on today. Yesterday I found out that fixing my parent's sprinkler system would take a week's worth of work and that's crazy for living up in edmonton to come down to do for them for free. Fixed the sprayer though which was good.

Today I've done nothing. I should be mowing the lawn and replacing a toilet tank at the moment for the renters coming to check the place tomorrow. This is pretty important actually I'm going to go do that right now. Short entry but at least it's down

Another day. My last day. This weekend I am officially unemployed and seeking a low wage, low stress job I can earn a little spending cash while I continue my studies.

I've got my resumes printed out and looking sharp, everything is ready to go. The only thing is that tomorrow I have to go down to my parent's farm to fix the lawn sprinkler system and a sprayer. I've already figured out the electrical issue with the sprayer so that'll be 1/2 hour to bump off and then the rest of the day will be spent troubleshooting the sprinklers. My parents haven't touched them since they got the farm close to 10 years ago. And now it's my duty to repair them.

I don't even know how a sprinkler system works; i'm going to have to do a lot of reading to sort it all out before I touch any of it. I wonder where you could buy parts for a 10 year old sprinkler system. I'm probably going to have to do some plumbing work to put more modern heads on the pipes. Aggravating.
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I'm restarting my diary/journal/blog in the hopes of getting a little more introspection and thought into my life once more. I'm beginning to get a little apathetic, letting life happen to me rather than making things happen for myself.

I was reading back in my journal and there's more than a few times I cringed or chuckled at what I was going through. Growing up is so muddled; it's hard to see the big picture when you're part of it.

Anyways I am in a bit of a rut at the moment. This summer I did nothing really but work, come home, and play videogames while waiting for school to start again. I've gone out a few times but nothing spectacular, I need to be more social again. It's a natural swing towards more interaction with others that I recognize, so I'll just go with it and talk to new people.

While my full time job is great and a good reference, they have no part time positions for me so I am quitting by the end of this week and applying...