The Tripods

I'm a big fan of science-fiction and have a big collection of books and movies. One of the books that I enjoyed a lot reading it and that was years ago is The City of Gold and Lead. It's part of a trilogy, three books written by British author, John Christopher, which actually is a pseudonym for Samuel Youd. The other two books that I enjoyed as much and probably have read them more than 20 times each are The Pool of Fire and The White Mountains.

I always thought that must be movies made based on these fantastic stories. War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise is based on a story by H. G. Wales, Soylent Green is based on a novel by Harry Harrison and so are the others. So why not the tripod trilogy? Even War Games had been made.
But didn't find any answer to that! May be because the characters of the story are kids in their 13 or 14. But so do War Games actor and actress! I really should find out! Nevertheless I found out that a prequel was published in 1988, called When The Tripods Came but obviously I never noticed until now.

With all the movies are being made these days are mostly prequels, sequels or remakes why is nobody thinking of turning these tree wonderful stories to another Star Wars? May be I should contact Steven Spielberg or James Cameron!

(Photo: Cover of the last story of the three books of John Christopher)

Keep All the Options Open

I have applied for quite a number of jobs in the last 10 months. The best one that I lost after 2 interviews and I regret a lot about it was the one with McElhanney. I almost got the permanent position but at the end the interviewer decided to go with someone who also has Civil Engineering knowledge.

Then the rest are mostly categorized as enforcement. I failed three, have three in progress and one is in unknown. One of the assholes that I'm not going to mention the name says: ... manage your life based on the fact you may not achieve your goal with us ...! And then adds: ... these words may sound discouraging to you ... !

What an ass! Of course it is. And why do you think they say so? Because these people is so fucking stupid and lazy at the same time! They say to themselves: We send this letter to the applicants and bunch of them don't show up at the exam! So a huge load of work is off of our shoulders!

So the challenge must go on until the day that the desired position is obtained.

Another Huge Lie from Capitalists

It was provincial election day yesterday in Brit"Shit" Columbia. It was an ordinary day for me though! I don't believe in any of these crap! Election, democracy, freedom of speech, human right! These are terms that these motherfucker rednecks use here in this Capitalist society to fool us people.

But let's have a quick look at the stupid election of yesterday, not to mention that BC Election sent me voting card or whatever that fuck is and I threw it away:

Like the national elections, there are candidates who are representatives of parties in the election. The party which wins more numbers of seats, represent the province, the Premier. So in this election there were only 2 parties competing! What a great democracy! Even the Conservatives were out! And then finally the fucking animal piece of shit, the drunk driver, Campbell was elected for the third term!

But what impact it has for me and people like me? Nothing! We're all being treated like we used to. The general rules of the society remains the same: You're a foreigner, you're an immigrant, you're different from a Caucasian Canadian. You'll receive a different type of service, which I should stress, lower quality service it is, from Caucasians.

Anyways that's how it works and I'm sure that I will never vote in any provincial or national election until the day it literally proves to me that people, the candidates are doing something for me and people like me. That day, I assume, will never come.

(Photo: This is Hawaii Police mug shot of Campbell from either 2002 or 2003, when he was arrested for drinking and driving. This piece of crap is the Premier of a Province!!! How could you show your fucking stupid face, you motherfucker animal, here in Canada after that incident?! You, prick, are shameless!)

Canucks Out!

I went to do a little shopping last night and it was like walking in a cemetery during the week! Yes! It was shortly after the professional hockey team of Brit"Shit" Columbia had lost to Chicago and had been eliminated! Everybody was shut up! They lost in Vancouver while having ice advantage! Now there's a good solution for the homeless people of this province, specially the Downtown Eastside: Just vacant the GM Place and make it a big shelter for the poor people! Send those twin assholes back to Sweden, Luongo to Florida and the bald guy to Toronto 'cause this team is just a shame!

(Photo: Checkmate! Luongo is frozen solid after the Chicago's win! He's thinking of going back to FL!)

(Correction: That was not the last game, actually. The asshole Canucks got eliminated the day after the game. They lost 2-4 to Chicago)

What the F is Wrong?!

Over the few years that I've been living at this part of the globe, I've witnessed so many problems, the ones that threaten people's well being that I think it's now the time to write a bit about it. I'm not trying to be a critic all the time but I wondered why.

First it was SARS and then Mad Cow Disease and then Avian Flu and now Swine Flu! Why so much shit in here, in a country that is called a wealthy and developed one!?

I believe there are a few factors involved:

1- Due to the high labour rates, most of the industries don't hire enough people in inspection areas.

2- Most of the animals grown here in North America are feed anti-biotic, by-products and other chemicals. So do the fruits and vegetables. Then you can see what kind of shit you have to digest and absorb, most of the time in your daily meal!

3- Again due to the shortage of workers, which comes from the saves that the governments make, there are not enough qualified and honest people at the borders. So every crap could be slided in and who knows what kind of bacteria or virus they carry!

So you see while in a Third World country people might not do their job appropriately because of not receiving enough remuneration, here in North America there are other reasons that trigger a problem.

I just pointed at a few things but the issue could be analyzed more in depth and other factors could be brought up and discussed.

Big Mistakes

I look at me and my situation now and I see shit! And then I rethink and ask why I am here? I have the answer: Because of the stupid mistakes I made. I'm naming them for you so you don't get into the shit I'm at the moment:

1- Moving to Brit"Shit" Columbia was one big mistake. There's no fucking job in here unless you work in a supermarket or coffee shops! Don't get fooled by the assholes you might see in Downtown Vancouver, having their nose in the sky, sipping glasses of wine or chewing on $6 breakfast sandwiches (which you can make it tastier and healthier half priced!) they either have these job through their fathers and friends or fucked their way all the way up. This stupid province is overpopulated and the weather is miserable. It's just good to visit.

2- Selling my car. I sold my brand new car after only 2.5 year while had under 30,000 KM on it. I had paid most of the payment and my insurance was reasonable. Now I have to start over and a brand new car will cost me at least $400 a month while the motherfucker thieves in ICBC will charge you a lot for the insurance as the company is run by the motherfucker Government of Brit"Shit" Columbia!

3- Staying away from my field. I failed a few exams and interviews. I was so discouraged and disappointed that I put everything down and went for the shitty jobs that take me no where. It's no so hard to go back though but I wasted so much time and lost so many opportunity.

Learn from my mistakes and save yourselves from shit!