Jealousy is nasty business

folks. Jealousy can lose lips and sink ships. It can break up a marriage and divide a friendship. Jealousy is poison. Jealousy is blind and knows no loyalty. Jealousy has a mind of its own. Jealousy betrays and harbours feelings of anxiety. Jealousy breads bitter fruit and is possessive. I was on the other end of jealousy late last year, when someone I thought was a mutual friend of a friend of mine, betrayed me. In a text meant for him when I was vulnerable, does he talk about it with me first like most friends would? No. Without my permission he shows this text to the other friend and has her turn against me for his own ends. Be careful if these people. They may think they are your friends but in reality, they'll turn on you faster then a Game of thrones villain. Make certain they know that text messages are private, not to be shared without your consent. Don't just assume.

After about five months I managed to get a piece of music uploaded to You Tube last night. Its a music video of some samples I arranged in Fl Studio. Its an ambient number using an arpeggiator, a drum loop and a synth vocal sample plus some effects from FL. studio in the intro. The samples were lifted from some iPad apps and then uploaded to Audio share. Its a cool work flow. I used some automation, to make the track my own. The video is just under 2 minutes. I uploaded it to my Facebook "Shannon on Sounds" page as well. I'm also having a go at VCV rack. It's open source virtual modular software. VCV is kind of like a free learning source for those that like the concept of modular synthesis without spending money on the actual gear itself. I hope to get a video up on that in the next couple of weeks.

Still no word about work. Some people are saying that work is being slowed down due to the upcoming Provincial election April 16th. This makes sense because of all of the robo calls from the various candidates and political parties homeowners and cell phone users receive. Last night on the news, the Alberta party (Stephen Mandel) had a great idea to transport oil. Its probably nothing new but is to me. He has the idea to solidify oil to the size of hockey pucks, or larger. This way there is no need for expensive pipelines, or even rail. I imagine they could even be shipped by cargo planes. I like Jason Kenney's idea of pulling out of the equalization payment program, which sends billions of $ out of the Alberta economy to wealthy provinces like Quebec. lots of interesting stuff. I'm hoping to get back to work after the election. Anyway, that's all for now. 

It seems that there is still no

signs of work and I got the feeling that something else is happening that I won't be a part of. It hasn't been a very good start of the year for me, what with losing a good friend because of outside interference and possibly my job lost hanging in the balance as well. My problem is that I don't ask the right questions.

This week starting today, I've got a Doctors appointment this afternoon. And I'm seeing Alberta seniors as well, in the same building. Tomorrow I'm visiting a job placement agency just in case I don't have a job. I really need to update my resume. Wednesday or Thursday I got to pick up my roe and apply for ei. Thursday I'll be applying for ei and the ongoing job search. Friday is open. Saturday I have my breakfast prayer group to attend to in the morning. It'll be a nice walk for a change without the nasty weather like it was earlier. That and I've got Oilers hockey. Anyway, that's about all for now.

We're finally out of that

minus double digit weather. 👍 This is more like it. Even overnight it gets to ~ minus 2. Hardly cold out there at all. Also, the ground conditions are improving. We got ponds on low level grassy areas just out here. By the end of this month, we should have patchy snow on the ground, +16 temperatures.

In a not so surprising move Rachel Notley called for a Spring election to be April 16. I believe she will get a 2nd term but it will (imo) be a minority Government. 

If this happens it will be the first time in Alberta politics that a minority Government will be the ruling party. The front runner apparently is Jason Kenney (UPC) This guy is too far right for a Centre guy like me. The election will be April 16th. look out for that one.

I'm not sure when we're going to be called back to work. I think the boss said something about next week. I'll send out an email Thursday to find out more. Tonight, I'm watching the Oilers play in Saint Louis, Thursday I have an appointment over here at Freedom Centre Church in the afternoon take care of some lose ends in a nice way/Oilers play Columbus, Friday, I might have some business to take care of. Saturday out with a buddy for drinks at 02's. Need to watch my spending. So its not an overly busy week.  

My shift

yesterday ended the project, so I might have another 10 days off. Its ok. Apparently something could come up sometime around the end of the month. We're going to get busy in the next few weeks. 

Tomorrow I've got to head up to the rec centre to use the library's scanner. I need to scan some forms to be sent to a usb stick and then email them to my tax guy. After that I'm having coffee with a neighbor friend of ours. I'll be spending a few hours with her. The its back to my place to watch the hockey game. Sunday Anne and I are going out for a bit of a "birthday treat" for her. I'm hoping to be back to work next week or the week after. Anyway, that's all for now.

Not that this happens

vey often but Facebook seems to be offline today. I'm not reading anything into this but it sounds odd to me. Facebook seems too be offline world wide. Some people are suggesting routine maintenance, others are saying that its some kind of global conspiracy. Who knows?

I had a full shift on the job last night and I'm in for another shift tonight (apparently). I'm just taking it day by day. Other then the coding I picked up on the new system pretty fast. I don't mind the mouse work in this either.

At least its warming up out there. Its still ~ 4 and a warm up to +1 latter. Next week, we're calling for mid to high single digits. With any luck most of this snow will be gone by the end of the month. Anyway, that's all for now.

Despite everything that's

been going on in my life recently with my job and my friendship with a certain someone, things are not that bad. I'm happy and content. Some people (you know who you are) need to realize that I am not obsessed or in love with (name) or anyone other then my wife. I'll never abandon my friends or through anyone under a bus. If I receive a text suggesting from one of my friends that is stressed out, I'll talk with them first. I'll always ask permission to share and discuss chat text's first. I'll never just walk away from someone without trying to work on a solution. Perhaps one such solution is space. It doesn't need to be permanent. Needing space can be 3-6 months or even a year, but at least let me know. If you have my phone # call me. I did not walk away from you. Facebook/messenger  has been deleted off of all devices except my iPod and I changed my PW. I even changed my passcode number on my iPod as well and I log out of each Facebook session. I'm even considering parental controls next 😃My marriage is very important to me. So are my friendships either female or male. The above is a message for a certain someone. Maybe this individual will read this, maybe not.

This is some crazy weather we're getting. March is always cold around here. We got a good 2+ inches of snow the other day. Not that -13* is cold, its just the -19* wind chill under sunny skies. Temps are supposed to warm up to a balmy -3* latter today but there's always that wind chill. Sometime this week, we're climbing into the low single + side of things. So for example a +2 will have a wind chill of -6. Something like that. And when its overcast, that means snow.

Ok, onward. I woke up earlier then usual this morning about 9am having enough sleep. I needed to write in my journal. I'm not sure what's going on with my job or even if I have one. My spies tell me there was training at the beginning of the month and I had a shift last Thursday but that fell through. I'll be finding more info about this tomorrow. Other then that I've got 4 phone calls to make tomorrow. Pick up some tax forms, call ei, make a Doctors appointment for blood work, that sort of thing. As for today, WWE's Fastlane kick off show is at 5pm and we'll have our brunch at that time. Other then watching the Oilers burn up the last 14 games in their dismal season, and lodge Saturday, that's about it unless I get called back to work for training. Thank God for You Tube video's. Anyway,  that's about all from me today.  

Upon hearing I'd be going in for a shift

last night the day before, I postponed yesterdays session for March 21st. Then yesterday my shift was cancelled🙄I also cancelled lodge last night as well because of work. The boss said they were having issues with the new software. My buddy over text last night said there probably wont be work Friday and Saturday. So I made it a trifecta and decided not to go into lodge. Its been a difficult week.

I've been trying to figure out how to record Korg Gadget 2's new automatic drum roll feature. I must have went through have a dozen videos on the topic. I was getting frustrated. Suddenly from one of my you tube video's I subscribers  was using this feature. Ah, I see: hit record then play and touch the program. Works perfectly.

Last night I watched the Canuck/Oilers game. Oilers scored 3 fast ones and the Canucks scored 2 and near the end it was really tense. The Oilers were barely holding on to win 2-3. With 15 games left to go, the Oilers might not make the play offs but at least they are playing 500 hockey and have a slim chance. The next 3 games are at home, with Toronto in the house. Good luck with that one. 

I might have work yet next week. We have our taxes done. They just need to be filed. I'll have enough to pay off my Reason 10 account at least. So this weekend, I'm going to try and have an upload to my You Tube channel. There's my usual live streams, plus WWE's Fastlane Sunday. It's all good. Anyway, that's all for now.

Lots of live streams over the

weekend. Friday begins with. ARTFX, then Saturday Plugin Guru, Sunday, Div Kid and Accurate beats. Then there are the streams like Ave Media, Molton monthly, just to name a few. Most of these live streams are anywhere between 2-4 hours.

So last week I downloaded the free update to Korg's Gadget 2. I've never needed to use the recording feature except for when they added the new update for some of the drum machines. For some reason the recording count in wouldn't activate. In settings the count in is always in the off position, no matter how many bars are added. I'll find a way to make this work. There is always the forums.

Our next Band of brothers breakfast which I like to attend wont happen on the 16th. Reason for this is a conference on the 16th. This frees me to attend Commercial lodge downtown. Its my wife's birthday but she'll be at work that day. We'll see how that goes. Otherwise, not much is happening this week. Unless of course I get some word on work. I got a meeting at the church on Thursday. Anyway, that's all for now.

Last nights beans and

wieners aren't sitting to well for me at this hour. Never mind the coffee I had moments ago. However after that, I'm still hungry and I could eat breakfast being served up in a couple hours. 

Despite the above I've got a 6:45am cab ride reserved for me. I'll be dressed and ready to receive the phone call.

Yes that's right. Its -34* with a -42* wind chill and its just 3 weeks a way from Spring. Next weekend is daylight savings but we're slowly moving out of this cold snap and back to ~ single digit minus temperatures. 

I'll most likely be back around the 1st intermission of the Oilers/Columbus game. Oilers might not make the playoffs this year but I'm watching 2 of the best power forwards in the business between Oilers Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl work their magic. 

Other then the above there's been rumors and mumblings about work this week 😃 Helps me get my mind off my own Venus Di Milos (with arms however) wandering around somewhere out there. You know who you are 😎 Other then that and I'm trying to muck around with the new Korg Gadget 2. Its got new gadgets and enhanced work flows. I'm going to try and put something together for a upload this weekend. Look out for that🙄Anyway, that's about all for now.