Well it seems that «Moving On Up to the East Side» has not gotten me out of the ghetto!

Today alone there were 2 notices published in my building - and to really get the point across they were both taped to the door of each of the 3 elevators!

One was about maintaining control of your dog in the building and on the grounds and cleaning up after your dog as per municipal by-laws.

I will say I am a huge dog lover but nothing pisses me off more than stepping in a steaming pile of dog shit or when I am in the elevator on my way to work.  Uniform clean, pressed and lint free and someone gets on the elevator with their mut and they jump all over me with dirty paws and spew fur all over my navy trousers.

To be honest with some of the people that do live in this building I am pretty surprised no one has taken a shit in front of someone's door!

The next notice was about people leaving piles of garbage in the garbage chute rooms. Each floor has a room next to the elevators where a garbage chute is available to toss out your trash. However, the size of the chute will only accommodate a grocery size plastic bag yet people are leaving all sorts of garbage in the room in LARGE trash bags.

Management went so far as to remind residents how inconsiderate this behavior is.

I will completely agree - there is a tenant at the end of my hall that constantly is leaving 3 or 4 large garbage bags in the «chute» room.  I have even called her ass out on it and she just looks at me and shrugs her shoulders, covers her mouth with her hand and giggles. 

Look out bitch - I am keeping my eye on you!

Then later today I get a letter through my mailbox from Management again that is reminding parents to supervise their children. Apparently over the weekend there were 3 incidents where children under the age of 12, while unsupervised, involved the police¹ and the fire² departments.

For the fucking love of cheese 'n rice - this is a prime and I mean PRIME example of why we need to a) tax stupid people and b) stitch the ditch.

Um, yeah so BTW - did I mention that I am going to see 'The Cure' tonight?

Well I am!

I received a text message from Jer yesterday afternoon...»Call Me!»

That had me kind of worried because at first I had thought something was wrong but then I quickly realised he does not like to use the «telephone machine» so I quickly called him back to see what was up...

Ring ring...

Hello

Hey it's turnip what's up

What you doing tomorrow night?

Nothing planned right now, kind of broke so laying low....why?

Wanna come see The Cure?

Are you serious?

Um ya I have an extra free ticket if you want to come, just buy me a beer.

Are you serious?

Ya so I will talk to you tomorrow I gotta go I am at work baby - so ya I will call you tomorrow.

I just about shit myself - I have been listening to The Cure since I was 16 but growing up I was never allowed to go to concerts on my own and then when I lived on my own whenever there was a band in town that I was really fond of I was always too poor to go and see the show.

I got a little misty.  Firstly, that Jer would think of me and call me, and this only goes to show that an ex can still be a good friend which is very evident with not only Jer³ but H as well, but I have been dying to see The Cure in concert for ages.

Well now just as I was about to get in the shower⁴ my phone rang with the weirdest number on it but I picked it up anyway and it ended up being this guy that I have been talking to online for a few months.

He is from Spain and he just moved to Toronto for 2 years to work with the Spanish Tourism Board.

He hit me up online to ask me about where to live, what to expect, where to go, stuff like that and since then we have just been chatting away.

Well he got in late last night and was out today running around trying to find a local mobile phone and he wanted to call me - so he did.

He is so excited to be here, he sounds like a «kid in a candy shop» it is quite cute actually.

He and I are going to get together tomorrow afternoon.  His work is letting him take off early so he can get acquainted with the city so we are going to grab a beer. ⁵

OK I have to get my ass in the shower here, I am supposed to be at C'est What in 20 minutes and that is a decent street car ride from me.

OH I did send a message to MT to see if he would be going to the show tonight - no reply.

1. twice↩
2. once↩
3. as in Sunday at his place which I still need to write about↩
4. I am so late right now↩
5. He asked me to teach him how to be Canadian - I told him that involves drinking a LOT of beer!↩