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November 26, 2005
Off to Trail
Well, I am moving to Trail come January 1st, the "Home of Champions". I have accepted a winter coop position with Teck Cominco, the big old smelter in Trail.
I went searching Google for a photo of the plant, and I couldn't help being overwhelmed with the beauty of this photograph. The sunset reflecting on the the smog in the early evening. Sigh.... Whoever Findlow is, he should be proud!
I must admit the photo below also does provides a nice depiction of Trail, the bustling downtown, the pickup trucks and the smelter in the centre of it all.
So, I am being hired as a coop student, and during the interview I was told I'd be wearing steel toes and overalls to work. The "office" is right in the middle of the action. After I accepted the position I started thinking.... was my winter going to consist of shovelling slag from one container to another.
I suppose a girl can dream.
Anyways, if anyone knows of a person looking for a roommate or a renter for the Rossland area, let me know.
Posted by jmclean at 06:47 PM | Comments (3)
Stuck in the Drain
I was at Save-On-Foods the other night looking to grab a loaf of sproated wheat bread, 1% Island Farms Milk and a container of Plain yogurt. I am sucker for the items that are discounted more than a dollar, so was I ever excited when I saw a container of plain yogurt marked down to $1.99 from $5.25. Albeit the expirey date was in 2 days, but let it be known I can get through a container of yogurt in less than 24 hours.
The next morning I got up anxious to have a bowl of my homemade granola, (I will post the recipe for interest sake), topped off with some yogurt. I opened up the container, only to find a yellowy substance that smelt like beans. Let me tell you, I like beans as much as the next gal, provided they are in a burito served with salsa, I draw the line at putting them in my cereal.
I decided then and there that I couldn't eat this and at that point reread the label of the fabulously cheap buy.
By no means am I dissing Nancy, but the soy thing I couldn't do. How could I miss the big bold lettering on the lid that read "VEGAN'S DELIGHT".
I took the yogurt to the toilet because I don't trust my kitchen sink to drain in the best of times. I tipped the container and giggled to myself as the yogurt came out like a jumbo jello mold and floated around in the toilet. I flushed and the yogurt headed toward the drain, intact, the entire 5" cylinder. The drain in the toilet is 3". I watched in horror as the yogurt plugged the drain and the water level began to rise in the bowl.
As the water reached within mere inches of the top of the bowl and the water kept coming, (it is an old toilet, no water conservation concerns), I realized what had to be done. I formed a fist and punched the centre of the yogurt. Because the drain had been blocked there was a large pressure distribution in the toilet and the yogurt was instantly sucked down into the abyss of the sewers along with the entire toilet bowl of water.
Disaster adverted!
And one other note, to be fair to Nancy and the crew that makes her yogurt, I will try another kind, this time one with milk products in it.
Posted by jmclean at 06:09 PM | Comments (0)
November 25, 2005
I have returned
Yes, my journal went on a sort of hiatus. I heard complaints at the beginning of the break, now I don't think anyone checks it anymore :( Well, now that final exams are approaching for my 3rd year of engineering, I will have lots of procrastinating to do. In between the time I will spend studying for the 5 finals, I hope to keep up to date on the old journal.
When I signed on today I found to my delight 615 comments... I went on to find that only 62 of these were valid comments from either friends, family or others. If anyone needs a hook up with gay porn, online poker, car loans or cheap generic viagra, let me know!
Posted by jmclean at 06:34 PM | Comments (0)