White collar crime....who cares?

I'm so tired of seeing rich, musty, white men being dragged into court and then hearing journalists postulating on the "crime" and the severe or non-effective "punishment" - depending on the perspective. Conrad Black got a 6 1/2 year sentence for basically ripping off the government. Who cares. He's not a danger to me. He's probably not a danger to you or society at large. Fine him and let him go home. Hit his in the pocket book where it will really hurt and don't waste money on locking him up. He can make money and commit fraud from behind bars anyway.

Put the real criminals behind bars and let the white collar criminals commit crimes that most of us wouldn't ever know about if the government didn't cry about lost money.

Have your say

I just discovered this very interesting website that is still in Beta version called "ask 500 people". Check it out and ask your own questions

Give me a home where the buffalo roam......

Holy Hell! I can't believe it's been 3 months since my last post. A lot has changed...where to begin?

Well, the mister and I have moved to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. I guess we've been here about 2 months already! I'm working as a Public Service Librarian at the Yellowknife Public Library and I'm really liking the job. Being the youngest staff member and the supervisor is a bit tricky in that I don't think I'm getting any respect from the employees that have been there 17+ years (more than half of my lifetime). My manager is awesome so that helps a lot!

Life up here is definitely different. Today the temperature was -35 degrees with the windchill. The sun set at 3:30pm. We've had snow on the ground for almost 6 weeks now. The biggest city near us is Edmonton and that is an 18 hour drive from our little city of 20,000 people (half the population of the entire Territory).

In other news, the apartment we have is very nice and very expensive but life up here is very expensive in many respects. We won't be going anywhere for Christmas and we don't plan on leaving the territory until April or May.

Well, that was my factual update. I hope to update more often and provide more than just a list of facts. I tend to spend a lot of time updating my Facebook page and little on anything else.

Moving on.....

Since my last post a lot has happened. For instance, I am writing this blog post on our brand spankin' new Macbook! How can we afford such a luxury with me being unemployed you may ask? Well, I am no longer unemployed. I was offered the job in Yellowknife. I start on October 9 so we are leaving around the 21st of September. We are driving there which should be exciting at times (and boring at other times). At this point it looks like we won't be able to take our dog Moxie. What is it with us and shih tzu's that have to go to a new home. Maybe it says something about our lifestyle, moving all over the place. Anyway, at least we're staying in Canada this time, but the rental housing there doesn't allow pets and we just can't see a way around it. We'll miss her so hopefully we can keep her in the family.

In other news, the hot water heater at our apartment broke....literally, the bottom came out of it and there's water all over the floor. The property owner is on his way over so I'm off.

Interview

I will be interviewing tomorrow over the telephone for a job in Yellowknife. The mister and I are looking for a dramatic life change so this should do the trick....if I am offered the position that is.

At first I didn't want to apply for the position because I couldn't imagine living that far north, but after a while I started to appreciate the exotic aspects of such a location. 24 hrs of daylight and 24 hours of darkness are something that should shake up the daily routine at least for a short while. Surrounded only by land as far as the eye can see is interesting and a drastic change from population dense Korea. Living with a moderately sized aboriginal population could be a breath of fresh air compared to white conservative London Ontario.

The cost of moving over 4000km to an isolated town with only one road going into it is not something I'm looking forward to. BUT, the pay is very high and the experience may be worth it. We'll see how the interview goes.

Still unemployed...

...and looking for work in all the wrong places....or so it seems. I've applied to numerous job postings (all professional jobs) and only one "paraprofessional" and the only interview I've had so far is for the "paraprofessional" job. I'm a little disenchanted with Library Science at the moment. I'm also a bit tired of waiting for something to change. I've had a professional librarian position (temporary of course) so it's not like I don't have a variety of experience, but is it possible to have too much variety? I would think not - but the library world is a complex and confusing realm of existence.

Anyway, I'm still looking for a job and in the meantime I research topics that interest me and catch up on reading that's been piling up. Not a bad way to spend the summer no doubt but I like change and it's past due.

Join the Rivalry!

Go visit Rival Gallery right now! It's my husbands online gallery showcasing super fine Canadian photographers.

I'm Back......hello?......anyone there?.......

Well, I'm back at the blog for now. Reason being that I am unemployed as of 5:30pm Friday June 8. In theory I should have more time to contemplate life and stuff.

I think that I've been lazy with the blog because of Facebook. I just update there. Not sure if that's good or bad at this point. Maybe I can look to my blog as more than just an update of life events and more so as a commentary on issues that intrigue me or to exercise the ol' creativity muscle.

Btw - Paris Hilton should be hit over the head with a shovel.

I choose silence.......for now

"Kafka or someone like that said insanity could be defined as the attempt to reconcile one's overwhelming urge to write things down with one's overhwelming conviction that silence is the most appropriate response" - A Complicated Kindness

This blog will be taking a vow of silence for an undetermined length of time.

Take care

Counterculture Icon Gone

Kurt Vonnegut has died.

"Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why." - Vonnegut

and counting.....

10 more working weeks of my "official" contract......then what?!

My lewd life......according to a quiz site

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Can't hardly wait....

....for spring so I can ride my new...um....ride. Just bought it today....and it's tres sick!

Mine will have a cool black wire basket and a lovely bell added to it.

Thursday Evening

I like Thursday evenings because.....
1. Most of the students are leaving the library to get ready for a night of binge drinking and idiotic dancing.
2. It means Friday is almost here and therefore the weekend is almost here.
3. I have more time to blog and play bejeweled while working.

Tonight

LOST is on tonight........YAY!!

I'm still here.....

thought I'd left didn't you?.......well, I've been doing pretty much the same thing I was last time I posted. Working......eating.....sleeping.......playing Xbox 360 games. You wouldn't know I'm approaching 30 years old.......and that's fine with me.

Work is mind numbing so I'm trying to do some research in the hopes of publishing an article. I'm also doing some occupational soul searching. Since my job lacks soul it's not a difficult task to see where other opportunities may offer more but alas, I am in London Ontario and library jobs are sparse here so I'm biding my time and hoping for something more fulfilling before June.

In a perfect world I'd open my own bookstore or something combined with a bookstore and publish a zine and get more tattoos and just be happy - but life isn't ideal and everything costs money.....that of which I do not have.

Such is life.

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