Good-Bye ISF - Hello ES

First of all, I want to welcome you to my new blog "Edmonton Social" (www.edmontonsocial.blogspot.com) . New life, new blog. New underwear. My Hello Kitty underoos are gone. That's how it goes. My life has changed drastically in the past two months and I've made some major soul-searching achievements that I'm really proud of. I blew myself away, being able to smash that negative stigma of being fired to dust. Everyone and anyone from a British or German or northern European background with all those "good" Protestant work ethics drilled into their head at birth (I vaguely remember my father telling me to get a job at the age of 2...) are crushed under the pressure of not producing in a society. Not me. I couldn't go down that path or I would not have survived. I milked unemployment for everything it had. I had a REALLY great time, and met so many great people along the way. However, and sadly so, I will no longer be posting on "I'm So Fired" anymore. Unless, of course!, I get fired again. Which is very possible (I'll keep you updated on that).

I have my reasons for shutting down the "I'm So Fired" operation. I want to move ahead in my writing. I want to move ahead in my life and I guess identifying with being fired is now redundant (and unhealthy) for me. For the time being, I am actually hired. I'm bored of writing about being fired too, quite honestly. It has been alot of fun until now and a huge learning experience. I've gone through so many changes in my life that were much easier to share in a blog than over the phone with friends and family or through therapy sessions at the local psych ward. Everybody gets fired in their life, or "let go" or whatever management calls it nowadays. Don't invest your self-confidence in it; A job is only a job. My blog helped me not only digest the idea of being fired for "no" reason (I've pinpointed it to the Christmas party, live and learn I suppose) but being the fiercely creative and lively person I am, there is nothing I can do about it. Besides, if DW can't take a little comment like "His head is like a pin... a pinhead", or the pilot with the penis-shaped head can't relate to a bit of size comparison, then they are not the people for me.

So now you're like, what is this madness? Edmonton Social? Ha, she drilled her bedroom door shut once, she's not exactly the social type. I am. I really am. I love people. I meet new people everyday. Edmonton is this fusion of crazy, rich, homeless, native, immigrant (by immigrant, I do NOT mean those from Newfoundland, although I will talk about my Newfie friends as well), educated, ignorant, young, old...I meet people everyday, alot of people. I want you all out there to meet these people, as well. Edmonton is an amazing town, it is my home by choice, and there is no place in this world like Edmonton. I want you on this journey with me, from Victor and his brother hanging outside the Farmer's Market collecting a few bucks for food, to those (whom I won't use names for, I've been treated too well by many of these types to make this an expose) in the fast-paced, more corporate world that I've sworn off.

They're all amazing people, and have made my journey to-date possible. Edmonton does not have any "untouchables", we're all free game, and I will bring them all to meet you on www.edmontonsocial.blogspot.com. Enjoy.