Day Twenty Two At the Office

Good morning beautiful people.

I've been enjoying my time in the blogosphere; I've had plenty of people tell me how much they enjoy my blog, I've also had some haters who wouldn't know what a blog is without the help of Google. I'm now on the hunt for people looking to get sponsorship and or advertisement space on my page. I know I only have three followers on the actual blog site; however, I have a lot more loyal readers that aren't followers yet. I'm also looking for fellow bartenders that have a creative side and are good with words, that would be interested in blogging on a daily or weekly basis under my blog page.

If there are any bartenders looking to share some experiences they've had within the industry, let me know and we'll set you up and get you started. The stories have to be real and no names can be used. I don't care how vulgar or graphic you choose to be, as long as it's written well and gets people's attention.

As far as the advertisement space goes; I have at least three spots available and I work on a time line contract. I am also open to the idea of sponsoring individuals or teams if anyone is interested.

Please let me know if you would like to join the team and make shit happen!

Stay drunk,

-Digiddy

Day Seventeen At the Office

I'm back!!

Sorry to all those who actually get a kick out of reading my blog. I took a small vacation which was much needed and for once in my life decided to 'unplug' myself for a week. I know it has been longer than a week since my last blog; but with the Stampede and then my vacation, I haven't really had a whole lot of time. So lets get to it.

I will be adding more blogs now that I have signed onto my blogspot through my iPhone, I will also be minimizing the length of my blogs. I have been reading other blogs on the blogspot website and there are some really really long ones and then there are some short ones; I find that I read the short ones more than the long ones, they keep me coming back for more.

I recently returned from a small vacation out to the coast of British Columbia; I had a blast and attended a wedding and did some drinking and had all my drinks poured for me, this makes me a happy camper. I took my dog with me for the ride and just to get him out of the city as well, I could tell he enjoyed his time out there but we are both happy to be home.

Summer seems to be passing by so quickly, in this city we all know that when summer ends its time to throw the snow tires back on. Although I'm not complaining about the amazing weather we have been blessed with, it seems as though we are actually having a summer. What I like about warm summer nights is that I find myself more energized and I sleep less and accomplish more; it's almost as though I'm superman and I am being charged by the sun's energy, makes me feel somewhat indestructible!

Summer also brings am whole whack load of series premiers and season premiers on the good ol' boob tube, makes for a great little Sunday evening. I am a huge Big Brother fan and I am currently wrapped up in the latest season. I would love for Big Brother to come to Canada and I could be on it and make an ass out of myself in real life, rather than just on the blogspot.

That's it for now kids, enjoy the great weather and make sure to stay hydrated...I find that beer is great for hydration.

-Digiddy

Day Fifteen At the Office

Howdy howdy fuckers,

No bullshit, jumping right in. Let's get started...

This past week has been one for the memory books; we lost a formal Angel and a pop icon, we also lost a successful infomercial guy. Aside from the passing of Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Hays; I myself went through a very memorable week as well. Without going into a whole lot of detail about what happened to me, I can assure you all that I am a total idiot! I am however only human and as a human, I'm bound to make mistakes. All I can say is that I am sorry to those I have hurt and I have learned from my mistakes; if we hang in there we can make it through anything, life can only get easier. To all those who are mourning the deaths in this recent week and anyone who has been affected by the death of loved one; my heart goes out to you, memories are made for a reason (cherish them all).

Now to get down to it. This week is the start of the 'Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth' and I can hardly wait! I know a lot of people that were born and raised in this wonderful city tend to get sick of the whole thing; a lot of other people however, don't. I myself love the Stampede. What more could you ask for? Mini Donuts, pizza on a stick, endless rides, beer gardens, beautiful people scantly clad, cowboy hats, the smell of horse and cow shit, rodeo's, fireworks nightly (which I can see perfectly from my balcony), over priced everything, more drunk girls than a frat party and not to mention the best pub crawls of the year.

The Calgary Stampede and Exhibition is an amazing treat; if you have never had the opportunity to enjoy it, I highly recommend you get your ass down there this year. I know I only have one day off to enjoy the Stampede, but I also know that I will enjoy the shit out of that day off! My girlfriend and I have a tradition of stuffing our faces (thank God for the gym) full of foods that you don't normally get to eat (pizza on a stick) and then doing our best to withstand the urge to yack while spinning at a G-force of unreasonable pull. The rides are great and the people are fun; there is constant live entertainment and beer gardens, need I say more?

This twelve day party is intense and definitely not for the faint of heart. Most people I know in the industry have planned vacations pretty much the day after the Stampede ends; it's rough but fun, it's the stuff unforgettable memories are made of. We all work our asses off and we all party our asses off as well; I know I will be a hurtin' unit for at least a solid week after, this is why I am leaving for a week to recover with my gf in beautiful British Columbia. When I get back I will have plenty to write about so stay tuned.

So to recap; Stampede starts this week and the shit show begins, make sure you all check it out! I mean if people travel from all over the world to come see this event, what makes you so special to pass it up when it's in your very own city.

Yeehaww Cowgarians!
-Digiddy

Day Fourteen At the Office

Howdy sloppy drunks!

Back in the office today and wanting to touch on some very real, very important issues. For starters I would like to go in depth on the whole hunger and poverty situation that one in every thirty six American's face; I would like to go as far as I can with this, ok maybe I just did. I mean seriously people! Wake up! Hunger? Poverty? Aren't these more third world sort of issues? When people fail at life or have some pretty nasty curve balls thrown in their direction; they tend to abandon all hope in the personal gratification part of their lives, they tend to simply give up. I understand hunger and poverty are very important/touchy subjects; why then do we allow our fellow brethren to go hungry, why do we sit back and do absolutely nothing while some people can't even eat?

Now I'm not talking about the crack heads and drunks that frequently roam the streets looking for free hand outs; rather I am referring to the good people, the honest people that have had some pretty bad luck. I am talking about people just like you and me. If this can happen to people like them, who's to say it can't happen to us? I know that we all think it could never be that bad for us; that no matter what we have people who love us and would never sit back and do nothing while we go hungry, well the same is true for the others. If you think for one second that those who have exhausted all options; those who have tried everything they could to get back on top, don't have loved ones that are there for them...yet still sit back and allow them to go hungry, you are sorely mistaken! It doesn't take much to slip to the bottom of life's cruel and often times climactic societal status pole, in fact in this day and age, it is rather easy to slip to the bottom and damn near impossible to climb back up.

We can all make donations and wear t-shirts and twitter about it; however, nothing will ever make things right. What we have here people...is a failure to communicate. Failure to help those who need it. Failure to acknowledge real issues. Failure to give a fuck about our fellow people. I myself can sit back and say that this blog will help make a difference; but the truth is, without actually going out and force feeding some hungry guy, I am not really doing much myself. The only simple answer is that we need to be more aware of what causes the hunger and poverty in the first place and the people who can actually make a difference (celebrities, politicians, wealthy people), should indeed do their best to fix it!

I know a lot of you might ask why I even give a shit about the state of affairs in the good ol' U.S. of A...the answer is simply that the past has proven to us all that it starts there and slowly trickles upward to our beautiful country that would never allow hungry people to suffer and die. You see; the United States are like a viral infection that spreads without warning and infects as many as it can without offering the hope of an anti-virus. If you think what I am saying is wrong; well you're entitled to your opinion, however if you do decide to disagree with me, you are one hundred percent playing into the self centered attitude and constant denial that most Americans exude so comfortably.

Without digging myself too much of a shallow grave; I will change directions here, I will now briefly talk about one American toy I can't live without. I recently downloaded the new 3.0 software upgrade for my iPhone; I will admit that this has made my life so much more enjoyable, I will also admit that I am a total nerd for getting this excited about a software upgrade. I love the fact that I can now turn my phone to landscape for text, I love the fact that I can now cut/copy/paste, I love all of the new features. I have only one bone to pick; why in the fuck didn't they upgrade the camera? I want to join the rest of the world that can already take video recordings with their normal cell phones! I mean seriously, I have a super cell phone that does everything and guess what, when you need to find out how many people just farted in a room...there's an app for that! Yet I still can't take video's with my iPhone! Major upset! (*touches fingers to head in a salute*). Maybe after they are done promoting the new 3G-s (which ironically enough does include video capabilities); we will get another software upgrade, and maybe, just maybe this software upgrade will allow us to use video on our iPhone's. I'm wishing for the best.

Until the next hangover,
-Digiddy

Day Thirteen At the Office

Hello all my fellow bloggers and drinkers and humanoids.

I apologize for my brief hiatus from blogging; I have been extremely busy and a lot has been happening in my personal life, I had a recent death in the family and things have been pretty crazy.

I know that writing about a lot of the happenings in my life helps me to release the emotions I would normally bottle up; however lately it seems that I have been able to deal with these emotions in real time, rather than bottle them up or write about them. I know this takes away from the whole idea of following my blog to see what's going on in the world of Digiddy; but I think if we all try really really hard, we'll all get over it!

So as I said before; I have recently gone through a death in the family, it has been hard on the whole family. Losing a loved one is never easy and seeing all the hurt and pain that can fill one room is often hard to deal with. I know that every time I have to endure the news of another loved one passing away, it tends to help me open my eyes a little more. I can appreciate all the things I have in my life because I know that all of these things can be gone in a heart beat. Everything we know and love and everyone we care about or think that we can't live without, all of this can disappear in a single breath. It's important for us to understand these facts of life so that we can all appreciate what is in front of us and never take any second of it for granted.

Aside from the passing of my uncle (RIP); I have been working a butt load to pay the bills, which is another thing I want to talk about. Why is it that we have to pay bills? I mean I understand that we are paying for services rendered; but when you really look at it, I mean seriously bring things under a bright light and powerful microscope, we are all getting hosed!

Take for example the incredibly powerful strangle hold that the good people of Shaw Cable have on those of us who are forced (due to lack of other cable service providers in Alberta) to deal with them. I know a lot of you will instantly ask why I don't just switch to satellite; for this I have another very stupid answer, I'm not allowed. You see I live in a condo downtown and when I asked the condo board for approval to install a satellite, I was told no. I was very persistent in the matter and asked for the condo board to at least send out a bulletin with a consensus asking other owners if they would agree to overturn the boards ruling; I was also very generous and offered to pay for a dish to be installed on the roof of the building and would allow other residents to buy a receiver and tune in to my signal, I still got a no. This being said; I am forced to deal with peasant vision and crappy at best, Shaw service. So I did what anyone else would do, I went for the total bundle. Not only am I getting my cable for my TV provided to me; I am also getting my phone and internet services provided to me by the good people at Shaw Cable, I can't even begin to tell you how easy this has made life for me............................pfffffffffffffft!!!! YA FUCKIN RIGHT!!!!

Shaw Cable has fucked me over so many times and I have been dealing with them without flawed payments for over ten years now! These bastards have lied to me, cut me off for payments not received (kind of hard to make a payment when I don't receive a bill in the mail), been rude to me on the phone, put me on hold for a minimum of half an hour EVERY time I call and last but not least, they have sold me more than one refurbished cable box and claimed they were new, only to have them break down and then get told that there is nothing they can do about it.

Last week I absolutely lost my shit on the good people at Shaw Cable; I was spoken down to in person by a pole smoking goof, who must have mistaken me for someone who wouldn't reach over the counter and smack the shit out of his boy kissing face! After I stormed out of the great customer service office of Shaw Cable; I immediately placed a call to the head office and reamed out a perfect stranger and in some very kind words, I told him to cancel all of my Shaw services.
Had I of known this would be so easy I would have done it long ago; you see they are so threatened by losing out on the twenty five hundred dollars a year that I spend on their half ass service that they offered to replace my high definition dual tuner cable box with a brand new one and they also told me they would knock off the last two pay per view events I had ordered and not received, yet was still charged for. I was amazed at how easily this victory was obtained, especially since the battle has been raging since '02', seven years of calling in to have my bill adjusted and seven years of faulty cable boxes and seven years of rude customer service representatives...all of it put in the past and me standing on the top of the mountain doing the victory dance. The lesson I can take from this would have to be one of justice for those who are prepared to make the appropriate threats at the appropriate time.

I am again apologizing to all of you who actually keep up with my blog and enjoy my views and outspoken opinions on life in general and all of the shit in between. I will be in the office more often and I will be banging my fingers away at this keyboard until I have been heard and felt by those who most need to hear and feel me! Until that time, here I sit, iTunes blasting, dog farting, crack heads screaming, and me pouring the fluids of life.....booze baby!

Drinks in the air and some on the ground for the dead hommies, gone but not forgotten (RIP Uncle Chuck).

-Digiddy

Day Nine At the Office

Hello all you lush's!
To start; I would like to say thank you again to all the people who have given me positive feed back on my blog posts, you people are the reason I write. Second; I have to say sorry for taking a couple days off, I have been busy with life....it's kind of unavoidable.

So now that I've got all that out of the way I can get down to business. Today I celebrated Christmas; I know it's a little odd seeing as how it's May 22nd and all, but it's a true story..I had me a lil X-mas action this A.M.
It's funny how we always get so excited when we know that we're going to be on the receiving end of a present; it's almost as though our 'kid' instincts kick in and the build up becomes unbearable, doesn't matter if we know what the present is, all that matters is that we will be receiving something we didn't have before. This morning I had my new T.V. delivered and set up; the very T.V. I picked out a week earlier and had full knowledge of it's arrival date and time, none of that mattered. Last night I worked myself up so much with anticipation for the arrival of the TV this morning; I could barely sleep and I was acting like a kid on Christmas Eve, I may have gone a little over board with the cookies and milk, but like I said..I was EXCITED! I woke up earlier than I ever have without an alarm clock this morning; I knew I had four hours to kill before the delivery, but I couldn't contain my excitement in the form of sleep any longer.

After all the fuss and buss and about two hours after they arrived; I was staring at heaven on my wall, my eyes were glued to the floating glass screen of my brand new plasma, the delivery guys even stuck around for about a half an hour after..they couldn't stop watching the frame channel with me. I swear it was like a scene out of a movie; I saw a glorious bright light as they turned the power on, I heard birds flapping in the background, my nose picked up the angelic aroma of blissful sea breeze. Turns out my GF had opened the double french doors that lead to the balcony; this frightened the birds that were eating the bread crumbs, the bright light I saw was actually the screen of the TV searching for a signal for the first time and the aroma I was smelling was the GF lighting a Febreeze candle in the other room. Either way; the experience was memorable, the moment was magical and I was half chubbed just to be viewing such magnificent beauty, stealing all the attention in the room and turning heads left, right and centre.

All in all I would say that I am extremely happy today and I can't wait to watch the fights tomorrow night on the new plasma. There's an open invite for anyone who has my number and wishes to call and swing over to experience the ultimate in viewing pleasure. Until then, she's all mine..you can find me in the blueray isle at Blockbuster this weekend.

Cheers to all,
-Digiddy

Day Eight At the Office

Howdy Cowtown peeps!
So first of all I have to take a quick minute to big up the Calgary Police for taking such good care of our city streets.

This morning I walked out the back door of my building; only to step directly into the remnant's of an obvious (and every day occurrence) overnight crack binge, no doubt left behind by one of the Beltline's many crack heads. As I stepped over the discarded tools of the trade effectively and creatively conjured up out of an empty pop can and a Bic lighter, I recalled the headlines in the Calgary news papers this last week. As I remember reading about all the arrests the Calgary Police have made in and around my area of residence; I thought to myself, what a relief. As I stood on 17th ave today; after being called out to the street from the local Subway I was standing inside of, I wondered why the Police weren't doing anything about the middle aged man I had just witnessed jay walk across a part of 17th ave that I also recall as a location of a previous accident involving the death of a young lady who was jay walking. I then also wondered why they weren't doing anything about the guy I just saw hock a massive loogey (which I was recently informed is highly illegal and massively policed in our city) on 17th ave directly in fornt of a very high traffic establishment known as Melrose Cafe and Bar; I then stopped wondering why the cities finest were too tied up to handle these minor infractions of the law, they were clearly too busy (as the officer kindly put it) "handling me" at the moment. You see today has been a very trying day for me; I have been dodging curve balls all day and working very hard at staying as positive as I possibly can be, no matter how ill fated my life may seem.

To clarify the above drab I just layed out for you all; today I recived my very first ever fine for 'spitting in public', the fine will set me back a hundred dollars and a day off of work to go pay it.
I would say that I agree with the fine except that I didn't actually 'spit' as defined in the criminal code; I did not at all reliev from my mouth any bodily fluids whatsoever, it was a piece of stail gum. I also discarded of the gum in an alley and not in a direct public walk way; I would like to think that would constitute a rather appropriate form of discardment, but I guess the hard working officer of the cities formal 'Gang Unit' didn't see it that way. Aside from not even actually catching me in the so called 'act of' spitting; I had already left the scene of the alleged infraction, I was next up to order my lunch at the very moment the officer called me out side to over emphasive the fact that he doesn;t like 'spitter's' as he refferred to me as. At the end of the whole incident I felt somewhat enforced and very safe knowing that I had been tought such a valuable life lesson; I can still hear the kind officers words as he once again reminded me of how much he hated 'spitter's', he said to me as he handed me the ticket: "I guess it's a lesson learned".

Ladies and gentlemen I am hear to tell you all about the moral of this story; plain and simple, mean people suck and nice people swallow! SO just remember the now etched into my brain words of the officer today ('lesson learned') and know (this is more for the ladies) that nothing good ever comes from 'spitting', so please, please, PLEASE learn to swallow and the world will be a better place.

Irish Car Bomb's for all,
-Digiddy

Day Four At the Office Pt.2

Hello friendly drinkers!
Today I got some more ink done on my sleeve (work in progress). A long time ago I got a tattoo on my left arm around my biceps (horrible tribal design) and for years since I have wanted to get it either fixed up or covered up. At the end of last summer I decided to go see the ink artist that was currently doing my older brothers arm tattoo and my sister in law's tattoo as well; I really liked the work that I saw so I took upon myself to make an appointment for a consult with Dan Cameron (at the time was working out of Immaculate Concepts) and we were able to set something up. I went ahead with getting the cover up but decided it would be worth it just to get my entire left arm done, it seemed like the right thing to do so the rest of the arm wouldn't feel left out:)

I sat for around four hours today and towards the end I'll admit, it started to feel a tad bit raw. I have a pretty high pain threshold but after the third hour I start to get bored and feel the urge to watch the artist go to town on my skin with a motor powered needle poking in and out, over and over again. Needless to say I start to feel uncomfortable and think it's best to retire that session and wait anxiously for the next available appointment. It's funny how we (people who enjoy tattoo's) can't wait to get it over and done with while we're experiencing the whole tattoo tradition; yet when it's all done, we literally can't wait to get back in and either get the rest finished or get something new done. I guess crazy really is as crazy does; this being said, I must be an absolute nut!

Nothing but beer bongs!
-Digiddy

Day Four At the Office

Hello fellow drink slingers.
Today I am excited because I am going for more work on my tattoo (arm sleeve). I can't wait for the finished product! For those of you who don't actually know me, I love tattoo's! I have a whole bunch of them and I am for sure going to get more. I am currently getting my entire left arm and chest plate done by Dan Cameron@Deadly Tattoo's (check them out)!! I will post some pics of the work I get done today later on my fb account; pretty sure that most of my friends there have already seen some of what I'm getting done, for those who haven't, feel free to check it out.

I will be back later on with some exciting news about life and friends of mine that have waaaaaaaay too much fun living it.

First drinks on me,
-Digiddy

Day Three At the Office

Hello followers! (count still at zero)
The rain is here and won't go away. May in Calgary is pretty much the wettest month out of the year. We all make plans to go camping for May long weekend (this weekend coming up); yet we all know that it's either going to rain worse than the year before, or it's going to snow. I have volunteered my skills as a booze slinger to the local watering hole that currently employs me (totally forgot to book the time off); I don't believe in rain showers and mud baths, I'm more of a 'take a shit in the woods if it's the absolute last resort' kind of guy. Not to say camping isn't fun and drinking in the same clothes for 3 days isn't an absolute blast, but for real I just think I have out grown the whole 'May Long Weekend' tradition. I feel as though it's partly due to the fact that I can no longer binge drink without feeling the effects of such actions for days after; and it's also due to the fact that as the crowd at McClean Creek keeps getting younger, I myself do not.

Aside from the rain, I had yet another fantastic day pouring pints and measuring ounces of the hard stuff for the masses. Today I had a telepathic conversation with a young (and very hippy), interesting girl. I saw her standing out in the rain watching TV through the window; I muttered under my breath some words that need not be repeated, then we made eye contact. The eye contact was brief; but we both knew what we were thinking towards one another...clearly I was wrong, she came inside anyway. I'm not really sure what goes through someones head as they wake up in the morning, throw on some face paint for the day, fashion some boots out of an old blanket and some newspaper, wrap urself in a towel, make ur way into the public and search down the nearest pub that plays Tom Petty and serves cold water and hot coffee.

Needless to say, I was completely creeped out by this interesting young lady and I could only count down the minutes until she would be done sipping her water and talking to her dread locks. Had I a better camera on my iPhone, I would have been able to conjur up an amazing anti-drug add. Unfortunately the minutes I was counting turned into a total of 4 hours. Yes taht's right...FOUR HOURS! Pretty sure the girl is still there talking to her face paint and smiling aimlessly into the sky (as if she had star gazers syndrome), either way I felt it neccessary to blog about this girl as she was the only person I saw today that picked her nose and examined the aftermath at the tip of her finger for a total of 3 and a half minutes.

Happy pints and shooters!
-Digiddy

Day TWO AT the Office Pt.2

Getting back to the 'day off'...totally got done about a quarter of all the crap I had planned to do today; I got side tracked a couple of times and now I'm really playing catch up. Is it bad that I still haven't made it to the other side of the city to visit my mom and give her a mother's day card? As I see it; I don't need just one day out of the year to express to my mother how much I love her and appreciate her, I use EVERY day to show her the true symphony of my love. I know she see's it the same way and this is why I don't feel the least bit bad about taking my time to give her a symbolic gift that really represents a pathetic state of affairs for the masses as pertained to the ludicrous day known as 'Mother's'.

Anyway, got a bit off topic and now I'm back. I have found it difficult today to get it all done in a timely manner. I need a stunt double to do all the grunt work so I don't havta mess up my hair or get my hands dirty. I like doing the fun stuff such as going to the gym, walking Harlem, blogging, social networking in general, downloading music, searching porn, going for a run and taking afternoon naps. The stuff I could use a stunt double for would have to be; dealing with the girl friend when she's mad at me for fucking the day away on the computer and spending too much time at the gym and taking an afternoon nap whjile she was at work, I just don't think it's fair that I have to do all the work around here....totally gunna catch a smack for this one (I'll blog it later and let you know how it went).

I need two days back to back where I can efficiently subsidize my duties and perhaps even delegate to a few friends and family memebers if need be. I still think that the stunt double would work best though.

Happy Hour?
Digiddy

Day TWO At the Office

Day two of the blog.

Let me say this; I saw Star Trek last night and it was absolutely incredible! I took my girlfriend and she was balling in the first ten minutes. I managed to choke back my tears but I couldn't hide the chubb in my pants when stuff started to explode in outer space! I mean I know that it's highly unrealistic that fire could even ignite in space because of the lack of atmosphere; however I do feel that without stuff blowing up throughout the entire movie, it would have been a tad bit boring. In all; the action scenes were tight and the plot was mediocre at best, I felt that the producers could have shaved off at least a good half hour of crap that just wasn't worth being in the movie. Other than some of the lame scenes and some of the down time, I did like the movie quite a bit and his substantially raised the bar for the rest of this years blockbusters.

Now, back to business. Today is my day off from the local pub I work at; I have a full day of stuff I need to accomplish and I am usually rather disciplined when it comes to completing chores on my day off. I have gotten used to the realization that there is really no such thing as a 'day off''; rather there are only 'catch up' days, days where everything we do we have actually planned out days in advance with the full anticipation that we will not get another day to accomplish these things that we have to do on our day off.

SO as the world turns and the earth spins, I will split for now and get crackin at my list. I will post the re-cap of my 'day off' when it is complete.

Happy drinking:)

Digiddy

Day One At the Office

Today I started my first blog in what will hopefully be a long standing string of blogs aimed at documenting my life's story as seen through my eyes. I am creating this blog with the intentions of creating a site intended for many. The site will be aimed directly at bar tenders and servers in the restaurant and bar industry. I am looking for followers now to help me spread the word so that I can get the ball rolling and have the blog spot for bartenders up and running as soon as possible.

Think of the site as sort of a soap dish with stories from around the world detailing different situations arising within our fine establishments. I'm sure if any of you out there have experienced half the situations I have while working as a doorman and bartender in the Calgary bar seen, it will make for some really interesting blogs.

Let's get this thing started and I look forward to the feedback.