i was on the subway the other night after having some after-work drinks with my friends.  it wasn't that late... only around 10pm.  i got on the Bloor-Danforth line and headed east.

at Yonge Station, two really skanky girls got on.  they were skanky but not like cheap-whore type skank.  it was more like, upscale-ish call-girl skank.  anyways... we had not gone very far, maybe two stations, when a bunch of ignorant punk kids at the other end of the subway car started getting a bit rowdy.  they kept yelling out loud single dirty words.  "Clitoris!"  "Penis!"  "Pussy!"  it was really weird... annoying, but, whatever.  i'm not gonna cause a stink over that.  if i'm going to get into it with a bunch of punk kids it'd have to be something serious... like if they were picking on a child or something.

out of no where, one of the skanks - the white girl - got up and said, "Will you just shut the fuck up?  There are moms and children on this car and you're just making everyone uncomfortable!"  then all hell broke loose.  she kept shouting at them.  they kept shouting back.  i know the skank was right to say what she said, but the approach she took sure wasn't helping.  this went on through several train stations.  it would escalate a bit and then die down a bit, but it never really stopped.  finally, the stop before mine, it got so heated, that one of the punk kids pulled out a blade and started brandishing it.  and of course, they were standing right in front of me.

i wasn't scared (i guess i don't scare easily) but i kept thinking, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE!?    seriously.  why are these teenaged kids so immaturely enamoured with those words and since when did the skanks start caring so much about etiquette?  i kinda wished the skank would stop challenging them with "go ahead!  touch me motherfucker!  i'll press charges on your ass."  it was weird.  and even weirder was the other skank kept holding her back and telling her to calm down.  anyways... when i got off at my stop, it was in one of the troughs of aggression and both parties were back in their respective corners.  i hope no one got knifed that night... but seriously... WHAT THE FUCK!?

i don't know how many people remember, but i am a *huge* Michael Bublé fan.  it's not personal... i'm not love-crazed and obsessed.  i just love the sound of his voice.

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the new album is coming out on the 10th (or the 9th... i don't know).  and there's apparently this HUGE promo thing that Warner Bros. & HMV are doing at the Eaton Centre.  the prospect of lining up with a bunch of insane fanes at the crack of dawn (or whenever the EC doors open) doesn't appeal to me.  there's also some contest that radio station CHFI is putting on.  but joining their loyalty club to collect enough points to enter the draw is *way* too much work for me.  i mean, if i was *already* a member and had been collecting points, sure, i'd unload all my points to enter as many ballots as possible into the draw, but yeah... no... not starting now.  it's too much effort that i believe will go for naught.  besides... i'm horribly unlucky when it comes to draws.  which is the same reason why it doesn't matter that Michael's exclusive fan club (Bungalow-B, of which i am NOT a member) is having a contest too.

so... what's a girl to do?  i rely on avenues less pursued.

as i predicted, being in Toronto for a few days to promote the album means it's HIGHLY unlikely that he'll pass up a stop at the CBC studios for an interview with Georgie Porgie Strombouloupolousie (aka George Strombouloupolous). 

not be on The Hour?! unthinkable!  so what did i do?  i got tickets for the taping the SECOND the interview schedule was released.  it'll mean taking at least the afternoon off (though i might take the whole day) but it'll be way more enjoyable that waiting in line at the Eaton Centre.

the only drawback is that since the album comes out *after* the interview, i obviously won't get an autographed copy of Crazy Love.  oh well... doesn't matter... i'll have my camera so there are always pictures to be taken. 

gawd, it's good to live in Toronto!

disclaimer:  this is not a sad, emo "you" posting.  as hard as it is to believe, there have been times where it has been INCREDIBLY difficult for me to tell someone off (i know... who'd believe that).  it's true.  i don't always want to be the one to dole out the self-esteem crushing truth.  so... when i should've told the whiner what i have blogged below, i instead told him, "i don't date Asian."

i'm a complainer.  i'll readily admit that i prefer to complain about things than to give praise.  it's not because i'm a negative person (i *am* a negative person... but that's not *why* i complain)... it's because i grew up with a dysfunctional father who does not give praise... ever (no really... that's why).

but... knowing this little fact about myself means i try not to complain about everything.  i know.  it's a work in progress.

however... i pride myself on not being a whiner.  i don't whine about things just because i don't get my way.  i also don't whine about other people disagreeing with me.  but you... you don't complain.  you whine.

i'm sick of hearing you whine about how the Asian girls don't like you.  they only date white guys.  i'm too short.  she's superficial.  she doesn't know how good i am for her.  she's being racist against her own kind.  why won't you give me a chance?

you know what?  being Asian doesn't automatically mean that i have to like you.  Asian girls might say to you that they only likes white guys, but that doesn't mean their lack of interest in you is *because* you're Asian.  SHE JUST DOESN'T LIKE YOU!!!  i'm pretty sure that even with white skin, being the whiney bitch that you are right now means she *still* wouldn't like you.

i have yet to meet a single Asian girl who's absolutely dead set against an Asian guy.  everyone's got preferences.  but if Mr. Almost Perfect came along, and the only thing "wrong" with him was that he was Asian, i doubt that any Asian girl with any sense at all would drop him.  if she says she doesn't like you because she only goes for white guys (now brace yourself for this big newsflash)...

It's just an excuse!!!

that is her way of letting you down easy so that you don't think that there's anything wrong with you.  no one wants to be the one to tell you that you've got BO, you're uncultured, and your passion for anime and karaoke is annoying.  she'll tell you that you're a really sweet guy, and any girl would be lucky to date you, but she just doesn't date Asian.  IT'S A LINE!

quit your whining and grow up.  if you took the time to improve yourself, become a little more cultured, be more spontaneous and FUN... then *maybe* someone will consider dating you.