Problem resolution, getting Candy's package, more Evites, telling Eric, track lists, hockey players

I finally have a resolution to this week's problems that doesn't involve me going downtown! Yay! Of course, my lesson IS learned too. ;)

I also got Candy's package with six burned CDs and a birthday card! I'm surprised that the parcel made its way over here in like three days, considering it took eight weeks last time! Of course, it all smells like cigarette smoke (since Candy and her husband both smoke), but it gives me more bubble wrap to play with. :D

Finally, the email exchange between me and Patrick is over! He brought up certain past incidents which I am now over, and used those as proof that I'm a bigot. Uh, right. All I wrote in a comment box originally was "I hate it when girls write about their fiancées and when guys write about their fiancés... unless they're gay or lesbian." Seriously, that doesn't need comment chainage and six or eight emails besides. I never really liked him past summer 2003, anyhow. :P (I used Corey's advice in the very last email: go do stuff to a chicken, indeed!)

Speaking of email, my sister's work participated in Raise A Reader Day. She emailed us to say that she met Sami Salo, Brendan Morrison, and Todd Bertuzzi! Steph took pictures with each of them. :) They were very friendly, and Mo was the friendliest. Man, she meets a lot of hockey players...

Earlier, I told Eric M. about what's happened this week, since he reminded me that I needed to change my MSN name. ("Is your birthday still making you feel older? Your next one will make you feel much older!") Yes, I need a place to live: Mike thinks that I may need to move out by November 1 to avoid the rush when everyone here is looking for a place. So I guess he'll give me a copy of rental suites so I can start calling them... soon. Eric's guess is that the new management will (continue to?) renovate the other buildings and then get around to giving mine eviction notices when they're done... could very well be. I don't think the management will pay for a month of everyone's rent and their moving costs, as Eric says they have to do by law if they kick everyone out with less than two months' notice! As he says, there's no point in staying if you know you're going to get kicked out eventually.


[12:08:55] Diven - Canucks pick 10th: your birthday still making you feel older?
[12:08:56] Eric: your next one will make you feel much older
[12:09:08] Flami: Birthdays make you feel older!: yeah, I know... I was about to change the name.
[12:11:07] Eric: you need a place to live?
[12:12:51] Eric: ??
[12:15:48] Flami: needs a place to live, STAT!: well, considering everyone around here is getting evicted, yes..
[12:16:11] Me: that's why I wasn't at church on Sunday... the tenants were holding a meeting about what to do..
[12:16:52] Eric: why were they getting evicted?
[12:17:09] Eric: there are laws against that unless they aren't paying their rent.
[12:18:27] Eric: what was discussed at the meeting?
[12:19:12] Eric: ??
[12:20:38] Me: getting two people to take care of each building's communications and such... the new management not being upfront about things... local politicians... stuff like that...
[12:21:03] Me: oh, and the management wants to renovate the buildings and then hike up rent 50% after they evict people...
[12:22:31] Eric: ah... they can evict people for renovation purposes but they need to give 2 months notice I believe and then need to pay for one month rent and moving costs.
[12:23:09] Eric: actually I'm not sure about the 2 month.
[12:24:21] Me: well, they gave a bunch of people the 2 months' notice (not me / most of my building, yet)... but I don't know if they plan to pay for everyone's rent / moving costs..
[12:29:56] Eric: they will probably renovate buildings one at a time.
[12:30:13] Eric: yours is probably not right away.
[12:30:54] Me: no, probably not... but two buildings got their eviction notices last week... so mine's probably going to be getting theirs en masse in a week or so..
[12:34:45] Eric: We'll my guess is they renovate the other two building while continuing to collect rent from yours then once they have finished the other they will evict you.
[12:35:33] Me: yeah, that might happen... but my worker thinks I should move out by Nov. 1 or so ANYHOW... to avoid the rush
[12:35:57] Eric: yeah probably.
[12:36:22] Eric: no point staying there if you are going to get kicked out at some point.
[12:37:29] Eric: they don't need to pay your rent if they give you 2 month notice.
[12:37:55] Eric: I think they need to pay your rent if they want to kick you out with under 2 month notice.
[12:41:34] Eric: no wait I'm wrong: Landlord's use of property requires 2 month's notice with a 15-day dispute period. Landlords are required to pay the equivalent of 1 month’s rent to the tenant on or before the effective date of the end of tenancy.
[12:43:46] Eric: so if you wait for them to give you an eviction notice they are required to give you 1 month rent.
[12:44:51] Eric: if they don't give you an eviction notice by friday or saturday, then they can't evict you until dec 31. As they are required to give you two full month notice.
[12:45:07] Me: Ah, okay. Yeah, makes sense.
[12:50:06] Eric: they could try to muscle their way around the laws though. but if they are trying to mass evict people it will be hard because I can't see the arbitrator ignoring many cases with the same landlord
[12:50:12] Eric: I'm sure if you had a meeting about it someone in your building knows all this stuff.
[12:50:52] Me: yeah... the first I kinda heard about it was when Nate and Jeremy dropped me off after SLB night...
[12:51:20] Me: there was a notce on the door that said something about a meeting on the first floor of another building... and to come if we wanted to FIGHT!
[13:01:24] Diven - Canucks pick 10th: and you were looking for a brawl weren't u
[13:01:26] Diven - Canucks pick 10th: lol..
[13:01:29] Diven - Canucks pick 10th: going for lunch ttyl
[13:10:17] Flami: needs a place to live, STAT!: heh, later


Here's what is on the CDs Candy sent me:

Edgy Mix, Alternative Mix, Interesting Mix, CSI Mix, Trapt Mix, Fear Factory's DIGIMORTAL

Edgy Mix

1. King Black Acid, Wake Up #37 (5:37)
2. Lamb of God, Laid To Rest (3:49)
3. Gravity Kills, One Thing (3:47)
4. A Perfect Circle, Gravity (5:07)
5. Voivod, Gas Mask Revival (4:09)
6. Prodigy, Voodoo People (4:08)
7. Low / Tomandandy, Half-Light (6:46)
8. Lamb of God, Break You (3:36)
9. Lamb of God, Haunted (5:04)
10. Judas Priest: Rock Hard, Ride Free (5:35)
11. A Perfect Circle, The Outsider (4:03)
12. Gravity Kills, Down [Lords of Acid power remix] (4:29)
13. Lords of Acid, Rolling Under (5:26)
14. Lamb of God, Confessional (4:01)
15. Prodigy, Smack My B*tch Up (5:42)
16. Tomandandy, European Vacation (3:58)
17. Lamb of God, 11th Hour (3:42)


Alternative Mix

1. Porno for Pyros, Tahitian Moon (3:47)
2. Dead Celebrity Status, Five Deadly Fingers (4:20)
3. Necro, I Need Drugs (4:37)
4. Burn the Priest, Resurrection #9 (5:15)
5. Dave Navarro, Everything (4:31)
6. Vertical Horizon, Everything You Want (4:17)
7. Dave Navarro, Hungry (3:33)
8. King Black Acid, Into The Sun (4:31)
9. Jane's Addiction, Mountain Song (4:01)
10. Burn the Priest, Lies of Autumn (4:48)
11. Dead Celebrity Status, Room To Breathe (3:31)
12. Vertical Horizon, Echo (4:06)
13. Jane's Addiction, Stop (4:14)
14. Vertical Horizon, We Are (4:01)
15. Dave Navarro, Rexall (3:58)
16. Dead Celebrity Status, While I Was Asleep (4:33)
17. Nine Inch Nails, Only (6:29)
18. A Perfect Circle, Weak and Powerless (3:12)


Interesting Mix

1. Burnitude, Are You With Me (3:39)
2. Bright White Lights, Le Collision (4:09)
3. Xenith, Amanda (4:15)
4. Wasteland, Warrior's Speech (7:05)
5. Lion's Share, Shotgun Messiah (4:18)
6. Bright White Lights, Ignition (2:28)
7. Witch Leavings, Spelling Doom (4:21)
8. Burnitude, A Million To One (3:26)
9. Nemesis, Upadek (Downfall) (6:33)
10. Xenith, EMF (Your Ticket Away) (8:34)
11. Wasteland, Last Words (4:22)
12. Bright White Lights, Orange Smoke (4:31)
13. Nemesis, The Beast of Hurry (7:25)
14. Xenith, The Failed (4:08)
15. Burnitude, Bleed MOFO Die (3:02)
16. Lion's Share, Believe (5:58)

(This is what Candy has to say: "The Nemesis songs are new. These all came off CNET, who showcases new bands and new music by established artists. You won't get any research because I tried also, but I like the music. I told you I was weird...... :D")


CSI Mix

1. Drowning Pool, Let The Bodies Hit The Floor (3:24)
2. The Strike Boys, Cocaine Is A Sin (3:00)
3. The Wallflowers, Everybody Out of the Water (3:42)
4. Martina Topley Bird, Need One (3:50)
5. Stone Roses, Love Spreads (5:45)
6. Ian Brown, Set My Baby Free (4:25)
7. Audioslave, Cochise (3:47)
8. Skinner Rat, Traitor's Kiss (4:56)
9. New Order, Crystal (4:20)
10. The Doves, Caught By The River (5:55)
11. Grand Theft Audio, We Luv You (3:23)
12. Black Rebel Motocycle Club, Rifles (5:30)
13. Vast, Free (3:13)
14. Curve, Hell Above Water (4:04)
15. Crystal Method / Filter, Trip Like I Do (4:28)
16. Nine Inch Nails, Closer (6:22)


Trapt Mix

1. Headstrong (4:45)
2. Break Me Out (4:31)
3. The Game (5:05)
4. Stories (3:55)
5. I Will Get What Is Mine (4:39)
6. Still Frame (4:35)
7. These Walls (4:14)
8. Can This Be (4:02)
9. Echo (4:36)
10. Enigma (4:43)
11. Hollow Man (5:15)
12. I'll Stay (3:48)
13. Lie Awake (3:00)
14. Made of Glass (3:33)
15. New Beginning (4:12)
16. Patience (3:33)
17. Perfect Dream (3:26)
18. Perfect Dream 2 (3:26) [no, I don't know why I have the same song twice... I don't THINK it's a remix!]
19. When All Is Said and Done (4:17)


Fear Factory's Digimortal

1. What Will Become (3:23)
2. Damaged (3:02)
3. Digimortal (3:02)
4. No One (3:36)
5. Linchpin (3:25)
6. Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies) (3:54)
7. Acres of Skin (3:55)
8. Back The Fuck Up (3:09)
9. Byte Block (5:20)
10. Hurt Conveyor (3:40)
11. (Memory Imprints) Never End (6:50)
12. Dead Man Walking (3:16)
13. Strain vs. Resistance (3:25)
14. Repentance (2:40)
15. Full Metal Contact (2:30)

I have my suspicions that something may be wrong with this CD, unless the songs are SUPPOSED to go in and out. Hmm... oh wait, never mind. It's the dual media player thing again with Winamp and Windows Media Player. Phew!