Sorry that I didn't update yesterday. I was waiting for the H&M link to show up in my inbox. It has yet to be in my electronic possession, so I think I really did send in the wrong e-mail address. I've given up on it and set my sights elsewhere. I'm focusing on my first day at Coach tomorrow. Should be a full day of lifting (they're still under construction). But I'm getting a lot of hours, so it's all good!

Yesterday I worked from 11-6 and it was my last day at Banana. I'm going to miss the people and the work was fun, but I know I'm going have fun at my new job too. After work, I was supposed to go hang out with some friends at Zelda's, but that fell through. I got to downtown Toronto thanks to my Dad driving me down (sure beats the Subway) and killed time in Starbucks by drinking a Passion Iced Tea and reading fab and Xtra magazine. I read every single article and only an hour had passed. To kill even more time, I went next door to Statlers and listened to some live music.

After that, I walked into a convenience store and bought a disgusting Sobe Rush to stay awake. I knew it was going to be a long night and I was already fading at 9:30. I sat outside of a Vietnamese restaurant and drank my drink. As I was drinking it, a random guy standing outside of the Subway restaurant asks, "Are you Edward?" I say, "Yes... why?" "This guy wants to know." The stranger steps to the side and I see a friend I haven't seen in over a year who I met in Windsor! Such a small world. The stranger is his boyfriend, and they are very much in like with one another. We caught up while they were waiting for their food. So nice to run into people like that.

Following that lovely chat, I went back to Starbucks and read even more. Having stared at every article and picture in the magazines, it was 10ish and I knew something was up. I called my brother to see what he was up to and he told me he was heading to a birthday party that night after work, so I decided to ditch the gay night and go hang out with him (I'll find out tomorrow if some of my friends even got there). I went to the restaurant where he worked and sat at the bar. I ordered a drink and saw the grand piano being abused by a drunk patron. I asked if it was possible to play the piano, and the bartender told me yes, but right now it's being used by a customer. He was trying to play Heart and Soul.

A little aside: my primary objective was to impress the patrons and the bartender with my awesome skill because this is the bar/restaurant that has celebrities and expensive food. This was the establishment that my brother was pulling strings to get me into so I can perform. This was my big chance.

I used the drunk's Heart and Soul as an opportunity to get on the piano. I said to him, "Hey, you're playing Heart and Soul! I'll play the bass line if you play the melody, or whatever you want!" and he agrees to do it... so he stands up and grabs the microphone and starts drunkenly singing Heart and Soul with made-up lyrics. We then bust into Girl From Ipanema, Red Red Wine, and to bring it all home, Coffee Cakes. Coffee Cakes is an improvisational song that was tossed at me by the drunks. I didn't know what to do, so I played the Mini-Wheats commercial song instead. He drunkenly sang, everyone was impressed. Mission accomplished. My foot is in the door for a gig.

My brother arrived shortly after and we drove the bartender home (if he foots the bill for gas, why not?). We then went to a birthday party for our friend, stayed there for a while, played some guitar hero, had one shot of liquid cocaine with the birthday girl, saw some friends from California's, made some new friends and then went home.

Today I went to Cambridge with my Brother Unit #1. Before leaving, I finished the melody on one of my songs. All it needs now are some lyrics. It'll be recorded soon. Or I may just save it for my demo. On that note, I was looking up grants that the Canadian Government supplies for music and producing, and there are quite a few. I just got to make a CD and get it out there. The rest is up to the panel of judges.

Anyway, back to Cambridge. Not much to tell. I jammed with my brother's friends, played some Rock Band, discovered a drum machine (and made a sick beat with it) and went home. The ride home however, was interesting. This random truck kept tail-gating us, speeding up to pass us, slowing down far ahead and then being behind us again. We were on cruise control, so we never changed speeds... but this guy was acting very peculiar. Hopefully he'll get pulled over for his weird driving. After the truck episode, we got to talking about my music career and my future. I really feel that if I can get my hands on proper equipment, I can make it big. My family knows I'm destined for greatness, so why not spend time pursing it instead of taking the long route and doing 3 years of a Gerontology degree that I will not end up using because I have the potential to be successful? I talked about it with my Mom and we are going to discuss it at length further tomorrow.

I have a long day ahead of me: work from 8-5, Vocal lesson at 6, big discussion about the future at 8. Wish me luck.

P.S. As you probably have seen, I've got a new song posted. It's a little repetitive but fun. It's a tribute to Tommyheavenly6's Lollipop Candy Bad Girl. I call it Sucker Sweet Horrible Boy. Enjoy.

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Hey! Go check out my new song on my myspace! It's a cover, yes, but it's AMAZING. I'm hella proud of this! It's a cover of Sarah Slean's 2008 single Get Home done on guitar with vocals. It's quiet, sweet, and just all around fantastic. Enjoy! I also made a video that has louder music. But it gets a little fuzzy at the loud points. Check that out too.

Work today was great. I sold a lot of things, everyone was in a great mood, lots of laughter... it was just good.

Life is just good.

Good.

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I made my first dollar today at NuTang! I'm also breaking into the Top 25 Most Popular Members! I'm also stroking my massive ego! I'm a jerk, aren't I?! Sorry, I'm just excited. I have never got so many hits on a site before in my life. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. You all rock my proverbial socks. Gah, I'm such a newb.

Anyway, I've changed some photos (as you probably saw when you clicked on the Home button) and added some more profile info so you can get to know me a little better. Add me to MSN if you're feeling adventurous! Sign the guestbook as well (I'm looking at you, Facebook people!).

Tomorrow is another day. Work starts at 10 and goes on until 7. Today I was working in Men's. Men fall into two categories when it comes to shopping. There are those that know what they want and go for it. Then there are those that have no idea what they're looking for and they need someone to help them out. A man came into the store today falling into the latter category. He picked out most of the clothes himself, but he had no idea what he was looking for size or fit wise. I taught him about the different styles and fits we have at BR and what would be best for him and why. When I was through with him, he had a new wardrobe for Fall. Mission accomplished. I love dressing up people. Looking good is feeling good.

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First things first! Thank you for all of your well wishes for the start of my career and upcoming gigs! I really appreciate it! I'm starting to get better at using my Garage Band recorder. The latest use of it went towards recording another Japanese cover in piano only. The song is called FAKE and it's got an awesome jazz feel to it. I sent it to the volunteer orchestra. You can listen to it if you so desire:



I went to the Fan Expo today and met up with my quarter-century old brother and his friends. We walked around, laughed at some bad cosplayers (there was a fat Iron Man with elephant toe. Not camel toe, ELEPHANT TOE), marveled at the booth babes, looked at booth merchandise and haggled with merchants and got some free stuff (comics, poster holders, Ice Breakers), and played some Rock Band.

I kicked serious at singing the songs that were selected in Rock Band. I drew a crowd each time. Especially during Ballroom Blitz. It's like that song was made for me. The flamboyant vocals, the fun tambourine part... good times. I bought a CD single from Japan for $5, which is a steal in comparison to Pacific Mall. I got home, recorded a song that I'll post later on, and worked on my myspace. There's no songs on there yet, but if you want to look at it, you most certainly can.

My future is still a source of pain for the family, but we're just going about it one day at a time. My brother is my biggest fan though, so that's a nice comfort. I have a gig set up for August 30th at a cafe/art gallery, and the symphony has received my files, so I should hear back from them soon. I'm putting myself out there and examining my worth, just as planned. My parents are pleased about that at least.

I'm working tomorrow from 9-6 and Tuesday from 10-5. I have an orientation at 8:00 in the morning on Tuesday. I'm planning on coming for a bit and then sneaking off to work. If that's possible of course. More updates tomorrow!

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I moved my vocal lesson to next Monday because I need some time to sit around and actually practice piano, vocals and japanese. I don't have to work until 6 and it's starting to rain. I think the world wants me to practice too. The thunder seems to agree with that statement. The sky is light grey yet I can hear thunder out... I haven't seen that happen in a long time. It better not turn green.

My Parental Unit #2 asked me if I could go next door and baby-sit while the neighbor got her car fixed. Why not? How hard could it be to baby sit 2 hyperactive little girls? It was not hard at all. We looked through books about Sesame Street and color and I read them a part of the Cinderella story. Then we went to the toy room and they showed me all of their toys. Plastic food, soccer ball, plastic cosmetics, a barbie tent, Backpack from Dora The Explorer. and an electronic book that teaches you how to say the alphabet when you put your finger on a letter. Later on my neighbor stopped by and told me that the girls wanted their Mom to go to the car place again to get her car fixed so we could go play. Awwww, how cute.

I recorded a song this morning on my guitar. It's another cover (an original song is coming soon, promise) called Blackwinged Bird by Emm Gryner. You can listen to all of my previous songs by clicking the All Songs button in the Latest Song module.

I think the weather has gone schizophrenic. It was raining a few minutes ago but now it's sunny. Make up your mind! I've made up mine: I'm going to practice piano.

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If you all remember my last post, I was supposed to go see a live show tonight. That's not happening because I forgot that my mother is having her girl's weekend. That and it's raining, so my Dad needs his car to get to work. I'm without a car and I'd have no way of getting to the show on time, so no show for me. I hope there's a good turn out for Alana. That girl is funny.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Chad (my manager at Coach and friend) invited me out to a gay night at Zelda's with a bunch of people from the mall. Should be fun, if I can make it. It is also my last day of work at Banana Republic tomorrow! Working every day this week has left me with little time to recover. At least I have Sunday off before I do it all again at Coach. But I'll probably be spending my day recovering from the clubbing.

I wore my outfit that I plan on wearing in my video for the H&M Contest today at work so I can get a critique. I got a lot of great responses, so I'm sticking with it. I've got a great fashion tip, a fabulous outfit... now all I need is to think of a question to ask Tokyo's hottest fashionista. Since I'm not going out, I'll be working on this tonight, so keep your eyes out for a video of me!

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