the chronicles of jeff w godin

I’ve been packing for the last little bit. I threw out 12 garbage bags of stuff I don’t need anymore. Things like old video games, old paper work, etc., etc.. I have been here for over 11 years that’s a really long time for me. Hopefully where I’m going next I can stay just as long or maybe longer. It’s kinda nice to be rid of the old stuff. Maybe where I am going it will inspire me to do more writing, reading, art, play more guitar. I was looking through old DVD’s & I found a music video I made back in the 90’s called “Won’t You” I made it when I lived on 4th street in Calgary. I’ve uploaded it to Facebook & some time soon I plan to put it on my website. I also found some old cooking videos & will put them up as well. They feature me cooking for my housemates when I lived in a shared house. I’ve also found a bunch of old music making programs that I never even opened. I plan to do a lot when I get settled. Every day the trees change ever so slightly & the sun goes down earlier & earlier. Anyhow I will try t make it here at least once a month or maybe more. I’ve checking out my stats & lately it’s been like Swiss cheese. When I first started this my old co-workers from the city liked to visit & ask me stuff while we were working. At that time also I had my website up & there were a lot of funny things on it & I’d get roasted at work for it. Anyhow time to roll. Nice to see some of you returning after all this time.

My AS has progressed & I can only look straight ahead or look down, my neck is fusing together (I can look up a little by using my eyes but not too far). I need a surgery or something. If you know of anyone, anywhere who is doing experimental surgery or needs someone to be experimented on it’s me. Hell I’d even go to China to get it done & they could clone me & make super soldiers or whatever they wanted. You should have seen me in my 20’s I was a machine. You’d think Canada would snag me but they don’t they just let me slowly rot away when I could do a lot of good. If the US was smart they’d also get me before anyone else does. Anyhow I will slowly get worse & worse. Maybe the Russians will see this & invite me to Russia & they could do whatever they wanted with me. I know I’d be filled with terror if I seen a squad of myself.

Anyhow back to reality I went to work today & cooked for the first time in a couple of years (due to Covid) it was weird it almost felt like I felt when I first got the job. My coworker had to give me a little refresher course. I love cooking it doesn’t seem like work. My resume is floating around on Indeed & there are people inviting me to apply for jobs as a cook. I don’t know what I am doing wrong though. I usually get to the interview & it usually goes good but I never get the job. There is something that I am not picking up on or who knows what. Maybe one day I will get lucky & get on with some place decent.

You already know my favourite season is fall, if you don’t now you do. I wish I was back out in the mountains though. I’d go fishing & hopefully catch something & cook it up on a fire. I’d bring some Drum tobacco with me & roll up a fresh cigarette. Drum & the outdoors go hand in hand. I’m also more creative this time of year. I can’t believe that in under 2 months I will be 50. After getting a heart surgery in Vancouver back in the 80’s the doctor said I’ll live to my 30’s & that’s it.

Well I finally got my passport again, you should see it, it’s really beautiful. Also I might be moving next month, well it’s more than likely I went to go see the place & it’s better than where I currently live, but is a bit smaller. It’s on the tenth floor, it will be nice to have a view again. Also it may re-inspire me to do more reading, writing & maybe even get back to doing drawings & paintings. The place where I am at now isn’t really that inspiring. The only thing that will suck though is I am farther from the market. 3 blocks might not seem like much but when it’s one of those cold winter days & it’s below -30c or -40c that is a long way. There however is a small convenience store 100 feet away. On cold days I can exercise inside by climbing the stairs & there is some but not a lot of workout equipment. I seen a treadmill & some other stuff. Oh & there is a pool table as well. There is also a friend of mine who lives there as well & they like to play poker. I suck at poker but it will be nice to hopefully get better. Anyhow that’s it for now.