actually, i guess i can call somebody tomorrow.
i should probably have some way to get paid in us dollars, if it ever comes up. as of now, the only way i've ever actually received any cash is by selling things over bandcamp, which is through paypal in canadian dollars.
i've never sold anything at noise trade. youtube has never sent me a check. nobody's ever sent me anything over patreon. and i very specifically don't want ads on the writing, or on any of the music. there's ads on the vlogs, and i hate it, but it's what they're there for.
i think all that stuff is setup over paypal. i'm not even sure.
http://livingoffcloud.com/us-bank-account-for-canadian/#How-To-Open-a-US-Bank-Account-From-Canada
Sunday, November 24, 2019
i tried filling out a bunch of applications, and they all stalled at the ssn.
i should have known somebody's tried this before...
i guess that i'll need to actually get to detroit to do this.
it's a plan, at least.
https://btr.michaelkwan.com/2007/10/06/how-to-open-a-us-bank-account-as-a-canadian-citizen/
i should have known somebody's tried this before...
i guess that i'll need to actually get to detroit to do this.
it's a plan, at least.
https://btr.michaelkwan.com/2007/10/06/how-to-open-a-us-bank-account-as-a-canadian-citizen/
when i went to get the billing information for one of the prepaid cards to add to my form 10 (to request costs) i realized there was $11.10 on it.
that shouldn't be. the fan was $10.99. there should be $0.11. but, it was persistent...every time i checked...
i came back from toronto with $0.05 in my pocket and $0.20 in my account, so an extra $11 would be useful, if it means i can buy some fruit, which was the extent of what i needed for the month. what's the worst thing that can happen by trying?
so, i took a walk to the store and was, indeed, able to buy some fruit. score. that means my diet won't get interrupted this week, after all (and that we'll be having eggs on tuesday and thursday - i can get groceries on saturday).
i made a fruit bowl when i came in, took a shower and sat down to get a handle on what i need to serve over the next few days. so, i started off by checking my email and came up against this annoyance at apppengine, again.
how do i get around this?
so, i started poking around and...
if i can't get a credit card in canada, maybe i can open a bank account in the states. i don't have a social security number, though.
maybe something like this can help...
https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/banking/undocumented-immigrants-bank-accounts/
that shouldn't be. the fan was $10.99. there should be $0.11. but, it was persistent...every time i checked...
i came back from toronto with $0.05 in my pocket and $0.20 in my account, so an extra $11 would be useful, if it means i can buy some fruit, which was the extent of what i needed for the month. what's the worst thing that can happen by trying?
so, i took a walk to the store and was, indeed, able to buy some fruit. score. that means my diet won't get interrupted this week, after all (and that we'll be having eggs on tuesday and thursday - i can get groceries on saturday).
i made a fruit bowl when i came in, took a shower and sat down to get a handle on what i need to serve over the next few days. so, i started off by checking my email and came up against this annoyance at apppengine, again.
how do i get around this?
so, i started poking around and...
if i can't get a credit card in canada, maybe i can open a bank account in the states. i don't have a social security number, though.
maybe something like this can help...
https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/banking/undocumented-immigrants-bank-accounts/
this is easy to understand if you stop imagining that marijuana is some kind of medicine and recognize that it's a recreational drug, like alcohol.
if you're having a shitty week, will getting drunk with your friends make you feel better? for a while, probably. likewise, smoking a joint on a friday night might be stress-relieving, sure.
but, if you get shitfaced every day for a month, what are you going to feel like at the end of it? and, that's the proper way to understand these "medicinal" users - they're essentially just dirty, shit-faced drunks. from a data-driven perspective, they're having all of the same cognitive problems you'd associate with alcoholism.
the conclusion is that smoking drugs at the bar or with your friends may be fun on the weekend, but it's not something you should do on a daily basis, and especially not by yourself.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2019/10/29/marijuana-may-not-be-so-effective-for-mental-health-issues-including-depression-and-anxiety/#53e3ea3a56f0
if you're having a shitty week, will getting drunk with your friends make you feel better? for a while, probably. likewise, smoking a joint on a friday night might be stress-relieving, sure.
but, if you get shitfaced every day for a month, what are you going to feel like at the end of it? and, that's the proper way to understand these "medicinal" users - they're essentially just dirty, shit-faced drunks. from a data-driven perspective, they're having all of the same cognitive problems you'd associate with alcoholism.
the conclusion is that smoking drugs at the bar or with your friends may be fun on the weekend, but it's not something you should do on a daily basis, and especially not by yourself.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2019/10/29/marijuana-may-not-be-so-effective-for-mental-health-issues-including-depression-and-anxiety/#53e3ea3a56f0
i noticed this attitude coming from singh during the campaign as well, and what's underlying it is this kind of entitlement towards being voted for.
her argument is essentially "it doesn't matter what a politician believes, you should vote for him anyways because....". because you like his hair? and, it's really just laughable on it's face.
listen: nobody is saying that andrew scheer can't be a social conservative, and nobody is saying that he can't run for office as a social conservative. but, my voting rights are conscience rights, and subject to whatever whim i may fancy them on - i may choose not to vote for somebody because of their values, or their religion or their skin colour or anything else and that's entirely up to me to decide.
he can say he won't legislate all he wants, but smart people know not to believe a politician for very long. as a voter, i need to make a judgement call, and that judgement call is based overwhelmingly on what i think that person's beliefs are.
again: if somebody's politics aren't a reason to vote against them, what is? why are we voting at all?
it's just some classic right-wing entitlement.
yes, maria, your beliefs are up to scrutiny when you run for office, which doesn't mean you can't have them, but does mean i don't have to support them, and if you don't like that then you shouldn't run.
but, my concerns this election on this front were not about andrew scheer, they were about jagmeet singh. and, while the media coverage maybe didn't reflect it, this is one voter that avoided voting ndp due to discomfort about the leader's personal beliefs - and tried to make an issue out of it.
if there's any valid point to pull out of this, it's that we don't need less criticism of the conservatives on this, we need more criticism of the other parties. the ndp leader was a fundamentalist sikh and should not have gotten a free pass on it; the green leader was an ordained minister and should not have gotten a pass on it, either.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-maria-harrison-1.5359225
her argument is essentially "it doesn't matter what a politician believes, you should vote for him anyways because....". because you like his hair? and, it's really just laughable on it's face.
listen: nobody is saying that andrew scheer can't be a social conservative, and nobody is saying that he can't run for office as a social conservative. but, my voting rights are conscience rights, and subject to whatever whim i may fancy them on - i may choose not to vote for somebody because of their values, or their religion or their skin colour or anything else and that's entirely up to me to decide.
he can say he won't legislate all he wants, but smart people know not to believe a politician for very long. as a voter, i need to make a judgement call, and that judgement call is based overwhelmingly on what i think that person's beliefs are.
again: if somebody's politics aren't a reason to vote against them, what is? why are we voting at all?
it's just some classic right-wing entitlement.
yes, maria, your beliefs are up to scrutiny when you run for office, which doesn't mean you can't have them, but does mean i don't have to support them, and if you don't like that then you shouldn't run.
but, my concerns this election on this front were not about andrew scheer, they were about jagmeet singh. and, while the media coverage maybe didn't reflect it, this is one voter that avoided voting ndp due to discomfort about the leader's personal beliefs - and tried to make an issue out of it.
if there's any valid point to pull out of this, it's that we don't need less criticism of the conservatives on this, we need more criticism of the other parties. the ndp leader was a fundamentalist sikh and should not have gotten a free pass on it; the green leader was an ordained minister and should not have gotten a pass on it, either.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-maria-harrison-1.5359225
habitual pot use was in fact already known to increase cortisol levels.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cannabis-stress-anxiety-study-young-adults-camh-1.5287192
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cannabis-stress-anxiety-study-young-adults-camh-1.5287192
nor am i a likely candidate to become a marijuana addict.
the one thing i'm seriously addicted to is caffeine, because i like to feel alert and perky and awake - not tired and slow and lethargic. so, marijuana is just not the drug i'd want to find myself addicted to, if i were to find myself addicted to anything. i'd be more likely to become a cocaine addict. but, i'm actually happy with the coffee - or, at least, i am so long as i'm not fighting off somebody else's pot addiction.
the one thing i'm seriously addicted to is caffeine, because i like to feel alert and perky and awake - not tired and slow and lethargic. so, marijuana is just not the drug i'd want to find myself addicted to, if i were to find myself addicted to anything. i'd be more likely to become a cocaine addict. but, i'm actually happy with the coffee - or, at least, i am so long as i'm not fighting off somebody else's pot addiction.
if you're waiting for me to "relapse" or "go back to normal habits" or something, then you're simply operating on bad information.
i used to smoke cigarettes habitually. i quit in january, 2016 - almost four years ago. since then, i've only smoked when i'm out drinking.
i did not used to smoke marijuana habitually. ever. not when i was a kid - which is when people smoke habitually - and not when i was an adult. i have not self-medicated. i find it creates anxiety rather than relieves it.
i have only ever been a social smoker.
so, i did not need to quit, because i never had a habit.
and, there's nothing to relapse to.
i used to smoke cigarettes habitually. i quit in january, 2016 - almost four years ago. since then, i've only smoked when i'm out drinking.
i did not used to smoke marijuana habitually. ever. not when i was a kid - which is when people smoke habitually - and not when i was an adult. i have not self-medicated. i find it creates anxiety rather than relieves it.
i have only ever been a social smoker.
so, i did not need to quit, because i never had a habit.
and, there's nothing to relapse to.
i fell asleep around midnight, and i just woke up, and it smells like drugs in here again for the first time in a good while...
again: i don't smoke in the house. i *never* smoked in the house. i'm never going to smoke in the house. what i said changed nothing, but i'll repeat myself and clarify the point.
what i said was:
1) i brought a half a gram of pot back from toronto.
2) i smoked it in three small joints
3) i did not like the effects of what it did to me.
to begin with, when i say "i didn't like the effects of the drug", that's a strong indication that i don't want to smell it in the house. i didn't say "i smoked three pinners and i loved it and i'm a pothead now", i said "i smoked three pinners and it made me so tired that i slept for three days and i want that time i lost back.".
second, i did not smoke any of these pinners in or near the house. i took a walk and smoked them down the street as i indicated i did previously. as i have signed a non-smoking lease, i would expect the same respect from the upstairs tenant - i expect him to take a walk if he's going to smoke a pinner. but, he's not smoking pinners.
third, that was the first time i had pot in the house since april, and might be the last time i have pot in the house for another seven to eight months if i'm here that long. on average, one might expect me to buy a few grams a year, spaced out by distances of months, and to never, ever smoke in or near the house, ever.
i don't know why this issue continues to raise itself: i have never smoked anything in the house, and have consequently upheld my lease obligation. if i choose to smoke a pinner down the street every seven-eight months, that doesn't mean i should be condemned to live in an ashtray or a bong 24/7. this is why i signed the fucking lease: i don't want this. it's gross. and, i don't like being tired all of the time.
as it is, i am feeling a little tired and don't want to be. i wanted to be working, right now. so, i'm going to take another shower and hope it helps with the smell, which is just fucking gross.
again: i have not signaled any change of behaviour. there has been absolutely no combustion of marijuana or tobacco in the unit at all, whatsoever, and there never will be. i have and will continue to take all smokeables a good distance from the house before combusting them. further, i have no plans to bring combustibles back into the house any time soon. the december 1st date will have no meaningful effect on my habits, other than perhaps to move me to edibles, slowly. i want my living space to be free of drug and alcohol use. i always have, and i always will.
let's try a shower. ugh.
again: i don't smoke in the house. i *never* smoked in the house. i'm never going to smoke in the house. what i said changed nothing, but i'll repeat myself and clarify the point.
what i said was:
1) i brought a half a gram of pot back from toronto.
2) i smoked it in three small joints
3) i did not like the effects of what it did to me.
to begin with, when i say "i didn't like the effects of the drug", that's a strong indication that i don't want to smell it in the house. i didn't say "i smoked three pinners and i loved it and i'm a pothead now", i said "i smoked three pinners and it made me so tired that i slept for three days and i want that time i lost back.".
second, i did not smoke any of these pinners in or near the house. i took a walk and smoked them down the street as i indicated i did previously. as i have signed a non-smoking lease, i would expect the same respect from the upstairs tenant - i expect him to take a walk if he's going to smoke a pinner. but, he's not smoking pinners.
third, that was the first time i had pot in the house since april, and might be the last time i have pot in the house for another seven to eight months if i'm here that long. on average, one might expect me to buy a few grams a year, spaced out by distances of months, and to never, ever smoke in or near the house, ever.
i don't know why this issue continues to raise itself: i have never smoked anything in the house, and have consequently upheld my lease obligation. if i choose to smoke a pinner down the street every seven-eight months, that doesn't mean i should be condemned to live in an ashtray or a bong 24/7. this is why i signed the fucking lease: i don't want this. it's gross. and, i don't like being tired all of the time.
as it is, i am feeling a little tired and don't want to be. i wanted to be working, right now. so, i'm going to take another shower and hope it helps with the smell, which is just fucking gross.
again: i have not signaled any change of behaviour. there has been absolutely no combustion of marijuana or tobacco in the unit at all, whatsoever, and there never will be. i have and will continue to take all smokeables a good distance from the house before combusting them. further, i have no plans to bring combustibles back into the house any time soon. the december 1st date will have no meaningful effect on my habits, other than perhaps to move me to edibles, slowly. i want my living space to be free of drug and alcohol use. i always have, and i always will.
let's try a shower. ugh.
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