retirement.

yes....but in this day...will we even have one thats enjoyable?

Yep.... 100+k salary isn't enough to live off.

/CSIfauxballer

life is good.

unwanted tenant between my neighbor is now DEAD.. good riddance

- it was a racoon LOL - i named this fukker of a tenant george cooney

saw it on the road saturday morning.. called animal services @ 10 am

- 3 pm it was still there. it was fun watching people stare at it and walk around it... - i know its wrong...

so around 6 pm, this lady on a bike saw it, she stopped in a panick, picked up george by its tail (rigor mortis - learned from watching CSI)(it was like a stick) and threw on my neigbors bushes LOL LOL LOL

- had to call animal services again to tell them the body has been moved from the crime scene... - i took pics... from where he was hit, where the body was and the final resting place.

next morning - body was taken away.

life is good.

unwanted tenant between my neighbor is now DEAD.. good riddance

- it was a racoon LOL - i named this fukker of a tenant george cooney

saw it on the road saturday morning.. called animal services @ 10 am

- 3 pm it was still there. it was fun watching people stare at it and walk around it... - i know its wrong...

so around 6 pm, this lady on a bike saw it, she stopped in a panick, picked up george by its tail (rigor mortis - learned from watching CSI)(it was like a stick) and threw on my neigbors bushes LOL LOL LOL

- had to call animal services again to tell them the body has been moved from the crime scene... - i took pics... from where he was hit, where the body was and the final resting place.

next morning - body was taken away.

your retirement funds wont likely be the equivalent of 100k...

dat pension doe

Sounds like some of you guys better start slinggin' crack!

^crazy, sounds like shit straight out of Suits lol

^crazy, sounds like shit straight out of Suits lol

monkey suit

first thing I thought of. Good to hear, but sounds miserable as fuck.

@realbenzo, when you went to manitoba/saksatoon/wherever it was out west, I could've sworn you were in a decent relationship...what happened to that? Or am I old and my memory is all fucked up?

The OG real benzo from TSR days is now in corporate law?

Brother, in the last few years I've gathered some stories that would knock you back. I've toyed with the idea of an anonymous blog or something. Maybe an Out There "day in the life" thread would be a better call.


Hah, one of these days. You'll have to slap a *warning* on the thread though - this is CSI afterall.



Battle armour.



It's not miserable, I don't mean to mislead, far from that. Everyday is an adventure in some aspect or another (I've become accustomed to helicopters, front row seats, and of course the plus one's which go along). But, it's definitely not a deep or meaningful lifestyle - so that's what I'm looking for now.

Definitely did have a fiance at the beginning of this voyage. That didn't make it very far. Learned a hard lesson early: If a woman isn't in your corner, it doesn't matter what she looks like, the hassles will mount-up to the point of diminishing returns.


Allegedly.

As an aside, Flight Attendant came by the condo last night, made my favorite breakfast this morning while I suited-up for an early Closing. This thing might work out after all.....

Dude this shit sounds seriously epic. Truly intrigued here, if you ever find the time... Please do share!!!

Hah, one of these days. You'll have to slap a *warning* on the thread though - this is CSI afterall.

Life is good, just now getting my hands around being in Corporate law, and feeling comfortable with the way the machine moves. There's a lot of differences from my previous career, most notably that everyone spends money like crazy, drinks too much, and tends to sleep with one-another on the regular.

On that note, my personal life is completely fucked, I think (note that I said "good" not "great" above). What started out as a rollercoaster of awesome has given way to a blur of women; none of which I particularly like, despite their appearances. I've "dated" 15 girls in the last 12 months alone. Most are lawyers, doctors, or waitresses at the pricey joints near our office (I know, I know… a walking cliché). Met a girl last week on a flight though, she's a flight attendant, so maybe this will be a different situation – I'm cautiously optimistic.

These days I look forward to simplicity – and so I'll take a bit of that boredom if you're selling, OP. Maybe I'll learn how to fly fish or something.

Yeah, I'll say I look forward to learning how to fly fish; that and a flight attendant might allow me to report back with "great".....at some point.

I can't wait to get out of the monkey suit and follow that simple life one day. I just need enough of a buffer to pull it off.

I have two cousins who are in corporate law. Sounds similar.

Keep up the good work man. Share some stories.

i'm currently suffering from stomach cramps which i'm guessing is from the street meat i had on saturday night.

In Toronto for the weekend, love this city. Thought I would circle back with some car-related stuff from the last while. Not sure if this will work, but below should be one of the photos from a colleague’s airplane hangar. As an aside, any suggestions on what to do for Tuesday? Went to some place called Bar Raval (sp?) and it was good grub but this guy can’t stand and eat for that long before wanting to hit a pub.

Anyway, much appreciate the local reccos. Hopefully the photo works and I'll post a few more. Cheers.

http://i.imgur.com/CIu0BnH.jpg?1

how was bar ravel? was it a bitch to get it....

Oh hey you found where I parked, thanks bro

if you wanna see hipster chicks (i dont mind them) and want cheap food and a pub atmosphere check out Queen St Warehouse or El Furniture Warehouse on Bloor.

good place to grime it out.

I met a local girl-friend there, so maybe there was more to the reservation than I saw, but I just walked in and saddled up to the bar. I have to say, the service was great - really great. The woman behind the bar (black hair, tatt'd up) just started bringing out stuff and everything was pretty decent. Not cheap by any means (I think in an hour we went through a couple hundred with drinks), but overall a nice way to kickoff the night.



Hah, no problem, Sir. I did not see any 'Tegs in the hangar but there was an all original 92 NSX-R that has been stored since new. Among the other super/hyper cars it stood out to me for purely nostalgic reasons. That steering wheel tho.......


Thanks, will check it out. Absolutely nothing wrong with hipster chicks, though I do know an ibanker that got burned on picking up a couple "hipster" dimes last time we ventured out. Turns out the line between hipster and homeless-eastern-bloc-ladies isn't the easiest call at 3am.

Did you say a stored since new '92 NSX??? Holy unicorn!!!

Dude, you need to post more of your stories here, i love reading them + we can vicariously live through you . How long are you in the city for? We've got a good group here, maybe we can have a csi meat?

Haven't been on CSI for the past 6 months.

Life's been crazy.

Was deciding to move away and take an opportunity, or take an opp in Toronto. Before the decision, got called for One opp at a consulting firm in Toronto, One opportunity at Rogers corporate, and the last opp at a small start up.

The first two job opps were 70k+, probably soul sucking jobs. I would be the bottom of the barrel fighting against and working with sharks who are mostly more talented than I.

Yet, i still gunned for it. Went through a few interview stages with both companies. Was stressed because i seriously was not ready for corporate America again.

I prayed and meditated madly.

I then started contacting everyone in my life, just reconnected and reaching out because i really did not want to work at both those companies and have no life.

Met an old friend who i had helped out 4 years ago. He is now some manager at that small company and was starting a team of some sort. Convinced me i should work there, but the pay was minimum wage-ish HAHHA, he crazy......But i took it. HE didn't explain, he couldn't tell me the reason, but i trusted my instinct and took it.

The first month, November, was tough, in a team of 2 trying to prove shit. A month later a deal was finalized and this start up got bought out by a fortune 250 company in the States. Crazy shit.

Fast forward 5 months later. I'm Manager, managing a team of 23 while still scaling this team to 60 in the next 3 months. My salary has more than doubled, putting me more than the two other jobs, more importantly i look forward going to work.

I've learned a lot these past few months about life and work/career.

Here's the life:

1) Opportunities don't come wrapped in a Ferrari. It was a dirty pebble which i turned into a diamond, with hard work. Most of the time these opportunities approach you daily, the issue is getting over your ego and recognizing them.
2) If you want something in life, you need to create it. I helped start this team, built it, i helped change the way it was structured. Our mandate sucked. There was no way anyone would be happy working in a team of what i was doing and proving.
3) When you have momentum, the world seems to bend around you. Keep adding to this momentum, success is a continual process, gotta feed that fire or it will burn out quicker than you believe.
4) Also, help others. Help anyone, give your 100% to anyone you help. You never know when they might pop up in your life and give you a helping hand.

As well, within the 6 months, I've became a realtor, started another web-store, and now working on a huge project (outside of work, for the fitness industry).

Started from the bottom, in life, this year.

Sorry for the long post.

Cheers. Who's down for a clubsi meet, i've met afew of you. Who have become some really good friends for the past 10 years.

Haven't been on CSI for the past 6 months.

Life's been crazy.

Was deciding to move away and take an opportunity, or take an opp in Toronto. Before the decision, got called for One opp at a consulting firm in Toronto, One opportunity at Rogers corporate, and the last opp at a small start up.

The first two job opps were 70k+, probably soul sucking jobs. I would be the bottom of the barrel fighting against and working with sharks who are mostly more talented than I.

Yet, i still gunned for it. Went through a few interview stages with both companies. Was stressed because i seriously was not ready for corporate America again.

I prayed and meditated madly.

I then started contacting everyone in my life, just reconnected and reaching out because i really did not want to work at both those companies and have no life.

Met an old friend who i had helped out 4 years ago. He is now some manager at that small company and was starting a team of some sort. Convinced me i should work there, but the pay was minimum wage-ish HAHHA, he crazy......But i took it. HE didn't explain, he couldn't tell me the reason, but i trusted my instinct and took it.

The first month, November, was tough, in a team of 2 trying to prove shit. A month later a deal was finalized and this start up got bought out by a fortune 250 company in the States. Crazy shit.

Fast forward 5 months later. I'm Manager, managing a team of 23 while still scaling this team to 60 in the next 3 months. My salary has more than doubled, putting me more than the two other jobs, more importantly i look forward going to work.

I've learned a lot these past few months about life and work/career.

Here's the life:

1) Opportunities don't come wrapped in a Ferrari. It was a dirty pebble which i turned into a diamond, with hard work. Most of the time these opportunities approach you daily, the issue is getting over your ego and recognizing them.
2) If you want something in life, you need to create it. I helped start this team, built it, i helped change the way it was structured. Our mandate sucked. There was no way anyone would be happy working in a team of what i was doing and proving.
3) When you have momentum, the world seems to bend around you. Keep adding to this momentum, success is a continual process, gotta feed that fire or it will burn out quicker than you believe.
4) Also, help others. Help anyone, give your 100% to anyone you help. You never know when they might pop up in your life and give you a helping hand.

As well, within the 6 months, I've became a realtor, started another web-store, and now working on a huge project (outside of work, for the fitness industry).

Started from the bottom, in life, this year.

Sorry for the long post.

Cheers. Who's down for a clubsi meet, i've met afew of you. Who have become some really good friends for the past 10 years.

In 2 months the company was bought ? Wtf scorcery is this ?

Good post otherwise.

What i can say is that when you are on a mission and you keep feeding success, the world really does seem to bend for you.

Ona is missing

Ona is missing

I feel like this "luck" thing is all in your head. It's all attitude, how you feel, how you view the world ...positivity..etc.

i started doing a morning routine when i started working again. early in the mornings i started doing a quick 15min (5 set) work out, daily. I would do it in the morning after my glass of water. Doing it fasted. It's like a shock to the body, a feel good, makes me feel like i accomplished a chore that 80% of the people in this world won't do.

I don't eat breakfast, and just down a black coffee 30mins after the light work out. I'm ramped, full of positivity, confident - cause i feel like a sexy bitch, and hyper.


If i don't work out, i feel like i'm slow and sluggish throughout the day and things just don't go my way.

So it could be all in my head.

I feel like this "luck" thing is all in your head. It's all attitude, how you feel, how you view the world ...positivity..etc.

i started doing a morning routine when i started working again. early in the mornings i started doing a quick 15min (5 set) work out, daily. I would do it in the morning after my glass of water. Doing it fasted. It's like a shock to the body, a feel good, makes me feel like i accomplished a chore that 80% of the people in this world won't do.

I don't eat breakfast, and just down a black coffee 30mins after the light work out. I'm ramped, full of positivity, confident - cause i feel like a sexy bitch, and hyper.


If i don't work out, i feel like i'm slow and sluggish throughout the day and things just don't go my way.

So it could be all in my head.

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ROFL, nailed it doe


Especially the last gif omfg

ROFL, nailed it doe


Especially the last gif omfg

A few of my close friends are similar to this (positivity) etc and it seems to me it's always just another phase of riding a peak until shit goes down and they enter depression.

I am a net positive person and have a very consistent outlook/mood without the phases regardless if I am in a rut or riding a peak, I'd like to think my outlook is realistic and I personally don't like overly positive thinking and all that bullshit you see people preach on TV, it only reminds me of people lying to themselves. On the flip side there is nothing worse than a negative Nancy with their doom and gloom outlook on life.

Regarding luck, I bet if you were asked about it when you were looking for that first opportunity you would've said that it plays a big role (because it does). I am probably the last person to admit that luck has played any role in my life because I've worked like a fucking dog since coming to this country and dealing with all kinds of bad shit over the past two decades..regardless some luck you can influence, some you can't. The more shit you throw at the wall the higher the chance it will stick (w/ luck). The frequency of your throws is you increasing your probability of luck. So yes you can influence it, but some is still up to chance.

The frequency of your throws is you increasing your probability of luck. So yes you can influence it, but some is still up to chance.

dude. podcasts!!!!!! they'll change your commuting life.

I already podcast. Who do you listen to?

for me:

- Tim ferris
- joe rogan
- just got into Bloomberg
- London Real (though i'm starting to switch off this one)

Last month i got murdered with data charges because of podcast.

i just downloaded Tony robbins - Money on audiobook into my iphone.

^watches big brother