The weekend was odd. Rhonda just left this morning. I have PMS so I was a bit bitchy. Friday night we were supposed to go out to The Dufferin with my friends M & J to watch male strippers and move on from there. Thankfully we went over to M & J’s place at 8:30pm and didn’t even leave for the bar till I don’t know when because I got thrown out of the bar and never got to see the male strippers that I didn’t want to see anyway I was only there because M is leaving for Thailand for a year. The whole five minutes I was in there was fun though and I then wanted to be out even if I was in a loud bar surrounded by men cheering for naked men who couldn’t dance. I heard one guy comment that the stripper was dancing like a ‘white boy’. The stripper was wearing a sailor suit and was white, I’m not sure what he was expecting. He was just about to tear his pants off when I stomped out singing IN THE NAVY. Adam just wanted to see them to see how different they are from Women. Let’s just say VERY and leave it at that.
It was my fault but that did not keep me from freaking on the jack ass who asked for my identification. I GUESS like two years ago they started enforcing a law that was always in place just never used or hardly ever used or used if they don’t believe you are of age. Apparently you have to have TWO pieces of ID to go to a bar/club now. This is how little I go out I had no idea. NONE. We went to a couple Pubs when C.J was here and I got asked for identification in one place but not two pieces. I only had my drivers’ license on me which looks EXACTLY like me and it was almost TWO MONTHS TO THE DAY that I will be 30 and they made me leave. So Rhonda and Adam obviously had to leave too. Nice. I understand that I look young but that is fucking ridiculous. And I’m sorry I’m not gay and only have gay friends. It TOTALLY felt like discrimination, damn matching wedding bands they know right there I’m a breeder [I had my ID in Adam’s wallet]. I know I SHOULD take it as a compliment but there is NO WAY I look 19. Ever since we have gotten the Olympics this ‘city’ behaves like it has a pole up its ass. This is not my first encounter with the bull shit changes sweeping Vancouver, it has always been a very stuck up city but it is almost impossible to walk up Robson without vomiting at the people it attracts and you can’t walk a kilometer without tripping over construction anymore. Yes this keeps my husband employed but when the city looks different on a weekly almost daily basis it starts to get a little scary. There is obviously nothing I can do about it ‘cept hope that Canada at least wins both of the bloody gold medals in hockey . That wouldn’t make it all ok but it would make it better.
I am convinced that if the Canucks had won the hockey game on Friday night I would NOT have been kicked out the attitude in the city would have been totally different.
THEN even more asshole encounters.
We were waiting for the bus to go over the Lions’ Gate Bridge to go to Walmart. I can never remember if it is in West Van or North Van and I forgot to check the bus we needed but figured I would just ask the drivers seeing as I do expect them to know where they are or AREN’T going. Not to mention we were standing around chatting about NOT knowing what bus to take and it turned out when we got on the WRONG one that the woman standing RIGHT NEXT TO US KNEW we were getting on the wrong bus but said nothing. BITCH. I would NEVER do that if I overhear people having a ‘lost’ conversation and I know what bus they need, directions what have you I ALWAYS interrupt and tell them. EVERYTIME! HOW RUDE.
The bus driver was just as oblivious; Adam thinks he was drunk because he stayed right at 50km. I ASSumed there was NO WAY I could go wrong wording my question like this: “Do you stop at Park Royal”� I know that Park Royal is in the opposite direction. The driver said: “I am going to West Van” I realized about half way over the bridge we were on the wrong bus. And I threw a tantrum, I told you I have PMS. BUT seriously how hard would it have been for him to have simply said NO. I was so pissed off I went home. No Walmart for me.
