Jananas

I’ve been a big fan of the suicide machines for a lotta years. “sometimes I don’t mind” was the first song of their’s that I heard. For the first six months I thought it was a love song for his girlfriend. Its actually for his dog. It makes a lot more sense that way, but I think that my interpretation is way more fun.

Its time to head out to school and try not to fall asleep in class – go team four hours of sleep! All I know is that my plans for the rest of the day do not include this:

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I’ve been struggling over the last few days with an assignment for school. Not with the concepts or ideas or the thought process. No, that’s the easy part! I’ve been struggling with trying to fit my thoughts into the framework we’ve been given to present our work: two slides for this, three for this, one for your conclusion, etc. Where’s the room for our own logic or creativity? The assignment teaches us the concept, but I think that we are missing a much more valuable lesson – how to structure and present our own idea. Because once we’re out of this supposed coddled environment and working in that big, scary real world we’ll have to know how to think for ourselves. My framework and logic just don’t fit with what I’ve been asked to do. I’m the round peg in a very square system.

Except that I like being the round peg. Life inside my head is way more fun. I was having a conversation with a friend last night. I forget exactly what led up to this exchange (which is unfortunate), but the gist was that I was deliberating mixing up lessons from the bible. “Jesus turned fish into wine”. Gagging noises on the other end of the phone ensued (sorry!). Apparently this is a particular vile mental image. I imagined vinegar with an oily layer on top. This had me chuckling all of today. Fish into wine. Classic.

Misinterpretations are a source of fresh ideas. My misunderstanding of the instructions on your webpage is your opportunity to provide a better customer experience. My experience is that corporations don’t like kids like me because we challenge the system. How else do you expect to move forward and innovate? My main motivation is that I know it can be better and I’m willing to put in the extra time to get us there if you’ll let me.

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In case you hadn’t noticed, Toronto gets cold. I’m a happy camper because the weather allows my inner corporate ninja a chance to escape.

One of the things that I’ve never understood is people’s inability to dress for the weather. When it is negative 30C (long live the windchill), why would you leave your hat/scarf/mitts at home? Are you more concerned about having your hair stay perfect than frostbite? When there is a decent layer of ice covering the city, why are you wearing stillettos?

It is mornings like this, when I’m standing at the streetcar stop bundled up against the cold that I wonder at the fundamental difference between myself and the people around me. Common sense and practicality seem to get lost in the hustle and bustle (and the desire to be perfect coiffed/dressed/etc.) of today’s world. I’d much rather be throwing snowballs or running barefoot at the cottage. I want the room in my life to have fun!

Speaking of fun. Today I rocked a Kris Kross belt buckle. Thankfully I didn’t “miss my bus”, although I did have this strange desire to Jump…

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So after six months of discussion and planning and much support from friends, I’m proud to present jananas.com to the world!

What’s jananas.com all about? Its about having fun and enjoying life and being all around awesome. To start, I’m selling cassette tape belt buckles. So if you want to be the coolest cat on the block, pick one up at my Etsy shop. There are only a few up right now, but I’ll be adding more over the next day or two.

Here’s one of mine in action. Nothing says corporate Canada quite like some classic Industrial.

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