MiDay

The Case of the Disappearing Boxing Gear

Last week, I ordered over $300 worth of new boxing gear from Rival in Montreal.

They shipped it immediately, and as per Canada Post, it was supposed to have arrived on Monday.

Monday comes, and i check the tracking number with Canada Post, and it shows as being "Delivered". 

Really?

Where? It certainly was not delivered to me. 

I was home all day, and not once did I get any kind of an indication that my gear had arrived.

I have over $300 worth of product I paid for, now somewhere in the Twilight Zone.

The next day, I get a delivery notice in my mail box, telling me that I now have to got to a Postal Outlet to pick up my parcel. The reason was that it could not be delivered because nobody was home.

Okay. There were two people in the apartment on Monday, but if Canada Post says nobody was home, nobody was home. That's fine.

Here is the thing, there is a Post Office one block south from my apartment. Logically, that is where I should pick it up. No. I have to go to the Outlet at Dundas and Pacific. I have to take the number 40 bus up there, instead of just walking a few minutes.

Great, so, not only did they not deliver it to me, they sent it to the wrong Post Office.

Canada Post. That is a government organization, right? That explains everything.

If they had used FedEx, there is no way that would have happened.

Canada Post wants to eliminate door-to-door mail delivery. 

I wonder why? 

It won't make any difference to me. I'm not getting that now.

Reasons Walmart Sucks: Number 1137

On my way to and from work, while I am waiting for the bus at Malton Westwood terminal - Mississauga Bus, so it is a 4 hour wait - I will sometimes take a walk through the Walmart.

I have been doing this since my security company transferred me to the Matrix Logistics.

For the last couple of weeks, the staff in that Malton Walmart have been giving me these fucking Goddamn dirty looks. Every freaking time I go in there.

I am at the point where I don't buy anything from there any more. I will price things there, then go to "my" Walmart at Dufferin Mall. I don't have any problems at Dufferin Mall.

I tell you, I am getting very close to becoming beyond pissed off. 

If the fucking staff and that fucking Walmart don't stop with the fucking Godddamn dirty looks, I am going to start kicking ass.

Walmart head office is going to be getting a not very nice letter from me.

Malton Walmart, store number 1137...one of many reasons Walmart sucks fat asses sideways.

Metropolis TV West May Drop Amateur Boxing In Favor of Pro Wrestling

On Monday, Molly asked if she could have her bout from March 8 uploaded. Actually, it was not her. It was Richard. Molly already asked, and I told her it would be about a week, as I have been very busy with work.

I mean, work comes first, and then boxing. You know, I am trying to be a boxer too! 

I will do it for her, because she is being polite and patient about it.

Well, wouldn't you know, Leslie just had to say something. "Oh you won't get it unless you get angry". 

I can't believe she is still on that.

I'm sorry, I did not know I had a legal obligation to shoot, edit, and show every single damn bout from Stockyards.

Do these people forget that I don't have to do any of this?

I find this quite disrespectful. I am a professional broadcaster, and I am trying to get my stations licensed. If Metropolis TV gets licensed, it will mean that Rogers Cable and Bell TV would be obligated by law to carry Metropolis TV programming. At least in the Toronto area.

However, in order to get licensed, we have to prove that we know what we are doing. You can't just walk up to Industry Canada or the CRTC, and ask "Hey, can I have a broadcast license, please?"

That is why you will notice our programming is getting a lot more professional. I am also having to insert PSAs now, as that is required of community television.

There is a very good reason why I show certain programs and not others. 

I am paid by Google for my programming based on viewers. Just because we are a community non-profit station, we still have expenses. 

We were just paid by Google yesterday. We are paid yearly. 

For 2013, we earned a whole $102 in revenue sharing with Google.

It costs $83 per year for the ditoprod.ca website, for domain name registration and hosting fee.

Let's figure this out: Subtract $83 from $102, that leaves $19. It takes 3 hours to shoot one of Stockyard's boxing shows, plus 3 hours to edit each bout. 

Post-production takes the longest, as overlays, underlays, and name keys need to be created first.

If I post an average of 5 bouts per month, that is 15 hours, times 12, that is 180, plus 3 hours each month for shooting, that is another 36 hours. A total of 224 hours of work just for Stockyards boxing. Now, divide $19 by 224, that comes to a grand total of .08. 

Eight cents. I make eight cents per hour on these productions.

Also, my ratio of boxing programming verses other programming is too high. Right now, boxing takes up 83% of Metropolis TV programming. That is too high, as community TV needs more variety of programming.

Recently, a new professional wrestling organization approached Metropolis TV, to cover their shows about every two months.

Professional wrestling may generate more revenue for the station, and since some people at Stockyards do not appreciate what I am doing, it is likely that for the fall season, there will be a change in priority for Metropolis TV.

If we decide to carry wrestling, I will not be able to continue with boxing. We are not the Fight Network.

What would happen is that we would alternate between boxing and wrestling, carrying only one of each every month, and depending on which generates more viewers, that one would get priority. Meaning that if both events were held on the same month, the one that gets the more viewers would be shown. 

MiDay Is Coming

This Saturday is my birthday. I managed to get the entire weekend off, including Friday. 

Wow, a whole weekend off! I have forgotten what that was like.

I will be spending the weekend in Hamilton with friends. I will be leaving Friday evening, and not coming back until Sunday night.

During that time, it will be about me. I won't care about videos, I won't care about work, I won't care about anything except me.

For one weekend a year, it is to celebrate me.

I will, eat, drink, and let loose, and just not give a shit.  

CJJQ,CJJY,CJJT Apply For Broadcast Licenses

D-I-T-O Productions has applied to Industry Canada and the CRTC for three lower-power FM licenses to operate in Toronto and Mississauga

Currently these station broadcast via the Internet only.

Once licensed, we will be able to offer our programming to a wider variety of listeners.

The licenses consist of:

To operate a low-power FM (400 watts) on 100.3 Mhz from a transmitter located on the north-west corner of  Keele Street and St. Clair Ave. W. to service west Toronto, with call sign CJJQ-FM.

To operate a low-power FM (400 watts) on 101.3 Mhz from a transmitter located near Victoria Park Ave. and Danforth Ave. to service east Toronto, with call sign CJJY-FM.

To operate a medium-power FM (3 kW) on 89.3 Mhz from a transmitter located near Square One,  to service Mississauga, with call sign CJJT-FM.

During the day, programming on all stations will be independent of each other, and will focus on community interest programming for the area served. From Monday - Sunday, Midnight until 6 AM, the stations will be networked, and will simulcast programming originating from the west Toronto studio.

Cheers.