leave the house with one sleeve
come home with two
well, on the way to two anyways
hopefull we can get at least 4-4.5 hours in today.
ill have some pics!
March 31, 2009
March 25, 2009
cypress!
went snowboarding tonight.
finally.
i bought a wednesday night pass to cypress mountain and only picked it up tonight.
there wasnt any snow before christmas, and then ive only been home for 3 wednesdays since. well 4, but there was no way i was going last week.
so tonight was the magic night.
jesse from work said he had room to take me up this time, so the two of us went.
soooo rad.
i super hope that there will be enough snow and a ride for me next week.
i totally could have ridden longer.
but, without further ado, my pics from the chair and such.
finally.
i bought a wednesday night pass to cypress mountain and only picked it up tonight.
there wasnt any snow before christmas, and then ive only been home for 3 wednesdays since. well 4, but there was no way i was going last week.
so tonight was the magic night.
jesse from work said he had room to take me up this time, so the two of us went.
soooo rad.
i super hope that there will be enough snow and a ride for me next week.
i totally could have ridden longer.
but, without further ado, my pics from the chair and such.
March 24, 2009
really?
ok, i know i have catching up to do. but maybe now it will be more like a surprise to see when the pics appear?
maybe...
the first week back at work was tough. some things changed, and when you like things the way they are, its hard to get used to the change. but ill manage.
finally getting settled in the new place. it will come together for sure.
carpets get shampooed this weekend, so while that is good news, it will be annoying as i wont be able to be home for a while til they dry a bit..
went to a good friends baby shower last sunday. it was so good to see her.
im actually happy that i should be here for when her little girl is born.
she is due in six weeks and i couldnt be happier for her.
it also makes me want to get over to the island to see my nephew soon.
man i love that guy.
if i can figure out how to post videos, i will post some of him.
so damn cute!
at the shower, i ran into my friend euvie, who actually went to denmark to do a year in school in copenhagen.
i asked her how it was, and she said that it was very hard.
she said that danish people were very hard to get to know, and didnt open up very quickly.
that when you opened up to them, they acted like you were crazy. or if they did open up, it was when they were drunk, and the next day acted like it never happened.
i dont know if its because she is russian that she had a different experience?
or maybe ive just met 'different' danes.
help me out here
i sent my resume off to my contact in denmark, who works in sweden.
he had written me to say that something came up in the sweden office.
its a marketing job. ive never done marketing.
but it looks very exciting and definately challenging.
it would be a great experience for sure.
after seeing my resume, they asked if i would be up for a video conference meeting, to say hello and put some faces to names.
we'll see what they say when i get in to work today. when that might happen.
i had to point out that although my resume says i took part in a bachelors degree program for accounting, i dont actually have a bachelors degree.
i dont know if that will matter at all.
i wish i had my vpn still, so i could log into my work email from home.
should have that back soon.
well, its almost 6 am.
ive been up since 3 for some reason.
yay for 4 hours of sleep. ill be a real treat today.
early to bed tonight for sure! right...
might as well get in the shower now and do my hair all nice.
just cause.
if it wasnt still pouring outside id walk to work.
stupid rain...
maybe...
the first week back at work was tough. some things changed, and when you like things the way they are, its hard to get used to the change. but ill manage.
finally getting settled in the new place. it will come together for sure.
carpets get shampooed this weekend, so while that is good news, it will be annoying as i wont be able to be home for a while til they dry a bit..
went to a good friends baby shower last sunday. it was so good to see her.
im actually happy that i should be here for when her little girl is born.
she is due in six weeks and i couldnt be happier for her.
it also makes me want to get over to the island to see my nephew soon.
man i love that guy.
if i can figure out how to post videos, i will post some of him.
so damn cute!
at the shower, i ran into my friend euvie, who actually went to denmark to do a year in school in copenhagen.
i asked her how it was, and she said that it was very hard.
she said that danish people were very hard to get to know, and didnt open up very quickly.
that when you opened up to them, they acted like you were crazy. or if they did open up, it was when they were drunk, and the next day acted like it never happened.
i dont know if its because she is russian that she had a different experience?
or maybe ive just met 'different' danes.
help me out here
i sent my resume off to my contact in denmark, who works in sweden.
he had written me to say that something came up in the sweden office.
its a marketing job. ive never done marketing.
but it looks very exciting and definately challenging.
it would be a great experience for sure.
after seeing my resume, they asked if i would be up for a video conference meeting, to say hello and put some faces to names.
we'll see what they say when i get in to work today. when that might happen.
i had to point out that although my resume says i took part in a bachelors degree program for accounting, i dont actually have a bachelors degree.
i dont know if that will matter at all.
i wish i had my vpn still, so i could log into my work email from home.
should have that back soon.
well, its almost 6 am.
ive been up since 3 for some reason.
yay for 4 hours of sleep. ill be a real treat today.
early to bed tonight for sure! right...
might as well get in the shower now and do my hair all nice.
just cause.
if it wasnt still pouring outside id walk to work.
stupid rain...
March 15, 2009
van-boooo-ver
so im home. im not stoked.
well, i guess i kinda am. but not fully.
i do have lots of pictures and stuff to post about hawaii still, but at least ill keep you up to date as of now..
was up til 230 am on thursday night.
got up at 730 am to go for a surfing lesson. (nothing like last minute)
the waves were too crazy so i got to go kayaking instead which was super fun, however i used my poor shoulder and upper back muscles that i never do.
got tattooed.(pic later!!)
got on a plane at 10 pm
said muscles from earlier started cramping, making for a very uncomfortable and painful flight.
landed at 715 am (415 am hawaii time)
caught a cab home.
passed out for 4 ish hours.
moved all my crap from old apartment to new one.
visited kristin who was getting her back done by steve (its so hot!!)
talked to steve about my other arm (march 31!!!! ahhhh!!)
came home, organized, cleaned alot since my roomie steve cleaned to boy satisfaction, not real satisfaction.
got tired of all that and went and bought snacks
watched how to lose a guy in 10 days
passed out for 10 hours.
today i am up. its snowing and gross.
im going to meet deandra for breakfast and go to superstore to get some essentials for the home, like a garbage can for the kitchen (they had been using an open waste basket before. smelly)
and i have to call shaw to get internet hooked up in the new place.
so i dont have to sit here at the internet cafe.
though the music is nice and the hot chocolate is good.
ok, thats me. gotta get running!
well, i guess i kinda am. but not fully.
i do have lots of pictures and stuff to post about hawaii still, but at least ill keep you up to date as of now..
was up til 230 am on thursday night.
got up at 730 am to go for a surfing lesson. (nothing like last minute)
the waves were too crazy so i got to go kayaking instead which was super fun, however i used my poor shoulder and upper back muscles that i never do.
got tattooed.(pic later!!)
got on a plane at 10 pm
said muscles from earlier started cramping, making for a very uncomfortable and painful flight.
landed at 715 am (415 am hawaii time)
caught a cab home.
passed out for 4 ish hours.
moved all my crap from old apartment to new one.
visited kristin who was getting her back done by steve (its so hot!!)
talked to steve about my other arm (march 31!!!! ahhhh!!)
came home, organized, cleaned alot since my roomie steve cleaned to boy satisfaction, not real satisfaction.
got tired of all that and went and bought snacks
watched how to lose a guy in 10 days
passed out for 10 hours.
today i am up. its snowing and gross.
im going to meet deandra for breakfast and go to superstore to get some essentials for the home, like a garbage can for the kitchen (they had been using an open waste basket before. smelly)
and i have to call shaw to get internet hooked up in the new place.
so i dont have to sit here at the internet cafe.
though the music is nice and the hot chocolate is good.
ok, thats me. gotta get running!
March 11, 2009
blam
i just saw this on the news while i was at the bar this evening...
when my mom and i flew over kilauea looking for lava and such on the big island, there was discussion about one of four volcanos in the world being due to erupt.
one being kilauea in hawaii, one in alaska, one in japan and one in south america i think, though i cant be sure.
in any event, it was japan, and mount sakurajima that has erupted..
click here to see a video
(ironic and not so amusing commercial comes first..oh big business and your advertising..)
madness! i guess they mostly saw it coming and were able to clear the 2 km area it hit, though i am still reading up.
i just hope that this is the big eruption that they were expecting and that there isnt more to come... its scary. and frickin awesome too. the raw power of the earth... its amazing....
when my mom and i flew over kilauea looking for lava and such on the big island, there was discussion about one of four volcanos in the world being due to erupt.
one being kilauea in hawaii, one in alaska, one in japan and one in south america i think, though i cant be sure.
in any event, it was japan, and mount sakurajima that has erupted..
click here to see a video
(ironic and not so amusing commercial comes first..oh big business and your advertising..)
madness! i guess they mostly saw it coming and were able to clear the 2 km area it hit, though i am still reading up.
i just hope that this is the big eruption that they were expecting and that there isnt more to come... its scary. and frickin awesome too. the raw power of the earth... its amazing....
March 9, 2009
so im trying to keep up with my blogging. honest.
but i dont want to just give all words and no pictures.
however, the internet here flicks in and out.
so im continually having to repair the connection and get back at it.
its really annoying for using messenger.
and even more annoying when trying to load pictures.
cause i have to keep reloading them, or redoing it all.
so im trying. honest.
but i can tell you that i was supposed to be on a plane this very moment.
but im still here.
til friday now!
then im really going home.
5 extra days in hawaii.
and i get to babysit a bit (its ok) and get paid (very ok!)
woot!
but i dont want to just give all words and no pictures.
however, the internet here flicks in and out.
so im continually having to repair the connection and get back at it.
its really annoying for using messenger.
and even more annoying when trying to load pictures.
cause i have to keep reloading them, or redoing it all.
so im trying. honest.
but i can tell you that i was supposed to be on a plane this very moment.
but im still here.
til friday now!
then im really going home.
5 extra days in hawaii.
and i get to babysit a bit (its ok) and get paid (very ok!)
woot!
lanai
went to the island of lanai last wednesday. very pretty island. not alot to do.
it started out as a beautiful morning.
walked to the four seasons resort from the harbour.
then caught the shuttle up to the four seasons resort, the Koele resort, at the top of the mountain.
very different weather up there.
but loads of nice gardens and paths.
had lunch in lanai city.
found this street sign very amusing.
there really isnt anything else of any interest there.
made our way back down to the four season on the beach and did some snorkelling.
we were told that there had been dolphins in the bay about an hour before, and we could hear them while snorkelling, but they didnt come back.
we did see them from the ferry on the way back to maui though.
a pod? group? gang? loaf? of about 25 or so.
spinner dolphins! they jump out of the water and spin and roll in the air.
so cute!
and whales. saw tons of those too..
it started out as a beautiful morning.
walked to the four seasons resort from the harbour.
then caught the shuttle up to the four seasons resort, the Koele resort, at the top of the mountain.
very different weather up there.
but loads of nice gardens and paths.
had lunch in lanai city.
found this street sign very amusing.
there really isnt anything else of any interest there.
made our way back down to the four season on the beach and did some snorkelling.
we were told that there had been dolphins in the bay about an hour before, and we could hear them while snorkelling, but they didnt come back.
we did see them from the ferry on the way back to maui though.
a pod? group? gang? loaf? of about 25 or so.
spinner dolphins! they jump out of the water and spin and roll in the air.
so cute!
and whales. saw tons of those too..
March 3, 2009
no subject
im having wierd days.
last night i was ready to go out and party, but my partiers (danielle and fry) were not into it.
we drank a bit in their room and then i came back to mine at midnight.
i tossed and turned for hours.
trolled the net.
ate some peanut butter and bread.
nothing.
around seven i slept a bit, but even then fitfully and interrupted.
got up around one, accomplished nothing much, and even tried to nap again.
fruitless.
i dont know how im feeling right now.
or rather, i cant figure it all out.
i love hawaii, but im tired of not having my actual space and my stuff.
im actually missing having a real life, and im anxious to get home and set my new place up.
i dont know what is going to happen for me right now.
i def need to save more in order to move, but i also need the world to right itself before i do so.
i hope that work wont try to force me to sign some 9 month contract, and can keep it short so i dont commit to too much.
i should be relaxed after all this vacation, but instead im stressed and wondering and unsure.
and unhappy.
i want a do over for 2009 thus far.
im not into it.
i just dont know.
and to top it all off, my bottom teeth are bugging me.
that sort of growing achey feeling they can get.
but they shouldnt be doing that.
my wisdom teeth are out an everything.
but ache they do.
harrumph.
last night i was ready to go out and party, but my partiers (danielle and fry) were not into it.
we drank a bit in their room and then i came back to mine at midnight.
i tossed and turned for hours.
trolled the net.
ate some peanut butter and bread.
nothing.
around seven i slept a bit, but even then fitfully and interrupted.
got up around one, accomplished nothing much, and even tried to nap again.
fruitless.
i dont know how im feeling right now.
or rather, i cant figure it all out.
i love hawaii, but im tired of not having my actual space and my stuff.
im actually missing having a real life, and im anxious to get home and set my new place up.
i dont know what is going to happen for me right now.
i def need to save more in order to move, but i also need the world to right itself before i do so.
i hope that work wont try to force me to sign some 9 month contract, and can keep it short so i dont commit to too much.
i should be relaxed after all this vacation, but instead im stressed and wondering and unsure.
and unhappy.
i want a do over for 2009 thus far.
im not into it.
i just dont know.
and to top it all off, my bottom teeth are bugging me.
that sort of growing achey feeling they can get.
but they shouldnt be doing that.
my wisdom teeth are out an everything.
but ache they do.
harrumph.
maui maui maui
never a dull moment.
we found a hang out in town a week and a bit ago. been four times now.
mulligans.
its an irish pub somehow. or just a fun pub.
we already know all the staff and have a team of friends there.
its like cheers, they all know our name.
but of course it all has to come with at least *some* drama, right?!
so harper-lee became a favourite of the bouncer, gary.
now, harper-lee is married, so nothing went on, but it gave gary something to see outside of his crazy life.
because of that, garys ex-wife wanted to kick her ass.
gary is a fighter, like ufc style, and taught his ex-wife to fight.
so here is how saturday night went down:
we head to mulligans, have some good times
gary catches wind that his ex-wife is on her way down to fight harper-lee
garys best friend janet takes us to her house behind the bar
its like one of those hippy surf homes, with shit hanging everywhere from 20 year old pictures to dream catchers. i wish i had taken photos.
also, a very sweet dog named buddy love and a white cat.
janet comes back for us and says we can go back and she wont let anyone get near harper-lee
we go back and are promptly told that this girl will cut harper-lee and we need to get out. now.
so we go out the back door.
get to jims truck (these are all locals by the way, except harper-lee) and end up at a cantina
have some drinks, some odd encounter with a huge dude that just kept saying that dark hair turned him on and trying to take our drinks
left there and went to the garage that jim works at so gary could come meet us there
you see, this ex-wife knows their trucks and would have been looking all over for them to find her
it was speculated that she even went by the hotels looking for the trucks
hang out at said garage and look at facebook and myspace
gary comes, we all hang out a bit
we head back to the hotel
its 4 am
turns out that gary went home and the ex broke into his house and was beating the crap out of him. he had to wake up travis, his roommate, so that there would be a witness. she tore his bedroom door down, destroyed his room, kicked him a bunch of times so his arm is all swollen and messed up and who knows what else. she got a 24 hour restraining order against her, and hopefully now has a longer one.
yikers!
and nothing even happened. they just hung out. harper-lee went home now though, so hopefully that end of the drama is done with. but man alive.
quite the adventure....
mulligans tonight!!!
danielle, harper-lee, gary and i
jim about to carry harper-lee to the truck
fry and danielle
myself with sam and harper-lee
travis
art who looks like he hasnt slept in weeks
4 drinks for $18
ali free pours and it hurts
we found a hang out in town a week and a bit ago. been four times now.
mulligans.
its an irish pub somehow. or just a fun pub.
we already know all the staff and have a team of friends there.
its like cheers, they all know our name.
but of course it all has to come with at least *some* drama, right?!
so harper-lee became a favourite of the bouncer, gary.
now, harper-lee is married, so nothing went on, but it gave gary something to see outside of his crazy life.
because of that, garys ex-wife wanted to kick her ass.
gary is a fighter, like ufc style, and taught his ex-wife to fight.
so here is how saturday night went down:
we head to mulligans, have some good times
gary catches wind that his ex-wife is on her way down to fight harper-lee
garys best friend janet takes us to her house behind the bar
its like one of those hippy surf homes, with shit hanging everywhere from 20 year old pictures to dream catchers. i wish i had taken photos.
also, a very sweet dog named buddy love and a white cat.
janet comes back for us and says we can go back and she wont let anyone get near harper-lee
we go back and are promptly told that this girl will cut harper-lee and we need to get out. now.
so we go out the back door.
get to jims truck (these are all locals by the way, except harper-lee) and end up at a cantina
have some drinks, some odd encounter with a huge dude that just kept saying that dark hair turned him on and trying to take our drinks
left there and went to the garage that jim works at so gary could come meet us there
you see, this ex-wife knows their trucks and would have been looking all over for them to find her
it was speculated that she even went by the hotels looking for the trucks
hang out at said garage and look at facebook and myspace
gary comes, we all hang out a bit
we head back to the hotel
its 4 am
turns out that gary went home and the ex broke into his house and was beating the crap out of him. he had to wake up travis, his roommate, so that there would be a witness. she tore his bedroom door down, destroyed his room, kicked him a bunch of times so his arm is all swollen and messed up and who knows what else. she got a 24 hour restraining order against her, and hopefully now has a longer one.
yikers!
and nothing even happened. they just hung out. harper-lee went home now though, so hopefully that end of the drama is done with. but man alive.
quite the adventure....
mulligans tonight!!!
danielle, harper-lee, gary and i
jim about to carry harper-lee to the truck
fry and danielle
myself with sam and harper-lee
travis
art who looks like he hasnt slept in weeks
4 drinks for $18
ali free pours and it hurts
March 2, 2009
March 1, 2009
one week left?
i dont even know how that happens, but there it is.
its march 1 and i leave on march 8. man alive.
where did the time go?
we've had some crazy evenings, but ill post more about that when i get to the new room
harper lee is going home today, so danielles mom, marilyn, is letting me stay in the extra room in her place. peace and quiet and clean!
no kids!!!
im so stoked. i even get my own bathroom.
and then the internet will work properly so i can post pictures again.
yay.
right now, im going to go and try to relax on the beach in gale force winds.
even though i know already that ill have kids trying to get me to go to the pool with them.
ah well.
mindfuck
this post is just for me.
on my old blog, i could make private entries and have only those whom i chose able to see it.
i cant do that here, so this is what im putting.
i'll know.
it really is a whole new ballgame now.
no explaining is happening, so please dont ask.
im fine.
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