why do i drink again?

well, mostly a waste of a weekend..

had a good friday out with guys from work.
got very drunk but got to hang out more with one of my favourites.
if i could find him, but without a girlfriend, it would be super.
as it is, he is just a good friend.

le sigh.

saturday i stayed in bed til about 6 pm basically cause i was so friggin hung over.
why do i mix my booze?
i dont have a good reason for this.

saturday night was a fondue party at adams house!
cheese, oil AND chocolate. oh boy.
so much food and beatles rock band!!

today i slept in lots as well, but then went out and met peter for breakfast.
we walked down to taryn and syx's to see the photo display of syx's work and a visit.
i then stopped at sarahs and went through some old clothes of hers and got 4 for myself.
yay new/old stuff!
i then came home and hung stuff up on the walls so it can feel more like home.

i also got all my magnets on the fridge!

just have to figure out the best way to get allans prints up now.

ive also decided that i will give up this place when i take my trip.
put everything in storage as ill be gone for 7 weeks, and then find a place when i get back.
why pay rent for 2 months when im not here?

we'll see how that all pans out...

so much food. i love fondue!

epic weekend #2!

wow, two in a row!
who would have thunk it?!

so friday i had to work late, cause we are starting our moves to the burnaby location.
the peeps from the 20th floor went last friday and i stayed to help out.
i get paid overtime at least.

afterwards, i headed home and got ready to go out.
met up with karina and tanis, and went to a house party that was mostly people from a different gaming studio.
a nice change from partying with my guys.
made some new friends and had fun!

darryl and tanis

new friend neil and old friend karina
(she isnt old but you know what i mean...)

saturday i woke up a bit hung over.
i walked to canadian tire and bought a wire brush and some kerosene.
also orange hand wash cause my hands get filthy with all this motor work.
i had posted on facebook when i got up that i wanted to go and do the grouse grind, and my friend Corey (same spelling and same birthday! but he's a year older) responded almost right away saying he was down.
so he came and picked me up and off we went!

the grouse grind is this steep man made trail up the side of grouse mountain.
its like, the thing to do here for some reason, and after living here for five years, ive never done it.
its about 3 km up the mountain. and its hard!
i thought i was going to pass out a few times, but i just stopped and drank loads of water.
and boy did i ever feel good when i got to the top!
i cant wait to do it again!!!

on the trail

we made it!

view from the top

saturday night i went to a friends birthday/5 year wedding anniversary party
it was 30s/depression era themed
super fun and always nice to see them!
and always fun to get dressed up!!!

happy anniversary kate and andrew!

there was even gruel for us to eat
and yes, i look drunk, even though im not
yet

two kids later and she's still in her wedding dress!
josh and jen

sunday i got up and sat in the sun and cleaned my motorcycle chain.
deandra came to join me, and when i was done, we wandered over to a dog park nearby.
soon after, my brother, sister-in-law and cutest nephew ever got into town.
they could only stop for 45 min but its always nice to see them and cutie little emmett!!

emmett!!

my brother tyler and the dog maizie

best smile ever!!

after they took off, d and i sat in the sun for a couple more hours.
she then headed home and went to eat dinner, shower and attempt to go to bed early.
i was soo tired but it was too damn hot in my apartment so i didnt sleep well.
but yay fun weekend!!!

b bolen

my friend sarah came to town!
she moved to toronto 3 years ago and i havent seen her since.
and although i only got to connect with her on her last night in town, it was super duper rad to see her!
i miss her tons!

sarah b bolen and i

kim, sarah and melissa at the anza club

kim and i

house partay

last weekend was out of control

it started out nice enough.
finished work on friday, had a couple glasses of wine and then headed home
after dropping off my work bag, i headed out to bo kong.
bo kong is a delicious buddish chinese vegetarian restaurant
heather mclean and fam was in town, so a group of us went out to eat
sadly, no pics of either people or food.
but it was good. believe me.

saturday i got up and headed down to the aquarium with taryn for alexis' first birthday.
alexis is dave and jen's daughter.
wandered the aquarium for a bit, checking out the sloth, aligators and octopus.
and dont forget the jellyfish!

afterwards, i came home for a nap and then went out to a house party/birthday party at coralie's.
i work with her, and as much as i love her, i am not partying with work folk anymore.
deandra and karina accompanied me, and we did have a blast.
but... yikers.
most of the guys there were from coralie's team, and not mine, so that was okay, but there was one guy from my team.
and lets talk about wildly innappropriate things being said to me.
actually, lets not.
lets just say that it was a little uncomfortable on monday, but i think we are okay now.
yay booze?

(coralie, me, deandra and karina)












sunday was breakfast at the usual spot again, and then another sunday of sitting on my couch watching the big screen.
some episodes of extras, a couple of entourage, and then just good ol tv

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

really.

So, I had a drink last night. It's been just over two years. I went for pizza at this greek place with Kristin and Corey, and I felt like a strongbow. We went to the ship and I got a tiny half glass of it, to look at and smell. Finally, after some reasonable discussion, I drank that, and ended up having two half pints. So, basically, a pint of strongbow last night.

I had fun. It tasted good. I had a buzz. But I didnt like the way I felt completely. I also didnt like the odd feeling when I got up at 7 to go to the bathroom. Absolutely not hung over, but just.. not right.

I'm not upset or sad that I did it, but I dont think that I will again for a while. It just doesnt seem that great or worth it. Ah well.

Now, to get ready and head to the tattoo convention.