[Seth]

I just got back from a Tofino surf trip with a couple friends from my university.
This summer I have been working at my usuall job, as a grounds keeper for a family that owns one of the professional sports franchises in Vancouver. It's a sweet job because I'm mostly working by myself, in the outdoors, doing things that basically constitute a daily 8 hour workout. I work in an organic hobbyist orchard that offers me a ton of 'bug fruit' and 'falls' that feed me through the school year. Frozen fruit and dried fruit!

I got way too drunk for the last week so I woke up this morning with a bit of a sore throat. Sucks, but I can already feel getting better.

Come september I will be returning to central Alberta for my schooling. I have two years left in my Bachelor's of English program. I plan on double majoring in an international studies program, if all things work together. I have so many prereq's for the degree that it almost seems stupid not to go for it. I plan on getting my minor in education once I have worked a season or two overseas as an ESL teacher.

This school year I will be playing hockey with the team and hopefully start a yoga club if there's enough interest for two mornings a week. I will probably keep with the morning badminton program, not for credit but as a club member.
The crossfit program sounds good. I've been half-into the P90x program since I've found it to be quite adequate in offering a fully diverse fitness program.
My biggest dilemma at the moment is figuring out how to make the best deal with my current vehicles. I have an 88 bmw 325ix that could work as my school vehicle in snowblown alberta, but it's leaking a bit of oil and the cold weather causes a blue cloud of smoke everytime I start it up. My other vehicle is an 87 fiero that runs great. Only problem is that there's some waffle-sun fade that reduces the market value. I'm tempted to either buy a body kit, or repaint from a primed base. I have been hoping to buy a 250$ spray kit. I just sold a 4wd ea82 subaru, to a guy who can't pay me until the end of summer. I'm counting on this money so I can buy a snowboard pass either for Whitewater in Nelson, or Revelstoke Mountain......or possibly for Big White near Kelowna. But most likely whitewater since I have friends in vancouver who are planning on getting passes for that hill. I looooove snowboarding, reason why I'm still in my BA program at age 25.

I am currently looking at a garage queen '85 nissan 4x4 single cab truck. It's burnt orange with a camper. Low km's. Or, possibly a 90,000km subaru Justy 4x4 that is owned by a really cute chick who I still have to phone for a 'I want to check out your ride' date. ;0 There is also a right-hand drive Toyota hilux (think 4runner) with a 2.4 turbo diesel. It's listed for cheap, but needs some work so I want to get the specifics on it before I make a purchase for the coming school year.
btw, alberta roads are the worst. Pretty much need something that you don't mind rusting away and replacing suspensions.

I'm considering a naturalpathic health career. I've been reluctant to admit just how big and lucrative a market there is for health related advice consulting. I have a strong background in dietary and lifestyle based healing, and have already recieved unsolicited interest in this field. Literally, it's like a 60$/hour type of gig.
I'm moving more and more towards a completely vegan diet. It has been my own experience in the past few years, as well as the advice from top athletes like Steve Nash and long distance runners which have guided me towards the performance advantages of a vegan diet. Also, there's too much concentrated radiation in the northern hemisphere post-fukushima in the dairy products. Even organic, grass-fed sources are bad. European health authorities have recommended that pregnant mothers and children avoid all dairy.

Near the end of the last school semester I did a liver stone flush cleanse that I plan on continuing until I don't have anymore cholesterol deposits. It has really changed my life, and I recommend it to pretty much anyone who feels they could benefit from a non obtrusive cleanse, free from serious fasting.

I got a bunch of rock climbing gear and have been having fun. I plan on doing another Squamish trip before the summer ends. My buddy who is currently working as a rope technician on the BC Place roof redo is a serious climber who spent 2 years in China as a guide. It's nice having his technical experience which has allowed me to jump into trad climbing without feeling totally overwhelmed. Can't wait to start lead climbing and placing gear on some multi-pitch pants pissers.

This school year I plan on doing some longer marathons. My friend and I did a charity 10km in April, and I placed 4th without having really trained for it. It has motivated me to get in shape, completely quit smoking, and find that running happy place.
Barefoot running is the shit! Don't even have to purchase those funny looking shoes. Just hit the ground with your ball directly below your knee, and feel the therapy after a few runs. It's like massage for my abused knees. I got some kungfu shoes in China town that work wonderfully has barefoot running shoes.
I'm totally convinced that the Phil Knight heal-strike form of running isn't for me.

This coming summer I will hopefully be able to do an archeological dig in Jordan, which will give me 6 required credits, for only a thousand bucks more. I love the idea of sweating my ass off in some desert, looking for jars of sacrificed baby remains, before it gets glaze-nuked by NATO airstrikes or by Syrian cruise missiles.