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I was born 1986 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Around the age of 3 my family moved to BC, first to Grand Forks then north to Vernon; Specifically, about ten minutes drive up Silver Star rode. At the age of 5 we again moved to an area between the town of Armstrong and the city of Vernon, known as Grandview Flats. Here I resided with my family for roughly 8 years. As a youth I excelled at sports. It was my thing. Through highschool I basically played videogames and made the most of my gym classes. Around the end of highschool I dropped organized sports and really got absorbed with snowboarding. A seperated clavical last season and a severe ankle sprain this season has left me crippled for the last two years. shame
My dad's is of German descent(his family moved from Germany>Russia>Brazil/Argentina>then finally settled in Canada. My mom's side is from Scotland/France, ancestry of Huguenots.
So, I was raised in a heavily fundamental Christian home. I say that liberally, as my family, in many ways, doesn't fit the fundamental 'evangelical' mold. My mother was dean of women at Canadian University College in Alberta and afterward she utilized her degree by becoming a social worker. For a while she was also principal of a private school which I attended but not until later. And my dad has been everything from a lumberjack, miner, construction worker, farmer, basically an all around Cdn handyman. Whenever we've moved he's always built a house with a large shop for all his tools n toys. Up until our last major move in 2000 we've always had a farm. About 6 years ago we sold our house in Lake Country, bought the property next door, built another house n shop, but no longer have a garden as our property is only 2/3 acre. Relatively, my family could be described as being quite hippyish. My parents would rather me smoke my erb than drink liquor. They're striving for retirement and hoping to achieve a self sufficient lifestyle. My dad is 74 and my mom's over 10 years younger. My dad was about 50 when I was born. Crazy eh!, well, he can still outwork me shoveling rock...and it's not cuz i'm weak. The man's a machine. I think it's genetics mixed with a strict, vegetarian lifestyle. We're Seventh-day Adventists and by average we live a minimum of ten years longer.(not a BS fact, it's referenced to heavily in conventional medicine in regards to apparent health levels among demographics) My dad's ridiculous though, 74 and he's still going strong. Frankly, I want kids when I'm younger so that I don't have to support em when i'm in my later years. Kinda makes me think I should give my parents some grandchildren before too long...but i'm only 23, so, yah, got some shit to take care of before getting into that life. oh ya, I have a sister who just turned 26. She's got an asshole of a boyfriend and my only wish for her is that she can see the situation for what it is and move on with life. In school she finished in the top 1% in Canada for English proficiency. She's the shiz, just needs to figure it out.
After graduating highschool I went to Thailand(05/06) and did a year of college. Had to leave the country as the college got rather upset at me....long story... so came back, have been living off and on at my parents house since. Just moved back in at the beginning of this month. Last year from late summer to mid december I was surfing out at Tofino on Vancouver Island. I've got my undergrad creds pretty much done, just need a year of language and a statistics class, then I'm not certain whether I want to try film school(most probably relocating to Vancouver for this) or pursue my original desire to major in English.
For a while now I've been contemplating an investment in land and starting a greenhouse/farm operation. I'm really into holistic health and the whatnot, and I grew up in a farm setting....and the prospect of living self sufficiently off the land has become more appealing to me as I've been mixed up in the work to eat to live to work to eat cycle already. My uncle and aunt run a fairly large organic farm about an hours drive north of me, and I'll probably be working there part time this summer. For the last 3 years I've been drywalling, doing construction jobs, and school. I figured out I hate trades work....its ok but I'm cutout for something more in line with my interests. School sucks ass but every once in a while there's that moment in study that makes it worth the time n money. Prospects look grim for those without a higher level degree so I might as well take advantage of my situation n not be lazy.
More about me, well...I'm moderately tall. Skinny as F. I divide my time between work, movies(oh sooo many movies), and getting out there with my buds. I've developed an appetite for rock climbing, mountaineering, and surfing, more so in the last year. In the winter i live, breathe, and shit snowboarding. I don't play video games anymore, partially a result of having a less than stellar PC, as well as a redirection of priorities and interests. I have too many cars for how brokish I am. My cat's the best, named him Zen(kinda after Zen), and he hunts. He ate the neighbor's bunny the other day. His belly was so fat he didn't move much for a day and a half, just laid around with a smirk on his face.....there's a ton of rabbits though so no big loss.
My goals for this year are to rehab my ankle(it's serious and hasn't been healing as well as I hoped), figure out what classes I want to take and where, if any direction I want to take with my academics. Been thinking about a minor in education and doing the ESL route in a country such as Korea or wherever work is. By the end of this summer I want to go from 170lbs-185ish. I've recently converted to a vegan diet and have found my fitness levels have continue to improve. So, yeah, my goals this year are basically to stay out of jail, keep saving money, get more motivated in my academics, and hopefully meet a girl who isn't a conniving whore. I've been single for almost 2 years now(casual relationships aside) and it sucks, but I'm still in that rut which may result from being jerked around by a crazy chica. Not saying I'm not crazy, but cod if a broad can't cripple a man.
anyway, this last year I found Jesus and he's been the big difference. When I strive to know him better my life enters clarity, dunno how else to say it. praise God!
btw, if any of you want to check out the best part of Canada, come to the Okanagan. I'll show you past all the traffic and bullshit...it really is the shiznat. I figure it's about 4 1/2 hour drive to Whistler/Blackombe, but we've got 2 prime mountains within an hours drive. We've got revelstoke 2 hours northeast which has the longest vert of any ski hill in North America(Whistler had this title prior). In the summer it's wakeboarding n swimming. Where I live right now, I can see Okanagan Lake, Kalamalka Lake is only 12 minutes drive north, and I'm surrounded by orchards. That's what they do here, sell ridicuously priced cherries to the Japanese and obsess over wine. This is Canada's Napa Valley.
I dunno why I'm doing this sales pitch...maybe if GT ever had a meet....the cdn dollar's good exchange right now and it's close enough to vancity for one f'd up roadtrip. I'm glad I didn't sign up for classes in Vancity this year cuz of the olympics. One sad bad thing about the Okanagan is that it has the highest average age in Canada...it's Florida here without the humidity and crocs...just old people. It's a desert actually. Even with all the old farts and golf courses there's still a lot of hotties though. well, more so than lets say, Campbell River lol. Jarome Iginla's building his house about a 1 minute walk down the street from me. It's richville here, any property on the lakeshore is minimum 1 million. Interior>lower mainland. I nominate either here or Vancouver for a meet.
Well, I can go on....but don't want to turn this into anything too seriously psychoanalytic.
I've been in love with a girl for almost 3 years now, and she doesn't know it. I think it's killing me slowly.
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