What's everyone up to?

[Combine 017]

I was in the States yesterday for a bit and on the way back we stopped at the duty free store cause booze is super cheap there. $13 for a 40 (1.75L) of whiskey.

[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.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by Bond

WTF is this about?

You've never been to a duty free store at an airport?

I was allowed to bring back 6 bottles of booze when i went to St. Thomas. My god the quality booze I picked up.

Huge bottle of Patron, Grey Goose, a local rum, kahlua, A huge bottle of maker's mark and a big bottle of Jager for a friend. Our cabinet was stocked for a few months for like 75 dollars.

[Ginkasa]

Still managing a movie theatre. Wife's learning to be a nurse. Baby's coming in December. Pretty exciting.

[Combine 017]

Is she going to birth herself?

[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by Combine 017

Is she going to birth herself?

:O

[Dylflon]

Finished film school last year, getting married next year. Working for the Canadian census but that job is ending soon.

I might go back to working television in the locations department but I end up hating my life after enough 15 hour days stacked back to back to back to back to back and onwards to infinity.

However, I might have a shot to work on Alcatraz which is JJ Abrams new show so maybe that would be cool.

Writing a short film that I'm really excited about with one writing partner and slowly working through a feature film script and TV pilot with my other writing partner.

All I need is to magically get the money to fund such projects.

Oh and moved into an apartment with my fiance two weeks ago. Which is rad.

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

However, I might have a shot to work on Alcatraz which is JJ Abrams new show so maybe that would be cool.

!!!

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Combine 017

Is she going to birth herself?

She can't be her own mother, that would just be silly.


Anyways, in the grand scheme of things other people probably wouldn't say I'm up to much because I'm not working and I'm not trying to find a wife or anything. But considering my dad's health is visibly declining month-to-month, I take care of the house as best I can, garden the veggies etc. It's actually fulfilling to spend time with my dad now, because now I actually know him. Other than my glorious sports abilities and insatiable lust for knowledge, we never had much in common growing up, mixed in with teen angst we ended up wasting a good 15 years just having power struggles and arguing with eachother just for the sake of it, seemingly. But in the last few months I've come to realize that he actually is a ridiculously nice, caring parent. I advise all of you to generally spend time with your fathers, like you would a buddy. Smoke a joint, have a beer, talk about life in general, tell some racist/sexist jokes, talk about naked ladies (To be fair I also do all of those with my mom, be friends with your moms, too). You never really realize how fast time moves until you look back and realize how old everyone around you has gotten. Call your parents, you ingrates - they want to get to know you as an adult. Let them.

Aside from that I spend most of my time watching discovery/history/geographic, learning various things via the interbucket, watching sports and exercising when I can.

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. I've sort of carved myself into this shitty little hole based on the type of humour I present (most of the time for my own amusement). I over-play stupid/weird, and I deadpan it, and stick with it like a bit that only I'm in on (Think Norm McDonald/Kaufman and Carlin for the arguing)- because the verbal or visual reactions people give to awkward or stupid remarks can be quiiiite hilarious - but this has caused some of (even my actual friends) to just assume I'm stupid and that the things I say magically have no basis or merit, which is infinitely frustrating to me. Maybe it's my fault for being in a situation where I'm so under-stimulated that I need to create a comedy routine in my head on the spot and then watch my friends struggle with the awkwardness that arises from it. Maybe it's my fault for thinking about entertaining myself above others in times of extreme boredom. However, I have a firm belief that one of the keys to comedy is silence. And it's very tough to give up awkward humor when you really enjoy watching people attempt to properly react some dumb comments/actions. So I have to figure a way to mesh my actual self, with the part of me that enjoys controlling awkward/annoying scenarios. Maybe I should just stop getting really bored. Maybe less, or more drugs is the answer. Less or more drugs usually is the answer, actually.

But now I'm just stoned. So who am I.

My cousin's kids [age 9/7] (long story short, he lost custody) are living at my uncles down the road now, so im going to be chipping in to raise them as much/best I can. Even just the thought of helping those kids makes me happy. Plus they're 100% past the shitting and pissing themselves stage, and completely into the "help me with schoolwork/teach me how to play hockey" stage. Hopefully this will also help me out for when I have my own kids, I mean - I won't learn anything about the first 7 to 9 years of how to raise a child, but fuck it. They barely remember those years anyhow, right.

Plus this morning I just found out my dad's dad has under 3 months to live. So I guess I'll be up to that for a while. If one can be up for preparing for a-whole-lotta death.

Say hi to your mother for me.

[Dylflon]

Sean, want to have a sleepover?

Smoking less pot has been a good thing for me I've found. Especially since I haven't been enjoying it as much lately since it seems to make me feel stressed out and stand-offish because I'm not making the sort of progress I want to make with my own projects and shit which makes me feel guilty about even smoking pot and therefore leads to those other feelings.

[Combine 017]

Slumber Party!!!

[Vampyr]

I'll bring the Pokemon cards!

Anyone? No?

[KillerGremlin]

Still job hunting...so in the meantime, can I sustain a writing project?
http://notanotherbeerreview.blogspot.com/

[magus113]

I got an interview tomorrow with Perry Ellis International for a job, and hopefully another interview for a specialist position at Royal Caribbean soon.

[Bube]

Finally started my (first) job. Very excited, and it's going really well

Haven't moved to my house yet, staying at a hotel