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Photo Taken: 14/07/2005
About The Photo: During the summer of 2005 a group of us traveled from Winnipeg down to St. Louis (pronounced like St. Lou-is, now Lewie for the non-Americans). Our purpose, a convention for A Call To Duty (ie nerds). Our group consisted of myself, my friend Kim, a Very Sleepy Scott, Eric from Toronto, and a rather platinum blond Joshie. That'll teach him to get highlights from someone who doesn't speak English as a first (or possibly even second) language. All in all the trip was awesome and I took tonnes of pictures, and got to see the Mall of America for the first time!
Why two months without an update is a terrible thing indeed. I haven't been online much lately, and I'm sure some of you believe me to be dead. Well I'm still around and kicking and living every day as best I can. The holidays were a busy time, what with the new job and the holidays in general. I spent a great deal time with family and with those closest to me, and all in all it was a very good time. I've completed training and started working on the floor, which has been a rather positive experience. I miss the people I trained with, though.
During my training period my writing went by the way-side...hence the lack of updates and the sporatic pressence online. I have a tonne of ideas floating around in my head, so hopefully within the next few weeks I can get back into the writing spirit. My focus as of late has been making my apartment more into a home. I know however once I really start to feel comfortable here, that's when I'm going to be ready to move onto a new place...hopefully a house of my own. That, however, is still quite a ways off.
The passing of New Years has recently made me reflect on how much has changed for myself and those around me this past year. Michelle, Joshua, Scott and myself have all quit our jobs, and in my case I've quit two jobs. Laura is now engaged to be married and making wedding plans. Scott and Michelle have both found new partners who they are both very happy with. Jessica has gone through some drastic life changes. Kimberley took a leave of absence from work and travelled across Europe. Heather moved to Montreal for the summer...and then to a small town in Quebec for the year. I finally moved out on my own. Jackie officially came out to us all. Scott broke his knee and I sliced my hand open with a knife. Both of my dear Crystal's found great guys that make them smile. My Sister Graduated Highschool. Michelle made the decision to remain in Winnipeg and pursue a career here in the city. A lot has changed, yet a great deal has remained the same.
It's been quite a year and who knows what 2007 will bring.
Michelle needs to write an autobiography shortly and it got me thinking: if I were to write an autobiography, what would I write? Would it be anything of interest to the average reader? Hells no. While I wish I could talk about wacky adventures on the bus or say I've gone through medical school or that I travelled to Israel...I wouldn't have any of that. Born and raised in Canada, life of a normal family, and now living on my own.
Of course that's not to say there haven't been rough patches along the way...
But would it really be enough for an autobiography...even just a two page one? One of my greatest fears has always been being forgotten when I'm not around...and how can one be remembered if there's nothing outstanding to recall? What really makes an individual truly memorable? Maybe that's too complex of a question for a random blog such as this. So getting back to some less serious topics...
Joshua and my mother both have birthdays this upcoming weekend! It should prove to be a good time. I have a long weekend next weekend too, which should be rather exciting. For now however I'm going to go back to my soundtracks, head off the computer and brainstorm my next writing endevour...
Until next time...happy journeys through cyber space.
One week down, many more to go.
Life has been bearable lately. I had a fun weekend. Friday I had the games night with Kimberley and Scott, which was a blast (yay for another night tomorrow!) and Saturday Jessica and I had a night out on the town. We got ready at my place and after some minor disasters with her hair and a foreign substance known as hairspray, we were ready.
Christina, Jessica and I began by going to a wedding social near work. A friend of ours (Adam) invited us to his brother's wedding social. We had fun dancing (despite some of the more unique song selections), had a chance to hang out with Liam and Adam...and even saw Ty and Shawn. Yay. :-) I even bought my two ladies drinks...and was called "Smooth" by the girl selling drink tickets. If only she knew.
Jackie met us and we dropped Christina off and went to Desire where we met up with Crystal and her friend from Highschool (who Jessica knew). Lots of dancing (and lots of alcohol, mostly on Crystal's part). It was a fun night. "God save the Queen" - worst drag queen ever. T'was a fun night.
Sunday was...well, sore. I'm not doing Variety (regularily) anymore, so I don't have to worry about the early Mondays, which is good. I work 4.5 hours on Customer Appreciation Day today - as if they actually expect me to appreciate customers. Bah! Oh! I ordered Firefly and the Chronicles on DVD. Woot! Life might just be looking up...
My day began with my manager offering me psychological help. Great, just great. Yes, I would just love to bitch about all my problems to some complete stranger...not. No, thank you. A person eventually comes to a point in their life when they realize that complaining does squat and only through positive actions can they improve themselves and their lives. I've arrived at that point.
This week has been hellish, but only because I jinxed it all with my last journal entry in February. My own fault really - snow storms, exploding batteries, being late to work. Things seem to be spirally out of control...but I'm still fighting it tooth and claw.
Jessica and I should have a great night tomorrow. We're going to a social with Christina and are meeting Jackie and Crystal later. Should be a fun night. Yay. I work at 2:00, which isn't bad...
Tonight was fun. Kimberley, Scott and I spent four hours playing Tales of Symphonia. Best. Game. Ever. I'm quite serious...I had a blast playing it again. The night's highlight was our encounter with a rather interesting looking woman in Sev. We didn't have a lot of nice things to say about her dead coat, unique look or the Sanoma Truck in the parking lot. "Yikes." I thought I was going to choke on my slurpee and die right there. Yikes indeed.
I miss how my life was when I was happy...
