echos, silence, patience, grace

Guess who's coming to town in March? Yea. The Foo Fighters. 2007 North American Acoustic Tour. Candy. No tickets yet but it's a foregone conclusion... just got to "convince" a few friends to join me. You know... make em an offer they can't refuse.

So yeah... things have been good. May as well re-cap the events to date. Arrived on the 10th pretty much without a hitch... went to see Joel Plaskett that night, which was a great show. Been doing the wing scene every Tuesday at the Clocktower... which always concludes with an extended soak in the tub. In the words of Chris, "I think winter suddenly became much more bearable." On the 17th we nerdlingers had a giant game of Axis & Allies at the house, which quickly degenerated into a house party by about 7pm - another good night. The roomates bought Guitar Hero 3, which has served to provide a pretty consistent stream of drunken entertainment. This Saturday past was Mike & Em's housewarming, another brew-ha ensued. Gloria and Nate were even up for a visit. Stellar night. I laughed a lot and remembered not much; an excellent sign.

On the job front my first interview was a farce, as I half-expected. My second interview last week with the Feds went decently well, but god knows if/when I'll hear back. I've got a few more lined up over the coming days. To be frank, I'm really enjoying this time off, but I obviously can't keep this up for too long.

In other news, booked my plane ticket home for xmas. Fly out on the 19th, back on the 30th as we are hosting New Years 2008. I also just found out my uncle is moving to Ottawa and getting married here on the 31st, so I'll be pulling double duty that day... let the year go out with a bang... sounds about right.

So yeah, things are good. Really good. I'm excited, I'm happy, I'm looking forward... what more can you ask for?

i'm open

Hey all.
This is going to be brief. I've got my first interview in Ottawa this morning so I need to prep for that.

Unpacking is going well - my room is coming along and more importantly, the house is SWEET. We've got our dual HDTV/Home Theater systems in adjacent rooms set up now, 360's networked, hot tub running... it's pretty insane. Like a playground for grownups. I love this place!

In other news, it's highly likely that if you're reading this you clicked on the website link on my facebook profile. I decided to take the leap and open this blog up to a much broader audience. Up until this point, the viewers of this site were basically the limited few who have me on MSN.

Anyway, if this is your first time here, welcome. I'm probably a little more open about my life on this blog then I probably should be, but I think that's kind of the idea. Happy reading and stay tuned!

Cheers,
Reid

PS. If you want to know why I've kinda kept this site under wraps, read this post from last Feb. and you'll get a better understanding!

PPS. Comments welcome! Mostly because I like to know that people are actually reading this bolonium

Here's goes nothing

Ok folks... I'm doing it. I'm leaving now for Ottawa. Let the next chapter begin!

Excitement is an understatement.

Stay tuned,
Reid