OK. So. This is the Earth... ROUND.
An odd way to open a post, I know. But hey, this is my blog and I'll do what a I wants, luh.
Anyway... haven't posted since August. Yeah. Pretty lackadaisical I am. But, it's been a great fall. It's not that I've had nothing to write about. Quite the contrary. Between Sunday and Monday night football, Tuesday wings, Thursday night jam session and general Friday and Saturday night tomfoolery with the gang, it's literally never a dull moment. But, I may as well recap some highlights, if nothing else to preserve them for the ages and to please my many fans.*
*2 recorded fans to date
So lets see. In September Jay left the house to shack up with Rips - we are all quite happy for them. However, that left an obvious void in the household. Enter the Lady Paul. Without missing a beat Stace moved in and we've never really looked back. Things are going great. Everyone's happy and generally harmonious. All is well at Ambroise. In October, I went Disney World in Florida for a day as a volunteer chaperon for a charity I'm involved in called Dreams Take Flight. It was easily one of the greatest volunteer experiences of my life. The smiles on those kids faces was.... well, you get it. It's not often in life that we as people get to really feel like we're special. These kids were treated like rock stars. They were kings for a day in a world where normally they face challenges most of us can only imagine. The four boys in my group were highly functioning autistic. They were amazing and we had an absolute blast. I hope I get to do this again someday.
In early November we in Ottawa were graced by a blast from the past. Vera and her boyfriend Yegee (Yirka) .. sp. visited from the Czech Republic. For those of you who might recall, Vera was the lovely young girl who took us in back in 2005 while we were touring Europe. Anyway, we finally got to return the favor back on this side of the pond. From what I can tell they had a great whilwind visit, getting to see the likes of Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-lake, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Not bad for 10 days in Canada... a first for both of them. It was great having them and we had an absolute blast, including a somewhat messy but overall hilarious going away party that involved waaay to much imported Czech hard liquor. Hahaha. It was great seeing Vera again and great to meet George. Great people.. though we couldn't really talk, we spoke often in the international language of drinking and laughter.
It's looking like I'll be spending xmas up this way. With my current situation it's very hard to know for sure if I'll have the time to take off. The airlines charging highway robbery for a seat this time of year also does not help matters. The good news is there'll be a few bodies up this way over the holidays so I'll be far from alone. Should be good times.
Anyway, that's all I got for now. Cheers!
Reid
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
August and everything after
Hey all,
It's late, so this is going to be a quick post just to let everyone know I'm still alive and kicking. Sorry for dropping the ball for the last... 5 months. Christ.
Anyway, things are good. No job as yet... I've been enjoying myself, perhaps too much if that's even possible. The hunt is on now, so I'm hoping to have something this fall.
It's been a crazy couple of months. A couple of notables include camping in the Adirondacks and Sandbanks, May 2-4 at the Lillypad in Quebec, Canada Day double kegger at St. Ambroise and an impromptu trip down east to Nova Scotia and PEI (the latter a first for me). Capped it all off 2 weekends ago with Eddie Vedder live in Montreal. Never a dull moment, I swear.
So yeah, things are very, very good. Hell, Matt and I have even started a band. Don't get me wrong, we're garbage, but it's a hell of a lot of fun to get together and jam once a week.
True that it may be a colossal waste of time and money, but this time off has given me a chance to re-capture all that I used to love in life. To re-capture the man I was. The man I thought I'd lost.
I'm playing around with some new additions to this site, so bare with me.
Stay tuned!
Reid
It's late, so this is going to be a quick post just to let everyone know I'm still alive and kicking. Sorry for dropping the ball for the last... 5 months. Christ.
Anyway, things are good. No job as yet... I've been enjoying myself, perhaps too much if that's even possible. The hunt is on now, so I'm hoping to have something this fall.
It's been a crazy couple of months. A couple of notables include camping in the Adirondacks and Sandbanks, May 2-4 at the Lillypad in Quebec, Canada Day double kegger at St. Ambroise and an impromptu trip down east to Nova Scotia and PEI (the latter a first for me). Capped it all off 2 weekends ago with Eddie Vedder live in Montreal. Never a dull moment, I swear.
So yeah, things are very, very good. Hell, Matt and I have even started a band. Don't get me wrong, we're garbage, but it's a hell of a lot of fun to get together and jam once a week.
True that it may be a colossal waste of time and money, but this time off has given me a chance to re-capture all that I used to love in life. To re-capture the man I was. The man I thought I'd lost.
I'm playing around with some new additions to this site, so bare with me.
Stay tuned!
Reid
Sunday, March 30, 2008
NYC
Hey all,
Well... here I sit on my couch, on my own on a Saturday night. I think this is a first (since I moved up, anyway). But it's for the best, as we just got home from one crazy road trip to NYC and frankly a break from our vacation is probably in order. Here's the scoop...
Chris, Ang, Jess and I decided to leave a day early and depart on Wednesday once the kids got off work. We overnighted in Scranton, PA... unfortunately due to time constraints a trip down to the "Scranton Welcomes You" sign as seen on The Office just wasn't in the cards. Meh. This little stop over worked out well, as the next morning (Thursday) we were arriving in the city before noon. 'Arriving in the city' is the operative phrase here, as it turned out that Stamps had mistakenly programmed his new GPS to take us to our hotel in midtown Manhattan, and not our proper destination which was a train station in suburban Jersey. Fortunately we caught the mistake just before entering the Holland tunnel and were pretty happy to be pulling a u-turn and getting the fuck out of sketch-town, USA otherwise known as downtown Jersey City. We all had a good chuckle. NO BOOMBOXES ALLOWED!
We arrived at Penn Station around noon and then headed around the corner to the Chelsea Star Hotel (which, I might add, was fantastic) and dropped off our gear. Due to the fact that the other 4 (Steve, Ginny, Jay & Rip) would not be arriving until Friday, we elected not to do any major touristy stuff. Instead, we decided to just hit the streets. And hit we did. We walked the whole day; from midtown all the way down to Battery Park for a view of the Statue of Liberty. We stopped for lunch in Greenwich Village, visited ground zero and also went for a trek out to the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was an amazing day and we got some great pics - I'll post some up. After our urban hike, we headed back to the hotel for a few beers. During my last minute research for NYC, I noted that there was a free live jazz club in the Village that came highly recommended. That night we decided to give this place a shot, and while there wasn't any jazz on the go, there was live acoustic by request which was just as good! We had a great time drinking stout and taking in the music. Capped off the evening with an NYC cab ride home.
The rest of the gang arrived around lunch time on Friday. We hit up one of the many neighborhood pubs in the area of 8th and W 30th for lunch. Then we took a trek North to Times Square to hit up the 48-hour hop-on hop-off NYC open-top bus tour. We spent the rest of that wind-chilly day riding around downtown observing the sights. Our tour guide was a miserable old bitty. Funny thing was, the more terrible she was the funnier it seemed. I think Rip was crying at one point. That night we decided to hit up an interesting establishment called 'Lips' that Ginny had read up on. It was literally a drag queen restaurant buried in the heart of the meat-packing district. After a bit of searching, we found the place. The service was pretty terrible, but I don't think anybody noticed. It was quite a show... they even had Stamps involved in their songs on a couple of occasions. By the end of a night I had a vagina made out of balloons on my head. All in all a pretty hilarious night.
On Saturday we decided to party ways, group-wise. Jess, Ang and Gin went on a girls shopping extravaganza, and the rest of us (the boys & Rip) decided to hit up the Brooklyn leg of the bus tour. We arrived downtown and had some time to kill, so we hit up Pier 17 for a beer. The sun was beaming that morning and for the first time in a long time it really felt like Spring was here. Cheers to beers on the piers. We then caught our bus and took the Manhattan bridge over the East river (which is really a tidal inlet, har har har). To be honest, Brooklyn was nothing like I expected, in that it was beautiful and very safe-feeling. Mind you, I'm sure the tour did it's best to keep us in the finest areas, but I think we were nonetheless very impressed with the parks, architecture and overall vibe of the area. On the recommendation of our guide, we hopped off at a place called Juniors for lunch. All I can say is: 8oz steakburgers and NYC's finest cheesecake were the orders of the day. Holy moly what food. After our feast, we headed back to the hotel for a bit. The ladies were still away, so the boys and I decided it would be cool to see Yankee Stadium. However, after a bit of a subway debacle we had to re-adjust our plans, and took a spin up to W 81st to check out the Seinfeld locale and a bit of Central Park instead. Very cool shit. We even found the actual H&H bagels where Kramer worked. While we're on topic, I'm pretty sure that between Chris, Jay and I we spouted off a Seinfeld quote about once every 12 minutes during the trip. "It's just Original, Jerry!"
Once we were all back together again that evening, we took a short walk North East from our hotel and hit up the Empire State. It was a clear night and as you can guess the view was incredible. Definitely a good call to hit this up during off-peak hours, as it still took a while to get up despite the lack of a significant lineup. That night we decided to hit up the tavern next door. While it wasn't exactly a swinging joint, it did have lots of fresh Guinness of tap which was good enough for me. No two ways about it, I got very drunk. It was pretty awesome. "This is why I don't say goodbye!"
Jay and Rip were heading out on Sunday, so we decided to make the most of the day. We got up early and with a few hours to spare, made the uptown/harlem loop of our bus tour, which was awesome. Harlem, like Brooklyn, was a lot nicer then I ever would have imagined. More than once over our time in the city we heard about how there have been some pretty major changes over the past 10 years. I believe it. Once our tour was over, we hopped off at the MET and headed into Central Park. The remainder of the morning was spent poking around and taking in Spring - fuckin' A. The 2 kids bailed off around noon, so the remaining 6 went for Easter brunch at a restaurant on the upper West side. It was pretty wicked. Then it was back into the park for more nature and exploring. We capped off the afternoon with a stroll down 5th Avenue to peruse the street vendors and their art. As is my tradition now, I picked up a city skyline of 'old' pre-9/11 Manhattan.
That night the 6 of us decided to get a little more fancy and dress up a little. On a bit of a whim, we hopped off the subway in the West Village in hopes of finding some live jazz. And did we luck out! We ate at a place called the 'Garage' and it was absolutely amazing. The music was incredible and the filet mignon was even better. Afterwards we headed across the street to a tacky little jazz bar that was equally cool. We had a few beers and took in the entertainment until the wee hours. Needless to say, it was an Easter Sunday for the books.
On Monday it was time to say goodbye to NYC, but not before one last colossal lunch. And what better place than the Carnegie Deli! I had a pastrami sandwich that was as big as your head, no joke. Didn't see Bowser from Sha-na-na though. Once our last gorging was over with it was time to say goodbye. We caught our trains over to Lyndhurst, NJ and we were on our way home... or so we thought. About 20mins into our voyage home, the Accord started to make some pretty crazy noises. Long story short, the rear bearings needed replacing. Steve & Ginny had to back-track an hour to get Jess and I, as we didn't know how long we'd be stranded. Turns out Chris and Ang were able to get the car fixed and back on the road and actually almost beat us back home. Kinda sucked for the drivers involved, but hey, it's all part of the adventure that is the road trip.
So yeah... New York was awesome and I'm totally glad I got to experience it with so many friends in tow. Wicked.
YO! I'M WALKIN' HERE!
what a crew
Well... here I sit on my couch, on my own on a Saturday night. I think this is a first (since I moved up, anyway). But it's for the best, as we just got home from one crazy road trip to NYC and frankly a break from our vacation is probably in order. Here's the scoop...
Chris, Ang, Jess and I decided to leave a day early and depart on Wednesday once the kids got off work. We overnighted in Scranton, PA... unfortunately due to time constraints a trip down to the "Scranton Welcomes You" sign as seen on The Office just wasn't in the cards. Meh. This little stop over worked out well, as the next morning (Thursday) we were arriving in the city before noon. 'Arriving in the city' is the operative phrase here, as it turned out that Stamps had mistakenly programmed his new GPS to take us to our hotel in midtown Manhattan, and not our proper destination which was a train station in suburban Jersey. Fortunately we caught the mistake just before entering the Holland tunnel and were pretty happy to be pulling a u-turn and getting the fuck out of sketch-town, USA otherwise known as downtown Jersey City. We all had a good chuckle. NO BOOMBOXES ALLOWED!
We arrived at Penn Station around noon and then headed around the corner to the Chelsea Star Hotel (which, I might add, was fantastic) and dropped off our gear. Due to the fact that the other 4 (Steve, Ginny, Jay & Rip) would not be arriving until Friday, we elected not to do any major touristy stuff. Instead, we decided to just hit the streets. And hit we did. We walked the whole day; from midtown all the way down to Battery Park for a view of the Statue of Liberty. We stopped for lunch in Greenwich Village, visited ground zero and also went for a trek out to the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was an amazing day and we got some great pics - I'll post some up. After our urban hike, we headed back to the hotel for a few beers. During my last minute research for NYC, I noted that there was a free live jazz club in the Village that came highly recommended. That night we decided to give this place a shot, and while there wasn't any jazz on the go, there was live acoustic by request which was just as good! We had a great time drinking stout and taking in the music. Capped off the evening with an NYC cab ride home.
The rest of the gang arrived around lunch time on Friday. We hit up one of the many neighborhood pubs in the area of 8th and W 30th for lunch. Then we took a trek North to Times Square to hit up the 48-hour hop-on hop-off NYC open-top bus tour. We spent the rest of that wind-chilly day riding around downtown observing the sights. Our tour guide was a miserable old bitty. Funny thing was, the more terrible she was the funnier it seemed. I think Rip was crying at one point. That night we decided to hit up an interesting establishment called 'Lips' that Ginny had read up on. It was literally a drag queen restaurant buried in the heart of the meat-packing district. After a bit of searching, we found the place. The service was pretty terrible, but I don't think anybody noticed. It was quite a show... they even had Stamps involved in their songs on a couple of occasions. By the end of a night I had a vagina made out of balloons on my head. All in all a pretty hilarious night.
On Saturday we decided to party ways, group-wise. Jess, Ang and Gin went on a girls shopping extravaganza, and the rest of us (the boys & Rip) decided to hit up the Brooklyn leg of the bus tour. We arrived downtown and had some time to kill, so we hit up Pier 17 for a beer. The sun was beaming that morning and for the first time in a long time it really felt like Spring was here. Cheers to beers on the piers. We then caught our bus and took the Manhattan bridge over the East river (which is really a tidal inlet, har har har). To be honest, Brooklyn was nothing like I expected, in that it was beautiful and very safe-feeling. Mind you, I'm sure the tour did it's best to keep us in the finest areas, but I think we were nonetheless very impressed with the parks, architecture and overall vibe of the area. On the recommendation of our guide, we hopped off at a place called Juniors for lunch. All I can say is: 8oz steakburgers and NYC's finest cheesecake were the orders of the day. Holy moly what food. After our feast, we headed back to the hotel for a bit. The ladies were still away, so the boys and I decided it would be cool to see Yankee Stadium. However, after a bit of a subway debacle we had to re-adjust our plans, and took a spin up to W 81st to check out the Seinfeld locale and a bit of Central Park instead. Very cool shit. We even found the actual H&H bagels where Kramer worked. While we're on topic, I'm pretty sure that between Chris, Jay and I we spouted off a Seinfeld quote about once every 12 minutes during the trip. "It's just Original, Jerry!"
Once we were all back together again that evening, we took a short walk North East from our hotel and hit up the Empire State. It was a clear night and as you can guess the view was incredible. Definitely a good call to hit this up during off-peak hours, as it still took a while to get up despite the lack of a significant lineup. That night we decided to hit up the tavern next door. While it wasn't exactly a swinging joint, it did have lots of fresh Guinness of tap which was good enough for me. No two ways about it, I got very drunk. It was pretty awesome. "This is why I don't say goodbye!"
Jay and Rip were heading out on Sunday, so we decided to make the most of the day. We got up early and with a few hours to spare, made the uptown/harlem loop of our bus tour, which was awesome. Harlem, like Brooklyn, was a lot nicer then I ever would have imagined. More than once over our time in the city we heard about how there have been some pretty major changes over the past 10 years. I believe it. Once our tour was over, we hopped off at the MET and headed into Central Park. The remainder of the morning was spent poking around and taking in Spring - fuckin' A. The 2 kids bailed off around noon, so the remaining 6 went for Easter brunch at a restaurant on the upper West side. It was pretty wicked. Then it was back into the park for more nature and exploring. We capped off the afternoon with a stroll down 5th Avenue to peruse the street vendors and their art. As is my tradition now, I picked up a city skyline of 'old' pre-9/11 Manhattan.
That night the 6 of us decided to get a little more fancy and dress up a little. On a bit of a whim, we hopped off the subway in the West Village in hopes of finding some live jazz. And did we luck out! We ate at a place called the 'Garage' and it was absolutely amazing. The music was incredible and the filet mignon was even better. Afterwards we headed across the street to a tacky little jazz bar that was equally cool. We had a few beers and took in the entertainment until the wee hours. Needless to say, it was an Easter Sunday for the books.
On Monday it was time to say goodbye to NYC, but not before one last colossal lunch. And what better place than the Carnegie Deli! I had a pastrami sandwich that was as big as your head, no joke. Didn't see Bowser from Sha-na-na though. Once our last gorging was over with it was time to say goodbye. We caught our trains over to Lyndhurst, NJ and we were on our way home... or so we thought. About 20mins into our voyage home, the Accord started to make some pretty crazy noises. Long story short, the rear bearings needed replacing. Steve & Ginny had to back-track an hour to get Jess and I, as we didn't know how long we'd be stranded. Turns out Chris and Ang were able to get the car fixed and back on the road and actually almost beat us back home. Kinda sucked for the drivers involved, but hey, it's all part of the adventure that is the road trip.
So yeah... New York was awesome and I'm totally glad I got to experience it with so many friends in tow. Wicked.
YO! I'M WALKIN' HERE!
what a crewTuesday, March 18, 2008
I've got to be a part of it
Hey yo.
Just a quick post to check in. Heading to New York with the gang for Easter weekend. Jess, Chris, Ang and myself are heading out tomorrow evening, with the other yahoos (J, Rip, Northcott & Ginny) to be joining us down there on Friday. It should be a blast! And yes... I know you might be asking "what the hell does a guy with no job need a vacation for?" And you're absolutely right. But this is less about the vacation and more about the 8 of us going down there and having a blast. You only live once, right?
On that note, happy belated St. Paddy's Day! I hope you all had a great couple of days... I know I did. Saturday night Chris & Ang hosted. I believe the drinking started promptly by 7:30, followed by car bombs shortly thereafter. It was a tangly affair, but definitely an awesome night. Who needs a bar anyway? (Almost) Everyone's right here! There was even a special delivery of Mary Brown's made by Jen & Adam. So yeah... pretty much as good as it gets. Though I think Matt was a little shaken up by a certain near-death experience involving a now broken Adirondack chair and an 8th story balcony. Idioth. But all's well that ends well.... which included me not running away and walking home like usual, but in fact waiting around for a ride for once. See? There's growth here, albeit minuscule.
Then yesterday, on the actually St. Patrick's Day, we of course had to go drinking again. This time we hosted. The ladies prepared some amazing beer can chickens and we listened to tunes and played rock band before a handful of us degenerated headed out to that Newfie pub down the road here in Vanier. Pretty hilarious. The old-timers dug Stamp's wool cap, and the live music kept the 5 of us pounding the tables all night. Great stuff.
So yeah... things are good. Got this big trip, and when we get home... it's Spring (technically). I fully expect mother nature to co-operate and remove the 10,000 cubic feet of snow in our yard. Maybe I should build an Igloo while I still can? Fetch me my iglooing cape!
Peace,
RE1Do
Just a quick post to check in. Heading to New York with the gang for Easter weekend. Jess, Chris, Ang and myself are heading out tomorrow evening, with the other yahoos (J, Rip, Northcott & Ginny) to be joining us down there on Friday. It should be a blast! And yes... I know you might be asking "what the hell does a guy with no job need a vacation for?" And you're absolutely right. But this is less about the vacation and more about the 8 of us going down there and having a blast. You only live once, right?
On that note, happy belated St. Paddy's Day! I hope you all had a great couple of days... I know I did. Saturday night Chris & Ang hosted. I believe the drinking started promptly by 7:30, followed by car bombs shortly thereafter. It was a tangly affair, but definitely an awesome night. Who needs a bar anyway? (Almost) Everyone's right here! There was even a special delivery of Mary Brown's made by Jen & Adam. So yeah... pretty much as good as it gets. Though I think Matt was a little shaken up by a certain near-death experience involving a now broken Adirondack chair and an 8th story balcony. Idioth. But all's well that ends well.... which included me not running away and walking home like usual, but in fact waiting around for a ride for once. See? There's growth here, albeit minuscule.
Then yesterday, on the actually St. Patrick's Day, we of course had to go drinking again. This time we hosted. The ladies prepared some amazing beer can chickens and we listened to tunes and played rock band before a handful of us degenerated headed out to that Newfie pub down the road here in Vanier. Pretty hilarious. The old-timers dug Stamp's wool cap, and the live music kept the 5 of us pounding the tables all night. Great stuff.
So yeah... things are good. Got this big trip, and when we get home... it's Spring (technically). I fully expect mother nature to co-operate and remove the 10,000 cubic feet of snow in our yard. Maybe I should build an Igloo while I still can? Fetch me my iglooing cape!
Peace,
RE1Do
Monday, February 25, 2008
just like quiet riot did
Hey all..
So I've come to the realization that for a guy with a ton of time on his hands, I really have been neglecting this blog. I'm gonna try to be a little more diligent.... bare with me.
So. Yeah. Goodtimes. I've now been unemployed for 3 full months. Wow. I know it's ridiculous to say, but I'm loving every god damned minute of it. I really am. Which is probably why I still haven't been looking. But I'm gonna get on it real soon. I had a heart-to-heart with my bank statement yesterday, and it's quickly becoming apparent that I need to get on this. So.. I'm thinking something in technical sales. Something that I can use my technical side in, but is also more people-oriented. In what industry and market are the biggest unknowns for now. But I'll see what comes my way.
The last few weekends have been.... intense, inebriating and most importantly, incredible. Might was well start at the beginning: my birthday. I turned 27 three weeks ago! Woot! On Friday we stayed in, got nice and tangly, played rock band and enjoyed a delicious 'birthday ham' lovingly prepared by ripii. Awesome. Saturday we went curling in the afternoon, followed by lunch and a visit to Dana and Matt to see how his ACL surgery went. Then on to Poncho Villas for dinner and over to Mike & Em's for a primer. That's when the birthday 26er of screech was presented. It all went downhill from there. A great day and a great night. My friends rock.
The following family day long weekend we had a slew of visitors to the capital. Denkia & Clayton came up to stay with us, Gloria & Nate stayed with M & D, and Al & Amy were at Steve & Ginny's. Crazy. So Friday night we go to a house party at our friend Chrissie's place, which is actually a manse (minister's residence directly adjacent to church). Friggin hilarious. Although I probably didn't mingle as much as I should have. Amy got served.... and "stay away from the guy in the red shirt" became the phrase of the weekend. On Saturday we all went for a skate on the canal in the afternoon. What a day we had. Then it was back to the house to prepare for the feats of strength to come: Century Club. Yeah.... binge drinking at its finest. In the end I managed to limp through it, though most didn't buy it because I went upstairs to "check the weather". I swear, I did not pee. Anyway, it was Amy who flexed her liver and showed everyone that low carb beer may just be a secret weapon. Also of note was the high level of rock band skills demonstrated throughout the night, despite mass intoxication. Anyway, it was an absolutely crazy night... it was just really, really great to have so many close friends in one spot. We topped it off with a late night call to Raymond to thank him for his tireless efforts on the century CDs. I don't think he was as happy to hear us as we were to talk to him. Funny times. A weekend for the books.
Which brings us to this past weekend. Now... you might think that in light of the debauchery of the previous weeks, we'd probably take it easy, right? Nope. Chris had Friday off, so we go for breakfast in the East end and then pay a little visit to surgery boy. The next thing I know a plan is hatched and we're back at our place in the hot tub, with a huge stack of empties in the snowbank by sundown. Oy. We head back out to Matt's for another couple and then it's on to kareoke at Puzzles. Steve, Chris, Boozane and I attempted some Beastie Boys as well as some Weezer, both of which I'm quite sure were terrible. Who ever heard of good kareoke singers anyway? In the end, Stacey and I had been drinking for neigh on 12 hours and the phrase "lets never drink again" was muttered more than once. On Saturday, Chris, Steve and I got our asses handed to us in shinny by a bunch of 10 year olds. That was slightly embarrassing, but also hilarious. On Saturday night we finally took it easy, had a bbq, played some rock bank and hit up some poker action, which Chris took the cake on.
So. Yeah. It's been quite a February. And in 3 1/2 weeks we're all taking a trip to NYC for easter weekend, which should be a blast as well. Never a dull moment, I tells ya. I think that's why I moved here.
On the homefront things are going well. My roomates are friggin wicked, my house is friggin wicked. It's all just pretty friggin wicked. I'm also curling now on Sunday's, which is awesome. I got picked up for an outside tournament this week as well, so maybe I'm showing potential! I'm still a lonnnng way from high school... but it's getting there. It's just great to be back on the ice again. I forgot how much I love this game.
Anyway.... that's my story and I'm sticking to. Peace.
So I've come to the realization that for a guy with a ton of time on his hands, I really have been neglecting this blog. I'm gonna try to be a little more diligent.... bare with me.
So. Yeah. Goodtimes. I've now been unemployed for 3 full months. Wow. I know it's ridiculous to say, but I'm loving every god damned minute of it. I really am. Which is probably why I still haven't been looking. But I'm gonna get on it real soon. I had a heart-to-heart with my bank statement yesterday, and it's quickly becoming apparent that I need to get on this. So.. I'm thinking something in technical sales. Something that I can use my technical side in, but is also more people-oriented. In what industry and market are the biggest unknowns for now. But I'll see what comes my way.
The last few weekends have been.... intense, inebriating and most importantly, incredible. Might was well start at the beginning: my birthday. I turned 27 three weeks ago! Woot! On Friday we stayed in, got nice and tangly, played rock band and enjoyed a delicious 'birthday ham' lovingly prepared by ripii. Awesome. Saturday we went curling in the afternoon, followed by lunch and a visit to Dana and Matt to see how his ACL surgery went. Then on to Poncho Villas for dinner and over to Mike & Em's for a primer. That's when the birthday 26er of screech was presented. It all went downhill from there. A great day and a great night. My friends rock.
The following family day long weekend we had a slew of visitors to the capital. Denkia & Clayton came up to stay with us, Gloria & Nate stayed with M & D, and Al & Amy were at Steve & Ginny's. Crazy. So Friday night we go to a house party at our friend Chrissie's place, which is actually a manse (minister's residence directly adjacent to church). Friggin hilarious. Although I probably didn't mingle as much as I should have. Amy got served.... and "stay away from the guy in the red shirt" became the phrase of the weekend. On Saturday we all went for a skate on the canal in the afternoon. What a day we had. Then it was back to the house to prepare for the feats of strength to come: Century Club. Yeah.... binge drinking at its finest. In the end I managed to limp through it, though most didn't buy it because I went upstairs to "check the weather". I swear, I did not pee. Anyway, it was Amy who flexed her liver and showed everyone that low carb beer may just be a secret weapon. Also of note was the high level of rock band skills demonstrated throughout the night, despite mass intoxication. Anyway, it was an absolutely crazy night... it was just really, really great to have so many close friends in one spot. We topped it off with a late night call to Raymond to thank him for his tireless efforts on the century CDs. I don't think he was as happy to hear us as we were to talk to him. Funny times. A weekend for the books.
Which brings us to this past weekend. Now... you might think that in light of the debauchery of the previous weeks, we'd probably take it easy, right? Nope. Chris had Friday off, so we go for breakfast in the East end and then pay a little visit to surgery boy. The next thing I know a plan is hatched and we're back at our place in the hot tub, with a huge stack of empties in the snowbank by sundown. Oy. We head back out to Matt's for another couple and then it's on to kareoke at Puzzles. Steve, Chris, Boozane and I attempted some Beastie Boys as well as some Weezer, both of which I'm quite sure were terrible. Who ever heard of good kareoke singers anyway? In the end, Stacey and I had been drinking for neigh on 12 hours and the phrase "lets never drink again" was muttered more than once. On Saturday, Chris, Steve and I got our asses handed to us in shinny by a bunch of 10 year olds. That was slightly embarrassing, but also hilarious. On Saturday night we finally took it easy, had a bbq, played some rock bank and hit up some poker action, which Chris took the cake on.
So. Yeah. It's been quite a February. And in 3 1/2 weeks we're all taking a trip to NYC for easter weekend, which should be a blast as well. Never a dull moment, I tells ya. I think that's why I moved here.
On the homefront things are going well. My roomates are friggin wicked, my house is friggin wicked. It's all just pretty friggin wicked. I'm also curling now on Sunday's, which is awesome. I got picked up for an outside tournament this week as well, so maybe I'm showing potential! I'm still a lonnnng way from high school... but it's getting there. It's just great to be back on the ice again. I forgot how much I love this game.
Anyway.... that's my story and I'm sticking to. Peace.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Oh Eight
Hey all,
Just a quick late night post to wish everyone a belated merry christmas and happy new year!
Things have been pretty stellar my way. Had a great holiday home with the fam and friends, hosted new years at our new place back in Ottawa and even got to go to my uncle's wedding on the same day. Job hunt is going *cough* well. Suffice to say I'm really enjoying my time off and just loving every single day of freedom for the moment. New year, new start. Exciting times.
For those of you I don't talk to nearly enough (which is most of you) please know that even though I'm a jerk who doesn't email or call does not mean I don't think about you fools often. All the best on the year ahead and may '08 be one for the books. I'm sure it will be for me.
Word,
Reid
Just a quick late night post to wish everyone a belated merry christmas and happy new year!
Things have been pretty stellar my way. Had a great holiday home with the fam and friends, hosted new years at our new place back in Ottawa and even got to go to my uncle's wedding on the same day. Job hunt is going *cough* well. Suffice to say I'm really enjoying my time off and just loving every single day of freedom for the moment. New year, new start. Exciting times.
For those of you I don't talk to nearly enough (which is most of you) please know that even though I'm a jerk who doesn't email or call does not mean I don't think about you fools often. All the best on the year ahead and may '08 be one for the books. I'm sure it will be for me.
Word,
Reid
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