Sober at the Druid?

Kathy and I met Erin and Kristin at A Taste of Edmonton tonight. We had some really good cedar plank salmon, and then waited in line for some green onion cakes. I had a bunch of hot sauce on mine to train up for Andy's return from Europe tomorrow. So, after a few bites to eat, Kassia and Miriam showed up. They were just in time for desert too. Kathy and I both had this mocha ice cream thing. It was pretty good, but frozen solid. To finish off my tickets I got Erin a chocolate dipped strawberry. We sat and listened to a live band for a while. To my delight they played Little Bones by The Tragically Hip. There were a few people making fools of themselves by dancing, but we settled for singing along. Erin and Kristin tried to push me into a fountain, but they didn't count on me reacting by bracing my leg and arm on a ledge. Kristin has a playful side that I really like.

After Kassia and Miriam departed, I drove the remaining people to the Druid where they made fools of themselves. Erin insisted that I dance, and it took her quite some time to convince me. Actually it was Kathy threatening me with "Gay Points" that got me on the dance floor. There were two bachelorette parties happening, one of which consisted of sitting and drinking while the other was much more lively. The bride to be was wearing an extremely minimalistic dress covered in a candy bra. I was contemplating the ettiquite regarding eating that candy...

Erin called me beefcake some more, which was annoying considering I was sober. There is some fun to be had while being the designated driver, but I would have preferred to be on the other side of things.

Grant Mac Pool

Tonight I had a really fun time swimming at the Grant MacEwan pool with Erin and Kristin. I had some free passes (although I probably didn't need them... I'll explain later). So we met at my house at 6:30, but the pool was booked until 8:30 so we had to kill some time. We tried to go to a Taste of Edmonton, but I couldn't find anywhere to park. Instead we went to a starbucks for a while.

There are no starbucks anywhere near where Kirstin lives. The closest two are in Berlin (a 2 hour drive).

Beefcake

Tonight Kathleen, Erin, Erin's german friend Kristin, and I went barhopping on Whyte Ave.

We started at Monkey Island, where we had extremely weak drinks. This in combination with the lack of other people caused us to lose interest in the bar. Our next stop was the One on Whyte. It too was empty, and certainly did not live up to my expectations.

Our third stop was a much better choice. The Underdog pub (the basement of the Black Dog) was mildly entertaining. Upstairs a live band was setting up, but there was no where to sit. The Underdog had a good couch and a social bartender (although he was new and couldn't make barely anything). After a few drinks they started playing a really old zombie movie (the bartender informed me that it was the "godfather" of all zombie movies).

Our final stop was at the Funky Budda. Erin kept calling me "Beefcake", which I am not sure what to think about. I think it was related to her comment that I must look intimidating to other people as we were walking around.

On the way home I covered Kathy's eyes on the whitemud, and (useing her window controls because she knows to lock mine out) I opened her window and stuck my hand out, refusing to move it even when she started to close the window.

Once I was home I was going down the stairs and didn't duck soon enough. I hit the ceiling with enough force to cause blood to get in my eye (a weird feeling, I assure you).

Ads? ADS?? We don't NEED no stinkin' ads!!

I was most shocked to see the other day what Google AdSense was displaying for my blog. The top two ads were "Lowest Prices on Alcohol", and "You can quit with our help - Addiction Hypnosis". As such all ads have been removed.

My rationale for having ads in the first place was that if they started generating revenue that would rock, but since they were doing absolutely nothing... No loss anyway. As a benefit, the blog loads faster now. That'll make it less annoying I hope.

I don't get enough traffic for ads to generate revenue, so tell your friends about my blog! Start an internet revolution!!

The Blog Hiatus

Some of you may have noticed a 2 month gap in the blog entries. No, you are not losing your mind. I was very busy! But still, my last blog entry was on May 17th. Almost two whole months ago.

I attribute my break to blog burnout (like athlete's foot, but with keyboarding). The only people who actually complained were Miriam and Greg. I was cleaning up my inbox yesterday when I happened upon emails of protest over the abrupt end of my blog. They have motivated me sufficiently (for the time being) to continue.

While Miriam and Greg have been a source of motivation, Eden has been the opposite. He does not think very highly of this blog (a fact he never fails to announce). In spite of this I will try to provide what little entertainment I can.

So, in recompense for the last two blog-less months, I will be reconstructing my life painstakingly and posting reasonable facimilies of what I would have written. I will try to be thorough, and this may take some time, but I am confident it can be done.

**Note: It is now November 19th, and I have finished catching up. All the notable events in my life have been reduced to plain text with the occasional picture.

The Devil Wears WHAT??

Since Andy and Ben are off gallivanting in Europe, I have taken it upon myself to keep Erin and Kathy occupied. The theory is that they won't have time to think about how much they miss their boyfriends.

On the "keeping Kathy busy" front, I went to a movie with her, Adam, and Chelsey yesterday. It was "The Devil Wears Prada", and nobody told me that Prada is some sort of fashion brand. It was a really horrible movie, but I feigned interest so Kathy wouldn't feel bad.

Canada Day 2006

Today was Canada Day. There were a myriad of activities, so I'm going to stick with some highlights. And possibly so funny little stories.

We all met for a Magic show. The guy doing the show was not dressed for 30 degree weather in his black suit. I was waiting for his final trick where he would explode and rain baked meat all over the crowd. Actually he was pretty entertaining, although his tricks were rather obvious. In particular his levitation was terribly cheesy.

There was some intense Frisbee action going on. Eden tried to catch a Frisbee with his teeth and nearly took off his jaw. Erin and I sucked at the floating disk... My excuse is poor hand-eye coordination.

To cool off Erin, Julia, and I went to check out the fountains. There was a foot bridge that had roughly 2 inches clearance above the water of the fountain. Naturally I saw that as a challenge and swam under it. It was quite a tight squeeze for me considering the water was so shallow. I had just enough room to clear the bridge. Also in the fountains, I "tripped" several times and splashed enough water up to soak Erin and Julia. They were not pleased.

Some stoners came by and Eden performed magic tricks for them. They would have been impressed if he had shuffled the cards, but he did some pretty amazing stuff. I always try to see how he does it, but I was left in the dust for this. Another magician also tried to beat him, but Eden pulled out some crazy magic!

Later on Kathy and I had a nap. It should be noted for the official record that this was nothing more than Kathy judging me to be the best pillow around. Nothing was meant by it (Paolo seems to think otherwise). Regardless of this being completely innocent, Paolo took some pictures which we posed provocatively for... Wait until Andy sees them. Haha.

As usual the waterfall was unimpressive.

The fireworks display looked like a series of nuclear weapons. There were distinct mushroom clouds.

 
I was fearing the beginning of World War III when I saw these pictures.