I'M BA-ACK.

Think it's about time to give this whole blog thing another go! I know I've missed out on so much since I've been back. Let's see if I can throw down a brief sumemory . (summary of memory)

- back in Canada mid-May.
- golfed and chillaxed on the farm for a bit.
- moved to Winnipeg into Kayla's mom's basement.
- applied for jobs
- hired on at CBit, lasted 4 weeks until I was hired on at Clear Concepts ( www.clearconcepts.ca )
- arnage with Baxter, Betz, etc. on multiple occassions. THEY WERE ON THE FRIDGE ! and the dealer bounce into the rum cup.
- connect brang:
good:

1. keg stands
2. freee candyyyy calls from the creeper van and also while creeping around
3. freaking people as frank ESPECIALLY alongside the 'eternal warpath'
4. keg stands
5. duelling 66's of spiced rum, consumed sunday before sundown
6. people bleeding, myself included
7. the free candy calls from the creeper van
8. greg on sunday with his massive head injury
9. friday night because milk really WAS a bad choice
10. rasta's set.. although it wasn't near as epic as some from him i have heard
11. meeting a few new people
12. my gf finding me in notown and bringing me steak
13. monday morning driving around with arek and brent
14. keg stands
15. canigeta b'WEEEYHNGGG?
16. daytime escapes to moose jaw
17. taco in a bag (although not as good as last year)
18. finding arky and being gifted with Jarky
19. BOCCE.
20. and i'll round out the top 20 with two hours of keg stands

not good:

1. losing arky
2. losing the keg
3. waking up monday and finding my $250 oakleys smashed (but fixable, i think)

After Connect, hammertime. Missed Shambhala for the first time in 4 years, and went home for my cousin's wedding instead. The kill switch, again, failed.

- bought a house - Union Ave E in Winnipeg. MLS 28170**. Move in mid-October. PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. The house will be epic.

Just received a car and phone for work as well, which kicks boy-band ass. Zeppelin II will go home to Wayne and get sold, as it won't even pass safety here. Ha. Up for a raise in a month or so, to be determined.

What else what else .. despite all efforts (well not really), I'll be in the barren nuclear wasteland they call Winnipeg for quite some time - at least three years. I guess that's fair, considering that from August 2003 it has been:

Aug 03 - June 04 = Saskatoon
July 04 - Aug 04 = Langenburg
Sep 04 - May 05 = Medicine Hat
June 05 - Aug 06 = Saskatoon
Sep 06 - Oct 07 = Calgary
Nov 07 - May 08 = Thailand, Australia, Vietnam, Cambodia, etc.

A little settling, acquiring, learning and saving sounds like a plan to me.