Saturday, September 27, 2008

General Life Update, Part 1

Hi Guys,

Just thought I would let you know what I was doing, since it's been a while since I've posted. I've just been so busy I can hardly find time to do anything these days except the basics. So here we go, there's more on the way once I have a place of my own, which I should know by tomorrow or the end of the week at the latest. Hopefully by tomorrow-ish.








This is where I work, at St. Mike's. It's a pretty nice place, and the people there are a lot nicer than I expected. It reminds me a lot of STM (an affliated college connected to the U of S back in SK) in a lot of ways. The people are friendly, there's a nice cultural bubble that makes you feel like you belong there, and every now and then people bring you a muffin or something. Maybe I'll post pictures of who I work with, a little later.





Just a picture of the sign. I took a picture of this the day before I went in for my interview. I thought it was a nice looking sign and all.


When I got here, Sarah had a party and invited a few of her friends.




This is Jess, whose name I forget on a regular basis, which is really embarrassing, and I keep thinking her name is Kelly, and then I do this mental walk-a-round from Kelly, to Seth, to Beth, and then I think it sort of sounds like Beth for about a minute, and then I remember her name.

Seriously losing my mind.

Anyways, she's really nice, and we get along quite well, I think. Nice girl.




This is all the fancy food Sarah made. I have a bunch more pictures on my phone, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to link up my phone to my computer. I thought I knew, but then I realized I had some accessories to my cell phone which I am not sure were supposed to be with it, so I will have to go back to the Telus store and talk to them. I'll probably come in there after having spent an unfortunate amount of dollars. =( They're really good at selling things, and I am SUCH a sucker. Sigh.




This is Sarah with her two best girlfriends, Katy and...Andrea??? Something like that. Anyways, we had a fantastic dinner made by Sarah, and we all had a really fun time.





During some part of the evening, Mike (Sarah's fiancee) decided to jam on one of his many guitars. Looking studly, Mike.





Sarah and Mike couldn't be here today, though, because they had to go to a cousin's wedding, which is why I have time to blog this evening. Sarha's hair is doing this new french-like thing, so she's looking great, and Mike dressed up really nice for the wedding as well. And no, Sarah isn't wearing a bright red skirt...it's just her very french coat that goes with her very french hairstyle. Even though she's technically Belgian-esque in heritage, she seems to have that frenchy hairstyle that is popular of late. I must admit, it looks really nice on her.

Sigh, other than that, my life HAS been eventful, but I have been so busy trying to get a place for the start of Oct. that I am just losing it, and I have had some trouble getting a place, or getting a place where it's roommates that I would like to have, or in a neighbourhood that I like, or at a price that I like. I don't want to move in by myself, and as long as my new roommates aren't crazy people (which there seems to be a lot of here) I think I'll be fine. I have been staying with Mike and Sarah for the last week, but like I said, hopefully I'll have a new place very soon, and it will all work out, and life will be grand, etc. etc.

OK, well that is all for right now, but I'll keep you all posted.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Travel Plans

Hi All,

Just so everyone is aware, I am moving to Toronto. I have a job interview on Thursday, so we'll so how that goes. I am sorry that I didn't get time to contact everyone before I left, things just sort of fell into place for me. I will contact all of you (who know who you all are) as soon as I can, and I will send you all my permanent address when I have one. I am really sorry I didn't get to talk to everyone before I left, please believe that, but I will probably be back in Saskatoon sometime this year, so we will all catch up then, and you will be more than welcome to visit me, once, uh, I have a place that can be visited.

I have a cartoon half finished, and pictures are soon to follow. Might be another contest in the near future.

=)

For those interested, my flight leaves at 10:50 tomorrow morning.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Friday, September 05, 2008

You May Live in Canada If...

My Mom sent this to me, for all my international friends, most of the comments are pretty well true, and I've done many of them.

YOU MAY LIVE IN CANADA

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you may live in Canada.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Canada.

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Canada

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialled a wrong number, you may live in Canada

If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of Muncie for the weekend, you may live in Canada.

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Canada

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Canada

If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you may live in Canada

If you can drive 90 kms/hr through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you may live in Canada

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Canada

If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Canada

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you may live in Canada

If the speed limit on the highway is 80 kms -- you're going 90 and everybody is passing you, you may live in Canada

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you may live in Canada

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you may live in Canada

If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you may live in Canada

If you find 2 degrees "a little chilly", you may live in Canada

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Well, that was new

Huh, I just got hit with Windows AntiVirus2008, the newest malware on the net.

Well, thankfully, it only took like 15 minutes to destroy, but I was very, very angry. I can't decide if the video codec for some video I watched who-knows-when had some sort of time sensitive malware attachment, or if me just being connected wirelessly to the Internet somehow just made me prone to someone going through my firewall/Norton lame-o virus protection.

(Actually, what I really think is what happened is that Martin downloaded it onto my computer, and he just flat-out lied about it, but being suspicious will get me nowhere.) However, I've read a couple other forum stories, where people basically started up their desktop and an unwanted friend had moved in. =/ So, however they're doing it, they're pretty smart about it.

I think the thing that made me really mad is that they have this horrible, horrible desktop wallpaper that installs with the program that is literally just an advertisement about how very infected your computer is. Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE wallpaper, and it's like....really, really mean when someone messes with my wallpaper. I was this close to sending them an angry letter! (Even if they would have sent me more malware. =P)

Huh, I think that would make a good wallpaper theme.



Your Personality is Very Rare (ENFJ)



Your personality type is dramatic, expressive, proud, and demanding.



Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 5% of all women and 2% of all men

You are Extroverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging.

Quiz Addictions




You Are Paper



Crafty and creative, you are able to adapt freely to almost any situation.

People tend to underestimate you, unless they've truly seen what you are capable of.

Deep down, you're always scheming and thinking up new plans. Your mind is constantly active.

You are quite capable of anything you dream of. You can always figure out a way to get what you want.



You can wrap a rock person up in your sheet of trickery.



A scissor person can sneak up and cut you to pieces.



When you fight: No one can anticipate your next move



If someone makes you mad: You'll attack them mercilessly when they're unprepared