Home

Well, it feels great to be home. I had my last exam yesterday, ending at 9pm. Immediately hit up the "Barbie" themed party, and then went down to Ceeps to celebrate the last night in London. Needless to say, it ended roughly and all I remember is having to sit with my head in the toilet around 6am while chugging 1.5 liters of water!

I had a damn blast though which was the most important part.

This morning after getting over my hungover state, I ended up packing until my Dad came and picked me up. At 2pm we hit the road back to Barrie. Since arriving I've unpacked, see Bob/Jon/Coles and had a great time. We threw a frisbee around for a while, then hit up a bar, some food and chilled at my house. A perfect start to Summer. I start work this week as well which is awesome! So excited.

I think I needed to get away from London... Badly.

I'll also be quite happy when everything is finally unpacked and set up in my room. Right now its at a messy standstill. Oh well, this week should be awesome. Besides work, I've got my first hockey game tomorrow night, going for cheap wings on Wednesday (haven't had wings in forever!) and then maybe hitting up the Sabres/Rangers game on Friday. The week will be topped off with my welcome home/Tim & Brad's housewarming party! Perfect week.

Before studying

Well, third last day in London! I just got back from an hour of Moksha Yoga and I feel wonderful. As much as the roomies call me gay for doing yoga, there is nothing more relaxing! Now I can just focus and study all night.

My last exam is Applications of Psychology, focusing on Consumer, Military and Engineering psychology, at least it's an interesting topic! Been really cool to learn about how things are designed to take advantage of us and we don't even know it.

I also did the most "demasculating" thing I ever have today; I bought a pair of Lu Lu Lemon board shorts. They are so ridiculously comfy. I may have to go back and buy the pair of pants that was also on sale. It's like sitting with Satin on my bum. I never thought I would buy anything from the brand, but I recommend it, they are worth checking out. Comfort factor alone. Also good for when I am at Yoga.

Otherwise not much else is up. Just ordered some food, and going to study til about 1-2am. Waking up at 7am to continue and then grabbing lunch with Melissa and Stuart! Should be a great time. I also have my last shift at the Evil Blockbuster. Cannot wait to be done for the summer from there. Not sure if I am going to bother returning in the Fall yet.

Yoga Time

Nothing relieves my stress more than a hour long yoga session... then back to studying, woo.

One more to go

Well, not really one more to go... two more to go. One in 8 hours, one in 5 days. Exciting shit eh? I cannot wait to be done... go home... have 4 months off to rethink life and figure out what I'm doing.

On the plus side, I've joined 3 ball hockey teams, and 1 base ball team which should keep me super busy for the summer.

On the down side, I hate life right now...

Late Nights, Early Mornings

It's 3:45am and I can't sleep. I had a Red Bull like 6 hours ago so I don't know why its still keeping me going. I'm so excited and terrified for the next week. Tomorrow I am heading to Starbucks at 9am to study for the day. Should be a gas. I haven't spent a day there in a long time.

My night was decent. I slept til about 7pm, then headed to the library and closed it off at 2am. Since then I've been sorting out some small things and watching Entourage. It must be the best show ever invented!

My hockey team won our first game tonight as well, something like 11-2. I am hoping I can add a second championship trophy to the shelf. Two in two seasons! Would make me quite happy. I got the ol' stick out of the closet today and am beyond pumped to start playing again.

Bye Flames

Only 6 more days in 3rd year... this is weird. I'm starting to feel antsy, worried and excited all at the same time. Oh well, its almost all done. This week is relatively simple. Exam Wednesday morning, work Friday night, exam Saturday night, go home Sunday. Easy street I tell you.

I am so angry that the Flames got eliminated .. that is all I have to say on that subject.

Otherwise, I am studying, and this was going to be a post but I got distracted and am ending it early...

Yoga, Ice Cream, Crack Heads, Oh My!

Augh!!!!!!!!!!! It's 4am, and I'm pulling a mother fucking all nighter. My exam is at 9am. Ugh. This was not how it was supposed to be.

I woke up this morning, and studied all day long. I had ALMOST everything ready to go, but wasn't quite finished. Still, I headed out for the 8:30 yoga class with Katie and Katie. Post-yoga we hit up Marble Slab for a little ice cream, and then I returned home...

... around 11:30 I get a phone call from Lauren downstairs. She sounds upset and quickly asks me to come down because someone is kicking in the neighbors door. I grab the guys and we head down. Upon arriving he takes off running around the building. We stand around confused and I decide to follow him. I get around back and watch him walk up to Ashley's door and enter. I run over, she looks confused, and he starts rambling about looking for his buddies. I tell him to fuck off and he runs away. I follow him back up front and meet him at the door again this time with everyone there.

Things got heated at this point and words were exchanged. I've never been told to "suck my own fucking dick" so many times in my life. Interesting how he felt so tough with 6 guys surrounding him. He said he would leave, so we went back upstairs. I instead headed down to see Lizzie/Bina. Upon arriving there we start talking in the living room when Lizzie proclaims "SOMEONE IS LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW!" It's the same mother fucker. I go to lock the door and he tries to get in, then goes and pounds on Ashley's window again. I called 911 at this point, then I grabbed a thick stick and give chase back to the front of the building. Met up with the guys again and went back upstairs. He continues trying to kick the door down, then he tries to climb through their window and get in it.

He spots us watching again and decides to confront us. He is pissed and swearing a lot. My favorite line though was...

Me: It is our problem, you fucking followed me down back, and fucking tried to get into the house
Him: It wasn't me man, your fucking wrong
Me: Uh, I watched you through the fucking window
Him: You got the wrong guy, fuck, it wasn't fucking me

... hmm, ok. So I didn't see the crack head through the window and have him follow me? The cops eventually show up... 911 call... 10-15 minute response time to "crack head trying to kick down our door"... I won't even comment on that... and they start to investigate. They are talking to the guy, and he is rambling all sorts of bull shit, and the girls whose door he was kicking in show up. Now, he had been saying he was trying to meet up with guys for most versions of his story so we were hoping to see his fag ass arrested. Nope, they know him, cops let him go. Fucking let a guy go when theoretically you have, two counts of attempted break and enter, drunk in pubic, under the influence of an illegal substance, break and enter, disturbing the peace... and probably a lot more. I'm so pissed! And now the fucker is sleeping one floor down from me, when I am pulling an all nighter in response. Bull shit.

I'm Damn Lucky

So I am just sitting here, studying for my "Theories of Mass Communication" exam tomorrow, and came to a realization. I am damn lucky. My laptop battery no longer holds a charge, so I have turned it into a glorified picture frame rotating through all the photos it contains. It only has the last 2 and a bit years (2nd and 3rd year university, and a bit of 1st year). Yet, the first string of photos that comes up were; me and all my building mates; me on a beach in Cuba; me skiing in Calgary; another photo from Cuba; a Argo's game; a Jay's game; and a Kegger. Hmm, I felt lucky at that moment.

I am spending all my time down at this little school, Western, and that alone leaves me in a position of being lucky. Not everyone gets to attend post-secondary, and certainly everyone doesn't get to go to one of the best schools in the country. I should be proud. On top of that, in the past year I've gone to MLB, NHL, CFL and NBA games, seen more concerts than I can count, been to Calgary to ski, Cuba to drink, Las Vegas to gamble, I've met and partied with celebrities, gone on boat trips, road trips and actual trips and been VIP at more bar events than I can remember. I have had a lucky fucking year. I should never, ever be aloud to get down on myself. And this was my big self realization right now. I'm lucky. I was looking through my photo's from the past 3 years (all of University) and I have done more than a lot of people may ever get to do in their life. It was almost humbling.

Wow. Ok, done procrastinating.

Looking through old SD cards...

What happens when you mix all night studying and too much red bull...?

Can we go back?

... a photo taken on the last nice day we have had, I want to go back

It's all over

Well, third year is done, minus the 5 exams I have to write in the next two weeks. So pumped to go home for summer. Everything is confirmed so I get to do it. My goal over the first 2 weeks back is to get my tattoo done. Go tanning a lot so I get a base, and then just finally get er' done.

I am still hoping I get to venture down south with my Dad for a week in May, because that would be a joyous experience. Party it up before summer starts.

I already have two of the three hockey teams I am playing on this summer picked too. Two are the same as last summer, but I still need to find another. Also may coach again, because that was a blast.

Overall, I am just a happy dude. I won't be so happy at 8am when I get up to go to the library though.

Good night.

Still avoiding the internet.

Well, it seems easier for me to keep avoiding the internet than it does for me to post regularly. I'm sad because I had been doing it frequently...

I read a great article the other day about how the only person to read a typical blog is the author, and I agree... thats why we fucking do it. This thing helps me remember what I did a year ago, 3 years ago, 7 years ago.

Since the last update I have just been to busy to sit and bother to write anything down though. I am no longer staying in London for the summer and instead venturing back to Barrie to make more money and hopefully have a better summer. I still have to tell Blockbuster though which scares me, but it has to be done today or else I can't give "two weeks notice".

Exams are also here. It's weird being done class for my third year at University. I'm scared, next year I graduate!!! On the plus side I have a better idea of what I'm doing and where I am going. I need to keep my marks up though, thats key. Oh well, it's been fun...

Speaking of fun, last night was amazing. Had a random road trip down to Detroit to watch game #1 of the NHL Playoff's between Calgary and the Wings. Sadly, Calgary lost, and I took a lot of shit for wearing my Flames jersey, but it was a great time. I want to do it again if there is a game 7... I mean, if there is a game 7, I'm going to do my best to get tickets. Would be awesome.

But I should stop procrastinating and do some work now.