I took last Friday off work to go camping with: smokes_outside, darcymercer, rowdyllama, coralcoralcoral, fakesharkstore, codycallon, mikesleckyesq, KC!, Joe & Marina!

The whole trip could probably be summed up with the words: FOUR SQUARE!, A WHOLE LOT OF FOOD!, SCOOBY SNACKS!, PHOSPHORESCENCE! and CAMPFIRES!


( click here to see a bunch of pictures of us just sitting around )

I've had a really, really nice few days.

Last Tuesday Amanda came by for one final afternoon on the fire escape before I move and she headed off on her week long vacation in Portland. I bought a bottle of white and we grabbed the camera and computer and sat outside in the sun the last few hours of the evening.. it was lovely ♥.


( girl talk.. )


Wednesday was the first night of the fireworks and coincidentally it was also poker night at Darcy & Jordans.. who happen to have a really sweet deck with a pretty sweet view of the whole thing. Nigel stopped by after work, I won $8 and watched Canada compete for .. what exactly? Does anyone know what they actually win?..


( explosions in the sky.. )

Two days ago Lindsay & I met up after work and had some terrific sangria at la bodega on Howe (@ Drake) - sort of expensive but the next time we can't figure out where to go and don't mind splurging a bit, I definitely recommend it. They had the very best peach/vanilla/brandy ice cream too... mmmm...
We stayed a few hours then headed back to her house with that Grey Goose that I STILL haven't finished for some much needed quality time. I wish I'd managed to go out with her & JHames, but it's just not in me these days.

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Last night was the second night of the fireworks. Basil, one of the people I work for, invited us to his house (like last year) to watch and ooomg, it didn't disappoint..


( the good life.. )

July 5, 2008

Our second morning in Ashland. We all got up surprisingly early and lazed around for a while. I finally decided to throw on my bathing suit and get outside to lay around the pool instead of my uncomfortable cot. Coral & Darcy eventually joined me, leaving the boys to finish watching Punked until we all got hungry..
We spent the rest of the day riding up a mountain with Marshall, Risa, Trevor & their friends to the faerie ponds to swim (sit) - we picnic'd, we returned the bottles from the day before and bought a kick ball, we bbq'd more, drank more, did more biking, went bar hopping in downtown Ashland, skinny dipped in a pool none of us owned, hunted for grease for a grease run car, and finally (FINALLY) made it home for 4:00am - just in time to close our eyes before we were on the road again, headed back to ( Canada-Land. )

I've been back for four days and I'm already counting down the nights until we get to go back. The July 4th long weekend in Ashland was a dream. Actually, my whole ten days off was pretty fantastic.



Malcolm, Coral, Darcy & Jordan picked me up at my place at 5:00am last Thursday morning. I don't think I've ever managed to get going that early on a road trip before, much less with four other people all trying to get their shit together on time. It was perfect. ( Starbucks hadn't even opened yet.. )

Happy New Year!

Don't 'they' say that where you are and who you're with when the clock hits midnight directly influences how you'll spend the following year? If that's the case, I won't complain since I was in the company of those I love the most while ringing in the New Year.



( Auld Lang Syne )

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I spent New Years morning with Dustin, Jordon, jasmine & Shannon - they phoned me from the beach at 8:00am (heh heh Jake) and came over to warm up and have some tea and croissants. Eventually we left my apartment and went to wake up everyone at Prior St. for more tea and new years stories and eventually three LARGE pizza's from Uncle Fhatihs. By the time I got home I was so tired that all I could do was crash on the couch for a few hours of mindless television before bed.. it was perfect.

So today is the 3rd, it's Marg Martini day at Moxies and I have a date with Lindsay & Coral. If you're in the West End, you should join us.

I woke up January 1st, 2007 with my cat chewing on the plastic bracelet still around my wrist from the Dirty.Dirty New Years Party and my eyelids heavy and black with makeup.. it had been a good night.

New Years Eve was spent with all of my favourite people (save Malloreigh who I miss tremendously), drinking at Louis' place, looking forward to the upcoming year and looking to the past for musical inspiration (1990's dance party anyone?). All of the pictures have been posted already on lindsaysdiet.com, but I wanted to post my favourites here for posterity.

( December 31st, 2006 )

So now it's 2007 and I'm back at work.. no more long weekends until Easter, when Lindsay & I have plans to take a weekend visit down south.

I thought about making resolutions since the ones I'd made last year were actually kept and made my life a hell of a lot better.. but I think I'll just keep going like I have been and hopefully this year will be even better then the last. Enough of looking back though, it's all looking to the future from here.

Even though I'd vowed to take a break from the bar and try a week of sobriety, I ended up at my apartment - vodka/OJ in hand on Friday night with Lindsay & Malloreigh (and Nigel, but he wasn't coming to the bar).. Since it was really only the three of us (we lost Nigel to his Xbox) there were way too many silly girl pictures taken and lots of getting dressed (and re-dressed)

( it was a usual night at the bar )

Saturday I think I slept til almost one and then hitched a ride with NIgel to Kits beach where Mal & Arinn were already lounging about. I didn't even bother getting into my bikini, they went swimming - I took the opportunity to get a little more sleep. I think I slept about ten or so hours every night this week.. it was awesome.

( So after the beach we had lunch at the Naam.. )

Saturday night Mal & I stayed at my place and had a little girls night/sleepover party - which wasn't really either since it was just the two of us and we were pooped from Friday still... we watched movies & ate grapes & fell asleep before the second movie was over (or at least I did)..

Sunday night was truly the strangest, one involving the most teens... Lindsay, Nicola, Jennifer, Malcolm & I borrowed Nigels car and headed out to Langley to see Fake Shark Real Zombie do an all ages show at a church...

( highlights include the following )

So that was my weekend.. it seemed busy.. it was fun and it DEFINITELY involved a lot of quality time with the ladies. I think I'm going to spend the next few nights with my man and my kitties at home resting...

CNTM finale is on tomorrow, if anyone has been watching and is interested in coming over to watch with me they're more then welcome. We'll order pizza or something.. Monte Carlo delivers.

xo