Hello. i have a job ! working in a cafe on sweden way (can't escape sweden) next to ikea. its called second cup. i start on wed at 2:30 but mostly il be working 9-4 or 5. im not sure i really want to work there, it didn't seem so cool but i guess il get some experience so i can maybe work in a cooler coffee shop later on. the guy who runs it is really nice so as long as the people working there are alright it wont be so bad, plus il be getting paid...which is just as well cos iv been spending money like its going out of fashion !
its really rainy today and has been since yesterday...but it feels longer. i am a definate sufferer of seasonal affective disorder. so im having a bit of a down day and blaming the rain. really missing debi today :( and my txts dont seem to be getting to her which is not cool.
went out on the hostel club night last night but it wasnt as good as last time. although beforehand we went to steamworks for some beers and a meal with martin and it was very tastey. i had a delicious pizza and some tastey beers, so il def be going back there :) but then the folk on the club night werent as cool as last time....i sense an overuse of the word cool today. it was an alright night though and most places we went were a nice amount of busy.
i went out shopping today to try and find myself some nice new trainers as my other ones are leaky and ready for the bin. my yak leather hiking boots are coming in very handy...but aren't really a look i like sporting in the clubs ! but i came back empty handed...well with an earring...which i really don't need. so the search continues. went christmas shopping the other day too, still got a lot to get though....wish i had done that before the rain came !
not got any plans for tonight as of yet, kind of want to do something to lift my spirits a little. not sure what though, perhaps something amazing will happen all by itself. il let you know ! we are no longer getting the keys for our house today, he had told us the wrong day so its tomorrow at 6, im looking forward to that. will be nice to get settled in. and its kind of near my work which will be good, just need to work out which bus to get now.
got some cool books here the other day so i might indulge in some reading for a while, it might help my writers block. i have a few pictures from last night but i havent uploaded them. i think im going to upgrade to a paid accout on flicker as the aquarium pics i uploaded dont look as good as the ones i put on flicker first but my flickr is full. its only $24 for the year for unlimited space etc, i think its worth it.
greg is off for coffee and alice is off at a tea interview....i need to find myself a hot beverage. miss you x just going to continue watching you tube live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTnsBP9u-TQ
internet is a bit slow though !!
garbage - im only happy when it rains
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
aquarium pics
here are a bunch of pics from the aquarium, enjoy :) more txt below
vancouver
me and a woman who most definately was not a card board cut out...
Alice swimming with the fishes
beautiful jelly fish
a sloth !!!!
a dolphin jumping during the show
my faves, the sea otters :) :)
a beluga whale
a rabbie burns statue !
1234, tell me that you love me more sleepless long nights that was my youth was for
Hey bloglovers, il start this off from Sunday night as i think that is where i left off, but i am starting to wonder what i blogged about and what i just imagined blogging about. So sorry for any repetition.
Alice and Greg at the yaletown brewrey, mmm yummy cheap beer brewed right there ! It was only $3.75 a pint and was really good, will def be going back here :)
and here is our fire place...or theres...i forget
Monday night at 8pm we headed out for the pub crawl put on by the hostel. They organise a lot of event to get people meeting other people. its a good plan but everyone we meet is leaving van to head to whistler or home or the other side of canada...so so far our house warming consists of me greg alice and our lovely new cream carpet...what could possibley go wrong ! So anyway, we are getting pretty good at hanging out with strangers now, we have found it best to just remember where people are from as names seem to be a hard point for us all ! as our hostel is smaller than the HI central we had to go over there to get the party started. We waited in the lobby for the hostess to turn up. On the night club night the hostess was called CT and she was pretty chatty, they get paid in beers and free accommodation for taking us to various pubs. good times. This hostess looked at us all a bit suspiciously and didn’t really hang with us so im not sure she was in the right job. We went to the first pub which just happened to be Johnny Foxes Irish snug, right next door to the hostel. Alice almost passed out because she has wanted to go in there for ages. I got a cider...a strongbow no less. However, since I only really started drinking strongbow because it was cheaper than other drinks the novelty wore off when it was $2 more than Gregs pint of Canadian (the tenants of Canada). We sat at the table at the back and since there wasn’t enough room for everyone on the pub crawl we pretty much split into 2 groups and stayed that way for the rest of the night! We got talking to 2 Swedish guys (can’t help it everywhere I go Swedish people and me are drawn to each other !) and the American guy originally from japan from the club night was there too. After one drink we went to the next pub. Which was kind of irish too, but everyone working there was wearing kilts. Was a bit weird. Nice place though....just a bit too much like home...with expensive booze. We ended up staying there way longer, the rest of the group went on but we were having a good time so had some more drinks there (Canadian this time). Here are some lovely picture :)
Alice and the bavarian guy
greg and the english boy
australian guy
me and one of the swedish guys...yes he looks like jake...so technically he is an amalgamation of my kansas friends in one man !
We figured we better catch up with the group in case they were going anywhere exciting and having more fun than us. Despite how unlikely that may of been. when we got outside something in our drunk heads told us we needed group pictures, so we posed for quite a while as if we had been friends for years. or friends that had just met up after years...or just friends full stop.
After much posing we went to the royal to meet the rest of the group but they had left and it was totally dead. Like glow dead. So we danced around like monkeys for a while then left. Greg managed to lose his camera at some point during the evening....so if you spot it in any of these pictures let him know !
this might be why
I spent the most part of yesterday talking to debi and writing postcards, then I went for a wee walk and bought some books. At night we went to the templeton for delicious food. I had lasagne it was amazing. Love that place so much.
Alice and Greg enjoying some food
We headed home and pretty much straight to bed like the party animals we are. Its getting to the point I can’t blame it on time difference any more, but im still gonna try...it was jetlag. Today we went to the Vancouver aquarium, its pretty ace there, our Swedish friend came along too. One of the sea otters from last time that used to hold the other ones paw had died so once I stopped crying and trying to jump in to hold his paw we saw all the other animals, it really is cool place. Oh and the beluga had a baby, pretty cute ! and that pretty much takes us to the current moment. Not sure of our plans for the evening, but alice is off at a job interview right now so I better get my act together ! will post the aquarium pics in a sec cos they dont seem to want to be in this post for some unknown technical reason !
feist - 1234
Alice and Greg at the yaletown brewrey, mmm yummy cheap beer brewed right there ! It was only $3.75 a pint and was really good, will def be going back here :)
and here is our fire place...or theres...i forget
Monday night at 8pm we headed out for the pub crawl put on by the hostel. They organise a lot of event to get people meeting other people. its a good plan but everyone we meet is leaving van to head to whistler or home or the other side of canada...so so far our house warming consists of me greg alice and our lovely new cream carpet...what could possibley go wrong ! So anyway, we are getting pretty good at hanging out with strangers now, we have found it best to just remember where people are from as names seem to be a hard point for us all ! as our hostel is smaller than the HI central we had to go over there to get the party started. We waited in the lobby for the hostess to turn up. On the night club night the hostess was called CT and she was pretty chatty, they get paid in beers and free accommodation for taking us to various pubs. good times. This hostess looked at us all a bit suspiciously and didn’t really hang with us so im not sure she was in the right job. We went to the first pub which just happened to be Johnny Foxes Irish snug, right next door to the hostel. Alice almost passed out because she has wanted to go in there for ages. I got a cider...a strongbow no less. However, since I only really started drinking strongbow because it was cheaper than other drinks the novelty wore off when it was $2 more than Gregs pint of Canadian (the tenants of Canada). We sat at the table at the back and since there wasn’t enough room for everyone on the pub crawl we pretty much split into 2 groups and stayed that way for the rest of the night! We got talking to 2 Swedish guys (can’t help it everywhere I go Swedish people and me are drawn to each other !) and the American guy originally from japan from the club night was there too. After one drink we went to the next pub. Which was kind of irish too, but everyone working there was wearing kilts. Was a bit weird. Nice place though....just a bit too much like home...with expensive booze. We ended up staying there way longer, the rest of the group went on but we were having a good time so had some more drinks there (Canadian this time). Here are some lovely picture :)
Alice and the bavarian guy
greg and the english boy
australian guy
me and one of the swedish guys...yes he looks like jake...so technically he is an amalgamation of my kansas friends in one man !
We figured we better catch up with the group in case they were going anywhere exciting and having more fun than us. Despite how unlikely that may of been. when we got outside something in our drunk heads told us we needed group pictures, so we posed for quite a while as if we had been friends for years. or friends that had just met up after years...or just friends full stop.
After much posing we went to the royal to meet the rest of the group but they had left and it was totally dead. Like glow dead. So we danced around like monkeys for a while then left. Greg managed to lose his camera at some point during the evening....so if you spot it in any of these pictures let him know !
this might be why
I spent the most part of yesterday talking to debi and writing postcards, then I went for a wee walk and bought some books. At night we went to the templeton for delicious food. I had lasagne it was amazing. Love that place so much.
Alice and Greg enjoying some food
We headed home and pretty much straight to bed like the party animals we are. Its getting to the point I can’t blame it on time difference any more, but im still gonna try...it was jetlag. Today we went to the Vancouver aquarium, its pretty ace there, our Swedish friend came along too. One of the sea otters from last time that used to hold the other ones paw had died so once I stopped crying and trying to jump in to hold his paw we saw all the other animals, it really is cool place. Oh and the beluga had a baby, pretty cute ! and that pretty much takes us to the current moment. Not sure of our plans for the evening, but alice is off at a job interview right now so I better get my act together ! will post the aquarium pics in a sec cos they dont seem to want to be in this post for some unknown technical reason !
feist - 1234
Sunday, November 23, 2008
We love this exaltation, We want the new temptations, It's like a revelation, We live on fascination
i have put all of my pictures on flickr so if you want more of the same just click on one of the ones below.
heres the house we almost rented
and heres the street we almost rented it in
Alice enjoying some tea on commercial drive
some cool graffiti under granville bridge, saw this on a walk around the bay in the evening
another pic from the walk
us after we signed the lease, it should also be noted that this was before we handed over any money
A giant dog on granville island, in the next pic it ate that woman
all the lovely cakes ! i had the new york cheese cake on top....debi i know i said i would loose weight...but i have been walking loads ! to the point my shins hurt !
greg and alice enjoying their chocolate cheescake
Greg full after eating all the cake
some red snappers
a horrendous red snapper close up...people eat this
me at English bay
Greg and Alice on the ferry back from Granville island... note Alice's consistantly happy face !
the tiny ferry docked up
heres the house we almost rented
and heres the street we almost rented it in
Alice enjoying some tea on commercial drive
some cool graffiti under granville bridge, saw this on a walk around the bay in the evening
another pic from the walk
us after we signed the lease, it should also be noted that this was before we handed over any money
A giant dog on granville island, in the next pic it ate that woman
all the lovely cakes ! i had the new york cheese cake on top....debi i know i said i would loose weight...but i have been walking loads ! to the point my shins hurt !
greg and alice enjoying their chocolate cheescake
Greg full after eating all the cake
some red snappers
a horrendous red snapper close up...people eat this
me at English bay
Greg and Alice on the ferry back from Granville island... note Alice's consistantly happy face !
the tiny ferry docked up
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