The wind is ever faithful and it carves a solemn sword

im just about to go to sleep but im going to start this post off so in the morning its all there ready to go and i can get on with it and maybe even get a bit more regular with posting on here.

Ok good mooooooooooorning, iv left this too long to write in any sort of chronological order but il begin where i left off, our litte snowboading trip...

We went to mount Seymour which is pretty easy to get too....little harder to get back from. I'l come to that later. So I headed down town popped into Blenz to get a latte as i was a little early and waited at the 211 for Alice. When she arrived i had drunk about half of my latte so was more than a little excited about the prospect of hitting the slopes. Dru got on our bus at her stop and then we got a shuttle bus up the mountain which was $5...heres us on the bus





We headed to rentals and got kitted out in all the latest snowboarding fashion




We hit the slopes...








I had a fantastic time and my pupils did pretty well considering im probably not the best teacher....but i had posted them some instructional videos to review before hand. oh yeh and the lift pass was free (for girls), you just had to pick up a ticket before hand and donate whatever you wanted for breast cancer. I made a little video of Alice snowboarding since she did so well for a first timer:



On getting the bus home the driver was a complete idiot and didn't tell us we were going the wrong way so it took a thousand times longer than it had to.

last wednesday it was beautiful and sunny (its kinda been like that ever since) and i had the day off so i headed to English bay with my book and some music, i sat on the rocks and it was awesome. Once i got round to taking these pics it was getting a bit chilly and some darker clouds were on the way...




my feel fuzzy sailor badge made by debi...you can get yourself a similar one at www.feelfuzzy.etsy.com ;)










dark clouds a loomin'


me wrapped up


the sun setting... it seems to go down aroun 5:30 just now

That night i went to the cambie with Dru and Greg and we played cards with a guy who started talking to us. At first i didn't have any time for him because he was asking what we thought of vancouver and where we were from and im gettin a little sick of that question...but then i thought that was a little harsh so i conversed and bet him at cards so it was a good night. Later Greg bought me a shot of tequila which i did without puking which is always a bonus !

On the thursday Greg and i went to open mic, it was a good night as usual and i really loved the song that was on when we got there. Later on some guy was doing some throat singing which was super cool.

I worked all weekend and obviously valentines day was crazy busy. They were doing heart shaped pizzas which was a total cop out cos they just cut a tiny triangle out the top of a normal pizza !! i was run of my feet and defo burnt a good few calories. Didn't get finished until around 11 and then sunday was super busy too, but i like it best when its busy because time goes fastest.

On Sunday (i think) Alice and I headed back down to English bay...its the place to be in the sunshine ! and did some more book reading and picture taking before i had to head off to work, heres the evidence...
















Im having a bit of a mental block as to what happened this week, at one point i made parsnip and cashew sausages using Debis top secret recipe and they were AMAZING ! I also went to the library, iv been quite the book worm of recent.

On wednesday i went with alice to a photography exhibition at ubc which was neato...but then i forgot to actually pack my packed lunch which was not so cool. Still it was another sunny day and Alice gave me her banana so i sat outside IN A T-SHIRT and ate that. wooop. And then i through the skin on the ground because he other day i was in red burrito and some woman got all high and mighty cos some other woman put her banana skin in the dirt next to a tree and she was like knocking on the window telling her to put it in a bin. But really surely the dirt is the best place for it, that way it will compose and not take up space in a land fill....right ? discuss...





i liked this picture best of all


since i had forgot my lunch we went to 'soup etc' and i had some soup and alice had some etc. it was delicious


One magical day i got a parcel from home. The doorbell rang and i had to go down and sign for it, sooooooooooo exciting. It was full of amazing things and was one of the best mornings of my life !!!! ahahah seriously ! I sat in Alices doorway and opened them all....just to make her jealous....not really, i was just trying to share the magic !! I got a jar of pesto and when i had some on a wrap the other day i realised how rubbish the one from canada was, i can't believe i settled for it and even thought it was almost as good ! Heres me with my new head massager:



Last night was Thursday and i was working, which was unusual cos they don't normally have me on on a thursday but there was a new girl and i think i was there to show her the ropes. She looked all shy and scared like i was so i told her how to look busy and what to do in regards to answering the door etc. She said the job seemed pretty easy and i said it is but can get kind of manic at the weekend. So she is working all weekend and we seem to have the same sense of humour so that should be fun.


ok well i think thats you all up to date. my search for a second job continues to be unfruitful, the new girl at my work said it took her forever to get this one so perhaps the economy really is in crisis, who knew !

peace out

ahaha

MASSIVE PICTURE POST !

Some puppies for sale at the mall



(Wendy i think if you take Stephen to this pet shop when you are here he will have to give in and buy you a dog !)

Alice at Morchellos


Greg and i on one of our boys nights out...drinking manly drinks as you can see !






Joppa ?


What an excellent day for the beach !










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Dinner at Sophis cosmic cafe






On the wine at open mic !




Drinkin PBR in the house


Alice and Guido bored of my company










Il save the boarding ones and put them up once i have put a wee video together of me Alice rockin the slopes !

Y LAS NUBES SE CARGARON A LO LARGO DEL CIELO

Hello strangers. It's been a while, but doesn't that make it even more exciting ! look at all the word you have still to read > i haven't written them yet but they are workin there way from my brain to my finger tips. so 2 reasons i haven't blogged until now 1) no one comments thus its all give give giiiive. email me or send me a message on facebook or get on a plane and come visit me or post a tiny wee comment. it will make my day, its hard being away from all you guys. and 2) iv not been up to that much of recent !

Where to start.........Iv been enjoying a lot of coffee shops of recent; people watching and taking notes on life. I think iv managed to develop a bit of an intolerance to caffeine as the last time i had a latte i got a little more hyperactive than usual and felt a little crazy. bonus. There are a lot of nice coffee shops on main street and also on commercial so thats where i tend to go, iv been reading a lot more too as i joined the library the other week. The library here is fantastic and has a huge selection of books (as libraries tend to). Currently im reading tooth and nail by Ian Rankin, i got it because i thought all his books were set in Edinburgh but low and behold this is one of the only ones where Rebus is in London ! Nevermind it's pretty good so far, i don't normally read books about murder etc due to my over active imagination but i wanted a change.

Today i am going to go to 4th ave and pick up a lift pass so i can go snow boarding for free tomorrow night. Heading up Seymour mountain as they have a girls board free night on Mondays. Going with Alice and Dru who have both never snowboarded before so im gonna have to bash out a few lessons and hope no one gets hurt ! pictures will follow !

Hmm think i have a few pics on my camera that should be in this post, il upload them later and put them up.

Went to the Cambie last wednesday with Greg and met some really cool people. We overheard them talking and thought they were scottish but then found out they had just made a deal before they came out to speak in scottish accents all night, CAUGHT ! i totally believed the girl though, her accent was the best iv heard, better than mine ! We ended up going to honey with them, which is a club just around the corner. There was a pretty cool band playing there and sleemans was on special so it was a good night :)

On Thursday i had my date wil alice...iv really managed to work myself into a routine mon- caffeine fest tue- laundry etc then work wed - drinks with greg thur - date with alice - fri, sat, sun - work ! Iv never had such structure ! so anyhoo Alice and i went into town and did a bit of shopping but i didn't buy anything and then we went for some Indian food, Iv been a veggie for 2 weeks now and it still hasn't posed a problem...Alice's chicken did look good though... After a delicious meal we got the bus to main (we are both the proud owners of bus passes now) and went to a tea shop. It had nothing on Steeps and although Alice enjoyed her tea mines was a bit rubbish. Plus i was not a fan of the woman working there, she was pretty rude. After some delicious tea we went to the regional assembly of text as they have a letter writing club on the first of every month. As soon as we walked in all you could here was the sound of about 28 typewriters clicking away. I noticed later a girl was recording the sound onto her walkman type thing. We didn't get on a typewriter but i had a cookie and used a tonne of stamps to make some paper and envelops look pretty. It was really cool, i will def be going back next month. Afterwards we went home and had some drinks.

I just realised its almost 2 and since we live out in the sticks i better get my skates on and get to 4th and get my free pass before work. Catch you later x