Kamloops - yep a very Canadian name. I was surprised to learn that it's just south of Dallas -- Dallas British Columbia. There's very rugged and semi-arid hills around the city, a lot like Southern California. No South Forks Ranch though. Unfortunately I never took my camera out of the hotel room. Shit.
Well the strike is over and I'm back home. I've gotta find...
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Back on the road and in Kamloops now. I'm back in the cable repair world, basically riding around in a truck and watching another guy work. I'd like to be doing some work myself, it would be way more interesting, but he doesn't seem to be willing to share. I even offered to let him sleep in the truck while I did a job but...
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zef:
well, my friend is definitely a young homer simpson. He will only tell her at the very last minute, then spend days asking her what the hell the big deal is, that he was just trying to avoid the drama which in his estimates would be far more excrutiating than lying to her.
He's a hoot though. I wouldn't want to miss his antics for anything.
As for you, are you getting any good pictures while you are out there? Since he isn't letting you do any of the work, you might as well get some shots in. Do you have a small enough digital camera you can stash away until the moment and/or inspiration hits?
Kamloops? Definitely a canadian name.
He's a hoot though. I wouldn't want to miss his antics for anything.
As for you, are you getting any good pictures while you are out there? Since he isn't letting you do any of the work, you might as well get some shots in. Do you have a small enough digital camera you can stash away until the moment and/or inspiration hits?
Kamloops? Definitely a canadian name.
Well, I'm back in Edmonton. I'm hoping to get another assignment before the strike ends to cash in some more, but I don't know if that will happen. They reached one tentative agreement and the union voted it down by 53 votes out of almost 10000 votes cast. 4900 people didn't vote. It was a bizarre scenario, voting YES were people who thought it was...
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zef:
ouch.
Unions have their place, but I think most have outlived their purpose.
Thanks for your comments. I am glad to be rid of her.
I want to attend NC State's Art and Design program, but the deadline (much to my surprise) for FALL of next year is December 1,2005. That means unless I bust ass to get accepted, I won't even be attending their next year!!! So I am a bit uncertain at the moment.
Canada is going to have to wait. Besides, I don't want to deal with the cold right now. Ohio is cold enough. It was almost 80 degress here today in NC. Hard to beat that.
Unions have their place, but I think most have outlived their purpose.
Thanks for your comments. I am glad to be rid of her.
I want to attend NC State's Art and Design program, but the deadline (much to my surprise) for FALL of next year is December 1,2005. That means unless I bust ass to get accepted, I won't even be attending their next year!!! So I am a bit uncertain at the moment.
Canada is going to have to wait. Besides, I don't want to deal with the cold right now. Ohio is cold enough. It was almost 80 degress here today in NC. Hard to beat that.
adonis:
that sucks about the rash! and you were trying to be sexy.... awww... that usually happens though because skin is so sensitive. i bet you're still sexy anyways.
So, I had some excitement the other day. First, my mentor Trevor and I were trying to find a cable buried under some guy's driveway, and Trevor (arrogant redneck - dangerous combination) climbs in a back hoe and starts digging up the driveway. The guy tells me there's a gas line 3 feet under where Trevor's digging, and I pass the pertinent information on to...
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zef:
holy shit, I am glad you made it out alright. I think I can handle the end of relationship a little better than potentially being blown up by an idiot or being gunned down for something that you don't have an immediate role in.
Have you considered entering a less stressful line of work, like maybe hiding in a hole in the ground with no underground gas lines for days?
Have you considered entering a less stressful line of work, like maybe hiding in a hole in the ground with no underground gas lines for days?
psychemoon:
ummm... how to reply to a tale full of excitment like that? i guess i will start with i am incredibly glad to hear you made it out unscathed. also i should add that i think you should try to keep a safe distance from this trevor, rednecks can be dangerous enough but an arrogant one to boot frightening.
and thank you. you have always had intelligent, sweet and sincere things to say to me and i really appreciate it...
and thank you. you have always had intelligent, sweet and sincere things to say to me and i really appreciate it...
Well, a good week in Fort Mac. I've been learning telephone cable repair and I like it lots. I don't like taking abuse from the strikers, which is getting to me on the inside even though I don't want to let it. They call me princess, which is kinda funny but still bothers me. I think I feel threatened because they like to throw implied...
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psychemoon:
Yee-haw indeed!
zef:
that's some funny shit.
Victoria is so beautiful, and so is Lindsay, I'm glad I went. We cooked for her parents and then for some friends, we cuddled and talked and hiked through coastal rain forest to the beach, and took pictures met up with friends from Toronto. It was fabulous.
I go a call in Fort Mac saying I'm now in cable repair for the big telco. This...
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I go a call in Fort Mac saying I'm now in cable repair for the big telco. This...
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adonis:
sounds awesome. but i think you need to come to NC and watch the leaves change with me 
Hey, what the hell is this thing stuck to me? A beer belly?! No way, damn-it! A month of sating myself here on the company's card and now I'm paying for it. How could I let this happen? I've been so good with the yoga and the gym and the not stuffing myself, then I go on expenses and it's steak and beer every night....
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psychemoon:
now it's damn near the entire population that has body issues... love us as we are!
psychemoon:
i really don't know what has me down... i feel stale. i think i need some freshening up...
Today I made friends with fox. I was kicking around my soccer ball in a park when I started to get the feeling someone was staring at me. I turned around and there was this fox standing about a 100 feet from me just staring back. So I ignored him for awhile (that's how you show wild animals they don't need to be scared of...
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psychemoon:
sounds like you had a lovely time with the fox. i tried to make friends with a porcupine last night but people were waiting for me so i had to say good-bye early.
thank you for the kind words, for the bad day & my new pic. a dear friend of mine has a flashy little digital camera that does fun things like the sepia finish, i'm a little jealous.
oh, my days since saturday have been nothing but good, i hope yours have been much the same...
thank you for the kind words, for the bad day & my new pic. a dear friend of mine has a flashy little digital camera that does fun things like the sepia finish, i'm a little jealous.
oh, my days since saturday have been nothing but good, i hope yours have been much the same...
ladyexxa:
i love it when shit like that happens....i've had quite a few wierdo experiences with birds. soooo many birds.
no foxes. but of lots dogs. dogs are cool.
my friend saved 2 hedghogs once, outside of mcdonald. they had mcflurry cups stuck on their heads, and they were scrabbling around trying to get them off. he missed his cab but the hedgehogs were grateful.
no foxes. but of lots dogs. dogs are cool.
my friend saved 2 hedghogs once, outside of mcdonald. they had mcflurry cups stuck on their heads, and they were scrabbling around trying to get them off. he missed his cab but the hedgehogs were grateful.
Now, I grew up in a pretty redneck town in Southern Ontario where guys I knew would go "stoner hunting" with pellet rifles, and I've lived in Edmonton for two years where the mullet has only just gone out of fashion, but I just saw the most redneck thing I have ever seen in my life. This guy's driving around in his pick up truck,...
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OK, so I'm making sick cash here in Fort Mac Daddy, but I want to make this gig work for me here in the land of gooey sand. So I brought my mountain bike up from Edmonton. While home I enquired at MEC about some kind of cow bell to hang on my bike to warn bears that I'm coming and to pick-up some bear...
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ladyexxa:
nyahhhhhhahaha. i could be the wierdo thO!! but i'm not. i don't think he is either. i don't bother msn'ing much, i chat to 2 people...
ladyexxa:
nice pingu, by the way. i have a pingu toothbrush!!
I would go TO, if you are serious about photos. Plus, Edmonton winters. Once you're out again, you'll remember that the rest of the world doesn't automatically ask if their parking space has a plug-in.