Last Day at Science Center

Had the last day at the Science Center today. Guess that's about it for now.

It Ain't Gout!

Went to see the doctor again yesterday and my blood/urine tests came out clean. It isn't gout. What it is, no one knows. He thinks it might be a sprain or "pseudo-gout" an ailment very similar to gout, but a buildup of a different chemical. Either way, I'm still on meds and still sore.

Yesterday I tested, interviewed, was offered and accepted a job with SGI. I am now an "SGIer". The company sounds fantastic, and everyone I came into contact with was just the bees knees. I'm really looking forward to shedding the Science Center and starting something that finally resembles are real career.

Thanks to my injury, moving has been painfully slow. Some of my family have agreed to come give us a hand this weekend, which is much appreciated. Hopefully I can talk dad into giving me a hand with leveling the house a bit too. Good times are a brewin'!

Other than that, marriage has treated me well, but probably not Rhonda so well (she spent her first days as a wife moving and nursing an injured husband), but I think things are going exceedingly well and I'm looking forward to the rest of the adventure.

Hoppily Married

The wedding was perfect this weekend. A beautiful, sincere and heartfelt ceremony and a fun and enjoyable social/reception/party made it all I could ask for in a wedding. You can tell you're making the right choice marrying someone when the crowd starts banging and you have no trouble giving your special lady a big smooch. Frankly i could have spent the day making out with Rhonda.

I woke up Sunday morning with a very sore ankle and found out Monday morn that I was the proud recipient of gout. Bastard. So crutches, pain killers and excrutiating pain attacks have been my menu. Bastard. Oh well... what can you do?

Well, Tommorrow's the big day...

... and I'm just taking the last breath of air before taking the dive.

Today was certainly long. We started by taking Tai to school, one of the few normal moments we've had today. Went for breakfast with Rhonda and Debbie. Then went out with Bootsy and dr0pped off some recycling (that trip is the subject of a post sometime after the wedding I can assure you).

About noon I was called and informed that we could go get the keys to our house at 1...and we did. Checked it out... acted like a little kid at Christmas for a couple hours and showed off to the family. Then projector and PA rental, setups, rehearsals, suppers, setups and now home at 10, to work on the playlists for the dance and watch the Hour.

Soon I will go to bed and awake single for the last time...

21 Things You Didn't Know You Could Recycle

Well I knew about most of these, but there were a few suprises. Gonna check a few out... and many of these are availiable in Canada (the Lions club does quite a number with glasses).

Link

Nervous Ball of Nerves

I gotta say, I'm becoming an emotional wreck this week.

The wedding 8 days away is naturally a cause for some jitters. Less the commitment part, I've been pretty confident and sure about that bit for a few months now. It's the wedding day itself. It's been one controversy after another with this thing, on both sides of our family, and I can't help but think it might come to a head next week. It's a shame, because Rhonda and I are having this whole thing for the benefit of our friends and family, we'd be married and moved on by now. And plus, my family loves to poke fun and I'm just too strung out to deal with it all right now... I know they'll toilet paper my new house or something and I'll spend half the day cleaning up their prank when I could be moving or painting the house... but I suppose when you're one of the most accomplished pranksters in the county, you gotta expect some payback sometime.

My job search is not going anywhere, much to my chagrin. I've applied to dozens of jobs and haven't seen so much as an interview. I have a few resumes to hand deliver this weekend, hopefully something comes to fruition, because I've only got about 2-1/2 weeks of living saved up.

Then there's the move. While it will be a relief once it's done, there's still a myriad of things to do from address changes to utility moves to the physical act of moving. Note to others, don't get married, buy a house and change jobs at the same time... it's a wonder I haven't had a breakdown yet.

A big shout out..

... to my homeboys who put on the best bachelor party a guy could ask for on Friday. From the police visit to karaoke, it could not have been a more entertaining night.

Love ya guys!

Still Number One

And now we know how to beat Winnipeg next weekend. This should be a good season!

GO ROUGHRIDERS!!!

Yikes

Well tonight is the night.

What do my brother and friends have planned for me? I don't know.

Stay tuned to the internet for pictures of me passed out with marker on my face or someones ass in my face or something.


Shoulda eloped.

You ever see those commercials...

on TV where this young couple is say scratching their head or like starting a family and then they go to the bank/talk to some suit then the next thing is them putting the "SOLD" sign on top of the Century 21 sign out front.

I shit you not, that shit happened to me today. Well ok, not exactly like that. But Rhonda and I made an offer on a house and got it today. So now, barring some catastrophic failure of the system (knock on wood) we will be the proud owners of a pink house.



I'm totally stoked! Oh and Shanna, you're the only person who couldn't see the link... thus I am again forced to conclude that you don't know how to use the internets.

Things people need to consider when they design/build things...

I've worked in maintenance for almost 2 years now and already I'm seeing some major flaws in the way people design and build things. Most of them are simple common sense things, but here's some reviews,

- If you are using cables in your design, assume that they will break. Design so that the cables are easily replaced and won't hurt anyone when they do.
- Tamper resistant screws do nothing but piss people off. Tamper resistant Torx & Phillips, Triangle head, 3 pin head, spanner, tri-wing and all the rest can go fuck themselves. The only acceptable bits are normal Phillips, Robertson, Torx, Blade and Allen(hex). Oh and posidrive can eat a dick too.
- Remember someone will need to clean your project someday. This is especially important to realize in places like kitchens, hospitals, recreation facilities and schools... places where sanitation is important.
- Every door should be openable, even from locked with just one hand... less if possible.
- Some people are right handed, some are left, deal with it.
- There is no reason anything should be built low enough to hurt someone shorter than say 7 feet... more if it's say a basketball court, gym or Big n' Tall store.
- Lightbulbs burn out, someone has to change them, make that easy for them.


There will be more to come, but dammit I hafta get back to work. Just rememeber this : Things break, someone has to fix it, don't make their life hell... or worse dangerous.

NUMBER ONE IN THE LEAGUE!!!!

WOOOOOO!

Oh man, what a rain delay. Had to take the following pic of Bootsy, she likes football, she doesn't like lightning... he he.

So we're number one, we're number one, we're number one.

Thank you.

My News Roommates

A pleco and a handfull each of Glowlight Tetra, Neon Tetra and Black Tetra. Natural plants.

Week 2

I'm just so HAPPY

Looks like I'm gonna be a homeowner

So we got approval on a home mortgage this week. At $120,000 it ain't gonna get us much in the Regina area unless we want to move to a less savoury area of town. I'm half excited about the idea and half upset. I'd like to continue living in the Cathedral area, there's nice people and good atmosphere, but if we decide to move into say the Washington Park area, we can be part of a young crowd who could potentially revitalize and improve the area. Plus we can get a bigger house for cheaper. It's all so confusing. But I am pretty excited about getting my own place.

Yup, still here

Just really busy, it's been that kind of week... or two. Stuff is good, gonna maybe go buy/finance a small multitrack this week.

That's all folks.

New Project and off to Camping

So I got to sit down with Dave last night and begin work on a new band we've been discussing doing. It's an interesting approach because we've got lots of ideas, want to avoid setting guidelines and boundaries. It's like a big lump of clay right now, it could be ANYTHING, but last night we started moulding it a bit. We discussed some of the projects we've done in the past, what we liked about them. We bounced a couple songs off each other that we'd been writing, teaching each other how to play and expanding on the ideas. We also discussed possible members and genres too. I think this will be an exciting and entertaining band, and I'm very anxious to get right into it, but patience may be key as both Dave and I need to get the Linger project finished, and there's really no rush for us to get going yet, we still need to find the rest of the band. I'm most pleased with the fact that I was able to bring in a couple songs that I didn't think I'd ever have a place for and slid them right in to what we're doing.

After work today, I'll be rushing home to finish packing then hitting the road for Manitou Beach for a couple nights of camping and relaxing. Got the first night all to myself, then tommorrow afternoon, Rhonda will be joining me for the remainder of my days off. I'm really looking forward to it.

Other than that, work work work. There's a big dark rain storm on right now in Regina, the Science Center looks really cool when it's dark outside.

Air Filtering House Plants

I've had a small but determined interest in horticulture for the past few years. I've been trying to grow the odd houseplant, succeding for a time, then failing due to circumstance, then succeding again.

One of the most successful to date has been my spider plant. It's gone from low-light and no water to too much light and too much water and it's just grown like nobodies business all along. It's no wonder it's my most accomplished plants (I was using success too much...), it's an incredibly hearty plant... thank God it's not a weed here.

While doing some research about this lil gem that sits in my window brightening my living room, I learned that it's an excellent air cleaner, absorbing all sorts of toxens.. recommended by NASA... pretty cool. So I caught this list of air cleansing house plants. Pretty cool, think I'm gonna get my hands on some and do some house growing. A similar list of large trees would be nice too, people could figure out what kind of trees to plant if they wanna be all "Green" and shit,

Anybody want a cutting, I'm willing to trade for anything on the list (or I'd just give you a cutting if you asked nice.

I'm dissappointed that my garden didn't come to fruition this year, the move ended a few of my plans for the year and the act killed a few plants I had going. But I got some seeds saved, all is not lost. I think I might learn to do something that needs a lamp or something to start. I have a bannana plant and a cashew nut tree, those could be interesting. And I just re-planted an herb garden. And I did a planter of chives, just to drive Rhonda mad with the smell. So all is not lost.

Oh Science Science Science

Beakman's World
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Mr. Wizard
Wonderstruck
Popular mechanics for Kids

and just as a bonus, completely un-sciencey, but I know you're all going "Oh wow, I forgot about that one!" Here's another one to blow your mind
Picture Pages

Sad Loss... thank God it's temporary

So I started laquering a project at work yesterday, something I'll be doing for about the next week and a half. Unfortunately I learned that my air-fileter mask doesn't seal properly thanks to the old beard. So last night I had to take the big plunge and shaved the ol' girl off. So I'm now as bare-faced as grade 5. I look like a dork... I want my beard back. So thankfully the project will only last a little while, then I can return to my normal awesome self.