I'm Employed!

Now I'm in the Fashion Industry.

Working at Eddie Bauer when I head back to London

Thank Heaven for Money!

2/3rd's 562 Reunion Drinking Night

After a long 9 month absence from the province of Ontario Ming returned from Vancouver for a 4 day stay in Kingston re-uniting 2/3rds of 562 (Me, Stu, Adam, and Ming). Much fun was had especially in the art of destroying ourselves with alcohol like we used to do. Compressed into one evening Friday night became a gong show the likes of which I haven't seen in a great many months perhaps over a year.

It began out quite simply enough with a bottle of wine with our Curry Original dinner. It was decided to make things interesting that at the first 4 bars we went to we'd order drinks for one another and make sure they were drinks we hadn't tried before. First stop was martinis at the Tango. Mine was some raspberry and coffee flavored concotion which contained two sweedish berries at the bottom. Next stop was the King Street Sizzle (a round of random shots), next stop The Juice nightclub with 4 vodka drinks from the bar, finally The Keg's bar for another round of shots, these one premium brands. Next stop Windmills and drinks of our own choice. After that things get really interesting when we stop at Megalo's. Our server upon finding out we intended to drink, offered us a very premium and very bad drink... Absinthe.

Absinthe was very interesting in which we poured our shot over the sugar cube which we lit on fire and waited till it carmerlized before stirring the camelized sugar into the glass and shooting it. Absinthe is 70proof. It's pretty lethal. Then she gave us free drinks by presenting us with two challenging puzzles to complete. As well we did two more additional shots there.

Now being sufficiently gone from the Absinthe and other shots we continued on to Sol Latino for a tropical drink and then last stop at Filthy McNasty's for $2.50 drinks. Instead of wisely ending the night we head back to Adam's place way over by West campus. Everything we drank hits us, Adam throws up. Stu and I leave Middleton's at 3am and decide to walk to McDonalds. We're so drunk we can't figure out where we are and become lost temporarily. 4am we finally reach McDonald's and eat it. It is delicious. Still ridiculously drunk we finally head home. I get into bed at 5am, and fall asleep just as many people wake up for work.

Wake up at 1:30pm on Saturday. We meet at Stooleys. All our hungover. Pictures will follow eventually when I get them from Ming....

1 week left to awesome summer.

Making a Bad Morning Good

I'm invigorated. I'm pumped. I feel on top of the world.

This morning at 8:30am I woke up and went pee. On my way back to my warm comfy bed all prepared to sleep for another few hours I grabbed my glass of water off the night stand. I went to slip back into bed and I stubbed my toe on the bedpost sending 3/4 of a full glass of water down my front and all over my sheets. It was cold and it was a wake up call. I changed the sheets, dried the mattress and flipped it.

Rather then crawl back into bed I decided I would make the most of my early morning. I sat in bed and read till 9:30, then made pancakes for everybody and enjoyed them with a glass of OJ. This was followed by sitting outside and reading the paper while enjoying a nice English breakfast tea. Back inside I decided to invigorate my body and get back into workout mode for the upcoming school year. I went downstairs and enjoyed a nice 40 min jog on the treadmill. A nice long hot shower, and now topping it off with a nice stir fry zested up with some lime.

How can I not be invigorated though? I leave tomorrow for a nice night in the Muskokas with Janet at a premium resort. It's not my trip to England but it's certainly going to be a nice way to spend an August weekend. Only 2 weeks left to this wonderful summer...

Climbing Outdoors: The Full Post

So on July 30th I got the chance to finally try climbing outdoors and it was absolutely amazing. This post is a long time coming because I had to wait for my Mac to get back from the repair store and it's finally back today. So Malek took Stu and I up to the Kingston Mills which is just below the first lift lock on the Rideau River System. It's a cliff face that has slowly been eroded away over eons by the river and the elements.

Climbing outside is a spetacular experience. It really puts your gym climbing skills to the test and forces you to learn a whole new series of skills. Reaching the summit of your climb is also much more rewarding then in the gym. You get a real feeling of acomplishment when you reach the top and look out over the River from 60ft + above it. I suppose you could relate it between 20 minutes of training on a Treadmill versus running a marathon.

I climbed a 5.4, a 5.6 and repelled down two routes as well. It was a very education experience and I can't wait to try it again. I have a chance to do it this weekend for 2 days and learn how to set up outdoor climbs myself however it costs money that I don't have. I'm debating between cutting into my savings or not.

Pictures from the Climbing:
The View:

Stu on the Rock:

The 60ft 5.4:

Me on the Rock:

Everybody looks stupid in Climbing helmets:

Update

I climbed outside.
It was great. (pictures to follow)
I'm still unemployed.
That is not great.
My relationship is awesome.
That is great.
I'm broke.
That is not great.
Concert series for Western is a go.
Once again, great.
Computer is still at repair shop.
That is once again, not great.

Life is full of contradictions.

Long weekend ahead...