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so that red thing from that last post, that’s an LED red traffic light. neat huh?
this picture above is from the midnightblue photo series. it’s of brentwood and sidney from the malahat lookout. r0ck.
it’s been a pretty up-and-down week for me, but it’s been a good one despite some of the unfavourable events that have occured.
word to the mother bird.

i went rockclimbing for the first time tonight. it was awesome.. and i managed to get some pretty rad shots after my hands gave up.
snowboarding yesterday, rockclimbing tonight .. that’s two new things in two days. tomorrow i don’t work until 3 pm so i am going to sleep in a bit and go to the mall to get my tennis racquet restrung. sportchek does it for cheap.
i’m pretty tired from the day. a bit sore from snowboarding but not too bad.. i was up at 6:45 to go to work, i did the event lead at canadian tire, did an hour of overtime, and got more sore from rockclimbing. but it’s that good kind of sore. yeah!
so, listen punk.. have you seen these people?

today, i crashed, i fell, i slid, i turned, and i stopped!
don’t be a fool, go take a look at the last word.

there’s a picture of me from this morning where i totally look like a surfer dude. except without .. well, you know, the surfing. i’ll have to post the picture next time i make it to victoria. which .. will be .. i am not sure. auuuugh, i need a usb port in nanaimooooooo…..
hmm, that got me thinking for a few minutes there.
this evening, myself, emily and saila went for dinner at Gina’s. it was awesome. totally gooder.
and tomorrow, we shall snowboard. awww yeah. i got these new zope airwalk snowpants for the event. they’re so cool i’d wear them anywhere and everywhere. well i’m not sure about that, but they’re definitely boss.
anyway, the mullet wig seemed to be a big hit with all the kids at brechin elementary. as they say in fubar, give ‘er. and that’s what i did.
turn up the good and turn down the suck!

i’ve had a headache the last couple days and have found it hard to write. or think. i took the morning off work and then i felt okay. i feel somewhat better today but i think it’s going to be another early night!
other than that, we have my first set of school skits to go to. wheeee!!
tomorrow i am going shopping for ski pants because i am going snowboarding for my first ever time on wednesday. i expect to fall over lots.

i went to oak bay rec last night to go swimming with mr. gurns. they had something there called “MEXICAN FIESTA NIGHT” where the kids bash the crap out of a pinata. yowza. i don’t think i have been to an ‘everyone welcome’ swim in some time. it made me feel mature, or something.
it is a lot different then going swimming late at night. there are kids everywhere. tonnes of them. at night, you only have a handful of people. so, that was fun, but night swimming is far superior.
after that, I went to see “catch me if you can” .. pretty entertaining movie. i recommend seeing it. all the acting in it is great and the storyline is good. if you like movies with getaway scenes, you’ll love this one.

i caught a ride back up to nanaimo with andrew. that’s him on the right with cynthia on the left. we talked pretty much the whole trip and it went by really quickly. i brought a tripod up with me this time. vua ha ha ha!
anyway.. i’ve done some more research into this town of Atlin. the pictures i could find of the town make it appear quite small. it was difficult to tell exactly how many people live there from the pictures ..
thank you to the person who provided the correct spelling of Atlin, otherwise it would have been hard to find in a google search.
here are some Atlin facts from www.atlin.net:

• Atlin Population: Approximately 450 permanent residents and 100-200 seasonal residents
• Atlin Elevation: 2,197 feet above sea level
• The Movie Never Cry Wolf was filmed in Atlin, as well as several TV commercials and a couple of Hong Kong movies
• Atlin Lake is the largest natural lake in BC. It is about 85 miles long, and averages 2 to 5 miles wide, although much wider in sme sections. It drains a basin of 4,402 square miles, forming the headwaters of the mighty Yukon River, which flows thousands of miles before hitting the sea
• Atlin Mountain: elevation 6,656 feet above sea level
• Theresa Island is the highest point of land in a freshwater lake in North America. Birch Mountain is 4,561 feet above sea level
• Discovery was also known as Pine City [I am not sure how this is a fact about the city of Atlin]
• Atlin is the most northern and most westerly town in the province [of British Columbia], located at latitude N 59″35′ and longitude W 133″40′
• Longest Day: On June 21st, the sun rises at 4:35 AM, and sets at 11:18 PM, giving us 18 hours and 42 minutes of sunlight. This provides a short but intense growing season. It is light enough to take photographs at midnight [w00t!]

being in victoria is weird. i woke up in my bed this morning to wonder if the last two weeks have been a dream. for the first time since i left, i woke up in sunlight .. and everything is the way i left it when i was last here.
except i have mail. and a cheque. woooo!!
it is time to download pictures from the past week. i took some of my favorite shots last night and the night before.
btw, i apologize for the jpeg artifacting in that album and all the other ones too. i’m going to have to change the settings on the import in the gallery app. click on an image twice to see the extra big version of each picture. it looks better.
if you are one of my co-workers and are looking for bchydro photos .. i’m posting those too, just not yet. 🙂
it appears that i’m flying up to Whitehorse with anastasia feb 11th and then driving down to Atland to talk to a town about being powersmart. this is good. i love flying and haven’t flown in many moons. my 3 readers who have been reading this blog since i started blogging will understand the significance of this.
next wednesday i am going up to mt. washington to go skiing for the second time ever in my life. oh booooyeeee!

woohoo!! happy birthday angie! yaaay!!

i was going to post the lyrics to bjork’s “possibly maybe,” but after reading them, i don’t think i like them all that much. i thought they were more subtle but perhaps it is just that i don’t understand what she’s actually singing all the time.. still a good song though.
speaking of good music, the new massive attack album that is due out in february is boss. the last track is soooooo good. it’s darker than usual but it’s a pleasure to listen to, without a doubt.
and speaking of albums, i hear the new hybrid album is circulating. it’s too bad that the promo deal between hybrid and my radio show never really worked out properly .. i got all of their stuff, but it could have been more solid, quicker .. all of those things. then again, hybrid said their album was going to come out a year and a half ago .. it seems that there were several loose ends or something. there has definitely been enough time between the albums. to say i am looking forward to this one is a serious case of understatement.
today was the first Real Day of bagging bulbs in The Second Secret Location. we packed a lot .. probably about 2000 of them. that is a lot, however it’s barely a dent in what we have to do.. somewhere around 120,000 or so. i have never worked in an assembly line quite like the one today though .. so much energy — it was lots of fun. having a ghetto blaster on pretty loud kept things going at a furious pace and it was definitely satisfying after doing office work all week.
big ups to the p.a.f. massive!
i am phasing in and out of sleepiness here. i think it’s time to leave work and go home to eat and whatnot. tonight i may go rock climbing and i may also end up in the rock city area. the two are not related.

after counting and moving about 10,000 lightbulbs today, i went to speakers corner to have a little fun on camera. it was fun! i wont say what for .. but it wouldn’t be hard to guess. 🙂
i saw james bond last night with emily and matt. i can’t say the movie was quality, but it was definitely entertaining. it was cheesy in the austin powers way, however it was not supposed to be a comedy in the same way. just .. yeah. it’s a renter. hehehe.