My Life... Or Some Photographs From It

Updates

2010-12-19T14:28:00.001-06:00

Huge Flickr upload today. Check it outttttt!

Christmas is coming fast! I've already sent presents out to my girlfriend Jocelyn. They should arrive just in time. My brother and I travel 8 hours back home to Fort Frances on Thursday after work. Christmas is going weird this year with all that's happened to my poor Grandma who is now living in Rainy Crest. Regardless of everything I look forward to seeing everyone and going home. I hope Jocelyn loves my gifts! :) Merry Christmas homies!

Stoked

2010-10-11T21:15:00.002-05:00

This Saturday I will wake up, then drive to Winnipeg. At 6:30PM I will be hopping on a direct Air Canada flight all the way to Ottawa. Here I will meet my girlfriend. After a long hug and many kisses we shall return to her place for 9 days.

I.

Can't.

Wait.

:)

Baked.

2010-09-12T22:19:00.001-05:00

Baked some cookies tonight.

My Friend!

2010-09-12T03:29:00.006-05:00

If you're into photography you must check out my friend's blog. Sydney Boustead. Photog extraordinare! This post is the one she made when we (Her, Jamie, Jocelyn and I) we're chilling in Fort for a week this August!

Home Sweet Home.

Life Update!

2010-09-11T23:25:00.002-05:00

Where to begin.....hmmm... Well my last post was about a autographed Kosten deck. Since then I was expecting it's arrival. After much delay I called The Berrics to see what the hold up was. Turns out Koston was outta the country for the month and couldn't autograph the board. So I settled on a Chris Cole Battle Commander deck signed by, Salman Agah, Billy Marks and Steve Berra. Pretty awesome. Then! like a month later the autographed Koston board shows up! For free! Stoked.

So yeah, that's that. What else. Well still working at Equal as parts manager. Still living in Manor. Braden and Barrie are gone now. Jamie leaves this weekend. I'm gonna miss him. Since Braden left my ambition to skate has literally gone out the window. I went to Winnipeg for a weekend trip and skated once or twice here. Nothing major. Kinda sucks. I can feel myself getting fatter.

Now on to the big and exciting news. I have a girlfriend. An amazing lady. A true find. Unlike any other that i've been with in the past. Jocelyn Young. Weird to say so soon, but I love her. Fallen head over heels. We can talk for hours about nothing. She is holding my cousin Samantha in one of previous photos. She is gorgeous (Sam too). She is funny, she is simply amazing. I know that we are like 2400kms apart as she lives in Ottawa basically, but I am going to try my hardest to make this work. I spend a week with her back in Fort for my holidays in August. Also where I popped the question and she agreed to date me. August 22nd. Hahah. Lame? Naaaah! And yeah, I'm going to be flying to visit her next month again, done there. Meet her fam and hang out. I cannot wait. You ever wake up smiling for the same reason everyday? It's refreshing.

Since Jamie is moving out and my brother and I will be left in this small town essentially alone, winter is going to be hard on me I think. I think Ryan (an 18 year old we work with) is going to be moving in when Jamie leaves, but it won't be the same. I'll try to skate in the basement again, but I think I'll be spending lots of time at the gym working out over the winter. Really try to get into some sorta 'shape'. Time will tell. I foresee lots of X-Box Live in the future with Jamie and his girlfriend Sydney also. Nice thing is they will be living in Barrie, so when I go see Jocelyn, it's not too far to go say hello to them also. One big happy family of sorts, haha.

Other news. I bought a truck! A brand fucking new truck. I'm so stoked! I no longer have to worry about my stupid Pathfinder breaking down. It's a 2010 GMC Canyon. 4 Wheel drive. Crew Cab. I love it. It had major hail damage on it from a gnarly storm out here that destroyed every vehicle on two car dealerships lots, but I got it cheap. I figured, I have a good job, this seems hard to pass up, why not! So I dig myself deeper into debt, but such is life.... right? I'm happy. Really happy. Just have to get used to being broke for another 6 years. Yay..... Haha.

Despite all that craziness. Not much is new. I'm trying to put myself out there and meet new people around here. Once Jamie leaves I'm gonna lose my only true friend here, so I best try and make some new ones. That or convince Jocelyn to move in, haha. Kidding!

So yeah. This is what i've been up to. Crazy busy. But all good as per usual. I'm smiling once more and couldn't be happier. I'll try and a keep my updates more frequent and much shorter. I say that lots. Hahah. Goodnight no one. Until next time.

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I am alive. Yes.

2010-09-11T22:56:00.001-05:00

Okay. I am going to post a buuuuunch of photos. They might sum up my last few months. Then maybe I will explain them all.

Did I Mention...

2010-06-23T22:59:00.005-05:00

I have an autographed one of these from Mr. Froston himself on the way. :)

Proof that it's on thee way:

More New Stuff.

2010-06-23T22:52:00.004-05:00

I think I have a slight spending addiction. Just ordered this from The Berrics yesterday...

The first 25 of these books ordered will be autographed by Reda himself. I want to be in that 25... Dork. I know.

Tumblr

2010-06-16T00:14:00.003-05:00

I started updating my Tumblr again this evening. Feel free to check it ouuuuuut!

http://robertgalloway.tumblr.com/

Yes.

2010-06-09T00:45:00.003-05:00

I am still alive. I lack motivation to write. But... I asure you. I am. Still. Alive.

New Smeee

2010-05-03T21:59:00.005-05:00

Way too tired to write tonight. So instead I've compiled a bunch of photos for this post. Most of this is new stuff that I've acquired. I'll explain each photo.

New kicksssss.

Final Flare Bonus Edition complete with Blu-Ray. Can't wait to watch this on the new 60" 120Hz 1080p LED TV. :)

New chrome bumper corners for my 96' Pathfinder. This will smarten it up real fast!

New Tee on the way.

Deathwish board for the wall.

Another Deathwish board for the wall.

AntiHero air freshener for the Pathfinder.

New deck I ordered. 8.25"x32"

Got a free copy of Debacle on Blu-Ray from the Tiki Room skate shop in Regina. Skate videos on Blu-Ray..... WOW!

My beard. Oh and my old now in half 50mm lens.

Self Portrait.

Creature deck is what I am skating right now. Warhol is on the wall.

Warhol and Sticker deck on thee wall.

iPhone Board and Element/Imaginary Foundation Wall decks.

My new 50mm is on thee way! :)

Mr. I'm Too Cool To Blog

2010-05-03T00:22:00.002-05:00

So I haven't really been blogging much or at all. I am working through a break up and it's not so pretty, nor is it ever supposed to be I think. Just when I think i'm okay with everything, I'm not. That's a whole different story in itself though. Bottom line is I've neglected this site and I'd like to think of this page as an extension of myself and a form of art so to speak. Or at least the photography aspect of it. But yeah, I've been slacking. There are things I want to share and stuff I want to just write down. This is the best place to do it. I don't even care if anyone reads it, or if they agree with what is being said. I work so much, most days it's all that is on my mind aside from her and when it's not raining out, skating. I'm doing my best. I will try to update this thing more often now. No GF and a desire to create and use this media outlet to my advantage should drive me to use this as I once did on a somewhat often basis. I have been skating as much as I can. Keep checking my Facebook, YouTube or Vimeo accounts for videos. I would post them here, but I find the video uploads are shit on this site, not to mention I upload on 3 other different sites with much more support. So yes, updates to come. Photos. Maybe some painting. Maybe just sappy life news updates. Time will tell.

PS. Winnipeg skate trip in the works for this weekend! Also on the agenda for the trip... buy a new 27" iMac. I can hardly wait.

(Also, might be staying at Britt's. Bad idea? Good idea?) Meh... I do want to see her. I'm just worried it might do more harm than heal. To be continued homies...

Ye Ye!

2010-05-02T21:29:00.002-05:00

Mutha Fucka...

2010-04-27T00:28:00.003-05:00

Breakups suck. I shouldn't expect any different. Is it terrible that I want us to remain friends. That's normal right? Then why is so damn hard? Why do I want to be her friend but can't help myself from wanting more than just that. Greed? Selfishness? Oh well. I will accept all the things that are right in front of my eyes in time. Sometimes things just don't work out, whether you choose to accept them or not. 3.5 months of dating isn't a very long time... but it is for me. Although we never had a huge emotional connection due to the distance between us, it doesn't mean that real feelings weren't made and essentially hurt. Perhaps this is all common dating knowledge. I'm not a real expert in the field myself, but speaking (well typing, rather) this makes me feel a bit better about things. You would think having a job that consumes my life and living with 4 other guys, 3 of which are single, would help me get over something like this a lot faster than the norm. I disagree. I find myself wanting to be alone and dealing it with myself. I do talk to my roommates, but i'm not sure any can really relate. I'm a pretty sad sap type dude when it comes to feelings and generally... well always wear my heart on my sleeve. Being in a small town sucks for new girls coming by also, but let it be known that, that is not my concern at all. Every girl with 2 legs remind me of her, and none of them compare. I deserve to be happy and well with her towards the end neither of us were. So I guess unless we found a way to fix that rather huge and serious problem it was never going to work. So here I sit. I just finished playing more Nintendo Wii with my roommates girlfriend and now I'm about to go to sleep. All I can think about is laying down and texting her goodnight. Then i'll think about waking up and texting her good morning. I want to forget I pushed her buttons tonight and ultimately let the conversation end with her telling me that she would take my advice and text me when she wants to talk. How long will that be? Was I really being a jerk? Should I have let my shitty day ruin hers? Should I have really ignored that her day was terrible also and tell her how I felt knowing that it would make matters worse? I deserve to tell her how I feel whether she wants to know or not.... I think. Like I said I'm not Doctor Love. But I am who I am. Take me or leave me. At the end of the day, yeah I might look back and think that it sucked, but tomorrow is a whole new day. Yeah... tomorrow is a whole new day. Let's just hope I don't dream about her so the desire to text her tomorrow won't be so strong. Strong... I have to be strong. That's easy... I think. Distance sucks. So does the fact that nothing can change either of our situations.

PS. I think my left knee (the one I had my ACL replaced on) is fucked. I think it might be full of water or some sort of fluid that may not be good. It hurts for days after skating and quite frankly just sucks on a daily basis.

Skating will keep me sane at times like these. I hope my body allows me to do so.

I sounds like a loser. Or like Ryan Sheckler in his terrible reality TV show. Fuck.....

Haha. Oh well.

Feelings.

2010-04-15T01:15:00.002-05:00

Yesterday. Tonight. Both sucked. Work is okay, because I don't have to think at all. It's nuts. But a song plays, or a thought crosses my mind, anything really and I drift off. Sucks. I want to talk to her. But I feel it might be best for us to just not talk. I want her to miss me, but I want her to be okay. I think I will be okay, but right now I want to be okay with her. I'm a pretty persistent person, and me not talking to her for 2 days is a big thing I think. Sounds lame, but it's how I feel. I dunno.... I'm going to give it some time and see how things go. Here's to the future.

Officially Bummed

2010-04-12T23:25:00.002-05:00

It happened. Brittainy and I broke up. It seemed like the only option left. We tried a break and I don't know if we gave it out best effort. I was hoping having something final like this would make me feel better. But for some odd reason I feel like I've made a mistake. I feel like I lost a friend. We had such a good bond and I don't want to lose that. Or her for that matter. I dunno. Part of me feels like we can and perhaps will make this work at another time. Everything in my life had been going so great and she was a large part in that. Maybe i'm looking at it from all the wrong angles. What i do know is that i miss her. I can't even help that. It sucks, but it's going to bother me today, tonight, and for a while yet. This fucking sucks. I feel like she should miss me, i did all i could for her. I tried to make things work, but the distance got the better of us and our emotions. Where to from here? I wish i knew. What i do know is this. It's not gonna be easy and i don't want this to come between the amazing friendship we've built in this short 4 months. Fuck i am just at a complete loss right now. Like i said in the title of this entry... i am bummed. What did i do to deserve this shitty feeling in the pit of my stomach? I just want to be happy. I just want to meet someone who feels as strongly about me as I do about them. I don't think i'm asking a lot. Sigh..........

Bummer High.

2010-04-06T21:36:00.003-05:00

Had a rough night last night. Things got even rougher today. I remain positive though. It's not the end of the word. Funny how, that after being promoted to Part Manager and being told that i'm now on salary making $55,000 a year, she is the only one I can think about. Perhaps the time i spend trying to not talk to her will make her miss me. Perhaps this is the beginning of the end. I have so many questions, but no answers. Regardless of the outcome. She is great. A great friend. A great girlfriend. Amazing! Time sorts all things out. I am going to stay positive and shit will sort itself out like it always does.

To be continued.... like always.

PS. Call me a pussy, but it's been about 3 hours since we've been on a break and I miss her more than ever. I can only hope she feels the same. If not, I guess it wasn't mean't to be...

Ranting.

2010-03-18T11:11:00.003-05:00

I think I might need to go on a bit of a rant. Perhaps do a bit of venting. I have been so happy in the past 3-4 months I would change nothing. I have two great jobs. Live with some great guys. Have an awesome girlfriend. Things are going good. I can't help but look for things wrong with all this though. I blame myself for everything and I need to stop doing that. I always think i'm the problem. For example. I like to spend money and I still have debt from dropping out of school. So no matter how much money i'm making it will never be enough... for me. Living with my brother and two good friends is great. But at time the house is never clean enough, things don't get put away in quite the right places ect, ect.... for me. My girlfriend is more than gorgeous. She's smart and funny and I really could not ask for anything more in a person who wants to spend time with me. She lives 3.5 hours away. We talk as much as we can but sometimes we have to go, sometimes we run out of things to say. Sometimes I feel like I suffocate her with my strong feelings. I need to lay off. Keep the friendship in tact without forgetting about the relationship. Coming out of a one year long relationship, I guess I just naturally cling on to her like I was probably used to. We are opposites in that sense; she has been living a single life for a long time and worrying about that other person isn't first nature to her. As much as she may think about me in a day she doesn't text me right away like I am used to doing to her. With me it's the other way around. I want everything I think, do and see to be known to her, I don't even know why. I don't expect her to do the same thing back to me yet I push forward. I'm not perfect, nobody is. The thing is that, I'm really independent and I am my own person. I cannot forget that. I don't want to ruin what we have because I might be left with a chip on my shoulder and am self conscious about things. With time it will only get better or worse. The thing that I truly like about Brittainy the most is that we are both very honest people. When we feel something is up, it gets talked about unlike last relationship where shit just got swept under the rug, it should never be like that. That was hell. I feel i've suffered the pain of heartbreak only to move on. With Britt, I'm doing just that. I was lucky to find her. The timing may not be perfect with distance and all but we have both made it known that we want this to work. Together we are great. I enjoy that feeling.

I guess the moral of all this is that I am happy and I have everything i've ever wanted. I need to stop looking at the negative things and just enjoy everything that i've been blessed with. Sounds pretty preaching and I don't mean for it to be, but I'm not certain how else to put it.

A Look Into What I Do.

2010-03-18T10:45:00.003-05:00

I'm sitting here at work this morning, which should actually be my day off. I'm on my first of four days off from the Mudd shop, however due to some deadlines I came into Eagle's to finish up some work. I decided to show you guys (and girls) what exactly I do here. Or at least some of what I do. Not only do I design ads, I've done shirt designs, logos, hats, and various other things, most of which is racing related. Here; I've taken some of the ads i've designed for the company, shrunk them down and you can see them below. I've made all of these using Adobe Photoshop CS2 on my 17" G5 iMac. Everything is from scratch and the photography is 100% all done by me. Enjoy. Perhaps let me know what you think. Thanks.

BUSY!

2010-03-12T10:45:00.002-06:00

Wow, since i've been working at this new job it seems my life has been in fast forward. I don't know why but, it seems like I have no time for this blog or anything really. Perhaps i'm consumed with just a few things in my life, such as work, my awesome girlfriend, my new camera and skateboarding; leaving everything else to fall short and suffer. Those things would include a clean house, internet sites I used to frequently visit, laundry, to do lists I have.... the list goes on. In short I feel like I am falling behind both with tasks I'd like to get done and perhaps even finically. Oh well, live everyday to the fullest. Don't worry about tomorrow. I am having a great time and am been happier than I have ever been in my life. I feel great! Some news.... been skating lots and filming with the 7D lots. Still some things I want to add to my growing kit. Pics to come soon. I got a tattoo in Winnipeg two weekends ago. I got a serious chemical burn from Caustic Soda on my right hand/wrist at work last week. The snow is melting here! Saw my girlfriend for 3 days this week and she's coming here tomorrow night for two days. Pumped! I feel like I could type for days, but seeing how I am at work I really shouldn't. I haven't been at this Office job for about 2 weeks and have a lot of designing to do for some upcoming ad campaigns. I bought some new things in Winnipeg last weekend on top of the tattoo, perhaps I'll update this later tonight.... we'll see how the night goes. I have some funny films to shoot in the future. Keep checking my Facebook and YouTube for new videos. Uploaded some new photos on Flickr this morning. Yeah... so check em all out. Sorry this is so sporadic, choppy and rushed, but I'm fighting to get this done as quick as possible. I'll leave you with a photo I took while in Winnipeg the other day. Bloggers and blog readers; I give you my girlfriend (Brittainy) and I. :)

I Want. I Have.

2010-02-19T20:34:00.003-06:00

I Want.... A bad ass motorcycle.

I Have. A new fisheye for my 7D. :)

My Ogio Atiba Mini Bag will be in next weekend. Then all the stuff for my new camera set up will be in my possession. I'm thinking about ordering some 32GB CF cards so I can hold more video. We will see. Still trying to figure out the fucking compression of this footage. It's damn tricky and I don't really like paying for softwear so..... we'll see how pissed off I get before I go to bed tonight. Haha.

I got a new job. I work at a Oil Rig Supply Warehouse called Moose Mountain Mud. I'm making $18 an hour and working 7 days on 4 off, 7 days on 3 off. The 4 always fall on Friday-Monday and the 3 are Monday-Wednesday. It's going really well so far. I have no complaints. It's quite physical so I really like that about it. I believe my Dad's exact words were "You'll have arms like Arnold Schwatz by Fall" hahah, I laughed when my mother texted me that.

Photos!

Winnipeg - 35 floors up. View from my GF's condo. First photo taken with my new 7D.

Heath Kirchart - Sick bike.

Present!

2010-02-15T22:40:00.002-06:00

This is board that I painted for Britt. She sucked the actual surprise out of me one night, but seeing the actual board was still a very big surprise. There is some history to this image. About 5 years ago or something, Brittainy asked me to draw her a tattoo of some pointe shoes. I searched the internet high and low to find out as much as I could about these 'special' shoes that she wore when she danced. (She is a dancer) I ended up drawing them in black and grey and she actually got the image I drew tattooed on her shoulder blade. So now, all this time later we start dating. Weird right. Perhaps, but awesome! Valentine's Day rapidly approaches and I take this whole painting on skateboards thing i've been doing for the last little while and mix it with something that has connections to both her and I. It took me 3 sittings to complete this board and I must say I think it's the best painting i've ever done. She loved it. I couldn't have asked for a better Valentine's Day gift than the smile that was on her face when I gave it to her. It was a great weekend. I'll post more on it soooooon!

More stuff!

2010-02-13T00:07:00.001-06:00

Just ordered this today.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CCPK7W/ref=s9_simi_gw_p193_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0KXVG6V5Q3667FE3REYC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

Photo Dump + Awesome News!

2010-02-12T08:35:00.004-06:00

Sooooo. I've now sold both of my camera! My video camera to a friend (Joel Bone) for $400 with everything! Baby death included. I think it will go to a good home and get great use. I'm happy about that. I'm letting my Rebel XTi body go for $350 to a girl in Winnipeg. I creeped her Facebook and Flickr last night and she can shoot, so I am happy it to is going to a good home and will also get put to good use. So now that I am going to be left cam-less after this weekend that only means one thing!!!! While in Winnipeg this weekend I am going to buy a Canon 7D! It will be glorious. The fisheye is ordered and on the way. My handle will be here later tonight and I think today I'm going to order a new bag. I'll keep you all posted..... so pumped!

"I'm gonna ollie, point at the cam and stare right at the lens" I look like an idiot when I skate.

Wall Ride.... attempt (Could NOT land this pig.)

Steezy Ollie

Broken shitty blank deck.

Steezy push.

FS smith grinderrrrr.

Thanks to my good pal and roommate Jamie DeGagne for taking the photos for moi. :)

:)

2010-02-10T10:42:00.002-06:00

Okay, so I may have just ordered the fish-eye. Yes, yes I did.

Wooooork!

2010-02-10T08:43:00.005-06:00

Since I've gotten better from the flu that took over my life last week, I've been working like a savage. All weekend. 10-12 hour days. Which is good, because I'm making up for lost time, the good ole' OT (overtime) really helps for that.

I haven't skated in so long! I must make an effort to have a dungeon sesh sometime this week.

I finished another painting. This one is for my girlfriend for Valentine's Day. I cannot post it though. I will after the big surprise. I cannot wait!! I really feel like it is the best painting I've done yet. :)

I made some big changes on the bank account this week. Consolidated some debt and just got everything set up a lot better. I closed a tax free savings account I had from ING Direct that had almost $600 in it. I'm gonna put that towards a new camera!!! A Canon 7D! I might even buy it this weekend when I'm in Winnipeg to see Britt for Valentine's Day. We'll see.

My parents are coming to town this weekend. As lame as it may sound, I'm excited to see them.

I've been thinking a lot about filming and photos lately and I can already tell that a lot of my money is going to go towards a new set up. My new setup is inspired by Steve Staffan. Nick Mullin's filmer as most people know him as.

I'll post a pic of his Rig and all the shit I have on my wish list. :)

PS. I had a mustache yesterday. It was awesome!

That's all for now. Here's some photos!!!!

Opteka X-Grip Handle. I ordered one and it will be here this weekend. It's the same as Steve's. (see the photo of his setup further down)

Glidecam SD.

Very Expensive, but would be sooooooo sick!

http://www.glidetrack.com/products/glidetrack-sd-range.html

Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-Eye for Canon

$300 from Poland off eBay. I will be ordering one verrrrry soon.

This is the set up I aspire to have. This belongs to Steve Staffan.

Mustache Me!

Catch Up Time.

2010-02-05T08:57:00.004-06:00

Where to begin, good gosh. I'm at work right now. A slow morning. Just what I like. Kinda. This is my second day at work this week as I have been sick. Caught the flu somehow. Anyways, on to my weekend. Last Thursday after work I headed to Winnipeg. Got into town late and met my GF at a bowling alley. Hahah, it was pretty funny, she wasn't too psyched on the whole bowling thing so we jetted back to her place. Little bit of TV and chicken strips and we passed out. We had to get up at 5:30AM to make out 7AM flight to Toronto. That we did. Tired as fuck we made it. The flight was good. Some turbulence on the landing but it was good. We managed to make a seat swap that put us sitting beside one another. I don't mind being a shoulder to lean on. Especially when the one leaning on it is my tired girlfriend.

We make it to Toronto. John Edgar (an old friend and now dating one of my really good friends) and Jackie Lawres pick us up. We tour around Toronto for a bit and I realize there is zero fucking snow there. All I can think about is skating. I'm cursed. We go to this cool place to eat that reminds me of Diagon Alley from Harry Potter. Solid food. We then headed to Vistek this MASSIVE camera store. I look for a Polish fisheye for my future Canon 7D.... Fingers crossed. They don't have it. Off we go to Barrie.

John is a mad man behind the wheel of his new Volvo. Britt and Jackie were scared for their lives when we hit the 401. Hahah, made for an interesting ride to say the least. We make it to Barrie. The tentative home of my friend Sydney. She is now dating John. It was her birthday yesterday, hence the trip. We get settled in and meet her 3 roommates, who, might I add are all fucking awesome. Not long after Britt and Syd head to the mall. I end up getting wasted, no thanks to John. The ladies get back and waste no time playing catch up. It was an early night! I puked a few times, Jocelyn fell down some stairs and put her head through a wall. Pretty interesting night to say the least. But I had fun and so did Britt, that's all that really matters.

Saturday. Slow day. Didn't do much all day, only to prepare for that night. The big one. We were going to the Bank. A snazzy club downtown Barrie. People starting coming over later in the night and the drinking began. Everyone was dressed up and having a good time. Flip cup was being played and boy did I suck. We finally made it to the Bank and I was feeling pretty awesome at that point. I was throwing out $20's like pennies. Dancing all night. Basically a new man. I had a blast though. Towards the end of the night Syd and Britt managed to get kicked out, that was the beginning to a long night. Some shit went down, stuff was said, everyone was drunk and I don't want to get into it. I'd say for the most part we had fun for a majority of the night.

Sunday morning was a little tense. Everyone made up eventually and things went on their way. We headed for Oakville later that day. This is where John lives. He has a super nice place and showed us some other amazing amazing houses. One that just happened to be the biggest in Ontario. Fucking HUGE. We were kinda all on empty at this point but we ended up going back to Toronto for a random tour of Much Music. I'm glad we went, we had a great time. Britt's eyes were wide open the entire time, it's awesome to see that. We meet some guys from Much and go our picture with them. It was a good mellow cap to a very interesting weekend.

Next morning up at 5:00AM and off to Toronto to fly home. Made it back to Winnipeg at about 9AM. We drove my frozen car back to Britt's and hit the bed for a looooong time. So tired! Woke up around 3. I went and got us McD's and picked up the Plan B board for her. I also grabbed myself some new shoes. Time flew an Britt had to be at dance for 5:00PM. We loaded up and I dropped her off. Sad to see her go as always but seeing her is better than not, right. Quick stop on my way out of the city at Katie's and I was gone. Open road and loud music all the way back to Manor.

I wanna thanks Sydney and John for the weekend. It was great! Happy birthday Syd, hope you had fun and liked your present. Thanks to Syd's roommates who were awesome and very welcoming to all of us! Thanks.

Photos.... yup.

My New Kicks. :)

Us at Much. Britt is in the grey coat directly infront of me. :)

Me.... dancing or something at the Bank.... found this on Facebook... oh my

Oh! I'm selling my cams. I wanna upgrade to a Canon 7D. I've basically sold my video cam and all the shit for $400. Trying to sell my Rebel XTi body now. Looking for $400 or best offer. Hit my up if you know of anyone might be interested. New videos up on Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Vimeo. Check em out!

Later homies!

I am sick.

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I have somehow caught a flu. I'm dizzy just sitting here typing this. For that reason this is going to be short. Had a big, long, crazy weekend. Details to come once I'm feeling better. Wish me well. Later homies.

New Video

2010-01-26T14:00:00.003-06:00

Repeat.

2010-01-25T08:24:00.002-06:00

Where to begin. This weekend proved to be amazing much like the last. I will admit it did have a sketchy start though. Brittainy and her friend Melissa came out to Manor. Now, what you might not know is that Winnipeg to Manor is a 3.5 hour drive. 4 at best.... or worst I guess. Now, Friday there was a terrible storm going through our area. I'm talking rain, freezing rain, and snow, not to mention high winds. All the shit you don't wanna drive thorough. I felt like a meteorologist the entire day. Listening to people talk about the road conditions and what might be happening weather wise over the course of the next 24 hours. Long story short, I relayed all this information back to Britt and the trooper that see (and Melissa) is, she decided to come. It took them 8!!!!! hours to get here. Things were a little tense when they got here at 5AM, but everyone cooled down pretty quick. I cannot thank them enough for coming.

The weekend was great. They met the few people we know out here and got along with everyone. Good times were had by everyone. By the time Sunday hit I was pretty bummed to see her go. But that's how these things work. I never really thought a long distance relationship would be that hard. But after dealing with the funk that I was left in after they left I know now it's much harder than I had ever guessed it would be. Don't get me wrong though, i'd do anything for this girl, already I feel that way. It's like... she is the person I would change myself for, and yet all she wants me to be is myself. I saw that first hand this weekend, and there isn't anything more attractive then hearing that. I just want to be wanted. Seems like such a simple concept.

I could go on forever about how she makes me feel. But I'm sure I tell her that waaaay too often and i'm also gonna assume that the people that read this (if anyone) might not ever care. I do, but I guess I can leave some stuff to myself and the rest just for her ears.

This week is going to be a quick one. I have a bunch of work to do at my Office job. Tina is gone so i'm responsible for getting out the ad and press release I Photoshopped out to 4 different publications. Lots of phoning around and confirming sizes and dates and stuff. It should be a breeze.

This weekend I get to see her again. Thursday after work I head to Winnipeg. Friday the two of us head to Barrie to visit and celebrate a friends birthday. It should be a most stellar time! Oddly enough that Friday falls on the day that we started dating one month ago. The idea of flying somewhere with my girlfriend is pretty cool. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it.

Bit of a follow up. That painting I did last week. I gave it away! I have never given any of my paintings away, so I thought this would be a good one to start with. She was so pumped when I showed her it, that naturally I wanted her to have it. I think deep down it was her that was my inspiration to finish it. The Marley quote and everything. It just made me think of her. So if she could hang it somewhere and have it remind her of me, I can't really argue with that.

Skate stuff. Put up a new Dungeon Sesh on FB. I'll try to get it up on all my other sites ASAP. My shoes are toast! So... no skating for me. Those Supra's did not last long at all. Kinda depressing. Maybe i'll grab some shoes this weekend in the city. Try to find some size 14's on the sale racks hahah. Time will tell. Thanks for listening. More to come.

I Forgot

2010-01-21T09:21:00.003-06:00

Recently I've been helping out a friend by doing some pretty basic Photoshop stuff for him. He tells me what he needs, I do it up and he deposits a few bucks in my PayPal account. I like helping people and getting paid never hurt anyone. Here are a few of the things i've done for him.

Edit of a photo to promote his new single and music video.

Header for his cover letter to send out to record labels.

I'm back...

2010-01-21T08:24:00.004-06:00

Alright. So it has been a while since my last post. Guilty? Yes. I have been a busy man. I last left off on a big skating kick. You should know that i'm still feelin' that. I've bought two 500 watt halogen lights for the basement and have been continuing to session down there. Learning a new tricks or two a week is the best feeling ever. More on that later. Speaking of the best feeling ever, let me tell you about my weekend.

Friday I left work early at 3PM and hit the highway. Destination: Winnipeg. What did I leave work early for, what did I so badly want to do in Winnipeg? Spend time with my girlfriend. And spend time with her I did. I got into the city around 7. Stopped and tried to buy her sunflowers (her fav) and had to settle for something that looked very similar only smaller. I think she loved them. Friday night was all chill. She wasn't feeling well so we took it easy. Watched Wonderland (2003) then pretty much called it a night. Knowing that Britt was pain and very uncomfortable I found it very hard to fall asleep as I was more concerned about her rather than my own self. I did everything I could to make her feel comfortable and try to fall asleep.

Saturday. Sleep in. Get a call from what sounded like my drunk brother and drunk friend. They are heading to the city and looking to get fucked up. We decided to meet them at the mall. We walked to breakfast at Stella's and then headed for Polo. After a essentially pointless trip to the mall we headed to my favorite Winnipeg skate shop, Green Apple. I bought a new wall board that was on sale, and two new local Winnipeg videos. Both are awesome I might add. While there Brittainy showed me this skateboard that ironically had nothing but a big sunflower on it. Upon leaving she made the smallest comment saying that she would totally hang that up at her place. I said nothing. :) Back to the condo to chill and then Joey and Jamie arrived. Soon after Melissa (Britt's friend) arrived and we were off to get some supper. The Keg downtown was fucking PACKED so we walked over to Earl's instead. The meal was great. I had a few drinks with supper and it was a good time. I should probably add that I was messed up on something prior to going to eat. For the first time in my life, I got high that day. That may make me a hypocrite but it happened. I dunno if it worked as well as it should have, but it happened. I have no complaints. Super was kinda crazy. It felt like I was eating in slow motion, haha. Wild. After supper we headed back to the condo and then randomly played some catch phrase and called a limo to take us to and from the bar. The bar we choose was Cowboys. It was pretty lame. Good company of course, but the bar was not my thing. I was drunk and high at this time. Not sure what time we all got back to the condo, but we crashed pretty hard.

Sunday. Lazy day. Slept in obviously. Joey and Jamie left early. Britt and I woke and made some food. Melissa finally came to and before long, some friends came over to watch the football game. The game was intense! After the game was over everyone left and it was just Britt and I. We watched some TV and basically just dreaded the idea of me leaving at any time. I then got on her computer and cleaned a few things up. Dazzled her with my geekiness perhaps. I then thought I would update her phone for her. The thing about Blackberry's and Mac's are that.... the softwear is shotty, really bad. So I ended up bricking her phone. I couldn't stand the thought of leaving her with no working phone and instantly felt like shit. I needed a PC to fix it. It was already after supper but I need to fix what I had done. We called her friend and drove to the South side of the city and after and hour or so I had it back and running. Minus everything she had on her phone.... still feel bad about it. (I'm sorry) By this time it was dark. I needed to leave as I had to work at 8AM the next morning. I drove Britt home and walked her up to her place and said my goodbyes. I hate goodbyes, and have never been good with them. Hugging her goodbye I discovered if I had the chance I could stare into her eyes for hours. That made leaving even harder.

8PM and I left the city. Got home at 11:30PM. Made short work of the drive. I was RIPPING! Which isn't good because something was wrong with my car. I found out Monday the front CV joints are gone. I definitely should not have drove to Winnipeg! But I don't think anything would have stopped me. $420 later I ordered new CV joints and will get them put in next week probably. Just in time to go back to Winnipeg. :)

Due to leaving so very late Sunday and not wanting to sneak away, As soon as Monday morning rolled around I called Mike from Green Apple and bought that board for Brittainy. It's being held as we speak. Sly dog I can be.

So yeah, my weekend was great! Very busy, hence not being able to update this blog.

This week i've been working lots. Skated once. Filmed. I'll have a small edit up soon.

Hit Estevan last night for a well needed Wal-Mart run. I think I have enough groceries for the next 6 months now. That is good.

Britt and Melissa are coming here Friday night. I cannot wait. As much as that means i'm going to have to say goodbye again, the hello, and time spent with her make it very much worth while. Tonight i'll be cleaning the house top to bottom. Haha.

Not much else to report. I got some photos to share. I painted last night! A concept that i've been thinking about for a long time. I got the idea from an old Element ad, but just didn't know how I wanted to go about it. I guess I had some extra inspiration last night and got shit done.

While skating this week I completely fucked my shoes, which turned into my sock then my baby toe. You'll see what I mean by the photo. And yes, that is blood on my grip. I know no pain I guess. Or when to quit. Silly me.

Waiting for some stuff in the mail. That is exciting. I'll let you know when the stuff arrives.

This could be my biggest post ever. I'm sure most people find it lame and dumb, but it's really just a compilation of my day to day, which I can see and agree with why it would be boring. I really like writing and if this is my only creative means of doing so, i'm gonna do it. So on that note, here are some photos.

The aftermath of not noticing my shoe and sock had been worn away.

The board that is soon going to be hanging in the condo of my girlfriend.

The painting I did last night.

The board that I bought at Green Apple. On sale due to being warped. I'm a sucker for Mac themed stuff.

Dungeon Footy

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Dungeon Photos.... As Promised.

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It's nothing much and the photos suck. All unedited. But this is what I have to work with all winter looooooong.

Last Night.

2010-01-12T08:16:00.002-06:00

Last night. A night like any other. Got home earlier than usual. Made supper. Grilled chicken breasts on the George Foreman with some Montreal Chicken Spice. Delicious. Spent some time on the computer as usual. Talked with Britt like any other night. She is really sick and that hurts me to know that there is nothing I can do about it. All that aside after a while I had the urge to skate.

And skate I did. I headed downstairs to the basement. Started the sesh with just simple flat stuff. Back and forth. Ollie, BS 180, FS 180, fakie ollie, fakie BS 180, fakie FS 180, pop shuv, fakie shuv, kickflip, tre flip, variel flip, fakie big spin.... so on an so forth. Most of my tricks that I feel comfortable enough doing in the tight quarters. Then I set up my rail and tried doing some of those tricks over it. Ollie, BS 180, FS 180, kickflip and after a while a huge BS flip. Tried pop shuving it but could not stop hitting it right before I pop, more work is needed on that one. Took a break for some water. By this time I had already removed my long sleeve, ripped my right lace in more than 3 spots and completely tore the entire left leg of my PJ pants open. A good sesh, no less. Grabbed some water, and had a break, was starting to stiffen up so I headed back down, as I had some unfinished business. This time I popped a few tricks to loosen up and set the rail up to be used as it was mean't to be. Right off the bat I did 5 tricks in a row no stopping. FS 50, FS 5-0, BS board, BS board to fakie and BS noseslide. I then began to try tricks that I didn't have down pat. I ended up getting a bs noseslide to fakie, FS tailslide, FS tailslide to fakie, FS 50 180 out, 5-0 to tailslide, BS crook, and a smith grind. Then it was on to trying tricks I had never really done before. I fucking nailed FS salads. I have done them on a box before but on this flat bar felt so awesome! I'm a huge FS guy if you didn't already know. BS kinda scares me. So I decided I wanted to learn BS 50's on the bar. Took me a while to get my weight right when landing on the rail but it payed off and I rolled one out. After all the back 50 attempts and landing my smith very easily, I was determined to get a BS feeble. It didn't even take me 10 tries and I tweaked one out. Overall it was a great skate. I wish I was summer and I could take all this to the streets, but I should be happy with what I have. I'll take some pictures of the 'Dungeon' and post them later tonight. I'd really like to build some mini quarter pipes for down there.... we'll see.

Anyways. It's been a while since I had a good skate related post. Skating goes hand in hand with my happiness and I can assure you it's at an all time high these days. Speaking of skate stuff. Check out the new Don't Fear The Sweeper Tour Video Part One on the NikeSB site. Great stuff!

So until next time... Which should be later tonight when I post some pics. Later.

75th Post.

2010-01-11T09:42:00.002-06:00

Today started like any other day in the last month. I woke up thinking of her. For no specific reason. Didn't dream about her, just woke up and there she was. On my mind. I rather enjoy waking with a smile on my face. It's been happening consecutively now for a while.

I've been working lots since i've been back. Overtime everyday durning the week and working on weekends as well. If only for a few hours it's still work. Guess i'm just thinking of the money and paying off my VISA that I kinda went crazy with in London.... damn camera lenses. I think I have an addiction to spending money. Fuck, it's only money and you only live once. Actually, I think I may have a few other addictions come to think of it. Would all addictions be considered terrible? I would like to think not. Who really knows though.

Speaking of addictions. I've mentioned two thus far. Her! And well my desire to spend money and surround myself with awesome things. Things that I seem to find awesome at least. A few others that could be mentioned are skateboarding and my desire to create through a variety of what I consider to be artistic mediums.

I sit here at working just wanting to be doing something more creative. I can't help but think of ideas for paintings and photographs. I really want to buy a new video camera for this spring, something HD! Maybe i'm getting ahead of myself though. I want to skate so bad! The basement just doesn't cut it. I mean it ties me over, but it's not as free as skating should be. There should be no limitations to something I enjoy so much. That goes for anything.

This summer is going to be interesting. Who knows where I'll be and what I'll be doing. Skating will definitely be happening where ever I am though. It kinda bums me out to think that i know nobody out here who skates. Zero. The nearest skate park is an hour away. Spots.... well don't exist from what I can see. Maybe that will all change when the snow melts. Who knows. I'm hoping to get back to Fort for maybe a week or something to hang and skate. I miss the crew and the atmosphere there. So laid back and just chill. Considering the shitty summer I had with everything that went down and breaking my wrist, I always knew the park was a place good times were to be had. I've never looked back.

Aside from dealing with a shitty cold this past week, I feel great. I feel so lucky about where I'm at right now. Things seem to be going really well for me. On the same note, same with the guys I live with. My brother has an amazing job and it literally set for life. He's trying to hook Jamie up with a better job as we speak. I think if we stick to things the three of us can really do good out here.

This weekend I watched Zombieland and The Invention of Lying. Both were pretty awesome in their own ways. Zombieland was badass and I couldn't help but love the editing and the effects. Something as simple as the rules of Zombieland constantly being thrown into the scenes really made me like it that much more. The Invention of Lying was hilarious and a very original concept I thought. It wound down to a very typical guy gets girl ending, but it was worth the watch. I enjoyed them both.

Last night I stated watching Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. I didn't get very far but I think this movie is going to be amazing! I don't know how I let it slip through my fingers considering it came out in 2004. I liked how the intro was very long and kinda leaves you guessing. So far it reminds me how amazing of an actor Jim Carey is. Kinda shocking to see Kate Winslet with blue hair and all. She can pull it off though. I look forward to finishing this film. I will let you all know what I think when I do.

This is my 75th post. So much for the everyday thing like I had intended. I guess that means I moved outta Fort Frances and might actually have other things to do aside from sit here and write about working at Wal-Mart. Not so terrible after all. :)

This makes me feel cool.

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But what makes me feel cooler is helping my girlfriend install Adobe Photoshop CS3. Actually... her alone makes me feel cool, among many other great great things.

Phhhhhhones.

2010-01-07T13:10:00.003-06:00

Phones. Such a tease. Just like the computer and everything else modern. I just want to be with her face to face. Words cannot describe what I would do to make that happen right now. I'm feeling very artistic today. I wish I was at home painting, not at work.... all sick. Least I have her to talk to for most of my day. :)

Below are some photos I've taken this morning. Self portraits, hardly edited at all, I have so many flaws, but I don't mind. Also some phones. I just love the detail in them. I want a Macro lens.... and a fisheye. Someday.....

Massive Update.

2010-01-04T22:10:00.004-06:00

So here I sit back in Manor, SK.

The holidays are over and life is back to normal. Well somewhat. I sit here happier than I was before my second last post. I say this because I have a girlfriend now. An amazing one at that. I'd be lying if I said I didn't see this coming. Me... confident? Perhaps cocky? Meh... But yes. Brittainy. Where to start? We just came together. Couldn't stop talking to one another for over two weeks. It was an addiction, and it went from there. I ended up giving her a Christmas Card and in it I wrote a little something special with the question asking her out at the bottom. Followed by two boxes, one labeled 'Yes' the other

labeled 'No'. I was happy to see her face light up and run to find a pen. Shortly after she returned and showed me 'Yes' was circled. More than once. :) We hung out all break and had an amazing time. New Years we chilled with her family in Rainy River of all places. The most mellow New Years of my life, but by far the best. Bringing in the New Year on such a chill note and with someone i've really grown to care about in a short time was amazing. I cannot say enough about her. How she makes me feel and how much I look forward to spending more time with her. The thing is, we live 3 hours away from each other... this is different for the both of us. I will do whatever I can to see her as much as possible. I wouldn't have got myself into this if I didn't think it would work out. For the first time in 6 months. I am happy.

Christmas. Busy.

Went home for a night. Slept. Went to Winnipeg the next day. Slept. Caught an early flight to Toronto. Spent 4 days in Stratford. Hit up Boxing Days in London and bought these!

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-50mm-f-1.8-II-Lens-Review.aspx

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?navigator=6

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-430EX-II-Speedlite-Flash-Review.aspx

Spent waaaay too much. But some of it was Christmas m

oney sooo...

Headed to Toronto at 4AM on the 29th. Caught a plane back to Winnipeg, drove straight home. Party at my place. Got drunk. Asked Britt out. *she said yes :)* Shut er down sometime around 4AM.... long day, but so worth it. Tyler Briggs was in attendance. I think he dug the OG Emo crew. Good times were had.

Chilled in Fort, mainly with Britt. Visited with as many people as I could. Most notables. Sydney and TK. Found out I suck at snowskating in Emo.... so hard!

New Years in Rainy with my gal and her family. Wooped her 6 year old sister in Mario Kart on the Wii. But then her 13 year old brother taught me a ser

ious lesson in Baseball and Tennis on WiiPlay. I suck.

Spent the last few days just trying to spend as much time with Brittainy and the my friends and family as possible.

Saying goodbyes always suck, but on the morning of the 3rd that's exactly what I was doing. I ended up forgetting my wallet. Luckily Jamie and I were only in Manitou when I realized and my parents came to Emo to drop it off for me. 9 hours later we arrived in Saskatchewan. Long and shitty drive. Both of our phones died with like 4 hours left in the trip. Not texting made it extra shitty. I ended up sleeping for most of the trip after Winnipeg, I felt bad, but nothing I could do...

Back to work today. Work is good. Lots to be done like always. I'm looking forward to taking more photos with me new gear and obviously getting to see Brittainy as soon as possible.

Tonight I had a pretty good little skate sesh in the basement. Bout 30 minutes of flat and then another 30-45 minutes of flat bar. I miss skating... but not

as much as I miss Britt.

Another day another dollar.

I took this photo in Stratford. This is my little cousin Gracie. She is so cute. She would not leave me alone. I'm a sucker for cute kids.

Until next time.

Back To The Freezing Plains.

2010-01-04T00:03:00.002-06:00

Just got home tonight. Lots of unpacking and chatting was done.

I have some pretty serious, awesome happy news to be shared.

I think I will leave that for tomorrow. Big post tomorrow. I hope.

Sunday.

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I should really get back to taking photos for this blog. That was the basic of it's conception. The main point of this whole thing has really drifted from that. I do not mind though. I like to think of this as an outlet for creativity and much more. I'm okay. I did however take some photos today. She inspired me to do so.

On another note, not working again today. Got a long day of driving tomorrow. Should be interesting. Oh well. 9 days until I reach Fort Frances. I'm not sure if i've even been this excited to go back there. That can only mean good things. I talked to her this morning. And even late last night. Conversation was great as per usual. I think knowing that we make each others day better is an amazing thing. Feeling so comfortable and at ease is a really refreshing thing. I feel like even I couldn't say something to dumb, and if you kn

ow me.... I say a lot of dumb stuff, haha. I won't get into this too much as i'm sure I say a lot of the same stuff each day. I cannot help that, which is kinda scary. Good though. V. Good.

And for the picture of the day. The long awaited one.....

"You're not alone. No matter how bad things seem."

Saturday!

2009-12-19T13:51:00.002-06:00

Today is going good. Not working for once. Don't know how I lucked out there. I talked to her this morning and that always puts a smile on my face. Never fails.

I've been texting her so much lately I feel like I'm being annoying or something. Perhaps it's just a reaction from having my heart broken 6 months ago and feeling like no one wants to hear from me. Perhaps my confidence was wounded. It's like I need reassurance that people want to talk to me on a daily basis. Can't be healthy to think that way. But then again is waking up and having someone tell you they care about too much look for? I wouldn't think so. Either way, damaged or not, I think we feel the same way about each other and are just taking things day by day. I rushed into something before and well... it didn't turn out for the best. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want thinks to progress.

Enough babbling about my sappy 'love life'. No one reads this anyways. Tonight I will be attending the Eagle Drilling Services Christmas party. I was at the Equal Transport/Moose Mountain Mud one last night. It sucked, but I made an appearance which was probably a must. My brother was wasted. We stole a shit load of chicken wings at about Midnight and drove home. It was pretty amusing looking back. I'm hoping my friend will accompany me tonight so I don't have to go alone. Don't really have anyone else to bring that is actually realistic. Oh well, i'll just make sure my phone is charged for obvious reasons and do my best to be the only sober social person there. Proves to be tough sometimes, specially when most people are strangers, but that's life.

On another note. I really want to skate! I just want to be able to walk outside. Throw down my board. Push three times and pop an ollie onto a curb. Keep dreaming I guess....

I'm am really looking forward to going home for Christmas! I fly from Winnipeg to Toronto on the 25th. Spending a few days with my Dad's family in Stratford, ON. Flying back to Winnipeg on the 29th. My brother and I will then drive home that afternoon to be in Fort for hopefully a awesome party at our house. I'll be in Fort till the 3rd. Back out here on the 4th. I feel kinda like i'm being ripped off this year with a short holiday. Sounds bad, but I kinda just want to spend time in Fort. I don't really mean that, because seeing my cousins is long overdue. It's been about 2 years. However seeing her and my other friends is also very important. Well, It is what it is. I'll do my best to make the best of the time spent there. I just hope it doesn't fly by as fast as I think it will. Time will tell.

Until next time....

New things.

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So I've finally received all my parcels in the mail and let me just say that it most definitely feels like Christmas around here. In case the -44 weather didn't already give me that tingly feeling.

I've been so happy lately. I haven't really been blogging at all and that kinda bums me out. But at the same time if it's because i'm talking to 'her' that i'm not blogging... well let's just say that's a sacrifice i'm willing to make.

She makes me feel so happy. So.... content. So..... many things. I've always known her, but just recently in ways that i'd never known her before. I like what i'm finding. There are new surprises everyday. I don't even remember feeling this way before. I have no idea where this is headed, but that is not even the point. I guess the point is, is that I'm honest enough to admit I care and for not ashamed of how I feel. I really feel like i've come full circle. She treats me how i've always wanted to be treated. That isn't too much to ask, is it? Well who knows. What I do know is that i am happy for first time in over 5 months and i have her to thank. Whatever happens happens. I mean obviously, i'm hoping for the best. Getting hurt again would not be a best case scenario.

I think i'll close this out with a quote she showed me.

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they go right. You

believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart, so that better things can fall together." - Marilyn Monroe

And a picture of me. It's been a while. Rastafarian wanna-be me.

Just to clear things up...

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That last post. It was not about my ex-girlfriend.

Haha. Sorry for any confusion.

What is going on?

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I just wrote a poem. I've never written a poem. What is going on?....

I'd be lying if I said I didn't like it....

Long Time. No Update.

2009-12-08T13:04:00.003-06:00

It's been a while since I've posted. I feel lame for having let that happen. However, I do let just that happen far too often. I tried the whole Tumblr thing for a while now and to be completely honest loved it at the start. I think once I started checking my 'Tumblrairity" rating it lost it's appeal. I began to think of it like some sort of content. For starters my life isn't interesting enough for random strangers to come across my non sense and 'like' it or follow my blog. I am happy with just sitting here typing my day to day shit and more less letting anyone or no one how I feel.

With that being said I had a very interesting weeken

d. Went to Winnipeg, and had a great time. Perhaps to good of a time. I got drunk... at a bar. This has never happened to me before. But as I said, I had a great time. Thanks to anyone and everyone who was out with us this weekend!

I've gotten some of my stuff in the mail that I've been ordering. The big CCS order. The Rhymesayer stuff, the ATM Click stuff, and even my 16GB MiniSD card for my new phone. I've yet to put my new trucks on my board as there is a s

hit load of snow here and just haven't even had time to skate the basement. Maybe I'll do that tonight. I should mention the griptape I ordered was short shipped and it is now on the way. The Vans shades I ordered were also different that what they looked like on the site. I'll post a photo of the ones I actually got at the bottom. Speaking o

f shades I actually have another pair on the way. These ones are a lot more expensive and actually kind of a collectors item. My roommates knows a guy in Manitoba who just happens to be an Okaley Sales Rep in Canada. So for 50% off the actual website price plus +GST and ship

ping I'm getting one of only 1000 pairs made Limited Edition Eric Koston Frogskin glasses. In Black/Grey Woodgrain. These shades are amazing! I cannot wait to hold them. :)

That is all for now. Hope to have more soon.

Photos.

2009-11-29T12:39:00.002-06:00

Had some Chinese takeout last night. Below is my fortune. I await this miracle!

Above is a little project I took on this morning. I awoke to the most frost outside to date and instantly had this vision. I showered, tossed on some spring attire and grabbed my cam. I set everything up and convinced my friend to come outside and take the shot. Few warm tricks with a hoody on and then it was down to business. Not too much long after we had the shot. I did all the editing in Photoshop and came up with the finish product above. It's also on my Flickr.

Black Friday Spendingsssss!

2009-11-28T20:32:00.002-06:00

Probably shouldn't have bought anything.... but I did.

It only happens once a year, why not!

All this sheeeee for under $100.00. Not bad right?

Inspiration

2009-11-25T15:15:00.002-06:00

I want to take more photos!

I'm inspired by something, and I want to take more and more photographs.

I need to really look at my surroundings and find art.

I mean I live with two other guys (who think pictures are 'gay') and in a small town at that.

I'll find something to capture I'm sure.

I also decided I want a new lens or two for my Rebel XTi. Either a decent macro lens or a full frame fisheye. Looking forward to Christmas is all I can say. :)

I got a new Blog.

2009-11-24T08:36:00.001-06:00

I signed up for a Tumblr account yesterday.

It's amazing. So much good art and photography floating around there.

Wonder how long it takes me to ditch this one....

I'll do my best to update both when I can.

News.... nothing at the moment.

Maybe lataaaaaaa.

Test

2009-11-23T15:42:00.000-06:00

Test from mobile.

New Things!

2009-11-23T11:45:00.002-06:00

New stuff to tell you about.

New Phone!

Complete with new iBerry Theme.

New Tumblr account: http://robertgalloway.tumblr.com/

New Vimeo account: http://www.vimeo.com/user2683045

New Job: Working as a shop hand under the supervision of my..... (younger) brother. I'll actually be bouncing back and forth from my current job and that one. Should be interesting!

Keepin' it fresh as always..... haha.

Spendin!

2009-11-20T10:58:00.005-06:00

Well, I got my first pay cheque from my new job and I'm happy to report it is just shy of $1000.00. No complaints here.

So what did I do... I put in a rather large order at CCS Mail Order.

Here's what's on the way. :)

Size 14 Lakai Telfords - Where The Wild Things Are Series.

CCS Exclusive Extremely Sorry Edition SK8 Dice.
8.0" Chris Haslam Edition Stage 10 Independent Trucks.
XXL LRG Banging Rails Men's Flannel - Grey.
XXL LRG Banging Rails Men's Flannel - Red.
2 sheets of MOB Grip.
Vans Spicoli 2 Men's Shades.

Video Posttttttttt!

2009-11-19T09:30:00.003-06:00

Numero 56

2009-11-18T11:20:00.002-06:00

News....I'm posting at work.

Awesome!

Just did a fair size Flickr upload.

Filmed some basement skating the other night. Edit to come soon via Facebook, Flickr, YouTube.

Got the Friends edit up. I really enjoy it.

Still have some BMX footy to edit and upload.

My Ode to Apple art project is now in the works, as I think I have all the stuff I need to complete it.

Our internet sucks at the house. Which is why I've been downloading all my... stuff... at work. The connection here is NUTS! It tested at 11.8 MB/s 2 days ago. :)

My brother's birthday is tomorrow. I should buy him something..... not sure what though, no where to shop here. I'll look at lunch.

Not much else to report. Mission for the weekend. Find skate spots and build a 10' long box for the basement. Yessssss!

Deck Painting.

2009-11-14T19:22:00.003-06:00

This is the broken board that I painted last weekend. Wanted to make some art to hang up in the new (sparse walled) living room. It ended going in my friend's room. None the less it was a completed painting. Not too sure where the inspiration came from. The only thing I could think of was that it's November and still no snow... hence the leaves still everywhere? Maybe.

PS. Sorry for the glare. I was lazy and didn't want to shot on Manual settings. Auto for the lazy man tonight.

Slowing Down?

2009-11-13T16:26:00.002-06:00

Where to begin. I'm all moved in Manor, SK. My brother, my good friend Jamie and I are sharin a 3 bedroom house here in Saskatchewan. It's going pretty great so far. The house is decent. We've already got a new stove, due to a bunk old one, lol. Half of the house has fresh paint. We got internet yesterday.... it's kinda bunk though. I'll have to take it easy on the the downloads. The basement is totally unfinished an mainly for storage and laundry. However it's perfect for our new ping pong table (beer pong table as my house mates call it) and my Zero Switchblade rail :). We've already got the house measured for all new carpet and tiles that are going to be put in soon. We also just found out we're getting new counter tops. There isn't much left that we need to finish the place off. I wish it had a dish washer though! I think we might even be getting a different fridge. This one is really small and ghetto... aka old! Work is going great. No cheque yet... one more week... thank god! Half for rent and half to VISA probably. I am kinda thinking about building some quarter pipes in the basement though.... time will tell. Wow, I just started watching Californication and let me say, it is awesome. I did the whole first season in two sittings. I think i'm going to begin season two tonight. I've been eating really healthy lately. Not sure why, probably cause it's good for me. I hope to keep on that path and get in shape also. That would be great. Finally sat down and edited my footage from this year. It's on my YouTube and Facebook. I am pretty proud of it. I've already been given lots of props, so worth breaking my wrist and putting a hole in my leg. I edited a part for my friend Justin, it also turned out really good. I have a bit more edits to do, should be done those in a week or so. Depends on my schedule. This weather is nuts. Halfway through November and no snow. I love it! I went skating at a out door skate park on Remembrance Day. It was fun! Small little park build by Barkman. Similar to Fort with more tranny. Everything was small and tight. It was a good change. I'm hoping to film some basement skating and post that soon. Also some sort of creative photos. I've been so busy i've kinda lost touch on that. Did a painting last weekend. Got one more in mind. I'll try to get pics up this weekend. This is so all over the place. One point to the next. I should really make these paragraphs.... too late now. Anyways, I'm still at work for another 20 minutes. I should make the best of my time. Lunch was amazing today, I might add. Staff BBQ. Skewers. So good! That is all for now. Hope to post more sooooooon!

I'm Back

2009-11-12T17:23:00.001-06:00

Well kinda. Still busy, but with internet in my house!!!!

My Part.

2009-11-09T14:43:00.001-06:00

This is basically my 'part' for the year. After not starting to really skate until June of this year and then dealing with a broken wrist for 9 weeks it was kind of a slow start to the season. Living in a small town doesn't help much either. I did however go through some things that only motivated me to get on the board as much as possible and I guess the results are seen here. I didn't film much and don't consider myself to be any good, however I am proud of this part, I feel I got a lot better this season. I haven't felt that about my skating for years.

I've tried to upload this video for the last two days... it does not seem to be working. Just go to my YouTube Channel and watch it.

Sorry folks.

Sappy McSappster

2009-11-09T08:47:00.003-06:00

Do you ever just wake up thinking about someone? For no reason at all? I do. More often than I'd like to admit. It sucks. I'm not a very religious man and I don't pray too often, but when I do I pray that I could forget. I'm not sure what it is that I miss? Her? Maybe just her company, her mere presence? I wish I had all the answers, I'd settle for even half. I would have never guessed that I would still be waking up feeling the way I do some mornings. I mean, I'm okay with the fact I'm alone. I get that. I will never understand how I was treated or why, but I'm okay with that also. I am not okay with my friends telling me that no matter what "they always come back." I know her. I know her well, I know she is not coming back. I think I'm just lonely, and for once in my life I'm admitting it. I love my alone time don't get me wrong, but I think I'm just better off with someone. I feel like i'm a better person with her, or someone else for that matter. I'm not complaining, or pouting, all is fair in love and war, I now know that. I'm just venting more than anything I guess. So what, I miss my Ex some days. That's normal. I'm just wondering when that will disappear. When I can look through my DVD binder and read a movie title that was made pre 1980 and not think of her, you know? I could really do without that. Her and I are great friends. We enjoy each others company. I think I feel like our friendship is stronger than it really is sometimes. Maybe I tell her too much. Maybe I'm just looking for that next step, like it was the first time. Who knows. Bottom line is people move on. I am moving on, just not all the way yet. Time heals all wounds, this has proved to be true I've found. It's funny to think how her and I have come so far individually from who we were when we first met. I wonder what she saw in me then? Perhaps when she lost sight? What if we just met for the first time now, as we are now? All 'what ifs' aside that is not going to happen. This has made me a much stronger person, as I've never been through anything like it in my life. I feel for once, like my life has a little direction. I feel like I've made some big steps in the last 2-4 months. I can only hope that it continues to get better. Maybe tomorrow morning I'll wake up and nothing will be on my mind. Wake up with a clear head. I can only wait and see.

PS. Internet tomorrow. The downloading BEGINS! I have about a week worth of TV to catch up on. Busy man. Nothing has changed....

Dead?

2009-11-06T16:41:00.001-06:00

Dead you wonder.... no you don't. Not dead. Just busy. Oh... and without internet at home. That should be all taken care of on Tuesday. Just a quick recap. I've moved and am living in Manor, SK with my brother Joey and our friend Jamie. I'm working in Carlyle, SK. All is good. Great even. No time to expand. More updates soooooon!

Falling Behind.

2009-10-25T20:26:00.003-05:00

I've still been quite busy. I've booked and cancelled a flight in the last two weeks. Fucked up my shin and had to get stitches. Decided to move to Manor, SK with my brother and friend. Still working at Wal-Mart. Had my last appointment in Thunder bay for my wrist. I've basically been running around with my head cut off. I have edited and uploaded new videos on my Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. I'll update after the move this weekend once I/we get all settled in. Oh. One of the guys I follow on my Flickr who takes amazing HDR's just posted some from the Falls! Kinda cool. Check them out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/

I have been taking a few photos while at the park these past few days. Here is a kinda cool one that I like.

Happy Birthday To Me.

2009-10-17T02:23:00.001-05:00

T-t-t twenty three!

Oh yeah!

2009-10-16T01:51:00.003-05:00

My ATM deck that I got replaced cause it broke all weird and I got it replaced.... well I skated the replacement last night for an hour.... look how that went.

Depending on how ATM handles this shit.... I may not ever ride their boards again.

October.

2009-10-16T01:36:00.003-05:00

The weather sucks right now. Some days it's raining, other days it's snowing and when it's not doing either of those it's windy as fuck and really cold. No skating for me! Bunk. It's my birthday on Saturday. I'll be 23. Woooo. Birthday's aren't that cool anymore. I mean, I already got most of my presents. Money from relatives, new tires on my Pathfinder, heck , I even got an ice cream cake from DQ already. I guess I just have Facebook wall posts to look forward too..... how exciting, lol. Not much to report this evening. I'm still super busy doing stuff. Lots on my plate. I have some design stuff I'm doing for my brother. Some art projects I want to finish. Soph is in the hiz-ouse and she needs much attention and brushing I might add. I'm trying to get some stuff tired up around the house, because a move may be in the works for me. Trying to sort that shit out. I have a doctor's appointment in Thunder Bay next week. I am flying to Toronto to go see Metallica again and drive home from Barrie with a friend. Still have to decide how I'm going to break that little bit of news to Wal-Mart. I don't really care to be honest. I usually try to put forth my best efforts while working there, and don't get me wrong I still do. I just have lost the will to put forth that much effort into something that I know isn't gonna do anything for me, aside from put gas in my car basically. Sounds bad, but it's not as terrible as I make it sound. Anyways, enough babble. Cute cat photo to end it..... I think so.

The Soph watching Jim and Pam tie the knot. Good episode if I do say so myself.

2009-10-15T00:58:00.003-05:00

Oh! While I was in Winnipeg I bought some new shoes. To my surprise, this morning while at work I looked down and noticed this!!!

I haven't even touched a board with them yet. They are 2 days old. They have come nowhere even close to a sheet of grip tape. I assume they are defective. A bad piece of material that just ripped as opposed to the sole breaking in like the right shoe. Who knows! I've contacted both the shop and Lakai directly. We'll see what happens.

Sophboarding.

2009-10-15T00:52:00.003-05:00

This is pretty extreme! Readers.... *silence* this creature is known as *dun dun dun* The Soph. Aka Sophie, Soph, Blinkin', Squints, the list goes on!

Home

2009-10-13T22:03:00.002-05:00

I arrived home today with my ex's cat Soph. I got a speeding ticket on the way.... that fucking sucked. 113KM in a posted 90KM zone. $111.13..... lame. I made a shit ton of money out west. All of which went on my VISA. Bought some flashy gear in Winnipeg. Saw Metallica live.... AMAZING. Got my RAM fixed in the new (old) iMac for free. :) Now I'm just chilling in Fort. My parents got me new tires on my Pathfinder for my birthday... excellent! All is well. And well, (cat) hair is everywhere. I took a lot of pictures out west, many HDR's. I will try to get them up on here and Flickr ASAP. Now I must go play catch up on missed TV shows. Oh and do 1000 push ups... cause i'm not a lazy person who just watches too much TV... Noooooo.

I Made It.

2009-10-06T17:05:00.002-05:00

I made it to Saskatchewan last night at about 5PM. That put me here for 4PM at there time. It was a solid 8 hour drive. Not too interesting. A few cool sights, mainly flat farm land and oil pumps though. I did almost hit a deer though. Close call. Saw many ducks and geese also. I got heavy searched at the Baudette border. Sucked. Overall it was a good trip. Listen to a lot of good music. Mainly KiD CuDi and Ratatat. I took a photo at this one spot that I have been wanting to take for years, but have never stopped to get it done. It was a pretty lax drive so I opted to take it this time around. See it below or on my Flickr. I've been working since 9AM here in Carlyle. It's a super nice office! So fancy! I got my own office and well have been getting paid to take photos and design things in Photoshop all day. Pretty awesome! If only I could skate a private skatepark on my lunch break, haha. Meh, I'll settle for a club sandwich and soup from the Skyline across the highway like I did today. Which were both amazing I might add. 'Till next time....

On The Road..... (not) Again.

2009-10-04T21:23:00.003-05:00

Tomorrow morning I hit the open road. I'm off to Carlyle, SK. I'm going to be doing some filming/photography and editing of both for my brother's boss's oil drilling business. This is going to kinda be like a holiday for me, but one where I make money. :) Getting out of Fort Frances will be nice. I haven't been west of Brandon before, so it will be something to see. I got almost all my stuff packed ready to go... skateboard included. I have plenty new fresh music to sample, it should be a good trip. As good as a 9-10 hour solo drive can get. Wish me well. Later. Photos and maybe even video to come soon. Stay tuned.

Dryden

2009-09-30T23:05:00.002-05:00

Today I went to Dryden with a few of my biker friends. It was just a day trip. I was the only skater on board. Mainly for photo and video purposes of course, as I don't have a good board and am still recovering from a broken wrist. It was a good time. Got some footage, got some photos. I had tons of fun. As you can see below I ripped open a old scab.... never fun. Back to work tomorrow. I have to go cash my cheque from Lakeland tomorrow. Go across to pick up my new boards and Berrics order. Get gas. Chill with my grandparents. Still busy ole me. It never ends.

Day At The Park.

2009-09-29T21:51:00.003-05:00

I went skating after work today. Well I can't really call it skating when all that I have to skate is a filming board...with filming wheels and ollllllllllld trucks. But yeah... work with what you have. Work flew by, after working 14 10+ hour shifts, a 4 hour shift at Wal-Mart feels like a lunch break. Any-who; back to the skating. Got quite a bit of park footy today. Mainly of Chief killin' it, a line of Barnard and quite a few photos. They are posted on Facebook (shit quality)and Flickr (the best place to view them.... link on the right) . Here is a few that I was experimenting with on Photomatix Pro and making them HDR's. Enjoy!

Jesse Barnard - Kickflip

Dustin Chiefson - Ollie

What I'm Working With.

2009-09-28T22:42:00.002-05:00

Back To Normal.... Kinda...

2009-09-28T22:00:00.002-05:00

Alright. So the shut down work is ova! I got laid off Saturday. Made if really far for my first year doing it. I made over three grand in two weeks. We'll see what the cheque is after taxes though. My life is now sort of getting back to normal. I start back at Shit-Mart (Wal-Mart) tomorrow. I'm trying to get off Wednesday to go to Dryden with some bikers to do some shooting and video stuff for fun. We'll see how that pans out. My grandparents from Stratford, ON are coming here on Thursday for the long weekend. On Monday I'm heading out to Estavan, SK to do some video work for my brother's boss. He owns an oil drilling company... I hope to make a decent amount of cash out there. :) I've got 11 skateboards coming in the mail. 10 blanks from blankdecks.com. The "house special" I think.... 8.25" x 31.25".... I think. The other one is coming back on warrenty from ATM Click. Broke really weird and they are sending me a new one.... excellent! Oh, I also have the one I'm waiting on from The Berrics. The signed limited edition 1 of (now) 40 Plan B JP Ladd decks. Recently I've kinda been on a buying rampage. I got the newer Intel iMac. A 22" Samsung display for it. Some DVI cables to extend my desktop. New Lakia shoes a while back. I ordered a Battle At The Berrics DVD the other day. I'm thinking about buying another X-Box 360 for my bedroom so I can stream video content from my computer up to my room. (seems pointless, but they are only $150 on sale right now) So yeah..... should tame down the spending a tad. Hoping to get all this money and well maybe pay off my VISA. That would be amazing. I have a doctor's appointment in Thunder Bay at the end of October seeing how I missed/forgot about the checkup on the 22nd. My wrist still hurts a little, but I think it's getting better. This is all very random, but I'm just trying to get up to speed. I beat the new Batman game today. It was pretty good, I enjoyed it. I tried to do some experimenting with HDR photography at night tonight.... I failed. Even after taking down the iso to 400, still waaaaay to much grain. It was really windy too... and my tripod kinda sucks. Oh well. I'm really feeling the photography stuff right now. Hope to have some new stuff up soon. I think I'm gonna upgrade my Flickr to a Pro account. There I go.... spending more money. Skating! Wow, I haven't been skating much. The shut down really boned me there. No time or energy. I feel like I've gained 50lbs because I haven't moved for so long. Once I get my boards, I'll be on a non-stop skating/filming mission to get as much in as I can before winter. Other than all this not much is new. Been downloading a lot of music and movies. Really into a hip-hop phase right now. I, however, have been listening to the new Kill Hannah today and really like it. Movies.... haven't really had time to watch any. Lots of TV being watched though. Dexter was amazing. CSI.... feel asleep at the end, but the intro was sick! The movie Antichrist.... wow. Worth a watch. William Dafoe was a shocker. The movie itself was well... shocking, to say the least. Well, that's it for now. This is enough babble and spelling mistakes for one day. Oh, and I might be headed to Kenora in the coming weeks to help a friend shot a commercial for a school project. Busy Busy Busy! Bye.

This Is What I've Been Up To.

2009-09-17T21:06:00.001-05:00

No time to talk. Tired. Busy. The cycle never ends... well at least not 'till the 28th...

This is where I have been working for the past few days.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

2009-09-14T00:11:00.002-05:00

I start safety watch at the Mill tomorrow with Lakeland Security for the next two weeks. As far as I know i'll be working 12 hour shifts for the next 14 days. If you thought I was really sucking at updating this recently, it's about to get a lot worse. Haha, you've been warned.

More Moving Photographs.

2009-09-10T00:32:00.002-05:00

Sept. 9th Entry.

2009-09-09T00:42:00.002-05:00

Day off work. Didn't have much on the list to accomplish, and what little things I did want to do, I got done. It was basically a day of skating. I started it off getting up early and TK met me here. We did a little round up of supplies and got everything we needed to build a new pole jam.... we had everything except the pole. We eventually got one given to us, I'd like to say a big thanks to Keith Caul at Pryde's Plumbing! We then went to the local wanna be skate shop place. I was going to see if I could get a new board because my last one lasted two sessions and seems to be defected. I was told to deal directly with the company and ended up buying a new deck.... it cost $104 with tax..... shoot me! That's half of my last cheque spend on skate stuff..... good thing I love it and it's the only thing that keeps me sane, not to mentioned occupied in this place. Any who, we went to the park and built the new pole jam. It was a lot steeper and higher than the last. TK nearly died on it and I just couldn't land it. It kept shooting me so high up and the bottom half of my body couldn't commit. More skating went down as usual. We left the park for a bit, relaxed, ate, came home, and went back for round two. After seeing how the pole jam went we decided to "fix" it. A few alterations later, it was perfect. I was the only one who ended up doing it for today.... the first :). After skating was done, I chilled at the park then headed to Emo to meet up with Mike and Krista. We watched Big Brother and had a awesome supper. BBQ'd boneless ribs, BBQ'd potatoes, caesar salad and multigrain Tostitoes with homemade salsa dip stuff from Cloverleaf. After supper I hooked up and configured their new wireless router, played with their new kitten Berkley and watched some videos on YouTube, lol. Random night. I drove home in a crazy lightening storm and enjoyed the ride while blasting music waaaay too loud. I find myself very tired and sore and heading to bed as soon as possible. Tomorrow I have to be at the Abitibi Training Building by 9AM for the safety watch training then I work 2-10. Tomorrow is probably going to be a long and boring day. Can't wait.... I just keep thinking about the scrillaaaaa! G'night.

Throwaway Edit

2009-09-08T02:06:00.003-05:00

Catch Up Time!

2009-09-07T23:05:00.005-05:00

Alright, so I've been REALLY busy lately. I'm trying to find a better job. Looking high and low. I'm skating as much as I possibly can. I just bought a Intel 19" iMac from a friend and have been stocking it up with everything from my old one. Not to mention cleaning off the old one. Burning many movies off my EXT HDD. I then reformatted my old iMac. I had a huge To-Do List this week and I'm happy to report almost everything is crossed off. I've been e-mailing people. Uploading and editing footage and photos. Building skateboard ramps/obstacles. Getting travel grants ready to mail. Helped my friend AG shoot a commercial at Revco Carpet. I've been busy. I've borrowed the new Batman game for X-Box 360 from a friend and haven't even put it in my system yet... I've had it since Friday. There are still things to be done, but I think I'm caught up for the most. In the past few weeks a lot has happened, but nothing interesting of course. I went to Thunder Bay and it was the longest day of my life. I basically drove 8 hours (alone) and waited 3.5 hours in a hospital (alone) for a 10 minute conversation with the doctor that I could have had on the phone. Whateva. Anyways, the cyst I have is not a problem at this point. That means, no going to Toronto for bone graphing.... YES! *fist pump*. As for work. Nothing came from Boston Pizza. Lame. I have to call a DVD Merchandising company back tomorrow, and I may have a lead on a job in the mining industry. *fingers crossed*. I have training for the mill safety watch this Wednesday and start that on the 14th for two weeks. So yeah.... switching things up a bit. Could use a well needed break from the big W. Ummm.... what else... Not much... I'm boring. Here's some photos..... :)

New pole jam I built at the skatepark.

My dual iMac setup. :)

Peter Cottontail. I found him and 2 others in my backyard.

Self Portrait.

Baby Bunny!

Steve Carlson - Benihanna

AG - Doin' his thang.

Steve Carlson - Tuck Knee

Mikey Taylor - KF BS Nosegrind

Tyler Bledsoe - BS TS BS heelflip out..... NUTS!

Oh So Very Busy....

2009-09-02T23:39:00.001-05:00

Sorry to keep it short, but updating this is on my list of things to do. I have photos, stories, information... many things to share. I just don't have the time to do it right now! Maybe I'll wake up early tomorrow morning and do it before work.....

Just Another Day.

2009-08-29T22:35:00.002-05:00

So this morning I woke up feeling semi-not-so-stiff. I didn't have to work, so I knew I'd be skating, and that's exactly what I did. I headed for the park around noon. I bought a new camera bag. The same one I have now, that I paid over $70 for a year or two ago, I got for $20 at Sight-N-Sound on a clearance table. Any who, after getting to the park and skating for a few minutes I realized I wasn't as healed as I thought I was. Solution = keep skating, lol. I stayed at the park for....7 hours I think. Long day. This morning I kinda had a little run in with the ex-girlfriend. Nothing brutal by any means. I've just been doing some stuff that I shouldn't and wasn't too proud off. I apologized and made a promise I indeed on keeping. That's that. While at the park I kind of left my Rebel out in the open and well it was soon picked up by anyone who looked interested. As a result, I'm uploading hundred of photos on my computer as I type, that I didn't take, lol. 303 to be exact. Wonder if there are any good ones? At the park, at few things came up that I could have done tonight. Could of went to the races in Emo, could have went to the Back Alley to watch UFC 102 and a live band, or I could have choose to go over to a friends place and went in on the UFC pay-per-view there. To my surprise I choose to do none of the those. Instead I came. I checked on my bunny friends.... 2 are missing! I looked everywhere, could not find them. It's just the one little guy now! I feel so bad for it. I hope it's mother comes for it tonight. If it's still alive in the morning and alone I'm taking over taking care of it. I hope it's okay! After that all went down, I found the old film camera my mom bought for me at a garage sale and played with it for a bit. Ate some pizza pops and a little dessert and went straight for the X-Box. I discovered Lights has a gamertag and tried adding her, but to no one's surprise her friends list was full. Movie time it was. I had well over 100 movies to pick from. I chose Fighting. It came out this past Tuesday. It was.... kinda lame actually. I'm gonna upload a shitload of pictures from today on Facebook right now, then probably try and find a better movie to watch, lol. Quite the anti-social night I'm having. Do I care? Not at all, this is just what I needed. If I find any interesting pictures from today, I may post them later.... if I don't pass out, lol. Later.

Kenora Photos

2009-08-27T21:13:00.004-05:00

Potential ender?

Me - BS Noseslide

Me - Backside Noseslide #2

Me - Chasing Deer

Steve Carlson - BS Flip the hip

Mikey Taylor - KF BS Nosegrind

Chris Anderson - SS FS Bluntslide

Tyler Bledsoe - BS TS BS Heelflip out

Steve Carlson - Benihanna

Justin Barnard and I in Kenora.

Kenora.

2009-08-27T16:53:00.002-05:00

Went for a skate trip to Kenora yesterday with some buddies. It was a solid trip. We left at 5AM from Fort and were skating the park in Kenora by 8AM. We soon found out that a skate camp from Winnipeg was coming in for the day, which mean't the park was going to be flooded with little kids. That left us a little bummed so we headed out with some local to go skate street. A while later we came back and to our surprise there were some pro skaters from the Etines team there. Those included Sean Malto, Mikey Taylor, Tyler Bleadsoe and Davis Torgenson. I was shocked and so was everyone else. It was a solid trip. Everyone got footy and that was the goal. After a long day and night of skating I got home at 2AM. I was up for 22.5 hours. Long day and def paying for it today. So sore. I did get footage like I said and some photos of course, I shall be posting stuff sooooon.

Short Update.

2009-08-24T22:59:00.002-05:00

Had my interview at Boston Pizza today for a management position. It went quite well. Should here back from them by Friday. Worked 4-10 tonight.... so lame. Skate trip planned for Wednesday to Kenora, can't wait. Tired, so I'm gonna go watch a movie. Lata.

Life.

2009-08-24T01:36:00.002-05:00

Today I feel good. Almost great. I have finally come to with a lot of the shit that has happened to or around me in the last few months. I realized many things. I'm not gonna get all sappy and write or every single feeling I have and why I choose to feel that way. I will say this. Things happen for a reason. People make mistakes. You learn from your mistakes. It is as it is. All those sayings that I once questioned have all come full circle. I may be 23 (in October) and living with my parents, working a shitty job, but for the first time in a while, I can say "I'm happy" and mean it. I can be completely selfish and not have to worry about others. I cannot change people, I can only choose to exist with them in or out of my life. Whatever the choice may be, choose to pick the one that helps you. Not the "right" thing to do or what someone tells you, just do what you know will benefit you. This is all pretty philosophical and what not. I'm clearly not getting specific but if anyone reads this and actually knows me, they may have a handle on what I'm talking about. I guess what I'm saying is, I'm great. If you were to ask me how I'm doing, I'd reply with "I'm great!" I have so many people in my life that truly care about me and where I'm headed I cannot thank them enough. Moving home has been a very grounding experience. I don't know where it's going to take me but I'm ready for anything. Since I've last made a serious post, things have changed. I got my Facebook back and have been steadily updating my photo albums on there. I don't really know why I used to go on it so much. I guess I wasn't all that "happy" in Winnipeg after all. Anyways... I'm still super busy. In the near future I have a job interview, lot's of stuff online to get done, as well as photoshop and editing footage. I have lots of skating planned for the week. I confirmed a Kenora trip today for this Wednesday, hopefully the weather is good. Umm.... kinda just lost my train of thought there.... No photos for a while, been filming more. Got some tricks today that I am really happy with. Park footy, but footy none the less. After everything that happened with my ACL and now my wrist I am lucky to just ride around on a board. Speaking of which i need a new one.... mine is done for. Some new skate shoes would be dandy too. I ordered some stuff off of The Berrics the other day, pretty stoked. More info to come soon on that. Well..... I that pretty much puts a wrap on this entry. Feeling good about things. I'm gonna be okay. I am okay. Until next time. Oh! True Blood was craaaaaaaazy tonight! That is all.

Busy.

2009-08-23T16:53:00.002-05:00

Got Facebook back. Been working. Been skating. No time for blogging. Tisk tisk.

Today.

2009-08-19T22:57:00.002-05:00

Today was kind of a busy day. I didn't work, day off of course. I finally heard back from Chris from M&M Meats and Skates'N'Blades the other day. He couldn't promise me full time hours so I didn't take the part time position he was offering. He did say a lot of nice things about me and my interview though. Positive feedback is always welcome here. I got a call from the Thunder Bay Health Center this morning. Apparently my appointment has been pushed back to September 1st. Great another week of waiting to hear if i have to go to Toronto for bone graphing i guess. Oh well. This morning i got up and ready to go, and headed to Wal-Mart, had to grab somethings and print off some racing photos. After that i went and applied at McDonald Motors for a service writer position that was brought to my attention. I left there and headed to Tim's for lunch, as i hadn't ate yet. A soup and sandwich combo later i was off toward downtown Fort Frances. I went to A Little Off The Top and got a well needed haircut. Looks okay, much better than it was. I no longer look like a Beatle or run the risk of having a mullet again. If you saw my grade school photos you would understand the again comment. After the snip I went and dropped off a game at a co-workers house and then off to the skate park i went. Spent pretty well the whole day there. Feels good to be skating again. Scary as i have no protection on my bunk wrist, but good to be active once more. Anyways, enough of this play by play shit. At the park I took some spur of the moment type photos and came up with a pretty nifty shot. Here it is. Enjoy.

Justin Barnard - Ollie off a drop.

Another Visit to T-Bay.

2009-08-17T22:50:00.002-05:00

Another week goes by, another visit to Thunder Bay is made. Let me just say I drove 8 hours for a 5 minute CT Scan. No lie. Thank god TK and his little cousin Adam came with. We made a day of it and went and checked out the new Plaza on the waterfront. I went with the sole intentions to just take photos. So much so, I left my board in the car, camera in hard I walked over and stepped onto the park. At that very moment I put my right foot on the park's smooth cement I turned around and traded my camera for my board. Yes.... I am dumb, but I had fun. :) Good trip to T-Bay. Good skate plaza. :) No photos to post. Sorry.

A Few More Photos.

2009-08-16T21:53:00.005-05:00

Here is my third and last post of the day. Below is evidence of how I fared with my photo entries in the Fair Exhibition Hall. As you can see I took home 5 firsts and 3 thirds. Not too shabby.

Below is the setup I used to shot the races at the Fair. AG's 40D and Lincoln Dunn's Speedlite. :)

More Photos!

2009-08-16T15:51:00.015-05:00

These are some of the better photos I took while shooting photos at the Good Indian shoot. Again, these are compressed and unedited.

Maverick Judson and ...... (forgot his name...sorry).

Wade Friesen (The Sound Guy).

Dan Robinson (Lighting) and Andrew George (Director/Filmer etc...).

Sounds mixer and MacBook Pro.

White Pine Inn neon sign.

AG and the cam.

Wade and AG.

Maverick.

Dan standing in.

AG.

Smurf collection.

AG.

Mavvy.

Beer caps.