Saturday, October 28, 2006
Fun with Macs, Sooke & Getting Back
So it was Monday already and everyone was kinda on their own with things. AJ drove up Island to see Bernd and Bridgette. I let him take my CDs. I got an email mid morning ... "And Justice For all ... I Love You!". I'm here to please. Marshall had school all day, and I had planned to hang out with Brooklyn and do some business stuff with her. We hung out on line for a while, and we figured out how to do certain things with her website, and how the system works from her hosting provider. I think she's all good with that now. We created some new sites, and tested all things out. It happened to be a *nix type system, and therefore I happened to immediatley understand everything that was happening. Permissions to paths ... it all made sense.
I napped again, and she had a meeting. We went to the store for some food, and had a small lunch of sandwiches. And my sour ju-jubes were a hit. I also got supplies for diner the next night. I had said I would cook for everyone. Marsh stopped by for a bit in between class, so we had the car for the trip. When Marshall got home we hung out for a bit, and we had to get Romeo's. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... Romeos pizza ... so good!. So now we were fed and watered. AJ arrived after a while, and we were chilling out and looking through AJ's pictures from his trip up Island. Everyone had a fairly low key day. Lets get back to the booze and the battling. Oh yeah ... and some more Asshole. AJ also discovered CDs ... and decided to burn every CD I had, as well as Brooklyn. So several hours after we were all asleep, I could still hear AJ awake. In our drunken states we discovered "photoshop" on brooklyns Mac. The results are quite amazing, and I can not believe the pictures are actually me and AJ ... but they are. Somehow AJ's pics made it into tookit ... but not mine. ;-)
Tuesday was a day for Sooke. Since I was now well rested, I was also first up, and out of the shower while AJ snoozed. We finally headed out to see the power soft folks. We arrived welcomed by the "Welcome C.U.N.T.S. Calgary Chapter!". Dunn is kinda funny. So I visited with everyone. Caught up on the gossip and whatnot. It was all good. Aj, myself, Chris Dunn and Chris Lang all went for Lunch out to the 17 Mile. Aj has a family car which resulted in all of us getting out and Lang got locked in the back seat. He was quite embarrassed ... we pointed and laughed. Lunch was good. AJ and Dunn started off with Tequilla. I stuck with the ice tea. They finally conviced me and Lang to have a shot with them ... then I got in shit because I don't drink Tequilla ... and had Sambuca instead. Lunch was good ... Lang was the butt of many jokes. It was great to hang with them again for a while.
Back to the office. AJ went biking with Dunn for a couple of hours instead of playing golf. I got to hang with Rudy and talk shop. That was my plan all along. He showed me some pretty nifty things he's been working on. I helped him out with a couple of issues, and showed him some cool stuff too. It's too bad Mik wasn't around ... i had wanted to talk shop with him too. AJ was late getting back, but he thought he was on time. We just needed to get back to Vic because I was cooking. Not really a big deal ... I would have wanted to stay longer myself ... but we had plans.
We bolted back to the apartment, and started diner. I had some help, but I was in charge ... make no mistake. I was excited to see Karen and Johnny. They are engaged ... and expecting. That day they had an ultrasound and brought the pictures. It was awesome to see them. Non smoking and totally couplized. Bought a house ... planning a wedding ... and a baby! It was awesome ... they seem so happy. I was excited for them. I made my famous meat sauce, and we had coloured rotini pasta. Brooklyn made pizza bread to go with. I paced myself and was not over full like I normally am. I was quite please at the amount inhaled by everyone. I was more impressed at the amount marshall and brooklyn had for left overs! And by the way ... Brooklyn informed me Orange Cheddar Cheese is bad ... because it is orange dye ... which is bad for you ... but I don't care ... I dig the orange. More battling ensued ... oh and more asshole.
We relaxed and one last round of battling and Asshole. And then night came. We had to get an early start to catch the early ferry and get back to the mainland ... we had a long drive ahead of us. We opted for the "VIP" lounge on the ferry. $10, and you get the comfy chairs, all you can drink coffee, and contenental breakfast. It's totally worth the money. It's quiet, and we read about hockey and current events in the papers. We hit Vancouver, and onto the highway. Immediate mood changes happened. As soon as we were off Island ... grumpiness set in ... followed by AJ and myself screaming "FUCK FUCK FUCK". Not being on the the just sucks ass ... period. We miss Victoria ;)
So we headed back the way we came in, and actually knew where to turn this time. Soon we had bypassed all of Vancouver and were back on the higway. We stopped to gas up in Chilliwack. It was then AJ introduced to to "stackers" at Burger King. Quad stackers ... like the mammoth mountain of hamburgers ... sooooooo good. It's hard to not make a mess all over the place with them ... but we managed well. We had to break in between to relax and get hungry again ... it was definitley required. The drive was going fast. No stops unless needed. We bolted through Kamloops without stopping. It was burning season ... so we had passed many fires along the way. Nearing Revelstoke we saw some massive smoke clouds in the bush. "Hey look ... maybe the enchanted forrest is on fire!". We laughed. Then as we neared we realized ... that was the exact location of the Enchanted Forrest. So know we don't know what to think. We when finally see the sign all we see is smoke directly behind it. We had visions of a village encompased in flames, and dwarves jumping out of castle windows. We had to investigate. When we drove through we discovered someone was buring rubble in a pile right behind the sign. Wow was that weird. A quick stop in Revelstoke at the shell again for gas and diet coke. Then we bolted through to Calgary as fast as we could. We made good time, and I was back home before 10:00 P.M. It was a good trip ... with lots of stories. I can not wait until the next one. ΒΆ 11:18:00 PM
I napped again, and she had a meeting. We went to the store for some food, and had a small lunch of sandwiches. And my sour ju-jubes were a hit. I also got supplies for diner the next night. I had said I would cook for everyone. Marsh stopped by for a bit in between class, so we had the car for the trip. When Marshall got home we hung out for a bit, and we had to get Romeo's. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... Romeos pizza ... so good!. So now we were fed and watered. AJ arrived after a while, and we were chilling out and looking through AJ's pictures from his trip up Island. Everyone had a fairly low key day. Lets get back to the booze and the battling. Oh yeah ... and some more Asshole. AJ also discovered CDs ... and decided to burn every CD I had, as well as Brooklyn. So several hours after we were all asleep, I could still hear AJ awake. In our drunken states we discovered "photoshop" on brooklyns Mac. The results are quite amazing, and I can not believe the pictures are actually me and AJ ... but they are. Somehow AJ's pics made it into tookit ... but not mine. ;-)
Tuesday was a day for Sooke. Since I was now well rested, I was also first up, and out of the shower while AJ snoozed. We finally headed out to see the power soft folks. We arrived welcomed by the "Welcome C.U.N.T.S. Calgary Chapter!". Dunn is kinda funny. So I visited with everyone. Caught up on the gossip and whatnot. It was all good. Aj, myself, Chris Dunn and Chris Lang all went for Lunch out to the 17 Mile. Aj has a family car which resulted in all of us getting out and Lang got locked in the back seat. He was quite embarrassed ... we pointed and laughed. Lunch was good. AJ and Dunn started off with Tequilla. I stuck with the ice tea. They finally conviced me and Lang to have a shot with them ... then I got in shit because I don't drink Tequilla ... and had Sambuca instead. Lunch was good ... Lang was the butt of many jokes. It was great to hang with them again for a while.
Back to the office. AJ went biking with Dunn for a couple of hours instead of playing golf. I got to hang with Rudy and talk shop. That was my plan all along. He showed me some pretty nifty things he's been working on. I helped him out with a couple of issues, and showed him some cool stuff too. It's too bad Mik wasn't around ... i had wanted to talk shop with him too. AJ was late getting back, but he thought he was on time. We just needed to get back to Vic because I was cooking. Not really a big deal ... I would have wanted to stay longer myself ... but we had plans.
We bolted back to the apartment, and started diner. I had some help, but I was in charge ... make no mistake. I was excited to see Karen and Johnny. They are engaged ... and expecting. That day they had an ultrasound and brought the pictures. It was awesome to see them. Non smoking and totally couplized. Bought a house ... planning a wedding ... and a baby! It was awesome ... they seem so happy. I was excited for them. I made my famous meat sauce, and we had coloured rotini pasta. Brooklyn made pizza bread to go with. I paced myself and was not over full like I normally am. I was quite please at the amount inhaled by everyone. I was more impressed at the amount marshall and brooklyn had for left overs! And by the way ... Brooklyn informed me Orange Cheddar Cheese is bad ... because it is orange dye ... which is bad for you ... but I don't care ... I dig the orange. More battling ensued ... oh and more asshole.
We relaxed and one last round of battling and Asshole. And then night came. We had to get an early start to catch the early ferry and get back to the mainland ... we had a long drive ahead of us. We opted for the "VIP" lounge on the ferry. $10, and you get the comfy chairs, all you can drink coffee, and contenental breakfast. It's totally worth the money. It's quiet, and we read about hockey and current events in the papers. We hit Vancouver, and onto the highway. Immediate mood changes happened. As soon as we were off Island ... grumpiness set in ... followed by AJ and myself screaming "FUCK FUCK FUCK". Not being on the the just sucks ass ... period. We miss Victoria ;)
So we headed back the way we came in, and actually knew where to turn this time. Soon we had bypassed all of Vancouver and were back on the higway. We stopped to gas up in Chilliwack. It was then AJ introduced to to "stackers" at Burger King. Quad stackers ... like the mammoth mountain of hamburgers ... sooooooo good. It's hard to not make a mess all over the place with them ... but we managed well. We had to break in between to relax and get hungry again ... it was definitley required. The drive was going fast. No stops unless needed. We bolted through Kamloops without stopping. It was burning season ... so we had passed many fires along the way. Nearing Revelstoke we saw some massive smoke clouds in the bush. "Hey look ... maybe the enchanted forrest is on fire!". We laughed. Then as we neared we realized ... that was the exact location of the Enchanted Forrest. So know we don't know what to think. We when finally see the sign all we see is smoke directly behind it. We had visions of a village encompased in flames, and dwarves jumping out of castle windows. We had to investigate. When we drove through we discovered someone was buring rubble in a pile right behind the sign. Wow was that weird. A quick stop in Revelstoke at the shell again for gas and diet coke. Then we bolted through to Calgary as fast as we could. We made good time, and I was back home before 10:00 P.M. It was a good trip ... with lots of stories. I can not wait until the next one. ΒΆ 11:18:00 PM
