Still Blocked up

Hey all,

Well it's been a while since I've written anything. So I thought I'd do a little halloween blogging today.

Well, its my third favourite time of the year, Halloween!!! Really, what's not to love about halloween? Theres no snow quite yet, its still autumn. Which means It is cold... But have you ever gone running on a beautiful autumn day?

Nothing really beats it, its chilly, but once you get started you warm up just enough to be able to enjoy the scenery. Then you have all the seasonal foods and drinks, like pumpkin pie, lets not forget about thanksgiving... And even though I'm not crazy about them apparently all the coffee places start making these crazy pumpkin drinks... I dunno, I don't drink coffee, but it sounds awesome!

But my favourite part is Halloween, a chance every year to dress up and just have some fun!

Now for someone who claims to love halloween, I really have a hard time comming up with halloween costumes...

Every year It comes down the last week before I actually decide what I'm going to be, it usually works out and I find a costume, whats unfortunate is that they come out something like this.

2010

Gay Fitness Instructors

2009

Professor Chaos (aka butters from south park)

2008

APirate... (Photo NOT available haha)

Sadly I waited until the last day to find my pirate costume, so I ended up having to buy a Large boys pirate costume in some corner store in the NE... I looked gayer then my fitness instructor costume :(

(Not that theres anything wrong with that lol)

It's now 2011 oct 20th and I have yet to figure out my halloween costume, hopefully some inspiration will come my way soon, but whatever it ends up being ill be sure to post it up soon!

Happy Halloween all!

Let someone else do it!

Hey all,

Well I don't know if its the large amount of food that I've had over the last few days but I am officially declaring that I have a small but serious case of writers block...

It's horrible because have so much going on my mind right now, so many emotions I want to just let burst out! Unfortunately I'm suffering through this horrible inability to express them, So I'll do the next best thing and let T.S. Elliot do it for me! haha

Just a small poem In one of my old english binders, thought you all might like it, and well it makes me feel better knowing that I've posted something ;)

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope,

for hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

And wait without love. For love would be love,

of the wrong thing.

Yet there is faith.

But the faith and the hope and the love, are all in the waiting.

And the darkness shall be the light

and the stillness the dancing.

Take Care and Goodnight

Andrew

Another year another turkey!

Ah yes,

Well thanks giving has been over for about two days now, but for me it ended last night! I was very fortunate this year to be able to have three... yes thats right, countem! Three! Thanks Giving dinners, which meant three helpings of stuffing, three helpings of mash potatos and three big ol butter balls!

Sunday night I had an awesome dinner over at my grandma and grandpas (my dads side) place, It was so good to see the family, my little bro and my little sister. The food was actually so good, that I decided to take a nap, well actually it wasn't so much me taking a nap but rather me literally passing out with out any desire to Haha After i woke from my coma we went to nose hill for an awesome hour walk, where I got lost in the dark and was pretty sure something was looking at me from inside the tree line.

Monday night it was time for dinner over at the moms side of the family, were i got to spend the day with new baby grace and hang out with ol Jake the snake and his friend Yoshi.

( what a cutie!! )

( Only picture I could find of these two when there not jumping and attacking each other haha, they really friends though! )

Unfortunately unlike the night before, there was un over indulgence in wine and gin, which ultimately led me to a pub with my friend miller later on that night, where at I'm quite sure I made a fool of myself... Once again. =S haha

Finally day three, tuesday. Feeling extremely hung over I stole the old Jakey Bear and took him for a run to try and sweat out all the alcohol!

730 pm the last turkey dinner had begun. This dinner was being held at our house, and our delicious meals were made by none other than our friends Alex, Rob, Miller and Richard!

we even got fancy napkins made just for richard...

(... Okay okay, we didn't have these made, we just have an extremely large amount of Ricky's napkins... Long story. haha )

The night ended up being fantastic, it was so great to have everyone at the house and be able to sit down and eat together, and just enjoy each others company, what can I say, good times!

As always there are a few people that couldn't make it, so I just want to give a special shout out to them ( you know who you are =) ), Happy Turkey Day, hope you had an amazing one! See ya next year!

-Andrew

Hoop da friggen loop!

Hey all!

Well, I told a very close friend of mine that I'd post these pics up... so here it is. Me.. making my friend a hula hoop...

Well first you have to buy your product... And where better then Totem, they have the best selection... And popcorn lol

After a long time of trying to cut through this tubing with a steak knife ( because I couldn't find our cutters) I finally finished cutting what was going to be my hoop!

This was my favourite part! While this is optional, putting both ends of your hoop in boiling water will round out your tubing and make it a better hoop! It also makes it easier to fit your connector in! But most importantly, Its fun to watch and only takes a few minutes!

This is my... "Hey! Don't look at me while I'm creating" look.

I did not take a final picture of the product unfortunately... =(

But for An Extremely easy step by step process of how to make a hula hoop Click on this link here!!

Crafty B*tch!

She knows what she's talking about =) So follow her!

I'd like to thank the Crafty B*tch for her awesome blogs! She truly is crafty... And I hope she enjoys her really uncrafty Hula Hoop :)!

A good nights run!

Hey all,

Well, as you all know I haven't really been the model of a consistent sleeping pattern lately...

This last week or so has been the worst that I've ever experienced trying to get a good nights sleep.

So struggling through this, I had decided to start running again... I was running alot back in the day, but lately I've been going every day and its been great! I have a few paths that I really enjoy, (because they are easy) and I have some that I dont ( because they are hard) either way I thought I'd share some pics with you about my adventures... they really aren't much. I've only just started taking pictures while I run, but at night, with an okay camera... The pictures are only so so.

So tonight started at around 1030... right after the calgary flames lost their home opener...

What I like to do before any run, is to stretch... Now.. I'm not going to sit here and write about the importances of stretching because to be honest, I have no idea why its so good to do it... All I know is that it is actually pretty important to do it! so just F#$king do it!!!! lol

Me... Doing it...

I usually do about 5 to 10 mins of stretching... Thats just me but I love stretching. You know when you yawn and you end up stretching your entire body and all your thinking is "dear lord this feels good"... We'll thats how I feel when I stretch lol. But after that Its just time to meditate, I like to do some breathing exercises and just get my heart rate going. When I do this I just like to stand there and kind of meditate... Almost.

Don't touch me Bro... lol

After stretching its time to get going! just start running. If your new to running just pace yourself, only do what you feel comfortable, its just you and its not a race. When I was playing soccer competitively I was able to run 90mins + without hesitation, over the last few weeks its been a struggle just to get to 45 mins. But Im taking my time and enjoying the time I have while im running. Just have FUN!

This is me... Having fun lol

And this is me... Finding free stuff!

Now whether or not you actually need the free stuff you find, is up to you. I am not in need of these... to be honest I don't know what they are, I only took a picture of them while I was running by them. BUT the point is, if you run during the day you can find so many garage sales! So always bring some money with you, if you decide to run around your neighbour hood, because you never know what you can find :)...

Anyways, as fun as running is, I always find the best part is when you get close to home. Challenge yourself and try and sprint the last Km home, or to whatever you range is. Me personally I like to sprint the last KM... at first it was impossible, but with patience and training you'll find you can do anything!

Plus when you get home you can just RELAX!!!

Me... RELAAAXing lol

Well thanks all for reading todays blog! It was fun to make, even though kind of hard taking all the pictures by myself lol. Maybe one day I'll find myself a running buddy. But until them doing it myself is what ill do... ( that sounded dirty) lol.

Have a good night all!

Best Friend

Hey all,

So I ran across this video I haven't seen in a while. This one hits really hits close to the heart as I went through a very similar situation along time ago. It's never easy having to put down your dog, and even though this video is sad, it makes you happy to see how amazing of an impact a dog can have in your life.

Hope you all enjoy it!

Miss you Buddy!

Demons & Women

Hey all,

So last night I couldn't sleep (what?! reallY?! no way!? ) at all last night. When I did finally fall asleep around 1130 am, I had three dreams... And as far as emotional responses that a dream can invoke in a person, they were all really intense, and unfortunately they were all horrible ( well one of them was horrible in a good way ) as well... Its now been a full day and I still haven't been able to shake them.

The first one woke me up at 1230am. It was about things that have been going in my life recently, but it focused on my fears, and when I woke up, I woke up furious and devastated. I couldn't remember the last time i've been so angry and sad at the same time. I'm not going to share that one because its, well, way to personal.

The second dream was the strange one out of the three. It started of with myself sitting in my room. I was thinking of a girl when one of my roommates ( not sure which one ) came in and sat next to me. He put his arm around me and told me of something that could help me get through my sadness. He told me to follow him upstairs, which I did, and as we got upstairs, the house all of a sudden was turned into my grandmas house, even though in the dream it was still my roommates and mines house. My buddy told me to follow him quickly back downstairs, which I found odd and slightly annoying but did anyways. When we got downstairs the basement I had just came from wasn't there any more, It had turned into one of those cryptic old libraries.

You could tell no one had been in here in a very long time, the smell of old pages filled the room, It was cold, dark, and dusty. He led to me the end of an isle where shelf after shelf of books were labelled witchcraft. He pulled out a large book and put it on an old table. He opened to a page and started reciting a certain spell. Now I have no clue what the spell was, it was never mentioned in my dream, but something tells me that it was love spell. Anyways he finished the spell, and I stood there feeling no different. I was confused and a very frustrated so I stormed off. On my way out of the library I noticed that there were now a few people sitting in it. But they were all men, all with open books, and yet none of them were reading, they were all just staring at me. Feeling a little creeped out I headed for the stairs with a quicker pace and headed out of the library.

I was now outside, it was night time and there were people walking all around the neighbourhood. The street lights were brighter than usual, and once again it was only men. I got to the end of the street and then started to notice something rather odd. While they were staring at me there faces were all starting to slowly turn red. Frightened I turned around and started walking back towards my house, but the closer and closer I got the more red the faces became. The mens faces then started growing horns and disfigurements like demons. The faces went from blank and wide eyed to wide eyed and very angry. Yet they did not approach me, not one.

I got myself back in the house, closed the door behind me and fell to the ground. I through my back against the door and put all my weight on it. Gasping for air, I slowly looked up, to find my house was filled with women, and I recognized every single one of them. It was house full of women that I knew and at one point or another, and at one point had a crush on or just simply found them attractive. ( it was crazy, there were some people that I haven't though of in years!!!) They were all dressed extremely provocative and were staring at me as if trying to seduce me, yet I knew that there only intention was to kill me.

Strange how outside it was only men who looked pure evil and yet did not attack, and inside it was women, beautiful but clearly only wanted to kill me. I had known now for a while that something must have gone wrong with the spell, so I headed for the back of the house to try and get back downstairs to the library. I found myself being blocked every step of the way by these women. They were all grabbing me and trying to pin me down. Mean while this was all happening, every few seconds I would hear a voice coming from a far, screaming my name, she would then follow up by yelling things like "where are you going" "This is what you wanted" "Give it up" "you can't win"and "I miss you". I couldn't tell where the voice was coming from or who it was, but it sounded very angry and very scary.As I broke my way through through everyone, I got the top of the stairs and tried closing the door, only to find a pile of clothing preventing me from closing it.

I decided to just move on down, but found that the library was no longer there, it was now my other grandmas ( dads side ) basement, but some of the libraries possessions were there; a few shelves, books, scrolls, maps and large candles. I was able to lock the the door at the bottom of the stairs behind me, buying me some time while I looked for the book of spells to see if I could come up with some anti curse thingy. As the bangs got louder and louder behind the door, the voice which was screaming my name also became louder.

I found the disenchantment and placed it apon myself just as the door came flying of its hinges! ( It was a girl I know and care for very )well. She was standing there in the threshold alone. It was at this time I realized it was her who was doing all the screaming. I prepared myself for the worst but was shocked when she did not move forward. She just stood there staring at me... She was dressed normally, and did not seem angry, or evil, or possessed in anyways. Her eyes began to swell, so I walked towards her only to find that the spell I had casted must have made me drowsy, as I attempted to get closer to her it became harder and hard to stand. I fell to the ground and began crawling towards her and then finally had to drag myself across the floor with just my hands to get to her. I can still feel fabric of the carpet beneath me, smell it... I couldn't drag myself any further, I stopped and looked up at her eyes. They were now filled with tears streaming down her face. She never took her offs off me, the pain emanating from her gaze was unbearable. I was close enough now to reach out for her hand if only she would reach out to me with hers...But then my eyes closed I believe I died ( not really sure ). This scared the crap out of me and It was then when when I woke up.

Wow this one really did a number on me, it was strange and very upsetting, but nothing compared to the third dream I had. Funny how good dreams, can be the most upsetting dreams. But that my friends Is a story that you will unfortunately never hear. Thank you all for reading my dream post, hope you all enjoyed it. I sure didn't lol. I haven't even had a chance to try to interpret them. Should be interesting to see what it means. Clearly whats going on in my life is having an effect on my sleeping patterns and experiences, its nothing i'm not use to, its just sometimes it can be at times, a little much. We have to remember that they are just dreams, and shouldn't let them play with our emotions, even though its so hard not to.

Sleep well all, have a great night.

2011/2012 K.I.P. Hockey Pool

Hello all,

Well its that time again, the hockey season is upon us and theres only a few days before it starts. So you know what that means? HOCKEY POOL TIME. I just finished my very first hockey pool draft so far, and the people in it are people who work and or who have worked at the pub that I work... ( worked ) at. We do this every year, cash prize at the end and a Trophy made by one of our regulars.

Last year I did really poorly comming in 9th out of 10... Im Trying a new strategy during my draft this year... my secret but here are my picks for this pool.

1. Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh Penguins (7th overall)

- 11 TTl points : 66 Pts 161 sh (16.1 pts) = 82.1 pts

- 12 Projection: 90 Pts 230 sh (23 pts) = 113 pts

2. Danny Heatley - Minnesota Wild ( 14th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 64 Pts 217 sh (21.7) = 85.7 pts

- 12 Projection: 82 Pts 281 sh (28.1) = 110.1 pts

3. Rick Nash - Columbus Blue Jackets (27th overall)

- 11 TTl points : 66 Pts 305sh = 95.5 pts

- 12 Projection: 76 Pts 280 = 104 pts

4. Matt Duchene - Colorado Avalanche ( 34th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 67 Pts 202sh = 87.2 pts

- 12 Projection: 68 Pts 209sh = 88.9 pts

5. Dustin Byfuglien - Winnipeg Jets ( 47th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 53 Pts 347sh = 87.7 pts

- 12 Projection: 51 Pts 327sh = 83.7 pts

6. Mark Andre Fleury - Pittsburgh Penguins ( 54th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 36W 20L 3SO 78 pts

- 12 Projection: 34W 22L 5SO 78 pts

7. Mikko Koivu - Minnesota Wild ( 67th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 62 Pts 191sh = 81.1 pts

- 12 Projection: 75 Pts 226sh = 97.6 pts

8. Loui Erikson ( Wasn't to sure about this pick ) - Dallas Stars ( 74th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 73 Pts 179 sh = 90.9 pts

- 12 Projection: 64 Pts 185 sh = 82.5 pts

9. Duncan Keith - Chicago Blackhawks ( 97th Overall )

- 11 TTl points : 45 Pts 173sh = 62.3 pts

- 12 Projection: 52 Pts 203sh = 72.3 pts

10. Corey Crawford - Chicago Black Hawks ( 104th overall)

- 11 TTl points : 33w 18L 4SO PTS: 74pts

- 12 Projection: 30w 20L 4So PTS: 70pts

11. Johan Franzen - Detroit Redwings ( 117th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 55 Pts 248sh = 79.8 pts

- 12 Projection: 56 Pts 245sh = 80.5 pts

12. Brooks Laich - Washington Capitals ( 124th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 48 Pts 207sh = 68.7 pts

- 12 Projection: 51 Pts 205sh = 71.5 pts

13. Tobias Enstrom - Winnipeg Jets ( 137th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 51 Pts 113sh = 62.3

- 12 Projection: 50 Pts 117sh = 61.7

14. Tyler Seguin - Boston Bruins ( 144th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 22 Pts 131sh = 35.1

- 12 Projection: 44 Pts 172sh = 51.2

15. Justin Williams - Los Angeles Kings ( 157th overall )

- 11 TTl points : 57 Pts 213 = 71.3 Pts

- 12 Projection: 48 Pts 181 = 68.1 pts

16. Nick Backstrom - Minnesota Wild ( 164th Overall )

- 11 TTl points : 22W 23L 3SO Pts: 50

- 12 Projection: 26W 22L 4SO Pts: 60

17. Theo Peckham ( least favourite, look for him to go early ) - Edmonton Oilers ( 177th overall)

- 11 TTl points : 13 Pts 41sh = 17.1 pts

- 12 Projection: 14 Pts 43sh = 18.3 pts

18. Curtis Glencross - Calgary flames (184th overall)

- 11 TTl points : 43 Pts 149sh = 57.9 pts

- 12 Projection: 40 Pts 141sh = 54.1 pts

My Team Last Year: 974.10 Pts

Winning Team Last Year: 1104.20 Pts

My 2012 Selections Last Year: 1266.76 Pts

2012 Projection : 1365.5 Pts

Now I have to say, looking at my point projections, I'm Looking pretty good this year. Im over the last years winner by 266.56 points. Now the only thing here is that this year we decided to increase roster size by 2 players. But unless everyone can match the winners totals from last year, and pick two extra players that combine for more than 266.56 points I should be okay. Of course these are just projections, and knowing my luck these guys could all easily under achieve this season, or not. Either way I think I have a shot at winning this thing!

Right on!

Sunober 2nd

Hey all,

Well its about 1045 am, and once again I can't sleep, to much on my mind. I think I may be putting to much pressure on myself to get over the things I'm going through right now. Its amazing the thing we put ourselves through, and then we try and trick ourselves into thinking were okay. Im not saying I'm not going to be okay, its just right now I'm not, and it sucks. I cant deny it. I can't count how many times my finger was on the send button just a press away from undoing everything I've done... Every second thought in my head is that someone and it kills me. All I can say is I'm glad I have my friends and family to help me through this, even though it might not seem like I appreciate it, I really do.

The moral is to stay strong all, I know when people tell you things like, "oh it will be okay" "you'll be stronger" "patience is virtue" "time will heal all" you just wanna punch them in the face. But they're just trying to help. And thats what we need right now, help. Because we can't go through this alone. And by being strong, we accept that we do need help.

Anyways, I cant believe im saying this but its 11am and I think I'm finally tired... Take care all.

Hope your okay.

Chaps

First Of The Year (Equinox) - Skrillex [OFFICIAL]

Well,

During my futile attempt at trying to sleep, a friend of my mine passed this video along to me, told me watch the hole thing which is what I'm asking of you. Never been a big fan of dub but I really enjoyed this song and the video is awesome as well! kind of scary at one point lol but then again I'm a big wimp lol Enjoy

George Carlson update.

George is in really bad mood, things aren't going very well for him lately. And I quote, "if this life was a pancake, it would be the worst pancake ever" poor guy.