Just a few random puppy pictures!

Can't believe my puppy is over 5 months old now - she's an amazing little creature. Yesterday we spent most of the day at my Aunt and Uncle's place, and my cousin brought her new puppy along to visit. Kaia and Lucy played HARD for hours, and Kaia is still kind of docile today (she's usually a bundle of explosive energy)



love my little puppy

So I bought a puppy - haven't written anything here in ages, but I'm so stoked I'm sharing this everywhere

Pick her up in 3 weeks, her name is Kaia <3

Been a long time... not a lot to tell

a few loves, a few heartbreaks, a few pounds... a life most ordinary

I want a new tattoo

SO... it went to hell, shortly after I wrote that last entry, so still single *lol*

should have known better, been smarter, more careful, but I wasn't, and now it's done...

but life is still going well... have a good job, working with good people - I like who I am and what I'm doing.

no complaints, no problems

2 months of no working makes Patrick a very poor and not so happy camper.

but I met a girl.

she's young and beautiful and full of life... and she likes me <3

I don't know why... but it makes me happy - so happy

last week I was humping propane tanks at a new job... and this weekend, I'm flipping burgers at a children's festival... then next week, humping propane tanks again - hard work feels pretty good actually, my body has been sore since last monday, and I feel almost accomplished. I'll feel better when they actually pay me...

I miss the girl a lot - she lives close, but not nearly close enough (I have to take a ferry to see her)

So later this month I'm moving again... not as much because I want to, as because I need to. Because, sadly, I can't afford to live the way I am right now, as I watch the debt levels growing faster than income can shrink it. I got an offer you see - free rent for a few months. Only condition? I have to move in with my ex.

I'm glad I still get along well with her, and I appreciate the offer.

Now, at the end of that time, if things aren't more under control, I'm going to pack up everything I can fit in my car and drive to - get this - Calgary.

What?

Yeah, that's right - I'm on the verge of buckling and moving back to Calgary.

Yes, it's my hometown... but.

I love Vancouver.

I love Vancouver, Bellingham, Seattle, and the entire surrounding area. BC and Washington are possibly the most amazing places I've ever spent time in. It makes me sad that I might have leave them behind.

Calgary has far too much disconnection from the US... despite being more like a US city than Seattle is.

In Canada, we have Toronto, where people think they're American, Calgary, where people are American, and Vancouver... wtf is an American, eh? I mean - we see people from Washington all the time - every day in fact - but they're nothing like the Americans you hear about on the news. They're friendly, they're helpful, and they sell goods far cheaper than we canucks do. I'll miss the $60 Doc Martins if I happen to move, and the $2.75 pounds of cheese.

So yeah... if it comes to that, I'm going to go back to Calgary, and I'm going to work and save money, pay off debts, and get drunk with people I like to get drunk with on a monthly basis. Mostly saving money.

I'll spend much time with family, dole out many hugs, much love, and get to know these people that I was raised to believe are my flesh and blood.

And once I have some money in the bank, and no debts, I'll move.

Back to Vancouver.

Because, believe it or not, Vancouver is more home to me than Calgary ever was. Sadly, my support net doesn't exist here, so there's no room for failure. But if I'm forced to fall back on said support net, I'll make sure I use it well enough that the next attempt, there will be plenty of room for error, and many excellent social possibilities - as in, I'll come back to go to school again.

Of course, if all goes as planned, none of that will come to pass.

Here's to hoping

If anyone's interested in having some graphic design projects worked on, or anyone in the Vancouver area needs any computer work done (including having one built...)

feel free to message me. Not that this place isn't full of computer geeks already - but hey, I'm good at what I do, and I love doing it

So lately I've been disenchanted with life in general... Most of my friends live in Calgary, which is a good 10 hours driving, most of my time is spent on the computer because my budget was ruined when I lost my job (I got a new job roughly 12 hours after I got laid off... but the money isn't as good)

I let my membership here lapse, due to a combination of finances, and not being involved in the site much over the first 15 months I was here - but then I realized, this could be an outlet... if I'm spending so little time out doing things, at least I have a place full of good and interesting folks to post with in forums, gorgeous photography to enjoy, and maybe some friends to make.

Life is never all bad - there are just moments that make it feel that way. I love life, I love this city, and I love everything around here... except maybe the corner of Hastings and Main, but hey - the freakazoids love it here too (in Vancouver I mean)... for one thing, they're not likely to freeze to death when they fail to find shelter.

Last night I was standing outside a 7/11 smoking (I fell back on that wagon after I got laid off) and chatted with a homeless guy for a while. He was pretty friendly, talkative, and seemed genuine. He was also panning in the wrong place (slow neighborhood in East Van, far from bars and action and excitement). In Calgary I knew panhandlers who made hundreds every night - he said he makes an average of 20 a day... not sure if he was lying, but based on where he was standing... it wouldn't surprise me.

A couple weeks ago I met some super people in Seattle (friends of a friend) who turned out to be displaced Calgarians... they're dual citizens, and the pull of Seattle was great apparently. They did 2 things for me... showed me one hell of a cool part of the city, which I'd never seen, and passed on a wicked cold, which I've decided should be christened "The Seattle Plague", because it damn near killed me.

Over the past few months, I've explored Seattle, Bellingham and parts of Vancouver - Bellingham has possibly the best selection of used books in the world, Vancouver is one of the most amazing cities on earth, and Seattle is just downright cool - if I was ever going to live in the US, that would be my first choice of places.

Still alive and kicking... and realizing that self pity is a waste of time.

Month and a half since I updated - not like it's a well read collection of thoughts, but still.

Too long.

In that time?

I still live in the same place, with the same girl, but I have my own bedroom, and we do well as roommates

I got my cartilidge (sp?) pierced

I quit my job after finding a new job. Now I commute to work 30km (20 miles) each way through rush hour traffic... not much fun, that part.

I decided that 2006 is a good year to have no girlfriends. I might be okay with sex, haven't decided yet.

I got my own VISA card for the first time in 10 years... I should have changed banks sooner, my credit would be good if I had. Stupid loyalty

Other than that, not much going on... TV, Internet, Reading, not fucking... and work. This is my life, and well, I think I need more tattoos to compensate for the not fucking part.