Archive for August, 2005

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wave parks

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

While in Edmonton my brother and I visited the WEM wave park and it was awesome! I never knew that one could find such joy at such a mammoth cash grab. Oh the water slides and the waves, oh the waves.

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Sausage is my life; at least for an evening!

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Yesterday I and everyone else at the Sausage Party achieved sausagical fusion. We all melded our love of sausage and transformed it into a lean, mean, sausage eating machine. I had never seen so much sausage in my life- not that I was complaining let me tell you. I have always thought that I had an intense love of the sausage, but after yesterday I know that my love is intense. I cannot even recall how much sausage I ate amongst the other mounds of food- a Jill Antle blunder as I am far too much of an over-preparer and always do things to the excess.
The evening started off with two and a half hours of solid prep- which included filling the BBQ, getting slurpees, decorating, prepping the food, and making the punch. Oh the punch… I made a non alcoholic berry sorbet punch, a whiskey punch, and a vodka slush. The whiskey Jack punch consisted of a 40, OJ, 7-up, sugar and cherries. It was potent to say the least, yet subtley satisfying. The vodka slush consisted of a “Madagascar” bucket full o’love! No, it consisted of Juice, 26 vodka, and I can’t remember what else. Man this stuff goes down easy and did in a few people. Kim and I thought before while the Sausage party was still in the works that punch, cake, and sausage go swimmingly together and we should celebrate their harmony.
It was a party full of meat and sexual innuendos. My kind of evening! There was an abundance of meat to please a girl, and fun party games. We played pin the sausage on the ass, our variation of pin the tail on the donkey, and Laine and James were tied for the winners. Good times. As well, there was plenty of drunk trampolining. Jon Symons was the hands-down winner of tramping as he was a bruiser. He knocked down everyone, and cleaned house. Well done Jonny!
It was good to see we did not go small c conservative on the amounts of sausage! We were very liberal with our sausage. I ahve a firm belief that everyone needs a little sausage. The golden lamp shade award goes to Michelle as she was juiced but funny. The Sleeper Peeper award goes to Steve Woodrow as he fell asleep on the tramp, and to Josh as he fell asleep on my couch. I win best sausage eater, and Amy wins best dessert maker, Kim best sausage cake maker, Marissa best decorator, Dan craziest tramper, and little Dan as ‘G’st sausager. OH what good times were had!
The first annual sausage party was an overwhelming success, and I would jsut like to thank everyone for coming and see you next year for second annual!

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Allergies

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

Today I had to go for allergy testing and my arms look like a heroin junkies’. It was rather interesting to find that I am allergic to:
Dust mites
Dust
Pollen
Grass
Trees
Weeds
Fertilizer
Cat
Lobster
shellfish
bananas
sesame seeds
garlic
rye
histamines
melon
and feathers.

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Saturday, August 6th, 2005

Do you ever wonder what percentage of your life you have spent doing things you:

a) Did not want to do
b) Were forced to do
c) Thought was a good idea at the time
d) Just did/wasted

I wonder all the time what I would be doing if I wasn’t doing what I was doing at the time. I wonder if time wasn’t wasted if I would be more productive, distructive, energetic, etc… I suppose this is the Western Way. Such a copp out I know, but now I think many things can be blamed on the Western Way of doctrines/practices and is an easy scapegoat. Us westerners always taking the easy way out!

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New Governor General appointment

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

I think the senate if operating how it supposed to be is an important part of the political process acting as a sober second thought. Nowadays, its position has been compromised by ‘friendly’ appointments and financial ones, but ideally a vital part to the political process. I think the new GG appointment was a smart one because of the rise in Quebec soverignty movement. I think old Paul thinks this will help smooth relations. I think all in all a smart decision as she is young, bright, poised, and could be a good stooge. The media is making a big deal out of her being black, but I think it is a smart appointment.