It's been a while....

It's been a while since a post but I've been doing some research... I found a better job then digging holes.. BREAKING STUFF.. Yesterday on my walk over the cambie bridge (I do it almost every day.. not today b/c of the torrential rains) I saw a dude picking up giant blocks of concrete, dropping it on other blocks & breaking it in to tiny pieces (he is of course using giant machinery to do this)


This may all sound pretty random to you but there was something very attractive about doing mind numbing work... There is something cathartic in the practice of doing tedium. I've done tedium. I've edited the white pages. Actually that was job detention. It's where you go when you've been bad on past jobs. You then get the joy of having to move lines of type around on a page to insert gov't listings with a program that crashes each time you paste. Do that for a couple of months & come speak to me about boring jobs... Thank god I had Good Talk radio back then to listen too.

I have also been very excited in the prospect of planning my European Vacation. I am going away for 3 weeks with my best friend Sam. This should be one for the history books kiddies. I fly into London, hop directly over to Amsterdam from there we boot down to Valencia a week later fly from Barcelona to Milan, spend Easter in Rome & I spend the last few days of my trip out in London. I have never been to Europe and have wanted to go for a majority of my life.

My brother is 7 years older then me & had the opportunity to go backpacking through Europe not once BUT twice!!!! a-hole. So since I've been 9, I too have wanted to go through Europe. Now I think my vacation as a 30 yr old un-chaparoned will be quite a different experience then that of a 16 yr old but there is something to be said for having Daddy pay for the trip don't ya think?

Anyways, my top 2 countries have been Spain & Italy. Spain becuase I completely fell in love w/ Goudy's work in the Art Nouveau period & I can go see it in person. Italy because it is so old & rich w/ culture & people and gives off such a romantic aura. (sounds corny) BUT YEA!!!!! 3 weeks for me!!

I booked all my intercountry flights on friday & finally stopped clapping today.