Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat.

Today started out kind of lame but since I got up it has been getting better. Vince and I trekked out into the wilderness that is know as Edmonton and braved the horrid transit system in search of gifts for friends and family. I got about half of my shopping done. The most important part though is I was able to obtain some Christmas lights and by some I mean 200 of the little suckers. So after supper with the aid of Mike I strung them merrily around my doorway.This is Mike posing with them. They don't look awsome in this picture so you guys have to come by to experience the magic which is "Steve's Door". I have been contemplating that if I end up going with anyone to a mall I might have to pick up a wreath or something.

The countdown till I leave has started. Only 17 days until all my exams are done and 19 days we leave for Dawson. It should be good to go back home and finally eat some real food/laze around for a couple weeks. Don't really have much else to talk about right. Kind of just wanted to show off what I like to call "Steve's Amazing shinning Awsome Christmas door of Awsome coolness" ( I know I used awsome twice thats how much awsomeness it contains) I may edit this blog later tonight incase of hijinks. If not talk to ya dudes later.

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According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the word "snapshot" was originally a hunting term.

Ok sorry for the lack of picture update but i had a post all set up with pictures and commentary and I decided "Hey i should look at with the preview button" after that i hit back on my browser and lost it all so I didnt feel like writing it again right away but anyway now i do so here it is. Just a little background information incase you have forgotten. These pictures are from the weekend where Rod and I went to Vancouver our main reason for going was to see "Blind Guardian" a band from Germany and in short it was awsome. So here are those pics complete with commentary. BTW the commentary for each picture is at the bottom of it. (just thought you may get confused)

This is the first shot I took when we got to Vancouver it is a shot of our hotel room. It was fairly small or as the hotel advertised "cozy".This is from the next day. The concert wasn't until later that evening so Rod and I decided to take a walk down to the ocean and see what we could see (it was the sea). THis is a shot looking at Granville Island.Here is the beach that we walked along for a while.
Apparently the city of Vancouver has been terrorized by coyotes latly and every citizen is supposed to shoot them one sight. Also to be wary of coyotes chasing road runners as those are the most dangerous.
WE FOUND HALF THE STARGATE. Someone call Jack O'Neill. (we don't know what that is we think it might be a sculpture because there was a sign a ways away talking about a statue that we couldn't see. Although it is also very likly that it is a advance piece of alien technology that allows people to instantaniously travel millions of light years in a matter of seconds. So the statue idea is more of guess.This is a shot of Rod trying to get back to his Viking roots. Later we burned and pilliaged an entire villiage. Although we have to remember that it is Pillage, Rape, Burn, not Pilliage, Burn, Rape. That was messy.One of these birds is wanted for trying to attack Rod. If you see it or anything else that matchs the description please call me so I can tell him that it was really funny the way he flew directly at Rod making him yell out a jump to the side exclaiming and I quote "SON OF A BITCH".This is the lead singer for "Leave's Eyes" they were the opening band for "Blind Guardian". They were pretty good and they are also from Germany.Ok now you will have to forgive me for these pics but that figure in the center is Hansi the lead singer for "Blind Guardian". The room was not terribly well suited for pictures and I am short and the people in front of me were tall. If you want to see it better i can make it larger on my comp but i felt that blowing the picture up to that size on the blog would probably kill it and ur guys' internet as well.

I have omitted a few pictures but as stated above I didn't want to kill the internet. You are all welcome to come see the few others if you feel like it. All in all it was a awsome trip and I am glad that we were able to go. Also a little shout out to Vince and a Megan and a big congrats on the whole wedding thing. Woot to the both of you.
Talk to all you dudes later.

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Leaving on a jet plane don't know when ill be back again.

The title to this blog is a little misleading. I am leaving on a jet plane but I do know when I am getting back and that day is Wednesday. Just thought I would leave a note telling everyone that Rod and I are packing and leaving bright and early tommorrow morning. Darren has agreed to take us to the airport and Vince may be coming too. I am starting to get more excited now as the time draws close and everything is starting to work out according to plan. I've gone over the same list of items several times: Wallet- check, tickets for airplane hotel and concert- triple check, underwear- check, condoms ( Rod's in for a surprise)- check, bottle of ether - double check.

I am bringing my camera so pictures will be posted when we get back. Till then wish us luck and keep us in your prayers. Cya all when we get back.

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Excuse me I'm looking for the nuclear wessels

Well we have hit that glorious week of the year "Burn out week". Ugh. But wait there has to be some sort of "List" we could "check" to see if it really is burn out week. hmmm I know we can make a "horizontal line of things that would need to be completed to conclude that it is indeed burn out week" or a HLTTWNTBCTCTIIIBOW for short. So I will type up some questions to test to see just if burn out week is going to hit you and how to prevent/treat it.

1. Have you or have you not been so over whelmed with school lately that you are finding it hard to organize your sock drawer?

2. Are you more attracted to water fowl then normally?

3. Have you started to do something and forgotten what you were doing and/or were your pants are?

4. Have you put on blue face paint on half of your face, put on a kilt and waged war against the English declaring proudly "FREEEEEDDDDDOOOOOOOMMMMM" from a mountain top?

5. Have you do the same as the above but instead shouted "SPPPPPPOOOOOOOONNNNNN?

6. Have you shaved your head and then thought it was a bad idea so you glued it back on ?

7. Typed up a blog that makes little sense?

8. Typed up a blog that makes so much sense that anyone who reads it has their head explode then the government comes and confiscates the webpage and befor you know it your hanging out in a secret prison under the white house chilin with Elvis , Martin Luther and Jesus who actually came back 4 years ago but since then has been locked in the prison addicted to internet forums and Mountain Dew? Also Luther is emo.

9. Had a religious experience only to find that you left hair care products on the heater and its the fumes making you dizzy and that the image of Mary is only a towel rack?

10. Have you made two religious cracks and offended both catholics and protestants in the same blog post?

11. Decided that sleep is indeed for the weak and try to stay up all night only to find yourself already asleep on the keyboard with a blog page open and nothing but t's and m's typed because wen you fell asleep your face smacked the desk and those two buttons got stuck?

12. Have you or have you ever had sexual relations with that women Mr President?

13. Do you now or have you ever believed that small green aliens frequently visit you in your dreams but instead of imparting knowledge of how to cure cancer or live forever they only trade recipes with you concerning beef and beef related meats? And then woken up with a roasting thermometer in your butt?

14. Realize that damn i can't spell worth crap on this thign.

If you or any of your friends answer yes and or no to any of these questions then it is imperative that you get them to a hospital ASAP. They need to be filled with cotten candy and from my experience cotten cand is often found at hospitals except it's white and doesnt taste like anything but cotten. If you are not anywhere near a hospital then you must tear up the carpet in your room or living area and consume it with mustard. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IT MUST NOT BE ANY OF THOSE STUPID "HONEY MUSTARDS" OR "SPICY MUSTARDS" IT MUST BE NORMAL MUSTARD. mayo works too.

Now that you have been diagnosed and treated for "Burn Out" week . Your life will be different. Colors will have lost their brightness and sounds seem dull in your ears. Thats probably cause you have sunglasses and ear plugs in. Take them out. Now everything should be ok.

I will now leave you with these parting words. CLOCK , TREE, YELLOW and BECAUSE. feel free to use them as often as you like. Except TREE you can only use that on twice a day.

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