May Long Update

So this is more for my American friends. I know my Canadian friends will just roll there eyes and think of something mean to say and then politely refrain. Its actually a pretty funny video. What makes it good, is that unlike some movies about hockey, the guy in the video actually has the moves. No triple deek or flying V here..

In other news...

I played my first ever golf match on Monday with Randy my golf partner and we won. I got a birdie on the third hole and Randy birdied 18 so that ended up being the difference. And I shot my best round of the year (91) so things are looking up. Now if I could just find a few sponsors... Anyone? Anyone? Buhler?

On my birthday

This day in history: the birth control pill was formally introduced for sale. Fortunately for me, NO SALE.

Yes today was my birthday. It all started... no not that story. This morning I showed up to work with a box of Tim Horton's donuts. Which I know in North America, its common for other people to provide a cake. But I like the German tradition of "Its your birthday, why should I care?" I know its not marketed that way, but it makes sense. If you want people to celebrate with you, bring cake. If you want to be left alone, eat your cake in private, sitting in the dark, crying about your age. Its really up to you.

Anyway, needless to say they ate the donuts despite the obvious cultural faux pas.

And then we went mini-golfing. Or crazy golfing as I am finding out it is called in other parts of the world. Although I think putting a little wooden border around the short grass shows an awful lot of mental capacity. More so than searching for a little white ball in the rough, whilst foaming at the mouth and cursing under your breath, despite the fact that you put it there. And then to top it all off you go and do it repeatedly the whole time telling yourself that your having fun. Yup thats sanity.

Anyway, to top off the day. I fixed my new car. (Not too often that sentence happens) The car that I got for $1, from a friend who left town in a hurry, wouldn't start. My dad and I towed it home and puzzled over the possible cause of its untimely death. After consulting a manual borrowed from a former Toyota mechanic and several head scartching results of the misinterpretations of the manual that covers every engine ever made by Toyota and several misfiring rough running oopses... Tonight I put the key in and hoped and Eureka! It started and ran like a Toyota!!

So that was my day. I got beat in putt putt but now my car no longer makes that sound.

Thanks to everyone who remembered and said hey. If you missed it, see you next year and remember I'll be the one with the cake.

If I blog it maybe it'll come true

So here's the scoop: I am well. My father is nearly finished his Chemotherapy, he has an appointment in Winnipeg in the morning to find out how he is doing. He's doing fairly good for a guy whose test show that he is mostly dead. I guess that's what Chemo is designed to do, see who's got more kick; you or the cancer.

In other news, I am still in the business entrepreneurship project and still working in developing a plan for a business. Right now the numbers don't look good for starting a business in this location... but thats ok. Thats one of the potential outcomes in any good business plan: plan not feasible, please play again.

The picture is of a fountain in Helsinki, Finland that I took with a 35mm camera back in 2001. Surprisingly, the glossy looks better than the digital. Anyway, its always been a favorite of mine. I have been looking over old pictures lately to try and get a sense of how my photography skills are. The reason for that is that I was recently accepted into Journalism Arts at SAIT in Calgary. The course starts this fall and right now I am trying to get the funding that I need to pay for the whole thing.

I'm still not sure if I can go, but at least now its a real option and not some crazy pipe dream...