I know I have to do it every year, but I just can't get used to going to work at sun rise, and coming home when it's practically dark. Uh, I'll have summer back now, please. The weather has been so weird that I haven't gone running in a little while. I've been trying to use other outlets to decompress as well because I knew that going for a quick jog couldn't always be an option once it started to get shitty outside.

The weekend was fun as hell. Friday I just chilled with Athanasia and watched the awful Night of the Demons remake and ate pizza. I initially went to my buddy's art show, but then I realised that I wasn't feeling very social and I hate art shows so I bounced. Saturday though, shit, major fun. Started off at Oak Bay Bikes for their customer appreciation night that I crash every couple of years. Open bar, free food and prizes, plus I get to mingle with the bike industry types that I never get to really see anymore since I stopped working in shops. Stayed there til about 9 or so and then hammered out to Recyclistas for their 7th anni party and hung out with the usual dudes. Got way too drunk and accidentally smoked a few cigarettes (oops), watched some great bands and partied til 4 am. Then after a very cold, and seemingly very long bike ride home with Cam and Phoebe (on which Phoebe bailed and I had no idea) I was snug and warm in my bed. Only to wake up like 3 hours later because for some reason I just can't sleep in no matter what time my head hits the pillow. Woke up still pretty wasted so I decided I might as well just keep going and I got a friend over to get day drunk while playing monopoly and watching horror movies.

Good times.

I'm pretty set in my ways, and I've always been comfortable with that. Sometimes though, I think it's important to flip your world upside down just to experience the other side of things. Take yourself out of the normality that has become your life and do things that you wouldn't do just because they might make you uncomfortable, or go against your personal morals, or even because it's something you've never tried. I think that if you do that once in a while it makes you appreciate yourself and all you have around you a lot more.

I did just that this weekend.

Nothing in particular to say.

Someone glued googly eyes to the John A. MacDonald statue outside city hall and I got a real kick out of it. He looks surprised and judgmental.

Staying on top of things

Jogging - Day 2
My jogging/bottle collecting? get up and my choice of tunage.


I woke up at a completely unholy hour this morning and couldn't get back to what I would call a "normal" pattern of sleep. My remedy? Lay in bed listening to Vinyl Café until the sun comes out and warms my bedroom enough for me to justify getting out from under the covers. Then I have a quick breakfast, get suited up in my hobo gear and have a run along Dallas road in Ross Bay. I'm starting to discover that my fellow joggers aren't really that friendly of a bunch. I always give a little smile or a "hello" as I pass but they all just look at me like I have something on my face. I never realised that dressing like a bum and running without being chased was such a serious matter.

I've been having a lot of fun with life lately. Hanging out with people that I really thought that I'd lost connections with. It's nice to know that even though I might disappear for a while they always welcome me back into the friend circle with open arms. I think I seriously have the best buds around. I've also been learning to appreciate hanging out by myself. In my 28 years I've never really given myself the opportunity to have some real alone time every now and then to do my thing and not have to worry about catering to another person who might be present. I've always either lived with people or just always tried to surround myself with company, whether it be a girlfriend, a spouse, or friends. I always tried to be social and keep myself busy with others. So now I'm dedicating 2 days a week to not hanging out with anyone. I just sit at home and occupy my time with chores or just vegging out in front of the TV or a book. It's taking some getting used to but I'm starting to really enjoy it.

I've learned after 28 years that voting is important

Try this again

Kind of forgot about this thing. I've mostly been keeping a paper journal lately because I feel like I have way more freedom with it. I don't have to worry about choosing my words carefully in order to spare someone else's feelings. I use it as a log of my deepest thoughts and emotions so I can go back to it and really think about why I was feeling that way at the time, and if it was worth it. I definitely like to use public blogs for talking about things that interest me, make me happy, or maybe I'll post a more subdued version of how I feel throughout the day.

I got the day off today and I felt a little anxious this morning so I went for a run. It really helped me get my mind off of some shit that I've been dealing with for a little bit, and it also made me feel like a powerhouse. My legs felt like tree trunks afterward. Sore tree trunks, but trunkish nonetheless. I didn't go for very long either, I can ride my bike forever but I'm not used to using the muscles required to jog so I had to take breaks every now and then to walk. I did manage to go for almost the entire length of The Carter III and I went from my place, all around Rockland, and to Cadboro Bay. I think I'm gonna make a habit of either going early in the morning before work, or later on before I have dinner.

I didn't see as many other joggers around Rockland as I thought I would. Just one lady who would go for about a block and then have to stop and walk the next block. Maybe I'm doing it wrong because I didn't stop running until I was half way home.

I must still not be fully recovered from being a smoker for so long because I seem to be coughing a bit like there's something still stuck in my lungs and it's starting to give me a bit of a headache. I guess I'll go make myself some tea, throw on some tunes and read a bit.