So today I decided in anticipation of my trip to Seattle to watch a Mariners game and inspired by a note from Dave Poirier I decided to share with everyone the professional Sports Teams that I have seen. So here goes.
NBA
- Chicago Bulls
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Orlando Magic
- New Jersey Nets
NHL
- Anaheim Ducks (3)
- Calgary Flames (2)
- Minnesota Wild
- Ottawa Senators
- Vancouver Canucks
- Washington Capitols
- Winnipeg Jets (3)
MLB
- Minnesota Twins
- I forget who they were playing
SOON
- Detroit Tigers
- Seattle Mariners
There you have it, if you actually cared to read this then Good on ya mate.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Aloe Vera
It burns my skin. Does any one know if there is a sun burn point where aloe vera actually has a reverse affect and makes your skin burn and sting and itch? If you have any idea let me know as I try to cure myself of this problem.
Although I will not be able to cure the skin cancer in a few years from now this is a great start.
Although I will not be able to cure the skin cancer in a few years from now this is a great start.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Reading and Dreams
So the other night I had the strangest dream, first of you all you have to know that I rarely if ever remember any dreams that I have, so any dream that I do have I take quite seriously as to what it may mean. So if you have any insights please take the time to read this let me know.
So the dream begins and I get to a soccer game quite late, there is only a few minutes left on the game but I get put in on forward, and for some reason I am wearing a long necklace, with seashells and stuff, a lei from Hawaii that was given to me as a gift I actually own the article of jewelery. So I get on and with only a minute left someone on the far side crosses the ball in and I start to run in for the header, and Tori (one of the SL's here in Vancouver with me) is guarding me and to stop me from going in he grabs the lei and chokes me with it, and it holds me back from going anywhere. The ref who just happens to be Tanya (my site director) does not make any call, and I go off on her because I am so mad, and angry because there was no call on the play. Anyways game goes on I am still really angry and yelling at her when it's over.
After the game for some reason I have to go to Tanya's house, so I go there (this isn't here house in real life it is somewhere else) and she lives in this little apartment and I have to dial up from outside to get in. But inside around the dial there are literally dozens of birds flying around (for anyone that knows me, you know that I am terrified of birds, there I said it, it's not a secret, please do not use this information against me) so I start doing what I normally do in these situations to keep the birds away, I start clapping loudly, the birds fly away except for one. After a few more minutes of clapping and contemplating what to do, I bulk up the courage to just go and press the number. I am reaching in and... the bird bites my hand, now I am yelling at this bird which I am terrified of and now pissed off that it is biting my hand. And the bird will not let go of my hand, until... I wake up.
What does this even mean? Please help me out here, I have not a clue, and I am not ready to face my fear of birds. I must avoid this inevitability if that is what it is. \
On another note I sat outside in the sun this morning for about four hours reading a book/suntanning.
Good News --> Finished the book
Bad News --> Ryan is as burnt as ever, and is uncertain of his future going on as a normal looking human being.
Please support me in the dream troubles and my physical troubles, if you have any aloe vera it would be greatly appreciated during this time, also tips for fending off birds will be needed in the near future I am thinking. Thank you loyal readers.
So the dream begins and I get to a soccer game quite late, there is only a few minutes left on the game but I get put in on forward, and for some reason I am wearing a long necklace, with seashells and stuff, a lei from Hawaii that was given to me as a gift I actually own the article of jewelery. So I get on and with only a minute left someone on the far side crosses the ball in and I start to run in for the header, and Tori (one of the SL's here in Vancouver with me) is guarding me and to stop me from going in he grabs the lei and chokes me with it, and it holds me back from going anywhere. The ref who just happens to be Tanya (my site director) does not make any call, and I go off on her because I am so mad, and angry because there was no call on the play. Anyways game goes on I am still really angry and yelling at her when it's over.
After the game for some reason I have to go to Tanya's house, so I go there (this isn't here house in real life it is somewhere else) and she lives in this little apartment and I have to dial up from outside to get in. But inside around the dial there are literally dozens of birds flying around (for anyone that knows me, you know that I am terrified of birds, there I said it, it's not a secret, please do not use this information against me) so I start doing what I normally do in these situations to keep the birds away, I start clapping loudly, the birds fly away except for one. After a few more minutes of clapping and contemplating what to do, I bulk up the courage to just go and press the number. I am reaching in and... the bird bites my hand, now I am yelling at this bird which I am terrified of and now pissed off that it is biting my hand. And the bird will not let go of my hand, until... I wake up.
What does this even mean? Please help me out here, I have not a clue, and I am not ready to face my fear of birds. I must avoid this inevitability if that is what it is. \
On another note I sat outside in the sun this morning for about four hours reading a book/suntanning.
Good News --> Finished the book
Bad News --> Ryan is as burnt as ever, and is uncertain of his future going on as a normal looking human being.
Please support me in the dream troubles and my physical troubles, if you have any aloe vera it would be greatly appreciated during this time, also tips for fending off birds will be needed in the near future I am thinking. Thank you loyal readers.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Goodbye. We are so similar.
So today at camp, the strangest thing happened. My first thought was I have to blog about this.
As many of you may know when I was in grade 11 my friend and I got bored during school and decided to start making things at school a little bit more interesting. So we started taking things apart, not to hurt anyone but because we got bored. Our main target was the bathrooms, we would take down the mirrors, and just put them on the side, but that got old quickly. Then we started unscrewing the stall doors to the bathrooms, and taking apart the walls in between. This all ended suddenly one day when we walked out of the bathroom and the principle was there luckily we had thought something like this might happen. So we had hidden the screwdrivers in our sock and pulled our pants over top... or so we thought. The screwdrivers were sticking out, and we got suspended for a couple days.
How does this relate to today?
Today I was at camp and realized that one of the boys in camp was gone in the bathroom, for quite some time, so I went in to check on him, and low and behold he was unscrewing the the bathroom stall door. More proof that we are actually the same person.
On another note today was Mike's farewell lunch at UP and Debs and I decided to make a little movie. Felt like sharing for those of you that know Mike you will like the material if you don't, you will enjoy the excellent special effects. Here is the first of many major motion pictures to come.
As many of you may know when I was in grade 11 my friend and I got bored during school and decided to start making things at school a little bit more interesting. So we started taking things apart, not to hurt anyone but because we got bored. Our main target was the bathrooms, we would take down the mirrors, and just put them on the side, but that got old quickly. Then we started unscrewing the stall doors to the bathrooms, and taking apart the walls in between. This all ended suddenly one day when we walked out of the bathroom and the principle was there luckily we had thought something like this might happen. So we had hidden the screwdrivers in our sock and pulled our pants over top... or so we thought. The screwdrivers were sticking out, and we got suspended for a couple days.
How does this relate to today?
Today I was at camp and realized that one of the boys in camp was gone in the bathroom, for quite some time, so I went in to check on him, and low and behold he was unscrewing the the bathroom stall door. More proof that we are actually the same person.
On another note today was Mike's farewell lunch at UP and Debs and I decided to make a little movie. Felt like sharing for those of you that know Mike you will like the material if you don't, you will enjoy the excellent special effects. Here is the first of many major motion pictures to come.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Cow-Town
Well I have not posted in a long time it seems. Not just seems it is actually true, part of the reason is that I was away this weekend in Cowtown (Calgary) and it was good times. Some highlights:
- Team GP
- Seeing Family and Friends I hadn't seen in a while
- The pilot shortening the word schedule to sched
- The really annoying lady on the plane (doesn't sound like a highlight yet), who had a big heavy binder dropped on her head. The man says "I guess objects in the overhead compartment shifted during the course of the flight"
- Watching Volleyball
All in all a pretty rad trip, I would recommend the city of Calgary to anyone who is considering visiting.
- Team GP
- Seeing Family and Friends I hadn't seen in a while
- The pilot shortening the word schedule to sched
- The really annoying lady on the plane (doesn't sound like a highlight yet), who had a big heavy binder dropped on her head. The man says "I guess objects in the overhead compartment shifted during the course of the flight"
- Watching Volleyball
All in all a pretty rad trip, I would recommend the city of Calgary to anyone who is considering visiting.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
You Never Let Go
Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me
Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You
(Matt Redman)
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me
Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You
(Matt Redman)
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Boy Band Ready
Judging by this side picture (taken by Kristin Cato) it clearly appears that I am ready to be a poster child for North Americas next great boy band. Now all I need is to write some lyrics to some girl who I am hopelessly in love with and has not noticed I exist. That hasn't happened however, so no lyrics of the sort will be written. I guess that North America will have to wait.
On another note, I played some video games with one of my kids from Camp today and got owned, I have clearly lost my video gaming touch.
Also just recently I decided to take notes on some fun quotes that were said during staff meeting earlier this week, I will leave the quotes as anonymous as to not hurt anyone. But they are:
"She was as happy as a pig in manure"
"Save a paper ride a Cowboy"
"Ryan, Henry, Cody,you guys can go fly a kite"
True Story. Really Happened.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Some Insights
So today in Intern Class we talked about Re-Entry and having Culture Shock and all that stuff. For when we go back after a year away the different potential stages we will go through. And there is potential that you will start showing these signs before you leave already. Rumor has it I am beginning to enter Culture Shock approximately 3 months before I am leaving.
Some signs of this are: Separating myself from people that have drawn close to me, being angry for no particular reason, mocking the culture I am currently living in/going back to, daydreaming of home, and being unreasonably nasty towards life in general.
*I don't think I have shown any of these signs, but people are saying I am to convince me that I am going through the stages, If that makes any sense*
Some other things I found out about a few of my kids today in a game of "Would you rather?" and the "If" game
- Given the opportunity to spend the rest of their life at home or at Camp Grace, they would all choose Camp Grace
- If they could hang out with any Camp Grace person for a whole day, all the girls would choose Tanya, and all the boys would choose me.
- 66% of the kids would rather have no arms then no legs
- 85% of kids would rather be in a box being attacked by a Tiger then by a Shark
- All the kids would rather have their eyes fall out on occasion then have a magnetic head
- All the kids would rather fight a tiger then a lion
- If they could be any animal they would be either cats or dogs
- If they killed a grizzly bear 95% say their weapon would be a sword, other 5% say machine gun
- All the kids would rather shoot lazers out of their eyes uncontrollably then have scissors as hands
Feel free to leave your answers to those questions and see where you fit in. After recent findings, I sometimes wonder who actually reads my blog, so if you have never commented and you read this on occasion now would be a good time to do so. Peace out.
Some signs of this are: Separating myself from people that have drawn close to me, being angry for no particular reason, mocking the culture I am currently living in/going back to, daydreaming of home, and being unreasonably nasty towards life in general.
*I don't think I have shown any of these signs, but people are saying I am to convince me that I am going through the stages, If that makes any sense*
Some other things I found out about a few of my kids today in a game of "Would you rather?" and the "If" game
- Given the opportunity to spend the rest of their life at home or at Camp Grace, they would all choose Camp Grace
- If they could hang out with any Camp Grace person for a whole day, all the girls would choose Tanya, and all the boys would choose me.
- 66% of the kids would rather have no arms then no legs
- 85% of kids would rather be in a box being attacked by a Tiger then by a Shark
- All the kids would rather have their eyes fall out on occasion then have a magnetic head
- All the kids would rather fight a tiger then a lion
- If they could be any animal they would be either cats or dogs
- If they killed a grizzly bear 95% say their weapon would be a sword, other 5% say machine gun
- All the kids would rather shoot lazers out of their eyes uncontrollably then have scissors as hands
Feel free to leave your answers to those questions and see where you fit in. After recent findings, I sometimes wonder who actually reads my blog, so if you have never commented and you read this on occasion now would be a good time to do so. Peace out.
UP House Happenings
So this is the most recent stuff that has been happening around here. I have been making up my resume and have almost come to complete it, as I will be looking for a job for three weeks at the beginning of June. (If anyone has any ideas let me know).
Also around the house here I started up the morning quotes which is two funny quotes that I print off and tape to the door coming downstairs. Usually it makes the morning just slightly more enjoyable. Quotes are from Arrested Development and The Office, the two greatest shows ever made. Fact!
And around the house the new game to play is "Would you rather..." which seems really lame, and kind of is. But it is amazing the things you can come up with. For instance:
"Would you rather have a magnetic head or your eyes fall out on occasion?
Thats tough to choose. Here is another.
"Would you rather be stuck in a small box being fed by a tube or stuck in a glass box in water where sharks are constantly trying to attack you, there is a 50/50 chance they might get in?
That is really hard, and really you can tell a lot about a person from a few simple questions.
Also around the house here I started up the morning quotes which is two funny quotes that I print off and tape to the door coming downstairs. Usually it makes the morning just slightly more enjoyable. Quotes are from Arrested Development and The Office, the two greatest shows ever made. Fact!
And around the house the new game to play is "Would you rather..." which seems really lame, and kind of is. But it is amazing the things you can come up with. For instance:
"Would you rather have a magnetic head or your eyes fall out on occasion?
Thats tough to choose. Here is another.
"Would you rather be stuck in a small box being fed by a tube or stuck in a glass box in water where sharks are constantly trying to attack you, there is a 50/50 chance they might get in?
That is really hard, and really you can tell a lot about a person from a few simple questions.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Resume
So today I decided to write my resume, and I was trying to think of good skills in abilities. So I came up with a few and then later tonight all I could think about was anything but that, and I feel like I can not even be honest with myself in writing any of them down. All I can think of is, makes poor choices, and is irresponsible with his money. And no one would hire that person, and that is the things that most seem to describe my situation right now. Maybe not poor choices but definitely seems like it. And I have no money so clearly that would mean that I am irresponsible with what I used to have. Seriously, I'm just going to bed.
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