In which, we enter the tundra

Today was my first day into the field in 9 or so months. It wasn't too bad, not as cold as last year, but it definitly wasn't as nice as the first day in camp. Wind chill was probably around 0, possibly lower...cloudy skies, threatening rain. It was apretty easy day, hiked only abotu 8km or so in a small area. We had to stake out a grid to go over with ground geophysical equipment. Not every interesting to people not into this stuff, but, we did get to see the drill running, which is always exciting.

As usual the weather was fast moving, but usually just cloudy today...but the clouds did do this crazy thing in the afternoon. They looked like giant rolling waves in the sky. The bottom layer was undulating quite a bit. It was actually really, really cool. Wish I had a camera.

Anyways, got to put my rubber boots to good use, got back out into the tundra, now I get to start working and losing weight and it's goign to be fantastic. I think, for now I might go for a short hike, maybe to the canyon, we'll see, possibly go fishing...the sun is still bright (as usual) and I'm not really that tired yet.

I'm still having trouble not going crazy thinking about the end of the summer...I can't wait for it to be here, not that I don't love what I'm doing...I just...really want August to get here soon.

Back To Bullion

Arrived in Camp around 6pm tonight (central time). It's been expanded from last year, as there are a few more people around (about 25, instead of 13) It's not bad, a few of the same people from last year, some new people, the cooks are kinda cute, it's not so bad.

We should be starting up our field program here in a couple days, But I think there's more camp stuff to get done.

It is SO good to be back in camp. But at the same time, it will be even better when August 25th rolls around and I head back south (way south...yeah Colorado).

Anyways, I need to unpack my gear and get ready for tomorrow, and eat some more pie, and also start writing a certain letter. Weeeee

Middle. Of. Nowhere

Coordinates for Bullion Camp, Northeastern Nunavut.

You can actually see the tents, and from the state of the camp it looks like the airphoto is from the end of the summer last year, probably around september.

66°23'48.10"N, 93° 7'41.06"W

If you have Google Earth you can just copy/paste those into it and find the camp.

Also, I've been rocking the Wolf Parade pretty hard....
I'll believe in Anything has been the current favourite..for...uh, reasons...

Give me your eyes
I need sunshine
Give me your eyes
I need sunshine
Your blood
Your bones
Your voice
and your ghost

We've both been very brave
Walk around with both legs
Fight the scary day
We both pull the tricks out of our sleeves

but I'll believe in anything
and you'll believe in anything
said I'll believe in anything
and you'll believe in anything

If I could take the fire out from the water
I'd share a life and you'd share a life
If I could take the fire out from the water
I'd share a life and you'd share a life
If I could take the fire out from the water
I'd take you where nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn
said nobody knows you
and nobody gives a damn

and I could take another hit for you
and I could take away your trips from you
and I could take away the salt from your eyes
and take away the spitting salt in you
and I could give you my apologies
by handing over my neologies
and I could take away the shaking knees
and I could give you all the olive trees
oh look at the trees and look at my face and look at a place far away from here

Give me your eyes
I need sunshine
Give me your eyes
I need sunshine
Your blood
Your bones
Your voice
and your ghost

We've both been very brave
Walk around with both legs
Fight the scary day
We both pull the tricks out of our sleeves

but I'll believe in anything
and you'll believe in anything

If I could take the fire out from the water
I'd share a life and you'd share a life
If I could take the fire out from the water
I'd share a life and you'd share a life
If I could take the fire out from the water
I'd take you where nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn
I said nobody knows you
and nobody gives a damn
I said nobody knows you
and nobody gives a damn either way
About your blood
your bones
your voice
and ghost
because nobody knows you
and nobody gives a damn either way

and now I'll believe in anything

Alright kiddos.
Next post will be from the Arctic.

Until then.

This is the part of me that thinks ants are cavemen

So, I'm back in Edmonton for the night, and I leave at 7am to fly north to Yellowknife, NWT and then on to Rankin Inlet, NU.

Yesterday was a long, long day. A word of advice for long-trip drives, don't do anything that could set you into a brooding mood. As you will continue to brood until you either get where your'e going, or go crazy and run your car through that guard rail at the top of the pass. Sometimes I wonder why my brain lets me do the things I do. Stupid brain, just because I drown you in alcohol on a regular basis doesn't mean I don't care what you make me do.

Anyways, driving through Idaho and Washington in mid to high 30 degree Celsius clear weather is a bitch. and as I was trying to conserve my gas, no airconditioning. all windows down, shorts, no shirt, bright sun....it was intense. I have a wicked, wicked "driver burn" on my left arm, and I have this almost bandolier looking white strip across my shoulder and chest from my seatbelt. SWEEEEET.

Got into Vancouver around Ten, total drive time was just over 12.5 horus.
(this is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about)
Modest Mouse is some of my favourite driving music ever, I definitely listened to all 100+ songs I have of theirs. every album got played at least once.

I had the easiest border crossing ever coming back in to Vancouver...
I just held my passport open to my picture as I pulled up, and the following conversation insued:

Lazy Guard: "Where were you?"
Me: "Montana"
Lazy Guard: "What for?"
Me: "A buddy's wedding"
Lazy Guard: "How long?"
Me: "8 days"
Lazy Guard: "value of goods coming back?"
Me: "Zero"
Lazy Guard: "Bye"



Alright, so tomorrow I will officially be on the tundra, well north of the Arctic Circle. You can actually see our camp from last year on Google Earth, but I can't remember the exact coordinates right now (maybe I"ll get those tonight and throw them on here for any interested)
Anyways, I'm excited, but need to repack all my bags and somehow find some room for some booze.

The guys and Shannon

Matt (the groom), Myself, and Grant (best man)

Paintballin'

The infamous Ball and Chain from the bachelor party, which is now part of a tradition, to be passed on to the next person from the wedding party who ..er...gets hitched.

Misadventure documentation

Uploaded several photos from the bachelor party to my Misadventure Photos link on the right. Will get some more up when I get home (t-minus 12-13 hours of driving).

4 week bender is coming to a close..maybe one last hoorah tonight or tomorrow in White Rock, butI have a feeling it will be more herbally based than alcohol.

whatever that means.

I am now entering my 2 month dryspell...which sucks...maybe I'll get lucky and the company I work for with hire a hottie or two for camp.

C'est la Vie.

I think I can manage until August, which will hopefully be a hot month....maybe in more ways than one.

Off for now, Ally f you see this this morning, you'd better call or text me to keep me awake on that drive.

Vacation is Almost up

I'm sitting here, on my last evening in Montana for..probably a couple more years. I'm just kind of thinking about all the craziness of the past few days. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. My best friend Matt Root was married yesterday at 5pm to Shannon Terry. A woman who is absolutely perfect for him. The bachelor party was nuts, the wedding was a long process, but a lot of fun when it was finally on. The reception was a good time, lots of drunk family and friends, some very good toasts by the best man and others. I finally got to get drunk with Matt's parents, which was a very good time, his dad, Tom Root, is one of the funniest and intellectual people I've ever known.

The Bachelor Party:
Matt and I were picked up at 6 am by all his friends here, and a few of us out of towners. We promptly shackled Matt up with a ball and chain. Not a fake pansy ass costume one. Grant and Todd, a guy he works with, welded together a shackle from some scrap steel, and attatched a chain long enough that Matt couldn't put it over his shoulder. The ball itself was attached with a very long bolt and JB Weld. It was a bowling ball. He was not happy, even when we handed him his 6am beer.

We drove for a few hours up past Helena Montana to Kyle's cabin on a very nice, large lake. Fucked around for a bit and drank some beers until Eric and Todd arrrived with the paintball guns. We drove up into the woods a bit to anice overgrown road, set the ball and chain down in the middle of a crossroads, and started our battle for it. Unfortunately the guy at the rental shop really shit the bed and our guns all ran out of air about 20 minutes into the match. It was short, but it was also my first time paintballing, and it was pretty sweet.

So we ditched the paintballs and got out the shotguns, shot some clay pigeons and stuff. I'd forgotten how stress relieving and fun shooting is. Gooood times.

So we went back to the cabin on the lake and ripped around in the boat, did a little lake surfing (kind of like a wakeboard, but you're not attached, and it can't be ridden switch) and tubing. it was pretty sweet. Got real drunk and later that night after a barbecue, dragged matt, Shackled, to this little dive of a bar in Seeley Montana (population....small). It was a riot, all these old ladies kidnapped matt and kept him busy with free drinks and dancing to various tunes, etc.
Some of those ladies..were...scary.

"FOUR FUCKING TIMES!" was the phrase of the evening from a particluar older lady, who was also prone to copious crotch grabs on the entire bachelor party...creepy.

eventually called it a night anddrove back. During one round of mooning between the trucks, Matt decided to up the ante with a windshield moon. Except he was drunk, and sort of put his ass through the windshield. Shattered it. Classic Matt (and this guy's married? daaaamn).

Bachelor party was a good time. Just kind of kicked it around Bozeman on Thursday and Friday, did some drinking..er...a lot of drinking...in the evenings...and Saturday was the big day, lots of pictures, but damn, I look fuckin' good in a tux. The whole bridal party looked really good, they did an excellent job putting it all together.

Then today (Sunday) we had an excellent hungover brunch, and then floated down the Madison River in big tubes for a few hours in hte afternoon drinking beer.

Anyways, I think my liver is finally ready for a break, which it may or may not get, depending on who the project geologists are up in Nunavut. next three days are going to be crazy busy travelling again. Drive for 13 hours tomorrow, leave at 2.30 on Tuesday for Edmonton, 8am on Wednesdsay for Rankin Inlet. I'll be above the arctic circle by around 4pm.



But, I must leave, as we're going to a barbecue to cook the rest of the food from the wedding.

Guns don't kill people....Marriage Does

My God, so much work has been put into this thing in the last few days, I either never want to deal with it on my own, or get someone else to do it. Stuff to pickup, things to make, people to greet....It's all prety crazy.

The bachelor party was insane...not your typical one though. WHen Ihave more than 10 minutes I'll get some pictures up, from the party and the wedding. I have to go help set up this morning, but by 2.30 I'll be gangsta in my tux, and by 6 we'll all probably be drunk.

Open baaaaar dude.

Return to Montana

So, i'm back in Bozeman. But for awesome reasons.

Matt Root and Shannon Terry....the soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Root, are being wed this saturday, and I'm in town to help mat celebrate his last days of freedom.

Hopefully there will be some excellent ammunition for the future after tomorrow's day long bachelor party. No details. yet. Only after the fact

My drive today was interesting...12.5 hours on the road.

Thought it was nice to be able to drive longer than 2 hours without having to stop and get gas.

First I was hasseled at the border due to my permanent resident card...first one guy says I should have handed it in, then the people inside say I can in fact, keep it as long as I'm a student...which is what i was told when I tried to turn it in last time.

I was also selected for a "random" search. This always seem to happen when I have long hair.

Also probably doesn't help that I drive a jetta these days....

Then almost getting a ticket in Washington, though I talked my way out of it by being "canadian"

Nice.

Finally got to Montana, which is fun. Tomorrow is going to be sweeeeeeet.

Fortune Cookies

For once I recieved a fortune cookie which is both accurate, and believable.

I got it at this place here in Edmonton a couple weeks ago at lunch, OPM, a crazy blend of asian and western food, delicious.

But anyways:

"You are loved by children and puppies that have poor judgement."

At least they know what's up.

We love our hockey

Dear Edmonton Police,

While I appreciate your fervor for maintaining peace, and preventing riots. When there are many, many more people than can actually fit on the sidewalk, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to give us one lane of the road. Instead of pushing people back onto teh sidewalk, and yelling at them, maybe just let them in a bit. Or better yet, close down teh street, but maintain a heavy police presence in the middle. It IS a little rediculous when you can only cross the street every 10 blocks or so.

Perhaps if I'd been allowed to just walk in the street, I might not have been forced off the sidewalk, with one foot going into a pothole, and I wouldn't be in as much pain today.

Also, Ellie rocks, and is a great drinking partner.

Either way, sweet night.


Part II: not related to hockey.

I want a tree house.

Not some dinky little play thing with one room.

I want, a big, artfully constructed tree house.
Ideally I would turn it into an office of sorts, but a very, very comfortable one.

there are some excellent examples of what I'm talking about here:
http://www.treehouseworkshop.com/
and,
http://www.blueforest.com/index.php

and while not really a tree house, fricken sweet:
http://www.inhabitat.com/entry_594.php

I leave tomorrow for Vancouver, and subsequently Montana for my friends Matt and Shannon's wedding in Bozeman. So this might be the last one for a little while.

About 10 days from now I'll be in northeastern Nunavut.

I can't feel my hands.

I high fived more people tonight than I have ever high fived anyone..ever.

In case you live in a) a cave, or b) the US, Edmonton beat Carolina tonight to tie the series at 3 apiece.

But not only did they win, they shut them the fuck out. Woo!

Whyte Avenue was pretty crazy, but walking around and being shoved back onto the sidewalk by the cops got old after a couple hours, and the crowd wasn't downwith retaking the streets...so...
meh.

Too bad I won't be here on Monday w hen the Stanley Cup comes back to Edmonton.

So much clapping, so many high fives....oh god...Can't wait to sleep in again tomorrow.

Ah! Ellie rolled one up...goodnight!

Sometimes, you just don't know.

So, in the last 24 hours I've slept...maybe 2.

All in all I'm surprised at my functionality.

managed to finish all my work at...work..
got back to heh condo, made dinner..drank some beer.....more beer..then some more beer.
Got to the Pub around 10, a great irish pub in Edmonton, O'Byrnes
It's good times.

noting like a good Black and Tan followd up with vodka redbull.

And doing jagerbombs with your boss.

This is the guy that told me last summer that it was a dry camp.....
Not many are as fun a drunk. Good times tonight, especially when it's on his credit card.


er...

Don't be sorry for my lack of sleep. Be glad I've learned to cope with it. I mus apologize for any late night random drunken phone calls. though there's a good chance there may be more tomorrow.
We'll seee


Good night.

Oh shit..I'ts 4:20 am....again.

Thanks Ally.

Full time alcoholic, part time student

Man, I swear this will be better once I actually get to the arctic.

Hopefully something zany will happen this weekend in Edmonton


SO FUCKING ZANY.

So I'm lame

pretty fuckin' lame

1) Where was your last kiss? Attic apartment in Victoria

2) What color boxers/underwear are you wearing? Plaid, bitches

3) What are you listening to right now? Snow Hey Oh, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Sept. 14th, hooly s hit cannot wait.), and also queued up with She Wants Revenge. Gotta love rock'n'roll with violent sexual energy. yesssssss

4) Whats your favorite number? 22

5) What was the last thing you ate? Delicious terriyaki thai chili stir fry chicken. Also lunch tomorrow.

6) When was the last time you smiled? Probably very recently, but not nearly as frequently as last night....er....

7) How is the weather right now? Thunder Storms. Been a while since I've seen one of these. Amazing, I love it.

8) Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? My boss.

9) What is your worst habit? Judging people quickly.

11) Do you smoke? cigarettes: very rarely when i'm too drunk to think any better; cigars: sometimes; hookah: You bet your ass; other: Yessum.

12) When was the last time, if ever, you blacked out? I'm not sure I've ever really blacked out.

13) Do you have a girlfriend/boyfriend? Nope, they can't keep up.

14) Your Hair color? Brown. and too fucking long. Cut your hair you damn dirty hippy.

15) Eye Color? Grey, blue, greyblue, sometimes hazel, soemtimes greenish. I'm all over the place.

16) Do you wear contacts? No, but glasses because computer screens have rotted my eyes.

17) Favorite Holiday? St. paddy's

18) Favorite Month? May

19) Have you ever cried for no reason? yea....I'm not quite that fucked up.

20) What was the last movie you watched in a theater? Lucky Number Slevin. For the second time. what a good movie.

21) Favorite Day of the Year? last day of exams

22) Are you too shy to ask someone out? not recently.

23) Last advice you gave to someone? the gist of it was, if you're not happy where you are, with what you're doing, change something, and change it fast.

24) What was the highlight of your weekend? Getting drunk with people I don't work with watching hockey.

25) Chocolate or Vanilla? Combination. Ben and Jerry's Fossil Fuel. even the ice cream I eat is geologic.

26) Where is the last place you went? work...no..wait..the liqour store on the way home.

27) What did your last message on myspace say?I don't...use myspace.

28) Who was the last person to call you? My mom. (so lame! yes!)

29) What was the last sports game you watched? Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, game 5. Game six is on Saturday...wooooo

30) When was the last time you slept in someone else’s bed? Saturday night. I'm not actually sure yet whose bed it was.....

31) Favorite colors? green

32) What are you wearing? A grin.

33) What were you doing before this? sitting outside, watching the thunderstorm/rain, drinking beer, getting stoned, and talking to ally. Still am

34) Any pets? Thompson and Tasha (RIP Nikki)

35) coke or pepsi? Sprite...or Barq's

36) Butter, Plain or Salted popcorn? Kettle

37) Favorite flower? Lotus flowers are pretty sweet....

38) When was the last time you got in trouble? When I got fired/banned from the video store I used to work at. Still banned.

39) What is your favorite type of food? Thai, or my own cooking.

40) Have you ever loved someone? Geographical Location? yes, someone?.... In the sense this is asking....Doubtful.

41) Who would you like to see right now? Hunter S. Thompson, Joseph Heller, Ally, my Sister, and my cat: Thompson

42) Are you still friends with people from kindergarten? Jon franz. You're it buddy.

43) Have you ever fired a gun? Yessum. Very stress relieving. After Easter Decoration Sales + Shotgun = a good weekend.

44) Do you like to travel by plane? More than many things.

45) What websites do you go to frequently? Torch The Bridge, Fark.com, gmail

46) If you could be anywhere right now where would it be? Koh Chang, Thailand, or northeastern Australia, or Santorini Greece.

47) How many pillows do you sleep with? 3, 1 awesome collapsable campign pillow, 1 terrible over fluffed crappy pillow, and 1 couch cushion.

48) Are you missing someone? A little differently than normal...yea.

49) How was your day? Alright. I am a GIS machine. 9 maps made, and the 20,000 report is almost done.

50) What are you doing tomorrow? Friday? Working. until 5. Then going to the bar for a co-workers birthday. Expect drunken rambling.

and now….round 2 I guess.....Blame Ally
1) Who is the last person you high-fived?
roomate Karen after Pisani scored short handed to beat Carolina in game 5

2) If you were drafted into a war, would you survive?
I'm Canadian, we dont' do the whole draft thing.

But yes..I'd survive.

3) Do you sleep with the TV on?
No.....sometimes music though.

4) Have you ever drank milk straight out of the carton? Definitely

5) Have you ever won a spelling bee? Probably

6) Have you ever been stung by a bee? Several times. Too bad they died though, suckers.

7) How fast can you type? Fast enough. Sometimes too fast.

8) Are you afraid of the dark? Not really. Unless the evironment is actually genuinely creepy. like the UBC school of Theology when it was still under construction. Fucking cool though.

9) Eye color? unless you're reading this backwards you already know

11) When is the last time you took a bath over a shower? ...do hot tubs count? If not..I have no idea.

12) Do you knock on wood? Yessum

13) Are you drinking anything right now? Sleeman's Honey Brown. Edmonton has turned me into an alcoholic.

14) Where is 14? At highschool and too damn young.

15) Can you hula hoop? probably. These hips are pretty versatile.

16) Are you good at keeping secrets? I guess so?

17) What do you want for Christmas? peace and quiet.

18) Do you know the Muffin Man? Only Once. I was drunk. Oh god.

19) Do you talk in your sleep? Probably. My dreams are messed up and lucid enough that I imagine I probably mutter stuff every now and then. I certainly flail enough.

20) Who wrote the book of love? What the fuck? Work of fiction.

21) Have you ever flown a kite? Indeed I have.

23) Do you consider yourself successful? Right now, yes. in 3 months..maybe a little less. As long as I graduate in less than 3 years, I'm successful.

24) How many people are on your contact list of your cell phone? let's find out! 72. Some doubles.

25) Have you ever asked for a pony? Nope. I did ask for a rock sledge hammer for christmas though. is that about as bad?

26) Plans for tomorrow? Get up, shower, drink coffee, go to work, get drunk, maybe make some drunken phone calls.

27) Can you juggle? Only women.

28) Missing someone now? Again..a bit off from the recent normall..yes, I am missing someone.

29) When was the last time you told someone I Love You? Probably christmas

30) And truly meant it? same time...It was my parents. But they're currently the only ones. I guess.

31) How often do you drink alcohol? As soon as I get off work. Earlier if it's a weekend.

32) How did you feel today? Productive.

33) Are you black? As a moonless night.

34) Have you ever been suspended or expelled from school? yes. but only once.

35.) What are you looking forward to? Getting into the field in Nunavut. Also Graduating. more in the time frame of sooon, the end of the field season (hit up the ol' Colorado stomping grounds), and also thanksgiving break in October. Always wanted to see those redwoods.

36) Have you ever crawled through a window? More than I like to admit.

37) Have you ever eaten dog food? Not yet.

38) Can you handle the truth? Depends on what the truth is really.....

39) Do you like green eggs and ham? Dr. Seuss is the shit. But not a very good cook.

40). What 3 things can always be found in your refrigerator? Beer, Tomatoes, juice

41) Any cool scars? Not visible. Though there is a pronounced protrustion just below my right knee from geting hit in the shin with a stick coaching hockey....little bastards.

42) Are you single or taken? There are two of me.

43) Do you like or have a crush on anyone? Yes..but damn, this one is pretty fierce.

44) How many kids do you plan on having? Undecided.

46) Have you ever been in love?? Doubtful, yet.

47) Do you talk to yourself? More than might be considered rational.

48) Do you like dancing? when I'm A) drunk and b) trying to mock someone/something.

49) Three of your favorite foods: Curry Shrimp, Orange Chicken, Whiskey Steak

50) Who are you thinking about right now? She knows.

51) Who did you last talk to on the phone? my boss, Mike

52) Where is your phone? in the backpack.

53) What was the last thing you ate?: Terriyaki Thai Chili Chicken.

54) What is your favorite color?: Goddamnit, green.

55) What is the last movie watched?: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

56) What song do you currently hear?: She wants Revenge - red Flags and Long nights

57) Are you currently suffering from a broken heart? Negative.

58) What book are you currently reading? The Bourne ultimatum, and also Catch 22 (but I'm always reading that, so ...yea, not sure if it counts)

59) Do you have a camera? not anymore..some bastard stole it at a Lation heat party...go figure....

60) Who do you hate? George W. Bush. And cowboys.

61) Who are you talking to right now? Still Ally. Again.

yes Carolina, Eat it.

Edmonton Oilers

Now, first and foremost I'm a Colorado Avalanche Fan (go Sakic!). Then after that I'm a Vancouver Canucks fan. But when the last Canadian team left in the Stanley Cup Finals is the Edmonton Oilers....There is no one else I'm chearing for. Especially as I'm currently in Edmonton working.

This Saturday night you can find me down on Whyte Ave drinking beers and celebrating one more game at Rexall. Who knows, maybe they'll win and Edmonton will riot, and go on to win the Cup back in Raleigh.


Go Oilers.

Just been one of those days

So part of this was just so I coudl bitch blindly to the internet. yes.


No details here


Aww well, this time next week I'll be in Montana, getting ready for one of my best bud's weddings.

Then after that I'll be heading the arctic, I can't wait. Anything to get out of here.

subliminal message to Ally:

If you went to UVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVic, She Wants Revenge is playing on June 30th.

Well, I guess you'd have to UVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVic live in Victoria in June, but still.....UVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVicUVic

Ally is pretty awesome

just thought you should know.

Guten Tag

To whom it may concern:

I am currently a 3rd year Geology student at the University of Victoria. During my summer months, instead of lounging on the luxurious beaches of British Columbia, I sacrifice my sun filled months of freedom, for the sub-zero temperatures of the north-central arctic. Committee Bay to be exact, just above the 62nd parallel.

I'll try to keep things brief for now, as this is post one.

I'm currently sitting around Edmonton, Alberta, doing office work. But in a couple weeks time I'll be on a cargo plane headed north to Rankin Inlet, and from there I'll board a 14 person Twin otter plane to our field camp, Bullion. The weather will be chilly, with wind chill probably around -15 degrees Celsius, more likely than not raining. The lakes and rivers will still be frozen over, and snow fields will abound. After several weeks the snow will melt, and the Arctic tundra is exposed for what it really is, a wet, mosquito-ridden bog. But I love it.

There is nothing quite as beautiful as the midnight sun. Kinda creepy too.

I will try to keep track of my misadventures, and make the rock stories as interesting as possible (no guarantees.)

Jus so you can have a taste, here's who I am:

I'm 22, I live in Victoria, BC when I'm not working.

I enjoy snowboarding, rocks, alcoholism, good times, good bars, pub crawls, and good wines.

here's a nice little shot of me at the last night of geology Field School (2 weeks spent on northern Vancouver Island). We had a bonfire..and..well, a lot to drink. Grey sweater, bottle of wine...it's not that hard to pick me out.



I'm obsessive-compulsive with my music, and constantly seeking new tunes to keep my mind from running away with itself. I also love traveling, I try to get out as much as humanly possible.

There you have it..That's me.

some pictures:
El Salvador, April 2005



Ingot Camp, Northern numbed. 1:30 in the morning of a drunken party.