"...nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun"
Somehow at work today I got to thinking about the music I listened to waaay back in the day, and I thought of The Newsboys. They actually just released a new CD too - wow still goin. Anyways the point of this is that I just listened to this song here for the first time in years and years, and man it is really
really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6wgX9X65ik
Summer nights
Well! I haven't been here in a while. So what have I been up to since October of last year?
Well, the new job is going well. It's basically how I would have expected it to be.. pretty boring, but also quite easy and stress free, and the people are nice so I can't complain really. Also King Tut is coming and I'm going to apply to work in that area which would mean a different (hopefully better) schedule and maybe more hours.
I'm single again, which is probably for the best. Had a great time while it lasted, and other than that I think it would be notable that she could be the only person I've ever actually gotten in "fights" with, which I find interesting. The whole thing was another good learning experience.
This summer has been really busy it seems. There's always something to do, which is good and bad I guess.. the bad being that things to do cost money. Went rafting again this year which was quite fun. Spent last Friday night at a friends cottage which turned out to be really cool. Some people from one of the other cottages came over to hang out with us for the night and I ended up talking a girl from their group. Somehow we ended up by the lake and from there ended up in our underwear and in the water in the darkness at 1 in the morning. Turned out this was one of the highlights of the summer for me, as we swam and treaded water and talked about life and stuff for about half an hour until I was too tired to swim. It almost seemed like it was out of a movie, and it was really relaxing and really fun. Then it was back to the fireplace. They left to go back to their cottage and I realized I don't even know her name and I'll probably never see her again.
Other than that I've been filling time by working out as much as I have time for and i'm a good 30 lbs heavier than I was at the beginning of the year, so we'll see where that goes. I definitly haven't gotten home or gone out golfing as much as I would like, but hopefully in the future those things will be easier to do with more time/money to work with.
Why not
Just a random update in case I ever look at this thing and wonder what i was doing in 2008 a decade from now or something. At that point I'm sure i'll have my life together and I'll be able to look back and say "wow, everything was so uncertain back then.. I'm glad everything worked out so well - being rich and famous really didn't come easy!" Something like that anyways.
So here's the news from the last year. Florida was great (last Christmas). It was basically my first real vacation.. hopfully the next is not too far away. I came back and got into a new relationship, and throughout the summer it's been quite busy with time spent with her/friends/trips to home and always work. The highlight of the summer was a road trip to Montreal for a weekend and going up to the Ottawa river for whitewater rafting.. i'll put a video up on facebook from that trip but i'm still waiting to get my burnt copy of it. I also went to a good concert not too long ago featuring Rise Against (for the 4th time now!?!) and Thrice. It was a good show, but cost me an expensive ticket since I waited until it was sold out to get one and also a nights work which I called in sick for. So basically it was a $200 concert. Oh well that's life.. it probably wasn't the best choice since money's always tight.. but that doesn't mean it wasn't the right choice. Sometimes you just have to do what you feel like doing even if it's not what you
should be doing. That's basically it I suppose. In recent news I've got a new job doing security at the art gallery of ontario. That will end my run at the hospital after over 2 years which has been honestly one of the better jobs I've ever had. Met lots of people there and made some friends and learned a lot. I'm still going to stay on casual to pick up random shifts there once in awhile. Ultimatly the decision to change was because of the hours and money. I'm sure the AGO will be a little more calm and slow-paced, but that's ok, I think I do calm well. This year has really gone by very quick and it's been a busy summer. I'm actually looking forward to try saving money over the winter and spending some cold nights inside watching movies or hockey. If anyone actually reads this, I hope i'll see you along the way!
An Update
Haven't really used this blog for a update on life recently, so figured it would be a good way to kill some time at work. Soo what's new in my life you ask? Weelll, I guess the biggest thing going on now is it looks like i'll be moving to a new apartment in October. It'll be in the High Park area, and is a step up from the place i'm at now for sure. Work's ok, kind of getting tired of the whole security shtick though, and would like to maybe look at other options i've got or start applying to something a little more fun. Gunna sell my car soon maybe, hopefully. At any rate it's up for sale now, but trying to sell 'as is' for now cause i'm scared to try getting it certified. So that's about it, life's pretty good right now, I can't really complain. Recently i've been feeling better than i've felt in awhile. It's been an up and down year, but overall it's been a pretty good one.. i've made some good friends since the last move and i'm pretty happy in Toronto for now. So that's it, i'm trying not to stress over the small stuff. I think things are slowly going in the right direction. Slowly, but i'm not really in a hurry.
Oh, and Jo we miss you - hope you're getting settled again in China. And Carley, hopefully i'll come home again before you leave, whenever that is again. And Andrew, Mom and Dad, I want to come home and eat good food and play golf again soon.. i'll let you know. I miss when the whole family was together all the time, but that's life I guess. Anyways I miss and love you all.
Life's funny
Sometimes.. usually when i'm on my own or driving or something.. I feel like I have moments of complete clarity and understanding about the world and the meaning of life. It's like for one second i'll know everything there is to know, everything about me, about everyone else, about our place in the world, what we're all doing and what it all means. Then I usually laugh and it's gone.
Apparently when you really understand what it is were all doing, in one way or another it's pretty hilarious.
