One Tonne Exploding Boobies

Today we blew up 1000kg of a type of high explosive in a containter aptly named a 'tit'. Yes, that's right, we blew up a giant boobie. It was cool... it totally wrecked a bunch of stuff. Good times.

That's really all. I just wanted to share about the giant explosive boobie. Hehe.. I like saying that... explosiveboobieexplosiveboobieexplosiveboobieexplosiveboobie

I love not loving you

I just finished listening to the new Wide Mouth Mason Album. It is so phenominal. They've really come full circle in their sound. They started very rocky, then went to softer artsy (which I really loved), and then slowly started building back to rock with a funk album, then an art rock. The new one is really driving, but some amazing songwriting, different sort of stuff. I really appreciate the lyrics too. Their last one was a breakup album that really helped me a lot earlier in the year, and the title track on the new one (the album is called Shot Down Sattelite btw) really puts the punctuation on the end of the sentance. Just brilliant.

I'm listening to Limelight right now... it's Colin James' newest album. So far it's really bluesy and funky, good stuff. Go buy em, don't download these ones, the artists are local and smaller than you're typical cookie cutter post rock era rock.

K, that's it.

I am so happpeeeee!

Our data works! I wasn't thrilled that we had to redo about a half day of measurements today, including Chris's balancing act to put a control point on a wall over the whitemud, but in the end it solved the problem exactly, everything apparently looks fantastic now! Yay! Tomorrow will be an easy day (or should be). Just holding the pogo and picking up information in the gutters we can't see with the scanner. Nope, not too smart to hold a stick level all day :D. It also means (I shouldn't even say this at the risk of jinxing) that unless we miss a bunch of crap, we'll go for drinks tomorrow night, then head home on saturday morning, which means for all practical purposes I get 2 days at home before suffield, and will definitely make it out to the saturday dance. I also need to figure out a good way to ask out Karen... it's kind of already a done deal, but it has been mutually decided that I need to actually ask a girl out on an actual date for once in my life, so I figure I should put a little effort in.

So I've been thinking a lot about part of the last post I put in here, and I wanna get feedback. The whole evil, demons etc. thing. I've asked a couple of people and gotten interesting responses, so now I'm putting it out there for the whole 2 people who read this to put in feedback.

So, the question is: Do you believe in physical manifestations of good and evil? Honest to God miracles, demonic posession, etc. Not in a oh yes, angels are all around us! sort of way, but rather if you were faced with an undeniable expereince of this, would it totally redefine the way you look at the world, would it be something that you could believe, but only after the fact, or are you sure deep down that its there, you just haven't experienced it first hand? I'm allowing anonymous comments now, so if you don't have a blogger account, please still put in your feedback, I wanna see what people think.

Long time, no blog

Well, it has certainly been a bit. I went and saw The Exorcism of Emily Rose the other night, and was gonna blog after that in an effort to lost the creeps it gave me (it is seriously the only movie that I can say has ever had a scary lasting effect on me), but after some research into the true story, my fears were alieved. In any case, if you have any belief that such things could be real, go see the movie, it will challenge your faith and make you ask yourself, what if stuff like that is truly real? Scared the crap out of me.

Still on the road, not a lot of fun, but I'm making the scratch and not spending any, so that's good. Although, I've spent about $600 on work clothes so far this month... stupid fireproof coveralls.

In positive news, I've had some significant success with Lavalife. I've been hanging out a bit with a really fun lady, who's actually my age, and for once seems actually more adventurous and outdoorsy than me! I only wish I were in town a little more to foster it a bit... but hey, life eh? Slow is probably the best way to go for the way my life is running!

Anyway, I gotta get some sleep, long day in the field tomorrow.

A Palatial Home Away From Home

We are staying at the Holiday Inn Palace in Edmonton. Thanks to some good fanagling by Chris we are getting our rooms for $6 more than the super 8 he usually stays in, and this place is freaken unbelievable. King sized bed, really nice decor, big rooms, all the amenities. Drool. Let's just stay here forever k? It's nicer than my house!

The last week was pretty cool. I spent the week measuring stuff before they blew it up at the Suffield Military Base. I can't say a whole lot more (security and whatnot) except to say 1000kg bombs are REALLY REALLY cool.

Made it to Church in Calgary tonight thank God. It was really great to get to sit and just participate in Mass with no distractions. I can't remember the last time I could just sit and listen to Fr. Bill and not worry about what was coming next. I coulda killed him though, at the end of Mass Colm was getting up to introduce himself and Fr. Bill thanked me before he introduced Colm, right down to pointing me out in the congregation. I turned 14 shades of red I think. But it was so awesome of him to. To hear kind praise come from him in front of that many people speaks so much to me, and I'm so thankful for the time I got to spend working at St. Bon. I'm gonna miss Fr. Bill a lot when he retires.

Anyway, it's late, and I got an early start tomorrow (wow, the field is really killing my english... ah well, I have to let something slip in lou of picking up a foul foul mouth :D)

Off for a bit

I'm heading into the omnipresent 'field' tomorrow at the ungodly hour of 4 am, so I'll be away for at least the week, maybe longer. I know we have a bunch to do in edmonton and at suffield, and I dont know for sure if we are coming back to calgary between or just going from one to the other. So, if you have trouble reaching me that's why.

See ya in the funny pages.

Home for a rest

Had an awesome trip to van and vancouver island. Beautiful camping, went surfing for a day (so awesome... totally hooked again), saw some family... had a wicked time with nick, andrea, and Matt.

Also finished my longboard today. It's too flexy in the middle, so I need to find a way to reinforce it a bit or it's a scrap prototype. Fibreglass is an option, but I hate doing that so freaken much, I think I'm gonna try to find a way to re-inforce it mechanically... metal or wood of some sort. Matt is suggesting rails, which could work if I can bend the metal. Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions, fire em my way... I could use the help.