Wow! Here I took all this time to do a new layout for my site, and replace the Blogger format with WordPress and what do I do? I disappear for more than half a year with no explanation! Well true believers, the time has come for an update. Where do I begin? The end? The middle? Between the middle and the end? The Big Bang? Well… to be frank I don’t think I can explain the Big Bang well enough to really get into that, so perhaps I’ll skip forward a few eons to where I last left off; July, 2010: The Distant Future. What’s that you say? The post below is from April? I already said I’ve been gone for half a year? Well dear reader… I sometimes say things and then later recall that other things happened.
Back in July I posted a bunch of photos from my Canada Day holiday to Prince Edward Island. They’re over in the image gallery right now if you want to take a gander. I have to warn you though. I have taken many photos in the meantime that I haven’t gotten around to doing anything with. In the not too distant future, I’ll be uploading them and then your world will once again be confusing. Do yourself a favor and look now so that you can keep on track and not be lost in the Chronosphere. Speaking of Canada Day though, why did I make said trip to PEI? Well, it was quite a simple decision you see. I knew it would be rather expensive to fly to PEI for Christmas, and so figured that Canada Day would make a far better time to visit my folks. And just why would it be so unusually expensive to fly at the end of the year? Well… aside from the usual airline gouging, it’s because to fly to PEI for Christmas, I would no longer be flying from Toronto, but Sydney. Australia.
Ok, let’s back this gravy train up a bit. In May a few things happened. I did some outdoor rock climbing at Rattlesnake Point, had a surprise visit from my best friend from elementary school who I hadn’t seen since said school, bought the lovely Canon EFS 10-22mm USM lens which took both of the above photos, turned 26 and went to see Luke Moore’s Houdini Python Master Class the same day, had a movie night with some great friends where I watched Curse of the Golden Flower for the first time, had a great birthday dinner with my in-laws where I had an amazing Baked Alaska, went to see a roller derby game, made an amazing ostrich dinner and dove into the remainders of our wedding cake for my first anniversary, had a wonderful anniversary weekend staying at The Old Mill where we were married, were late for dinner reservations due to someone getting killed in the subway and the entire Bloor subway becoming a zoo, saw some of the most terrifying mannequins in my life at a vintage store in Queen West, and was offered a job at Dr. D in Sydney Australia. In other words, stuff happened like crazy.
June saw me doing some Urban Exploring at a park near Dundas Station. The first scouting attempt netted me some cool photos, but the actual time I went to take photos, I forgot my battery and wound up with nothing but memories. I also tried out True North Climbing Gym, which I heavily recommend for its awesome bouldering, cracks, constantly updated walls, and slack lining. Went to see some Burlesque, and wound up with a rather unfortunate knee wound at a Togakure ryu seminar. Wasn’t until the day after that I even realized I was injured. I don’t blame anyone, and would train again with Dr. Kacem Zoughari in a heartbeat.
Well, as I mentioned earlier, July saw me in Prince Edward Island for Canada Day, where I saw Bachman Turner and Great Big Sea. I also rediscovered some buried treasure. Went to my first Caribana parade too. Much more disappointing than I figured it would be. It was also at this point that my contract ended with Starz and so while I had assumed I would have more spare time than ever before, it ended up meaning that it was time to start taking inventory of possessions for insurance, and packing things to go to Australia or to go into storage. August was a maelstrom of packing, watching Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and getting in those last goodbyes before my departure. I got to see my Aunt and Uncle who despite living only a few hours away I had neglected to see in a good number of years, tried my hand at some timelapse videos, saw the fucking awesome Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, and then flew 15849 km to Sydney.
