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hey guys
dont worry im not missing in action
i am actually alive
still living in victoria still in vic west with kyler but georgia is moving out at the end of the month but her brother is moving in so we'll probably see her a load more than we do now
so whats been happening since last time
well this weekend me and claire went camping at china beach we had a great time
we rocked up on friday at about 11.30. Pitched kylers tent which we had borrowed.
Eventually got it up and then we just had a few beers and watched the stars for a few hours.
We even saw a few shooting stars it was amazing
The nice female ranger told us about the fact we were in bear and couger teritory though and so me and claire both didnt have the greatest nights sleep
Also it was freeeezing im talking about hat hoodie pj's tracky bottoms and socks
and it was still chilly though
then on saturday morning we hiked down the trail to the beach
and then probably spent a couple of hours exploring before we headed to jordan river to get fire wood.
we ended up going all the way to sooke and it was their autumn fayre on so we went a had a wee nosy round it
actually a bloke from summerset was playing a concert at the fayre
small world eh
then it was back home to light the fire
and have a couple of bevvies and play some cards
Claire absolutley destroyed me at 'spit' which id never played before darn scots haha
we had forgotten forks for our middle noodles so i went and borrowed a couple
Turns out these people were really nice lisa and larry they were called
when we returned the forks they asked us if we wanted to play cards with them as it was raining outside and we had just been sitting out under a waterproof blanky
it was ok though a 15 pack of lucky really helps you forget the rain
so we took a couple of luckys with us and played cards for a few hours with them
they were nice enough to say if a bear or couger did try to eat us we could crash on their floor
oh yeh and we found out kylers tent leaked
alot .....
but we had a great time and many thanks to kye for lending us his tent sleeping bag and truck to go with
what else have i been up to
oh yeh erica my wee sister has been over to stay
it was the first time id seen her since march and i was super stoked and just majorly excited to see her and we had loads of fun
we went whale watching and saw the 3 groups of local orcas all out together in a super pod
i showed her some of victoria
we hung out and yeh had a great time
also managed to score her a helicopter trip which she loved
and weve had our friend erica and her dog barcley over a few times and he loves our place now
he jumps outa the car in the parking lot runs around to our door and as soon as the doors open he goes tearing up the stairs to kylers room so he can see kyler
then we hang out and have a few beers or watch a zombie movie or maybe kung fu
weve been to thetus lake a few times as well done a little jumping in and swimming and just floating around on boats
oh and i suck at frisbee
what else has happened
been working at sportchek a bunch but theyve just cut my hours back as the summer is over
which sucks so im going to find a another job as just being there wont support me
and the season is over at kabuki
its sad that people are leaving the city for new pastures but there still is a core of people here
anyway ill try to remember what else ive dont and post soon
chow bella
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howdy folks

ok guys sorry i havent posted in froever lifes been busyyy
so biggest thing is i moved
i now live at 811 craigflower
v9a 2w8
victoria bc
canada
and its a sick old pad
my buddy from work kyler was all hey need a place i was like yeh why not and so i moved in about 3 weeks ago now and im loving it
we are above a grocery store so after 9pm we can make pretty much as much noise as we like and we have full roof top access which is so cool
so we have a little bit of decking out there with our couch and barbie on and then on the rest of the roof weve got some tables and chairs and kylers sick little garden
also lonnie gave us a bunch of coloured pool lights so we are in the process of rigging them up for night time illumination
so yeh what else have i been up to well ive been working a bunch to support the general food and housing needs as well as the cost of partying and doing various things like buzzing off to saltspring island for a day or so and going tubing
tubing rocked a bunch of about 20 of us from kabuki went on the cowichan river in a bunch of inflatable tubes and for the majority explorer 100 boats
the 100 is a fine vessel definatly built for cruising down rivers and navigating rapids
well we ( that is team euro and myself ((team euro consisting of me and the two swedes oskar and marckus) decided to step things up a notch and so navigated the rapids backwards for the most part
it was a general shit show as ever
also on some of our nights out we have done many memorable things including supporting the gay pride festival in which we got a bunch of free drinks and the drag show was real good yeh thats were all of the guys ended up topless in the middle of the gay bar and oskar flipping the 30 set stairs and sticking it
that was sooo impressive
also we had the best sunday ever we (team euro lonnie and kyler) just got some beers grabbed a guitar and headed out to see what we would find at the beach
we found just the most amazing spot ever it was a little trek from anywere else and there was this sick decking up in the trees and it overlooked a little cove in which there was a concrete pipe accross the mouth which had trapped a load of drift wood so it was like a floating floor and so it was all moving and undulating
and then a bald eagle with a rabbit in its talons literally flew down and landed probably 30 ft away and it sat there for a while till a couple of crows started getting all anal and just kept dive bombing bob (oh yeh thats what we named our eagle friend)
and then like halfway through the afternoon kyler just started playing one of his songs and it was just a perfect time and situation and place and he reallly has some awesome pipes on him
so yeh it was one of those perfect days were everything falls into place
what else hmmmmm
ooh canada day shit show when team euro decided to go round giving out our phone numbers still getting harrassed by some girls that was one of our less well thaught out plans
me jess and kyler went up to thetus lake ( i kept thinking people were calling it fetus lake blummin accents lol ) and it was soo nice we hung out in boats on the water and did a lil jumping in off of stuff
so yeh im not coming back till this time next year ass 1 im having tooo much fun 2 my work visa has aaagggeeees to run on it and 3 im ready to do the whole uni thing yet
in all honesty this has been the best thing ive ever done
yep its a big call but yeh its just immense out here it really is home :)
love
theo
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arg

so its the long weekend here
im like sooo tired and like man i need some full body detoxing doing lol
so yeh worked the bar shifts and then it was a case of drinks?
yeh go for it
next thing we know its sunrise already
oh guys suns up
already oh man we've done it again
breakfast anyone???
yeh were?
maccy d's?
sod it yeh lets go
so theres me j rock plumb jess and g hopper walking round an empty vic with beers in old mac bags like man this is a great idea
like ten bucks of food each and then everyone goes to bed
repeat the process and add a bbq on sunday evening followed by a beach fire and then not much sleep and that = my weekend
oh yeh and falling up the stairs
thats impressive
now its time for my proper job
shave check
jeans check
smiley face check
time to head out
laters
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starbucks i love you

ok so im sat in starbucks in china town looking out at the pearl of victoria ( a giant metal globe with all the victorias in the world marked on it ) and the gates of harmonious intrest
its the oldest chinatown in bc and the second oldest in north america ( only san frans is older )
sooo oooh what have i been up to
lots is the easy answer lots of working in sportschek which im loving
selling blades hockey skates bikes footballs and other sorts of random crap to the unsuspecting public yay :)
and pedicabbing is as fun as ever i loooove this job big time even just hanging out after a shift with elisha and mike the mechanic just chillaxing out in the yard in the camping chairs with the stereo blaring rock fm or something like that and a coooool beer in your hand oh man you cannot repeat cannot beat this
so yeh funny story timmy one of the aussies working for us had a tour up to craigdarroch castle and he forgot the way so took these poor japanese tourists to the governer general's house ( they hadnt even seen a picture of the castle so they didnt know any better ) and told them that was the castle they of course beleived him
but on the way back they passed some of the vpc guys and they have a picture of the castle on it so the tourists were all wtf did we see
and timmy thinking on his feet was oh yeh guys thats what it looked like before it burned down and the totally beleived it so major props for tim for A getting a great tip and B totally pulling it off

oh yeh and me and tim were waiting for a pre arranged trip and this couple come up to us being all whats the scam then guys
cue us what do we loolk like were scammers then to each other oh yeh just coz were foreign think were up to no good
the couple laughed and the guy was like well ive never trusted gingers or aussie s

our reply was fair dinkum

they loved it scored a cheeky tour for a rookie

anyway wer having a costume party next monday night so me elishhhh nate colin and rob headed out to value village =to get something
we ended up with several kids size costumes (ive got a monkey with a tail ears and a banana in hand tooo :) )
nate nearly got us kicked outa the store too after we found a dinosaur godzillaesk costume he squeezed into most of it imagine the feet at his knees and the hands by his elbows
he then proceeded to stomp around the store roaring at everyone
this included a couple of little kids who pretty much bricked it ran to their mum and started crying

then there was some lady going down another isle so nate runs down our isle and like peers round roaring at her she starts arguing and so nate just roars at her some more

then we see some staff heading our way so we headed to the tills
good times


and i got a tape player so james lent me a couple of tapes they include spindoctors pocket full of kryptonite ( the one with two princes on !!!) and the beach boys and the beach boys entire tape is about blummin cars i mean i like cars but a whole tape of 'lil poop scoop you dont know what i got ' is a lil much but im kinda loving it for the chill vibes on my balcony lol

on the whole balcony subject i dont think i could manage without one now
its perfect for post / pre work chilling in my comfy chair with the beach boys soothing tones playing and a blue buck beer in hand
or kokanee (its cheap and beery)
blue buck is a local brew to get to mine it goes up 1 block and accross 2 so thats pretty much from purple moose to the spoon in comparison
i do miss non fizzy beer though
oh yeh ed
i got ed from yvr ( vancouver ) airport
anddd i got from here to there byyyy
helijet
(helicopter)
and it was amaaazing it was like being in a giant massage chair but it wasss loud
and i kept thinking what would happen if like the blades stopped going round
and man this would suck dying who would get ed
lol oh yeh and i had messaged ed saying i was going to meet him at the airport but for some reason he hadnt got it and seemed supprised when i turned up

anywhose im gunna head out now guys
love
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happy bday lil sis

Its erica's bday today (my wee soeur)
And so happy birthday sis xxx
Ok then I've been in my place a week now and I'm loving it altho the huge double bed and a single duvet means I'm curled up in the corner
That's not soo cool but u know its warm
So I've had a gd week kubuki'ed a shed load and did my first shift at
........... Sport chek a sports shop and nope I haven't spelt it wrong that's how they spell it
Work in friday pedicabbing was ama7ing fun loads of us out there and loads of thrills n spills like lonnie and the police after the bastion square bombing
(Its a steep cut through with posts that you can slalom thru
She got a caught going suuuuper quick
Then we got our funk on outside irish times to good jigging music so we had an impromptu hoedown yeeehhhaaa
Members of the public did join in !
Sat eve was almost as gd except my cab got nicked
Cue me running down the street grabbin the brake n chucking the offenders out
Oh yeh and I got told by somne girls to stop pretending to be english
I was alll ummmm.... Oki then lol
And sat eve was total theo n jon double teaming and it was sheeer class guys look we got kabs let's stop walking start drinking and ill throw in the english accent for free
Was fun
On top of this is was hen night central and having the pink kab paid off
We ended up having 19 hen nighters in a huge 8 kab train all up hill though so me and mitch decided hmmm hardwork naaa
So we skitched jon halfway up johnson st lol
Then ther was the mass bomb of bastion for a second heb party followed by a race to the empress
Pinky and me could only manage second
Neway I'm going to bed now night
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new place baby

ok guys biggg news
ive got my own place
well a room in an apartment lol
its suppper chill though as ive got a rocking balcony lol
and i currently have in my fridge beer milk instant noodles cornflakes and oreos!
yeh i gotta go buy more food in a bit
so yeh im having a great time kubuki kabbing its a fun job
im loving the night shift as we all seem to hang out getting the odd ride from 8 till like 11 then things start to pick up
then wer busting it out till 1 when it goes up a gear and the kubuki rules the streets
then 2-3 is the power hour and u can make serious dollar then
and then back to the shop for after work beers and chillage
so yeh my room is on north park road (827) its like 5 mins from the kubuki shop and like 15 mins walk from the bay centre downtown were my other job (sport check ) is
i start at sport chek on thursday.
(did u see my punctuation there ???)
yeh anyways gotta dash ill get some pics of the room up sometime soon
peace out
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just call me maverick

So when in the car on the way to go hiking the other week james put on the top gun sound track

i was all whats this

james replies only the greatest thing ever

i was ok..........

so then we end up watching top gun

and man i loved it

the whole

yeh thats right im am dangerous !!!!!

and all the epic jet shots and the music then made sense

so seeing as i think ive left my sun glasses at elizabeths (have i aunty) i decided screw it i need some aviators

and here they are

they are super shiny and i love blitzing round with them on
so in the past week or so its been more job hunting and i went accross to america for the day

this was due to my work visa coming through

But i had to activate it so i had to leave canada and cross an international border

easyiest way to do this is to head out to port angeles on the ferry

its an hour and a half each way

but i may have kinda made the ferry late....

This is due to the dear US border gaurds wanting to search my bags ask me questions take my finger prints ask me what i was planning on doing in the us etc etc

so ended up being late thanks to them

pretty uneventfull ferry trip accross except for a little turbulence
and got out here

Port angeles

A sleepy little place

really sunny with a few nice views but yeh it was a saturday and it was quieter than melksham you know

i cant imagine the kids out there have a lot to do

its a mecca for twilight fans

and thats about all there is to do there

they advertise 8 blocks of shops

i counted 5

at a push

so i killed a few hours there the plan had been to go to Forks for major twilightage

but na thanks to the ferry being late (my bad)

i didnt get to go there

i do plan to go back there though on my trip to san fran

just need a car ......... any offers guys???

Then on the way back in i got stopped and detained by the canadian guys for about 40 minutes while they went over visa's and the whole are you who you say your are can you prove this do you have a job do you plan to go to school here

arrrgh

but it was funny they detained 3 of us

all young guys

all dressed in hoodies and walking boots with a few days growth on the chin

funny isnt it

the 3rd guy came in and was like hmmmm i see a pattern emerging here

so yeh eventually got out of there and went and got a coffee thinking i had earned it and im sure i had you know walking all that way lol

sunday went for a masssive bike ride (and purchased the aviators ) it was such a beautiful day was sooo sunny and warm it was great

(oh yeh ps on saturday i handed in an application to mountain equipment co-op an amazing outward bound gear shop i would loveee to get that job so would james he would love the discount )

when i got back to jameses about 3 i had a chill read some harry potter woooo in the sun on the balcony and then we went for a masssive run till like half six

we were both dead apres ca

but he had to go study so him and sheena (his girl friend) headed out to a coffee shop to do some

we were out of milk so i valiently dedicated my evening to finding some

this was a mistake

the store was ages away and my already aching legs were like theo you idiot
but i got to the store and found milk woop and then trekked back to jwm's and went to sleep after a little more harry potter

oh yeh also on my ride around victoria on sunday i found this sweeet bridge and were the picture is taken from there is this amazing grassy slope that is soo nice on a sunny day

you can watch the float planes taking off and they bank right over you its just amazing to watch

but back to the bridge its all archaic and cool and the girders are starting to rust its amazing i love that bridge lol

any how im going to head to bed its 11 here so aidios amigos

much love

mav

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