Adjusting.

Man this shift transition is messing with my internal clock. I haven't gone to bed before 3am in months. Last night I was in bed by 9. Whaaaaaa?

That being said, I am a morning person and I love to watch the sun rise.


But this a sunset.



These two are sunrises.








I'm so glad I got this Canon 50mm f/1.4

Decisions About Booze and Camera Bags

As it has become my habit, I went out after work last night. There are some great restaurants in Gastown. I tell you, I can't get enough of this camera, I've been carrying it around with me everywhere. I have a pretty large camera bag, and it's been cramping my steez (That's young person talk for 'style'). I tried to hit the dance floor and I had nowhere and no one to stash my camera bag so my moves were trimmed down to a simple 2-step. Boooring. I'm gonna look into a slimmer bag for sure.

Speaking of my habit of spending my nights out on the town. That shiz has to stop. For one, I don't like drinking as much as I do, it's just sort of what everyone does. Two it's expensive, and three I just have to. Starting Tuesday I go from my super drinking friendly 3pm-9pm shift to a more bleary-eyed 7am-3pm shift.

This change in shift will make me want to sleep at 10pm. Also I don't know what it will do to my workout routine since it's much easier for me to work out before I leave my apartment for the day than it would be to go home and workout after work. My apartment is sort of out of the way from the neighborhood that I work and hang out in. So my is this: eat better, and cut out all booze until New Years Eve.

Sails and Salsa

Before work today I was sailing. If you've seen the pictures from this summer, you'll know that I am friends with a man who owns a boat. Today was my third trip out on the water. December boating is quite a bit different than July boating. Just FYI. ICYWW (In case you were wondering)it's flippin' cold, but not too bad when you have good food and great company.

Holy! Speaking of good food, I found some Emerald Valley salsa at a supermarket up here. Emerald Valley is a salsa company from Eugene, OR and their salsa is also fantastic. It's always nice when I find little things from home, makes me feel like I can have it all. I'm not sure what that means. Anyways here are some pictures from this afternoon's adventure!









My favorite interaction of the trip.

Moses: "The wind is only there to break your heart."

Me: "And redheads. The wind and redheads."

Results.

New Camera = Amazing. Here are some pictures.

 
 
 
 


There are lots more posted on Facebook if you're so inclined.

Oh man, I got yogurt in my beard... I check you guys later.

New Gizmo.

I just got a new camera and I am pretty excited. I recently read through my blog and the times I enjoyed my posts the most were when I had a camera and photos to upload. I haven't had any time yet to go and take anything, but you can look forward to some regular pictures on the blog.

I've started working out again. I'm back on the wagon.

Today they were shooting a scene for Fringe right outside my favorite Vancouver restaurant Chill Winston. It's pretty fun living in a city where stuff happens. Not that filming a scene for a TV show counts as "stuff" or that Vancouver is even very high on the list of cities where "stuff happens", but it's cool to have something unexpected appear every once in a while.

Anyways, that's today.

Fantastic Beards That Augment Reality.

Do yourself a favor and go see Fantastic Mr.Fox. I did last night, and I was blessed with a glorious mixture of childlike wonderment, existential melancholy, and emotional bliss. Plus it's really sharp and funny.

December is here guys! Which for most people I know is exciting because of Christmas, but I'm excited for a whole other reason. We are down to the very last day of this year long beard. These next four weeks can't go by quick enough. It's strange, a lot of people are take very polarized stances on my beard. Some have encouraged me to shave for months now, others can't stand the idea of me shaving it. Personally, I'm looking forward to a fresh start. I understand the pro-bearders though, most of the people in this camp have never known me without a beard. How are they to to expect anything less than a total transformation post sheering? I may never be the same to them.

I was doing some reading on Augmented Reality and my mind felt like it unfolded like some intricately folded note passed to me by a girl in 6th grade. Some of you know about augmented reality, some of you are still trying to figure out how to use facebook. Either way, this shit is the real future. I hadn't given it much thought, but AR is going to change society they way cell phones changed everything and iPhones changed cellphones.

Get ready.

Volcano of Pizza and Lethargy

Last night was a blast. Like a Volcano. Moses' new roommate Chad, or "The Chad" as we call him, got some friends and I into Fortune Sound Club for the Time Bomb Christmas party after party. Which when you get down to it was just a club night with a bunch of drunk hip-hopsters and a DJ. That didn't stop me from enjoying the company of my friends and dancing until everyone's face melted off.

The scabs on my Tattoo are pretty much gone, so as soon as I can get my hands on a camera there will be pictures. Also in a few days I should be okay to start hitting the gym again, which is a big relief to me. I think I should order a pizza in celebration.

Lately I've been playing video games instead of writing. This has made me feel like a worthless slug/human hybrid. I need to get myself in gear. I wish I was half as good at motivating myself as I am at motivating others. Because I am really good at that. So good that Tim Daugherty and I are going to start a life coaching business called "High 5 Tigers, Consultants at Large". Which reminds me that I need to get crackin' on those business cards.