Can I get an Amen?

Can I get an Amen?
Originally uploaded by AnomalousNYC.

Found this photo on flickr. Really interesting character this guy. Attacks consumerism (fine with me), but is a bit unclear what he IS advocating for. It's worth a look into. The link here takes you to flickr where you can read a sample of a rant/sermon of his. Pretty challenging.

Aside from all that, it's a pretty cool photo.

Snowy Vancouver

Snowy Vancouver
Originally uploaded by phritz.

Would you look at this beauty!!! I love snow... I just hope we get more snow... better snow, this stuff was wet and icy... I don't know what it is about snow, but it makes me feel so good when it snows... maybe it's like an idealistic vision for me of like happy times...

Car Troubles

Car Troubles
Originally uploaded by phritz.

Woke up on saturday and started the car... I go check under the hood because of the shaking... and wouldn't you know, some animal had chewed through four of my spark plug wires.

Ms. Richards

Please be in prayer for my ex-landlady, Ms. Richards. I just found out yesterday that she's been in hospital for about three weeks, which means that she's been in there almost since Thanksgiving. I went to visit her and she is definitely on the upswing right now, but it has apparently been quite a turbulent few weeks. It's also going to be her birthday tomorrow, which she will almost certainly be celebrating in the hospital bed.

The Whole Crew

The Whole Crew
Originally uploaded by phritz.

Ah, my 2nd Canadian Thanksgiving... I got to spend it with Janet Richards' family, which was an exquisite treat. She has a lovely family and they make me feel like part of the family. It's great. Though it does make me miss my family: Love you guys if you're reading this...

Another good part of this Thanksgiving is that I got to eat it twice: once yesterday at the Richards' and then today at Stacey, Carmen, and Corrie's. So, I'm full. :)

Tai and I at his Bachelor pad from summer

DSCN1645
Originally uploaded by julio and Lisa.

I was perusing old photos on Julio and Lisa's flickr blog... What cool memories, hanging out that night at Tai's sweet sweet pad that he stayed in during the spring term this year. Ah... why couldn't ya have stayed there Tai... :)

The Clergy

The Clergy
Originally uploaded by phritz.

Well, the Black and White party and Tim and Ted's was excellent... As you can see, Wil and I definitely "blessed" the crowd with our presence. Check out the rest of my photos at flickr.

Little Skagway flavor in Vancouver

Memphis Blues
Originally uploaded by phritz.

Well, times are getting back to normal. I've been back in Vancouver for almost three full weeks and I'm finally moved into my place and am having time to throw some extra time around for things like blogging :).

Sarah, Shandra, Tanya, Mike, Boroughs, and Escher came through Vancouver and visited Elliot, Ian, and I. We took Ian out for his b-day, though he didn't know it. Had some sweet BBQ from Memphis Blues as you can see. Fun Times!!

I don't have any photos, but also had a great time last night over at Sheryl's place. It's her B-day today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERYL!!), so more fun times.

It just feels so nice to be back in Vancouver... :)

It's also Melissa Horman's birthday this weekend :) Woo Hoo! Sorry I couldn't make it to the par-tay... :(

Jen and Courtney Visiting

Jen and Courtney at the Fish Co.
Originally uploaded by phritz.

We had a visit from Jen Headley and her friend Courtney from texas as they made their way through Alaska... So, who's coming up next? :)

Sheryl, Rachelle, and Will? You guys still coming? :)

Out of touch

Hey guys...
I know I've disappeared into a black hole known as Alaska. It's really tough to have the motivation to upload photos and write blog entries when I'm working 11-14 hrs a day. Luckily, we do tend to get weekends off, so that's nice. I'm enjoying life up here a lot. Although it is a super small town. No movie theater, one grocery store, one gas station, and no traffic lights. :) Everything is expensive, but I like it here a lot. Making lots of new friends... it's good times. Ian and I are rooming together as well, which is great. There's not much more to update except that life's great and I get to take beautiful hikes every weekend :)... I've uploaded new photos to my flickr blog, so go check that out.

On Safari in the Yukon

Well, we made it to Skagway, AK. We've been really busy with all our training but I'll try to post more photos... it's so beautiful out here, but it could be easy for that to become common place because we'll be spending so much time here. This sheep here is just one of the many elements of the wildlife we came in contact with on the Alaska Highway. I have now earned the nickname of the bird killer clocking in at 4 sparrows on the trip. I think I killed more personally. In one moment I took out at least 6 I think. This whole flock of birds flew into my windshield once. :) Fun times...

Here's a photo of Ian, Elliot, and I in the Northern Rockies. Peace out folks, hope you're having a good spring! :)

ROAD TRIP: Headin' ta the "A" "K"

Elliot, Ian, and I kicked off our road trip today to the wonderful state of Alaska. We left a little late because my moving operation, Sock'n Awe, hit a few "snags"... sorry couldn't resist... anywho... we hit the road at about 11:30am and we arrived this evening in the wonderful (factory) town of Prince George. Seems like most of the towns up here on the plateau are factory towns... anywho... I guess the point is the town isn't that pretty, but the country side is great. Driving through the Fraser Valley though was just gorgeous. First time I'd been there.

Highlights of the trip up thus far:

• Elliot is great at straining bugs with his teeth. The car can get cramped, but I personally think there are better ways to get fresh air. The real question you have to ask yourself is "Who's taking the picture?" Not a very safe driver. :)
• We learned that Williams Lake has a Subway that doesn't give refills on drinks and is next to a Dairy Queen that smells like the backside of a dairy cow.
• I hope I don't offend any first nations people, but I saw a sign for Chief Will-Yum and thought that was quite humorous.
• Learned that the quickest way to shut Ian up is to put him in the backseat of a car... he falls to sleep straight away.

I think that's enough... more updates soon... tomorrow, we'll drive 4 hours from here to Dawson Creek which will begin our journey on the ALCAN highway. We'll pretty much be on that road for the remainder of the trip. Good night all... and I posted one last photo belong...

I snapped this sweet shot of a rain cloud up here... I thought it was cool...

OH that's better

Man, feelin' like a ton of bricks was just lifted off of me...

Yesterday was just such an awful day... couldn't get everything done smoothly and all these deadlines came crashing down, but all is well... the CDL testing is over... I'm licensed and I've got my CPR stuff... and I'm leaving with Elliot and Ian saturday morning... the papers are done (except Christian Life, but it doesn't count)... sweet times...

keep checkin' back.. i'll post photos on the internet of our 3 day trip through BC / Yukon.

visitation

I just had the most wonderful time with the Lord and wanted to share. After I finished the last post, I just felt like playing my guitar. While I was playing, I just began to sing my prayer to God. I've sometimes tried this before, but always get so caught up in the fact that I don't like the way it sounds or something, but today... my heart was just desperate. I've been feeling like hard desert clay for a while and if any of you have talked to me lately, I'm just kind of yearning for God to be more real in my everyday life. Anyway, as I began to sing... it became almost prophetic. I don't mean telling the future, but what I was singing/praying was exactly what was in my heart and what I was playing went along with it... It was an honest to goodness, decent impromptu song to the Lord... Have you ever had a moment when you prayed and God answered you instantly? I cherish those moments... This was one of those moments, where I prayed this prayer and instantly I sensed that the Spirit's presence was manifested in the room and I stopped playing and simply began to weep.

That was just a special moment for me and I felt like it would be encouraging to some of you to read. Christ is real and present. It many times doesn't seem like it, but he is. I don't think I'll say anything more about that. I want to say that it should be like this or that, but I think that it's best left to mystery at this point.

Birthday's and Baseball

Busy busy day yesterday :) In all my organization wonder, I strolled quietly (and unobservantly) down 10th Ave to go to Enigma to a surprise party for Billy Vo. Little did I know that when I walked in I crossed the street and walked in right in front of Billy, Liz, and Sara... so much for the surprise, but I guess he was surprised when he saw me walk into the restaurant. :-p

After the B-day bash (and a darn good bowl of Mulligatawny), Josh, Sheryl, Tai and I went down to Seattle to watch the Seattle Mariner's get their butts kicked by Oakland. It was sad, they won the day before I think... Josh didn't seem to care if the Mariner's won anyway... He's more interested in his fantasy picks winning. So, it was a good night for him as his pitcher from Oakland didn't give the Mariner's any points. Jeez... he sure didn't.
Aside from the game, we had some really good conversation, which is one reason I like baseball games because you get to relate to each other while your at the game. Good place for a good chat. And Seattle is a good place to get some Ivar's (pronounced Iver's if you're wondering [or so I'm told]). We made the mistake of sitting outside next to the building rather than in the cover area and the sea-rats were all over the place man. Seagulls make you go, "Man God, did you purposely make them this annoying. Maybe they're meant to exemplify our sinful nature :-p" Anywho, the fish was good... but their squaking was about to make me break some animal rights laws.

Farewell to Duncan and Hugo

Alas, another farewell to more good friends... sorry to see you guys go... here's some photos from today's litte take over breakfast at Sophie's (I do mean takeover - we told them 10 were coming, and 20 showed up... woo hoo) [just click the photos to get the huge versions (I do mean huge)]

and for those of you that like to have the full quality picture - here's the 2.2MB biggy of Tai's Farewell party...

Big shouts out to Matt Jones for hosting photos and other random stuff for me :) Thanks man... check out www.jonesverbiage.com

Gizoogle.com

Found this hilarious site called Gizoogle.com that translates sites to some form of ebonics... funny stuff... here's an example of what it did on one site... try some of these links for it too...
[warning: gizoogle, in the interest of cultural education of course, uses profanity in some of its "translations"... so don't get mad at me... i warned ya]

• My Blog Gizoogled
• Jack Handey Quotes Gizoogled
• CNN Gizoogled
  

When I die, I would like ta go peacefully, in mah sleep, like mah grandfatha did dogg. Not scream'n n rhymin' like tha pimp in his car.

- J-to-tha-izzack Handey


I hope an animal brotha bores a hole in mah heezee n lays its eggs there coz I mizzight T-H-to-tha-izzink I have a good idea but its really just tha eggs ballin'.

- Jizzack Handey


To me, pimpin' is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreogrizzles n tha baller hit each brotha so sit back relax new jacks get smacked.

- Jizzle Handey

Super Luu's Farewell Shindig

Super Luu's Farewell Shindig
Originally uploaded by phritz.

We sent Dr. Tai off in style last night with a service length that put many pentecostal churches to shame, clocking in at four hours. I had that, "I've been in church for four hours" light headed feeling. Maybe that was the communion wine though ;).

If you want to download the full-size picture posted here, click on it and sign up for an account on flickr. Then you can access the almost-full-size shot (i didn't post the 2.3MB original).

save me opus

Just finished my New Testament exam... what a bear that was... but not as bad as I expected... my only consolation is to go home and read a little of one of my favorite comics: Outland. My real favorite is Bloom County (same comic, but different). The book I have at home is called "Politically, Fashionably, And Aerodynamically Incorrect" - I just love that title. I feel like I can relate to it so much. My other favorites are "Farside" comics and "Calvin and Hobbes." Ahh... click the image to get a closer look at what Opus is reading and wearing. :)

Joyous Blues Memphis...

Had quite the bluesy evening last friday. First off... it's been like a year and a half since I've had some good BBQ. And I'm telling ya, I love sushi and all, but a man needs BBQ. It's in the blood. At least in the southern man's blood. I may not have an accent, but I needs dat bah buh que... Enough slobbering, oddly enough, Vancouver happens to be the home of an incredible BBQ joint called Memphis Blues (review)... They even had honest to goodness sweet tea in the house.. well it tasted a little fruity, but it was almost as good as tea from back home. $40 buys you enough BBQ for 4 people and it's severe. So, go there... they have two locations. One at Granville and Broadway and I forget the other... Anywho...

The next part of the evening was a really awesome concert at Regent. Peter la Grand played a sort of mellow, bluesy, folky kinda music. It was really moving music and the musicians were very talented. I would say go check out www.peterlagrand.com, but they don't seem to have a website up on their domain yet. So, check it later :). Good times though. The band featured all Regent folks and my personal favorite song was Hell Hound... good tune. The CD I bought off them was good, but I prefer them in person.

NT Foundations Notes - Winter '05

I'm feeling pretty generous this term and some people really helped me with OT last term with their notes... so here are all my notes from this terms NT Foundations course. These notes are all the handouts transcribed, combined with all the info from the PPT slides, and any other comments I was able to add. I plan to post a study guide on sunday which will take Derrenbacker's study guide and I'll organize the information for each of his questions into a single document.

NT 2005 Notes (Word Doc Format) [10.1 MB .ZIP Archive] - Hosted by our good buds Julio and Lisa :)

Sunset Panorama

20050403 - Sunset Pan - 2_1
Originally uploaded by phritz.

Hey check out this sweet pan I took from my bedroom window :) I admittedly played with the levels a bit in Photoshop...

Wandering Thoughts: Shutting down the Border

Check out this article... interesting stuff...
Wandering Thoughts: Shutting down the Border

To be or not to be... apologetic

I had an interesting conversation with some new friends of mine on the bus last night. We were on our way home and they're just getting to know me, so they were investigating my background a bit. When I told them I was from Alabama (therefore an American), the conversation almost immediately switched to politics. I mean there was some transition, but not more than a few sentences.

Now, the question that came out was whether I was apologetic to people in Canada about Bush, because we have a mutual friend that is quite apologetic about Bush. Now, truth is, that I'm not altogether happy at all with what has happened in recent years with the presidency in the US. I feel like our president is probably a normal guy for the most part and relatively honest, but for political reasons has chosen to act as if he has got everything under control even though it's obvious that he's got his head stuck in a hornets' nest right now.

For whatever reason though, at the moment that this friend of mine asked me this... I got really preturbed. I told him I didn't see why I needed to go around apologizing for Bush to everybody. At that moment, I felt like the implication being presented was that I should feel apologetic because of my president, even though I'm not in control of everything he does, solely because I'm an American. This thought really, really bugged me. Why should I have to crawl around and lick the boots of every non-American I meet because my president has made some mistakes? That's how I felt. I felt in that moment, whether they meant to make me feel this way or not, demeaned and lowly because I was an American. Not being judged myself necessarily, but I felt as if I was being made responsible for his fowl ups. [Guys, if you're reading this, no hard feelings, I know that wasn't your intention, it's just how I felt.]

So, I've been thinking about this for a little bit now. I personally usually don't like discussing politics, because the discussions never seem to go anywhere, at least in my experience. They usually start with a common sharing of ideas, but as soon as a topic comes up that somebody feels strongly one way about, that's the end of the discussion and it doesn't move anywhere from there. I know that's not always the case. My mind has been changed quite a few times by the wisdom somebody else revealed to me, but I still find that I get more frustrated than anything in those discussions. Anyway, that was a side-track... but the question in my mind, is should I feel personally responsible as an American citizen for the actions of my nation?

As a Christian, I do feel responsible to be apologetic to non-Christians for some of the stupid crap Christians do and that has been a source of healing for them. So, in that context, I guess this is a good thing. Then again, I've also seen myself apologizing for things that I really don't need to apologize for. I would find myself conceding that Christians have just screwed up on everything for the sake of making somebody feel better about me as a Christian instead of whether they were really confronted with any real truth about themselves. That bugs me a bit.

I think in the end, my thoughts lead me to say that as an American, I am responsible to an extent for how my country conducts itself, even though the thought of being brought to accounts on that bothered me a lot last night. My friends were probably right to perhaps expect me to say something for how my president, who I voted into office, is running things. I don't think that means I need to take Old Glory to a stomping match everytime that I meet a new non-american. I believe that I need speak up for a lot of the great and wonderful things that my country is doing as well. However, I do think that I can be more sensitive then I was last night. It's always been my tendency to rear up whenever I feel like somebody is imposing a responsibility upon me that I don't want (not a very Christ-like attitude).

What do you all think Americans? Do you feel the need to apologize to everybody for the Bush administration? Or do you feel that people are so focused on what America does wrong that they fail to see the good as well? Do you feel you should be personally responsible? Do you feel demeaned or thought less of when people find out your an American? Canadians, what do you think? Other? :)... Leave a comment by clicking the "comments" link below.

Double Clutchin' Fool

Most of the Regent folks know my plans, but some of you guys might not quite know what I've got planned for my summer, but barring any huge hang-ups... I'm going to spend my summer in the beautiful state of Alaska! Got to love this seasonal work.

Technically, I won't be "double clutchin'" though because I'm driving an MCI bus like the one pictured above, which has automatic transmission. The cool thing is that I'll be licensed to drive a semi if I wanted (without a trailer). Fun times...

So, I'm going to be in a very small town called Skagway, AK and I'll stay there for about 3 1/2 months working my tail off. After that, I'll come straight back to Vancouver and get back to school. I'm excited. Elliot Ritzema and I are going to drive up the coast of BC to the little gold rush town, so that's going to be super fun. I'll be pulling out of Vancouver on April 28th and I'll be posting pictures as much as I can while up there. Peace out folks...

Remembering Stanley Grenz(Jan 7, 1950 - Mar 12, 2005)

In Loving Memory Stanley Grenz passed away early March 12th of a brain hemhorage at the young age of 55. We are mourning the passing of a wonderful man of God who's life and writings were an inspiration to so many. You will be greatly missed.

Remarks from his site concerning the memorial service and donations: A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 2:30pm. The service will be at First Baptist Church, 969 Burrard Street, Vancouver with a reception to follow. The church can be reached at (604) 683-8441. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate it if donations were directed to Carey Theological College or The Institute for Worship Studies, Florida Campus. Go check www.stanleyjgrenz.com for more information on his life and accomplishments.

Galiano Island

Hey guys... I'm so late on things :)... but go check out some photos from my community groups trip to Galiano Island the weekend of March [I mean Feb] 18-20... Galiano Island is a small island in the Gulf Islands off the coat. Funny thing is that it isn't a gulf but a straight. They were named the Gulf Islands before they knew that. Anywho, for those of you that don't know this. Galiano Island is home to a small population and happens to be the home of Loren and Mary Ruth Wilkenson. Loren is a professor of a number of wonderful classes at Regent and for his Christian Life class, he invites the community groups to come out and stay for a weekend and enjoy a taste of their very full, rich lifestyle. Their home is on a large community farm that serves as a wonderful example of living in harmony with the world around them. Check out the photos on flickr.

Valentine's Day

So, I know I'm posting these late, but I was trying to get more photos from other people first because I didn't have that many good shots.

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Russell snapped this shot of the place settings... we also had a nice fire crackling away.

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This past Valentine's Day was THE BEST VALENTINE'S DAY EVER... bar none. I don't see it being rivaled anytime soon. For me, Valentine's Day is just another day most of the time. Never been with anybody on Valentine's Day before, so I'm sure that would change things. Anydangway, some of the Regent guys decided that this was the perfect opportunity to show just a few of the wonderful ladies of Regent just how special we think they are by treating them to a complete evening of dinner, song, dance, and most of all good friendship... that all equals a lot of good pampering is what I'm saying.

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Jen Headley, Will Berdinner, Tai Luu, Sara Kandiah, Josh Koh, and Jenny Chung.

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The ladies were greeted at the door by the wonderful gentlemen of Regent: Billy, Tai, Josh, Will, Russell, Alex, Matt, Ian, and Duncan (Ryan Namba was a big helper for the party, but couldn't make it). I didn't get to greet them cause I was too busy cooking, but managed to get out of the kitchen long enough to present the menu to the ladies. So, as our lovely guests settled in with the sounds of Natalie Cole playing and the semi-formal atmosphere provided by Duncan and the guys work, a "scrumptulecent" dinner was being prepared by the guys and me in the kitchen.

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Liz Lee and Russell at the end of the evening...

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Here was the menu I prepared for the evening:
For starters, we had a nice caesar salad that Josh prepared with the ingredients I provided. A nice set of romaine hearts tossed with real grated parmesan, some grated carrot, fresh squeezed lemon, garlic butter croutons, and dressing. It was simple, the real effort was put into the main course.

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A picture of one person's version of Lemon Chicken Scallopine. It looked just like that when I made it minus the lemon slices.

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The main course was a dish that I really loved at T.G.I. Friday's called Lemon Chicken Scallopine. I found few different copycat recipes on the internet and chose the one that I liked the best. And let me tell you, in the words of Jill Zimmerman, "it was divine." Pan seared chicken breast, tossed with sauteed artichoke hearts, mushrooms, capers, and pancetta bacon, then smothered with a creamy lemon-butter-wine sauce. Served over capalinni angel hair pasta. It was tremendous. We did our best to garnish all the plate nicely as we served it to the ladies and though the pasta ended up being a little colder than I would have liked, it was still wonderful. I chose some nice white wines to go with the meal, that may I say went very nice with the meal. Favorite was the Fetzer Chardonnay, but we also had a nice Robert Mondavi Savignon Blanc. I also got some White Zinfandel for all those that don't like real wine. :) It was perfect.

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Tai, Carla Wiebe, and Sara Baglin

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All the men rose of their chairs and served the ladies by removing their salad dishes and served them their main dish. I was expecting them to like the food, but I certainly didn't expect the standing ovation I received when I finally left the kitchen. I was so happy, thanks guys!

For dessert, I didn't have time to make anything homemade, but gave it a nice touch by decorating all the plates with chocolate syrup. We had a choice of two desserts. One was a nice ice cream mud pie with chocolate syrup and a nice cheery on top. The other was a really nice New York Cheesecake covered with hot raspberry sauce and hot chocolate sauce, garnished with a cherry. It was very good for a store bought cheesecake.

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The Chef enjoying the fruits of his labor

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Now for the entertainment, the men had prepared a few nice love songs to sing to the ladies: Fools Rush In by UB40, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling by the Righteous Brothers, and we sang another but I can't remember what it was. Now, during our last song (Lovin' Feeling), we gave all the ladies roses. The bummer was that we only bought enough roses for the ladies we had originally thought would be there and a few more turned up later so we didn't have flowers for them :(. However, Josh Koh instead gave his girl, Jenny, a bottle of hot sauce... nice save.

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The ladies woo-ing all of the guys with their voices and Rachel's dancing :)

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Now, to our infinite surprise, the ladies whipped up some entertainment for us as well. They sang to us a very charming song and then gave a allegorical description of taking care of our tulips (which they gave us all tulips) that mirrored taking care of women :). Sara Kandiah wrote us a nice beat poem about TULIP, redeeming the acronym from its Calvinist roots to mean Together Until Love Is Perfected. It was very cute. Jill Zimmerman performed her song from the Regent Christmas Party, changing our focus to the Lord more. I'm telling you all, God's given that woman a gorgeous singing voice.

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Handing out the tulips!

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We finished the evening out with some disorganized dancing, but it was fun. Liz managed to wrestle me out to do a little dance, but I've got a lot to learn. Anybody want to teach me ;).

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I can't dance, but at least I'm willing to try... sort of.

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That was the end of our evening ladies and gentlemen. It was the most memorable valentine's evening ever and we didn't have to have dates. :) Take notes guys...

Also, I wanted to make a special note because, unfortunately we couldn't invite everybody to this gig. We wanted to soooo badly, but the costs and prep and everything we already super high. The guys of the "Regent Brotherhood" would like you all to know that we love you very much. We simply had to keep the party smaller. Sorry. :(

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Front: Sheryl Hovde, Autumn Stevick, Rachel Kitchens, Anneke Spee, Jen Headley, Russell Dawe; Middle: Josh Koh, Jenny Chung, Matt Mattoon, Kendel, Sara Kandiah, Sara Baglin, Ursula Brandt; Back: Ian McFadden, Jackie Bolen, Jill Zimmerman, Will Berdinner, Renee Cunningham, Carla Wiebe, Tai Luu, Duncan Gray, Billy Q Vo, Alex Fritz; Behind the Camera: I think Liz must have taken this shot since she's not in the picture

Christian Life... just that exciting

Well, I thought it was a good lecture today... but Noah, Yuki, and Sara (not pictured because my life would be most likely threatened) wouldn't know whether it was or not... Nothing seemed to wake them. I remember at one point this awful loud sound came from the mic and I thought for sure they'd wake up... not even a stir. Sleep tight guys...

PS- Picts from the infamous Valentine's Party will be up as soon as I get more photos from all the people who had cameras there. Laters...

News from Lyle

So, for those of you that didn't know it already, our good friend Lyle skipped town about a little over a week ago, never to be seen by us again. :( As you can see, there were only a handfull of us that got to say bye to Lyle before he left. I got a phone call from the "swatbag", as Tim would put it, today and he informed me that him and his sweety were living it up in San Diego this weekend. While he was there, I guess the emotion of the whole thing got to him and he proposed to her on a parkbench. After that a poor street artist drew a picture of them at the spot were the male groveling took place. Aww... :) So... our boy is engaged! Happy days...

Community Group & Birthdays

This past weekend was tons of fun. Almost too much honestly, because I got absolutely nothing done for my homework. Oh, well... I'll get more done later. Honestly, after last terms shinadigans with my 13.5 units, this term feels like a picnic. Anywho, on to the photos...

This was really a marathon evening. We started off at 3:45pm (supposed to be earlier but we were late) and most of us didn't leave till 8pm. It was great. The Doyle's have a beautiful home with a lovely family history packed into it. And they sure do know how to host a party.
After we had a little bit of appetizers and snacks we went out and checked out this cool dam that is right out by their house and I snapped this sweet shot out there... I like to call it a Dam Pan (pun intended)... :-p


On the way out to the dam road (ok I'll stop) I caught sight of this on the side of a power box and I thought that it was the most hilarious warning label I'd ever seen.


And this was us on the dam... for whatever reason, if you combine flash and fog... this is the smoky effect you get...


So, as you can see... it was a fun full evening and later on after the party... the night was topped off with a game of Knights and Cities... fun times...

Oh, and I also forgot to post this a last week... this is a photo from Havana out on Commercial Drive. We went out there for Carla's Birthday... pretty sweet place... you have to get the sweet potato fries.. they are awesome.


Alright that's it... later peeps...