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Sic transit gloria. Glory fades. I'm Max Fischer.
-Max Fischer, Rushmore

It's getting a late and probably I should get to bed, but I had a great day and I think you should know about it.

Firstly, I slept in to about 9:00am. If you happen to be in your teens or early 20's, you may not think this is that impressive, but I'm 27 now, and believe me, that is pretty sweet. (Conversely, some of you have children, and probably hold some degree of resentment for someone who gets to sleep past 6:00am).

Secondly, summer has arrived in Vancouver and it has been actually sunny this weekend and quite lovely.

Thirdly, we went to the beach with friends, played frisbee and went slacklining before Courtney had to go to her ER shift.

This was quite a contrast to my Saturday, the duration of which I spent in VGH ER PAU doing a Psychiatry emergency shift. While today could be described as "Beautiful Day at the Beach", yesterday could be described as "Cinder Blocks, One Way Mirrors and Crazy People".

Anyhow, this is slacklining.

And I can't resist posting this one...Courtney after a particularly spectacular bounce off the line.

forgetting vs remembering

One might even argue that if an animal could choose with intelligence, it would opt for living in a zoo.....think about it yourself. Would you rather be put up at the Ritz with free room service and unlimited access to a doctor or be homeless without a soul to care for you?

-Piscine Molitor Patel, Life of Pi

My birthday weekend was awesome. Thanks everyone for the wishes and the gummi bears.

Tory was here for some conference so we got to hang out. She gets to travel a fair bit with the company she works for now and also they made this sweet bio for her (see end of post). Pretty snazzy eh? Anyhow, we went out to Cardero's with Meghan McDougall and some of her friends on Friday night and went to the Aquarium on Saturday. I've never been to The Aquarium ever, so it was cool to see all the fish (and mammals). Also it was cool because it was the site of Courtney's best (and only) known tv appearance- Sesame Street's Creature Feature, where she looked cute and got excited about Sloths. Her mom actually still has the clip on VHS.....I should digitize it and put it on YouTube. Saturday night we had a real party at the VINE. We even got a little keg from Granville Island Brewery which worked perfectly. Pretty much the opposite from how kegs normally work.

Also of note, Courtney got me a Slacklining rig for my birthday. I've already used it a number of times and have improved my skillz a little. I'll put up some pictures next time so all of you who don't know what it is can see it in action.

slack inline

The guy at the other stage kept saying f*&% the wind, but I'm thinking, maybe we should just make peace with it.
-Michael Franti

I'm back from Sasquatch and in Vancouver for the week before heading to the cabin on monday. Exams ended and everything went fine as far as I can tell. It was great to get out of town and have a fun weekend full of music to celebrate the end of school for this year. The Gorge is a stunning venue and I hadn't realized how isolated it is, all alone in the middle of the desert. I haven't been to alot of festivals, but in general, I'm learning that you have to get used to not seeing all the bands, not being in the right spot in the crowd and delays due to weather. Favourite performances included Neko Case, Ozomatli, Arcade Fire, & Michael Franti and Spearhead.

I'm planning on spending some quality hamaca time this morning and then down to wreck beach hopefully to try out some skimboarding. I tried slacklining yesterday with some of Steph's friends and am now thinking about setting up my own system. It's pretty much tightrope walking, just it's a flat strap and it's not that tight.

My sister Katelyn has been in Burkina Faso for a couple weeks now I think. Check out her blog. My other sister Tory is just finishing teaching in Moldova and going on a little tour with some friends in Eastern Europe. She doesn't have a blog.

Anyhow, this might be my last post for a while, as it's motorcycle course this weekend and then to the lake. Happy June.