CALGARY, SMALL TOWNS AND STRAIGHT-EDGED CHRISTIANS
After enjoying a weekend in Calgary, I'm spending Thanksgiving in Lacombe. Unfortunately my weekend of work fell on the long weekend so I won't be having a turkey dinner with family this year. Oh well.
After spending another weekend in the bigger city, there is no doubt about it that I'm a bigger city person. I can't handle the laid back atmosphere of the small town, and the people are way too friendly. In Lacombe, they're so friendly it scares me. Growing up in PG, I got used to people treating each other like shit from time to time. It didn't bother me, it was actually kind of refreshing to have a nice mix of friendly people and assholes. It must be the Christian influence here in Lacombe. I don't even know exactly how many churches there are in this town, but there is a lot.
I should appreciate the fact everybody is so friendly in this town, but I like living on the edge and I just find that everyone here is so straight-edged. Seventh adventist church goers aren't exactly the partying type, and I'm living in that neck of the woods. Sigh. I've never been very religious, so I feel a little out of place here. And I don't want to show any sort of a rebellious side in this town because I'd be too much of an outcast I save that for trips to other places.
Nobody does anything in Lacombe, which would explain why I'm spending a Saturday night in my place watching Hockey Night in Canada by myself. If I was in Kamloops, I'd likely be with a bunch of friends drinking beers to the exciting hockey action.
I am trying to make the most out of my situation though, and I like the people here, but it's just too boring. There definetely isn't enough for young people to do. I'm guilty for having not looked further into the details of the town beforehand, I was just looking for close proximity to bigger centres, and being an hour from Edmonton and 1 1/2 from Calgary isn't a bad location. The worst part about working in Lacombe over the weekend is I can't leave the county because I'm carrying around the police scanner. That means I can't even go to Red Deer, which is like 20 km away! Ah well, tough break.
I did go to Calgary though. Highlights of that trip were:
- seeing Dani and her brother Jason.
- going to Cowboys and getting drunk.
- catching up with my good friend John, who I originally met in PG.
- eating, drinking and partying.
Other highlights lately include:
- getting invited to two different turkey dinners this weekend.
- watching my favorite Major League Baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, sweep the Boston Red Sox to win their first playoff series since 1917! Yah, it's been a little while. It's nice to see one of my teams coming around. The Maple Leafs are next! Well, that might be pushing it.
- joining a recreational volleyball league in Lacombe. I played volleyball for the first time since high school on Tuesday, and it feels good to get exercise again.
- getting offered to take Lacombe Minor Hockey pictures. They're letting me set the rate as long as its reasonable. It'll be nice to make some extra cash on the side.
As far as what lies ahead, I have no idea. I'm thinking maybe Red Deer next weekend, because its close and I'm already holding my own Lacombe hockey pool at the local Boston Pizza next Saturday.
I could rant about hockey, but I'll save that for the hockey blog.
After enjoying a weekend in Calgary, I'm spending Thanksgiving in Lacombe. Unfortunately my weekend of work fell on the long weekend so I won't be having a turkey dinner with family this year. Oh well.
After spending another weekend in the bigger city, there is no doubt about it that I'm a bigger city person. I can't handle the laid back atmosphere of the small town, and the people are way too friendly. In Lacombe, they're so friendly it scares me. Growing up in PG, I got used to people treating each other like shit from time to time. It didn't bother me, it was actually kind of refreshing to have a nice mix of friendly people and assholes. It must be the Christian influence here in Lacombe. I don't even know exactly how many churches there are in this town, but there is a lot.
I should appreciate the fact everybody is so friendly in this town, but I like living on the edge and I just find that everyone here is so straight-edged. Seventh adventist church goers aren't exactly the partying type, and I'm living in that neck of the woods. Sigh. I've never been very religious, so I feel a little out of place here. And I don't want to show any sort of a rebellious side in this town because I'd be too much of an outcast I save that for trips to other places.
Nobody does anything in Lacombe, which would explain why I'm spending a Saturday night in my place watching Hockey Night in Canada by myself. If I was in Kamloops, I'd likely be with a bunch of friends drinking beers to the exciting hockey action.
I am trying to make the most out of my situation though, and I like the people here, but it's just too boring. There definetely isn't enough for young people to do. I'm guilty for having not looked further into the details of the town beforehand, I was just looking for close proximity to bigger centres, and being an hour from Edmonton and 1 1/2 from Calgary isn't a bad location. The worst part about working in Lacombe over the weekend is I can't leave the county because I'm carrying around the police scanner. That means I can't even go to Red Deer, which is like 20 km away! Ah well, tough break.
I did go to Calgary though. Highlights of that trip were:
- seeing Dani and her brother Jason.
- going to Cowboys and getting drunk.
- catching up with my good friend John, who I originally met in PG.
- eating, drinking and partying.
Other highlights lately include:
- getting invited to two different turkey dinners this weekend.
- watching my favorite Major League Baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, sweep the Boston Red Sox to win their first playoff series since 1917! Yah, it's been a little while. It's nice to see one of my teams coming around. The Maple Leafs are next! Well, that might be pushing it.
- joining a recreational volleyball league in Lacombe. I played volleyball for the first time since high school on Tuesday, and it feels good to get exercise again.
- getting offered to take Lacombe Minor Hockey pictures. They're letting me set the rate as long as its reasonable. It'll be nice to make some extra cash on the side.
As far as what lies ahead, I have no idea. I'm thinking maybe Red Deer next weekend, because its close and I'm already holding my own Lacombe hockey pool at the local Boston Pizza next Saturday.
I could rant about hockey, but I'll save that for the hockey blog.
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