It's My Life

NEARING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

I have a very busy few days in front of me. In fact, I have a really busy evening ahead of me as well. I have a few stories to type before I call it a night, but I'm stalling. I figure if I begin by typing an update on my blog that may help.

Another week has flown by and I'm just a few days away from boarding the Greyhound to go to Prince George for what is a six-day Christmas break. The fact the holiday is so close hasn't really sunk in quite yet. I know I'm going home soon, but things have been busy here.

I've been nursing a typical Al McInnis hangover today. Last night was the Tribune's Christmas party. I spent roughly four hours there. The event included a meal, games, karaoke and free alcohol.

Now believe it or not I didn't sing karaoke. I usually do, and I'm never one to shy away from grabbing the microphone when I've had some liquid courage. Matt Silver knows this as well as anybody. One of the biggest highlights during my last school year in Kamloops was beating out the competition in a karaoke singing contest during the Omega's annual party in December. I was singing Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy" and bringing up his then girlfriend Jen. It was really quite a display and I may have overdone it for the big reward of a pitcher of beer. Oh well.

Now, back to last night. After a few pints of beer and a couple rye and cokes, it was off to the Overlander, which has become my watering hole here in da puddle. I like the staff there and it's always a solid crowd (there's not much else here for selection so that helps).

I guess it was a fairly low key night even though the events were lots of fun. I didn't do anything too extreme.

Since this post isn't that exciting to this point I'm going to spice it up with a list of 10 things I want for Christmas (not all material possessions). So in no particular order of importance, I'd like:

1. My car back on the road - walking is okay, but it's starting to get annoying. I'll be happy once I get it insured with ICBC.
2. More money - I'm struggling a little right now. Yes the bar doesn't help. Neither does eating out. But I happen to enjoy dating, getting out of the house and living a social lifestyle. Believe it or not, I think having wheels would help me save money because right now I'm repaying my friend Sarah for driving me around by buying her meals at pubs and restaurants.
3. A little more excitement in my life - I emphasize "a little" here. My life isn't boring, it's just too routine right now. I need something exciting to fall on me, a stroke of luck if you will. A solid story would help too. Now I'm aware the media makes the news to a certain degree but I'm not in charge of selling the TimberWolves. I want to know what's happening with the future of this team soon. Right now there's been no other major sports stories, and there's a stall here until the owners know if the city lands a new arena or not. That may take a while considering our mayor here has said we're getting a Walmart like 10 times and nothing has happened yet.
4. A mountain bike - I want to start doing more adventurous physical activities and I think mountain biking would be a start. Williams Lake is known around B.C. as being a great area for mountain biking. Now my parents won't fork out like $1,000 to get me a good second hand one so I'm hoping to do that myself this winter.
5. A trip to the Island - Dani, Silv and Sam are living life on the Island right now and I haven't seen any one of them in a while. Dani I've seen most recently, but even that wasn't recent (unless you consider October 2005 recent). Now this is something I'd like to do soon, but due to lack of money and time may not happen right away. But I'm thinking of using one of my weeks off in the summer to hit the Island. Dani took a plane to Calgary to visit me. I feel I owe her one.
6. The Internet at home - this is an absolute must at some point. I'm waiting until the new year to see where things stand. At that point I can see how my finances look after the car is back on the road.
7. To get back into shape - again, this is really something I can change tomorrow. But when you're walking everywhere, I find it's harder to make the extra effort to do things like work out at a gym. I plan on doing more of that once my car is back on the road.
8. Some nice new clothes. Considering that's all I came up for as far as what I'd like my parents to get me (anything else is too pricy) I think my wish will come true. I need to try a new style, show off some different colours.
9. A helluva New Years - I'm aware this holiday may be one of the most overrated considering it's really just another night of partying (it just happens to be over the last night of the year) but I've never had an over-the-top, ex-rated, almost too hot to handle experience on New Years. I mean I've gone to a few decent parties, and can recall a solid house party in PG a few years back, but nothing that thrilling. Now I'm in Williams Lake for it this year, but I'm not going to be quick to judge. Small towners can party hard too.
10. A ticket to a major rock concert or event of some kind - I'd like to see a bigger scale concert in a city other than PG or Kamloops, I'd like to watch the Grey Cup one year, I'd sell my soul to watch the Super Bowl (slight exaggeration), how about hockey at the Olympics, or a PGA tour event (yes golf may be boring to some people, but I'd love to see Tiger Woods swing a club up close), or a Major League World Series game? Now I was front row for Motley Crue in Red Deer last April, but that's the last big act I've seen.

That'll do it for this post. I should have something interesting while I'm in PG.