The year has come to an end and what a year it has been. In this blog entry, I will reflect on each month of 2009.
January
In January of 2009, I was working on my final work placement as part of the Recreation Leaders Program. I worked in Fort Liard with the Recreation Department. In January the main project I was working on was the soccer tournament. It took 2 weeks to organize and was hoping that the new soccer nets would be here in time. The tournament went as planned and the following weekend, I left Fort Liard to Fort Smith.
Highlights:
-Soccer tournament
-Spending 8 weeks at home
-Making a great highlight video for my practicum placement.
Lowlights:
-Only played 1 game of hockey in Liard
-The cold weather
-New Years Eve first nite
February
The cold month of February was the longest and most difficult month of the final semester of college. It was very challenging to work with one of the instructors of the program. I continued training the PWK Huskies 16-under mens team for the upcoming tournaments. Not much happened this month.
Highlights
-Coaching soccer again
-Purchasing a new laptop
-Getting a $1000 cheque from the NWTRPA
-Aurora College week
Lowlights
-Breaking my laptop
-Back in college
-Cold Month
March
March was a great month for me as there were so many things happening. There was spring break,winning the soccer tournament in Fort Simpson, The Canadian Aborginal Hand games championships in Behcho Ko, working with TEP class
Highlights
-Beating Fort Liard in soccer
-Winning the Connie Loutit soccer touenament
-Spring break
-Placing 6th out of 32 teams in the Hand Games tournament
-Meeting Sherri
Lowlights
-Meeting Sherri
-Injuring my self playing the last hockey game and not playing in the mens division in the soccer tourney
- Almost failing a midterm
April
April is the last month of my college life and it went by fast. I had some family and a close friend come to my Grad. It warmed up here faster than the year before so it was nice to have the warm weather back. My one night thing with Sherri turned into a relationship.
Highlights
-Graduating from College
-Learning to play Guitar Hero
-Placing 2nd in the Grande Prairie Soccer tournament
-Upsetting Grande Praire 4-2 in the tournament
-Riley Mcleod yelling "is he naked" at Sherri's place in front of her room mates family
Lowlights
-Leaving my awesome room mate Felix
-Tyrone dropping out of college 2 weeks before grad
-The whole classroom fight
-Only having 3 out of 6 grads from my class
May
The month of May was a challenging one for me as it was my first month as a Grad Student.
I left Fort Smith on the 7th and I had planned to only be in Fort Liard for 6 weeks. I agreed to Fly to Gameti NWT for a job interview and to see the community. Unfortunately for me, I got stuck in YK for a holiday Monday. Good thing for my my Uncle and Former Grand Chief Gerald Antoine was there. He helped me get on the 6pm flight to Simpson and Shawn and his sister picked me up
Highlights
-Getting to see the community of Gameti
-Flying to Yk for a job interview and getting paid for it
-Getting Drunk and waking up with a mini Keg and $500 on my last nite in Smith
Lowlights
-Getting stuck in YK on a Holiday Monday with only $200
-Vancouver Canucks Losing to Chicago Blackhawks in the Playoffs
-Going to Simpson one too many times
June
June was a so-so month for me. Even though it was my birthday and the start of summer. All month I searched for work with the preference to stay in the NWT for the time being. With no luck I settled for working at the Hamlet of Fort Liard Recreation Department part time. June also marked my 23rd year on Earth.
Highlights
-Turning 23
-Pittsburgh winning the Stanley Cup
-Los Angeles winning the NBA title
-Guest Speaking at the Fort Liard graduation ceremony
-Dehcho Assembly in Jean Marie River
LowLights
-too much rain
-High River levels
-bugs
July
The month of July was the worst one of the year. A lot has happened in this time. I got fired for a BS reason, I was cheated on and dumped, Mentally, I was so beat that I wanted to kill myself. A chat with Michael Pealow changed that. He suggested that I get out of Fort Liard and he said that Im welcome at his place.
Highlights
-CALGARY STAMPEDE
-Going to Simpson for the Mackenzie summer games
-Partying it up in Grande Prairie
-Talking to Mike Pealow
-Winning $300 at Blackjack
Lowlights
-Getting Fired
-Cheated on
-Dumped
-No one being there for me
August
August was a great month for me as well as everyone in Liard. There was the summer gathering which was held at the Petitot River just past the BC/NWT Border. I had a lot of fun there. At the end of the month I ended up working at a place I least expected.
Highlights
-Petitot Gathering was probably the highlight of the summer...so many good memories
-Swimming across the Petitot river
-Winning $140 at a poker game
-Getting $1oo0 in the mail from the NWTRPA
-Working at the School as a teachers assistant
Lowlights
-Tearing my zipper and getting half of my tent soaked
September
In September I started my job at the school and it was challenging. I had to get used to getting up at 7:30. I also had to cut my evenings off in order to get enough sleep. I also started coaching soccer again. Both the 14-under and 18-under boys teams are the teams I am coaching.
Highlights
-Coaching soccer
-Started working again
-High Speed internet came to Liard and XBOX live with it
Lowlights
-getting up at 7:30am
-Going to bed before noon
October
I only focused on working and coaching soccer this month so there was not many things to report on for this month.
Highlights
-Coaching soccer
Lowlights
-Job only lasted til the 28th
November
The month of November went by fast and I mostly focused on coaching soccer and preparing my team for the Arctic Winter Games trials. Nothing really highlighted this month.
December
I was supposed to play in a hand games tournament in Whitehosrse but it was cancelled. I got to spend a week in Whitehorse. I got a new tattoo. At the end of the month I will be moving to Smith.
Highlights
-New tattoo
-Spent time in Whitehorse
-Guitar Hero Van Halen Xmas Gift
Lowlights
- the 3 days spend at -50
-all the BS that happened in this house at Xmas
-Moving to Smith
Thats the summary of how my year went.
Next week I will blog about my new years resolutions
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
some Q and A
This entry was taken from my facebook profile:
WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. Last beverage = Red Rain
2. Last phone call = Adrien Tremblay
3. Last text message = Tsn Alert
4. Last song you listened to = Chris Rocks stand up
5. Last time you cried =when i watched the crying game
HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice = no
7. Been cheated on = YES for fuck...
8. Kissed someone & regretted it = No
9. Lost someone special =Yes
10. Been depressed = No
11. Been drunk and thrown up = last time i did that was in smith
LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:
12.Cobalt
13.Sage
14.And Felix's eyes.
THIS YEAR (2009) HAVE YOU:
15. Made a new friend = a Lot
16. Fallen out of love = Don't know
17. Laughed until you cried = No
18. Met someone who changed you = the wise Janitor
19. Found out who your true friends were = Yes
20. Found out someone was talking about you = I sure did :(
21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend's list = hmm...ill have to check on that
GENERAL:
22. How many people on your Fb friends list do you know in real life = All of them.
24. Do you have any pets = No.
25. Do you want to change your name = Yes I do
26. What did you do for your last birthday =Fuck all
27. What time did you wake up today =7:45
28. What were you doing at midnight last night = XboxLive
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for = Polar Cup
30. Last time you saw your Mother = 5mins ago
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life =Stop being such an asshole
32. What are you listening to right now = Thriving Ivory-angels on the moon (radios on)
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom = the myspace guy?
34. What's getting on your nerves right now = My job
35. Most visited webpage =mmajunkie,Facebook,and www.hamsterdance.com
37. Nicknames = A few..........
39. Zodiac sign=Gemini
40. He or She? = What the f.....
41. Elementary = What about it?
42. High School = What about it?
43. College = What about it?
44. Hair colour = Dark Brown
45. Long or short = short
46. Height = 5' 12"
47. Do you have a crush on someone?= i think so
48: What do you like about yourself? = my awesomeness?
50. Tattoos = 4
51. Righty or lefty= Righty
FIRSTS :
52. First surgery = Getting stomach pumped at age 1..Im the reason medicine caps are childproof
53. First piercing = None.
54. First best friend = booga :).
55. First sport you joined = Track
56. First vacation = Edmonton
58. First pair of trainers = grade 7
RIGHT NOW:
59. Eating = Chips
60. Drinking = water
61. I'm about to =Play soccer at 8
62. Listening to = Same song
63. Waiting for = soccer
YOUR FUTURE :
64. Want kids? = one more wont hurt
65. Get Married? = hopefully to the right woman.
66. Career? porn star
WHICH IS BETTER :
67. Lips or eyes? = Eyes
68. Hugs or kisses= Hugs
69. shorter or taller= Shorter
70. Older or Younger = Younger
71. Romantic or spontaneous = Spontaneous
72. Nice stomach or nice arms = Nice stomach
73. Sensitive or loud = Sensitive
74. Hook-up or relationship = I'm into hook-ups apparently, love relationships though.
75. Trouble maker or hesitant = Hesitant
HAVE YOU EVER :
76. Kissed a stranger = good times
77. Drank hard liquor =the first time i tried to match shots against my bro
78. Lost glasses/contacts = all of my glasses
79. Sex on first date = do one nite stands count?
80. Broken someone's heart = Yes
81. Had your own heart broken = Yes
82. Been arrested = twice
83. Turned someone down = I turn down sex in the post season
84. Cried when someone died = Yes.
85. Fallen for a friend? = like felix? terrence?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself = all the time
87. Miracles = no
88. Love at first sight = when im drunk
89. Heaven = Yes.
90. Santa Claus = Jessies dad?
91. Kiss on the first date = ...sure?
92. Angels = Yes.
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
93. Had more than one bf/gf? = i had both at the same time
95. Did you sing today? = Every rose has its thorn by poison
96. Ever cheated on somebody? =my GED test
97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go, and why? = back to the summer of 08
98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what would it be? = March 21 2009...I would just keep to myself
99. Are you afraid of falling in love? = Nope, I'd do it again, every new partner is different with love.
100. Posting this as 100 truths? =im cold :(
WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. Last beverage = Red Rain
2. Last phone call = Adrien Tremblay
3. Last text message = Tsn Alert
4. Last song you listened to = Chris Rocks stand up
5. Last time you cried =when i watched the crying game
HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice = no
7. Been cheated on = YES for fuck...
8. Kissed someone & regretted it = No
9. Lost someone special =Yes
10. Been depressed = No
11. Been drunk and thrown up = last time i did that was in smith
LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:
12.Cobalt
13.Sage
14.And Felix's eyes.
THIS YEAR (2009) HAVE YOU:
15. Made a new friend = a Lot
16. Fallen out of love = Don't know
17. Laughed until you cried = No
18. Met someone who changed you = the wise Janitor
19. Found out who your true friends were = Yes
20. Found out someone was talking about you = I sure did :(
21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend's list = hmm...ill have to check on that
GENERAL:
22. How many people on your Fb friends list do you know in real life = All of them.
24. Do you have any pets = No.
25. Do you want to change your name = Yes I do
26. What did you do for your last birthday =Fuck all
27. What time did you wake up today =7:45
28. What were you doing at midnight last night = XboxLive
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for = Polar Cup
30. Last time you saw your Mother = 5mins ago
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life =Stop being such an asshole
32. What are you listening to right now = Thriving Ivory-angels on the moon (radios on)
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom = the myspace guy?
34. What's getting on your nerves right now = My job
35. Most visited webpage =mmajunkie,Facebook,and www.hamsterdance.com
37. Nicknames = A few..........
39. Zodiac sign=Gemini
40. He or She? = What the f.....
41. Elementary = What about it?
42. High School = What about it?
43. College = What about it?
44. Hair colour = Dark Brown
45. Long or short = short
46. Height = 5' 12"
47. Do you have a crush on someone?= i think so
48: What do you like about yourself? = my awesomeness?
50. Tattoos = 4
51. Righty or lefty= Righty
FIRSTS :
52. First surgery = Getting stomach pumped at age 1..Im the reason medicine caps are childproof
53. First piercing = None.
54. First best friend = booga :).
55. First sport you joined = Track
56. First vacation = Edmonton
58. First pair of trainers = grade 7
RIGHT NOW:
59. Eating = Chips
60. Drinking = water
61. I'm about to =Play soccer at 8
62. Listening to = Same song
63. Waiting for = soccer
YOUR FUTURE :
64. Want kids? = one more wont hurt
65. Get Married? = hopefully to the right woman.
66. Career? porn star
WHICH IS BETTER :
67. Lips or eyes? = Eyes
68. Hugs or kisses= Hugs
69. shorter or taller= Shorter
70. Older or Younger = Younger
71. Romantic or spontaneous = Spontaneous
72. Nice stomach or nice arms = Nice stomach
73. Sensitive or loud = Sensitive
74. Hook-up or relationship = I'm into hook-ups apparently, love relationships though.
75. Trouble maker or hesitant = Hesitant
HAVE YOU EVER :
76. Kissed a stranger = good times
77. Drank hard liquor =the first time i tried to match shots against my bro
78. Lost glasses/contacts = all of my glasses
79. Sex on first date = do one nite stands count?
80. Broken someone's heart = Yes
81. Had your own heart broken = Yes
82. Been arrested = twice
83. Turned someone down = I turn down sex in the post season
84. Cried when someone died = Yes.
85. Fallen for a friend? = like felix? terrence?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself = all the time
87. Miracles = no
88. Love at first sight = when im drunk
89. Heaven = Yes.
90. Santa Claus = Jessies dad?
91. Kiss on the first date = ...sure?
92. Angels = Yes.
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
93. Had more than one bf/gf? = i had both at the same time
95. Did you sing today? = Every rose has its thorn by poison
96. Ever cheated on somebody? =my GED test
97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go, and why? = back to the summer of 08
98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what would it be? = March 21 2009...I would just keep to myself
99. Are you afraid of falling in love? = Nope, I'd do it again, every new partner is different with love.
100. Posting this as 100 truths? =im cold :(
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Top 10
I don't have anything worthwhile to write about at the moment so I am going to post my top 10's:
TOP 10 Songs:
10.Clipse ft. Re up Gang-Whats up
9.Busta Rhymes ft. Ron Browz-Arab money
8.State of Shock-Money Honey
7.Coldplay-Yellow
6.Prospek ft. Aztec-Whats your number?
5.Linkin Park-Shadow of the day
4.Metallica-One
3.Puddle of Mudd-Psycho
2.DJ Lee-Fight Hard
1.Linkin Park-In the end
TOP 10 MOVIES:
10. 300
9. Sin City
8. Casino Royale
7. District 13
6. Bullet
5. Tropic Thunder
4. Taken
3. Punisher:warzone
2.Pulp Fiction
1.Gladiator
TOP 10 Sports teams
10. Edmonton Oilers
9. Detroit Tigers
8. Netherlands national soccer team
7. New York Rangers
6. Brazil National soccer team
5. PWK Huskies
4. Newbreed Soccer
3. Los Angeles Lakers
2. Indianapolis Colts
1. Vancouver Canucks
TOP 10 MMA Fighters
10. Frank Shamrock
9. Josh Koscheck
8. Brock Lesnar
7. Bobby Lashley
6. Kimbo Slice
5. Jon Jones
4. Cung Le
3. Mirko Cro Cop
2. Fedor Emelianenko
1. Georges St Pierre.
TOP 10 Citys I want to visit
10. Montreal
9. Ibiza
8. Las Vegas
7. Reykjavik Iceland
6. Moscow Russia
5. Buenos Aires
4. Stockholm Sweden
3. Nassau Bahamas
2. St Pierre and Miquelon
1. Amsterdam
TOP 10 Songs:
10.Clipse ft. Re up Gang-Whats up
9.Busta Rhymes ft. Ron Browz-Arab money
8.State of Shock-Money Honey
7.Coldplay-Yellow
6.Prospek ft. Aztec-Whats your number?
5.Linkin Park-Shadow of the day
4.Metallica-One
3.Puddle of Mudd-Psycho
2.DJ Lee-Fight Hard
1.Linkin Park-In the end
TOP 10 MOVIES:
10. 300
9. Sin City
8. Casino Royale
7. District 13
6. Bullet
5. Tropic Thunder
4. Taken
3. Punisher:warzone
2.Pulp Fiction
1.Gladiator
TOP 10 Sports teams
10. Edmonton Oilers
9. Detroit Tigers
8. Netherlands national soccer team
7. New York Rangers
6. Brazil National soccer team
5. PWK Huskies
4. Newbreed Soccer
3. Los Angeles Lakers
2. Indianapolis Colts
1. Vancouver Canucks
TOP 10 MMA Fighters
10. Frank Shamrock
9. Josh Koscheck
8. Brock Lesnar
7. Bobby Lashley
6. Kimbo Slice
5. Jon Jones
4. Cung Le
3. Mirko Cro Cop
2. Fedor Emelianenko
1. Georges St Pierre.
TOP 10 Citys I want to visit
10. Montreal
9. Ibiza
8. Las Vegas
7. Reykjavik Iceland
6. Moscow Russia
5. Buenos Aires
4. Stockholm Sweden
3. Nassau Bahamas
2. St Pierre and Miquelon
1. Amsterdam
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Whitehorse
I am writing this on my last night in Whitehorse. I came here to compete in a Hand Games tournament. I left Fort Liard on Friday November 27 and left Fort Nelson the next day. The bus left at 3:00PM and arrived in Whitehorse at 3:00AM. During the long bus ride, I knew I had to keep myself occupied and not worry about the cold bus. I purchased 2 Mixed Martial Arts magazines to read, it didn't help that much because I was done 15 minutes past the Liard highway. Lucky for me I had my mp3 player for the music keeps me calm. There were not many people traveling on this bus other than myself, there were maybe 3 others. I really wished Ernie came along. Not that I was lonely, it would have been great to have someone to talk to and someone to hang out with. Ernie was all for coming to Whitehorse, he just never got paid from his job in New Brunswick. I was the lucky traveler to get the seat in the back of the bus. I used my winter jacket as a blanket. I slept somehow up to Toad River. While I was getting off the bus, the driver asked me if I was comfortable. I told him that I never sleep on bus rides but I fell asleep quickly on this one. During a 30 minute break where I had a club house sandwich for dinner, I decided to check if they had any internet service. I managed to update my facebook status as well as check the scores for NHL. At 6:30, we left Toad River and continued onward. I just relaxed and listened to my music. I wanted to watch a movie with my laptop but I decided to wait for a while longer. After what seemed like an eternity, we arrived in Watson Lake. Now I have only been this way one time and I did not recognize it. I turned my cellphone on to see if there was any chance I would get a signal. As I was updating my facebook status, I saw a sign with Watson Lake on it. I thought it was at least another 3 hours but my friend Michael commented that it was 5 hours. "for f*&$%" was the thought in my head. I couldn't sleep due to the fact that I drank an AMPd energy drink. I decided to finally watch a movie. I grabbed my laptop and plugged my external hard drive and watched 4 episodes of South Park. After I looked at the time I realized that only an hour and a half has passed. I just sat there and looked out the window while listening to music. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, I arrived in Whitehorse. I phoned Mike and he picked me up as I was staying at his place for the week. During the first few days, I was bored and I at least got to work out at the Canada Games Center..I mean the Subway Canada Games Center. During my time here in Whitehorse I learned a few things: you can make popcorn with a paper bag, some people store batteries in their fridge, Montreal alouettes CAN and will make you think you can beat them, Whitehorse weather is a cold -5. Good things that came out of this trip: I got a tattoo, got my jerseys customized, scored some goalie gloves for my goalie,got outta Liard for a while. Things I dodn't get done: Play handgames, have a shot of Rum with Fawn, go to the hot springs, and buy some winter hikers.
Now tomorrow at 2PM, I will be on my way back to Fort Nelson and hopefully I will be back in FTL Sunday. I did not do everything I wanted to do but there is ALWAYS NEXT TIME. Next time I will be writing another one of these blogs.
Now tomorrow at 2PM, I will be on my way back to Fort Nelson and hopefully I will be back in FTL Sunday. I did not do everything I wanted to do but there is ALWAYS NEXT TIME. Next time I will be writing another one of these blogs.
Welcome!!!
Hey all,
Welcome to the first blog that I am doing.
This is just an introductory one I will post one tomorrow
Welcome to the first blog that I am doing.
This is just an introductory one I will post one tomorrow
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