Saturday, May 29, 2010
Something on my mind
5 of my last 5 girlfriends have all cheated on me. Do I get a trophy or achievement or something? Its crazy how I as a guy can get cheated on. You figure that since I am a guy that I would be the one cheating..but no. I am a completely faithful guy. One day I will find the person thats right for me.
UPDATE :O
FINALLY....I posted a blog entry. I do not have internet at home anymore. For now I will be using friends computers to update. I plan to post more often. This one is a quick update. I am no longer working in the recreation field and I can no longer coach in the NWT due to circumstances. I plan on going back to Smith for College.
thats about it for now
thats about it for now
Friday, March 26, 2010
Robert Loe: is this the real me? you be the judge
I took an online test earlier and here is what they said about me. Those of you that really know me can probably tell if this is really how I am:
Self-Confidence
As someone with high self-confidence, you feel quite comfortable interacting with other people. Indeed, you find the company of others very stimulating and enjoy meeting new people. Your relaxed demeanor in groups makes people around you comfortable too. Perhaps because you feel comfortable talking about yourself, others tend to enjoy being around you and perceive you as socially competent.
The confidence that helps you feel comfortable talking to people also spills into your own personal beliefs about yourself. Although you have several strengths, it’s likely that you also acknowledge and accept your weaknesses. But unlike some people, you take full responsibility for your actions—you rarely regret things you’ve done in the past and are not embarrassed easily.
Perhaps the defining feature that sets you apart from most people is the exceptionally high standards that you set for yourself. Your competence in social gatherings as well as at work should provide ample evidence for this. With these characteristics, it’s very likely that people come to you for advice and generally think of you as someone with leader-like qualities.
Family Orientation
As someone who respects family values, you tend to enjoy the company of family-members and are open to living a domestic life. If you have children already, you enjoy spending time with them very much and work hard to be a good parent, but may occasionally wish to “cut-loose” and let your true colors show. If you don’t have children, you probably desire having a family sometime in the distant future. Although you occasionally enjoy cooking at home, you also like going to restaurants. This has the potential to create added stress as you transition into parenthood.
You are attracted to the idea of having a family and may be willing to work hard to achieve this, although not necessarily any time soon. This conflict is illustrated by the fact that you don’t mind doing things around the house—like cooking and entertaining guests—on the one hand. But, on the other hand, you also like going to restaurants and parties. It’s possible that in time you might prefer spending time at home more because you won’t feel like you’re missing anything when you don’t go out.
One aspect of yourself that makes you likely to become more family oriented is that you generally know how to manage your frustrations and work well on your own. This means that you have some of the basic ingredients to enjoy family life. Maintaining a tidy home, keeping a well-stocked kitchen, and making sure the kids are safe is a tough job. So attending to these things, while also taking care of yourself, may prove somewhat difficult for you.
Self-Control
The self-control personality dimension captures the way in which a person regulates and directs him or herself. Being low in self-control can be both good and bad. Occasionally people may be compelled to follow their intuitions and give in to their temptations, and your degree of self-control makes this likely to happen more often than not. This can be good in circumstances where being relaxed and open are important. However, in situations where it is necessary to be focused and careful, you might find that you do or say things that may be inappropriate.
As someone who exerts little control over your actions, you may find that you commit social blunders that might offend other people and get yourself in trouble. For example, if you’re given responsibility to work on a project that requires close attention to detail, you may be likely to overlook important details because you have difficulty staying focused. Consequently, you might feel more comfortable delegating such tasks to other people who are more detail oriented. Being able to recognize such characteristics in yourself and having more detail-oriented people do such tasks could be an effective way to manage your own stress level.
Low self-control may diminish your effectiveness at work. Acting too relaxed can make it difficult for you to focus on projects that require organized sequences of steps or stages. Thus, your ability to accomplish may be inconsistent. Indeed, it’s possible that you might be criticized periodically for being unreliable or unable to “stay within the lines.” Nonetheless, you may still experience many short-lived pleasures and never be thought of as boring.
Openness
As someone high in openness, you have a strong appreciation for beauty, both in art and nature. Indeed, it’s likely that you are easily absorbed in music and art, as well as natural phenomena. Another aspect of your openness is your emotional insight; that is, you probably have good access to and awareness of your own emotions.
Another aspect of the openness dimension is the tendency to think about abstract concepts and ideas. This thinking style may take the form of artistic and metaphorical use of language, and/or music composition or performance. Thus, it is likely that, either in your work or spare time, you enjoy activities that get your “creative juices” flowing.
Your tendency to be open-minded can have advantages and disadvantages. For instance, when there are no clear rules about how to approach a particular problem, your openness makes it easier for you to identify new ways to solve problems that might not be very obvious to people that are not as open as you are. In contrast, you may be bored easily in situations that lack high amounts of intellectual stimulation. In such cases, you might have difficulty excelling on projects that do not provide much stimulation or require much creative thinking.
Easygoingness
Easygoingness refers to one's ability to relax. Based on your score, you appear to “take things as they come” and enjoy having a good time. However, being high in easygoingness also has the potential to produce stress in a number of ways. For example, you may find it difficult to complete tasks thoroughly and efficiently. In this way, being high in easygoingness cannot only make your life difficult, but also the lives of the people around you. Another potential problem with being too high in easygoingness is that it can provide you with gratification in the short-term, but in the long-term provide undesirable consequences.
High easygoingness, even when not seriously destructive, may also diminish your effectiveness at work, for example. You may find it aversive and difficult to put in all the effort that may sometimes be needed to effectively accomplish certain tasks. For this reason, your colleagues might view you as forgetful and unfocused.
How does your personality affect your love life?
Given the strong degree of confidence that you have, it’s no surprise that you get along well with most people. Indeed, it’s self-confidence that allows people to feel comfortable interacting with others without feeling insecure and vulnerable. For this reason, you shouldn’t have much difficulty in romance, at least not initially. Your social skills will likely help relieve any anxiety your romantic partners might have on those first few dates. However, over time, the high standards that you have for yourself could potentially frustrate your partner.
Because you respect family values but appreciate a good night out on the town, you probably get along well with people that are different from you. For this reason, you would probably be quite content in a romantic relationship with someone who shares your same values on these issues. Being in a relationship with someone who enjoys going out to parties and staying-up late at night might be fun, at least initially; yet it’s likely that you will find this tiring over time. Thus, it might be easier and more satisfying for you to develop a long-lasting relationship with a person who enjoys both spending time at home and going out to eat.
As someone who is more relaxed than most people, you likely get along with most people quite well. Chances are that your friends and colleagues perceive you as lively, fun to be with, and good-humored. When it comes to romance, you’ll likely be attracted to most people. However, your free-spirited nature might make being in a relationship with a person that is more rigid than you difficult because you might perceive the person as being too uptight and controlling.
Your openness probably makes it easy for you to respect and appreciate people that are different from you. However, when it comes to romantic relationships, your openness might make it difficult for you to tolerate people that cannot appreciate diversity as much as you. Therefore, you may be happiest in serious relationships with people that share your open-mindedness. But, your openness might occasionally cause a certain degree of dependency on your end because you may be so open that you easily adopt the preferences and habits of your partners and gradually relinquish things that make you so unique.
Self-Confidence
As someone with high self-confidence, you feel quite comfortable interacting with other people. Indeed, you find the company of others very stimulating and enjoy meeting new people. Your relaxed demeanor in groups makes people around you comfortable too. Perhaps because you feel comfortable talking about yourself, others tend to enjoy being around you and perceive you as socially competent.
The confidence that helps you feel comfortable talking to people also spills into your own personal beliefs about yourself. Although you have several strengths, it’s likely that you also acknowledge and accept your weaknesses. But unlike some people, you take full responsibility for your actions—you rarely regret things you’ve done in the past and are not embarrassed easily.
Perhaps the defining feature that sets you apart from most people is the exceptionally high standards that you set for yourself. Your competence in social gatherings as well as at work should provide ample evidence for this. With these characteristics, it’s very likely that people come to you for advice and generally think of you as someone with leader-like qualities.
Family Orientation
As someone who respects family values, you tend to enjoy the company of family-members and are open to living a domestic life. If you have children already, you enjoy spending time with them very much and work hard to be a good parent, but may occasionally wish to “cut-loose” and let your true colors show. If you don’t have children, you probably desire having a family sometime in the distant future. Although you occasionally enjoy cooking at home, you also like going to restaurants. This has the potential to create added stress as you transition into parenthood.
You are attracted to the idea of having a family and may be willing to work hard to achieve this, although not necessarily any time soon. This conflict is illustrated by the fact that you don’t mind doing things around the house—like cooking and entertaining guests—on the one hand. But, on the other hand, you also like going to restaurants and parties. It’s possible that in time you might prefer spending time at home more because you won’t feel like you’re missing anything when you don’t go out.
One aspect of yourself that makes you likely to become more family oriented is that you generally know how to manage your frustrations and work well on your own. This means that you have some of the basic ingredients to enjoy family life. Maintaining a tidy home, keeping a well-stocked kitchen, and making sure the kids are safe is a tough job. So attending to these things, while also taking care of yourself, may prove somewhat difficult for you.
Self-Control
The self-control personality dimension captures the way in which a person regulates and directs him or herself. Being low in self-control can be both good and bad. Occasionally people may be compelled to follow their intuitions and give in to their temptations, and your degree of self-control makes this likely to happen more often than not. This can be good in circumstances where being relaxed and open are important. However, in situations where it is necessary to be focused and careful, you might find that you do or say things that may be inappropriate.
As someone who exerts little control over your actions, you may find that you commit social blunders that might offend other people and get yourself in trouble. For example, if you’re given responsibility to work on a project that requires close attention to detail, you may be likely to overlook important details because you have difficulty staying focused. Consequently, you might feel more comfortable delegating such tasks to other people who are more detail oriented. Being able to recognize such characteristics in yourself and having more detail-oriented people do such tasks could be an effective way to manage your own stress level.
Low self-control may diminish your effectiveness at work. Acting too relaxed can make it difficult for you to focus on projects that require organized sequences of steps or stages. Thus, your ability to accomplish may be inconsistent. Indeed, it’s possible that you might be criticized periodically for being unreliable or unable to “stay within the lines.” Nonetheless, you may still experience many short-lived pleasures and never be thought of as boring.
Openness
As someone high in openness, you have a strong appreciation for beauty, both in art and nature. Indeed, it’s likely that you are easily absorbed in music and art, as well as natural phenomena. Another aspect of your openness is your emotional insight; that is, you probably have good access to and awareness of your own emotions.
Another aspect of the openness dimension is the tendency to think about abstract concepts and ideas. This thinking style may take the form of artistic and metaphorical use of language, and/or music composition or performance. Thus, it is likely that, either in your work or spare time, you enjoy activities that get your “creative juices” flowing.
Your tendency to be open-minded can have advantages and disadvantages. For instance, when there are no clear rules about how to approach a particular problem, your openness makes it easier for you to identify new ways to solve problems that might not be very obvious to people that are not as open as you are. In contrast, you may be bored easily in situations that lack high amounts of intellectual stimulation. In such cases, you might have difficulty excelling on projects that do not provide much stimulation or require much creative thinking.
Easygoingness
Easygoingness refers to one's ability to relax. Based on your score, you appear to “take things as they come” and enjoy having a good time. However, being high in easygoingness also has the potential to produce stress in a number of ways. For example, you may find it difficult to complete tasks thoroughly and efficiently. In this way, being high in easygoingness cannot only make your life difficult, but also the lives of the people around you. Another potential problem with being too high in easygoingness is that it can provide you with gratification in the short-term, but in the long-term provide undesirable consequences.
High easygoingness, even when not seriously destructive, may also diminish your effectiveness at work, for example. You may find it aversive and difficult to put in all the effort that may sometimes be needed to effectively accomplish certain tasks. For this reason, your colleagues might view you as forgetful and unfocused.
How does your personality affect your love life?
Given the strong degree of confidence that you have, it’s no surprise that you get along well with most people. Indeed, it’s self-confidence that allows people to feel comfortable interacting with others without feeling insecure and vulnerable. For this reason, you shouldn’t have much difficulty in romance, at least not initially. Your social skills will likely help relieve any anxiety your romantic partners might have on those first few dates. However, over time, the high standards that you have for yourself could potentially frustrate your partner.
Because you respect family values but appreciate a good night out on the town, you probably get along well with people that are different from you. For this reason, you would probably be quite content in a romantic relationship with someone who shares your same values on these issues. Being in a relationship with someone who enjoys going out to parties and staying-up late at night might be fun, at least initially; yet it’s likely that you will find this tiring over time. Thus, it might be easier and more satisfying for you to develop a long-lasting relationship with a person who enjoys both spending time at home and going out to eat.
As someone who is more relaxed than most people, you likely get along with most people quite well. Chances are that your friends and colleagues perceive you as lively, fun to be with, and good-humored. When it comes to romance, you’ll likely be attracted to most people. However, your free-spirited nature might make being in a relationship with a person that is more rigid than you difficult because you might perceive the person as being too uptight and controlling.
Your openness probably makes it easy for you to respect and appreciate people that are different from you. However, when it comes to romantic relationships, your openness might make it difficult for you to tolerate people that cannot appreciate diversity as much as you. Therefore, you may be happiest in serious relationships with people that share your open-mindedness. But, your openness might occasionally cause a certain degree of dependency on your end because you may be so open that you easily adopt the preferences and habits of your partners and gradually relinquish things that make you so unique.
Monday, January 25, 2010
FTL the place where they call it hell
What can I say its FTL!
That is what Prospek states in his song. I want to let you know what really happens in Fort Liard.
First of all, forget what you hear or read about it. There is more than meets the eye in FTL. I will explain some of the things that happens behind closed doors as well as what happens after the sun goes down(after 10PM in the summer). To really understand you have to see it for yourself.
There are 2 sides really in Liard. There are natives and non-natives. I am not going to talk about what happens on the non-native side of FTL...yet
There are roughly 600 people living in Fort Liard and there are an estimated 400 of them which are native. About 90% of them do drugs and/or drink Alcohol. On any given day of the week, if you go around Liard, you WILL run into someone that is intoxicated or under the influence. Even the kids are into the drinking and drug lifestyle. I know and have seen kids I knew as babies getting into drinking and drugs. Last week I found out that a 9 year old boy was getting drunk.
When people in Liard drink, they drink the whole bottle. They want to party and have a good time. A lot of the time, things get outta hand and fights break out. The girls fight as often as the guys do here.
One thing that I notice about people drinking, is that one of my close friends that drinks with becomes an asshole. He will act like hes my friend but as soon as he gets drunk, he bitches non-stop about his life and problems. Then he will take his anger out on me any way he can. If he is drinking at my house, he expects me to feed him and when I say no, he will say the same thing over and over again. And he always wants something of mine before he leaves home. I normally don't fight but if he tries that again I will seriously hurt him.
Moving on, the job situation in Liard is not the greatest. But people go work at camps on the highway to make a quick $2000 for 2 weeks of work. It is hard to get a job in town because of the BS politics with the Band and Hamlet. The current Band Manager does not like certain people in Liard just because their sons got beat up all the time when they were kids. I know because more often than not, I was the one doing it. The SAO at the Hamlet is no different. Many times people have applied for jobs,houses, etc. get turned down because they are not liked. I applied for a house and my job back as the Recreation Programmer but I was turned down because “I didn't have 10 kids.” One of my friends have applied for different jobs and been turned down despite being the most qualified for the position.
There is a lack of community support for local sports teams as well. I played soccer from 1999 to 2005 and coached from 2007 to now, and I have seen the community support numbers drop. In 2008 when The 18-under soccer won a banner, everyone in Liard came out to show their support. By the next tournament in May, the support was no longer there. This year I decided to coach soccer for one more year. I knew that my back was against the wall and I would face many challenges. When I was working at the school, I had no problem coaching soccer and when I took a break for the holidays and started practice again, The principal had changed his mind. He set up a meeting and told me not to continue coaching on school time. He also said that there is to be no fundraising from now on at the school. I had sent letters to some agencies around town requesting funding assistance and so far I have not heard a response. I know that the band manager just threw my letter into the garbage.
Sometimes I just want to quit and leave FTL and never return. But there is something that I realized..the people here NEED me. I don't think Liard will function at all without me.
I am currently at home sick and I let my team know that I won't be at soccer. Within 10 minutes I get 12 calls from people asking me if there is soccer and that they can not organize themselves without me. 3 of the ones who called said that they are not going to soccer. 5 just hung up on me after swearing at me. On Facebook chat, the rest of the youth in Liard msg me and ask about soccer. It looks like no one will go to the gym because I am not there to hold their hands.
I decideed that I am going to leave this Place by the falltime and never return.
That is what Prospek states in his song. I want to let you know what really happens in Fort Liard.
First of all, forget what you hear or read about it. There is more than meets the eye in FTL. I will explain some of the things that happens behind closed doors as well as what happens after the sun goes down(after 10PM in the summer). To really understand you have to see it for yourself.
There are 2 sides really in Liard. There are natives and non-natives. I am not going to talk about what happens on the non-native side of FTL...yet
There are roughly 600 people living in Fort Liard and there are an estimated 400 of them which are native. About 90% of them do drugs and/or drink Alcohol. On any given day of the week, if you go around Liard, you WILL run into someone that is intoxicated or under the influence. Even the kids are into the drinking and drug lifestyle. I know and have seen kids I knew as babies getting into drinking and drugs. Last week I found out that a 9 year old boy was getting drunk.
When people in Liard drink, they drink the whole bottle. They want to party and have a good time. A lot of the time, things get outta hand and fights break out. The girls fight as often as the guys do here.
One thing that I notice about people drinking, is that one of my close friends that drinks with becomes an asshole. He will act like hes my friend but as soon as he gets drunk, he bitches non-stop about his life and problems. Then he will take his anger out on me any way he can. If he is drinking at my house, he expects me to feed him and when I say no, he will say the same thing over and over again. And he always wants something of mine before he leaves home. I normally don't fight but if he tries that again I will seriously hurt him.
Moving on, the job situation in Liard is not the greatest. But people go work at camps on the highway to make a quick $2000 for 2 weeks of work. It is hard to get a job in town because of the BS politics with the Band and Hamlet. The current Band Manager does not like certain people in Liard just because their sons got beat up all the time when they were kids. I know because more often than not, I was the one doing it. The SAO at the Hamlet is no different. Many times people have applied for jobs,houses, etc. get turned down because they are not liked. I applied for a house and my job back as the Recreation Programmer but I was turned down because “I didn't have 10 kids.” One of my friends have applied for different jobs and been turned down despite being the most qualified for the position.
There is a lack of community support for local sports teams as well. I played soccer from 1999 to 2005 and coached from 2007 to now, and I have seen the community support numbers drop. In 2008 when The 18-under soccer won a banner, everyone in Liard came out to show their support. By the next tournament in May, the support was no longer there. This year I decided to coach soccer for one more year. I knew that my back was against the wall and I would face many challenges. When I was working at the school, I had no problem coaching soccer and when I took a break for the holidays and started practice again, The principal had changed his mind. He set up a meeting and told me not to continue coaching on school time. He also said that there is to be no fundraising from now on at the school. I had sent letters to some agencies around town requesting funding assistance and so far I have not heard a response. I know that the band manager just threw my letter into the garbage.
Sometimes I just want to quit and leave FTL and never return. But there is something that I realized..the people here NEED me. I don't think Liard will function at all without me.
I am currently at home sick and I let my team know that I won't be at soccer. Within 10 minutes I get 12 calls from people asking me if there is soccer and that they can not organize themselves without me. 3 of the ones who called said that they are not going to soccer. 5 just hung up on me after swearing at me. On Facebook chat, the rest of the youth in Liard msg me and ask about soccer. It looks like no one will go to the gym because I am not there to hold their hands.
I decideed that I am going to leave this Place by the falltime and never return.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Me against the world
It is 4:11am and I am wide awake.
I slept earlier from 11pm to 3am. Now at 4, I still can't go back to bed. I am not tired at all. I could try and go back to sleep but I think its a waste of time. I have been staying up late since 2006.
Every night I stay up and think about stuff. What ever is on my mind will be what I think about. For the first few weeks of 2006, I just thought I was homesick as I was in Inuvik NT for college. I then summed up being homesick as, "Missing home because you have nothing to do where you are currently." In Inuvik I had a few friends and I was playing soccer 3 times a week. The College even gave me the keys to open the gym for soccer.
As time passed by, I keep finding myself laying in my bed at 2am wide awake. I always have a lot on my mind. Sometimes I just let my mind wonder and many thoughts go through my mind at night. During the day, I am not tired at all. It seems as I get a full nights sleep. Sometimes in the morning I will think about what I was thinking about the night before. By noon time, I am not thinking about what was bothering me the night before, I just focus on the day. In the evening, I try to relax and not think about anything. But around 12:30 is when I realize that I am thinking again. I can't seem to stop thinking at night. There is just too much that is on my mind.
All through 2007 and 2008, while in college, I had a plan to be in bed by midnight and I even had a routine. It worked for about 1 month then I found myself laying in my bed staring at the ceiling in the dark. In the fall of 2008, I found out something that helps me go to sleep earlier:music.
I don't mean any kind of music, it has to be slow and relaxing. Since I have over 1000 songs stored on my portable hard drive, I select about 25 or so songs and create a playlist and play it on repeat and it helps me to sleep. One song I listen to a lot and helps me sleep most of the time is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGzgMy8cQsQ)
Now that I am done school and am currently not working, I find myself staying up as late as 4am. Every time I stay up so late, I always wake up at 1PM.
I have no closing for this entry...
I slept earlier from 11pm to 3am. Now at 4, I still can't go back to bed. I am not tired at all. I could try and go back to sleep but I think its a waste of time. I have been staying up late since 2006.
Every night I stay up and think about stuff. What ever is on my mind will be what I think about. For the first few weeks of 2006, I just thought I was homesick as I was in Inuvik NT for college. I then summed up being homesick as, "Missing home because you have nothing to do where you are currently." In Inuvik I had a few friends and I was playing soccer 3 times a week. The College even gave me the keys to open the gym for soccer.
As time passed by, I keep finding myself laying in my bed at 2am wide awake. I always have a lot on my mind. Sometimes I just let my mind wonder and many thoughts go through my mind at night. During the day, I am not tired at all. It seems as I get a full nights sleep. Sometimes in the morning I will think about what I was thinking about the night before. By noon time, I am not thinking about what was bothering me the night before, I just focus on the day. In the evening, I try to relax and not think about anything. But around 12:30 is when I realize that I am thinking again. I can't seem to stop thinking at night. There is just too much that is on my mind.
All through 2007 and 2008, while in college, I had a plan to be in bed by midnight and I even had a routine. It worked for about 1 month then I found myself laying in my bed staring at the ceiling in the dark. In the fall of 2008, I found out something that helps me go to sleep earlier:music.
I don't mean any kind of music, it has to be slow and relaxing. Since I have over 1000 songs stored on my portable hard drive, I select about 25 or so songs and create a playlist and play it on repeat and it helps me to sleep. One song I listen to a lot and helps me sleep most of the time is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGzgMy8cQsQ)
Now that I am done school and am currently not working, I find myself staying up as late as 4am. Every time I stay up so late, I always wake up at 1PM.
I have no closing for this entry...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Staring at the world through my rearview
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
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 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 :(
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