simulate

Yeah... so if I ever get hurt, I'm in good hands. (Note Jared front & in bright orange.)

the view from here

isn't it hot? man... what an episode that was!

Deanne likes her muffin...

what, didn't you miss photos of my messy room?

my beloved roommate, Jared... don't worry, he's gay! ;)

a return

move-in day! though I don't live in that room anymore...

reuniting with Kelvin and Tyler at Safeway!

(requisite foot photo)

"being nerdy"

"downwards dog" --> downtown scavenger hunt for orientation!

Catherine & Greg

Joni, Steph, Kate, & Heather


I didn't even recognize Alaina... though I found Adham alright...

chilliwackers enjoying some afternoon music in Victory Square

more to come, it's been a busy month!

what i learned today

If you study Communications, you know what's not funny about this comic.

In fact, they have whole books about it right now. I'm reading "Captains of Consciousness: Advertsing and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture," and this is exactly what it speaks to.

Oh, commodity fetishism, how you rule the world.

asulkan

The view from the Asulkan Cabin.



Looking up at the Asulkan Glacier.

From the cabin...

Alec, in there for scale.

Requisite foot photo on the way down--my legs!

valley life channels
sore feet and weak knees
cracking of glaciers a dull despair
every mountain has a valley
every glacier, a moraine
every summer, an end.

fire's burning

It's creeping towards town, slowly but surely, but so's winter. The fire ain't going anywhere. A lot of tourists are coming in and are creeped out by the fact that it's been burning for a couple weeks, now--and my tone is so nonchalant, so uncaring, to the point of almost sounding glad that it's smoking up the valley. Because I am--because these forests need to burn now before the mother of all forest fires rips through and burns down everything. It could happen, it will happen, and to more places than just Barriere and Kelowna. Prince George, William's Lake, Prince Rupert, ad infinitum... fire's burning, fire's burning, draw nearer.

it's been a while

The 2816 engine, The Empress, at 8:00 am on July 16th.

Look! We got on the train!

Our fabulous, un-airconditioned car.

Following the Illecilliwaet River up to Rogers Pass - that's Mt. Sir Donald.

Joni, smiling despite a headache!

Patti & Mas, celebrating their anniversary.

On the other side of the Pass - the view from Stony Creek Bridge.

The Columbia River, Golden style.

The requisite foot photo. :)

Field, my first hometown.

Passing another CPR train...

Just before Vermillion Lakes, heading into Banff - that's Castle Mountain.

25 hours until adulthood - 18 days until SFU - take that world!