Monday, May 21, 2007

Well I'm Home...

Home Sweet Home...

Forgot about the blog, but in basic I had a great time in France, but it's good to be back!

All in all, I lost 15 lbs... that's quite a bit because everyone else seemed to have gained weight in France. But I'm a picky eater plus I drank a lot of water and did not have much sugar. I've probably gained half that back by now just on chocolate milk and Subway!

So I learned a lot in France, improved my French (got the basics down... can't hold a conversation) and met lots of neat people. But in the end, I'm glad to get back to things like Subway, real milk, and my drums! Oh, and I'm glad I got back in time to watch the Sens take down those Buffalo wings!

GO SENS GO!

Monday, May 14, 2007

WWOOO

GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo... it is 3:45am... what an INTENSE game...
Lord Stanley... here we come! (After Wednesday anyway...)

Know what's neat? History tells us that every year ending with the number 7, the Stanley Cup has been won by either a Canadian team or Detroit... so let's go Anaheim! [Edit: I soo regret this comment.]

So yes... this likely be my last blog post in Franceland...
I had a great time over here, and I hope my rants are resolved by now. My French isn't great, but deffinatly more than what I knew before, so can't complain there. Met a lot of neat people and could understand about half the things they said by the end... which is a good thing ;-)

So I shall see some of you Wednesday, and others Friday. Thanks for following my European adventure!

GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, May 13, 2007

T-minus 3 days...

Wow! Who watched that Sens game last night? Probably the best game I have seen in years... until of course the one where the Sens get handed the cup ;)

Stayed up until 5:45am watching the game... bah. Slept in til about 11:15am... Doin it all again Monday!

So I'm back in 3 days... I'm pretty excited.

Today we went to a motocross rally near here. (Dirt biking) It was pretty neat. Watched 3 guys do a lot of neat jumps, then watched 3 races (25 bikes per race). It was really really windy today... It calmed down after a while.

Hmm... yes... ttyl

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Skinnyr

Yeah you probably don't care but I should have done this from the beginning... would have been interesting.


Get your own graph at skinnyr



Tracks your weight.... in a cool graph thingy.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Camping

Hello hello;

The weathers turned a bit colder this week, not too bad but it's got a weird chill to the wind. Me, I like being cold preferably over being hot, and it's weird here because I get cold easier than I do in Canadaland. So of course the friend people find that funny :P

Anyway, last night was a little campout trip for Arthur's friend Chloe's birthday. No one told me that we were actually camping in the "wilderness"... I thought we were having a movie or swimming at her house and sleeping in the back yard. Where we stayed was like a small riverside campground (I think the signs actually said no fires, swimming, or camping though...) and there was somewhat of a beach. (With traces of dog remains... so we kept our shoes on there.)

French people aren't very good at making fires I must say... this might be a rare moment where I appreciate having been in Air Cadets. Because: They seemed to think green leaves and little twigs will keep a nice toasty fire burning through the night. What it did do was make plenty of smoke. Eventually they figured it out with some prodding.

There were 12 of us altogether (people from school), and we had 4 tents. (Thankfully not in the direction of the smoke) We took the train from Tours to Chinon, which Antione and Vincent missed... they took the next.

For supper we ate pizza and chicken which we wrapped in tinfoil and burnt/grilled over the fire. We didn't go swimming because the water was pretty cold. The weather itself was fine, windy but it didn't rain. The tent Arthur and I got was the kind that you unwrap and throw it and it expands. Pretty cool actually (but even Arthur made it complicated.... meh).

We didn't do too much all exciting... lots of yelling which we could get away with because across the driveway thingy was a field with cows, but I'm sure they liked it. :P
We watched Battle Royale on the mini dvd player until the batteries died - not that we missed much. The movie is just bloodshed... stupid movie.

Anyways... sleeping was alright... cold and my jacket as a pillow, and with sticks under the tent digging into my ribs, I'm proud to say I survived... somewhat. Slept from 2 to 9 so not that bad... woke a few times but meh. Tonight I'm watching the Sens take down the Devils so I'll be up til at least 4am. Keep me company on MSN.

Oh, and join my Facebook group :D 1,300 people in 3 days! It's a thing for people to not pump gas on May 15th... if enough people don't it might do something. It's like democracy - doesn't work unless enough people vote/do it. But whatever I don't actually care if it works or not - I'm not even in the country to be there May 15th hah.

Anyways, /quit

Monday, April 30, 2007

Paris Round Two

So yes, yesturday was pretty exciting. Met a lot of people and did a lot of things.
(Click to enlarge pictures)

I told the Queen what I really thought of her...

Then was escorted out by this guy...

I spotted Elvis too!

I caught Einstein picking his nose... with my finger :S

I'm pretty sure Disney should be at least PG-13.

Yeah Hollywood isn't safe for kids either...

Had a talk session with Leonardo Da Vinci and he explained in great length that in fact, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper were just a painting and mural he did when he was bored.

Yeah, Paris is quite violent... not saying it wasn't me... :P

Went to see a Jimi Hendrix concert... (Umm.. went back in time) He even burned the guitar!

Saw Ray Charles live in concert too...

Phill Collins played in our livingroom... He gave me some great tips.

Had a little one-on-one with Zindane, world's best soccer player. (I won...)

Well if it isn't Bush, Blair, and Charaque...

Yeah I set him straight!

After the tangle with Bush and Co I had a drink with Ernest Hemmingway.

And I tripped a waiter... sorry champ.

Picked a fight with Jackie Chan... he stole my cookie.

Met with presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss the future of France.

Told Arnold that his bow tie wasn't good looking - and lived!

Had a bit of a chat with Shaun Connery

Showed Harrison Ford how to tie a tie.

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Yes... went to a wax museum. Pretty kool I must say.
Other than that it was pretty much just a regular day. In Paris.

Friday, April 27, 2007

Update

Just got back.
Didn't end up skating :( only 2 people (of 8) wanted to.
Instead we watched Mr. Bean's Holiday - great movie... I love cheesy stuff like that.... and Leslie Neilson.
Afterwards we went to a fair. I must that it was quite larger than the good old Spencerville Fair but it lacked the spirit :P

Went on one ride... was pretty good. Spent too much money... I hate fairs.
Good night.