Pioneer on the Internet – Sean Gursky

I am not sure how a hangover feels when you haven’t gone to sleep, but I think it would be something like this. Around 10AM, already 28 hours into my I’m Still Awake and Partying marathon I took the opportunity to have a ninety minute sleep.

You debate if the short sleep will really help in the long term, and I’m not sure if it is good or bad – but I was glad I took it. Had I not jumped for it I probably would have still been intoxicated when I got up and rushed out to work. Or it could have been the aquarium loads of water I consumed that helped me reach a sober state. Regardless, in what will probably be a 39-40 hour stretch since my last sleep that little nap will have been useful.

My greatest, and coincidentally, most challenging part in my day was when I arrived at work and had to make coffee. There was a fresh tin of Tim Hortons grounds ready to be broken into. Unfortunately the metal lid was still on it and all I had was a primitive can opener. It took some time, but I conquered and will have plenty of caffeine to fuel the rest of my day.

As you can tell from the last twelve hours of posts/comments, Gord and I ripped it up for no other reason than to test the modded XBOX and because we could. I will see if I can get the pictures online tomorrow, and perhaps some of what was written will make sense to you and me as well.

Waiter! There is a hangover in my cranium, can you please return this and bring me a fresh one? Thank you.

It is 5AM. I am beyond intoxicated and I must count to one hundred. Well, I have to work in seven hours and I doubt I will be in much of a state to operate at full capacity. What is the occasion you ask? Gord and I had an improptu Boys Night 2K6 while we modded my recently acquired XBOX.

We have finished a 26 of Canadian 83, and I have also been responsible for finishing off the rest of Rootbeer Shnopps. I have taken photographs of a yellow submarine dragon, which I wil

l post pictures of when I reach home base later.

When the climbers reached the top of K2 they said “Let’s mix Vodka and Coke” and that is where we are headed now. We called this a Yoda in High School and we will drink it well.

Ice ice baby!

Update: Gord almost died coming down the stairs with fresh ice to mix the Yoda with plenty of Force and staying on target. He goes the distance. All goats go to heaven, sheeps go to hell!

It’s really the lesser of two evils when it comes to politics. I wrote about my political feelings in Government Talk back in December so consider this a follow up.

I am confident in the party I’m voting for, but there are some policies they have that make me shake my head. And after a little more reading this idea of having one really incompetent policy is shared by other parties as well.

For example, the NDP wants to abolish the Senate and lower voting age from 18 to 16. At 18 I had no interest in politics so I doubt a 16 year old would be much better.

The Green Party wants to introduce ?women? only seats in parliament. Sure, these guys are kind of playing in their own sandbox anyway but women got the right to vote in 1918, so how is this still relevant?

Lastly we have the Bloc. Next to the Green Party this crew is looking out for Quebec’s own interest, and their out there policy is not so much surprising as it is stupid. They want to make Quebec its own country and expect to live in a happy utopia.

I would like a party to not have some of these crazy policies. Maybe all of those policies can be scooped up and given to the Rhinoceros Party as they make their epic return to politics.

I have survived my trip to Banff with only sore muscles and great memories. Aaron and I spent two days at Sunshine and thoroughly explored the hill.

We left at 6AM on Monday morning and got to the hill at 10:30AM. The vehichle lineup was insane, by the time we arrived they were already parking outside of the gate. On the way home the last car we saw parked was 2KM away from the Gondola station. Fortunately we found a spot closer in the parking lot, but was still a fair hike. The weather was beautiful with a view all through the mountains and the snow was soft and made for great skiing. The crowds were pretty big but it was a day that begged to be spent outdoors.

The next day we arrived at 8:30AM and got a much closer parking spot. After staying until 4PM the day before we were both pretty tired but were willing to give it all we had left. The day started out cloudy, and that’s the way it ended. It was still warm on the hill but the low light made it difficult to see the runs.

Of course this was the day we explored the moguls on the black diamonds so that made navigating a little tricky. We put in an honest day leaving at 3PM and then had dinner at Earl’s before watching the rest of the Canada World Junior game and Scrubs.

Today we got up early and headed to Johnston Canyon. We walked to the lower and upper falls, putting in a near 5KM hike. The journey to the Ink Pots would have doubled the distance but we didn’t think that it would be worth the effort so we got an early start on heading home.

The trip was 895KM’s but we didn’t do it on a single tank. I decided to put $10 in the Jetta at Red Deer to ensure we’d make it home. We could have come close to doing it in a single tank but I didn’t want to call AMA somewhere on HWY2 and waiting for their arrival as they brought extra fuel. I will take the Jetta to the bottom of the tank but will probably save that experience for when it’s a little warmer outside.

I took some pictures from today at the Canyon and have uploaded them to Flickr. You can access the album by clicking below or by going to the second image on the right under Jasper/Banff Trips. It was a great three days and look forward to going back to the mountains in the near future.

In other news, the modchip I ordered for my recently acquired XBOX has turned out to be a scam. The company I ordered from has taken a recent policy of accepting money but not shipping anything out. I have contacted my credit card company and will begin the process of clawing back my cash. Welcome back Internet!

Welcome to 2006. The food tastes the same, water is still wet and TBS still shows the same movies every weekend. So far all of the promises I heard about 2006 are coming up short. I can only hope that will change soon and Hover Boards will be available by Valentines Day.

I hope that you and my fellow e-friends had a good time and are looking forward to the big ‘06. Jenna was ill and as a result we had a pretty quiet evening in while we watched five episodes of Lost (all from season two). I am heading off to Banff tomorrow with Aaron and will return on Wednesday, I hope you can all make due without any updates in that time and find a way to amuse yourself online in my absence.

There are two episodes of Scrubs on Tuesday night, so don’t forget! That is all until Wednesday evening…