I was up till the crack of dawn again. Talked to CJ for 4 hours on the phone, that was enjoyment max. I tell myself I stay up cuz I'm training for graveyard shifts, but I think I've just been without a job too long. I'm living with my parents, hey. I haven't spent a single penny since Dec 16, when I came down to the island. Thriftmax they call me. more like leechmax. I'm uncomfortable staying with them, but this'll be over soon enough once I skip the country. I've managed to save 380 bucks for the travel fund without working. How, you ask? Selling crack to little kids, of course. I'm starting to miss karate, I think I'll try to go to a class this week on Gabriola Island. Awesome sensei, but it takes like an hour to get there. I'm really curious what it's like to live in Calgary. last place I'd ever live, but of coruse, not everyone shares my priorities. I'm just wondering if the lack of nature has any subconscious effect on the people living there. Even people that don't consider themselves outdoorsman at all must feel some loss of connection to the earth. I'm sure there's some nice areas, but when the smell of exhaust is present, I can't see walking through a park being to aunthentic of an experience.

I really need to finish my coursework. Oh yeah, maybe I should explain that. So back around Halloween I went down to Victoria to do a 5day course that partially certifies me to teach english as a second language. I had a great time at the course. The class was 10 of the most diverse people and we all ended up losing our ihibitions and having a ton of fun. We had to dance and seing and all sorts of stuff, and it was actually really fucking cool. I was so stoked on everything about life that whole week and so stoked on my travelling. I stayed with Lindsay Black and Andy Gondek and they wre totally fun to stay with and I had so much fun hanging out with Lindsay, who I never really even knew before. I also got to visit Kean and Martina (whom I had an EXCELLENT 3 hour talk with). Anyways, so now I'm supposed to complete the second part of my course which is the specialization part, for me it's gonna be Teaching Children. So I've lost momentum since then, and my plans ahve changed a few times. First, I was aiming for Nepal, but then bombs started going off there, then I reconsidered China, but I realised it'd be so polluted that it'd depress me, so I settled on Cambodia, but since I've got a free ticket to Mexico (thanks mom and save-on-more points), I think I'll go there first, cuz it'll be easier to get a job, then I can use that experience to get a job in Cambodia.

Anyways, enough about me. My dad has the TV on CNN (EVIL! *hiss*) non-stop, so I can't help but absorb some of it. Ever notice how they won't show us any images of Iraq because they might make the viewers 'uncomfortable', yet they don't seem to mind showing us bodies floating at sea or hysterical people who've lost everything from the tsunami? think about it....

Music:

Daft Punk
- Voyager
- Aerodynamic

Thought Riot
- All for God, and a Gun for All