This was the only decent pic from the competition. All the ones I took are totally blurred, so I'm gonna start usinbg 800 film for karate pics.

I've given my notice at Save-On-Foods. I got offered a job at Qualicum Foods. Starts at $10/hr, 32hrs/wk, produce department, and its closer to home, so it was a no-brainer for me, especially considering how lame Save-On has gotten. That place is a joke. They treat me like I'm 14. I start on the 15th.

I seem to ahve caught the flu over a week ago, and I thought I'd beat it after the first day. Since then it's just been caughing shit up and that sort of thing, but yesterday, after I practised karate and went for a run, I got to work and started feelings really fucked up. It would come in waves. Like I'd eaten some mushrooms or something. Woozy, light-headed, dizzy, and everntually a really weird headache. Management really didn't want me to go home sick, and they tried to feed me some pills. I found that really strange. I mean, I understand that they want me to stay, but it's like "ya, let's drug him up so he doesn't know how sick he is". My body doesn't want its symptoms suppressed, it wants rest. Another thing that bugs me is how people freak out when they have a fever, and want to take something so the fever will come down ASAP. Look, a fever is your bodies way of fighting the virus, it's not a bad thing. I mean, sure it's uncomfortable, but no pain, no gain. Obviously, if it gets to the point where the fever is getting too high or you just can't sleep, then ok, maybe take a tylenol, but it should be a last ditch effort. Anyways I went home sick, and laid down for a few hours. But the weird thing is just how this flu thing stayed dormant for a week before coming back stronger than before.

One day at work this girl walked up to me, told me I was cute, and gave me her number. I didn't realize people actually did that kind of thing. so strange. I mean, I understand that I'm kind've "different", but I would never call someone like that. It really perplexes me, and I can't really put into words the reason that it bugs me so much, so I won't even try.

I leave friday on a plane for Calgary, for the Albertan Provincials. I've been to sick lately to practice. Yesterday was the first day since the competition in Vancouver that I've done anything active. It turns out that not only have I lost my ride from Calgary to Golden, but also my ride from Golden to Vancouver, so it looks like it's gonna be quite the trek to get back. The only things that really bugs me about that is that I'll ahve to pack some much extra stuff if I'm hitchhiking, like sub-zero clothing, and the problem of getting from downtown Calgary to the edge of the city. I'd always heard Calgary's transit was really good, but judging from the website, it seems way harder to figure out that Vancouver's transit.

I finished my 4th Tom Robbins book, Still Life With Woodpecker. It was good, but probably my least favorite so far. Left a bunch of questions unanswered, which doesn't seem to be his style. Next up, I'm gonna try to wade through Leo Tolstoy's (author of War and Peace) Writings on Civil Disobedience and Non-Violence. It's like 400 pages, so I'm not committing to anything.

My favorite song of the moment is defnitely Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie