I finished Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland a few days ago. I really really liked it, although I still haven't pieced together two fairly big plot points. I would highly recommend it too anyone. I found Coupland to be like a more down-to-earth, subtle, and less radical version of Chuck Palahniuk.

The other day, after twice scoping out the location, me and a girl from work hiked up the beach and onto some private property which has one of the biggest houses I've ever seen. Totally isolated and a seriously amazing view. oh and a pool, which is why we went. We were gonna go for a dip in celebration of the full moon. I thought no one would be home, but they were. Although what actually stopped us was that the cover of the pool was automatic, so you couldn't just pull up an edge and slip in. Still a really cool night though. Felt surreal.

Last night, me and another girl hiked up to this spot that I found last year. It's a radio tower about 800m (at most) above sea level. We missed the beginning of the sunset, but it was still crazy. Felt like I was in a different era. Even though there was lots of clouds for the light to get caught on, the visiblity was the best since the first time I went there. I could see the coast mountains all the way down past Powell River. Amazing. I forgot to bring a headlamp though and on the way back, we thought we were lost which was pretty sketchy. I'm gonna try to go back tomorrow, althoguh I doubt the sunset conditions will be optimal.

I test for my blue belt on Friday.