Goodbye social life

We have no kitchen table.

Ok, we do have a kitchen table, it's just occupied right now... with a computer. Thanks to Ben (thanks, Ben, it is wicked!) we now have a second computer.

"What," you may ask, "would you want a second computer for? Some people don't even have one computer (i.e.: Matthew, until recently)."

Yeah, well, those people don't play Guild Wars with their significant other, do they? I didn't want to admit it, but all the stories at the wedding about Natalie and I being supergeeks were true. We now have two computers less than a room apart connected by an ethernet cable... and we play games on them. Some couples go out for dinners, see movies, have special vacation getaways... but not us. We spend our money on computers. Part of me is embarrassed.

Ok, so I lied... we do have special vacation getaways: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - August long weekend 2005. Stay tuned...

Convocation photos

In addition to getting married, I also graduated. Parties and photos ensued. Here's a taste. To see lots more, go here to Anna's photo site.






I think I need to explain this photo. We were just standing around, a bunch of us, when I realized, wow five generations of Gauntlet News Editors, minus Rob South/Neal "Dog Crotch" Ozano. Cool, so we thought it would be funny to take a photo of us confused. Ha ha.

Will edit for money

So I've figured getting a job might be the next thing to do. While sitting around reading and playing video games is a good idea, it might not be the best idea.

Your job, faithful reader (which is probably just Nicole, Emily and Will) is to help me find a job. So far, I've seen a couple from Will that sound interesting. Bow Valley College has this great line: "If you know the difference between an en-dash and an em-dash..." Ha ha ha. Sorta makes me want to work for them.

In a perfect world, here's what I would like:
*Pays decent
*Is downtown
*Writing and/or editing based
*Not an evil multinational

In other news, I remembered something Daorcey said after the London bombings. To make the coverage relevant to Canada, CBC interviewed Canadian security experts who listed places which were vulnerable. So obviously, subway systems, Ottawa, Toronto, etc. And then the energy sector. Is that Calgary? Or Fort McMurray? I asked Daorcey about Fort Mac's chances and he exclaimed, "What? They're going to replace a hole in the ground with another hole in the ground?" Ah, so witty.

Bachelorette photos

I figured I'd post a couple here just cause.

An update

It's been just over a week since we were married and so far these following things have happened.

* We successfully assembled an Ikea bookcase, two dressers and a bedside table without much yelling. So now my clothes and books have a home and I can stop living out of a garbage bag.

* Because we have places to put things, the apartment is less messy but we have a homeless dresser and beside table. We're hoping for Jeff to get a job and take them off our hands. Otherwise, anybody want a dresser?

* My face is less ugly. I no longer look like that guy from Mask. No, not the Jim Carrey movie (that wouldn't have been much cooler) but the one with Cher. Now I'm just a touch blotchy but much, much improved than a few days ago.

* Nicole has an account of the wedding up on her blog and photos. She says some very nice things about me. Whoop, whoop. Click here for the blog. And here for photos.

* I've posted photos at Flickr of the bachelorette party. Toilet paper dresses are the height of fashion. And yes, that chocolate fountain was awesome. We got the fountain on a deal from Anna's friend and ate most of the chocolate. It was too good of a deal so Anna's friend won't give it again. Oh well. Visit my photo site to behold the fun. Behold it!

* Anna has photos of birthdays, Canada Day and other parties at her site. She has way more photos on the construction of the toilet paper dress. Go here.

* Daorcey met a delightful homeless man behind the Safeay. He asked where Daorcey lived and Daorcey replied. The homeless man (I know he has a name but I can't remember) makes a face and says, "Ooo, the heart of crack alley." So we live in an area even homeless people avoid. Apparently, there's quite the rivalry between the homeless people and crack heads. The homeless don't like crack heads because they often beg, encroaching on the homeless people's turf and give homeless people a bad name. But he was such an affable chap Daorcey gave him our bottles so the guy could get some money.

* Stampede still sucks and we can hear the fireworks and the whoops that follow. The Stampede has forced such delightful bars such as the Hop and Ship and Anchor to tack on tacky wood fencing. As Jeff says, Calgarians delight in celebrating the signifiers and not the signified.

* Two friends have returned from afar, both only for a visit. James and his girlfriend Jen dropped by (can you drop by from Halifax) for dim sum and fun. Jen is nice so I'm glad James has found such a cool girl. Peter has returned from trip from the Far East bearing stories of red light districts and cheap meals of pizza sauce and rice.

That's sorta it.

Photos

Here are some more photos. Whoop, whoop. They turned out pretty good. Gary's good and so is Tracie as his assistant. Here's the link: click me.

Photos and other miscellany

We got the rolls of film and a CD from Gary and Tracie today. He's already put some up so head over to Gary's photo site. We'll go develop the rolls and post them up as well eventually.

Also we have an anonymous gift. It was a sandwich maker and baking pans. If this was your gift let us know so we can send you a thank you card.

Our apartment is looking pretty messy what with boxes and my stuff everywhere. Hopefully it gets cleaned up which it will because I haven't found a job yet.

Married!

Well no one ran away to Vegas and the JP didn't screw up the paperwork, so we're good and legally married.

Nothing's really different yet. Our apartment is crowded with gifts and we might play some games tonight. But on the other hand I just said "our apartment" and Daorcey will not have to drive me home at 2 a.m. after gaming. And I did ask Daorcey what he wanted for breakfast tomorrow (defrosted Montreal bagels).

The wedding was nice and went really smooth. It was nice to come to the Nordic Centre and see the beautiful centerpieces and know people had eaten some tasty hors d'oeuvres.

Big, huge, gianormous thanks to everyone who helped out behind the scenes. The work you put into this made the day something Daorcey and I will never forget.

I hope to see you all very soon.

On a final note, people always asked me before the wedding if I was excited. I always replied I was more excited to be married rather than become married. And I can already see I was right.

And a final, last note: photos to come soon. I think we will have a billion photos to post very shortly.

Last chance to run...

No running on my part--just a bunch of packing. It's just a bit more than 24 hours to go and everything seems pretty much under control. While our JP was trying to be helpful and save us the cost of doing a rehearsal, I've been insistant this morning, so it will still happen if not a tad later this evening.

Hope everyone had a nice Canada day. I wore a pin. Natalie's friend from Texas was amazed that nobody had flags out... yeah. And then we were watching the news and watched the annual burning of the Canadian Flag in Quebec. I love this country.

Live 8 from Barrie is on. Wow, Dan Ackroyd looks old. Nice Tom Cochrane.... I'd better go back to packing...

I have a wedding to get to.