Fuckin' Beerfest!!!

Tonight was Beerfest at the Stampede grounds. Sampling various beers from Canada, with a focus on the west of course. I was glad they had my top 3 fave beers from Ontario, Mill Street, Creemore and Steemwhistle! wooo! But I tried a few awesome beers. Of course now I can't remember the names....one was from Scotland, it was an ale with a hint of coriander. YA I know, weird huh, coriander, but it was fantastic. Also tried a coupla beers from Washington state that are my new faves...Fish Tale - winterale, and Fish Tale EXTRA stout. I'm a sucker for a wicked Stout and this one was super good, and the ale, well that's a whole other story, I don't know what it was about it but it had this great taste, almost fruity, and fruity is gross, it was this nice sweet but not sweet taste. Ya I'm totally not a beer taster, I can't describe SHIT, but it was the best beer ever.

Here are a few pics from BEERFEST - Calgary.


Here's me at the beginning of Beerfest, enjoying my first beer, which is the above mentioned Fish Tale Extra Stout!


And here's me at the end of Beerfest, EEEEEEEEEEEEK!
K, it's not really me at the end, there's much messier hair and prolly drool on my face and beer mustaches, but whatev's, just dig it, ok?

*I got there at the very beginning, 4:00pm, it wasn't busy, and I was at the totally quiet end in this pic, the rest of it was full of people. Just wanted to clear up, that I don't live in the sticks....honest. There's a million people in this city, I swear!

Blogging

I find myself reading the blogs of others', rather than writing my own.
I don't have anything fun to say, anything creative to write.
I miss my blog posts from 2006 and 2007, I always had so much to write about, or complain about. I guess when life is smooth, I run out of things to say.....

I miss my friends in Toronto, I miss being in Toronto, but I am definitely enjoying living in Alberta and getting my shit together. I look forward to the many adventures to come.
I wish I could work less and have more fun though....I don't do much for myself these days.
Work all day, go home, supper, some cleaning, a bit of relaxing then bed.
BORING. What, am I 50?

How the hell do I spice things up a bit.

I'll take back the city...

Ok, Hmmm.
What should I write about.
I love Calgary.
I love my job.
I love my boyfriend.
I love my apartment.

What else.

Nick wakes me up every morning, on time, with a bath ready for me, with bubbles, ducks and a cup of coffee on the side. And even makes breakfast most days of the week. How sweet is that? In return, I make supper for when he gets home from work.
I'm really happy here. The best move I've ever made.

I mean there are things I don't like about my job, but I'm learning the in's and out's and I think things are going to be really good there.
I work in an office, 2 floors, 24th and 25th, I have an amazing view of the rockies, about 140 people in total on both floors.
My department has 5 people including me, we are tucked away in our own special section, we don't deal with customers, my phone never rings, I love it.
We rule. haha. My coworkers range from 35-40, except me of course.
We make fun of eachother and talk shit to eachother often during the day.
If we ask eachother to do a shitty job, we compensate oneanother with coffee or candy.
We swear, gossip, talk trash, all in the most professional way.
The "other chick" in my department, I will call her "T" she is basically a more sofisticated 10 year older version of me.
I get paid a decent wage, great benefits, 15 minutes to work by bus.
I couldn't be happier.

p.s. just for the hell of it, I will mention this: I think Obama's a Douche!

Home Sweet Home

Here are a few shots of Calgary I have taken over the past couple of months. They were taken with my cell phone so they aren't very good. I have a bunch of pictures on Nick's camera, I will post them soon.

This is my kitchen, the day I arrived in Calgary.

This is Gibby, passed out on my suitcases. We had just gotten home after a very long drive to Toronto, and flight to Calgary. She wasn't drooling anymore at this point. Sheesh!

These are some magpies. I've never seen one before, but they are everywhere here!

This is a cool park downtown, it's massive, and has all these cool staircases and water and rocks, you have to walk across the rocks to get to the other set of stairs. How cool is that!

This is a view of part of the downtown core, taken from the other side of the river. So nice!

Mazzy is fuxin your perception!

Downtown at night, from across the river.

This is the view from my office window, if you look really hard you can see the mountains. It's much clearer in real life, my camera doesn't zoom very well.