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!

The most beautiful place on earth!

I live an hour drive from a town called Banff, in the Rocky mountains. It is the most beautiful place I've ever been, the views are breathtaking no matter where you are. Here are some examples....

Nick standing next to the Bow river, in Banff.

View of the town from the top of Sulphur Mountain.

View of Banff and other mountains from the top of Sulphur Mountain.

Me, standing on the street with a mountain behind me.

Nick and I standing on top of Sulphur Mountain, look at the freakin' view!

He should have seen it coming!

I mean, come on. That's a pretty bold move, after only being together for 3 months!
Best part? The cat playing piano. Cute.

What?!?

So, I didn't get the job. They hired someone "more experienced". I have like 6 years experience doing this shit. It's not like it's some senior position or anything, hell, I was even willing to take an $8000/year pay cut.
We now interupt this blog post for a brief adult temper tantrum.

Shit fuck hell damn shit fuck shit, fuck.
Shit for brains
Asshole
Dickweed
Low life
You're a mother fucker and I hate you
Fuck shit hell damn shit fuck
fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you!
"I've been so mad lately" - Butt Trumpet



I don't feel any better.

WTF is Scotch Broth?

I was reading this chicks blog last week (I swear to god every sentence I say these days starts with those 8 words) I'm pathetic. I need a life. My own life. Anyways, she was talking about being in Canada at the moment and some of her observations about Canada and Canadians. She heard about this soup we eat called scotch broth, so she decided to try some.

Ok, I consider myself to be pretty friggin Canadian, like not redneck Canadian, but I'm a bit of a hoser. I drink beer, I say EH? I have seen the Hip, I spent a huge part of my life living in the east coast as well as Kingston, Ottawa and Toronto. I've been to the Arctic, I swim in ice cold ocean water, and enjoy it, (I have no choice the Atlantic is freezing) I like hockey, I occasionally get drunk and play hockey on an outdoor rink in the wintertime, I teach skating, I enjoy fishing, camping, I look forward to may two four, I have a sense of humour, I'm a good neighbour, and the list goes on.

BUT, I've never heard of this scotch broth stuff. Maybe I'm just ignorant and I've never noticed the stuff at the store before. But to think of Scotch Broth as a quirky Canadian thing? I think not. Well this post sounded way funnier in my head. I am one of those peeps that doesn't have a way with words, I wish I did.

Anyways, teh point of this post was basically to say, it's funny what we assume when we are in different cities, Provinces, States and Countries. You might see something that is different than what you're used to and automatically we think it is somehow representative of wherever you happen to be. I mean some things are, for sure, but not everything. It's funny how we do that.

BTW, this can of soup cost me $2.09, where I'm from (Toronto) a can of soup like this should not cost much more than $1.09. Food is expensive in Alberta. Have you ever paid $4.99/lb for red peppers? Ya, I have.


If you look back a few posts, you will see my post about having way too many coffee cups, ya I know I call them coffee cups rather than coffee mugs, so what? I was making coffee this morning and took a picture of it, cause I just wanted to show someone, anyone (other than my boyfriend cause he doesn't get it) how cute my kitty mug is. Also the orange coffee can in the pic is awesome. And ya, I mailed it over 2000km's across the country so that I could scoop my coffee out of it every morning. What can I say, I'm a simple girl, with simple pleasures.

Oh, ps, I bought a can of scotch broth, I had to check this shit out for myself.

Unfortunately Erin

I came across THIS blog tonight and was reading a post about googling the word unfortunately then your name. So I did it, and it's pretty funny what comes up. Here's what happens when I googled unfortunately Erin.

- Unfortunately, Erin parades around the bedroom wearing only a bra and an unbuttoned shirt.
(I do not)

- Unfortunately Erin's early bedtime of 6pm did not allow her to attend any of the formal dinners held in her honour.
(There were dinners held in my honour? Why wasn't I invited? It's the early bedtime huh?)

- Unfortunately, Erin will, but for all of the wrong reasons.
(Can't argue with that)

- Unfortunately Erin Esurance Just Misssed the Cut.
(Apparently)

- Unfortunately Erin's won't be around long unless they lower their prices. Few people are willing to pay $9 for a sandwich for lunch.
(Ya but what was Subway thinking when they decided to charge $18.00 for a lobster sub?)

- Unfortunately, Erin won't be pointing at her boobs in the video game.
(Friggin right I will)

- Unfortunately, Erin's bag did not make it from New York to Virginia.
(You mean Toronto to Nunavut?)

- Unfortunately, Erin, I know nothing about the two entities you mention.
(That's what she said)

Unemployment blues

I've been waiting all week to hear about a job that I really want. I'm not sure if I actually want it, or if I just want it because I really think I can get it. I was told I should hear back today. No phone call.

I'm kind of bummed because it is the only interview I've had in a month, after sending out tons of resumes and by tons I mean about 45 this month. I'm not an idiot, I have a lot of experience, so what's up? I have been unemployed for over 2 months now, which is just messed up. I haven't been unemployed since I started working over 10 years ago. I haven't reached the "what's wrong with me" stage yet, but god damn, I think it's coming.

Oh ya, my boyfriend got a promotion yesterday. Awesome!