June 29 2005 ends like this

it's 14 degree's and going down to 13.... last night it didn't drop below 18 and that's at the coast... seems like i jinxed it... way to go.... ayways it's 11:35 and that means there is 24hours and 25 mins till july... christmas is less than 6 monthes away

june 29 2005

it's 12:01 and it's 47:59 mins till july 1st
it's 21 degrees
the "gravitron" is set up down at the festival... i'm excited

i love it when it's warm enough to where shorts and tshirts and sandles when the sun is asleep... this is my time of year.. 2 month maybe... doubt it... but it makes the 10 month wait worth it

my first summer with out tobacco since 1996

Welcome to summer...

today is also the longest day .... well it contains the most hours of sunlight... from sunrise to sunset....

i was checking the vancouver weather and noticed that the sunrises almost 20 mins earlier and the sunset is almost 15 mins later... what gives... i started thinking about moving back just for that reason...

anyways... welcome to summer and say hello to the beach

smoking is bad for more reasons

i've seen recently, and not to be sexest, but women smoking in cars with children in the vehicle... obviously this was acceptable at one time... but common it's been known for years that smoking is not a healthy habbit... do you really need to subject small children to the harmful affects of smoking and second hand smoke? not to mention the idea that the kids probably don't enjoy it either... i remember when i was a kid being in a car with older people and smoking would occur.... i would tuck my head inside my shirt for about 10 mins... i remember the window wasn't even cracked even a little bit...

it's amazing that the addiction is so powerful that it makes you forget about the well being of your children and "gee i haven't had a smoke in almost 20 mins and i can't wait another 5 mins till when the car is stopped because we're behind and i can handle standing outside in the sun for 5 mins so i'll just lite up and my kids won't remember to morrow why they need a puffer" i look at it as more selfish than anything but at the same time i know that although i wasn't like that.. and i don't have kids .... i would never smoke in a car with kids or in front of kids for that matter... i understand that it is a powerfull addiction and can control a persons mind more than the addict realizes... rational thinking isn't exactly first hand.... i have a 15 mins break so i can smoke 2 smokes... that makes no sence.... i won't have a chance to smoke for 3 hours or 5 hours for that matter... so i better smoke for the next half hour....

anyone who want's to quit smoking take it from me... it's a long process... i don't count the days... but it was the first of feb last time i had a smoke and i still have some major cravings... but they pass... i've had some bigger cravings lately than i had in the first 3 days... and actually bigger than the whole time.... i call it evil because i think it's the way it thinks... the addiction is like the devil... he's just waiting till i think i'm in the clear... but i know that in the back of my mind i'll never be in the clear...

on another note... i have a theory... and i talked about it once to someone... of course he argued... but that's his nature... here it is...

i think that because of tolerance for people who smoke and allowing kids to be around those people and then say smoking is bad, don't ever do it, that has got to implant a seed in the mind.... why is it ok for that person to smoke and not me? what's the big deal about smoking... maybe i should try it to see... i wonder if my mom and my father letting me be in the room with aunts and uncles smoking had some effect on me smoking... i wonder if themselves smoking had some effect on me smoking... i wonder if my friends kids who have and will have been around smokers will turn out to be smokers or at least try it... my theory is that acceptance and toleration is a big factor in the outcome of who's a smoker and who isn't...

hot and wet

i just checked the weather... it's going to be really rainy and warm... in the +20's i am thinking humid... i wouldn't doubt if some places suffer in many areas due to the rain i think we will get... the environment canada webpage doesn't say to much about it other than it looks wet... but i predict that we're in for a doozy... i don't care... i just want it warm... get the water warm so it's swim friendly....

topics

i'm gonna go with this one... bad drivers

i think the system should require drivers to get road tested at least once a year... sure i might fail... but would you really want me driving if i can't pass a road test? i think we should be testing for offensive and defensive skills. there are to many old people driving on our roads that probably never had to take the tests that the rest of us had too... i know that myself i think i had it easy... some people have to go through the graduated process... i've seen the same old lady a few times now driving with her head barely poping over the wheel with a car load of other old ladies... she was... in every occasion she was disrupting the the flow of traffic... i could go on with story's of bad drivers... but i think i'll stick with what i've said here.. that is it..

pace

new band

http://www.thedawning.grungeisdead.ca/index1.html

will ferrel might be the funniest man alive

or he might not be....

http://www.milkandcookies.com/print.php?sid=1891 open that up and download the link if you can... i think you find it's real player which normally i would advise you avoid it like the plague but it might be the only way to view this thing... it's the graduation class of 2003 from harvard and they got will ferrel to speak it is funny funny funny...

it's the entire ceremony so i also advise that you skip to 1:27 where they start to introduce will... it's not till 1:30 that he actually comes on stage... funny funny funny... i've watched it at least a dozen times since 2003 and i hurt my tear ducts everytime... go for it

some people just dont get it

i'm a non smoker and call me a smoking nazi or what ever but i don't want it around me... if i smell it i will say how repulsive it is to me... i don't care if i hurt your feelings... i don't care if you go away and sulk in your addiction... smoking is so gross and if you have to make up excuses for your pathetic addiction then see ya wouldn't want to be ya... it's my property and it's no smoking... i will verbally attack anyone smoking on my property... that's the way she goes... i can't imagine how i would react to someone throwing thier but on the ground... i think i would loose it

getting ready to shake my own foundation

there was a time when i was a kid that i was always confused foundation and government .... anyways... i'm moved in to my own place now... it's kinda weird to wake up in your own place... anyways... i don't really have time to write about it now... things went well super well actually... i couldn't ask for better timing... not to mention... the east coast is collecting on the bad weather and reaping it in big time... monday was nice... tuesday was even better i got up at 9:30 am and hit the 9 hole course called vista bay... which is kinda in my moms back yard almost... that blew my mind... and it being my first time really golfing and the first nice day i was clueless to the harmfull effects of the sun... and well i now sport a golfers burn... good times...

i came home and ran some errands and the phone company guy calls... wow... that's timing... so i'm all hooked up and slowing finding practical places for everything that goes inside... the mini barn is the big deal though... i have to have that insulated and walled for monday... that will be tricky as the company card is maxed...i need a new limit... petty cash it shall be...

my main reason for posting is the weather... i'm so extatic about the temps were getting... 20 then 23 and today was 26 or 27... and tomorrow is supposed to be better... i can see a 30 degreer.... however the temps are expected to drop come saturday i can see it being a short time before were back up to the summer temps... hopefully before summer ... i tested the water at the murray river damn today... almost right... i suspect that by saturday it will be warm enough to swim... i also suspect that if the weather turns rainy and cooler the warm water won't mean anything to me... till it warms up again... regardless winter has been defeated

welcome to june...

PS. i beleive my tenant smokes... but other than that there is no smoking on my property... that means outside or what ever... take it some where else.. there won't be a butt can outside for your sorry asses...