mike the mountain

Trying to work my way through the literary classics of my generation. I’m searching for an identity… or at least clues as to what some of the influences are.

Hey, how’s it going? Long time no bloggy. Over two weeks offline… I got the shakes something bad. My eyes are almost round again!

Anyway, welcome to 2005, I wish you nothing but the best you deserve. I’ve much to write about, but let me get the easy stuff out of the way for now, so I can get back to unpacking, laundry, and spending my life savings at the (FINALLY OPEN) Canadian iTunes Music Store:

Movies I Watched:

-Blade: Trinity (Toronto)

-House of Flying Daggers (airport/plane)

-Shark Tale (plane)

-Gods and Generals (Calgary)

-Elf (Canmore)

-Warren Miller’s Double Trouble (Canmore)

-House of Flying Daggers (Canmore)

-Dodgeball (Canmore)

-Eurotrip (Canmore)

-Troy (Canmore)

-Blade Runner Director’s Cut (Edmonton)

-Holmes on Homes Marathon (Edmonton)

-House of Flying Daggers (Edmonton)

-Chris Rock: Running Scared (Edmonton)

-Apocolypse Now Redux (Edmonton)

-Wimbleton (plane)

-School of Rock (plane)

Music I Listened To:

-Karen Thirlwall

-Matt Dusk

-Tom Waits

-U2

-Franz Ferdinand

-Jet

-The Franklins

-The Beastles

-”Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)”

-Boney M Christmas Album

-Green Day

-Simple Plan

Stuff I Did:

-Dog Sledding

-Christmas Tree Decorating

-Wrapped Presents

-Unwrapped Presents

-Snowboarding @ Sunshine Village

-Hiking @ Johnston Canyon

-Banff Hot Springs

-Dinner @ St. James Gate in Banff

-Hiking @ Lake Minnewaka

-Big Christmas dinner with family

-Made huge brunch for 7 good friends staying in Canmore with me

-New Year’s Eve at the Funky Buddha

-Hung out with DJ all night, helped him with broken ankle

-Killzone, GTA: San Andreas, Halo, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

-Lots more very cool stuff

People I Love That I Got To See:

-wonderful parents

-fantastic little sister

-amazing grandmother

-cool cousin

-many aunts and uncles

-an incredible number of former co-workers, acquaintances, and family friends

-a ton of the best friends a guy could ever ask for

Forget any whiny bullcrap I said last month… I love the holidays!

…now about that job thing…