Seems like every time I try to get my life in order, I try to do everything at once, and end up crashing and burning. So I think it’s time to lay things out slowly, so that I develop some positive habits and maintain life at the standard I like it.
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So… walk entry Part III – the end of the trilogy.

The people I encountered on this journey were incredible. I can’t possibly explain it and expect anyone who wasn’t there to understand, so here are a few of the little jems that I found along the way:
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I wish I had the guts to actually be as strong as I know I can be.

How fucking far is too far? Because every time I think I’m there, there’s still more in the distance.

And all this after I promised myself I wouldn’t do this again.

It used to be indie – now it’s…. emo?

I’m obviously way behind the times, but I’ve been wondering this for a while now.

Someone enlighten me… what exactly is “emo” ?

I couldn’t possibly talk about the walk without discussing the rain factor.

I had prepared (like most walkers) for a typical Vancouver forecast – light showers off and on all day. So I had water resistant & quick-dry clothing, capri-length pants, warm-ish (but not too warm) clothing, and a hat.

Little did we all know, it would be one of the 12 days this city gets every year with torrential, painful, stay indoors at all costs rain. It was a huge part of the weekend, and gets a very loooooooong entry. I won’t be offended if you skim, or skip this entirely. But if you want an account of the horror I endured, read on.
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I’m crafting some more entries about the walk – but I had to share this little tidbit…

Girls Lie Too is the title of a new song by Terri Clark (it’s good – I don’t give a damn if you don’t like Country).

I’ve posted the full lyrics in the extended entry, but there’s one line that absolutely cracks me up each and every time I hear it. It’s near the end of the song, when Terri is talking (as opposed to singing), and she says:

No, we don’t care how much hair you have
Yeah, that looks good
Comb it over like that
RRrrrrRRRrrrrRRrrr

Funny enough on it’s own – but my grandfather (wonderful man!) has the ubercombover. He could likely rival The Donald. So every time I hear that line, I think of this beautiful singer purring at my 83 year old Opa. I laugh. Out loud. Often. I think my co-workers are starting to wonder (since my music is on my headphones).
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I really don’t have the energy to write about the walk all at once, so I’ll just write about different parts over the next day or two.

Start: Plaza of Nations. Day 1. 35k.

We took the seawall past Yaletown (I’m sure the residents weren’t all that keen on the noise we made at 7:30am) and made a beeline down Hornby through downtown to Canada Place. From there, it was around the Seawall (haven’t done that in a while) to a soggy lunch at Sunset Beach.

Because of the rain, the rest of the day is a bit of a blur, but I do remember a few key intersections. We ended up walking from there across the Burrard Street Bridge, and up through Kits. At some point we went past the hospital, winding and weaving through East Van (to make up kilometers) until we got to Trout Lake Park. Then we headed further East to Killarney Park at 49th & Kerr where we camped for the night.

On the morning of Day Two we started from camp at Killarney and made a beeline back across the city, through Shaughnessy, almost to the UBC gates. Down into Kits again to Point Grey Road. The 25k walk took us down the road, along the water, past Kits Pool, and along the South Seawall to Granville Island. The last leg of the walk took us through False Creek and over the Cambie St. Bridge to BC Place.

Doesn’t sound like a lot when I put it down in a couple paragraphs – but man it felt like it.

I did it.

All of it.

Now I’m going to have a bath. And die.

On the off chance I don’t die, story to follow.

I finally finished all the last minute shopping I had to do for the Weekend. The weather forecast required me to actually go out and purchase that Jacket I was thinking about, and some plastic bags to wrap everything in.

And now I have to pack it all.

And pray that it doesn’t weigh more than 16lbs.

And I’d really rather be napping.

Gawd today is boring.

There is officially nothing more I can do that can contribute to alleviating the craziness at work, so I’m watching those around me go crazy, while I do the most boring, tedious tasks known to man. Including stapling papers together, and stuffing envelopes. *yawn*

Someone email me with something entertaining. Please?

For those of you who don’t know – I create advertising for a living. Not fancy graphics stuff, but text-based in-column adverts. Now that you have that bit of information – you may understand my frustration.

I work with the LEAST intuitive program EVER. I have to link together dozens of tidbits of information, and make them line up properly. And sometimes they just don’t. For no good reason. At least, not a reason that’s apparent to me.

Eventually, I exhaust all my resources, and go ask one of the more seasoned employees how to make that thing do the thing it’s supposed to. Their answer is usually to explain some bizarre workaround that doesn’t actually apply to anything but this situaion. I have binders full of procedure that explains these workarounds. BINDERS PEOPLE. Big ones.

And two of these books that I create advertising for, including the company’s biggest book, they roll to print on Friday. I am going completely insane. Fortunately, I can relax with some beautiful music later tonight when I go listen to dearheart belt her pretty little lungs out.

After an entire summer fighting with my tomato plants (they refused to grow, then they refused to pollenate), I bring you….
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The main purpose for this post is to give me a little something to do for a brain break. The thing that I’m doing isn’t going the way it’s supposed to, and it’s driving me crazy that I can’t figure it out. So it’s either blog, or defenestration. I’m sure it will all look clearer tomorrow when I go back to it.

I really hate working on a computer with no IM service. Apparently it’s too distracting and not related to work – so has been outlawed. I feel really isolated with no IM to keep me company. Also, nobody much has been commenting or emailing the past few days either – so I feel extra alone.

So how ’bout you all comment just to say “hi.” If you read this post – even if you wanna leave a bunky email address so you can remain anonymous, that would be cool

So I finally got off my lazy arse and, with a little gentle prodding from a friend, scrapped Win2Kpro for XP.

HOLY HELL WHERE THE FUCK HAVE I BEEN?

I should’ve done this a year ago, if not more.

Cleartype is a gift straight from the gods, and now that all my earlier fuck-ups have been erased, my computer is once again running as smoothly as it did on the day it was born. I ruined that exactly 3 days after that (about 3 years ago) so it hasn’t run this nicely for a LOOOOOOOOONG time.

The only thing I messed up on was the burning of my old email – so If you’ve emailed me anything of any importance in the last 48 hours, it’s gone. Please send it again. I did keep my contacts though, so it’s not a total loss.

Now I just have to get around to reinstalling all my old software. Ah well. I’ll need things to keep me busy after the big walk is finally over.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU! 1000 2000 TIMES, THANK YOU!

That’s right folks, I’ve finally made it! I raised all the boobie money! At this point in time, the official total is a whopping $2091.11. Unfortunately, that won’t show up on the website until after the event, as I’ve got a few cheques that I need to present at the check in on Day Zero (August 20th). But it’s all there!

And I’m there! That’s such a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, and you can’t even imagine how good I feel about having raised such a significant amount for such an important cause. And I couldn’t have done it without the overwhelming support of everyone who donated. Of course, I’ve reached the minimum, but if you love boobs – yours and/or someone else’s – please keep donating. What a sad place the world would be with no boobs.

And now, the fun starts. I get to put my training to the test, and try to not die on this 60k walk. If you’d like to cheer (or heckle) me on, the cheering stations are in the extended entry.

Thanks again everyone! I’m getting all misty over here. I LOVE YOU GUYS!
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