Earth to Michael

I was totally out of it yesterday! My sense of place forgot to show up for it's daytime shift. I missed breakfast and nearly missed my first class in the morning. Then I somehow convinced myself that I had no more classes for the day. The logic looked like this:

I have two classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Today is Friday.
Thus, I have only one class today.

Perhaps I should have stayed in critical thinking! (That is called a logical contradiction, by the way)

While I was eating my lunch, I couldn't shake an underlying feeling of being entirely uncool and alone. Am I depressed? Is this animal, vegetable, or mineral? I napped for two hours in the afternoon.

--Update--
Amanda just called. She's the only person with a special ring tone on my cell phone. Not even my BOYFRIEND gets that privilege. I lamented my day's woes to her. She responded, "uncool? Michael, you are not uncool. I am calling YOU. ME. Calling YOU. Debate settled!

She's got a point. She is pretty awesome.

Worms Worms Everywhere

April Showers have finally found their way to Winnipeg (a month late) and, quite frankly, I'm enjoying the lush greens and clean sidewalks. The leaves are finally filled in and large deciduous tree-lined boulevards and quiet neighbourhood streets are shaded by the overlapping foliage. It's really a lovely time of the year. The temperature has still remained balmy since I arrived, although the long-range weather forecast is completely unreliable. And the mosquitoes haven't attacked in full force yet. In fact, I've only seen two since I arrived, and haven't been bitten once. I don't know what everyone was warning me about. Winnipeg the evil? Far from it!

But let me warn you about the worms.

Sweet Mother. This year, the ' Cankerworms' as they're called have amassed into a formidable foliage feasting frenzy. They eat deciduous tree leaves, leaving entire canopy's tattered. This not only makes trees susceptible to disease, but looks pretty darned ugly. The worst part about Cankerworms is the silk spinning abilities they've developed to drop out of danger and 'hang out' in a hoard of tangled web and worminess underneath tree limbs. Imagine* yourself enjoying a walk outside after a light rain. The air smells fresh, and you're jamming to the latest podcast downloaded to your iPod. Without warning, you walk through an invisibly icky web of disgustingess. You panic because you believe it to be a spider's web, and in thrashing at your face you knock the ear buds out of your ears and into a puddle. You look at your hands and notice a greenly smear across your fingertips. You quickly realize that you have just smeared approximately 22 caterpillars across your face and the sleeves of your nice new sweater. You pivot around and quickly trot back to the house. A worm is dangerously close to your earhole. A worm is on your iPod. A worm is on the back of your hand. The wind shifts, and you find yourself in another tangled web. You curse yourself for taking a shortcut across the front yard: underneath the oak tree with it's dastardly low hanging branches. You flail your arms in a twin turbine motion out in front of your body and flee to the front door. Exhausted, you change all your clothes, burn them, and vow never to venture outside ever again.

Yes...I am enjoying myself in Winnipeg.

The Arrived

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I spend the evening with my brothers and their friends. We shoot each other to the death.

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Dirty Stinky Chewy

A few weeks ago Chewy was sprayed by a skunk. I was home alone and had to deal with him before I left for work.

Christmas at Mom's

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Christmas for me is all about family, and so is this video. I love you sibs, and can't help but broadcast your special talents to the world!

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Am I alone on this one?

I recently switched over to spray deoderant. At least, until the bottle is empty. Sometimes new habits are hard to mix with old traditions.

Forward Thinking

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I don't usually made videos about upcoming events, but I'm just tooo excited!

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Brokeback Mountain concludes a week of discovery

Brokeback Mountain concludes a week of discovery

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I left my car/keys/lights on while I was at school and ran my battery dead. A nice guy gave me a boost, but not before I froze solid.

So this is the concluding video of Gay Week on Life's A Journey. It's been an interesting ride, no doubt. I've made some new friends, rediscovered my own opinion and gained insight into the regular lives of regular gays.

I'd be lying if I told you that this was the end. Rather, it's the beginning of a new me, and if you've been paying attention, a new you as well. Whether you agree with me or not isn't the issue. You've been face to face with a reality I experienced and have made a better informed decision. We do it every day.

Watch the video to discover which way I went.

French Studies, week 5

Just when I thought I was in the clear...

Another actual IM conversation:

He says: I didn't get into your bedroom close up, so you'll have to see it from the wide shot.

He says: Oops, wrong convo.

Blast in the past...oww!

Oh my gosh, I just picked through some old posts and found this gem. It's an audioblog I made in April after Jeremy tried to murder me. It get's funnier and funnier the longer you listen. You can hear the shock wear off from start to finish.

The king has left the building

The king has left the building

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I drive Jeremy home from Oshawa on his last day in Ontario, before he flew back to Los Angeles. We talk about the anti blog; a blog designed to counter everyting I blog. Jeremy wouldn't ever make it though. He hates blogging.

He's also insane and tries to crash the vehicle through drama and special effects. It fails, miserably.

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Happy Birthday Bryan!

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We celebrated Bryan's birthday with a suprise party at the Edge Skatepark, where he works. Renèe brought a pinãta and it was a lot of fun!