The Briar Patch

One day when people look back and want to know what 2015 was like. This here will be my take on it! It may or may not be "correct" but here is a small part of my understanding of the last year. Some Random Events - Greece went broke, how a whole country does that I dunno. Ireland made same sex marriage legal! Good job you drunken bastards! The US supreme court followed that up to. Baltimore had riots when yet another person died in police custody. Yes these incidents should be looked into. Police are not above the law. But if you are looting you're part of the problem. After another tragic shooting, the south was forced to take down confederate flags. Really?! Cause that will eliminate bigotry. Alberta is reactionary - Straight up my beloved province is reactionary. Lets be honest, the PC Alberta government was at worst a fat bloated over self indulgent beast. At best it was a government letting Alberta be Alberta. They needed to go and that ass Jim Prentice made sure...

Tragedy has struck....yet again. For the second time this year radical nut bags have terrorized Paris. I started this a few weeks ago now (MONTHS. Have been a bit busy but with time off for holidays...) Right after the terror attacks. It seems people have calmed down a bit. The cry for blood is still there but not as crazy as before. At least here it has calmed down. I cant really speak for Paris. I wont lie. I assume their anger is still red hot. And rightly so. How much more can we as a civilized people stand. I wont back off of this ISIS NEEDS ELIMINATED. With any force and tactic we can use. This is eye for an eye biblical shit. There is no reasoning with madmen. I don't think there has ever been a more clear reason that state and church should be separate. These people don't play by the "rules" of war. They love to attack the helpless and innocent. It is called terrorism because that's what they do. They don't stand and fight but bring wars to people ...

2 days away! My favorite holiday! At least until my birthday is recognized as a national holiday. But either way it is almost Christmas. Wanna know why it is my favorite holiday? Peace on Earth and good will to men. If my history books and Hollywood have taught me anything it is that even the most evil Nazis put down the guns and had a day of peace. I think even most criminals take the day off. So there we have it peace on Earth good will to men. I am gonna do a bit of bitching. This whole what to say political correctness is just fucking dumb. I say Merry Christmas. Just fucking let me say it. If you don't like it then ignore it. If you wanna be a bitch and not offend someone say happy holidays. I wont hold it against you. Say happy Jew day or whatever Muslims says. Just say it, be merry and let everyone else be merry in their own way. Presents are great, giving and getting. It is fun to watch people open things specially when you get them something they really like. Don...

Wow it has been a longgggg time since I blogged. I didn't realize my last one really was the end of summer rant. I have 2 half started blogs which my goal is to have finished this week and up plus I have got a ton of writing on my novel done but I should take a break and get back at this hence I ain't dead! So whats new? Well world wide ISIS is still evil as fuck. For the second time this year terror attacks rocked Paris. The West seems to want to turn a blind eye to it but the Russian Bear Putin has struck at them. There was a carbon summit in Paris after the attacks I guess worrying about the environment is more important than defeating evil. I mean yes we need to look at that but right now maybe we should stop a war before it comes to us. I will have a big blog up about that so I am not gonna dwell on that. Closer to home Donald Trump is making a joke of the USA. Him running for Republican candidate is reminding people of Hitler. He wants to build a wall to keep out Mexi...

The federal election has started, longest campaign ever or some shit. Another Harper conspiracy. Just putting out there the left has nothing but conspiracies. So I am gonna quickly break down each party or at least the parties that matter! But before that lets have a quick look at the problems with our system over all. It is becoming more and more this is about people and not the parties or platforms. How can we fix that and make the federal government about the country and not the parties. I get it, I understand why we have parties but now it is becoming detrimental to our country. Do the people in my riding even know who is running? No matter who gets in now they aren't repping me. They ALL are playing hail to the chief. Wanna know who would get my vote no matter what party they were for? The person who says okay this is what MY riding wants. Not what Harper, JT, or captain Commie wants. The system is broken! All I have seen is attack ads on party leaders not on what people are...

Well this is an open letter to my lil  brother. He is doing his first year of College now. In fact he moved here last week. (I started this a month ago, yes I am a slacker! Right there don't be like me!) But really this could be for any kid going out on there own for the first time. I did it and there was some BIG hiccups. But I think you might be a bit wiser than I was and I am hoping some advice from me makes your life better. Who knows.... I do know that one of my prized possessions is an envelope our mother mailed me a card in but covered it in advice. Buy some new plates, just saying as good an organization as Ducks Unlimited is they are not great plate builders! First n foremost we are all proud of you. I kinda utterly failed at the whole school thing so you better not! So here is my first words of wisdom. School comes first. Not parties, not the freedom to game in your underwear with your buddies all day, not even work for some minimum wage. It is all about school. Some ...

So I have yet to win the lotto, gonna say that sucks. Still not rich and still have to go to work. Maybe it is western alienation but why are the lottos always won out east? On the flip side I cant wait till tomorrow as I  get better looking everyday! My littlest brother is moving to Edmonton next week. For his first year of University. Now I understand when people feel old. I remember the day he was born. Moving in with the ole lady and a friend. Let it be written record I don't think that is a great living arrangement. The whole third wheel thing never works. It was what I did when I moved here. When we moved apart there was some bitter feelings. But I do wish them BEST of luck and hope they end up better roomies than we were. I put that on my brother though to be a good roomie as it is more on the couple, they can make things awkward..... The biggest thing in my personal life recently is my poor puppy was sick. Canine Pancreatits. My buddy is a 1 year old blue Merle sheltie. S...

(Ladies and gentlemen good evening! Or good whatever time of the day it is when you read this. The following is my opening to a project possibly called The Tanglewood trilogy. A first person crime drama telling the story of a young mans rise in both the business and criminal world. His thoughts and feelings in doing both good and bad things. It is my first time sharing my writings. Over the next few months I would to share a few of my openings if you know me send me a message your thought good or bad. Thanks again for taking the time to read. Now without further adieu or whatever...) Mabius Way, although in a high end neighbourhood, was well known to police. Mabuis way was a cul-de-sac with various doctors, lawyers and other wealthy residence. The very center house was a 4000 sq ft split level. That was the house that was known to police. It had been converted into the Marauders MC club house. The Marauders are an international MC, known as a 1% club. Along with drugs and women they...

I need to shave it has been a few weeks getting a little hairy. I have my first massage ever in Canada today, my acupuntrurist said she hasn't seen a back as tight as mine before. In Mexico it was great however I had to poop after hoping that isn't the case again. Actually been pretty lazy for the last couple weeks spent more time playing Batman than writing or anything useful. I am re doing the whole Arkham series except Knight cause I don't have that one and yes a single tears falls down my face when I think about it. Asylum might be my fav since the riddles are riddles and it is fun to solve! On the Batman front I will admit I had a few doubts about Heath as the Joker but he nailed it! Flip side was I had some faith cause he was a phenomenal actor. But Affleck I dunno, he has the Bruce Wayne look down but I just have this feeling.... Not a good one, one like when you need to poop but your driving down the highway in the middle of minus 40 with not washrooms for hours. Bu...

Old Korn rocks, listening to their first album as I write. So whats new in my life? Well thanks for asking. I turned 34. without much for bells and whistles. I find as I get older my birthday means less. I mean when your a kid its great. Presents, parties, cakes. From like 18 to 31, it was all about the party. Be it in a bar, a strip club or even at the lake birthdays meant hangovers. Now a nice dinner out and a quiet fire is enough. I have been back from Disney for a month and I miss the hell outta it. That was a fackin fun trip! So as I get rich I will be back there. My insano neighbour asked for 24 hours notice before I have backyard fires. I am tempted to have 1 every night now. My mind is working on 3 stories. Well 2 stories and a comic. The first issue of the comic is almost done just needs typed and maybe I could for once try to submit something. Conner McDavid is all that Edmonton is about. Seriously, just stop. I hope to hell the kid pans out but stop putting the dreams of a...

Ah hockey, the game I love another season has wrapped up. So this is my annual wrap up. That's a lie I have never done a wrap up, but here is my thoughts. The fackin Blackhawks won again. At this point whether I like 'em or not is irrelevant. I may have to admit the are becoming a modern dynasty. As much as I hate Kane I like Toews so I guess it is good with the bad. Just know Patrick your on the list with Kayne. The nut kicking list. It would be pretty sweet to see L.A win again next year. Then it would be like 2 dynasty's fighting. The big thing though I wanna yap about is Connor McDavid. Nope not even lets start with the Oilers. 3 first over all picks then 2 in the top 5?? And still a bottom feeder. Tavaeres, Stamkos, Crosby, Ovi, Toews & Fruity Kane were all top picks that have turned their teams around. Don't say they went to better teams either. What is the problem in Oil City? I mean yes we could use Pronger back. Boo me all you want he was a winner! Cant b...

Friday, the final day and back to Disneyland. I didn’t think I would become a stickler but I am. I do think that they should be called what they are Disney and Cali. I mean we had hopper passes but never did hop. So really you can go to Cali and never step in Disneyland. But that isn’t really important. So I don’t know if it was cause it was Friday but the bus was packed. The whole thing is to have two buses on one line so people aren’t waiting. So stagger them!!! It drove me mental the whole time that both buses ran side by side. Here is another side rant. If you work at Disney be fucking happy. Some people are just crabby and if that’s you don’t work at Disney. This comes from a ticket taker not validating my pass right. It did some strange ding which my girlfriend noticed. I said don’t worry no one will let you in without it being right. Turns out I was wrong. My girlfriends was valid and I wasn’t. So even though this ticket taker knew my shit wasn’t valid she let us through. D...

So we started off Thursday with a buffet again. I gotta say, starting the day off with custom omelette's is the way to go. The fruit really wasn’t all that great considering we are in Cali but oh well. So it was cold. I have heard the term June gloom when you cant see the sun and we were getting it. We tried to go on Toy story mania again but it was crazy busy so we played some games. Won a couple small stuffies. Unlike a real carnival I guess you cant upgrade! Then we went to soaring over California. The line was half an hour, which wasn’t bad. Listening to the trailer park folk behind me was mind numbingly painful though. Seriously, a chunky white dude in line trying to teach his 5 year old boxing combos. Oh ya and tattoos and a tank top. Like seriously wtf. My personal fav was him whining about how season pass holders don’t get treated well enough. Ya they should get treated well but I think a huge chunk of Disney's revenue comes from suckers like us who come down and...

So California Adventures! Day 2 in the parks, day 3 here. We started with a buffet breakfast, that is the way to go in my mind on trips like this. Now first thing in the park we were told get your fast pass for cars. Well we didn't, we simply braved the 45 minutes line for the ride. Did it live up to the hype. Yup. It has both the Disney story elements and the speed of a good ride. AND they did the set really well. At this point it is cars or Indy for my top ride. On the way out of Carsland we did Maters tow. It is more a kids ride but gotta get them all in. Then we kinda wandered around to see the park. We were going to do the Monsters inc ride when they guy gave us a Buddy pass?? For some reason we got to line cut, not complaining about that but a few people ahead of us wondered WTF. Also it is a decent ride but it is just a story ride. We then did flics flight which is another kiddie ride. Ariel's adventure is a good story ride, a lot of detail. However I am noticing kid r...

So today was the magic morning. For first timers like me what that is, is getting into the park 1 hours before opening. What that means really is hurry up and wait. BUT before we even get there we hop on the bus, getting excited on my way to Mickey! Then a family comes on. I shouldn't judge my mommy told me not too but both the mom and grandma are in scooters. My thoughts are mean. Then they have to lift up seats and strap these scooters in. Well they cant park them and after watching the struggle I go manually push it into the straps so we can freakin get this shit on the road. We finally hit the park gates... First off, there is a lot of magic morning cards and of course everyone wants in early. So the line up isn't small but it isn't big either. However of course in front of us is a family that doesn't understand the magic morning is an extra and didn't pay for it but wants in and is arguing with the ticket taker. Switch lines bada boom bada bing in. Mind is blow...

Finally in the air. We got up at 4 AM which is fucking crazy but when you look at the big goal of getting to Disney it ain't that bad. Still hard though. Almost everything was packed so didn’t really have to do anything except shower n coffee. I dis the Henday constantly cause every time I take it, its backed up but today at 5 AM is was clear. Was shocked from St Albert to the EIA was 35 minutes. Some night hockey rinks take longer to get to. Customs is getting crazy, this new thing were they take your pic to get into the states is crazy. Like I am showing you my passport and filling out a declaration so why do I need to do it twice. Also maybe it is my hillbilly side but I hate when people who ain't great at English are the agents. On the bright side I didn’t get an anal probe. On the down side I didn’t get to go in the x ray machine. And unlike last time no one dropped a joint in front of security. I cant eat that early so even though we had a breakfast at Wings whic...