The Briar Patch

January 17th 2014, currently was my last move. For anyone keeping score that is 14 moves in the 14 years I had lived in Edmonton. This time I moved to St. Albert. Also KTs was the single longest place I had lived anywhere in the last 14 years, so it was sad to go lotsa good memories there. On the bright side it was a crazy warm day for January. Like plus 10. The Frenchman, Bud and Diablo helped me move. Had a bit of a headache, the night before Tats had friends over that were in the living room until late. So even later Diablo came upstairs and we had a couple drinks and a last couple games of NHL hockey. But the day came and we were done early in the afternoon again. We did the normal thing and BBQd burgers and bought a flat of beer as she had some helpers too. However it wasn't like some of my moves. No one got super hammered, only Bud was actually there late. It didn't take long for me to be replaced. Only a week or two something unexpected happened. Bud moved into KTs. He

Its all over, another Xmas has come and gone. Did you get what you want? Welp it doesn't matter cause really you could be out buying in on these amazing boxing day sales right now! As I gotten older and maybe wiser I started to realize that last sentences don't matter. I mean actually I knew that a long while back but let me get down to Xmas and what is really about..... Do you remember what you got last Christmas or the one before that?? Presents are for kids. I mean yes it is a big deal then. I remember just waiting to open my Santa present. But even as a kid something better was always coming. My cousins! We would go over or they would come over and it was soooo much fun. I think that was maybe when I started to there was more to Xmas. Then I moved away, it solidified it. Coming home it didn't freaking matter what was under that tree. It meant 2 things. Time off! So that was super awesome. But more than that it meant I got to see family. My parents, grandparents and

This post was just gonna be a quick one on The Last Jedi. But my thought train went off the tracks again so we have a bit more to it. Hollywood you suck! First off apparently everyone, except maybe Keanu Reeves and Tom Hanks is a rapist. But we are not even gonna get on that story. My rant is there is nothing new or more stolen currently out there to watch. I love Marvel Studios. I am so pumped for Avengers Infinity War. You would think this golden age of nerds I would be smiling but I slowly am not. It could be Disney milking the Marvel universe no wait, it is exactly that. Ant Man? Doctor Strange? All this is a cash grab. Now they own the Mutants too? While this should be super exciting and the set up for amazing series, you know this is about to be milked dry. Quantity over Quality. Look at Iron Man. It started it all and was amazing by Iron Man 3 I was asking please just stop.... Spiderman has been relaunched 3 times! DC is getting on the train too and why not it is money for them.

I should have finished 2012 with the move. No not me moving again, thank god but my work moving. We had long out grown our old building so we had a massive one built. The week between Xmas and New Years all we did was move. Now this was bad for me. With KT home a couple nights we sat and had drinks late. But because work was so slack I really didn't care. I think I had a week long hangover during that move. Plus the building wasn't finished so we had to use port potties. Let me tell you 40 people using 8 port potties for 5 days is nasty. Actually it got to the point we would just drive over to the timmies and get a coffee just to use the washroom. 2013 started out rough. KTs holiday for the Christmas break was winding down, in fact I think she was supposed to fly the next day or maybe the day after so we were going to go out and have a good bye dinner. She was running late but that was okay, I poured a drink and played some of the Arkham games Bugalow had gotten me for Xmas.

2012 started out exactly how 2011 ended. Even what I did weekly was pretty much the same. It was early on though something big happened, not even to me but I was happy for it. Frenchman asked Amazing to be his wife! Typical guy fashion though. He did it on a Sunday morning I believe, then a few hours later he comes over and we go play shinny. Him and Bud have a drink after at my place then go home. No mention of anything. Next day at work one of the ladies comes over to me all excited and says aren't you happy for Frenchman. I asked why? She said well he is your friend you would think you would know he is getting married. WTF! SO I go looking for him and asked if the lady was crazy. The Frenchman he laughs and say oh ya that's true I did ask her yesterday. But he forgot to tell me! Anyways that was cool. I think it was pretty quick after that we all got our invites. They were gettin hitched in Mexico the next year. Of course the answer is hellz ya I am coming. All our friends i

Lets start with we were in the fall of 2010. Living in TCMs uncles house. I was still hating my go nowhere job. TCM was looking for a clinic, but at least could still work for KTs dad in the office. The fact was it was a rut. Nothing was changing. Or maybe that is growing up? Just eat, sleep, work and that's about it. Little did I know things were really about to change. Lets fast forward to early December like Xmas party season. KTs house had come to a boil. CJ was a mess. When she showed up to the staff Xmas party she was a mess. KT decided it was time for her to move out. I picked up a drunk Amazing, KT and TCM at the end of their party. Fun side note it was at the hotel Mac. We saw the Blackhawks that night and might have taken a couple bottles of wine from the bar.... maybe. Anyways as CJ was passed out in the basement we discussed what to do. KT wouldn't just booted her Even though TCM and I though that was the right idea. Amazing didn't want to say anything. So by th