The Briar Patch

 Since 14 I have been obsessed with the American Mafia. I remember going into my junior high library and taking out a book and I honestly don't remember why but it was a history of the American mob. Now that would have been mid 90s so the book would have been published early 90s and a lot has changed but it dipped my toe in. From then on I couldn't get enough books, movies whatever mob related I wanted it. At first I just thought a secret "honor" society was so cool & of course I was originally only getting the Hollywood version where I thought I could be Michael Corleone. I even told my mom I wanted to be a mafia hitman. That set her off, I was in shit for a few days for not valuing life and she was ashamed of me. Her shame was worse than her anger, funny how that works with parents.... Either way there is no mafia in Grande Prairie and I sure ain't Italian. So that dream never came true BUT with the rise of podcasts and my time to listening to them I listene...

Well this one is hard. How can you pick a place to live that you have never visited. I mean I could easily live in Havana or L.A I love those cities but they are disqualified cause I have been there. SO I start to think of places I wanna go and the list is huge!! But would I want to live there? Russia would be amazing to see, actually most of the "Eastern Block" would be. I have a polish friend who has shown me pictures and it really doesn't look all grey and dead like TV makes it out to be. But I think that would totally be a holiday spot. I have a feeling that his pictures don't show everything that goes on there. Western Europe is like a dream for me, I would love to go there. And I think I could easily live there. Britain, France, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece and on and on.... Problem is it is soooo far away. I am Canadian, even more so I am Albertan and 99% of my family and friends live here. 15 years ago I might have been brave enough to tread over...