The Briar Patch

This is the second in a 2 parter. Not really edited so sorry about that. Also maybe you should read part 1 for this to make sense. So were I left off C-girl my roommate had packed her shit and vanished. Or I watched her drive away with no idea why. I went in the townhouse and it was clear why. A couple pair of her shoes sat at the front door chewed to shit. I headed upstairs to her room and she had left more chewed items in the room and a small TV that was smashed on the floor. Those old 13" ones that people had. I assume some how Obie had pulled it down. I went into the basement where my room was. Nothing was damaged but the amount of dog piss and shit was overwhelming. SO I had asked a friend (Black we can call him, see old blogs if you want) to stay at the townhouse and look after the dog. He told me he would but while we were gone he changed his mind. Now he said he did come and take the dog out, which I believe as there was some new dog poop in the backyard but clearly he did...

I recently made a post about 2002 just in passing how big the Eminem Show was that summer and it got me thinking about that whole fucking year. The fact is, it was the most insane and probably most formative year of my life. I guess I am gonna get nostalgic for a minute here. I am not really spending much time editing this, so sorry if it is a bit harder to read! Honestly it is kind of filler until I can travel blog again. Before I get to 02 I need to set it up. In summer 2000 I moved to Edmonton from Grande Prairie. I was going to take journalism and you would all be reading my adventures when I was done. Truth be told I wasn't ready. Not responsible enough at 19. I moved down with my best friend Ditch and his girlfriend Shwa. We got a 2 bedroom in Oliver. $600. (Now they start around $1400) I cant blame them, it was my choice to be a meat head but I was terrible in school. I started at GMCC and they did fun shit like go to the water park. Which is an irresponsible kid gonna do? P...

It has been a rough month and a half. It is supposed to be a super fun month as I am finishing up everything to go to Mexico for two weeks to get married. I have been taking two step lessons, since I guess I dance like a drunk in a bar (To be fair that's how I learnt) In the last 6 weekends I have been on the road 4. For funerals for both my grandmothers. How fucked up is that? Both my grandmothers have passed in the last 3 weeks. Both were fairly sudden and it sucks. If you have read my autobiography blogs here, you would know I was very close with my maternal grandma. Below are some memories I have of her. I wrote them to say at her funeral. I didn't get half of them out. It was way to hard. I never knew how hard it would be to say them. So I guess for the dozen followers I have below are a few of my favorite memories of one of my grandmothers.(Oh as a side note a few people in this are named same as in my biography blogs. If you actually are interested you will have to go b...

I am old! I turned 37 a couple days ago. I celebrated by y going out for dinner with friends and their kids. Oh and I took out a library book and went to the farmers market. My 20th Birthday was a 4 day bender which had highlights like getting 20 some people kicked out of a bar on Whyte Ave. A female friend sleeping with a guitarist from a semi famous Canadian band at a rock concert and showing Twig and Berries to some random chicks on a balcony on Canada Day. I got a fit bit for my birthday which is a cool present but it to made me feel old. It is super neat how I can scan in what I eat and drink and it will count calories and junk for me but as I take my diabetic pill again I realize at 20 I would not have paid attention to that. My work has always given employees $25 o the Bday, it used to buy me a two-six. This year I bought fresh peas, carrots a starbucks coffee and a dog dish. I realized also I have now lived in the Edmonton area for 18 years, 18! WTF! Now I moved here in 2000 ...

So since I have run out currently of blog topics I guess I can tell you a bit about me. How I ended up having this blog and maybe where some of my ideas come from..... I was born on the Bayou, no that's a lie. I was born in a brier patch! Also another lie, I might use the name Br'er rabbit on twitter but it is only because I like his stories, it would be cool though, I would love to see the South. Shit I was cute! I was born in Edmonton. 1981, June. So yes I am currently 36. I didn't live in Edmonton or at least I didn't grow up here. I was born in the U of A hospital 4 lbs, 12 oz. I assume that is small, as I did spend a bit of time there. Truth is my mom was a teen mom. Not a trash bag hoe like the ones they make famous on MTV. Looking at you Farrah! Anyways, I have no idea but I don't think that was easy back then, I mean it aint now. So for the first couple years of my life we lived with my grandparents. I am still very close to them. Now in my mind I ha...

I am going to take some liberty with this one. Cause I don't remember my 21st birthday. My first thought is this challenge was written by an American and 21 is the big birthday like 18 is here in Alberta. I do however remember my 21st birthday quite well. For overall party it may be the most memorable birthday I have ever had! SO I am going to write about that day and hell that whole weekend. I moved to Edmonton when I was 20. I moved in with two friends. (A couple. Never do that....) Anyways shortly before I turned 21 we went our own ways. I got an apartment just off 107 ave in Edmonton. If your from E town you know how lovely that place is! It was a shitty little one bedroom with paint peeling, a faulty lock and stove knobs that didn't work. I wont lie, I was a bit bummed out. The two of my oldest friends called. (Here is a side bar. They have been together for 17 years now. Married for 9. I introduced them when she was 17 and in high school with me and he was my boss and w...