News from one fucked up Halloween weekend
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Friday, 27 October 2006
Halloween isn't nearly as big here, as it is in the States. In Denver, we even had Halloween parties in the office. Or maybe Calgary is just too much of a sleepy town. I know G and Rob had a crazy Halloween, so stay tuned for that.
There were no real major parties going down, nothing. And that is what made the weekend fucked up. So we just randomised to our local pub where we friends with some real nice people, who've invited us for a weekend to the cabin in the mountains. Score! And then I got harassed by an old, demented and serial-killer like old man who wanted to wear my face for Halloween...
Saturday, 28 October 2006
The second fucked up incident of the weekend was the fact that we woke up at 07h30 (that gave us 4 hours sleep), to play golf. Apparently, the max temp was set to be 17C. By 8am, the temps were still at a crazy -5C!!!!
Check the frost and ice on the course. Naturally, I wasn't pleased. BTW, that's four layers of clothing on top and two on the bottom. Ever worn a snow parka to golf?
Senior meteorologist, Mike Mills, or whoever seriously fucked up, or at least pulled off the prank of the century, cos temps were below zero the entire day!!!! Dude, you pissed a lot of golfers off today!
It turned out the big Halloween parties were happening on Saturday night. But we had already accepted an invite to Farid's birthday - Grick food at Manie's on 17th. Farid is from Kenya - and his wife Narmin works with us. And they're like our new best friends, and the ONLY people from work to have offered to drive us around and take us out to the cool places. And they're muchos funny! Shame, all the Canadians had to listen to dodgy stories of Kenya and Safrica that only we thought were funny!
So this is Narmin getting licked by Farid. And their friends Sharoz and her husband, but I can't remember his name.
Sunday, 29 October 2006
I woke up this morning, and realised that it was an hour earlier than what my watch(es) said - I am now the proud owner a couple watches. Apparently at midnight, the clocks were turned back an hour.
And yet more fucked up-ness... when I looked outside - snow. As pretty as newly fallen snow is, from now on, it's only downhill from now - cold temps right through to when we leave.
It's too cold to type, and I'm sure you all hating reading so much, so here's my story in pictures...
Jadey-Poo, if you still can't see my pictures then this post is gonna make fokol sense! Or click here to see the gallery.
And how to carve a jack-o-lantern, by Dari Dawg, circa 2005.
Halloween isn't nearly as big here, as it is in the States. In Denver, we even had Halloween parties in the office. Or maybe Calgary is just too much of a sleepy town. I know G and Rob had a crazy Halloween, so stay tuned for that.
There were no real major parties going down, nothing. And that is what made the weekend fucked up. So we just randomised to our local pub where we friends with some real nice people, who've invited us for a weekend to the cabin in the mountains. Score! And then I got harassed by an old, demented and serial-killer like old man who wanted to wear my face for Halloween...
Saturday, 28 October 2006
The second fucked up incident of the weekend was the fact that we woke up at 07h30 (that gave us 4 hours sleep), to play golf. Apparently, the max temp was set to be 17C. By 8am, the temps were still at a crazy -5C!!!!Check the frost and ice on the course. Naturally, I wasn't pleased. BTW, that's four layers of clothing on top and two on the bottom. Ever worn a snow parka to golf?
Senior meteorologist, Mike Mills, or whoever seriously fucked up, or at least pulled off the prank of the century, cos temps were below zero the entire day!!!! Dude, you pissed a lot of golfers off today!
It turned out the big Halloween parties were happening on Saturday night. But we had already accepted an invite to Farid's birthday - Grick food at Manie's on 17th. Farid is from Kenya - and his wife Narmin works with us. And they're like our new best friends, and the ONLY people from work to have offered to drive us around and take us out to the cool places. And they're muchos funny! Shame, all the Canadians had to listen to dodgy stories of Kenya and Safrica that only we thought were funny!
So this is Narmin getting licked by Farid. And their friends Sharoz and her husband, but I can't remember his name.
Sunday, 29 October 2006
I woke up this morning, and realised that it was an hour earlier than what my watch(es) said - I am now the proud owner a couple watches. Apparently at midnight, the clocks were turned back an hour.
And yet more fucked up-ness... when I looked outside - snow. As pretty as newly fallen snow is, from now on, it's only downhill from now - cold temps right through to when we leave.
It's too cold to type, and I'm sure you all hating reading so much, so here's my story in pictures...
Jadey-Poo, if you still can't see my pictures then this post is gonna make fokol sense! Or click here to see the gallery.
And how to carve a jack-o-lantern, by Dari Dawg, circa 2005.
