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Well, have a great night and an awesome Canada Day! 
Droppin' by to wish you a great weekend and a Happy Canada Day. Drop by the place, eh - there's something new afoot in the land of The Camper! 
Just dropping by to wish you a great day and an awesome long weekend! Happy Canada Day, sweetcheeks! 
Cheers & HUGS MJ 
Drop by for a treat; I think you'll really dig it. Just dropping by to say we're off to do some storm chasing and bird recording. 
Hope you had an awesome day shopping! Just dropping in to wish you a great weekend. 
Just dropping by to let you know there's a surprise waiting at the Tree... 
Thanks for stopping by. I replied to your comment directly in the post, just to keep the flow going. Thanks for not dumping me, Shawn... 
Just checking so you don't forget about me. Have a great day! Just saw your post and replied to it there (to maintain the flow of discussion). Man, you are right on the money, my friend; I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees this stuff... 
Two new posts at the Tree today, if you're interested. Hope you have a good weekend. Just dropping in to let you know there's some new stuff up, if you're interested in taking a look. 
at my place for those sad, hurting, feeling alone and dealing with old wounds 
Havent been by my site for awhile. 
I got a new post up you may want to read. 
Hope you have A BLESSED Week 
Pop me a postcard with your new Addy - need to update my X-mas list. Just popping in to see what's new. Have a great day and a great weekend. Just dropping in to wish you a great week and let you know Manic Monday is up, if you feel like dropping by. Just popping in to wish you a great weekend. Stop by The Camper and The Tree when you get a chance, eh; you might like what you find. [Smiile] Just popping in to see what's new and wish you a great day. Drop on by for a chuckle, eh!
Well... It's official... my move is in full swing and I am now drowing in boxes and crates... It's been a bit of a trip down memory lane... I had "boxes in boxes" of stuff from over ten years ago... SCARY... STILL had a box of my moms stuff she left at my shop [Waltz of Flowers/Edmonton, Ab] I hadn't gone thru after she dies... Kinda creepy, as I don't think about her much... I don't think about ANYBODY in myfamily much these days... I like my new " family" here.. People who treat me with love and respect. Something i never experienced with my family... FAGGET IT ALREAY! LOL I am lovin' life now... and it seems every time I talk to my dad he has all sorts of horror stories about what's going on in his life and his families... The freedom of not accepting that as a way of life. So believe me when I say... I AM PURGING! I have lightened my load on every level... Now it's time for me tomove and get set up in my new crib... Fuck, am I EVER happy! 
So the mover called today to confirm the 19th as the date of the move... YEAH! now EVERYTHING is settled... The cable/phone/internet all scheduled for the 20th and I hope to have everything unpacked before CANADA DAY {JULY 1st} AND OH THE CRIB I'M GONNA HAVE TOO... This one was nice, but i never really settled here [I didn't even hook up my DVD player... sad...] I knew I wouldn't stay here for more than a year or two anyway... BUT my new digs is like.... HOME... not sure why I feel that way already... I've been sucha gad-about all my life... travelin' and never staying in one place for any length of time... I think I will be settling in this place for the duration... Baring some major disater/ or acts of God [or demons]... My new place has been upgraded for earathquakes... [hmmmmmm] so I guess if the whole city goes down my chachkas won't get damaged... LOL yikes... AND... I am gonna need to find a futon to go under my loft bed for company when they come to visit... Like Richard... or Angie...or anyone? So much to do before the move....and SO MUCH AFTERWARD... All I can see i just a great summer ahead... Last year I moved back from Edmonton and the summer was such a blurr. My heads on a bit straighter now. Ready for the next phase of my life. I smell a bad flat-warming party coming on.... 
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and of course there is PRIDE partys
to look forward to. and of course, the FIREWORKS [Gawd willing] They may actually cancel them this year because it has gotten quite rowdy over the past couple of years... I remember being in the so sick in hospital a couple years back in Alberta, and thought "if only I could see the Symphany of Fire just one more time". Well... I DID... and I cried my eyes out thru the whole fuckin' thing. They are a very special event to me. In the early 1990's it wsa one of the first big events Brentage and I went to when we lived together on Comox St. For us, 2 Alberta farm boys, it was a MAJOR event. and Brentage worked a few of them at the Shell Circle K on Denman. So many great memories here. I'm so glad to be back home... here in Van. 
INSABEAR 
and I went for sushi yesterday to celebrate my new apartment and all that goes with it. I just LOVEdoingthat with him. He's VERY pleased he won't ever have to deal with SALLY-LANDBITCH and her gestapo tactics as our resident pit-bull. She ALWAYS acosts him and it drives him crazy... She has been locked in a battle with the building next door over, and I'm NOT shitting you, A FENCE. GAWD... I my last blog I mentioned SLB was outside at 5am throwing lumber around and waking the neighbourhood. She was mixin' it up with the other land-bitch this afternoon about the same petty bullshit... and I JUST LOVE how their voices reverberate between the two buildings... only to amplify their stereofonic skank. I swear I WON'T be missin' any of THAT crap. OK OK maybe for amusements sake, but NOT at 5am. And NOT that carping fishwife. The concept that this is an apartment building and NOT HER PERSONAL RESIDENCE eludes her. She acts like I'm renting a bedroom in her basement, or something. My new crib ... OFFICIALLY DUBED "THE LOFT" [by Brentage who also lives there] has plenty of camera security but NO MANAGER/OWNERS LIVING IN THE BUILDING! They have a maintainence guy around but THAT'S IT! FREEDOM... al la 1984... big brothers watching, but not SITTIN' IN YOUR LIVIN' ROOM! 
It's late and I'm off to the tubs... MINE! You probably thought I meant F212...or M2M... like I've EVER been to either of those places... [shit, if I ever did I probably WOULDN'T BLOG ABOUT IT anyway...LOL] No, I'm gonna soak in a hot tub and let aromatherapy do its magic. Weird, I never believed that any of that worked until I started sellin' the shit, and found out the hard way when I fell asleep in the tub once and ended up with prune-butt... Nuff said. Have a great evening/morning Shawno 
OY!
UNBEFUCKINLIEVABLE!!! 
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I am again in awe of the amount of visits I get at my place... I get people stopping by from ALL OVER THE PLANET... Of course I get lotsa hits from CANADA and the USA but this month also I have had visitors from Japan, Puerto Rico, Sweden,FRANCE,UK, and even the Islamic Republic of Iran... I don't get anymore hits from North Korea as I have been banned there for "attempting to corrupt their youth" ... but I did get one from South Korea a couple of weeks ago... Cool... Nice emails too, and blog messages... Makes building and maintaining a website&blog worth wile.. Thanks eveyone for stopping by. 
Well I'm not even gonna regail the amount of synchronistic events that have been taking place over the past couple of months, but evrytime I turn around, I am reminded of how blessed I truly am... I keep seeing things that remind me of the great things I have in my life... Take yesterday... I had to go for yet ANOTHER pulmonary exam and I was NOT at all into it... I was gonna cancel, but sucked it up and went anyway.... When I was in the "booth" with the airhoses hooked up to me, I noticed the view... 
It was a perfect view of MY NEW APT... All nessled in amongst the large hi-rises and office towers... It was like a fuckin' beacon of light. I was also on the slytrain on Tuesday and there was a picture of some heritage buildings and THERE WAS MY NEW APT BUILDING... front and centre... HOLY SHIT.... might not seem like much but I have many of these kinds of things happening... My astrologer [Miss Beatha] told me that this month was gonna be a windfall for me and she was right...Money was supposta fall from the sky... First off, I forgot I had almost $500 in my saving account that I haven't touched in over a year... FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT... then when I called HYDRO to close my account they said " OH, you have a $30 credit from your last apt on this account. So your last bill will be NIL!" and the HYDRO is included in the rent at my new place... Then a buddy of mine who has owed me money {for 2 years] payed me most of it back...another $300 THEN... when I get my phone re-hooked up I get free hook-up and 3 months free...[about $200 value right there] OH THERES MORE!!! I bought some cool stuff at a yard sale last weekend and was about to wash the pants I bought [cool guess jeans, tags still on] and there was a $20 bill stuffed in the little change pocket... SHUT UP!!! Pennys from HEAVEN...
finally... 
Today Brentage and I are gonna go to Chinatown for a nice day of shopping and munching... Haven't had B-B-Q Red Pork Bun in a while... MMMMMMMM... I always go to Maxims Bakery for some fruity cake slices too... Nice day in the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden and then off to the ARMY & NAVY and see what sales they have this week... I need [of all things] a new wallet... to carry around all that extra money I've made this month... NOT! I am actually also searching for the perfect backpack for my [eventual] trip I have been planning FOR FUCKIN' YEARS NOW!... and the A&N has great camping/fishing/hiking gear cheap... They also have a good selection of candles and chachkas too... This is one of my favorite places to shop... 
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Man-o-man, thank GAWD I'm leaving this apt... It's 5 am and Sally-Land-bitch is having some sort of melt-down outside my window... I heard these boards being slammed against the ground like someone was angrily piling them... and THEN the bitching... The landlady from next door poked her head outta her window and asked Sally " What R U doing? It's 5 am!" AND THEN SHIT HIT THE FAN... Sally started ranting and raving and yelling that they had left some garbage in HER re-cycling bin and was making a point [DID I MENTION IT'S 5am?] and the fight was on... She continued to slam the board agains the ground, screaming something in Chinese, and stomping her feet like a spoiled 2 year old... GOOD MORNING EVERYONE... FUCK BITCH.... I just wanna ring her neck... she has had these meltdowns the enitre year I have lived here... It has been a constant construction zone: saws, hammers, pounding, yelling, smashing glass... This is unacceptable... OK OK She's NOW back at it again [she had stopped for about 10 minutes] and she is again waking everyone ine the neighbourhood up with her anger. What the fuck is WRONG with people these days? Take pill, bitch... HOW FUCKIN' RUDE... and of course on the ONLY DAY THIS WEEK I COULD SLEEP IN! That's IT! She MUST be DESTROYED!!! 
Thanks for getting your payday loan thru me...
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Yesterday I got the samples in the mail of the conainers to package my incense... Funny how concepts change when they go from your brain to reality... I wanna use these cool little re-useable tin containers like "Altoid" boxes... The aren't QUITE what I thought they would look like, but they're cool. These will be used for the 
KonaKones 
and MiniKones 
also some plastic ones for the Stixxx... I kinda like them, but still working on the whole concept. 
Now concerns are how fresh the product will stay and if there will be any chemical reactions between the tin and the fragrance oils. [the supplier didn't know] Both of these types of containers are generic enough that the labling will be key to the overal esthetic. Gonna takem' to the printer and see what he's got in mind for the lables. I know what I want, so let's see what he can do for me. 
I am seriously plotzing... The freakin' view is awesome. OK OK it's not of the beach or mountains, but it is all the way down Granville, neon a blazin'. gonna be CRAZY during the OLYMPICS YEE-HA! BOO-HISS! anyway... 9 FOOT CIELINGS...
so I can hang the little chandlier I got like 5 years ago and never hung... TON of in apt. storage and big storage room/locker in the "vault" SERIOUSLY the fuckin' storage room is in the old bank vault complete with a Bugs Bunny cartoon style door... I'll take a pic of that when I get moved in... and 2 washer & dryers not one like here in the Pink Palace, and for $1 not $2... I KNOW I'm a cheap moFO, and for me, every cent counts... Vancouver is one of the most expensive cities to live in...especially when you live alone... but I'm doin' pretty well so far. It DOES take some creative accounting sometimes, but I always seemn to get everything payed for on time one way or another... oh and just an aside... I find this great apt to move into and the girl at the bank today [was getting my LAST Money-order for Sally-Landbitch] asked me " Do U want a mortgage?" and I asked WHY? and she said I had a flag on my screen when it comes up that states I have very good credit and she should suggest a motgage. BITCH... if she woulda done that 6 months ago I woulda JUMPED ON IT... BUUUUUT... it is nice to know they would ask that... Seriously, renting is better here... serious condo problems with one built substandardly in the early 90's. and some of the old hi-rises that went condo at the turn of the century have had problems. I'm shittin' I got into THIS NEW place. Tee Hee! 
ON a MUCH lighter note....Insabear came over last night and we had a few drinks and chatted about all the changes that are taking place right now. I'm going thru yet ANOTHER parydigm shift and he's got that sick feeling that comes with self-awareness... LOL Seriously, we've both been taking stock in our lives, dumping the garbage and embracing the good stuff. I know I feel differently about life than I did even a year ago. Not sure if it's age or senility, but I feel totally unincumbered, unfettered and FREE.... I know I keep harping on this but I have never experienced life without baggage... OTHER PEOPLES... I just don't have the time or brain-space for THAT crap. My brain is too full of my own stuff now!  |  |  |
So I started looking for a little kitty to have as a pet... I was gonna get a dog, but because I work so much I am just not sure I could give one the love and attention it needs... Cats tend to be more independent, and don't need to be CONSTANTLY attended to. I had a cute cat when I was a kid named "Sparky" She was SOOOOOO sweet and used to drool profusely everytime she purred, used to have to have a towel to sop up all the spit. But she was the most loving cat... I really miss that. But I am still not sure once I move in if I will have the nerve to actually get one... Pets are for life... and since I am allowed to have one I'm kinda excited about switchin' EVERYTHING up... that INCLUDES OWNING LIVESTOCK... LOL 
Today I'm gonna pack/purge and process more of my life into boxes... and clean everything so when I unpack I'm not having to wash everything then... My chahckas gett pretty dusty in the spring & summer and I want everything fresh and clean when I get to my new digs. I KNOW, I GOT ALMOST A MONTH BEFORE I MOVE... but I CAN'T WAIT!!! I keep looking at the pics of my new apt building and just get a rush of excitement through my body. I have NEVER been this psyched about a move before... The last one [dreadful from Edmonton to Vancouver] I was still so fucked up and sick I hardly recall it. I just remember Insabear coming and driving all that way to help me. This one will be MUCH LESS STRESSFUL... YEAH RIGHT! So, I am done 4 the day... Now gonna watch STEVE WILKOS LOL just trash... Shawno
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Well... for the first time in a very long time, I AM ACTUALLY PROUD OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM, OUR PREMIER, OUR MAYOR and all those who have been fighting to keep our "Safe Injection Site" Open for addicts to cleanly and safely inject... 
Do I condone this type of drug abuse? Of course not. Using hard drugs like crack, meth or herion is SO dangerous and life destroying I hardly am going to promote that... WHAT I DO PROMOTE is a safe.clean place for addicts to take their drugs, in a controlled enviornment, with medical supervision.[registered nurses]
using clean needles and disposing ,properly, the used ones. Unfortunately, our Prime Minister has different ideas, and has been chomping at the bit to close this site and sweep under the rug the issues of addiction, and the spread of HIV and HEP C. HIS conservative values and views DO NOT REFLECT those of the majority of Canadians,{shown by his MINORITY gov't status} and those of the BC Supreme Court.The court said that it is against our constitution to close them. So the site has another year breathing room to get a permit to perminently stay and help those who need it. There is also councelling and basic medical services 
there as well... Curbs the spread of bad diseases, and gets the addicts off the street, doing their drugs in alleys, behind dumpsters and in doorways. I have witnessed the homeless population explode here in Vancouver since "we" voted to host these dreadful, testosterone driven Olympics instead of doing something for those so desparately in need. Instead of building more safe injection site and low-cost housing they opted for a $250,000 coat of paint 
on everything to pretty it up for the games... I am disgusted by that. BUT AT LEAST the site will remain open for another year, saving lives and hepling those who want to get off the hard stuff... Today, I am proud to be CANADIAN... 
My new apartment allows pets [my first apt I have lived where they allow them] been seriously thinking about getting a dog or cat. I've always wanted a cool black cat that just lays around and purrs all the time... I love dogs too. Maybe I'll get one of each...LOL Doubtful. But I think a cute little kitty would be nice. I am gonna go to the animal shelter to get one not a pet store. Give an animal a much needed home. THAT should satisfy my savior-behavior for a while anyway... MEEEEEEOW! 
HELLO WORLD FROM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
I'm crisp alright... WOW... what a great day... Spent the afternoon hangin' at the beach with Brentage. He didn't wanna go to Wreck today...[fuck, these boys are sooooooo shy, COME ON!] so we went to English Bay instead... Made a bunch of sandwiches and slaw... and deviled eggs... and other picnic fare... YumYummy! It was blazin' hot too... It was only about 20C by the water but you sure can feel the suns rays... Slathered on the old sunscreen, but I still got lobstered... Kinda loopy cause I forgot my hat... LOL and got too much sun... Weird, cause it always seems to be dark and raining here in Vancouver... and the Beach was packed as you can tell from the pics I took... I am really looking forward to a summer of fun & sun... surf & turf [in that order LOL] sand & sex... you get the point... It's funny too because I MUST be a true bear cause I always go into hibernation in the winter.... I NEVER go out to the clubs much or do anything outside of my apartment. But I feel the urge to merge... or is it splurge? purge? durge? eeeeek.... Seriously I have been getting back into the groove and getting back to my very FULL life... I always try to make my days special even if it doing something simple like taking an hour out of my day just to go to the SunYat Sen Garden, or go somewhere in the city I have never been before. I hadta kinda pull teeth to get B to come to the beach today, and I couldn't wait... So I know I'm enjoying life more... and not dwelling on negative shit I can't control... like my family... and people I work with.... like gossip-heads at the pub... I don't think I've EVER had my "poop-in-a-group" so tight in my enire life... I literally have NO ISSUES that seriously need addressing...[ ok ok my eyebrows, BUT I AM WORKING ON THAT!] No I mean I don't have any "dead wood" or unresolved issues to deal with anymore... My 6 month sint with that lovely councellor in New Westminister really opened my eyes up to my problems... LIKE FOR INSTANCE... My fuckin' savior-behavior, thinkin' I can "fix" all these damaged types [again, like my family...obsess much?] and understanding when people have issues like alcoholism or drug abuse and they are sucking the lifes blood and money outta you, you gotta let go... I realized no matter how much I coddles people or made them feel everything was ok, I ususally got caught in the emotional cross-fire... It's NOT that I don't want to help people , I just havta be selective and careful as to who I extend a hand to and make sure it won't be "slapped down" at the end of it all. It is now about unconditional love and friendship and NOT about trying to get people approval or love... I don't think I'll ever fall for THAT again... Hey I put up woth it from my family for over 40 years and finally dumped them... AND I HAVETA TELL YA...
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I can literally touch the next apt... IT WILL BE SOOOOOO WONDERFUL to have a view that is unobstructed by someones FAT ASS or hair in soup-cans [seriously ,the dame that lives across the next apt wears those stupid things to bed for CHRIST SAKE] it ain't pretty... My new place has a LOVELY view of Seymour Street and Vancouver proper. Not sure exactly how good the view but it MUST be better than the one I have now... LOL The days are counting down... FAST! 
OMG... I couldn't believe it... I haven't been actually feelin' all that attractive as of late cause I was sick again [ well, recouping from surgery] and was feelin' a BIT self-concious going to the beach today... But on the way home this LITTLE CUTIE... this child... this FETUS crusied the pants right off me on Davie St.... Didn't give me the eye only one, ..not twice... BUT THRICE... OK OK this kid was like 12 [ no, seriously he couldn't have been more than 20 yrs old] and I haveta admit I BLUSHED...red as a fuckin' beet! Brentage said to me " Did U SEE that boy peel U like a banana?" 
Hmmmmm...BUUUUUUUUT... the dude WAS wearing glitter on his face {???!???} not sure what THAT was about... andyway he was JUST A bit PRECIOUS.... I guess he was into old guys or something....LOL HA! The old GAYCANUCK still gots it... gonna keep my EYE out for THAT one... [ BAD BAD SHAWNO] 
Well gang, I am gonna bunker down for a night of COPS, MORE COPS followed by AMW [that's America's Most Wanted for those poofs out there who are busy watchin' "Greys Anatomy" BARFITZ!] Unpleasant DREEEEEEEEEEAMS.... [that's what Elvira Mistrees of the Dark always says at the end of her shows...] Later Shawno 
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