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Garage sale gone horribly wrong

I went up to Natasha's yesterday to try and hock my junk at her garage sale. There was a parade of garage sales in the Mackenzie Town/Copperfield area, but Natasha's was the only one on her block. Now from having some of my own garage sale-ing experience, I know that people do not tend to bother with streets that only have one sale during such parades... not worth their while. So needless to say, or traffic was slow.

I sold a DVD player and some plastic Disney glasses and an old car amplifier. And I managed to raise $20 for MS through the cookies Natasha and I baked Friday night... but all in all, I did not manage to make enough money to cover Peter's and my spending att he Children's Miracle Network fundraiser that we went to for dinner. We ended up walking away from that with 4 new cookbooks (all with healthy new ideas to try) and a jersey signed by all the Calgary Flames (is that cool, or what?).

So, I made $43 at the garage sale (excluding the MS money) and spent $420 on bringing more stuff into our house... but it’s for a good cause right?

If you would like to sponsor me in my Walk for MS next Saturday, please do so here:
https://msors.mssociety.ca/walk2007/Sponsor.aspx?L=2&PID=938481

Emo, I admit it, I love it!

I ended up in the front row on the floor at the My Chemical Romance concert last night... and Wow! They put on a great show.

We were about the oldest people there other than the parents who brought their children, but that was okay, Natasha and I fully embraced it. Derek seemed to enjoy it, and Peter endured it. It was a fluke that we ended up with the seats we did. I had looked at tickets some time ago, and nothing too close was available. Then yesterday, the day of the concert, these tickets just magically appeared. It was all meant to be!

The opening band was something to be desired (though Peter actually seemed to) I didn't bother getting their name, but I think it was something like "The Blood". I didn't got here to see/hear death metal, and with the PA system right in front of us, had to leave for most of their performance.

My Chemical Romance had so much energy and they had great theatrics. Gerard came out in a hospital gurney and looked all dead. I think they also give a really good message to the youth of today. They seem to want to get through to the outcast/loner kids. If these kids can hear this message, maybe there will be less Columbine/Virginia Tech type incidents.

I can see... kinda

My laser eye surgery was last Thursday, and I can see quite well now. On Monday I had an appointment, where they measured my vision, and it came out at 20/25 vision (compared to the "normal" person who can see at 20/20... who is this "normal" person anyway?) But they said it will continue to get better, so there is still hope that I will end up with the eagle-eye vision that I set out to achieve. But they tested my vision in a dark room with white glowing letters. In the real world with so much backlighting, I have such a hard time focusing. That is getting better every day, and I hope to be able to comfortably be able to look at the computer or read my text books by tomorrow.

The Secret: it works. maybe....

Yesterday Dave came to town and the 3 of us went climbing at the gym. Peter and I were planning to go anyway, but it was nice to have Dave because he really helped me push myself. It's great to see someone who can do so much. It makes me want to spend every waking moment climbing walls. Tomorrow we plan on going out to Canmore to a "real" mountain. It should be fun since I now have the proper equipment I can get off the ground without fear of falling.

So after climbing, we drove past the theatre and discussed the new Spiderman 3 movie that opened that day. We decided we would play it by fate and if it happened to be starting when we got out from diner, we would go see it, but only if there wasn't a stupid long line up. Dave and I talked about The Secret and the power of positive thinking. We took our time at dinner, and basically forgot all about Spiderman.

After diner, we drove past the theatre again, got a parking spot RIGHT in front, and walked right in. The lobby was empty and the sign said Spiderman started at 11:00. It was 11:05. There was no problem getting tickets, and in the theatre, there were only about 10 people... on OPENING night!

Anyway, I think I would have been disappointed if I had stood in line. There wasn't enough action. If I go see a movie like that, I don't care about the cheesy love story bit. Sure I respect its necessity, but less of it and more of the superhero bit would be welcome. The 'evil' Superman could have been done so much better!

The power of positive thinking did not work on Second Cup still being open before we went into the movie, however!

Good-by beloved contacts, hello adventure

If all goes well, today is my last day of wesring contact lenses. I can't believe the day has finally came. I've worn them about half my life, but I don't think I will miss them.

If all goes well, today is my last day of wearing contact lenses. I can't believe the day has finally came. I've worn them about half my life, but I don't think I will miss them.

On another note, I realized today that I think I am having some sort of early mid life crisis. 27 has always seemed like such an important age to me, that I think I just feel like I have to get out there and do everything. That is probably what is behind the idea of trekking through China.

I also have started rock climbing. Well, climbing walls in the gym that have plastic hand-holds screwed on. A couple weekends ago we went out to White Buda in Kananaskis, but didn't have a rope, so only did a bit of bouldering. Yesterday I went to the climbing gym and really badly want to go again (but my arms hurt a bit, so I will wait a day or two). It's very exhilarating to climb up so high and yet be relatively secure (importance of trust in your belayer).

So all in all, who cares if I am having a mini breakdown, at least I am having some fun and putting a little adventure in my life. Must get the adventure in before I become a full fledged accountant... because everyone knows accountants aren't allowed to have fun :)

AST - May 10 wow!

AST - Advanced Surface Treatment is somewhere in between Lasik and PRK treatments. They mechanically lift a thin epithelial flap and discard it. A 'bandage lens' is placed over the freshly lasered eye ball to protect the eye from blinking and is removed 3-5 days later. So it is supposed to be better than lasik in that there is no risk of 'flap' complications, less risk of 'dry-eye' and superior long term vision and contrast.

Plus the cost qualifies as medical expenses for income tax and is exempt from GST. $3000 and I will have perfect eye sight in less than 1 month from now.