Good Hobo Hunting!

They say you don't choose life.. life chooses you.

and I've found that's been the case for the most part for me...

I went apartment hunting for almost an entire month... okay.. almost an entire week... Nothing lights up the fire in your apt hunt than the landlord warning you to leave by the weekend... (oh did i omit to mention I overstayed my lease by 11 days? :P)

I went east and I went west.. I went south and I went north...and then I walked into this place..

and loved it.

Was it the apartment size? maybe.. was it the view? probably.. was it the hobo that hung out by the trash can next to the place? SOLD!

And based on my new location.. I can proudly state..

Damn it feels good to be a "Banker" :)

-The Canuck Banker?

Lets make a move!

So I moved.

When I was in college, I lived in 12 different residences over 5 years.. yep 12 moves.. (not 12 steps!!! that was way later!)

Before that I lived in 3 countries, 3 continents, and another 10 houses...

Then I came down to So Cal and its like I came here to settle. I lived in the same apartment for almost 5 entire years....Longer than I had ever spent under a single roof anywhere else in my life.

I got comfortable...

They say a man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

So i decided to change that... and move. I came to San Diego 5 years with nothing but two suitcases and a carryon. So I figured how bad could moving apartments be.

Well.. it was.. in fact in Chuck Barkley's words:

T U R R I B L E!!

On the day of my move, I had 28 boxes of stuff, plus furniture, plus 6 backs of clothes for Goodwill.. and this is after I tossed away 13 bags of trash!!

somebody call an intervention.. I've become a hoarder!!

It was time to clean house... In with the new, out with the old.....

It was time to move...I'm glad I moved...

The Canuck "Hoarder" Engineer

Another Year Wiser

and another year, younger.. its how you count your years once you reach 21....in my world, i've been growing younger for a few years now...

On this momentous occasion, I feel compelled to note down some resolutions.. ones I might be some 6 months too late in making.. but whats the sayin.. something about being late than never being....hmm, i think i wrecked that one.. but you get the point...

just like the 4th guy did... oh wait you didn't know that one.

3 men walk into a bar.... the 4th guy ducked :)

Its been a weird sort of year for so many reasons.. I had some great moments.. watching team canada lift the olympic gold, buying my first hookah, going on my first cruise.... but then again, there's been tougher times... Nigeria lost in the first round of the World Cup.. the Blue Jays failed once again...and finally, my roommate left me.. (oh wait.. we've discussed that ad nauseum).

But its time for a fresh start... after 5 years in this beautiful so cal location, I'm moving to an even better place near the downtown core....my folks sold the place I spent my precious high school years.. and will move to another place this fall... and so on that note, here be some resolutions made today, on the day I saved 15% or more by switching to Geico.

• I will stick to my commitments from earlier in 2010.. including my volunteer positions
• I will never bet on a long shot again (damn you usa!), unless that long shot is me... I will always bet on me.. as many time as it takes :)
• I will never doubt the impact a day old burrito can have on your internal organs
• I will no longer assume that my teeth and enamel are immune to Diet Coke
• I will accept that my obsession with Mexican Coke might be getting a tad dangerous
• When I go to Vegas the next time, I vow to see the sun rise *after* I get out of bed, instead of the other way around... at least once in the weekend...
• I will never root for Lebron James again.. Championships are earned... not just coattailed to
• I will not read any more of Joel Stein's columns.. at least not until he apologizes in earnest
• I will sing a lot more of "Damn it feels good to be a Banker"... not because I changed my profession.. but mainly because I changed my residence....yep.. it feels good to be a "Banker" :)
• I will cook at home three times a week... and when I do, at least one of them will be an Indian meal.... with the caveat that if any of these occasions happen to be unedible, i reserve the right to visit El Cotixan at any hour of the day.
• I will buy a set of tools and actually use them. a Philips screwdriver and a hammer should no longer be the extent of my toolset.. ( oh wait, I have a level too!!!)
• Artwork belongs in a man's house... yes, I got some and I'm proud of it....and no, I do not suffer from loose-wrist-syndrome!
• I have hundreds of "friends" but I can count on my fingers the number of people that really know me.. and i still got thumbs to spare.. and some.... Lets make those thumbs count!
• I will not be mean to people who ask me if I identify with Slumdog Millionaire. Sarcasm isn't always the right answer.
• Sarcasm isn't alway the wrong answer either.
• Nothing lasts forever.. not even cold November rain......or your favorite pair of jeans... I'll make peace with that
• I'll buy new jeans!
• I will resuscitate the art of the phone call. Text messaging has consumed my life.. no more!

and I will resume writing to this blog more often...That is the vow of a 21 year old.. many times over :)

-The "wiser" Canuck Engineer