Leaving

Alright humans... followers of my blog... friends....
I have news.
Great and marvelous news.
I am leaving.
Going back to camp.
I will be leaving for missions fest on the 7th of January and I wont be returning.
I will be at Camp Homewood on Quadra Island till I become a man... or till I feel I have served God enough to get into heaven. Kidding.
I will be there for a few months, probably until September.
I am excited which means you should be excited for me! :)
Please pray for me and think of me often!

And say "That Josh character... he was cool.... why isn't he here? Oh... because he is doing something with his life...right... ya... too bad he waisted his life helping people and not himself."
K... say that!

I will still be updating my blog ever soo often... soo... keep watching.
I might even find a fancy name for it, like all you cool bloggers out there.
something cool like... "Causality In Question"... or "A Didactive Delirium" or "Reading Between The Lines"... all very ....scene ...blog names :P
I am not smart enough for those kind of names.... I don't even know what Didactive or Causality even mean... well I do now because I just Wiki'd them.
maybe something like "Acabo de excrementar mis pantalones" suits my style more.


Well... I will see you all in the near future maybe. But till then.
Happy New Year! Live sweet lives!

Fancy Shmancy

I want to be a fancy chef.

For my work Christmas party we went to the South Thompson Guest Ranch and had dinner at the restaurant called Madisens. I have never seen such expensive meals in my life. The names sounded expensive... the dishes looked expensive... the food even tasted expensive. The smaller the portion size... the more expensive you can make it! That's the way they work. haha.
Soo.. we got our menus.. they were smaller menus just us... because I didnt know half of the things on the menu anyways it was easier... I would have been there an hour deciding... wait a sec... it took two hours for us to get our entrees hahaha. Soo I dressed a little classy not expecting to be in a super nice restaurant but oh was I surprised.

I started off with a cheap starter...
Crispy Duck Spring Roll with Papaya Chutney and a spicy Vegetable slaw! 14$
A glass of white wine. 12$

Then moved on... ya.. I didnt have white wine... but I wanted some....

The entree I picked was just the most familiar to me...

Medium Rare Beef Tenderloin and Lobster Tail with Jus, Horseradish cream and Lobster Bisque Sauce. a few Asparagus for color. 40$

Two glasses of the always tasty Pepsi Cola... yes.. high class, I know. 2.49$ I had had a ginger beer before the meal soo.. that was my classy drink.

The Dessert... holy monkeys... This whole meal came down to the dessert... I had my eye on this from the beginning of the meal... and knew it would make up for any sort of crispy duck or lobster tail that had gone wrong. Which surprisingly... did not go wrong.

Dark Belgian Chocolate Pate with a Honey Roasted Bosc Pear. 10$

The total before the tip and not including 2 bottles of water 66.49$ (without Alcohol)

Soo I was spoiled... definitely didn't have to pay a cent!

My ratings... out of 10... of all the food I have tasted in my life. I will give you a sample so you know where I am coming from.
10 being tasting amazing, 1 being bad gaging... possible spit up.
McDonald's Double Cheeseburger. 7 1/2
Mothers Homemade Stroganoff 10
Tofu 1
Broccoli 3 1/2

k so this being where I am coming from.

Duck Spring Roll 6... crispy but too spring rolly
Vegi Slaw 4 a little too spicy

Beef Tenderloin 9 1/2
Lobster Tail Jus 2... hate seafood.

Dark Belgian Pate 10 excellant
Honey Roasted Bosc Pear 8... very... cinnaminny

Deliciousness!

The fancy drizzle patterns on these plates made the whole thing! hahah

I am dressed up and ready to go to a Christmas party tonight! It is going to be a boozfest... excluding me... weh. I am missing so much right? not...


Christmas is almost here. I am happy for babies... er.. baby... er... Jesus....ya

We have a table tennis table. mmmhm. Soon I will become like the Asians.

Christmas

I have said it before and I will say it again. I HATE xmas!
Shopping.
Thinking of gift ideas... gifts that people probly don't need but I want them to have. Or they want.
Red and Green. Mainly the two shades that resemble Xmas.
Santa. seriously. who wants a gift from an old fat guy in his pajamas. sick!
Bells. wow. I can't say enough terrible things about what they do to my ears.
Mistletoe. wellllll.... that's not soo bad. ;P

Christmas. Christmas my friends is what its all about.None of this xmas hullabaloo.
The Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, in a manger. Our Lord Jesus Christ who was born to die.
The entire basis of my world view and my beliefs. I hear people singing Christmas carols and I think about how probly over 50% of Kamloopsians don't even know what they are singing about.
I love giving gifts! yes I hate looking for them :D but the feeling of sacrificing something of my own...(aka my money and the time and effort)... is amazing. It is the least of things that I could sacrifice, by far.

Soo today I had a bloody nose...
I didnt stop it though...
I just.. watched.. the blood fall from my nose... into the sink... it was cool!

Hockey is fun.
Juice is tasty.
Josh is sweeet.
something something... something... hasty.









copyright.By ME

My favorite mug ever. I like it.
Yes, it is from Los Angeles.

I am in love with dirt biking. There is a rage going around the golden age homeschoolers who, once of the mindset that motor bikes were from the devil... now have seen the light. Tim bought a bike as did Behn and Paul. There are many of us that would like to say we are next but... the cash flow is the destroyer.
I have thoughts that it might not be a good idea for me to get one because of the bad luck charm I am with them... the last two times Tim and myself have gone out... the chain on one of the bikes has snapped in half... unexplainable. Soo when I am with Tim... his bike breaks, could be a sign. Just to clarify, we use Pit Bikes... not full sized motor bikes... A Pit Bike is a smaller sized bike with the power to carry a heavier person... they are cheaper... can go pretty much anywhere... and are still just as much fun as a large dirt bike.


I saw New Moon with some awesome people. My mind is still boggled... Bella better stay with Edward... Holy Crap.
I am not going to read the books... that would ruin it for me...
I have never read the Harry Potter books... and for me this makes the movies waaay better because I don't have to feel the disappointment when the director/producer leaves things out or adds dumb things in.

I dropped my Cell phone in my milkshake the other day. Not good. :D

We officially have two bottles of Orange soda left from Liz's wedding. We're getting their... I know.

I have been looking up "How to metal scream" videos on youtube.... they are... hilarious... there is no way I am going to learn from these but they are hilarious.

I lifted 56,000 pounds of trees today. My biceps and pecs are freakin sore.
Hard work is good.

Please pray for my family and I.

I need guidance.

My family doesn't need money. But it does help us eat. And drive vehicles. Its a good thing God knows what is best for us. (hint hint... big guy upstairs...)

Love you!

Built a Lego rock band this morning with Lanny...while listening to the Tarzan soundtrack.
Awesome.

Sooo... I have a job.

I didnt even have to apply.
I didnt have an interview.
They just called me up and were like... Josh Geddert... we have heard soo much about you... we need your body.
How does this happen? haha who cares... money for me.

I hate big decisions.

Ywam Haiti this January?
Jamaica Ywam?
OR either, but next January... ?

Soo... probly no more work for me for a few weeks... I got sent home eary this morning after only working 2 hours... haha awesome.

I am going to get into soo much trouble with all this freetime...

I love old ladies that work shipping!

When can I buy my mac?

Ice tea is delicious!

Hockey is my favorite.

Parents are awesome to annoy!

When does 24 start up again.. oh right January...

When is Lost going to start... I want to have babies with that show!

Taylor Swift is cute... and amazing.

Owl City = Delicious.

Putting on brand new clothes... AWESOME!

I am getting sick... AWESOME.. oh wait.. that is a bad thing... k.. TERRIBLE!

Have I ever lost to my mother at Quiddler?

Nope.

I am struggling with my faith right now.
I have no desire for anything spiritual... I have tried listening to worship music... bleh... Church... bleh... even reading my bible...
I don't know what is happening.
I am for the most part happy.... but physically tired...
Full... yet... completely drained...
I have been getting angrier and angrier by the day lately...
I need a punching bag to destroy...
Instead of people...




- Mister Gloomy-


ps... I literally stood in the same spot for 9 1/2 hours today.

Life is surprising.
The End.

Life is stupid.
The End.

Today I took my mother out for breakfast!
I Vacuumed the ENTIRE house!
And I plan on getting into shenanigans this afternoon ! possibly with a McIsaac!


I want to buy a mac book... is this bad!

I dont want to become a Mac person but they are soo handy and awesome for musical enjoyment!


I think I might have to make some videos and post them on my blog... for your blogging enjoyment...

not like the stupid video blogs but... sort of...
they will be hilarious... because they are of me...

Oh...

Well... some work things....

I successfully got high on the fumes of fresh winter boots....
Every time I got an order with womens winter boots... I would sniff inside the boxes... it was exciting and a rush... pretty intense...

I thought
I liked this morning
thing but
I don't.
Refrigerator!!!

Thankful

I am thankful for many things.. and what a better day do express these thankfulness's than the thanky of all thankful days... thanksgiving day.
Today I embark on my 4th... thanksgiving meal... I haven't gained a pound yet... which I am thankful for.
I have fealt like a glutton the past couple days... but what the heck... people give me food.. I am going to eat it.
We have internationals coming over today... should be awesome!
I am glad I have had variety in food this weekend...
Two meals turkey... one chicken... and today ham. awesome!
I am starting to like stuffing more and more... but it needs to be good haha
needs to have a good consistency, no meat... and no huge chucks...

K

I am thankful for.

Awesome parents. Who support and love me no matter what... (and get me up when I sleep past my alarm)

A dad who does sweet projects in the house.. like reno a sweet bathroom for me.

A mother who cooks up a storm every day... and does so with ease... and is always cheerful about it... except when people cram into her kitchen :D

Two rad brothers...
Lanny.. the cutest thing ever... deffinetly going to have all the babes when he is older...

Andrew.... smartest.. coolest... manliest... brother ever... and probly my best friend. which is the best connection between siblings you can have.

A sweet puppy dog...

A warm house.

Awesome friends! and by awesome I mean, the worst... and by the worst I mean... you guys rock my world!

Mattu...

Awesome glasses... couldn't see without them...

Some sweet pants... that I haven't got yet... grrrr (HL... how can we have an SO If i dont have those..?)




-Josh-
Be thankful yo!

Bringing back my past.

Soo... I went to some drop in gymnastics last night.
I was... missing gym soo much.. brought back all the funny and awesome memories of gym back in the day... 6 years ago, holy.
Did some crazy flips...
Tim was there... but.. there were too many people watching for him to be comfortable..
We need more people we know to come so we can have a little click...
oh.. saw a good buddy
Tyson... my good training buddy from back in the day! he was working at the gym.
It was sweet to talk to him and catch up.
Soo a dude broke his nose at the gym.. pretty funny.. there was blood everywhere...
Apparently Matt knows him some how... hmm.. no idea
AND... some stupid kids up in the viewing area.. kicked one of the huge windows.. and it shattered... didnt fall on anyone... but.. it shattered and stayed in place.. like a car window... luckily nobody died.

Today I am going to play some ice hockey.. and then chill with some babes!
Days off in the middle of the week are great!

I have no life...

I got a phone...

778-220-4254

Hey.. hey.. hey hey............................. I am 18
...........ME!

I feel all weird inside working a 40 hour week...
It has gone well so far.
I need my paycheck now to payoff rent.. get a cell phone and payoff some friends.. ya know those bounty hunters will come for me soon.

I have no updates. My life is a bore at the moment.

stupid brain.

I feel like so much more of a man!
Drove the truck to work twice. AND bought gas at 4:30 in the morning.
I am soo tired today.
Tim... will be working with me now... I am excited...
Timothy Coulter got the job at NRI and he starts Monday I believe.
Should be pretty hectic.
This weekend will be glorious for rest.
Start regular shifts next week. INSANE.

Standard Pro

Ya thats right... I just went out for 20 minutes by myself driving standard... scary stuff but... I am driving the truck to work tommorow at 4:30am.... pray for me hahaha

hurro

Well... I have a job.

I am now an Inventory Control Technician at NRI (Non Resident Importer) Distribution.

I feel soo special... it is quite the title...

I also am very important... I get to hold a clipboard all day... I know right... crazy important.

I am slowly getting used to this... no school thing.

I need a paycheck badly.

I supposedly start paying rent today... *bleck!

I need to learn standard.



Josh.

Hello

I am blogging.
This must mean I have some free time.
Sort of...
Since I have been back I have really done nothing. Today I chose to do something. Sleep in.
Slept in till 12... which is a record for me this last year. Then I got down to business.
We have been reno ing our downstairs bathroom lately. Today my parents and Lanny were gone.
So I started doing some work on it. Did some sanding... some washing... some vaccuming... and some priming. It looks good soo far but. Needs a second coat... and a new floaring.
Tommorow I am expecting a call from NRI, the place I put my resume in at. They are a Distributing and shipping company. So I will be working with boxes haha.
This week is going to be hectic. Andrew is starting alot of school. My DAD is starting school haha. Liz and Tim are leaving tommorow. Lanny is starting school sometime soon.
I am going to be a loner if I dont get a job haha.

I am addicted to Pokemon by the way. The show and the game. Soo good. Asians are crazy and amazing.


Josh

Home

I am home and it is wierd.

Friends

Hello Peeps.

I am well.
I have been partying it up here at homewood.
And I cant believe I only have a week and a half left.
I am excited for marriage.. not my marriage but... my favourite sisters marriage.

Oh I have some updates about what I am doing in my life... but.. I am not going to tell you :D
Because I am a weasel.
I have a braid in my hair by the way... it is great! it has leather on it! It had a feather in it but it fell out while I was sleeping.

K soo.. ya Woodsman.. I was out there once again.
It was the most tiring, gong show I have ever done in my life... sick campers everywhere and the crappiest weather.
I had a camper with aspergers in my tent who required my 100% attention. I fealt like I ignored my other campers because I was with him soo much. The first day he was soo homesick, he was actually screaming at the director and myself. It was completely a God thing though because he was not even talking to us just screaming and we didnt know what to do... we tried talking about things he liked and doing fun things things but no. So I just said a little "I trust you God" prayer in my head and something just snapped in him and he became cheerful and all he wanted to do was shoot some archery.. so we probly shot arrows 3 hours everything day!
Soo along with him... I had a camper with stomach flu. HOLY CRAP!
k soo 2 oclock in the morning. Camper wakes me up.. "um Josh.. I have diarhea..."
"Um... soo what go to the bathroom..."
"No , Josh... I had it in my pants"
aaaaaahhhhhhhhh frick!
K soo I go to help this kid... grossest thing in my life...
I wont give you details on the internet... but in person possibly.
Soo ya,... he also threw up mid trail twice,... an absolute explosion!
I had a stretching week. truly a growing opportunity. Thank you God for not making it easy!
:D

Soo now I get two days off and then I am going sailing for a week and counseling campers that are older than me.
I will just pretend I am 21...
Most people around here think I am atleast 20 anyways.

Did some skimboarding today soo much fun. Sprained my hand though.
Then went to Dave Sparling's house and had steak. Delicious.

Tommorow, I will do what ever comes my way.

Love you all. I will see you in a week and a half.


Josh

Another post

Hello friends, I am back.
Staff retreat is just ending.
It was a little lackluster, yet fun.
Did alot of cliff jumping off of amazing waterfalls, sunning, and jumping into the ocean in the dead of night!
I have also been playing ALOT of ping pong... like at least an hour everyday. I am getting quite amazing. in the top 4 at camp.
Yesterday we went to an amazing waterfall... jump a good 40 footer.. then sat in the most amazing nature pool ever... just sat ... and ate pistaccio nuts. Then we went to boston Pizza and had all you can eat pizza and pop... I ate sooo much.. 6 pieces of pizza and 5 glasses of root beer!
Now we are all just chillaxing until family camp starts tonight... family camp should be slack. I am helping with chapel, riflery, bottle rockets, and evening actvitiy. and the rest of the day is free time.
I am livin the counselors life.. not gonna lie. :D
haha

I must say... Quadra and Vancouver Islands are the most fascinating things ever.... there is sooo much to do. Oh ya, and Cortes... forgot about you oh druggy infested amazingness.

Well... I am going to eat blueberries and go slacklining... talk to you all later.

And dont worry.. I am not scoping any fly honies!

Josh

HELLO!

Well my friends.. it is time for another update of me. Last you heard I was doing day camps.. well those went well. Then I headed out to woodsman for a week which was epic...
We did sweet manly things with the kids all day. One day we went out to some 20 foot jumping rocks.. not too big of a deal right.. well... as the kids were climbing the sharp, jagged, ominous looking rocks to get up... obviously someone has to fall. None of us leaders see anything. All I hear is.. "Oh my GOSH! His bone is sticking out! Holy crap!"
Soo being such a good first aider.. :D I rushed to the scene expecting a compound fracture with blood everywhere... well I get over this little ridge and I see a kid floating on his back in the water... with a life jacket, screaming. Soo I rushed down to the water... as fast as you can rush on 2 foot spikes of rocks. Get to him in the water.. I didnt know where he was hurt, all I had heard was his bone was sticking out... Soo I cradled his head.. cause i didnt know if there was a spinal injury.. ya know.. falling down rocks.. nobody saw... soo I kinda look over his body and try to calm him down while screaming at the other kids to get out of the way and go look at something else. Soo I finally see the injury... his knee... split open.. soo it seemed I could see his knee cap... yes.. delicious.
Soo, kids out of the way.. child in a safe environment... I call for the lifeguard/medic... he gets there... I explain everything.. meanwhile I am still treading water with this child...
They get him in the boat and they speed away for the hospital a good hour and a half away...
Well... I think it was worse for me then for the medic because I didnt know if he was going to be ok.. I was stuck with the rest of the kids... a little traumatized. well.. alot actually. Soo we had a little prayer time.. and kept on doing manly things. I guess our prayers payed off.. he came back the same night.. holy smokes.. what a blessing.. nobody in the ER and they let them on the ferry for free. He ended up getting 22 stitches.. which is huge! haha and he toughed the rest of the week out on crutches.
Anyways... hospital visits are not uncommon from woodsman... we had another knee victim that same week... he got a stick through his jeans and into his knee... but this one only ended up in 6 stitches haha.
My tent was great out there. One of my atheist campers gave his life to God... which is huge news aswell. I have had a few reports from the directors that parents called in and said I was the best counselor their kid had ever had. :D hehe.
Right now we are doing junior boys harbour. which is just the home camp here. It is going ok.. haha...
One of my kids got up at 3 am the first night without me knowing and called his mom... who called the director asking why her kid couldnt find his way back to his tent hahahaha.
Soo the director drove to the lodge.. took the kid and brought him back to my tent... hahaha
what can ya do.. like seriously... I was sleeping hahah.
Anyways...I am teaching rowing this week... it is the worst.. row boats are stupid.. and kids do not know how to row no matter how much you teach them.
I am also on fireside.. soo I have to lead the kids in songs and a skit and get someone to do a testimony. I am the most rediculous when it comes to funny songs... It's all about overdoing actions and just making a fool of yourself :D
Staff retreat is coming up this weekend.. which I am excited for. We get to do fun things apparently paid for by the camp. :D:D

My sister is getting married... holy crap!

We had a Senior staff verses CIT's soccer game the other week... probly 30 cit's and 14 senior staff. soo we were quite outnumbered. Anyways, I scored the most beautiful header to open the scoring and set up two others for the 4-2 win... soo many injuries though.

I have an amazing tan. Oh and the big news about my hair was that I died it bleach blond haha. It looks pretty amazing. Just go to my facebook profile picture.

Well... time to peace out friends.

Stay sweet!

Josh

Camp Life So Far

I wish it was possible for kids to skip the ages of 6-8... except for Lanny. Kidding, kidding...
Well... as you can probly tell from that last sentance I am having loads of fun at camp and we just finished the Eager Beavers camp..ages 6-8... I was in charge of 7 kids... pretty much 24 hours a day for 4 days. Wow. Alot of fun, but very tiring. I also taught Canoeing for 2 hours a day... oh ya.. I am a master canoer.

So many adventures have been had so far... but I will share them when I get home.
What I have mostly been learning....hmm..
Probly that we have to let God be in control of everything in our lives... I wouldnt have been able to handle those kids without him... and I wouldnt be so calm right now about this fall and my freakin whole life pretty much. I dont know what I am doing... but yet.. I have an utmost peace about it.

Sadly to say I have no major injuries yet... scrapes, bruises.. all the good stuff..
I have a wicked tan already... cause I am never inside... and it is perfectly clear and 30 degrees out...

I am a master cliff jumper... still havent done the Widowmakers yet (60ft) but I have done a few 40's and many 25ers.

I am eating sooo much... holy... I think I am growing again. I keep burning all the energy though which is good.

I have also come to realize that... I have never really had a style... if you know what I mean... when have I ever been associated with a certain style?... I am not just talking clothing.. but sort of personality... I had my little wanna be emop stage that lasted probly 25 minutes... and my other stages but... ya...
I am quite diverse... Which I like...
I think Gangster is my next! :D

I am not going to lie... I have listened to sooo much Akon here its not even funny...
Everyone listens to rap and R & B... haha I try not to be converted... But I am pretty much the 7th letter in the alphabet soo! ;P

SUPPER TIME! I will peak back into the blogger world soon again.

I love you all...
The next 5 days are day camp sooo I pretty much work 9 hours a day and get the rest off... should be pretty sweet!

Josh

Alive

My friends... I will be with you when the annoying 6-8 year olds vacate the homewood residents! :)

Hello!

Well, I am here... I dont have time to post but here I am. I am having a blast...

Went on an outtrip to a lake for the past two days.. went sauna-ing... built a big fire... and did A LOT of canoeing... I am soo sore. Lots of cool people...

I am meeting..

Soo busy though..

Love you all! 

Josh

Goodbye!

Well... Today was probly the best day of this year... no joke.
Woke up early... went golfing with Tim(just got back.. soo nice to see.)Cade, and Matt.
Took 3 hours... was pretty awesome, some good times..
I won... :) only because I had better golf attire then the others... oh.. wait.. my score was lower too...:P

Then Matt came over... we were supposed to babysit while my parents went on a date.. but the van keys would not turn in the ignition and it was stuck in park hahah... well.. its not really funny.. its in the shop right now soo...no van tommorow.

ANYWAYS.

Hung out with Mattu...
THEN...
our family went over to Mr.Kurtus Niessen's house and had an amazing supper.

HOCKEY!

We played the dredded Flyers tonight.. holy junk. The last time we played them their whole team was pretty much out to kill Andrew... well its a good thing a quarter of them didnt show up...
ANYWAYS, they took soo many penalties...
Andrew scored 2 goals and another tense one in shootout... Props to him...
I didnt get any points but was on for 2 goals...
Soo we won 5-4so... when we lost to them 3-1.. 4 weeks ago.
Yippey!

Soo

The thing is...

I leave in two days.. holy smokes... I am soo excited...
A little nervous but not too much.
Got all my stuff.. just need to pack sort of.
So I have to say my final goodbyes to bloggy...
I probly wont post for a month...

Thanks for reading my blog fellow bloggers.
I know I havent really paid attention to this thing much but.. its kinda been fun.
Have a good summer! Seeya later!

A God thing.

Well Me and Matt had an adventure today. A very busy day.
First at 11 we went to Juniper park and it was amazing. We played a bit of hockey... and alot of soccer with good friends. WELL on the way home we stopped at McDonalds had a little bite to eat.
Anyways we are driving home... almost there... about to get on the off ramp to get up highway 5a... well... there were too many cars and I couldnt end up getting off on that turn off... soo I figured I would just go to the next one to Pacific way... well... we are getting onto the offramp and there is a stopped Motor Home and an old Lady sort of in the middle of the road... nobody had stopped for her.. soo... us being the fine gentlemen we are, stopped. Turns out her motorhome just randomly stopped... didnt run, no lights, flashers, or anything... she had a dog in the back. Anyways we figured we would help her... we dont really know ANYTHING about vehicles but what the heck.. I am sure we could do something. After trying to start her thingy for a while we decided to call a tow truck. ANYWAYS.. soo waiting for tow truck... we found out that she was from the Kootneys. that she is a two time widdow. She was coming to Kamloops to visit a friend. Her dog is named Cassie Alberta May. Soo after waiting 20ish minutes for the tow truck to come, the dude figured out what was wrong with the motorhome, the battery cables apparently were loose haha lame I know. Soo we got er started and she went up to Canadian Tire to get another battery. So ya.. ended up spending about 45 minutes in total with her. I like to think of it as a God thing because we wouldnt have met her if we had made the right turnoff. It was a great little opportunity to meet someone new and to share some love!


Josh-

:D Apparently I am important.

But not as good looking as this amazing gentleman!






A few of my favourite things.
I like my Mr.Noodles with long noodles... none of this crumple it up crap.





                                                                                   Now this here I love                             Coke Flavoured mmmmmmmm. Brain freeeeeze mmm.
                           I have had 3 this week... 


This.... I could eat all day... holy junk muffins!












A good song.... Thinking of you - Katy Perry.... AMAZING!

K I guess I should actually talk about my life.

1$ drinks at McDonalds... holy junk...I am going to get cancer in my teeth... possible... I have no clue... haha I have had so many... 

So as most of you know... My parents have been in California for the past week and a half... I tihnk you all read there blog soo...
Ya for the first couple days my grandparents were here with me... which was fun! They are awesome!
I am getting a little lonely though. I have resorted to lawn work.... which isnt half bad... its just wierd. Watering the lawn, mowing it, picking weeds from the garden... well.. the little side thing where flowers grow... not really a garden. Not going to lie.. I like getting a tan in this weather.

I worked today before youth... work is getting interesting... 
I didnt actually quit for the summer... because in order to do that i would have to write them a letter... and we all know that I hate writing...SO I took 2 and a half months off... and well.. If i am back here in the fall.. I will have a job to get me going... get me going to a better fuller timer jobber. I suck at selling stuff... K maybe i am better than most of you who have never been in the retail business... but really all I use is my amazing attitude and cheerfulness.... and people are like... "you are nice... I will buy the whole store!" soo ya..
I love my managers, all the people there, and all the products but... I would rather stand there all day staring at hockey sticks.... i kind of have a hockey stick fettish. I have like 5... but want more... of course I am smart and get sweet deals and such on mine.. and buy them at opportune moments.. I will tally up the money I have saved from my fabulousness...
K... 2 for 70$... as apposed to 80$ each... one of those is now my dads the other for street hockey.
2 RBK 6k's for 20$ each.. as apposed to 120$ each normally... such a good deal... I am amazing.
Found a blade in dallas.. put it on a 5$ stick I got used at Consigner sports... combo would have been 120$ regularly... BEST DEAL EVER 5$ dollar stick haha.
then I have two wood sticks.. one was 20$... broke after a few games... and the other I got for 30$ has lasted me 4 years... but I gave it to my dad because it is pretty much the loggiest of all logs haha... 
so ya .. I should have paid 570$ for all those sticks... well I paid 165$ 
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:!!!!!!!
Enough about hockey.

Now I cant stop thinking about hockey sticks... mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
DANGIT!


K so Movies...
Star Trek...= AMAZING
Terminator = meager... great action... coulda been better.
Wolverine = awesomely manly... 
Yes Man = pretty hilarious... 
I watched Talladaga Nights:The Ballad or Ricky Bobby..last night... at 1 in the morning... it was soo hilarious... inapropriate but hilarious haha.


I wish I was better at guitar...
I wish I had a double bass for my drums.

I really have no idea what this fall is going to look like!
I shall either be staying at camp... or working full time here...
yay!

I can tell you this though... I wont be going to school for another year and a half atleast...

I would like to go back to Haiti in the next 2 years though...
for a longer period of time. like... a month atleast...

I cant wait till I can grow a full beard... holy... I will be hobo-ing it up forever!


well... Tommorow is watering day again... NAKED TIME!
Lawn...I will caress your sweet body with refreshing H2O, you shall be whole again.


Bed time!

Josh!

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Man... what is this thing? Do I type into it? 

New Pants

Today was a good day... I bought my mother a late mothers day gift... a Columbia Titanium Sweater... she loves it very much.
BUT
the best part about today was that I bought myself new pants.. they are good pants.

Hockey

Soo our ball hockey team played again last night... lost 6-0 but whatever it doesnt matter I had fun and they were a great teams soo... 
I have modified my blog by adding a Penguins schedule, yippee! soo now I dont have to lie to you about what time our games start at!

I really dont have anything more to say except, I am going to do my school in the sun outside... possibly get a tan.
Canucks start tonight! I am sooo excited, holy junk. They are goin all the way.
End of story.

Thank goodness for windy days.

Soo this morning.. I got up.. yes.. I did
Not too big of an accomplishment.
Anyways get started on my morning stuff...have breakfast.. read the paper...
*ring ring. The phone, what do you know.. for me.. what do you know... work.. what do you know.. I was supposed to be at work an hour ago.. what do ya know. 
ok.. soo didnt start the day off too well... but because it was windy outside Andrew didnt have to work today... see he drove me down to work 10 minutes after they called.. yes.. I get ready that quick.    

Anyways.. I had called work on saturday asking for my shifts and the guy told me wednesday... 
Soo yesterday I went in and worked.. yay.. but seeing that next weeks schedule wasnt up yet I didnt bother checking this weeks.. haha.
Well lets just say that was the first shift I have been late for in almost 2 years at Sport Chek.
Atleast it made the day go by.

So. Got home and babysat for Lanny and our neighbor child Keira(2yrs old?) it was sweet... she is going to be my wife some day... but I will also be married to Myana Gehring.(I dont think I spelt her name right? shoot, that marriage could take some time.)

Played some ball hockey tonight. If you didnt know. Our group of guys got traded to the Penguins.. well lets just say.. we got the better end of the deal. The guys on the Penguins are awesome. not just at hockey.. but they are cool, and my use of descriptive words is appalling.
We won our first game with them 3-1.
And we officially start on Tuesday against the North Stars. Should be able to beat them.
The game tonight got a little rough. haha Our goalie apparently has a reputation of destroying people in front of his net well.. one of their players crashed the net and our Goalie.. possibly might have smacked him in the face with his blocker.. possibly... highly unlikely but... :D
Well lets just say.. they didnt like that so they retaliated and we didnt like that soo we retaliated.. haha. We almost had to call the game quits before it ended haha.
Took another dude out... haha and this time.. he was fat.. hahaha soo funny... I actually sold him some stuff at Sport Chek soo he knows me.. we had a pretty good rivalry going the whole night.


Encourage me to do school! please...

Bedtime.

Me,

Alone Again. Long. I Am Happy

If this is what my post high-school, growing up,moving out weekends are going to look like... I want my mommy back.
Not that I really have a life right now as it is. Sitting at home watching 5 hours of playoff hockey everyday isnt soo bad..... for the first two days. I thought my graduating year was supposed to be exciting? I feel like burning my school books and telling my mom that I finished them and... hid.. them.. somewhere..."OH! I just didnt want you to see my rediculously high marks mom!"
She would understand... "Oh.. thats ok son... I am sure you did them properly and got everything right."
Life would be great.
Until she found the charred remains of my half done english assignment. I would be done.. groundings for a mon... wait... my mom doesn't discipline me. She just threatens me... 
"You wont be able to watch 24 this week if you dont...!"   yep.. that's how it works in this house.

It seems that the discipline factor as gotten slackter..er slacker.. as we get down the line.
I am not complaining... my older siblings deffinetly got it worse than me. But Lanny... oh Lanny boy... he gets off the hook soo many times.. not that I am jealous of a 7 year old or anything but.
He watches the movies I wasnt aloud to watch till I was 10... and he has a bed time of 8 O'clock... wow.. I had to go to bed at 7:30 till I was 14... sheesh
AND he is aloud to wander the neighborhood with his dudes pretty much whenever and wherever. He is deffinetly going to be a pimp when he grows up... And by pimp I mean p.i.m.p.
and by p.i.m.p I mean a Person In Missions..........p.
Let me tell you.. that kid has a knowledge and heart for God like no other 7 year old I have met.
He is also the neighborhood bible thumping sheriff...
Coming home saying "ummm... Joooosh.. was my friend..."bobby" supposed to say $&*%"
and "ummm Joooosh... they arent being fare and letting everybody play hockey. They wont let me play because I am white".. well not really but "they wont let me play unless I have rollerblades" *tears... awww. What a vulnerable, soft, and awesome kid.

Speaking of tears and softness... one of the latest episodes of Lost almost destroyed my manlyness... a tear... down my cheek... un heard of... poor Ben....why do you have to be so evil and manipulative enough to make me feel sorry for you.
Just soo you know... I will cry in any animal movie you throw at me... not because you threw it at me.. psh... but animal movies are all the same.. they have that one scene where the owner of some animal realizes all the pain,sorrow, and trouble that his pet is bringing him and decides to "disown" his pet... Tears, screaming, and a dog with a tail between its legs insew...
"Rover.... I dont love you anymore... Go away... GO AWAY... I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU ANYMORE!.. WAAAH"
and then somehow the animal comes back later in the film to save someones life and be the hero and the recently angry owner... has a change of heart and decides that the pet is adoribal once again. Those movies get me right there!
aka... the original Air Bud...

Other things that get me right there....
Movies that dont follow the books...
Lord of the rings....
Frodo, Sam, Gollum... climbing the cliff below the caves of Cirith Ungol...
goes something like this.. but not quite..
Gollum, "FRODO.. the fat one ate all the food.. he must not care about the precious"

Frodo, "is this true sam.. do you not care about us.. and why have you suddenly gained 7 pounds overnight?.. and why do you make accusations that Gollum is a traitor?"

Sam, "I do care about you mister frodo.. I do.. is that ring.. the ring tricked you.. let me carry it for you!"

Frodo, "No sam... no... we dont need you anymore... all I need is this ring and that frail ugly creature, smeagol... er Gollum... er.. which one are you agian?"

Gollum/Smeagol,"Um.. I am both, masters... but only one of me actually has a guilty conscience"

Frodo, "oh... right smeagol... er Gollum... Dangit!.. where was I? oh right.. Sam I hate you... get you and your furry toes back to bag end... now.. I dont love you"

Sam, "but mister frodo.. he is trying to trick you.. hhhh.. I give up... WAaaaaahhh"

Honestly... I cried the first time I saw this part.. it was not right.. piece of crap Peter Jackson
But then Sam comes back to prove his friendship and save the day while throwing Gollum.. er Smeagol... off a cliff... that he miraculously survives haha.

Another amazing book turned bad ANIMATED movie... The Black Cauldron
based on the series.. The Chronicles Of Prydain...by Lloyd Alexander, which I absolutly loved... yes.. books.. me.. loved..me.... mmmme.
The ending of the books... AMAZING
the ending of the movie.. scarred me... 
I watched it with my brother and sister.. and the truth... 
I think I was like 12.... yes 12... 
I left near the end... Screaming... crying... punching walls... and traumatized...
My favourite charector... Gurgi.. the... dog... sheep.. man.. person... didnt die in the books...
Well... he sacrificed his life for mankind in the movie.. which is where I left... later to figure out that he came back to life meaning that the movie didnt follow the book at all because whoever jumped into the Cauldron... would die but save mankind... well Gurgi jumped in... died and came back to life... while in the book... some traveling singing monk... jumped in.. saved mankind.. but died.... Piece of crap Ted Berman and Richard Rich... K I am not too mad at Richard Rich.. cause he directed the Fox and hound... which also made me cry... He also directed The Swan Princess... and some Nest videos.. if you know the company... I am sure the Lefebvre family knows them well...

Anyways... future directors, producers, and script writers... dont do a movie based on a book.. you ruin peoples lives...

unless you're Peter Jackson... who still made billions from Lord of the rings...

wow.... I just typed more than 150 words for once... be proud of me...?

I hope this made some of you laugh.. it made me laugh.. thinking about all the movies I have cried at... 

Josh.

New socks

New socks... only the best feeling in the world!
Playing intense hockey in two days.. the second best..
NHL playoffs starting in 2 days... the second and a half best.

Our ball hockey team.. just found out that we will be called the Senators... 
We probly wont be as good(terrible) as the Ottawa Senators.. but we will try...our best.
We are playing the Blues on wednesday... which is lovely because the Vancouver Canucks are also playing the St.Louis Blues on wednesday.
We will have less of a chance of winning then the Canucks unfortunetly...
Our top line of Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza, and Daniel Alfredson...(Paul, Mike, and Matt...)
shall do some damage...
We all have nominated David as the Jarko Ruttu of our team.. if you dont who that is.. well he is one of the most annoying players in the NHL... gets aot of stupid penalties and annoys the other team... soo.. :D

I had(am having) a good easter!

Chocolaaate!

Boston Pizza's Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza! mmmmmm

BBQ Riiiiibs!

Jack Bauer.

Things I am thankful for.

Teehee

I am in your blog.

100 things you probably already know about me!

Soo these are 100 things about me...
You may know them.. you may not.. either way.. you have to read all of them... because you are my friend.. that's why!
And because I have absolutely nothing else to blog about, except whether or not I am having regular bowel movements.. though that would be exciting.. probably not the topic of interest to any of you!
Soo without further ado...

100 Questions!!!!!!!!!

1. How old will you be in five years? 22 1/2 hmh..

2. Do you rent or own? I live with my family... soo pretty much own...

3. How tall are you? 6 feet exactly

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? Ball HOCKEY!! Finishing SCHOOL!

5. What's the last movie you saw? Lucky Number Slevin.. wasnt too bad.. pretty cool ending..

6. Who was the last person you called? that would be sport chek.. haha.. but non work involved...Matthew of the Scottish? Irish? family.. hrm.. have to look up the heritage on that boy..

7. Who was the last person to call you? Matthew aswell.. haha

8. What was the last text message you received? "You're smokin hot... wanna go for a drink sometime?".. 

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voice mail? Cam.. new manager at work.. 

10. Do you prefer to call or text? either... but probly call.. cause I am too sarcastic when I type/text

11. What were you doing at 12am last night? sleeping

12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced? married.

13. When is the last time you saw your mom? 10 minutes ago.

14. What color are your eyes?  fabulous.. oh wait.. color? Bright Blue...

15. What time did you wake up today? 7:01.26

16. What are you wearing right now? shorts and a t-shirt

17. What song are you listening to right now? none... the sound of people banging their fists on a poker table

18. Where is your favorite place to be? out of place.

19. Where is your least favorite place to be? a dumpster... otherwise known as blogging.

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Brazil...Columbia... some place green...

21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? space.. unless the space station fails... soo... I will be... probably at some camp.. or school...

22. Where is your cellphone? at Rogers wireless waiting for me to buy it

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Rats.. biting my toes... cause in the nutcracker.. a rat bites a womens toe.. scariest moment of my life 

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh? Max Hayes... everyday... 

25. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2.. and one more in the garage/shop thingy

26. How big is your bed? mmmmmmm just acquired a queen.. soooo comfy... no body probly knew this but... it is amazing

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? desktop yo.

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? with some clothing yes.... 

29. What color are your sheets? many colors.. mainly tan

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? two 

31. What is your favorite season? Spring.

32. What do you like about fall? My birthday...Thanksgiving... colors...

33. What do you like about winter? GT'ing

34. What do you like about the summer? tanning... wearing no clothes... barely any atleast... swimming... no school

35. What do you like about spring? Rain, flowers...and easter bunnies...

36. How many states/provinces have you lived in? 2 

37. What cities/towns have you lived in? Kelowna, Kenora, Sioux Lookout (I know.. pretty indian-ish if you ask me) and Kamloops 

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? socks.. or bare feet 

39. Are you a social person? very.

40. What was the last thing you ate? A sandwich and Nachos.. for my 3:30 lunch..:)

41. What is your favorite restaurant? Red Robins, Kelly O's, Triple Oh's, White Spot, SUBWAY!

42. What is your favorite ice cream? Soft serve with Oreos.. mmmm

43. What is your favorite dessert? Sex in a pan...er... aka 5 layer dessert :D

44. What is your favorite kind of soup? Bacon Bean, Chicken Rice, or Lipton

45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich? Rasberry or strawberry

46. Do you like Chinese food? YES!

47. Do you like coffee? YES.. and all you who drink decaf... slap yourself.. Coffee is for the caffene and taste...dont violate yourself with crap.

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?  I drink 3 leter water bottles.. the non cancer water bottles too...

49. What do you drink in the morning? Orange Juice, Coffee, Water, and Milk.. haha yes.. alot of liquid

51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? left...

52. Do you know how to play poker? Yes

53. Do you like to cuddle? Hmm... Ye...ss

54. Have you ever been to Mexico? nope

55. Do you have an addictive personality? No. 

56. Do you eat out or at home more often?At home

58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? 2 people.

59. Do you want kids? Yes..2... 

60. Do you speak any other languages? not fluently

61. Have you ever gotten stitches? 4 on my head 3 on my finger and 3 on my lower eyelid.

62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? No 

63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool? pool

64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats? Window

65. Do you know how to drive stick? I know the basics.

66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on? Deffinetly Subway.. or sporting goods

67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7? None.

68. What is your favorite TV show? Lost or 24

69. Can you roll your tongue? no 

70. Who is the funniest person you know? Tim Coulter :D 

71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? not since last year hahah:D I miss you barney

72. What is the main ring tone on your phone? none 

73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little? yes. they are now in lanny's dress up box haha shows how wacky my clothes were.. 

74. What red object is closest to you right now? a tool box

75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth? yes 

76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? If I had a closet... closed

77. Any talents? many

78. Do you flirt a lot? I would say No.. but that is a question for others to answer for me... 

79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? Kurtus/Dana/Josh Niessen's honey mustard, BBQ... or both 

80. What is your favorite food? Stroganhoff 

81. Can you change the oil on a car? Cars get oiled... 

82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? No

83. Have you ever run out of gas? yes... on my lawnmower haha

84. What is your usual bedtime? 11. always

85. What was the last book you read? The bible actually

86. Do you read the newspaper? every morning actually

87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? I do sports illustrated swimsuit edition... NAT!
Breakaway(by focus on the family) and Youthwalk.. 

89. Do you watch soap operas? Mainly days of our lives... :P 

90. Do you dance in the car? Only to Katy Perry

91. What radio station did you last listen to? The river...

92. Who's in the picture frame closest to you? Sadly I dont have picture frames close to me.. but the closest would be my room.. and it would be me... haha Conseted.. I know.. the first ime I played drop in hockey

93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? what players I was going to pick up on my hockey pool haha 

94. What is your favorite candle scent? Vanilla... by far

95. What is your favorite board game? Settlers of Catan

97. When was the last time you attended church? 4 days ago. 

98. Who was your favorite teacher in high school? Deffinetly the P.E teacher.. soo .. myself..

99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent? 5 days I think.. atleast 

100. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you? extra special eh... probably Alex and Hannah.. paying for my Valentines experiance :D thanks ladies!

 

Exciting!

If'n you didnt know...
I got accepted into Camp Homewood the other day.. pretty exciting!

this only means I will miss my grad ceremony.. and ball hockey playoffs... and will have to come home early from camp to go to my sister's stinking wedding...
sheesh... why'd you have to get married... :D

OH YA...

also if you didnt know.. I joined a ball hockey league that plays twice a week.. full arena... have to wear helmets.. and protective gear... there will be fights hopefully...;P
some good buddies will be on my team aswell... hopefully they dont make the team worse ;D


Other than that.. nothing else too exciting is going on...

Well... I worked yesterday as you have heard... it was amazing!
I was top seller and we played some roller hockey when the store was closed... and I beat some guys in shootout. They play ice hockey like twice a week too... soo pretty proud of myself. We lost 3 balls in clothing racks haha.

Dentist appointment  today went pretty well... no cavities but, I do have a wierd jaw...
My lower teeth dont line up with my upper teeth soo my front 2 teeth on the top and bottom have been rubbing against eachother the wrong way... all the enamal is scraped down... soo no protection and they are soo sensative to temperature right now. Appointment in 3 weeks to fix it... they are taking out my jaw... should work pretty good...

I am excited that my hair is growing... 

WAH?

Oh my gosh... I work today!

Camp

My application form has been sent!
If I get accepted... which I hopefully will, I will be gone from June 19th- August... late... I will have to leave early to go to my Lizzie's wedding!

http://www.homewood.bc.ca/

Update.

I am sipping on Chai tea... it makes my world go round.

So. Good news and bad news

Bad: The car's break pads were rubbing, and when we took it in for a check up... there were alot of repairs they said needed to be done... which is too much money.
Good: We switched the insurance from the car to the truck. Boohoo, I have to learn standard. But it runs.

Bad: I probly wont be here for grad... SUCK!
Good: God has led me to apply at Camp Homewood for part of spring and all of the summer... would either be May 1st- August 30th... or June 20th- August 30th... I think are grad is the nineteenth... which is rediculous... cause I would have to leave that day... if I went in june.

OF COURSE... I havent even sent my application in yet soo..haha But I am not worried about the application part of it. I know the Coulters and they are pretty much the heart of Homewood anyways soo...:D

WHICH also brings of the question... When am I going to finish my school and if I will even get a grad....?
Well... I moved my Finished school date to the end of April...
And we might have our own little family grad thing...
All you fellow gradders out there dont be hattin'... dont despise me... It's not my fault...
I would like to grad with you... buuut... I have never really been an "OH MY GOSH I GET A GRAD CEREMONY!" kind of guy... its more..."Holy Cats... I am done school forevor.....or atleast until I become a college bum"...kind of guy.

Soo ya... those were my big announcements... I finally Blagged... happy?



Kiefer... Christian Bale.


Admit it ladies.. they are gorgeous!



"Groovy!" - Bruce Campbell

Life.

Well... life as a homeschooler has been perticularly hard on me in the last couple weeks... I have lost my motivation...
I have worked once in 4 weeks... and that was because someone was sick... I am looking for a new job. I am doing a makeover on my resume... which hasnt been used in a year and a half and I just want to graduate...
BUT!
I have a plan for school... which motivates me... I hould be done at the end of May.
AND..............!!..!............!..&.....?.... & nothing

Wow.

holy junk... my sister is getting married!

24

24 got moved from 9 to 10 O'clock... that vexes me!

Christianese

Probly the greatest video ever... Laughed my head off...


the views expressed in this video are not mine... and whatever else I need to say!

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=606d54064ef6675ee153

A jolly good time.

Well... we successfully played our first gig as a grad band... For Lack Of A Better Name.
It was pretty sweet... I enjoyed myself...

I am beat though...

This is probly the lamest post i have ever done...

That's ok... I am not in a blogging mood... and nothing has happened in my life for the past 3 weeks sooo....

The only thing that can save this post from being a complete abomination... is this man.

Bigger?

Well... its been a long time... but... I am growing again.
I am eating all the food in the freakin house. All of it.
After I have eaten all the food, I am still not hungry... Our family is living in a third world household... I am not aloud to eat all the food.
I played hockey the past two days... not tiring at all. I am a tank.
Got some goals... many assists... took down a few massive men... like actually... one guy ended up with a gaping gash in his face... was pretty funny, he was really old... like... 40 ish...

My goal is to be 6'5 by tonight.
-4 inches....plus one....

Looking forward to floor hockey again this weekend... if I am 6'5 by then... I will p4wn!

Originally I wanted to be a giraffe... but...this is what I want to look like if I grow up...




Sorry ladies if this is not appropriate for you. But... this is a big hunk of raw man.

Normal?

Well I mostly blog when I am returning back from something or going to something... soo I find myself in the same situation once again. Snow camp, is done.. went by quicker than monkey. The worship was pretty phenominal. I was playing drums. Normally I only get something out of worship times when a good band is playing and I am listening but this time I was playing and it fealt really good, using my God given talents to glorify him is pretty much the best.

I am now back to school... pfffff poopy... I guess I might aswell finish strong.
I dont start work until next week, which will be nice. But then I wont get paid for these two weeks soo. Kind of sucks. I need to pay off a few things.. *yikes

My drums are beautiful by the way!
My debt is deffinetly not.

Well... I will see you in time.

Well... this is the dew for a while. Or a short while.
I am off to snow camp now for a few days, Andrew and myself are playing in the worship band so it will be a fun filled weekend.
Then it's back to work and school, and stupid routine.