blogger update....

life has gotten away from me lately and just haven't been able to fit in any updates...sorry about that.

so here's a few highlights from the last few weeks....

liz and i went to the terminal city roller derby the weekend before last...that was a blast!






afterwards we went to grease and grind and saw a few funky cars...




the next day we went to the the show 'n shine at the italian cultural center


this dog wasn't so impressed w/ the show...


last weekend i went to seattle their lindy exchange. that was lots of fun. stayed with brenda as usual...


sunday was the outdoor dance...


pie plate player from the loose marbles an awesome hot jazz band from new orleans


well that's kinda the last few weeks. this weekend was pretty low key. a friend found someone to help me with my vespa...which is awesome... should running better soon. went for coffee a few times and a few rides on the jazz...that's about it.

:)

busy weekend

it was a busy weekend for sure.

ani moved back in temporarily...rob is moving to alberta and she needed somewhere to stay for a couple of months...just till she gets herself on her feet. i offered right away b/c last time she stayed i quite liked the company. after 4 years of living alone...it was nice. so i spent alot of the weekend cleaning and organising so she has a bit of space transforming my office into her bedroom.

also this weekend my friend jimmy had a mini scooter rally which i participated in. managed to get the vespa out on friday night. saturday unfortunately it was acting up. she still needs it's over hall poor gal and it's been a challenge to find a good mechanic that has the time to put into her.




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long week

seems like a long week for me...creeping by. worked mostly but managed to get a bit of vespa practice in...and some socializing. was a bit too tired to head to showboat tonight so i decided to just hang at home w/ the puppy.

ani was giving me riding tips this week...i'm getting better at the gears etc....but the girl needs a little tune up still.

me trying to kick over the vespa



also.....a very special birthday wish tonight to little sophie girl who is two today! charlie and i love you!!!


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mods and rockers converge

had a nice day today hanging with some scooter buddies. went for breaky and a few rides. we meet up with ani on her norton at jj's on main st. we had quite the selection of bikes going there for awhile.

lee on ani's norton


lee and me about to ride


ani and lee's pimped out vespa


caprice, me and lee ready to ride


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my new...old...baby!

ok...i did it! after looking for a little while i finally found a wee small frame 64 vespa, 90cc, just my size. ...make that '65...i think. the girl i bought it from thought it was a '64...but the insurance say's '65 :)

she's a bit of a beater...but has a great engine...i think lol...and she can be prettied up if i decide to


liz knows her vespas. she came to check things out with me. here she is demonstrating it's lightness....


i'll be keeping the jazz for a while yet...i need to practice on this one and get my full license. before that i'm not allowed to ride it unsupervised......technically...;)

:)

charlie get a ride

now charlie can ride with me. we only went a block today...but she was ok!



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911

ok so the doctor said i need to keep my stress levels down.

last night i had to call 911 because of an acute asthma attack. never had anything like that before. i had read an upsetting email just prior to it and have been having breathing problems for several weeks....but i think the stress of the last week was just too much.

so today i had a bunch of tests done and they want to do more. i'll be taking the next few days of work for sure...maybe the rest of the week...we'll see how it goes.

have a happy canada day tomorrow everyone...

:)

i have the odd ability

.....i guess you can call it a ability. think i may have always had it. i take on the emotions of people i care about.....positive and negative alike. that’s why some people are toxic for me...others good. i have to stay away from negative people but it makes me negative...it’s weird.

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i must have been bad i my last life....

i have to say....i think this is probably one of the worse weeks i've had in a very long time. it was bad work wise and personally ....stresses everywhere i turned.

i have the feeling it's not over...

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the stress

it's been a stressful few days. not just b/c of work but it was a factor for sure.it seems to get harder harder all the time and not sure how much i can take.

not a good sign for day2...not a good sign at all.

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back to work

today was back to work for me. another 10 months of supernatural....oh boy.

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i passed!

i took my learners motorcycle text today...and i passed!! yippe. :) now i am looking to buy a bike with gears and a little bigger engine...most likely vintage vespa...learn to ride it then get my license.

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more road trip madness...

...this time portland. we stopped there on the way down to san fran for a quick visit.

ani and the puppies sitting on a couch outside a coffee shop...only in portland


ani the same gallery i bought my faile piece


doggies on ani's lap...they weren't loving the long car trip. sophie shook the whole way and charlie puked once on ani.


my friend karissa belly dancing


joshua wishing he had a straw to help me w/ my big beer


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i'm back

san fran was fine. got back after a 24hr drive on the coastal ride....which i did most of the driving. it was a good time.

here's some highlights of the main event....jello's 50th

if you look closely you can see ani at the end in the vip box.


rob and jello's mom in the vip box. she was telling us stories of jello's childhood. i asked her when the last time she saw him play was she said "when he was 24...guess that was a while ago"


ani, jello's gf anne marie, jello and cake and mom jello


jello says...."fork u ani kyd" getting some eats at a local vegan resturant where jello and i went hungry for lack of meat. lol


still rockin' it at 50


me and anne marie love cake....i have to add that anne marie is one rad chick!


more pics later...

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no vespa for me....

not right now anyways....

i decided the guy was being dick....so i walked away from the deal. i have to feel good about who i give my hard earned casholla to.

oh well...i will keep looking and i have friends that are looking for me too...so one will turn up hopefully by the end of the summer.

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birthday pics....

ani at cobre....

had a nice dinner there...welllll...except for the baby snail ani found in her salad. oh well...they compt most of the meal and drinks and ani's such a sport....she was ok with it. although she couldn't eat after that.

wade, daneille, anne, me and ani at shebeen


billy looking zen....


daneille's hand, anne, me, jimmy and part of lee...


more pics when blogger is being more co-operative

:)

i may have just bought this.....

64 vespa GT


more later as things develop!

:)

wonder when summer's coming....

fairly low key weekend. friday went to an art show at harbour view. 1st time i'd been up there....great view of vancouver
...the art...well, not my taste

afterwards i went to the railway to check out a friends band, swank. that was good fun. another friend' band, the cadaver dogs were also playing but i was too tired to stay for that. they go on soooo late! i left at 1am and swank had just finished. guess i'm getting old.

saturday night i was suppose to go swing dancing but the weather put me in a funk i think and decided to stay home. today...didn't do much... groceries, dog walk...to cold to go on the scooter.

i did manage to get out on friday with ani before the weather turned....

the scoot with the big boys...

me at blakes having a coffee...


wonder when summer's coming....

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thinking of buying....

thinking of buying this print of 25 by BAST



bast my not be everyones cup of tea but i love it!

:)

my faile at Lazarides gallery

look where my faile showed up....

apparently lazarides gallery on charing cross road bought it from sotherby's.



apparently it's going for 47k GBPS

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stolen lambretta

jimmy's lambretta is gone.....:(



My friend's Lambretta was stolen from his backyard in North Delta sometime monday.It's a white and grey/green Lambretta TV175. There's black boot scuff marks on the side panels near the front, and a rack on the back with a spare tire. Please keep your eyes peeled for this around Vancouver and ourlying areas!

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gang of two....

yesterday i had a nice little ride with ani to jjbeans then to the yale so i could get some dancing done. had my first ride in the rain afterwards....i was a little worried but it was fine.

ani was on her new ‘73 norton commando and i was on my wee scooter....we made quite the odd pair.

got a few laughs at jjbeans when we pulled in.

me and my scoot


the twins.....;)


ani and her new ride....


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happy birthday jimmy...jimmy it’s your birthday....!

ok last night we had a countdown to forty bbq at my friend jimmy’s place in the burbs. jimmy's a scooter riding buddy of mine and he is 39 today...one year left till 40!

so a bunch of us got together to welcome poor old jimmy to adulthood.....ok sort of....


there was food....


kids & water guns...


dogs....jimmy's dog scooter


music and dancing....


hairspray (yes i said hairspray... :)




presents. a few of us chipped in to get jimmy this awesome new flight jkt to ride in...


me and jimmy...


and booze...a little too much of that perhaps as you may be able to tell from my pics


:)