Maxell Royal

A list of things I like:
1) Overcast skies drifting past dark mountains
2) Rain. All variations. A light drizzle or a heavy down-pour. Just as long as there is some sort of cover or method of being warm within thirty minutes of being soaked.
3) Waking up at 8, and not being tired, but staying in bed till 9.
4) Sleepy head
5) No stress
6) Knowing how to do laundry. Doing laundry would not be on this list, but I like knowing.
7) The word "woot"
8) Ocean life
9) The cello
10) Jello with fruit in it

Today I went hiking with Adam, his brother, and his brothers friend. This was a good time. Despite the fact that it was raining, the hike was challanging, the company was supurb, and the scenery was fan-flippen-tastic. The full plan was to hike up to the summit of Golden Ears, stay the night, then hoof it down the next morning. The hike is 12km up and down, and takes about 5 or 6 hours each way. We got to the 6km mark is about two hours, and we were feeling pretty good. But, at around the 6.5km mark, Adams bro was feeling a bit sick. He puked, and we chilled in a cliff overhang where it was dry for about 45 min until he was feeling a bit better. The rain and Sean's condition made us turn back, probably the way an alligator on the green of a Florida golf course would make some senior golfers go to the next hole and take a bogey. The 6.5km down was very pleasent, filled with good conversation. It was probably a good thing in the long run that Sean got sick at the halfway mark on the way up, because at that point we discoverd that we didn't have a pot to cook our food in. YAY!

Update

This past week, I've felt a bit like a cosine graph. Not the type of cosine graph that you translate up so that it initially seems more impressive, but more like a reciprocated sine graph, translated three to the right, flipped on the x-axis and then left to hang on the "y" to dry. I've been up and down in my excitement for my upcoming RUC life, and unlike the cosine function, I have a feeling that I will retain my position up on the graph. The reason I get down is I either see:
A) Some mountains, which make me think, "Oh, yeah...shoot. They don't have those in such large amounts out east.
B) Some friends leaving. This is two part though. When my friends leave, they're stoked for school, and, though I'm sad that their leaving, their excitement makes me happy.

But after a chat with my fellow RUC freshman Adrienne, I am fully looking forward to the adventure of ripping it up freestyle on my own. Metaphorically speaking of course.

LIST UPDATE:
1) Go to UBC research grounds at least 2 more time (possibly jump stump)- Done
2) Figure out the clothes I need to survive the harsh eastern winter. Sweater count as of now : 3. I love my mom, she buys me clothes and makes fashion so much easier. Not only do I now have a stylish black turtleneck (seriously, it doesn't look that bad), but I also have more that 1 style of jean, which breaks the record for my life.
3) Chill with my peeps from Ladner and New West. Possibly be done on Aug 28-29. - Done, and doing. This past week has be littered with farewell parties and good times, though hang-out time is not officially over till I leave.
4) See my good friend Stewart in Squamish. I really want to drive up there and see his habitat. - Done. I went on Friday, and his house and area is pretty sweet. The pictures he can take at sunset from his backyard are insane.
5) Get an epic item in Warcraft. - Done

Done

So, I've finished my last day of work, I've had a slurpee, and I'm generally in a good mood. I have two weeks of summer left before I take off on September 2, and I hope they go dreadfully slow, in a good way, so....maybe... take away the dreadful. WOOT! I just want to sit back and enjoy all that BC has to offer before I head off to the flat, brick filled Ontario. But all is good. I know who my RA is, the people who live in my dorm (their names at least), and I know that I shall have a good time indeed. Things on my to do list before leaving.
1) Go to UBC Reasearch grounds at least 2 more time (possibly jump stump)
2) Figure out the clothes I need to survive the harsh eastern winter. Sweater count as of now : 0
3) Chill with my peeps from Ladner and New West. Possibly be done on Aug 28-29.
4) See my good friend Stewart in Squamish. I really want to drive up there and see his habitat.
5) Get an epic item in Warcraft. This has been on my list for 3 months now, and nothing has materialized as of yet. However, my two weeks off will grant me more than enough time to make this happen, I hope.

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Kids Camp is now over, and it was a fan-flippen-tastic good time. The 17 leaders I had the pleasure of running the camp with were all amazing, funny, and all around good people. Highlights include scaring kids at night while I pretended to be a bear. I was dressed in a "Life Size King Kong is Back!" suit. I'm sad it's over, although getting a full nights sleep was much appricieated on Saturday night. The end is in sight, I'm over the hump of summer, and all I have is four weeks until I'm out east. My exams marks were alright, but not what I was hoping entirely. I was 20 points off of getting $1000 from the government, which probably works out to be 1 or 2% higher on just one of my exams. Oh well, such is life. My spirits are up and I'm ready for the final stretch. Woot!