gondola floor + cons (Taken with Instagram at Banff Gondola)
the place to be (Taken with Instagram at The Next Act Pub)
listening to "Beastie Boys - Sabotage" -
rip mca
“Sometimes I wish I could punch out the Sun so every corner would be a dark one to hide in”
everyday favorites (Taken with instagram)
listening to "Amos Lee - What -
My new favorite song right now. discovered at the library. like stumbling over a $20 bill, i feel richer for finding it.
all time favorite. its a good day to listen to the all-timers.
listening to "M83 - Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun" -
M83 hasn’t had a bad album in years. Like, a lot of years.
‘cuz this how I roll! (Taken with Instagram at Macewan Neighborhood SW)
listening to "M. Ward - Helicopter" -
someone you might not guess is in my top 5 shows i haven’t seen. M.Ward. killer.
I was thinking yesterday of how annoying it has become to fall into a stereotype lately - one of those “I need to lose weight by eating better and exercising more” people. It wasn’t hard to look around me and realize how easy my life is. I have everything i need in my home, and appearances can deceive even myself, believing that I am doing great and working hard. But nothing is that hard.
I have found myself in the trap of looking to the comforts and conveniences I have created and achieved as the indicators of who I am and how well I am doing. In reality they are not.
In my present life there are struggles with my job, to do better and earn more, which means continually learning new technology and pushing myself to form better work habits to move projects along better. Its always a challenge.
My son is growing as a hockey player and I have never taken the opportunity to develop my own abilities in the game i love most. So we try to get up together at 6am to go to a free skate once a week. Not easy in -40 weather.
These are examples of where I really find my value. I am most proud of learning a new code trick to finish a website on time, or feeling invigorated by an early morning skate. I also score myself by my failures on the treadmill or volume of Dr.Pepper in my fridge, but perhaps fairly so.
Comfort and convenience are never the measure of ourselves, they are the enemy of a better self. Ironically what we work so hard to achieve actually poisons the skill which led us there - the ability to deal with challenges, to overcome adversity, to steady the ship.
Staying uncomfortable might be the means to staying in good form. Plenty of sport analogies here; how many athletes do we see change their game once they achieve success? A three goal lead is the most dangerous in hockey.
Staying uncomfortable may just be the only way to get to where I want in life.
listening to "Young the Giant - God Made Man" -
forgive the heavy dose of music snob in this statement, but i can’t remember the last band i really liked by hearing it first on commercial radio.
I don’t often post these “proud dad” photos, but after losing every game for half a season, gold feels great. (Taken with Instagram at Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre)
listening to "Magnet - Where Happiness Lives" -
this was exactly the smoothness i was waiting 2 hours of itunes shuffle for.
listening to "M83 - Moonchild" -
the soundtrack to my melancholy this morning. i’m gonna be a mess by the time “Farewell Goodbye” comes on…