Take me home.. to Meat Cove..

Canada Day is tomorrow, and I haven't really made any plans yet, other than to see Andrew's brother spin at Victor's in Halifax. Tom is amazingly talented... if you can make it to a set of his, you won't be disappointed. He'll also be playing at Evolve in a month's time.

After complaining in a prior post about "waaaah I can't do anything this summer", of course a trip to Cape Breton would present itself.

That's why "The Secret" and all that new age stuff is garbage... I am nearly ALWAYS pessimistic, and I have great stuff happen to me on a regular basis. Take that, Oprah. Debbie Downers of the world, unite!

The plan is to drive up to Ingonish and spend Friday hiking/swimming, and then head down to North Sydney to spend the night. Saturday I am going to the site of my not-yet-written horror epic... MEAT COVE! In my mind, Meat Cove is home to evil cannibals named MacDonald who eat tourists and are probably friends with the Wicker Man island folks. In real life, Meat Cove is the most isolated village in Nova Scotia, and has great camping, hiking, kayaking, and so forth nearby.

I'm looking forward to having a few days to recharge and have fun. I haven't been "on vacation" (excluding long weekends) in a while, so having four days off is wonderful. Four days off in Cape Breton? Huge bonus. Lauren: 1, Dartmouth, 0.

Summer?

I have this weird, creeping suspicion that this summer is going to feel v. short and uneventful.

Reasoning: tied to Dartmouth abode until mid-August and cannot abandon homestead or cat occupants for more than a few days (unless I can get a friend/family member to look after the place--not likely, as they are ENJOYING SUMMER and do not want to be tricked into staying in D-town). I do not have a car, and neither does the boyfriend. Summer roadtrips, camping, visiting friends/relatives... it may not happen. Not sure if I even have vacation at work (a whole other tale, there).

So I'm not pumped for summer like I should be.

Things that would make me excited include: visiting Newfoundland, esp. Gros Morne, hanging out with friends and family in Fredericton (lofty goals, I know), making a fake-trailer for MEAT COVE (my dream movie), going on a ladies trip to New England to shop and cause trouble, spending time in Cape Breton (essential) and seeking out ultimate revenge on the jerk teenagers who bug me at my bus stop.

I would settle for going to the beach a few times, maybe...

We'll see how this plays out.

O hai, interwebs

Awkward, haven't updated in a while type Hello.

I think, somewhere around the beginning of the year, I started getting a little burnt out, internets style.

For the past few months I've tried to remedy that by not having a computer at home, staying off Twitter (for the most part) during the evening, and getting the heck out of the house. It has been a pretty positive experience, though hard as I used to watch a lot of TV/movies on my (now dead) laptop... so I haven't been watching huge amounts of films, lately. Sigh.

So, yeah, getting out of the house. I took a fairly rewarding "boot camp" style class at the Bloomfield Centre in March/April, and am now out on the Commons for a kettlebell class (first class was in the pouring rain--we're hardcore). A few friends and I have formed a hiking group. We tackled Victoria Park a few weeks ago and have plans to enjoy the outdoors and perhaps go camping throughout the summer.

Joker's Comedy Club has become a regular hang-out over the past few months. Must attend nights include: Chat Roulette Wednesdays, stand-up/sketches/improv on Sundays, and Burn, Hollywood, Burn--a monthly bad movie night that has thus far screened Troll 2, The Room, and Mac and Me. Most excellent.

Had a brief trip to Toronto over the Victoria Day weekend. Stayed in the worst part of town, but had fun seeing friends and attending Conan O'Brien's show at Massey Hall. Lauren + Coco in the same room... it was divine.

Until August I will remain in Dartmouth, which is getting more and more difficult as the weather gets nicer and festival season approaches. Even the Multicultural Festival will be in Halifax this year, v. unfortunate. I'm scouring the city for affordable, clean, 1-2 bedrooms in the south-end, Quinpool area, and north end. Have any tips? Please send them my way!

I am still at my job, but I can't really talk about the current situation for a few more weeks (silly, I know). Had the opportunity to work on the very cool Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers project, which I really enjoyed.

Blogging used to be a fairly regular thing for me, but honestly I don't think it's my medium of choice. I will attempt to blog once a week to see if I can keep up with it. Fair enough? O-K.