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July 11, 2007
Party-time! Excellent! Ryan's World! Ryan's World!
Okay, that was seriously lame. But let me tell you, I've been having such a good time as of late that I need to be just a little lame to counter-act it all. With the summer comes the good weather, and that means I'm out and about more than usual because hot chicks are also out and about, showing off all the reasons I praise God.

For many people, summer is about Road Hockey. I love playing, and I didn't know just how much everyone else loved it too until I started up that first game a couple months ago. Now, after the fourth game, I'm still being asked when the next game will be. After the last one I definitely needed some rest. It was by far the most physical game yet. Especially for me and Earnest. We had a little scrap that rivaled some stuff you might see in the UFC. Dana, my fiancé, also had a rough time from blocking slapshots from men that are twice her size. I managed to net two goals, which isn't bad, considering I spent much of the game scrapping it up. I think next time I'll play a little more conservatively in hopes of preventing any long-term injuries.

Another great way to spend time in the sun is to go to the beach. And I did that with Dana, Steve, Dustin, Kelsey, Mat, Nathan, and Jimmy. They brought their little doggie which meant we were confined to a certain area of the beach. Oh well, we still managed to get wet even though the water was freezing cold. And dirty. I'm surprized we didn't all end up growing extra limbs or turning into Ninja Turtles. The goal that day was to get a sun-tan and instead I got the worst sun burn I think I've ever had. It was two weeks ago and parts of me are still red. I peeled and blistered, leaving little shavings of skin everywhere and that's just gross. Handy if I ever plan on creating my own clone however. It didn't hurt though, which was weird. It was just a little itchy. The only time it hurt was when I visited my mom and she put some aloe lotion on it. Then it started to burn like hell and my only option was to wash it all off as soon as possible. Nothing has ever stung that much. The best part of Beach Day was visiting a small place called Lake On The Mountain. It's exactly what it sounds like. It's a lake on top of a mountain. It's just pretty. And I liked it.

An old friend of mine, Rebekah, celebrated her 26th Birthday and I attended her fun bash. There was BBQ, Cranium, Coffee, and swimming. I didn't swim because of my afformentioned sunburn. Nobody needed to see that. It was really great to spend some time with old friends Rebekah and Laura again. They were my two closest friends in high school and losing touch with them over the last five or six years was a really stupid thing of me to do. But, I'm fortunate enough to learn that friends really are friends forever. Cranium is a fun game, and the best part of it for me was impersonating David Suzuki for a couple minutes. When I get old enough, hopefully I can have a beard as cool as his. I still haven't been able to get Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" out of my head though. And I can't believe I managed to convince Josh to put his sweet moves on a giant stuffed bear. Unfortunately, he asked that the video of it not be put on the internet. Maybe someday he'll change his mind and you can all witness the humor that I was lucky enough to see live.

In case I ever think I don't drink enough, I have all the wonderful people at Ban Righ Hall to back me up for a night of beer pretty much any time I want. Steve, Scott, Katie, Blair, Lindsay, Jacqueline... you guys rule! We hit the Brass for a night of Rickard's White and live Smitty music. We drank way too much, played some pool, and drank way too much more. All I can say for Smitty's songs is that he's gotta learn some Meat Loaf tunes. That's all we really wanted. I couldn't make a shot in pool to save my life. Steve dropped Jacqueline on her head. Linsdsay was already hungover and stayed sober. Scott... well, you never quite know what he's gonna do when you put some booze in him. And Katie made a Meat Loaf sign in desperation to hear some Bat Out Of Hell.

It was awesome that Brian, Zarra, and Adam showed up, even if only for one drink. It's not very often I get to see Brian anymore, and so I'm making some plans to go up to Ottawa for an overnight trip for some chaos with the one we all call Captain Cackton, Mister Brian Fucking Crofton.

Some dickhead (STEVE) bought us a round of Jagermeister shots pretty close to last call, while we were already pretty drunk. At the end of the night, I went home and puked before bed. When I woke up I was so damn hungover I couldn't move. I ended up barfing up bile and craving nothing whatsoever. As it turns out, the one thing that cured my hangover was a Starbucks Cookie. When you feel that hungover you need to ask yourself if the ends justified the means, and in that case they sure did. I had a great time, and would definitely do it again (except for the Jager shot... yuck).