Waiting..........

So I guess you're wondering why I'm still in Saskatoon updating this website when I said I would be up north working for Cameco by now. Well.......... I am working for Cameco, but apparently the "locals" up by where I am going are not allowing work permits for people trying to work on their land (there is a lot of red tape to wade through, so I'm told). After I had finished my orientation, first aid/CPR training, radiation training, and ATV training (I'm not kidding) I was scheduled to leave near the end of May for Cree Lake, where I would be collecting borehole seismic data. I have now been told that there is a "significant" delay in getting up there, so who knows when I may be leaving. Hopefully it's soon, I wasn't planning on living in S'toon (aka spending lots of money) for the whole summer.
On another note, my boss at work is really cool. He said I could go pretty much anywhere I would like to this summer, if the geophysics department is conducting surveys there, and that if there were any dates I needed off, we could work around it. So hopefully later this summer I will get to go to Nunavut to do a helicopter EM survey . Aside from that all I am currently doing is sitting in an office staring at a computer for most of the day, so hopefully things will fall into place.

Look at Me Go

Just an update to everyone about my summer. Originally, I was hired by Talisman Energy for the summer to work as a Geophysics Summer Student. Everything was great, and I was planning on being in Calgary for the summer. Then Cameco phoned. I was unaware that because I received the Cameco Scholarship for Geological Sciences that I was guaranteed a job with them for the summer. After my pseudo-interview with Cameco they told me I had the job if I wanted it. So I made the stressful decision to work in Northern Saskatchewan (without holidays, and living out of a tent) instead of Calgary(can you say STAMPEDE?). So for those of you who don't know, I am starting with Cameco on May 15, and I will be flying to the Great White North on May 24 (tentatively). I may get one week off in the middle of summer, but I feel this is a really great opportunity for me to gain some valuable field experience.

P.S. I am currently studying for finals (can't you tell, two posts within an hour) which are going pretty good. I had one last Thurs., one on Mon., and I have three remaining (21st, 23rd, 26th). Wish me luck!

Harry Potter's Invisibilty Cloak Sucks

As I'm sure you all know, I am a university student. That means that I ride the bus. Every day. For those of you who don't ride the bus, you are really missing out. You can learn about religion (titled On the Bus) and all kinds of interesting things. However, sometimes I want to be left alone, especially by all the creepy people that ride the bus for the sheer pleasure of freaking me out (trust me, there ARE people like that). That's where my secret weapon comes into play. I acquired it on the Thanksgiving weekend of last year, and it is truly amazing. With this precious gift, the lady with a giant booger on the end of her finger no longer bothers me, the guys that drools and works for Pepsi doesn't wave at me anymore, and the smelly old guy that even creeps me out (I do feel sorry for those 19 year pretty girls that he sits by) won't bother me (NB: these people are NOT made up). You see, this incredible gift that was given to me by my parents and sibling/sibling-in-law is an iPod. I'm telling you, this thing instantly makes me a blind, deaf mute. If a crazy says something to you, you simply didn't hear it, right? If some weirdo is looking at you, you need to change songs on your iPod so you have to look towards your lap, correct? I see and hear almost everything that goes on in that bus, yet I don't. It's wonderful. As far as physical contact goes, well, that's still in the works (I'm talking with Apple about some type of integrated music player/body suit that produces about 1A of current when touched, plenty enough to stop the heart for a while. I'm hoping Spring 2010). Safe driving.......

Apparently I'm Ugly

As we do every year, a group of friends and myself like to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus by drinking beer(you aren't supposed to eat meat on Good Friday, right?). Like every year, it was a grand old time as we got up to our usual shenanigans on Thursday night. And, as Ryan's sister Amy puts it: "Girls like to go out and dance, and then go home because they're tired". And as Clint puts it: "Guys like to drink beer, and then go for breakfast because they're hungry". So, as per usual, we went for a bite to eat in the wee hours of the morning. Once we got there it was obvious that we weren't the only people (guys AND girls) who had the same idea. We ordered, we ate, we laughed, the typical stuff, and then it happened. One of the guys was positive that another one of our crew would be unable to eat a dry rib the size of a fist, slathered in about eight ounces of dill dip. While we were all watching this, getting quite a chuckle, this portly (for lack of a better word) girl crept up on us (I'm still not sure how she was able to sneak up on us, she blocked most of the lighting from the restaurant. I'm kidding, that's terribly rude to say, plus the physics behind the situation make it impossible). So, while one guy was force feeding another a side of pork, with a side of dill dip running down his face, she proceeded to freak out.

Girl: "You know what, you guys aren't so great looking yourselves, maybe you should take a look in the mirror and think hard about what you see, you [expletive]!"

Guys: (in unison)"Huh.......?"

And then she promptly walked out. Now normally some of my friends would have had quite a bit of fun with this girl at her expense, but we were all so baffled as to what her problem was that we sat there with really stupid, perplexed looks on our faces. Who was this girl? Who were we implying wasn't "great" looking? Did she just decide to lash out after her twenty-some years of existence on this planet at the first table of guys she found? Maybe we were really stupid looking (that IS possible) and she figured we would be easy prey, like singling out the diseased springbok of the herd. I don't know, we tried to solve the mystery all weekend, but we're stumped. Maybe she just wanted to make it onto "some dude from Saskatoon's" blog. Whatever it was, she's forgetting that we're guys, and that we could be four hundred pound ogres and we would still think we've got a slight edge on Brad Pitt. I do know two things though, she wasn't tired, and I don't think she was doing much dancing that night.......

I've Lost My Electronic Innocence

After seeing nearly every one of my friends (who can actually read and/or write) create their own personal blog thingy, I've decided to venture out and actually put some of my thoughts and experiences on this freshly created page. I don't know how this is going to go, but between the people I know and myself, we seem to do enough stupid things that it really shouldn't be a problem finding interesting topics to write about. So here goes and I hope everyone (who is probably just me) enjoys....