Life of Shanks

Wow. Very interesting election. or not. I don't know. Fact is- this is actually the first election I've voted in. Reason being- the last few times I've tried, I've either gotten in a car accident, somehow had bodily harm inflicted on me, or been out of the country... Yes I know- excuses, but all extremly valid. ANYWAYS. Yes I voted. Good times. Thats about all I have to say. I'm not sure how I feel about this new government- not like we all really have a choice.. but oh well.


On another note.... One of my best friends (Lalitha) bought a puppy. And I must say she is the cutest thing to hit this town in awhile. Her name is Piper and for the life of me I can't remember what she is. My new favourite thing. Thats what.


On Friday- the City of Edmonton is declaring Mozart Day. ( Thanks to Me:) ) Jan 27th is Mozart's actual birthday and so I am in the midst of planning an event that includes the public, politics and the ESO. ( for more information- visit www.edmontonsymphony.com) The event begins at 1:30pm. I hope ya'll can make it :) hmmmm.... do you think I could get them to declare it Shanky Day? ha ha. Joking.

I think I should run for Prime Minister. This country needs a whole lotta style. 3 snaps up. 3 snaps down.

I went to my first NHL game tonight. I've been to tons of NBA, CFL and MLB games- but never hockey. Good times. Too bad they lost:( Final score was 3-1) Actually the Oilers played like crap. They really did.

Sometimes I just love my job...connections in every industry... which led to the free tickets to the Oilers/Buffalo game tonight. The big decision was figuring out who take with me. It ended up being Myla's boyfriend Rob. I wanted to take someone who would truly appreciate the game and Rob won the bidding. Honestly- what better way to spend a Monday evening then to spend it with Shanky. Almost 3 hours- I made it- Whew! And no awkward silences. Amazing. The best part about the the game was the multiple fights that broke out. Pure entertainment. I wanted to get in there and kick some serious butt myself. Hooyaaah!!!

On that note. I have to take people to a radio station for an interview tomorrow morning at 7:30 so I'd better head to bed.
I wish Edmonton had an NBA team.

So I don't like the whole new years resolutions thing. I'd prefer to think of them as goals. ( mine include learning Spanish, learning a martial art, being healthy, learn how to rock climb, take guitar lessons... etc) Just to give you an update on how this is all working out for me.

I'm going to register for Spanish classes tonight! ( Yay!!) I want to learn Spanish- in part because I'm going to Guatemala in August and in part because- well- I just want to. Its a great language. And it may be good to know someday in case I decide to suddenly move to Mexico, Spain, Belize, Honduras or even San Diego. So Annie, Lals and I are going to make a visit to the Edmonton Hispanic Association and sign up for a few classes. I did try learning from a book a few months back- but the only I think I remember to tell you right now is Hola. I think I may need the whole people interaction.

Another goal of mine this year(And I imagine about 60% if the North American population)is to be healthy. Something I've tried to do in the past and miserably failed at after 3 months. Well- my healthy is meaning working it out. I'm not a junk food addict or lover even- so I've already scored a few points there. So how do I propose to tackle this goal? Get up crazy mad early. ( well- for me) 5:45am. Thats right kids. I'm at the gym by 6:30am. ( this is very abnormal for me) 3 days and counting. I'm hoping that this won't be a hard thing to maintain. It just means I can't go to bed insanely late anymore. I guess I gotta grow up sometime. I think this is a pretty good start to the new year. I always just say I'm going to do something and hope that It magically does itself. Well-I ain't no Harry Potter.

Well... people said they had issues with my other blog- so I thought i'd create a different one. No more complaining now. We had our girls christmas party this weekend. Good times. I got a fabulous jewellery case ( very much needed) and stainless steel coffee mugs ( also needed) both of these were at the top of my list so I was very happy.

Even though it was supposed to be a "secret santa" we all figured it out cuz we just can't keep anything a secret( myla had my name) and ya'll know I just need to know everything.

Lots of food, games and good girlfriends- and then of course there was the party crashers- Darin and Kris. Good friends are hard to come by... but when you got em- don't let them go.