Update

Alright, so since the last couple posts a bunch of stuff has happened. Most importantly I became an uncle. Melanie and Jono had a baby girl on March 15 named Sienna. Kelsey and I went and saw her the next day and I got to hold her, the first baby I've ever held. I know that might be shocking to some but it's true. It felt great!

I ended up being swayed to buy the camera by a really good sale at Bestbuy. I haven't been out to take any pictures with it yet as I just got a memory card for it today. On Tuesday I went out and snapped a few with my old camera. The air was really warm and the river water is still really cold so it was all foggy by the river and I got some good ones.




As far as the running goes, I was up to 6k on Monday and Kelsey and I managed to run 8k this morning. My legs are sore but I'm really impressed that I didn't die 5 minutes in. You should be too.

Oh ya and St. Patrick's Day was in there too. Here's a few highlights from the festivities.

Field hockey girls.

Dylster came from Queen's to represent the law and to reclaim the Guelph city. Matt has never been happier.

Cardio Smardio

I've been convinced by Ben but more so Kelsey to attempt a half marathon in the spring. I'm really going to have to get my ass in gear. My previous cardio experience consists of bounty hunters almost exclusively. Oh, in LIT I ran sometimes instead of morning dip though. Impressed? I bet.

I'm also contemplating buying a new camera. A canon powershot A710IS. I'm still debating whether to buy it before or after the summer. As of now the bank account says I should wait... so tempting.

Back to work

So I finally got a job. I started last Monday at a warehouse that sells appliances. Let me tell you, the working world is not all it's cracked up to be. It's pretty mindless work but hopefully I will survive.The people there are really nice which makes it nicer. The hours though are kind of hard to figure out. I'm working the afternoon shift from 12pm - 9:30pm Monday - Thursday then on Friday start at 7:30am and work until 11:30am which makes for an awesome weekend. Trying to fit stuff in during the week is rather difficult though. I guess I just have to get used to it.



In other news Kelsey and I went to Kingston and Ottawa this weekend which was a blast, great to see Ben, Charity, Dylan and Jeremiah again. We got to skate on the canal which was amazing! I highly recommend you go if you get the chance. The next day though my legs hurt from skating which is weird b/c I play hockey regularly. Anyways, I'm off, trying to fit the gym in before work. see what I mean?

Recognition

Last semester I did a project for one of my classes on Chiniguchi, a new park in Ontario that I visited in August a couple times. During my research for that paper I got in touch with a really good website and sent in a few of my pictures of the area from the summer. Today the guy sent me an email saying he used my picture as the Temagami Photo of the month for March. Check it out here http://www.ottertooth.com/Temagami/PhotoMonth/mar07.htm

Chiniguchi is most beautiful place I have ever been.

Back by popular demand

You might remember back to late October, my facebook profile Halloween costume. Well today my parents came to my house for the first time and my dad noticed the costume lying under the stairs by my room. He took quite an interest and actually said that he liked it. He was more impressed when I told him I won a prize for it. Score!

I'm going to try to make more posts. Gotta keep the fans happy.

Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand

Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand
Originally uploaded by jezingham.

Geeze, send me here.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Spare Time

As I continue to look for a job I find myself with excessive amounts of spare time. I'm not going to lie, it's everything I thought it could be and more. Although it's beginning to get old and I feel as though I'm just distracting people who actually have stuff to do. Alot of my time is then spent fiddling with pictures in photoshop.


This picture I took of a sticker on my car and turned it into this picture below which is my desktop background right now. I really like it.



I've had this goal to actually read a book with my time but no substantial reading has occurred. Maybe it's just one of those things I'll never really do...

Ground breaking research at U of G!

These are a couple "news stories" on the uoguelph home page. It astounds me that someone in the world thinks this research is important enough to post on our website but what is even more shocking is that people are researching this and some moron is funding this research.

Lefties Aren't So Different After All, Finds U of G Prof

This research is featured in today's Globe and Mail.

Contrary to popular scientific belief, left-handedness is not linked to dyslexia, poorer spatial ability, homosexuality, asthma and hyperactivity, a University of Guelph psychology professor has found.

Surprise Surprise.... ! I was previously unaware of these left handed stereotypes but I can tell you this, I know now and am on the look out.

TV Watching Linked to Increased Physical Inactivity, Study Finds

Thinking of getting your kids a new television or some DVDs for Christmas? You may want to reconsider that gift idea if you want your children to be physically active, according to research by University of Guelph and University of Toronto professors.

Ok, WHO funds this?! This is common sense/knowledge. ... idiots

T-shirt memories

I was talking to Vice last night and somehow it came up about making a t-shirt regarding us surviving the death storm in Algonquin over the summer. Here's my prototype.

I took this while driving.... a photoshop filter later I like the way it looks.

I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted.

Done classes

Holy crap, I'm sitting here in the library and have my final assignment completed and in my bag ready to hand in. This is crazy. It's going to take a while to sink in....

This stupid computer still has a wheel mouse, what is this, 1995?

Almost there!

I'm almost done. Just two more assignments to hand in before finals. I brought Chico up this weekend for the rest of the semester to keep me company. The real reason is that my mom is going to Australia and I'm fairly convinced my dad would forget about him.

Here is Kelsey holding him. Notice how he's leaning as far away as possible.. haha. He's trying to get to me, taking the picture. What a loser, so needy.


On the way back to Guelph this morning I saw a windmill blade being transported somewhere, it was HUGE. So cool.

Yes, occasionally I take pictures while driving.

Burnout

Ok, it's official, I am currently millimetres away from burning out. I counted the number of assignments I have. This semester I have 24 assignments consisting of labs and calculation assignments, they range from 3-10 pages and take way too long to do. Most of them are geology shit and you have to map stuff and make figures. On top of this I still have midterms and a real sized paper. THIS IS CRAZY.... I was going to go home tomorrow but can't now b/c these things are just too huge!

I have to plan my life by the minute to finish these beasts. IT SUCKS!

Funny videos

Windmills in the library

This week was bittersweet, the beginning started out so crappy. Tons of stuff due and not enough time to get all the assignments done. Sunday to Wednesday I spent over 12 hours in the library each day... crappy! 3 assignments got moved to next week though so the end of my week was alot better and let me do some birthday stuff.

This picture I snapped while driving by the big windmill at the Ex at the end of October. I photoshopped the background to black and white while keeping the windmill the same. It was reflecting all that blue off the sky. I thought it looked pretty cool.

Some of the best

Here's some of my favourite pictures that I've taken over the past year.






Ok, so here's the story. I know you can identify.
I was swimming in the pool on sunday night at school playing innertube waterpolo and I had to go pee really bad. Not wanting to run back to the locker room I contemplated just going in the pool. (they're full of chlorine, don't worry about it) But then, fear came over me as I recalled the legend of that magical dye that turns red when you pee. After discussing my predicament with one of my other teammates we both concluded that this dye doesn't exist. However, the fear was still in me and it was a chance I wasn't willing to take. Everyone has heard of this mythical dye yet no one has actually ever seen it. I seriously doubt it's existance but I'll let you test it first.

Orange County II

Ok, I just ate an orange and noticed the sticker on it said it was from South Africa. That's crazy! A piece of fruit traveled half way around the world and then I ate it. I wonder who picked it and what their like..... Life must be way different for them. It's almost like one of those thoughts you have when you think that You are You and that you're a person who can make your own decisions and stuff. Mind bending..

News worthy?

Ha, I just read this in one of the top stories on CBC.ca. An excerpt from the story titled

Thousands without power day after windstorm

"New Brunswick seeing light

About 40 New Brunswickers, mainly in rural areas, were still without power, said the New Brunswick Power Corporation."


How does this make the news? 40 houses, that is incredible! They'd really have to call around at that rate to find 1000 people without power.

zzzzzzzzz

Ok, I'm up at 3:30AM writing a paper critique that I got a week extension on. Why did I wait till the last minute you ask? I'm asking myself that same question. However as I sit here pondering the strengths and weakness of this study I am being serenaded by the water softner that is in my room. Beginning at 3AM it has been making a ton of noise doing whatever it does to replace the calcium in my water with sodium. No wonder I never seem to get a good night's rest, this damn thing is so loud! I'm a heavy sleeper but this is ridiculous. I usually wake up when it starts but then fall back to sleep but that sleep that I fall back into can't be as good as the normal sleep resulting in a tired state all day despite getting 9 hours of sleep. Well, I can't blame that thing tonight and nor will I be getting 9 hours of sleep.....

sweet dreams