Taking a break.

Sorry for not posting yesterday, I just had nothing to say. Today is no better. I hope to be back on the ball next week.

Success!

We did it!
It has been a long day of`eating and cooking but we accomplished out goal. The grand total forty-four.
Here is the list:

1. Chicken
2. Turkey
3. Beef
4. Pork
5. Quail
6. Goat
7. Shrimp
8. Eel
9. Uni(Sea Urchin)
10. Tuna
11. Scallop
12. Octopus
13. Squid
14. Clam
15. Oyster
16. Turtle
17. Cuttlefish
18. Kangaroo
19. Camel
20. Lobster
21. Squab
22. Partridge
23. Muskox
24. Elk
25. Caribou
26. Guinea Fowl
27. Pheasant
28. Crayfish
29. Conch
30. Alligator
31. Venison
32. Water Buffalo
33. Ostrich
34. Duck
35. Bison
36. Maguey Grub (Tequila worm)
37. Frog
38. Crab
39. Abalone
40. Snail
41. Mussel
42. Rabbit
43. Lamb
44. Sea Cucumber

There are lots of left over to deal with but soups and stews will take care of that.
I started out taking many picture but half way through I kinda gave up. I will post the ones I got tomorrow.

The MEATENING update

Well the meatening is going well. As of 14:15 the total number of animals eaten is sixteen. We are on a little break right now soon we start grilling the various red meats we have. I missed the quail but I have been photographing each round, pictures will be posted tomorrow.

The MEATENING

A short post tonight, as some of you may recall on my trip down to the Dragon earlier this year I had a meat day. Well Saturday we are doing it for real. For those unfamiliar meat day involved eating a large variety of meats in one day. Last time it pretty much happened by pure chance. This time there is planning involved. We have at least 14 exotic meats in the freezer right now, with the hope of hitting about 30 different species on Saturday. Is this going to be health? I doubt it. Do I care? Nope. Will it be a crazy fun adventure into protein overload? I certainly hope so. I will be posting some time Saturday with a progress report and Sunday with a final tally. If I do not post by Monday it is likely I am in the hospital, please send tofu.

I decided to go there.

As you may or may not know I am an atheist. I don't really like the term actually, well not the term itself but the negative image it has. All it means to me is that I do not believe in any religion. Unlike religion there is no set of beliefs/rules of atheism we simply don't believe in a magical creator, beyond that we have as much in common with each other than people who enjoy beer.
In one sense I have no problem with religion, what you want to do with your free time is entirely up to you, be it going to church, playing video games, dressing up as a squirrel and yiffing, if it does not affect me why should I care? The thing is unlike a hobby or lifestyle many people believe their religion is the word of the creator of the universe, and if he says you must wear a hat than it's probably a good idea to listen. The thing is even if you are religious you really only believe in your religion, all other must have it wrong. So who do we believe? Who has it right? We should base laws on what we think is right/wrong not what any one religion says is right or wrong.

There is much more to this topic, but that is all for now, until later.

Unpleasant news.

As I previously mentioned my brake pad light came on while heading to Toronto. I didn`t drive my car all week and yesterday after school I drove back home. This morning I was to meet Chad at Detroit Tuned at 10:00. I got there a little early and he had not arrived. As I am waiting I get a call, it was the dispatcher from work.(I prefer to leave co-workers name off my blog) I thought it odd as she has never called me outside of work hours, but I thought maybe she had a computer related question. I answer and she asks if I had heard from anyone at work. The tone in her voice was not a happy one, I knew something was up. She then says that she has bad news, ***** hung himself last night. I was shocked. It sounded serious I knew someone was seriously ill or even dead but a suicide, especially this guy was an utter shock, I still don`t know what to think about it. Apparently he was his normal self at work Friday, he even went out for a couples dinner that night and all was good. Later at home he apparently had an argument with his wife, he went into the garage, she thought he was just going to get a beer/calm down, but he didn`t come back. I am not sure when she found him, but she was the one who did. I can`t imagine this was a last minute decision but if he was depressed it certainly didn`t show at work, sure he liked to grumble but it was always done in a joking manor, he will be missed.
I am meeting several co-workes in a few minutes to talk about ***** and hao we feel about this, I am glad I am in school right now, it is going to be very somber at work for the next few weeks.

Blogging from Toronto

Greetings loyal readers,
I am now in Toronto for my final stage of trade school. I will be done at the end of October, if I pass I can go and write the test for my refrigeration license. So far we have not really done much, just little review. I am once again staying with my good friends Colin and Graydyn. We usually find a way to have fun.
On my way here a yellow warning light came on in the MINI. Nothing too serious turns out it is just my brake pad light. Still safe to drive for a bit, but I do have to get the pads replace very soon. Too bad this didn't happen a few weeks ago. It would have been much easier to get them replaced back home, I will likely be taking the week end to head over to Detroit Tuned to get my brakes fixed. I could do it here but the MINI dealerships are not known for cheap labour, I also prefer to support my friends business. I am still undecided if I will be upgrading anything or if I will keep the brakes stock. I would like an upgrade for for better spirited driving, but the stock system is quite good for everyday driving. I guess I will talk to Chad and see what my options are. until next week.

Thank you MINI Jesus.

I got a call from the dispatcher at work this afternoon, it has been a hectic week I saw it was her calling I was hoping it was not a customer callback. I answer, the first thing she says is "Don't panic" this of course results in the opposite reaction especially since the next words were "your car". Turns out a tree had fallen onto my co-workers car, I was parked right next to him. She told me my car looked OK  the branch did not make contact, just some leaves all over. I finish up my job and head to the shop. As I pull in I see many people gathered around the fallen tree. I was not particularly impressed to see that they were pruning the tree in an attempt to clean up while my car was still under the large limb. Looks like all is OK though aside from some saw dust all over my recently cleaned car. 

My co-worker's Malibu though did not fare so well. 

That is the base of the tree, it's actually five trees emerging from one base, the trunk on the right is the one that fell. I was parked right nest to him, I normally park further away from the tree not a fan of tree sap on my car. I will make it a point to continue avoiding trees in the future.

I missed my deadline.

Very short post tonight, I will try ans make up for it.
I ended up going out with Chad, Matt, Casey, and two of their friends(sorry my name memory sucks) we had a good time but now it's 1:26 and I am in no mood for in depth blogging. I will try and post something tomorrow, or technically later tonight.