The reasoning for the creation of this blog isn’t really because of the New Year/2017. It just seemed like a good time to officially turn over that new leaf. Besides, it’s the third week of fucking January so I haven’t exactly been ‘on it’ when it comes to Continue reading
Can you lend me a hand? Can you help me to see? Can you reconcile this war inside of me? Time is slipping away and I don’t seem to mind, I’m missing something that I can’t seem to define… Continue reading
I dreamt about you last night.
It was the first time in a long while that my unconscious mind has wandered down this road. My conscious mind, aware of time and distance, has been battered by the ravages of war. It still longs for things that can never be.
But while I sleep, an alternate universe is woven like a web that glimmers with a fresh morning dew. And in it, I relive your beauty.
My gaze falls upon your raven hair and its perfect sheen. I can feel your warmth through our clothes as we sit pressed against one another in an overcrowded car. Your scent penetrates the nostrils of my unconscious self with a delicacy that my conscious mind is no longer able to recall. Your smile delights me and your throaty laugh hints towards a deep, untamed passion. My lips are even allowed a subtle moment to brush your bare shoulder, unnoticed by everyone except you and I.
Here, in this place created by my memory and my imagination, we are unchanged by the events of our conscious lives. Our past is alive, our present is altered and our future is immaterial. It is the moment and I am cleansed by its purity.
Inevitably, I wake to the realization that it is merely a dream, a reflection of the raw power you hold within my heart. I am moved to tears by the beauty of it and also by its impossibility.
…we hates the snows FOREVER!!
Winter has come to Alberta; those poor bastards in Calgary got snow on Thursday and we in Edmonton got ours yesterday. The snow that hit the sidewalk or street has melted quickly but the grass and trees are still covered with a layer of the white stuff.
I busted out my winter jacket today since my fall jacket isn’t quite enough anymore. I pretty much went from wearing NO jacket to having to wear my winter jacket in the span of about three weeks. What the f…..
Also, I’m VERY thankful that my outdoor soccer season ended last weekend… and even ended with a sunny day. It’s officially full-on indoor soccer season now which I have been enjoying immensely… it’s a fantastic workout!
There are many, many days of winter ahead of us… this is only the beginning.
As I previously posted, I joined up with a local sports league to play soccer. I was really uncertain (read: freaked out) about the fact that I would probably be playing against mostly 20-something people, generally in a better state of fitness than I am in.
I ended up joining up with a pretty cool group of people; going from playing once per week in the spring league to joining two teams for the summer league and playing two nights a week (plus a practice on the weekend) to playing in the fall outdoor league and also hooking up with a different crew of people who play indoor soccer… making it three nights a week that I’m playing.
It’s been a lot of fun and I have both received some good tips and training from people who have more experience and knowledge than myself. My fitness has improved a lot and I’ve dropped an additional five pounds since May, which is great. I can run faster for farther and my agility keeps getting better and better. My soccer IQ also keeps improving; the speed of the game causes me to have to really think quickly and react quickly. I’m not always successful, often not, but there are times where I’ve been able to quickly assess a situation and act, making a smart pass or getting a shot off. My goal in on-going, to get better, smarter and more fit every day.