Beautiful Day

Greetings,

Scoop here bringing West Coast news! Saturday was another photo shoot, I believe GQ Magazine will be running me on the front cover with the caption "Most Prolific Writer of the Century and Hottest Man Alive" or something like that...:)
Sunday, summer weather for a change...and here is how it unfolded...lovely breakfast with Lia...down to the waterfront where I enjoyed a coffee while reading and sunning. Reading a powerful book called "Infidel." I suggest you pick it up in paperback and follow a woman as she grew up in Somalia & Ethiopia amidst the abuse and injustice embedded within Islamic Fundamentalism. One is introduced to the horrendous living conditions that resulted from the full outbreak of civil war. Her escape and introduction to Holland and "developed" city routine is comical but on a more emotional level as I was left almost giddy from a combination of relief for her and gratitude for growing up in North America...the sperm lottery!! All I can say is this is another insightful read that gives you perspective, perspective and more perspective.

Carrying on with my day...Off I went for a one hour run along the ocean Westbound toward the University Of BC..my ipod keeping me company. Then home for Pete's Power Shake. Then, down to storage hunting until I found my roller blades. I strapped on the blades and went from my house around Stanley Park and home again (some 20k). Of course there were stops to eat cherries while I watched some Cricket, read my book and scarfed down some sushi. I stopped and saw Lia at work..roller bladed right into her shop, took some time to evaluate shorts that went on sale. After being ejected :) home for a very hot Epsom salt bath and more reading. All in all a perfect West Coast day. In some ways it is my West Coast swan song. Great vacation town but I need more challenge and to perhaps effect greater change before I settle down to this level of laid back living again...great if you are on vacation, in a holding pattern or retired...but me, done that, no longer and not yet!!!
Stay tuned, Scoop.

Update

Greetings,

My apologies. I promised myself I would keep the blog going but my motivation fell off with the real world pressures. It's not that I have been that busy, just pre-occupied. You see personally and professionally there has been much unrest. My gal has moved on and I miss her. I know when I am ready we could make it work but I am not ready...it is frustrating. I do believe my work has a big influence. I am in a very sick federal government environment. It smothers me. Sadly I stay for the security but what am I compromising? Being a proactive guy I have orchestrated change. I will make the move to Ottawa, walk away from a promotion and try to find something in the organization that makes me feel there is something of value I can accomplish. I know in my heart I am meant to do something else but who am I to criticize my employer until I have made that seemingly evasive self discovery. I have much to share and perhaps in the not to distant future Scoop will return to his natural form....stay tuned, Scoop.