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lloyd

hey, long time since i've posted. few major items:

1) congrats godwin on the engagement! hopefully the proposal worked out just as you hoped it would! i'm excited for both of you! =)

2) i'll be moving to lloydminster, AB in the new year to pretty much do the same job i'm doing here, just in the field. for those who don't know where lloyd is (EVERYONE), it's pretty much 2 hours straight east of edmonton, right on the alberta/saskatchewan border. for those of you who don't know where edmonton is, it's pretty much 2.5 hours straight north of calgary. just got the offer on thursday. talked it over with the parents and lawrence on thursday night, talked with dez about it last night: i obviously don't want to go (pay rent, no parents, no friends, new job - old boss is great, town of 25000 ppl), but it'd be the right decision to make (gain field experience, get to know field personnel, come out with a more diversified resume, more flexibility when dez gets out of school). aiy... sucks to sorta settle back in with friends and family and just uproot yourself to go again - it's like teasing them. anyways, i'm flying up with my boss on thursday to see the town and what's available there. i'll have to start looking for a place to stay soon too but i hear it's not cheap ($500 - $600/mth). compared to toronto that's quite reasonable, but you'd think it'd be cheaper in small towns. but yeah, never thought i'd have to make this kind of decision this weekend.

3) in edmonton with dez. it's only really been 2 weeks since i was last up here (only saw her for 15 minutes tho - was up for godwin's engagement) but it's fantastic to see her again. i'm so proud of her and i love just being around her. can't wait till we actually live in the same city.

4) flames are back, just as i predicted. my new predictions: they keep on rolling, small mid-season hickup, but they end strong. kipper's another vezina winner, iggy's right up there in scoring and tanguay's team leader in assists

5) aiy, so i'm still on the 1st half of chapter 2 of that book, but the wedding videos are done. i've been getting tons of sleep and playing less video games, so i guess that's sorta progress right?

6) looking at the prospect of using a LCD projector as a TV at home. that way i can use it as a normal tv, but watch movies on it through the comp, and play video games on it too if i wanted. in the past they've always been so damn expensive ($3000+), but now that they've come down in price ($800 - $1500) and the new big screen TVs are about $2000 anyways, i thought this would be a more inexpensive, portable solution. seeing as i'm moving and i'll need a tv anyways, it seems like the right time to take this more seriously too. if anyone has any experience with this sorta stuff, gimme a shout?

tru: 28th sounds good! sorry for not replying to emails - i don't check them too often anymore. will try to get better on that =) like andrea's said, thx for organizing this!

posted by eigenlamer @ 3:06 PM