It scares me...kill it with fire.

Darn... woke up this morning at 2:42am and been up ever since. I had a dream, don't normally remember them and this one is fading already. What to mention on a blog that is read by others, not much, but suffice to say it had to do with a girl 2 years in the past...when does it end?

Hey the title of this post was just a funny line I heard on the radio this morning (say it with a southern accent), by no means should it be morphed into having anything to do with the statement above.

I have been working out of Whitecourt Alberta lately. Its unchallenging work ..."take this dirt, haul it over there". Kinda boring and its been too cold to walk around comfortably, but I know I should have anyway. Watched a news report on diabetes and the ever increasing waistline of North Americans...turns out the best way to keep the pounds off is to eat raw vegetables, apparently they take work to digest and keeps you feeling full longer. I can attest to that, been losing a lot of weight the last the last couple of months, the rabbit food works.

Got a little bad news on the job front. Plastic liner trouble in Edson, some failures delayed a frac and the new one we finished a week ago may not be holding water. These friggin liners will be the death of me yet! We are probably going to a different supplier and installer for the next ones or change the approach entirely.

Got some advice from crazy the other day, I love it, she keeps me sane sometimes, she seemed to get really upset when I told her I changed some ``personal`` paperwork...I know, I know is all I could reply, but its the way I feel...I wonder if the dream was brought on by that exchange.

Got the GoPro cam, here is the first video:

Goodbye Jimmy

Jimmy Musil
July 2, 1970 – October 28, 2010

Last month I lost a friend. I met Jim when I was an equipment operator in BC during the mid 90's. My fondest memories of him are from the job where these pictures were taken. We were working "behind" Pink Mountain at Mile 143 of the Alaska Highway, not many can say that.


 It was such an adventure, the term "bowler" will forever have a new definition known only to me and him, one of those private jokes that cement friendships and make them last a lifetime... come what may.

Rest now Jim,
the mountains will always be there,
and the marks we made,
will show them you were here.

Thanks to rancholosmalulos for showing me how to properly embed the videos from youtube...this is probably the coolest thing about the rigs (in my opinion) rig move day is always exciting.

Back to some sort of normal

Some may have noticed that I took a break from all this online stuff, most probably did not. Afterall this is just my thing to vent and I like it that way...although everyone is welcome to read.

Been busy and actually had the best month I have ever had in this business, but you know it still seems like a fine line that I have to tread and that gets tedious. I'm just finishing a liner install job in Edson Alberta. I absolutely hate the can't do's of this world...I am going to keep the contractor anonymous, but have to say that rarely have I been in the presence of a company mentality that can figure out so many ways in which to do so little. This friggin liner has been a nightmare from hell and guess who gets the brunt of it when nothing gets done and money is still being spent?

Took a good hard fall the other morning coming out of the motel at 5:00am. I swear it looked like damp parking lot...it wasn't. Out the feet went and BAM!! Right on my back, computer case landed 10ft away and skittered across the pavement. I tucked my head in so that didn't crack, but my elbow and shoulder blades took a real shit-kickin...just started to notice my left thumb is sore and have no idea how that happened. Here is my shameless plug of the day: That laptop that went across the pavement? Well it was snug as a bug inside a Pelican protective briefcase, I highly recommend that if you have a laptop that you get one. Another one of the best purchases I ever made.

Speaking of new purchases, I have become entralled with a new camera and I am thinking very seriously of ordering it online as soon as I finish this blog entry. It is a High-Def, wearable and fully water proof cam called the Go-Pro Hero. From what I have heard and seen on youtube it is truly amazing, the possibilities for me are seemingly endless. I am getting tired of my low def, un-high tech cam that cost so much just a year and a half ago. For less money I can get the Go-Pro, have 1080p, 170 degree field of view and mount it anywhere. That is awesome to me.