Using xanga is like sleeping with a teddy bear. You haven't done it in a really long time but it's oddly comforting when you do. I thought it'd be slightly amusing (although equally embarrassing) to re-start "blogging". Reading my previous entries, I can't help but laugh. Apparently there were a lot of things that happened in my life I conveniently chose to forget until I stumbled upon this site once more. I guess to start this entry, I should talk about the Olympics since the spirit of it swallows all that this city is. I love walking around on any given street and seeing everybody wearing their nation's colors and randomly breaking out into song. I love the red and white that engulfs any other color and feel a swell of pride anytime Canada is mentioned. Most of all, I love that I'm apart of it, here in my hometown. It seems kind of sad that up until now, I was not interested in hockey. I definitely regret not being one of the millions who eat, breathe, and live for that sport, defining what it truly means to be "Canadian". Now, it's all I want to watch and the only thing I can think about is having Sidney Crosby's babies (joking...sort of). In short, I'm definitely feeling the hockey pride...even if it is a little overdue. I guess I had it coming. Overall, this break has been pretty exciting. I haven't done much except play videogames with nate and check out a few of the olympic events. For the last two days I've been with Satomi, chilling at her house and cracking open a couple o' beers during a game. I love how excited she gets when we score a goal - I've never heard anyone be so loud in their own house! She definitely cracks me up. Hmm..other than that, not much has happened. My birthday is rolling around and I'm kind of stoked for that except I feel really old. I know in the grand scheme of life, I'm still really young but as of now, being 19 is like an exclamation point at the end of the sentence. It's kind of exciting but it's almost always unexpected. And in some ways it comes across as really corny. I don't really know what my 19th year has in store, but I'm looking forward to more independence and getting a grasp on what it really means to be on my own. There are definitely going to be some tribulations but hopefully I'll triumph and come out on top. We shall wait and seeee. With that said, I'm going to close this entry with the very words I live by: "Everything is ok in the end. If it's not ok, it's not the end." | 
