Here goes.....

Hey folks, hope you're all doing ok. I kinda decided to do this blog thing for a couple of reasons: one, to limit my re-telling of stupid stories of all the random, funny, neat and/or idiotic things I have encountered on my various "adventures;" and two, basically to procrastinate from studying for this midterm that I write tomorrow.

First off, I'm not going to try and brag up that I'm some wild world traveler type; lots of people I know have been away further and longer and to probably cooler places than me, but, for instance, I once spent the better part of a March Break doing a site assessment at a deserted gas station in Upper Blackville, New Brunswick. I can probably guarantee that talking to a few people up there was far more entertaining than the Australian supermodel-types that some of you might've checked out on a beach in Thailand/Fiji/New Zealand or wherever......

Second, the title is an admission of my dorkish leanings.....I've been in school a long, long, long goddamned time, and I have to admit, I'm a bit of a geek.......though I have had, and still do have a lot of fun.....more in the last few weeks than normal for crap's sake. .......BUT.....I study and work in the field of geology.....this makes me somewhat of a dork in some people's eyes, but whatever.....they can suck my ass (which is currently sunburnt due to a tanning bed indiscretion) as I'm probably smarter than them (but maybe not as I have a sunburnt ass) .......so, anyway the title is a play on words for those of you who are not geologically inclined (when you study drilled rock core, you "log" what you see.....that's it....pretty simple, eh?).

A few little ground rules:

• as most of you know, I tend to maybe swear a little; this is not my fault, if any of you know my Uncle John or anybody else on my dad's side of the family, you will understand why. For this reason, you might wanna read all postings through before allowing small children or the elderly to read it;
• names will be changed to protect the guilty and innocent in all cases. Some of you will be able to put two and two together as well as timelines, who was on what trip, etc., and then know who a story is about, but keep it to yourself...this goes for that Alan Gray especially....;
• I will try not to recount various rugby trips too much as we've all been there or have heard it before and have chosen to remember and/or forget whatever parts of them.... ..though some of them are just fucking funny and legendary, so they might be mentioned;
• finally, your comments are welcome....they can be additions and/or clarifications to various postings, they can cut me up if I tell a story about me doing something stupid, or whatever......this blog is just supposed to be fun. If things get taken too far though, remember, I can be very petty and I hold grudges like no tomorrow......I will find you and shit in your pillow case.......

So here goes.......future postings will re-visit places like: Cape Breton (death threats); Labrador (insane dentists); Red Lake, ON (chronic weed-smoking Mohawks); Puerto Rico (nagging mothers and pistols falling into urinals); as well as highlights from the upcoming dork trip to Hawai'i....

I'm off to study for this shitty midterm.....later!