Looks like the work in Edmonton is for sure now. I have yet to set my exact schedule, and so get my flights, hotel and car rental arranged, but that will come. I'll probably fly out next Friday morning and back the Tuesday immediately after, not exactly a vacation by any stretch, and working an overnight job somewhere in there is gonna mess with my clock but hey, it should be worth it.I'm one of those people who has managed to live 20 some years without being in a plane. Not for fear of flying, but the fact that I've really never had anywhere to fly to, or lately, the money to fly where I'd like to. This one's being paid for by the company, so why not take advantage. It will also, ashamedly, be the farthest west in Canada I've ever been (previously Windsor). I made it down to New Mexico and Arizona a
Chad Ciavarro experience seems to have it that Edmonton is quite the bore. I mentioned in the last post that all I know of them having is a mall. I'll be working less than 3 blocks from said mall, so I'm sure I'll end up seeing that, but the past few days haven't produced any interesting suggestions, besides driving 9 hours to Calgary, which is simply not an option for me.
A friend of mine just said that she thought the stampede was on now, and a quick google tells me that the Calgary Stampede does infact start the day I plan on flying out. I guess that's one good thing Edmonton has going for it. Since Calgary is out, so too is the more interesting Banff. Word has it that Jasper is only a 3 to 4 hour road trip though, so I think that's what I'll do on the Monday if Murphy's Law of fieldwork decides to give me a break on the work I'll be doing Saturday and Sunday.
Edmonton also recently had a hockey team going for it, but that's all done and over with now. Mr. Minutesman Pronger apparently wants out, and well...Jason Smith and Ryan Smyth are getting a bit aged too and can't carry that team themselves. Also in hockey news, the Laffs signed Bryan McCabe to a five year deal, none of which will see him win a cup, nor will it hopefully see him make the Vancouver 2010 Olympic team.
Roberto Luongo also signed a deal, with the Canucks, that hopefully WILL see him, and more importantly the Canucks win a cup in the next 4, even if it has to be at the expense of my Avs. And in the Avs-Nucks saga, Steve Moore needs to just give up his grasping at straws; this time a suit against Bertuzzi transferring the title of his mansion here in town to his wife. If it weren't for that whole concussion thing, Steve Moore would be one of those never-was's that would be bound for a B-list celebrity boxing, or a hockey fight night gimmick. Bertuzzi probably won't have a cup shot down in Florida, unless getting out of the Canadian spotlight lets him step up a little bit more and maybe make the team a competitor (especially since the NHL Southeast tends to be a real crapshoot). And my childhood hero #33 made the Hall in his first year of eligibility with no surprise.
And now with hockey tired, any last ditch suggestions for things exciting in Edmonton?
UPDATE: I just checked my Technorati 'Who Links Me' link, and apparently this (NSFW) site domain lost its old owner...is this my break in the porn industry??
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