Falling Farm Buildings

Falling Farm Buildings
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IMG_2115

IMG_2115
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canada goose along the bow

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in calgary alberta

Winning Goal

Winning Goal
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Deer in Fish Creek

Deer in Fish Creek
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c-train in sunnyside

c-train in sunnyside
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new canon rebel xti

Gurmit and Sun

Gurmit and Sun
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Calgary Sunset

Calgary Sunset
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there is one nice thing about this city...you just have to be patient about it

all those things that were

Kimberly, BC
Originally uploaded by dbuc.

tomorrow, it's back to reality...and oh, those sweet long days of winter vacation are over once again..time to start looking forward to spring break once again. hope all is safe and sound with everyone out there..

Sunset in Hanna

Sunset in Hanna
Originally uploaded by dbuc.

merry christmas to everyone out there. this was taken on boxing day, and yes, we had a white christmas, fortunately. hope this finds everyone well and rested. Happy new year...

Calgary at Dusk2

Calgary at Dusk2
Originally uploaded by dbuc.

Guess who got a new camera??? yes, after three months of taking shitty pics with my cell phone camera, i decided to make the plunge and buy it. This was taken during the deep freeze from which we are just exiting in calgary now. we had a day of 0 degrees this week, but the rest have all been below 10, reaching a pit of -40 with the wind chill. Needless to say, as we haven't yet entered the tradtional deep freeze months of january and february, this winter is going to be a long, chilly affair.

i was talking with a friend last night over a couple of beers about a number of different things, and he mentioned the Al Gore movie out right now. I haven't seen it yet, though i have every intention of doing so. He was mentioning how upset he was by it, or motivated/worried. And, he's right to be. If you look at the state of the world, there aren't very many places where you can just be and not worry. there is something effed up in every corner. Stephen Hawking said just yesterday that if the human race is going to survive, then we'll have to colonize other planets in distant galaxies. Matthew Good mentioned on his blog something to the effect of if you're unconcerned with the world at this point, then you are ignorant of the facts.

It's just so tempting though, to be ignorant, as they say that's bliss. It just seems so hard when everyone has their own struggles every day to also devote time to everything you worry about. We concluded in our conversation that definitely you have to choose one thing to commit to to try and affect...be it hunger, human rights, the native struggle, global warming, endangered species, animal cruelty, GM foods, etc. otherwise, you'll be truly ineffective, and left feeling helpless. Then you can devote the rest of your time to self-centered activities that make you happy.

Thom Yorke--Atoms for Peace

I just started playing with adobe premiere pro the other day..this is my first video from there. things are going well...school is crazy hectic, but i'm enjoying it...i don't blog much any more...maybe i'm happier now or something...anyway, yeah, things are awesome here....hope everyone is doing well.

first year of hockey

first year of hockey
Originally uploaded by dbuc.

ah, the memories are ripe as another hockey season fast-approaches. Peter Mahr's voice will soon be ringing loud in my tv-less house. Of course, i can't go to a flames game anymore, as the season is already sold out, with 14 to 15 thousand season's tickets in advance. anyway, haven't been doing shit-all bloggin of late because i dropped my camera and broke it. as well, i'm genuinely happy with my life right now, and don't have much to complain about...until i preview the news sites and see what is happening in the world. What do people think of the Thai coup that happened lately? What about vietnemese food? salad rolls???dammit, those have to be the best things going. I'm sure that we have more than 400 Vietnemese noodle houses in calgary right now, and new ones opening all the time..quite an insatiable taste for noodles us beef lovers have. ta

Sunshine Meadows, Alberta

Sunshine Meadows, Alberta
Originally uploaded by dbuc.

Does anyone else think that we have reached a cultural low in this world? How many times do we have to be inundated with stupid pranks, people copying jackass, or just general benevolence as far as the world outside of the city goes before it becomes too much? I'm tired of the norm of decency towards human beings being shifted towards the acceptance of assholes, attention-seekers, and general goofs. I don't feel better watching that crap, and at what point does it become too much? I'm not becoming a centrist leaning right, or anything like that. But, there is a richness in culture available to everyone...ideas...the internet is full of them, as are libararies and people we talk to. We can become more intelligent..rather than dumbed down, as is what appears to be happening. We can only improve society through education and learning, and wanting to learn, striving to learn..not through paint-balling people on the street, or dropping rocks off of bridges onto cars. Bam Margera is a self-centered man who has done nothing to improve or positively affect society.