A little spark from the static, and my imagination ignites.

Churchill Square
Photo by - Me!

Think I am in need of a little excitement.
All this shoveling.
Little ridiculous.

But of course you pipe up

"But Ryan, I thought you loved snow and winter???"

Yes of course my dear friends I do.And truthfully I do enjoi myself a good shovel work out. However it feels like all I have done this past while is go to work, come home, shovel,eat, shovel, sleep and repeat... Well minus the Staff Christmas party on Saturday. Damn good food, mmmm whoops sorry was drooling there a touch! Nothing like getting dressed up and hitting up The Mac for a night of shenanigans. It was quite refreshing, minus the morning. I am not one to get hang overs much, but I was feeling a tad sluggish haha.

So as I lay here in bed, driveways and walk's freshly shoveled back feelin strong I think again of needing some excitement. But I indeed have had excitement and excitement on the way here I must share with you lovely people. I am Doing my best to keep my cool, not get to excited and all that jazz...     (don't think I am doing to good of a job at it though, never could hide my own excitement haha) this weekend fast approaching does excite me so. Little bit planned, a lot left to the roll of the dice.But that's just the way I like it. I will admit with all this snow and monotony of the past while there has been a little something that has kept a pretty permanent smile on my face. I have found much happiness on my own over these last two years that is for sure. But now this smile seems to have a little more staying power, little bigger then usual. All I can do now though really is wait and see. Anticipation is killer I tell you! The feeling is good, my confidence strong as it always is and well the rest is just up to fate I suppose...


Huh....Fate, there is an interesting thing in itself.  Some believe it and some do not. Myself well I dunno, the way life goes as I roll along this path it seems as though Fate does seem to show its face. I mean I look at everything and how can it not? Good example here, my current job - which I love I might add. Applied, got an interview went extremely well...Didn't get the job, they hired someone with more experience. No big deal, said they would keep my resume on hand for future. (Don't all companies say that anyways??) I didn't think much of it, went on my way not letting anything slow me down. Four months later, get a call offering me a job from said company. I turn it down, had my lovely business adventure on a roll...Go figure eh? Then a measly 6 months after that I find myself calling asking and hoping on that fateful Thursday. End up with a interview the next day. And come Monday - A job offer! So something like that is like wow, three chances and I finally end up here and end up loving it more then any other job I have worked. Go figure eh?

My other example of fate, well time shall tell that is all I can say about now.


I think I am going to Enjoi this weekend.

That's just rude

Coffee you should not be cold..

I did not Enjoi that.

A Little Piece

To feel that spark. 

Photo by  - Me

There's a cold easy glow, dancing over our street
I Could have chased you down, 
I could have held your love
But wouldn't you think me weak?
Of All I should know how the streets come and go
And you chased the kaleidoscope dream
Stranger, baby, always keep me in your sweet memory.

On a roll

Well it is about that time again, getting back into the groove of this whole blogging dealio. Doing my part to keep you all entertained. But what about me? What keeps me entertained? Well aside from life it self things like this right here.

Amazing the talent that people in our world have. What they can do with something like a bike. Can really blow your mind. I look at things such as these video's and think to myself...

"I could do that..." 

Well maybe not always I could, but I want to. So what do I do, just wish I could let it be and go on my way... knowing my self like I do that just ain't my style. I always want to learn, push myself further. Find those limits and go beyond them. I am not someone who can just live life to status quo. I was meant for more I know it. Because of that fact, that self awareness I will be more, I won't settle for just regular life. I want to live life as an adventure. Exploring this amazing world for all it has to offer, always learning always growing surpassing my limits. Now I may not always succeed in doing so, but that is not going to stop me.

One cannot be afraid of failure, because in the end it doesn't mean you have failed at life. I have had many of said failures thus far in my life but by no means do I feel like I have failed. I have learned and I have grown from them, moving forward an onward in life. Always ready for that next challenge. I know as I travel this road of mine that I will indeed fail again, I am not perfect nor do I claim to be. The only thing I will claim to be is me and I will be the best me that I can be. In the end all I can wish is to look back on my life and know that I enjoyed it. It won't matter what I have accomplished or not accomplished for that matter as long as I enjoyed doing what I do best, living my life and always pushing my limits.

Enjoi your life. 

Games for days

Another one! Crazy I know that's two days in a row now... Gotta be a record... Just felt like sharing a really good song and artist. Singer of Interpol Julian Plenti.Has a number of good songs that is for sure. 

I am a big fan of music all types really. Heck at work pretty sure I have music going for at least 6 or 7 hours of my day. ( Minus the breaks for extreme ping pong of course - in case you missed it there is a nice description of said game in my earlier blog 'The White Stuff Cometh...' I highly recommend you check it out. Fanastically fun game.  Anyways here is one of Julian Plenti's songs.

Games for Days

In your eyes, I am magnified
I peep your sides, I do fantasize
I make your mind, and pretend that you've lied
I take it all the way, I take it all the way
'Cause you taste just like the river


Baby, you've played my heart,
But the way that you've played, it was art


Games for days, where did you find them?
Games all day


In your eyes, I'd be televised,
Great big lies, as the vulture flies,
I meditate to grow wise, I declassify
I take it all the way, I take it all the way
'Cause you taste just like the others


Baby, you've played my heart,
But the way that you've played, it was art


(You played my heart, today)
'Cause babe, you played my heart,
(But the way you played, it was art)
But the way that you play, it was art


Games for days, where did you find them?
Games all day, we're thankful to find them
Games all day, help me to shine them
Play all day, I won't let the party die


'Cause this is how we learn,
(This is amazing)
Oh, this is how we learn,
(This is amazing)
Oh, this is how we learn,
(This is amazing)

Wouldn't it be nice to Enjoi games for days?

To know me as hardly golden Is to know me all wrong

Well it is you know.
Didn't you get the memo?

Now see that right there some may perceive to be cocky. Which truthfully I suppose it could be. I am a very confident person. And as many may know, or may not know it can become a fine line. I never intend to be cocky that is for sure. But it will happen from time to time... No big deal.

My confidence wasn't always what it is today. Hard to believe but for a good portion of my life I had next to none... Shocking I know! Confidence in itself is an odd beast, not an easy one to figure out that is for sure. How is it some people have it and some don't? What have people done to gain their confidence or for that matter lack of confidence. These my good friends are questions I do not have an answer too. I would love to be able to write a guide to confidence and share it with the world. Maybe I could though. Hmmm not that I am lacking in the confidence of my abilities or anything haha. I can however shed some light on how I came to have such confidence.

In my younger years throughout school I was part of the "cool group" so to say. But at the same time I wasn't If that makes any sense. Which in turn left me with very little self worth or confidence. Friends often let me down, left me out you name it. Then something fantastic happened. I was lucky enough to get to go on student exchange and spend a year in Denmark that changed my life completely. Many factors play into how that year was so momentous in changing my life. But the number one reason was the people I met. All of them were so amazing treated me so well, with so much respect. It was truly amazing. Now that year was a major reason in my new found confidence. But it continued to grow after I returned. There was moments of course in which my confidence would dip. But never for long.

I have learned now that confidence should not be based on those around you and what they think of you. Which I believe is a big reason why people end up with low confidence. Always needing others to tell them or make them believe. And again why it is such a tricky topic to figure out. I am confident in myself and my abilities because I know who I am and what I am capable of. It has been a long road to figure out who I am, ups and downs and all that jazz. I recall a good friend of mine asking me how I can be so confident. And my answer was I just am. It is a choice to believe in myself. And that will grow on itself. All I do wish though for everyone out there is that they can learn who they are and be happy with themselves and gain the same type of confidence I have because it feels pretty awesome not gonna lie.


Always Enjoi.

Out of the elements!

Last weekend was an exciting one for sure! Was about time to go pick up my Beetle and bring her home. Well guess I should say home is now an actual house - crazy I know. Roommate bought a house with a really nice big garage! So I am living at his house, helping him fix the ol place up. I love doing reno's they are a lot of fun. Plus I like using my hands and making stuff better not to mention helping other people out.

Which is one thing that I really have to say impressed me most about my VW club, the willingness to help others it seems to be rare these days sadly enough. So it is very refreshing to see such a large group of people that still beleive in it!

Ok ok got a little sidetracked there... Right the beetle and bringing her home! So as I promised earlier in my rantings more pictures!!






Even both my car's get to Enjoi the garage!

Mo'vember

Well the month is nearing an end. It has been an interesting month, an itchy month, and a very creepy month... But all for good cause. So every minute of it was well worth it! Will I do it again? of course! I want to send out a big thank you to all of those wonderful people who donated! Creep for a cause was a great success. If any of you were wondering as well, my total raised this month hit 645 dollars. I am happy with that but next year I will hit 1000!!

One more day to Enjoi this Stache.

The White Stuff Cometh...

Finally it has arrived! Snow!!!!

Now some of you may be cursing me right now for that statement... But come on meow, we are Canadian. A solid 7 or 8 months of our year in spent with the lovely white stuff under our boots. We know it comes every year so why instead of complaining every fall be happy and embrace it... If you really hate it move. Nothing worse then hearing people complain year after year how cold it is, or all this snow and shoveling... Really people? How long have you lived here?

Ok enough venting because I am in a fantastic mood today. Just finished up some extreme ping pong. How can something like ping pong be extreme you ask? I will educate you in such an awesome creation. Quite simple really, its ping pong mixed with racket ball, mixed with volleyball so to say. Serving remains the same, but that is where it all changes. instead of simply returning the serve you must volley the ball up to your partner for them to smash it back across. Which when such a smash occurs the ball ricochet's off of walls, window's couches, peoples faces... yes that has happened, it is good to wear glasses for safety reasons in extreme pong. And then you must return said ball. But to mix it up and throw your opponent for a loop you can simply do the traditional return instead of volley which is usually good for a point or two as your opponents freeze forgetting how to play classic ping pong and watch the ball float between them. It is an exciting game, somewhat dangerous, paddles flying, balls breaking you name it. But I highly recommend it to any one who enjoys a good game of Ping pong. You can thank me later.

This is one of many reasons why I love my job. And quite frankly my life.

Just Enjoi.

Well Now

Apparently I have been informed that I am due for an update... Seeing as the last one was oh back in July...

So where to begin?? Hmm suppose I have to think of what has happened in the past few months.. New Job, year old, another car, still single oddly enough... haha But I do have to say that I am loving life. Surrounded by amazing people, love my job, Busy as can be which is awesome.

But the coolest update of all is the car... a 52 year old car to be exact. And yes it is a VW.

I present to you my 1958 Light Metallic Bronze Beetle Deluxe!

So now I am a proud owner of a classic, and am in the process of getting this beauty on the road. Started with cleaning it up, amazing what you will find in a car that old! And now that it is all cleaned up, I started work on the whole running part... As a few friends have said "Well you may have to push it to a show, but it sure does look good" But I am confident with the friends I have and people helping me along the way come spring this beauty will be running like a dream, a 36hp monster of a dream haha... Yes that is right I said 36hp.

Stay tuned for more pictures to Enjoi.