...princess on the steeple and all the pretty people they're drinkin' and thinkin' that they got it made...

I'm sorry, but things have been rather helter skelter lately.

I guess I could make a little time at 2:39 AM to write down some of my thoughts. When you are wide awake with nothing to do, the worst thing you can do is nothing at all.

I'm reminded of one sleepless night when I was in the Swiss alps... I ate a lot of these little red berries that are usually accompanied by a couple scoops of ice-cream.

At first, the little berries had an offensive bitter taste but for some odd unknown reason I kept eating them. It seems as though I am attracted to bitter things like those Swiss berries.

I can think of numerous things in my life that I throughly enjoy even though I initially thought that they were garbage.

So the hot topic this week seems to be the Mass Comm. essay. I spent most of last night working on the essay up at the Simon Fraser library.

My friend and I decided to take a little drive up to the peak of Burnaby Mountain to engage in a little research for our upcoming projects.

It felt good to be back up at that fortress of a school. I have often thought of how spectacular it would be if there was battle between SFU and UBC... Both universitites have their pros and cons...

SFU is situated on the top of a forested mountain with only two points of access. If we hired BCIT to construct a giant cannon I think we would have a decent chance at winning the fight.

I have also been thinking about my all time SFU snow fantasy... back when I was going to school at SFU I would periodically wonder what it would be like if I were to get off of class on a snowy day, strap on a pair of skis, jump out of a window on the fifth floor of the Academic Quadrangle and ski all the way down the mountain to the SkyTrain station...

and if I had time I could even take the next 145 bus up and do it all over again....

Alas, I never got the chance to fulfil that dream, which is strange because it snows nearly everyday during the winter months... unfortunately it hardly ever sticks....

However, there was this one time when we, the students and I, were nearly stuck on the mountain. There was a snow blitz that took us by storm... an electronic message was sent out to all students telling us that the school was shutting down early due to the storm. The problem was that most of the students were in class when the e-mail was sent so there were a lot of us scrambling after class to find a way off the snow covered wonderland...

As I waited in an endless line up for the struggling busses, a woman came up to me and asked if I would like a ride down the mountain... Of course I said yes... Rides from strangers are the only way to go...

Some people may tell you that there are no free rides in life... or they might say that there is no such thing as a free lunch... this is somewhat true...

BUT... the moment someone offers you anything free or at a reduced price you should jump on this oppertunity because it is the only way to find out if what everyone says is true or not...

So kids, don't eat those Swiss berries, or drink venti Pike Place milds, unless you plan on writing bullshit to help fall asleep at three in the morning....