departure gay
After a pore-clogged week of job hunting and waiting endlessly for a moving truck that still has yet to come, at approximately eight-hundred hours Friday evening, I determined my face to be in severe lockdown mode and made immediate plans to leave the city as a result. Traveling across the Strait to Nanaimo for the weekend, the hometown of some of the most beautiful people in this country including the ever-fabulous Diana Krall, I managed to accomplish three of my major goals for this summer.
If you will give me a moment to refresh your memory and my drink, I will draw your attention to February 11th’s post ever-so cleverly titled “Baby Don’t Hurt Me: Sarah Polley, Merlot and Salmon.” In the journal entry, I listed seven goals for this sunny and almost non-existent Canadian season. In less than forty-eight hours in Nanaimo, I checked off these three:
1. Eat fresh salmon (that has not been frozen first and shipped out to thaw in the middle of the prairies). STATUS: COMPLETED FOR $6.99 ON THE FAIRY RIDE
2. Find out where Diana Krall went to high school and then take a picture of myself standing in front of it.
STATUS: COMPLETED or SO I THINK
After hours of researching Mrs. Krall's biography on the internet, all I could find out was that while she was in high school, she was a member of the jazz band. Surprise, surprise. After discovering that Nanaimo had something like two high schools to choose from, I picked the one with the better jazz program. No worries though, I will confirm her high school once I meet her in person.
4. Ride the fairy boats in Seattle and stand over the railing pretending I am Dr. Addison Montgomery-Sheppard fromGrey’s Anatomy. I will then toss a ring into the ocean and roll a tear down my eye in order to finally get over Dr. McDreamy.
STATUS: COMPLETED… BUT NOT IN SEATTLE AND I DECIDED TO KEEP MY RING.
Here are some other photos from the trip!
The Harbour downtown. 
In blur, this is me playing Diana Krall's "Departure Bay" while riding the Fairy to Departure Bay.
If you are interested in buying this island, please call Michael Peterson at 1-866-314-8620.
While on the beach I decided to study the crabs because astrologically-speaking, I am one. However, I could not stop screaming every time one of the crawly suckers came near me. (And no, unfortunately these are not my nails.)
I was going to take a picture of two starfish having sex, but I decided to leave them in private.
Apparently brown leather loafers from Aldo are not beach footwear. These are the fabulous pink-laced flip-flops that were on loan to me from my Aunt. For those of you who desire to see more pictures of my feet, please email rugged.fox@gmail.com and I will see what I can do.
Cannot think of anything witty to write for this caption.My goals for this week are to sleep in my own bed and start a fabulous new job. I will keep you posted.
P.S. In other news, seeing as how now I am now a card-carrying member of public transit, I am accepting applications for personal chauffeurs. Qualified applicants must be on-call to drive to me Superstore, IKEA and Costco in one hour's notice. They should also be capable of creating stimulating conversation and opening and closing my door. Payment is my presence.
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 07:52PM Share Article 3 Comments Email Article | Print Article | tagged departure bay, diana krall, summer goals
Reader Comments (3)
Ok, I want that island! It looks like something out of Swallows and Amazons! Or the Famous Five!!
I will be your chauffeur....only if you pay me in red wine and dinner? No?
PJB - I will look into pricing for that island ASAP and get back to you.
Also, done and done about the chauffeur. I have a meal plan and bottle of red picked out already. As soon as I become rich and famous, I will pop you over from Spain to drive me fifteen minutes to Superstore and back. :)
You also have to use your gay superpowers to get me introduced to Robert Pattinson.....?