I've done so much since my last update. Highlights include my road trip to San Francisco and Sasquatch music festival with Andrew, visiting with Alan and Unni in Stockholm and Prague, motorcycling through northern Spain with Chelsea, countless beach and BBQ days with Aydin and my Vancouver pals, camping trips on the island and to Weaver lake, and finally riding across B.C. to arrive at my new home in Edmonton.

I really like our new apartment. Chels got us some nice furniture and took care of decorating it before I arrived. There's a pretty good gym in the building that I expect I'll be taking full advantage of. There's also a shopping plaza right next to us with a Save-On Foods and a bunch of restaurants. And apparently there's a pool just around the corner which I've yet to check out. I'm about a 10 minute walk from work and if I get really lazy in the winter I can even take the subway. The office here is really nice too. Everyone seems friendly.

I bought a Samsung Galaxy Android phone today through Bell so I've finally jumped on the smartphone bandwagon. Apparently this model just came out today. I like it. I also signed up for a 3 year contract on a promo plan that gives me unlimited long distance and texts to 10 people of my choosing -- perfect!

I'm liking Edmonton so far. I'm excited to get onto a self-development spree again. I want to learn sign language, contribute to some more open source software projects, continue with my French and Spanish learning, do some motorcycle maintenance, rock climbing, and volunteering for an adult literacy program. I hope to do a lot more reading too.