Wow, I Have Been Slacking!

So I have kind of let picture descriptions get behind the times and so I thought that I would try to bring them up to speed.

Katimavik - Part 9 is entirely made up of shots taken on New Years morning. Unfortunately, I misplaced my camera and din't find it until New Years morning after we went polar dipping in the ocean.

Katimavik - Part 10 is the arrival of our two new (at the time) participants. They would be the ones who were not in any prior shots. We all sat around in the living room of the Fredericton house and chatted for most of the night.

Katimavik - Part 11 involves the exploits of yours truly at the World's Largest Potato and its little brother. This is then followed by a trip to Science East in downtown Fredericton, where as you can see I spent a good ten minutes to write my name in a bunch of iron filings. We then headed to the basement where the museum was located, which detailed the history of the building as Fredericton's oldest jail. Don't I look pretty as a sunflower!

Katimavik - Part 12 is a bunch of shots of us chilling in the house prior to going out to celebrate a birthday. Some of us got turned away from Dooley's as it becomes an establishment and no longer a pool hall in the evening. There are then a bunch of pictures of us starting the voting process, which took a long time as we were all out of our local ridings. Then we went sledding at Mactaquac Provincial Park with its awesome sledding hills, though I don't have any pictures of the actual sledding.

KAtimavik - Part 13. Ahhhhh, yes. This albulm is the end result when you give a housefull of young adults a box of 72 condoms and already have a no sex rule in place. 2:00 am brings the mayhem of CONDOM BALLOONS!!!! It was the night before billeting and all through the house everybody was sleeping, except for the three of us, and so a whole bunch of condoms got blown up and tossed into people's beds with them.

Katimavik - Part 14 begins with the first of two basketball tournaments that I attended with my billet family in Fredericton, NB. The team took second place after a fairy tale finish in the semi-final. Then follows pictures taken in the Underground Café, located on Charlotte street in Fredericton. This is what happens when you give a big kid a digital toy that takes pictures and he has too much time on his hands.

Katimavik - Part 15 is the second of two basketball tournaments, this time in Sussex, NB, where the team took second place in a close, but badly officiated contest. This is then followed by pictures of the fire spinning workshop held at the Underground Café, then my billet family took me out to dinner at the Lunar Rogue resteraunt, and then two of us went skating and took a bunch of pictures while waiting to be picked up.

Parts 16 through 21 will follow at a later date as the computer lab is getting busy.

Main Man, Out.

Mr.E Doesn't Need Titles, Fool!

Well, I couldn't think of a title but I do have things to say so I needed some way to post.

Megs, sorry I haven't been able to respond to anything but I was house manager last week and had squat in the way of computer access. Since I have reshaved the Mohawk and have been told numerous times that I look like a white version of Mr.T, I felt that this quote is appropriate.

"Mr. T cannot be pitied. Mr. T is most often envied, admired or feared. Once, Mr. T was even ignored. That fool has since been nothing but pitied."

Also, I know that there have not been a lot of pictures posted on the site in the last while, though that will hopefully change soon. We are supposed to get a router for the house in the next little while and get the internet working on our computer. The temperature here is becoming much warmer which allows me to take pictures as my Monster batteries for my camera did not enjoy the weather below minus 15 Celsius.

The transition to St.Norbert was difficult and tension in the house has been growing, though there have been some breakthroughs in communication, it is still a big change to get used to.

I am starting to get really busy at school (my work placement is St.Norbert Immersion school, which is K to 8), including notable projects as assisting in the direction of Charlie et L'Usine du Chocolat put on by the grade 8 class. Pretty much all weekends are booked solid for this rotation and with French classes twice a week added in this is turning into an action packed trimester.

I love to get phone calls and mail, so I'll give out contact info again.
(204) 282-7186
193 Le Maire
St. Norbert, MB
R3V 1M2
mr.eddie.main@gmail.com

No guarantee on when the next newsletter edition will come out, but I have a big email that needs to go to the mayor of Winnipeg first so I'll work on it when I can.

Mr.E pities the fool.

Main Man, Out.

Finally Everything Works!

Hey,

So it seems that I've been able to finally get the site to cooperate and now everything seems to be in order. If you notice something I've missed please let me know either in an e-mail or a comment. Thanks.

Main Man, Out.

Wow, Where Did I Go?!?

Hey,

Sorry that I dropped off the face of the earth for a bit but our internet at the house is pitiful, so as to be almost non-existant. I am working at St. Norbert Immersion School so I will be working in French with some English. I have a super awesome schedule for each day, though it is fairly busy. I will probably be on the internet at random times if I am not in a class and get time off instead.

We went cross-country skiing yesterday which was totally awesome, and have been much more laid back and relaxed since getting here. Chaque jour mon francais améliore et je peux comprendre plusieur mots.

I will be able to check my email now so that remains a viable form of communication though MSN won't be possible for a while. Phone calls are awesome, just remember that I am now an hour ahead of Ontario time, so any time after 4:00 pm Ontario time works for me.

We have french classes now in the house, on Tuesdays and Fridays, between 7 and 9 pm, so calling during those periods will get you an answering machine.

So, I think I should probably give out the phone number if I want anyone to call, so the participant's line is 1(204) 282-7186. Please don't call my cell unless you are in Winnipeg. The address is 193 Le Maire, St. Norbert, MB, R3V 1M2.

Well that's all for now, I'll post pictures once I can get the internet at the house to work reliably.
That's all for now.

Main Man, sortie.

Manitoba!!

Well, I'm now in St. Norbert, Manitoba, which is a suburb of Winnipeg. Our house is even smaller and things were not nice the first day when the group had gone close to 40 hours without sleep. After getting workplace tours, doing job "interviews", and figuring out how we wanted to make the house better, things are now looking up. We have already met the group from Stonewall and will most likely meet the Winnipeg group tomorrow. We have had some internet difficulties so, if I don't respond to emails for a bit that's why. The phone number here is 1(204)282-7186, so give me a ring, just keep in mind that we're an hour ahead of Ontario. That's all for now.

Main Man, Out.

Hey, Just Checking In

Hey Everybody, just got back from our excursion to Moncton and thought that it might be a good idea to make sure I let everybody know that I am not at billeting anymore, so calling there will not reach me. I am only at the house for another week so I will post new contact info when I know what it is. Pictures will be updated soon.

Main Man, Out.

Hey, I'm still alive!

Sorry that it has been so long since the last post, but it has been an extremely busy few weeks leading to rotation. More paperwork now than at any other time, and tons of things to do to get ready. So I will see what I can get on when I have time but I do expect to post more.

The last set of pictures was of our trip to Saint John, and the 2 other groups staying in the Katimavik house that night. I have dyed my hair blue and so there will be pictures posted soon.

Keep in mind that anyone not on the email newsletter list should email me at mr.eddie.main@gmail.com with the subject "Newsletter" so that you will get it. The next part of volume one will hopefully be out tonight.

That's all for now.

Main Man, Out