Chris's Blog: Birthday Weekend in Calgary

On Friday, October 13th, It was my 19th birthday, and to celebrate, I drove up to Calgary to kick it with everyone up there. Friday after class I packed up my sweet police-like Ford Taurus renter I had for the weekend and took off for Calgary. This was my first time driving solo to Calgary, so I had my reservations about getting there...and it turns out, I was right to be worried about it. My printed out Google Map directions only served me so well... I ended up missing a turn because on an accident on Anderson Rd... and I ended up so far off in the fucking boonies. If I recall right I ended up in a cul de sac named Evergreen Butte... :S So, being the proud male I am, I decided I would just take it upon myself to figure out where the fuck I needed to go and not call anyone for directions. After about an hour of missed turns, one way streets and rather nervous driving, I spotted U of C road signs...which guided me safely to Mitch's apartment. I then unpacked, met Mitchell's roommate Claire then we all went to the movie Employee of the Month with Dane Cook. After we went out for a few drinks and wings, then called it a night. Saturday was awesome! And it started as good as it ended. I was awoken by Adam hitting me with a door and yelling "Time to get the up you fuckers!" We had decided that it would be a good idea to pack 5 guys into Daltons Dodge Shadow (Which he bought solely to come to Calgary with Matt this weekend) and take a quick detour to Banff for the day. So we took off and jammed out to Dalton mini boombox he had for a stereo all the way there. Upon arrival, we had absolutely no plan. We walked around, then decided to go on a gondola ride...but after seeing the steep price/person we ditched that idea and opted for picture taking at Bow Falls instead. That night was genius! Mitch, Adam, Claire and Tegan had planned to have a party in their apartment...and had invited over half of Calgary to it... So we pumped tunes, drank our faces off, and had a kick ass time. At the start of the night, Adam took in upon himself to take me to my first strip club. So Adam, Dalton, Matt, and myself, bit the bullet; paid the cover charge and bought 6 dollar beers and watched naked chicks dance around... enough said. We headed back shortly after...

I knew no one at the party except SAIT people (Who I pretty much hung out with the whole time) and Mitch and Adam...But none the less...I had a great time. As the night went on, we decided to take off to a bar... So Mitch, Dalton, Erika, Rebecca and myself fucked off to Moose's and drank even more, ate peanuts, then...get this, THROUGH THE SHELLS ON THE FLOOR! After that we went back to the apartment... I got grumpy, yelled at some people, did and said some stupid things then passed out. It was an awesome night. That morning, I ate then took off. Met up with J - Rad for abit, then came home.

All in all, It was a great birthday, and I will be back in Calgary shortly!

Here are some pictures from our Banff excursion and from the party later that night...Enjoy.