So, my sword school, Academie Duello was at VCon 35 the past weekend doing some demonstrations with rapiers and bartitsu. The Saturday night was the Steampunk Masquerade Ball and we all put on our finest to attend.... I gotta say, we sword fighters sure do clean up good!


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As per usual I’ve been pretty bad with updating my livejournal. It’s been bothering me as over the years keeping this journal has been an important part of my self growth and reflection. I enjoy looking back through my entries to see where I’ve come from and the paths that have lead me here and my thoughts, feelings and hopes along the way ( Read more... )

Dear Maritimes, Every time I step foot upon your soil my heart sings and soars. Every time I have to leave you my heart grows heavy and a beautiful melancholy sweeps over me. It gets stronger and stronger every time. It is beginning to get really hard to leave this place and I feel my heart torn between the provinces that touch the Atlantic and ( Read more... )

Just a small one, but it's gonna be a good one ( Read more... )

My travels currently find me in Toronto where I arrived a week ago. Things have been pretty serendipitous since getting here.

Example the First: I was looking forward to going to the Academy of European Martial arts school here in Toronto where I already had connections through both my Toronto crew and people who train at my school in Vancouver ( Read more... )

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Well, it is a bit late... but the old saying goes: better late then never ( Read more... )

My friend, Cody who is the lead vocalist of Vancouver Island based folk-metal group EYE OF ODIN has been in Vancouver lately with the rets of his band recording their first studio album ( Read more... )

The last two Tuesday the band has shows headlining at two different venues around the city. Both nights felt more like a Saturday the way the crowd was up and dancing- not too mention the way the beer was flowing ( Read more... )