In September during the club days at UVic i joined the SCUBA and the Starcraft club. While I have done precisely fuck all about playing Starcraft the over the last month I have been rather active with the SCUBA club. As a dive master and having recently acquired a truck I am now doing a lot of the driving gear about for the club. I have also been helping with the classes (Open Water etc taught by the SCUBA instructors there) and teaching some drysuit orientations. It's been great fun and I have met many great folks out there.
Last week I was rewarded for my efforts in shuffling about gear with a charter out of Sidney. First off let me thank the great folks from the Ogden Point dive centre for taking us out. I went for two dives with my friend Alisa (who taught me almost all I know about diving!). We explore the wreck of the GB Church, doing a little swim through of the bridge and finding the Octo hanging out under the bow. After that we headed to Arbutus island where we proceeded to find ten (yes TEN!) Octos. What an awesome day of diving. And to proove that I am not just making all of this up, Alisa took some video while we were down there, check it out:
GB Church Artifical Reef and Arbutus Island from Alisa Preston on Vimeo.
As you may have guessed, we do like Octopus.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Holy Shatner
I fondly remember being introduced to Has Been that rather popular album made by William Shatner Scott my supervisor at UBC back in 2004. We had a few discussions about music before (he is quite the completionist when it comes to Blue Oyster Cult) and was quite intrigued to learn that Metallica had covered them on Garage Inc. Anyway, I am reminded of this because I just saw some new Shatner music, and it delivers in the most excellent way:
The end of the song video made me want to play rockband. After that I had to finish off in proper Star Treck fashion by watching music video involving Leonard Nimoy, that excellent excellent man.
I just wish there was a Jeff Bridges cameo in that music video.
The end of the song video made me want to play rockband. After that I had to finish off in proper Star Treck fashion by watching music video involving Leonard Nimoy, that excellent excellent man.
I just wish there was a Jeff Bridges cameo in that music video.
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