Warning: parental discretion is advised

So mum and dad negotiated the Atlantic and are currently staying in a hotel about 15 minutes away. It's been a good couple of days, nice to get some time to do the random touristy stuff that I haven't actually done myself yet. I haven't felt like a tourist since the first couple of weeks of being here. Speaking of which, today also reminded me how good the weather was back then. As we walked down Granville it seemed strange explaining why one hostel was better than another because it had air conditioning, but at the time it was freaking amazing.

So besides that a few things have been learnt over the last week:

- Your parents will always embarrass you at some point. In this instance it was spilling orange juice over me when we went for a meal with Greg and Rosie

- Two bottles of Bacardi make an excellent present

- Some people don't like it when you call them a sex pest

- Stuff costs less outside of Vancouver. I never even thought about it before but just browsing shops in Burnaby showed the premium you pay for living in the big city

Fair play to mater and pater though, they came through with my United shirt and memory stick. On to Lynn Canyon tomorrow, so hopefully the weather stays nice and we can enjoy the mountain scenery.

My sister pointed out to me that not everyone knows the results of the poll since they disappear when I make a new one. If I had any idea about how to get last week's to show below the new one I'd do it, but since I really have no clue what I'm doing I can't. So suffice to say Christmas seems to be the favourite holiday for this time of year. When I saw one vote for Festivus I got excited thinking someone else knew about it, until I realised it was me that voted for it.

So onto this week's poll. I may regret this one, but feel free to vote for who you'd like to write a guest entry. To be honest I probably will have veto on what does or does not get posted but since I'm not aware of anything I've done so far that would cause massive embarrassment it should be fair game.