I've been really thinking about time and age lately; it's so fleeting - wait, not going to go all "philisophical" now, no; now is the time for celebration.

Allison and I are about to go to a local bar (walking, not driving) to have some drinks, do some karaoke and bring in the new years right.

So for new years resolutions, here are a few:

Keeping up with this blog a little more frequently AND doing that podcast that I swore I'd do months ago. Seriously Flip, fucking do it!

Trying to be a better person.

Appreciating the little things and not being so wrapped up in my toys.

Taking any time out of my day to help someone. Even if it's just saying hi to a stranger.

Loving my family even more than I have this year.

Finishing my new CD before the end of the month. (Big one)

And making sure to thank as many of you for your constant support.

Happy new years everyone!

12/16/11
I am so fucking bored and ready to go home. It's only 4 more days unitI go home, but it can't come fast enough!!

I've been spending the last 4 days in Hinton, Alberta (which is a beautiful little town with very nice people), but I haven't had any shows so I'm going nuts. Sitting in a super 8 motel for most of the day can drive anyone to insanity. And the only thing in walking distance is a Chinese restaurant.

I'm leaving in 30 minutes for a new town for a show tonight. That's the good thing, starting tonight I have a show every night until I leave.

Ok, going to pack. FOUR MORE DAYS!!!!!!

12/8/11
Greetings from Slave Lake, Canada...yes, Slave Lake, that's the name. I thought that my home town of Plantation was pushing it, but Slave Lake??? Why not just call it "The Lake of Others Doing Shit For Us"? Too soon?

I'm blogging from the lobby since I can't get wifi in my room. I fucking hate that.

And look, I'm well aware that this annoyance is purely superficial and on no way is a "real problem", just an annoyance. With that said...what the fuck? C'mon Slave Lake, catch up with the rest of the hotels in the world and get yourself more than one modem & router. Hell, hire some manual laborers to install it and live up to your name.

Anyway...this is the first stop on my Canada tour, and only 11 more days until I go home. Yes, I'm counting the days.

I'm. It feeling that well right now. Nauseous. Too much coffee, hot chocolate and eggs. Not altogether, just over the course of the day. I think I'll go to my room and lie down.

Bye.

12/7/11
FYI: I am trying this on my iPad and with its weird keyboard, so if there are spelling/grammatical errors, now you know why. :)

I am getting tired of all of this traveling. I'm now flying to Edmonton Canada for a 12 day tour of the freezing north. Before this I was in Philadelphia, NY, Sweden, Finland (back to Sweden) and Florida. I know I've bitched about not working and I'm grateful for this, but fuck, it can be exhausting.

I'm also feeling stressed a bit. This economy is hitting everyone, even traveling comics, and it's tough especially now because Allison is about to get her surgery and can't work much nowadays. So it's know of a double edged sword; I am working but pretty much all of the money is going just to stay even.

I'm sure it's only temporary (no, I know it is) but it really sucks now.

Onto better things...Lily is as beautiful as ever. Oh, for those who don't know, Lily is my niece. It was so great to spend time with her this trip, sadly I wasn't able to say good bye to her. It's so cute, she calls me "Uncle Fipper"...and yes I'm aware that she can pronounce the "L" in uncle but not Flipper.

The rest of the family is doing well. Oh, and I reconnected with an old friend...and it was interesting to say the least. I guess it usually is when you see someone who's been out of your life for awhile.

Can I be honest? I'm trying my best to stay positive with all of the "things", but it's getting tough. I've been on tough situations before and I've always come through, but now it feels so much heavier; like a much bigger situation is about to show itself. I hope that I'm wrong, I really do. I hope that I'm just jet lagged, tired and homesick...oh, and paranoid. :)

Still have about 3 1/2 more hours to go.

I miss my bed. It's amazing, I can be put up in a high class hotel with a cushy bed, and I'll still have trouble sleeping. But put me in my nice, plain bed with my lady and I'll sleep more soundly than I ever have. I can't wait to do that...less than 2 weeks and counting.

Ok, going to stop feeling down. I'm sorry; I've just had a hellish day as well.

Oh yeah, this is how my day started. A few days ago I sent a package home and last night I get an email from "USPS" saying that the package I sent was stuck in transit because there was something wrong with the address. So i was supposed to pick up the package and print out the label that was an attachment the email, and resend it.

Now a smart man would've noticed that the email was NOT a USPS email address, and would've also remembered that he (me) sent it UPS, not USPS. But I, apparently, am not a smart man. To be honest, I would've normally just deleted it, but because I had just sent the package out I got worried.

I think you can guess what happened next.

Now my Netbook is fucked; I can't access anything from it. And I'm all paranoid that my personal info is hacked. Luckily I don't do much from my Netbook, but I still changed a bunch of passwords on certain accounts. And, more importantly, I didn't open the email on my home computer. That would've fucked me even worse.

My Netbook was convenient but there was not much on there, and what was is backed up in my home computer. I'm just freaking about my personal info. So that's probably why I'm in a less than stellar mood.

Had that not happened just today, these other things that are weighing on my mind wouldn't seem so big and scary.

...still though, it pisses me off.

Well I'm going to watch a movie.

Oh, allow me to say a few quick things that I should've done in my blog absence:

Much love and thanks to Sweden & Finland for coming out to my shows. I'll be going back to Sweden in February and hopefully tag on some dates in Finland and Norway as well. :)

Thanks to my buddy Berang for not only hooking me up with the shows in Sweden (this true and the next one) and Finland (also thanks to Antti for Finland as well), but for letting me crash with him on my off days.

Finally, happy (belated) Thanksgiving! I spent mine in Sweden eating a delicious turkey sandwich from Subway. Google indeed.

Later kids.