out with the old..

a picture can say a thousand words. so here's a picture.




yup, thats the garage at the ol' parent's house. where my car used to rest. it was comfortable there. sheltered from the elements. patiently awaiting any attention i would give it. quiet. when it wasn't boosting around local neighbourhoods and highways. eating honda preludes, g35's and 350z for an evening snack.. or sliding around corners, rain, shine or darkness. clutch kicking, e-braking and playing on the throttle to bring us such amusement. or eagerly waiting for its next mod, hoping to squeak me out a little more horsepower or make it that much more "my car." I built a little drift machine. a road monster. a custom car. a work of art. (in my eyes at least ha!) many fun times were had with the little orange car. the car has come to an end for now, but the fun times will never. and really i don't owe my "fun" or "joy" or anything for that matter, to this world. this world is filled with things, stuff, people, places that are fun, yes. but i owe all that is good to the one that created it and gave his son for me. God. and with out Jesus, there would be nothing.

i see it like this. its all his stuff and things anyways. so he'll do what he wants with it. he blessed me with that car and now its time for it to go. it had a short time and served its purpose. i'm not sad.

i'm excited. cuz i already know what god's blessed me with next. liz.

she's in south carolina right now for her sister's graduation. Laura is a nerse. CONGRATS LAURA! she put in some hard time hittin the books and being away from home for all her schooling. she met her fiance at school too! they're gettin hitched in august i believe.

aaaand yikes. its like 2 weeks and liz and i will be hitched! AWESOME. we got little things to sort out still, but the major things are handled. liz has been so amazing in handling most of the details. she was doing all that and school. she's such a great worker. man i love her to bits.

well. time for me to hit the hay. i've been up since 530, and its 11:11 now. (make a wish) glad i got my car outta the garage tonight tho. it was worth the extra effort.

t-minus one month

whooooooooaaaaaaaaaaa! time is flying! been pretty crazy the last few months. wedding planning, man so much to do. liz does most of it and i try to help. key word "try". :( she's doing an amazing job tho. plus she's been crazy busy with school. i've been slowing parting out my car. its on jack stands now with no wheels on and most of the engine torn down and front fenders and hood off. things are going well tho.

liz and i found a place to live last month! renting a nice little coach house in the sullivan heights area. we love it. nice dark wood floors. nicely finished mouldings and lighting. stainless steel appliances, and the whole place is less than a year old and only had one renter for 6 months. a nice little place to call our own for a bit. stoked on this place so much!

wedding is gonna be pretty fun. a lot of our great friends will be there and of course our families. my one friend JF is flying from quebec for it! and some other friends will be just get home the saturday night before the big sunday morning. man, i have great friends!

oh we got some engagement photos done last week by a friend of liz's. jamie delaine. she's a really nice girl with a gift for photography. check her blog out at http://jamiedelaineblog.com. our photos are back a few entry's.

some picssahs.

curb biter.

crashed again. a little more serious this time. snapped a tension rod for sure (i could see it) and possibly bent the control arm (i hope not..). bent another front wheel. fixable tho. its all fixable. jus sucks cuz thats my only set of wheels to get around.

man am i blessed to have great friends. they totally bailed me out tonight. bryce had a flat deck trailer that we used. ramps. they worked awesome, even for my low car. tie downs. man.. god had his hands on it all for sure. awesome. thx big guy. josh and david pushed my car up the ramps too! cuz it was slippin on the wood and gettin sketch. those dudes are legit.

pics to come soon. right now its 3:22am and i gotta get up for church at 8.

oh drifting.. too much fun. thx again bryce david and josh. bailed me out major!

rejj gestured.

went to the mall with liz on monday. also known as yesterday. did a little thing known as gift registration at the bay for the wedding. pretty fun. i wish i could do that everywhere. we hit up the photo booth too. (liz's fav.) we'll be back for more scanning adventures for sure.




no luck sellin the car yet.. not the best time to be selling a sports car anywho. on the other note been havin lots of fun driving it! especially when its slippery out *wink *wink. got a friend from work to do some welding for me up front. we made some custom supports/brackets for the FMIC. it used to be kinda sketchy (broke a bracket that came with the kit during some spirited driving) but now its in snug as a bug in a rug. tightend up my exhaust bolts (had an exhaust leak goin on.) cuz it scrapes everywhere hanging 2 inches from the ground.

been lacking in the pic department lately, so i'll throw up a bunch of fun car pics.

in japan they still love the hatch backs! 180sx for all! (USDM 240sx hatchback)



you hit the wall, don't worry. you're still a cool cat.







hardcore Falken Tire demo somewhere in Europe. yaa thats legit alright. Tokyo Drift real life style.



the more colours the better i think. adds character. along with drift battle scars.



straight up awesome old datsun. just need a decent motor to smoke the tires and i'm happy. leave the exterior as is.

mark it on the calendars. may 23rd twentyten.

may 23rd, 2010. its the date! liz and i along with her parents settled on a location and date last night. so stoked! now we can start organizing everything else. lots of sweet ideas for everything. guess list is gonna be small (sorry to those who won't be making it in advance, we still love you! hope you still love us.. lol) but its gonna be rad! the whole works is gonna be done in one place. walk the isle than straight into reception time and all that jazz.

invites will be comin shortly.

it's gonna be epic for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!

on a completely different note i got to snowboard with my long time shred hero and style guru, simon chamberlain! sunday i did a lap and took a chair with him, we had some great convo's. monday i was up at seymour again, hikin park and he showed up for a bit. mike and i sessioned a rail with him for a good while. pretty solid session. just the three of us. good laughs and good tricks were had. he's a legit guy. great christian, and awesome pro snowboarder. he deserves every blessing and more. kudo's simon.

oh. and possibly parting-out my car. which means, ripping it completely apart and selling off everything to whoever wants it. which i would like more (yes it means more work) than selling it as a whole and seeing someone else wrap it around a pole. but. if someone offers me my asking price or close enough to it. i'll take it. car will not be coming with me into the married the life.

my bro moved out! clark bought a place in langley. its really nice. we helped him on christmas day do some painting. it was fun. i miss him already. he's such a rad guy. definately prayin god's blessing for him always. i love my bro's.

the winds of change are blowing.

fly your kites or grab a hanglider.

love it.

manual overide engaged.

december 12, 2009.

elizabeth anne sorrey was asked a very important question by derek richard ellis.

her response was "yes!" !!!!

so now we're engaged. awesometown. barely slept a wink the past week waiting for it all. and still all jacked up from it. love it. love liz. love god. love is awesome.

busy bee.

been busy. lots has been happening thru summer. went surfing down in oregon. camping with my dad up in q-town. camping on the island with liz, matt, kelly, ben, and shylo. good times.

surfing - so fun. 8 stitches to the chin! thx board! horray for travel insurance!
camping with the pops - dust off your shoes and on to the next town. work hard and relax harder.
camping on the island - beach, nap, rain, hotdogs. awesome times.

then i got major sick. h1 n1 garbage and strep throat. awesome. almost died waking up and barely being able to breathe cuz my throat was swollen almost shut lol.

work has been alright. gonna be switching careers. pretty stoked about it. gonna be raising sunken concrete with "True North Concrete Lifting". run by a couple of real solid christian guys. looking forward to some steady work.

uhh pictures.. i'll have to update once i get em off of liz.

*updated with pics*

one of the only pics of me i've come across from the surf/camping trip down in oregon. this is at the dunes. photo taken by clint O.




liz and i on the ferry ride over to the island for some more camping.




i guess someone was spying on us.. photo taken by kelly S.




fisheye fun with liz and i on the the beachzor.










friends along for the journey. ben and shylo at the front, and matt and kelly in the rear.



more fisheye funness.







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car stuff. mmm mounted some 235/40's onto my 17x10+12 fno1rc's and i'm rockin those on the rear of the car. great fitment, wish i could go lower tho. need new coils :( thinking about selling my other wheels and gettin a full paint job.. hmmm :)

some car pics, cuz i always have those on hand :D