tennis weekend

this weekend was the YK Open tennis tournament up here. so it was super fun. there were 24 entered in the mens singles draw. for some reason they decided to give me the second seed. weird. anyway, i ended up winning the tournament in singles after a 3 setter and nic and i won the doubles about an hour later.
so it was a sweet weekend. i walked away with 150$. cant complain.
the next few days will be for resting sore and tired muscles.
thanks to everyone who came and watch and yelled with me.
see pictures here...http://yktennis.sharepointsite.com/default.aspx

i quit reading daves blog

to be honest, i dont like ready daves blog. not even a little bit. not because it is poor writing--it is actually quite good. and not because i am jealous that he is better than me at soccer--i have come to realize there is nothing i can do about this...
to be honest, i have stopped (not entirely, i only read it when i get enough courage) because he challenges me too much. makes me look at the way im living and makes me realize that im far from where i need to be. thanks dave for your honesty, encouragement, wisdom and 'genuineness'...(is that a word?) i appreciate you and wish i could go out for breakfast with you...
if you are not dave, check out his blog at http://dgainest.blogspot.com/

10 days later

10 days since my parents left. not much is new here. amy tells me i need to update my blog, but the last few weeks im finding i have very little to say. one of those seasons i life i guess.
i am reading a pretty sweet book. it is called "napoleon's buttons: 17 molecules that changed history". its interesting. so far ive learned about pepper, cellulose, nitro compounds, and glucose...read it if you get the chance. i would...
and
for those of you who dont know, my grandpa fleming is in the hospital. he had a stroke on friday and has been in the hospital since then. sounds like he is doing better today so that is good news. keept it steady grandpa. we are praying for you.

back to regina...

not me. my parents.
but it sure was good to have them here. hang out, eat some meals, see the sights, play some tennis. good times.
even though im taken care of extremely well up here in yellowknife, i miss them quite a bit. and melissa and kris too. so thanks mom and dad for coming and hanging out and checking out my new home...
will be home again soon.

1 out of 3 ain't bad..?

well, italy beat france. not good. (italian soccer is boring)
mauresmo beat henin-hardenne, not good. (henin plays more attractive tennis)
but federer beat nadal. that is sweet.
a magician on grass. even compared to barishnakov by some. elegant and graceful on the tennis court. 4 wimbledon championships in a row. and he beat his arch rival, his nemesis on a day when so many thought he might fall again.
heather thinks nadal is cute. gross hey? at least he lost. sorry heather.

cliff jumping at the falls

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Originally uploaded by xjermsx.

i love jumping off of things. so when i saw this cliff at cameron falls i was pretty stoked. it made the trip out there even better. check out my flickr page for the sequence...dad took these for me. if anyone is up for a trip to cameron falls and a cliff jump...look me up.

italia

well, to say that i was cheering for Italy at the start of the tournament would be an understatement. but i also was not cheering for Germany at all either. so todays semifinal was kind of like the leafs playing the canucks. i hate both the teams, but i will never cheer for the leafs...ever...and so with the analogy, i will also never cheer for Germany. after watching their match against Ireland last world cup, i concluded that i would never cheer for the Germans again.
anyway...italy won. a sweet game. and im hoping they meet france in the finals.
in other news, im back in yellowknife. regina was great. amazing even. thanks to those of you who woke up early to eat breakfast, or watch soccer, or hang out. it was the highlight of the summer so far.
2 more matches in the world cup. it is bittersweet really.