Well, I just got back from Vancouver where I met up with an expert on my kind of facial injury. Like the last meeting I had years ago, it started with about 30 minutes of eye tests and measurements to find out where my eye is and how my vision is. When it was all done, I was presented with two different options. Option 1 would be to take some fat out of my abdomen » read more »
Honing In On The New Me
So I stepped on the scale today, and I’m official down thirty pounds since returning from Auckland, New Zealand in December. At this point I only have about 10 pounds to go to be back to where I was when I was in the best shape of my life, but the hard part is essentially over (the daunting part when you realize how far you have to go at the very beginning). But even at » read more »
Teeth Update #2
I went down to my orthodontist today and picked up the first Essix tray. Basically it’s a vacuum formed piece of a plastic with a few small modifications in it to move my teeth. It’s very similar to Invisalign, except the process is a bit more manual from the orthodontists side, and you don’t have to bring a wheelbarrow full of money down each time. In order to move teeth you first have to make » read more »
So before dropping between $2600 and $6400 on Invisalign, I thought I would go down to my orthodontist (the guy who straightened my teeth as a kid) and see what he said about my teeth. I had talked to his office on the phone, and they said that they don’t do Invisalign. Turns out, that’s not entirely true. I showed him my teeth, and in general he thought they were still pretty straight. The bottoms » read more »
As many people know, I suffered a few facial fractures back in 2006. The primary result of that incident was to put my cheekbone slightly out of alignment, as well as the complete destruction of the bone under my left eye (other than maybe a 1mm ledge on one side, there’s literally nothing there any more). I had one surgery back in 2006 to put my eye back in the right place. It improved things » read more »
Braces Or Invisalign
A few people know already, but I’ve been considering getting a set of braces or possible Invisalign sometime in the near future. As a kid I had approximately two years of orthodontics between the ages of 14 and 16, but since then my teeth have slowly shifted. It’s at the point now where if I don’t do something soon they are probably going to revert to what they looked like as a kid (not good). » read more »
I was reading about the Rio Theatre and their liquor license issues over at http://www.miss604.com. To summarize, the Rio theatre applied, and was granted, a liquor license for their movie theatre. Their intention was to have limited showings of movies where alcohol could be served to adults. The BC Liquor Control Board has now placed a restriction on the license which essentially means they can’t use it to that effect anymore (not without cancelling regular » read more »
Forced To Watch Trailers On New Movies
Back in the summer Future Shop had a sale on the extended BlueRay versions of the Lord Of the Rings. Given that they were basically 50% off and that I know I eventually wanted to buy a BlueRay player, I decided to buy a set. Now that I’m back in Canada, I went out and finally bought a BlueRay player. I sat down over the Christmas break to watch a few of them, and I » read more »
My Genetic Profile
Last year my friend Dave got his genetic profile done up by 23andMe. Basically they can take a saliva sample, extract your DNA from it, and then compare it against all the current research in the field of genetics. When they originally launched they were asking over $400 for each profile. I’ve been patiently waiting for a sale to get mine done, and eventually managed to find a coupon to bring the cost down to » read more »
Migratory, Once Again
I spent last night packing up everything I took out of storage at the end of April. In a few hours my brother-in-law will show up and help me load everything up into his truck, and we’ll head back to Chilliwack together. Once my items are in storage, probably around noon sometime, I’ll officially be homeless and in migratory mode again. And at that point, I’ll finally get a chance to relax a bit after » read more »
Duane Storey is a Vancouver-based photographer, writer, traveler, and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of BraveNewCode, a web design & development studio that focuses on professional WordPress plugins. 
