Thanks Rachelle, if no one local-er speaks up I'll take you up on it if you still have one kicking around.
Also, I never did thank you for the long and super informative message you sent me regarding Japan. As a matter of fact it's sitting in my inbox as unread as I'd really like to get back to you about what you wrote. Things have just been in an incredible state of flux over here since I graduated from the University of Winnipeg; I actually don't graduate until the start of Fall session but that's just a formality as I have more than enough credits at this point. Anyways, the main reason I haven't written you back is that I'm now in Moncton after getting accepted into an air traffic control program and as such the dream of going to Japan is on hold but my wife is excited about me potentially being posted to some place remote like Churchill, bless her adventurous soul.