2016-03-19 18:53
I needed a break, but I didn't really expect my hiatus to last this long!I got kind of tired with this blog. My photography and writing was feeling stale, a lot of people I know in real lif… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
The dining room window in the house where I grew up was five and a half feet square and faced the ocean. Our dining table was a semi-circle that hugged the wall just below it. … Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I went hiking with my camera the other day and somehow or other managed to take all my pictures with the white balance all wrong so everything looks very blue and washed out. They ki… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A party sat down behind us and the conversation began, spanning all sorts of things - silvaculture, raw log exports, windrow composting, Gordon Campbell, unions, mostly dominated by a sing… Read More
2009-05-13 08:50
When my parents took my sister to Seattle in the spring, she took on the task of making a reservation at a nice restaurant. She shopped around and read a lot of restaurant reviews and… Read More
2009-05-10 07:55
I've spent the past two days shoveling a small mountain of sand that appeared in front of our house into the back yard in order to turn the back yard into one of the most fantastic litterb… Read More
2009-05-07 08:51
Yesterday was Cinco de Mayo, the international celebration of my mother's birthday. We arrived at work and dragged her out for dinner. Dragged is an appropriate verb here becau… Read More
2009-05-04 07:28
Secret weapon: Bees. Mason bees. They're all black so they kind of look like long skinny flies. They're really docile and pretty much never sting. They're more eff… Read More
2009-05-01 04:49
To mitigate the risk of swine flu SFU suggests that students should sneeze on their shirt sleeves instead of their hands. Seriously SFU? Seriously? You mean to tell me that th… Read More
2009-04-30 04:45
I spent most of yesterday at Canstruction. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's an annual sculpture competition. Teams of people make sculptures out of cans and then the… Read More
2009-04-27 06:20
A victory garden that is! I've resolved to start taking better notes about the garden this year, mostly because it ends up being such a big part of how I spend my time over the summer.&nb&hellip…Read More
2009-04-25 07:17
I had another job interview today. I think this one went better than the last. They asked good questions so it felt less like a multiple choice exam and more like a conversatio… Read More
2009-04-23 06:13
As per tradition during this time of year, I become horribly dissatisfied with the state of my wardrobe and the options available through the usual channels. I'm not going to go into… Read More
2009-04-21 00:36
Took a trip out into the valley over the weekend. The weather was very patchy - lots of hail and fat raindrops but occasionally sunny. You could always see it raining somewhere… Read More
2009-04-20 21:18
IdentificationThey look like a little tube of paper with some fuzz on the outside. Do not be fooled! There is a nasty little black and white wormy thing that will come out and eat your clo… Read More
2009-04-18 09:28
Re: job interview I prepared well, dressed employably, showed up on time... and completely failed to exude any personality whatsoever. I was pretty wooden throughout. I've always… Read More
2009-04-15 07:30
I shouldn't tell you all about this but I'm going for a job interview tomorrow. I took the important step of buying a new pair of pantyhose today so as not to repeat last year. I later dec… Read More
2009-04-11 07:33
It's amazing. I don't post for so long and yet google analytics tells me that some of you lovely people still check fairly regularly for posts. I thought I'd let you know what I'm up to ri… Read More
2009-03-17 06:39
Today while I was in class a procession of people appeared in the courtyard outside with an inflatable raft that they placed in the pond. Shortly afterward a second group approached carryin… Read More
2009-03-16 05:43
I took this picture a few weeks ago now, and I've been mulling it over ever since.It's funny how a given medium will predispose you to think in certain ways or see from a particular point of… Read More
2009-03-11 07:29
My mom wishes to apologise for the snow and cold weather we have been having lately. She believes she brought it on by not putting away the Christmas themed tablecloth that is on the kitche… Read More
2009-03-08 06:38
One of my friends limped into class the other day. She had fallen down the stairs at the skytrain station while running for the bus and her ankle was swollen to the point of looking gross a… Read More
2009-03-06 08:10
For my one class all the readings for this week have been about old school rap and hip hop, its links to the Caribbean, reggae and civil rights movements, DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Gra… Read More
2009-03-04 08:02
I'm joining Project Spectrum this time around. It's a self-guided, open-ended collective art project that revolves around four themes over the period of 8 months. The theme for March/April… Read More
2009-03-01 10:00
I've been having computer difficulties lately. Half the time it doesn't turn off when I want it to.I've also been pretty busy with school. I'm not sure why I don't post anything about what… Read More
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