Its snowing AGAIN in Vancouver! It seems like every time they forecast rain and an increase in temperature, it just stays cold and snows. I won't lie that there are inconveniences to all this. I can't park in my parking space because its covered in 2 feet of snow that hasn't melted and I can't be bothered to shovel it out. And the buses are ( Read more... )

The penultimate awkward of temping: sitting at reception at 3:45, because technically the company has to stay open to wait for a package, while the rest of the office has their Christmas party. I'm not supposed to surf the Internet (temp agency rules), and most of the time I only break that to check the BBC when I'm at reception (which is REALLY ( Read more... )

Wow - its probably been a record time since I posted ( Read more... )

I has a job!!

Ok, so its probably only a job I can handle doing for a few months, but it pays $10 an hour (she claims that's just for during training and I'll get a raise after that, but I suspect it either won't be much or won't happen, and either way its enough to get by on), and its in Kerrisdale, which means Ger can continue going to doggie ( Read more... )

The following just came in my email, and is of huge HUGE relief to me:

"Dear international students ( Read more... )

1) I have such a lack of motivation. Obviously its in regards to being finished with school in a matter of weeks. Aside from my French classes this summer, but, given how little work there generally was in German 100 and 110, I think the only thing that will make the French classes more difficult is the significantly shorter time frame. What ( Read more... )

Sometimes...okay, a lot of the time...I wish I had a sugar daddy. Or a rich relative that died and thought I was the "only good apple in the whole rotten bunch". I've been spending WAY too much money on clothes lately, and I wish I didn't feel so guilty or broke about it. I spent over $100 when I was in Seattle, then I spent another $150 on a ( Read more... )

I just applied for this job that I am so nervous about ( Read more... )

The Taco Del Mar I go to fairly often, whenever I get off a few stops early on the bus, was exploded last night. The police have said it is being investigated as an arson. I actually heard it explode last night, but just assumed it was a firecracker or a car backfiring.

The good news is no one got hurt. And that it took out a Starbucks as well ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, I went to Nick's family's house, and Nick's sister Amanda started telling me about this diet she was on - the Sonoma Diet. It involved all fresh veggies and whole grains, and eliminated all sugar (read: not CARBS, sugar) from your meals. Amanda isn't a fad-diet or fad-exercise person in the slightest, so if she was happy with ( Read more... )