I returned home with a dramatic renewal of purpose and my pockets full of chestnuts.  I realized today that summer in Vancouver is a weird and sensory deprived thing.  The sky is a noxious grey-yellow, courtesy of the ridiculous amounts of traffic.  The air is humid, but not overly so.   Not humid to the point where your skin feels sticky and ( Read more... )

So Bollywood has restored my faith in feature films.  Really.  Hallie and EG and I went and watched a Bollywood flick last night, a RomCom with lots of singing and dancing and crazy costumes. It had an intermission and a shiny curtain that went up and down and covered the screen.  And it was great.  I laughed out loud, I felt like the main ( Read more... )

I'm posting this just so years from now I can look back and go WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON HERE?!!?!?!?!
ps.  I'm in Canada.  It's wet.  School is going well.  The internet is insane.

erin tilly, if you were born to Sarah Palin, your name would be:
Geese Whalebone Palin

Bitchin'

There was a warm breeze tonight.

Hmmm...

Today I want more stability, so I can have more freedom.  I want my own house, so I can decorate it how I please.  I want to be able to leave it, and know it will be there when I come back.  Right now my existence, though fantastic, is kind of tenuous.  I'm house sitting/surfing, my car is dead, my bike is dead, I don't have a job.  There are good ( Read more... )

Aaaaaand now twelve hours later, I think my brain has meltered.  Fuck you brain.

Sometimes all it takes is good music and hard work to make me just the happiest little camper ever.

Amusing things;

Beer with hippy dippy classmates
Friends that come and visit
Really polite Canadian buses that say "Sorry!  Out of Service!  Sorry!"

So, I'm in Bellingham, due in no small part to the heroic efforts of Daniel the amazing packing monster and the mindbending effects of bottled yerba mate.  The drive went startlingly well, especially compared to the LAST Alcan attempt, much less hitchhiking this time, which was a good thing.  My new car is lovely and amazing, and for those of you ( Read more... )

Ruby the Subaru is for sale!!!!
Click the small blue rectangle for more info!


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