Are you guys following the shitstorm surrounding the plan to build a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks? Here's the latest development ( Read more... )

It is so fucking hot in this apartment. I've tried to cool it down but it's impossible. So I sit and stew in the heat and get irrationally irritated at objects and situations and people.

Summer!

(HEY ( Read more... )

I never really realized how rewarding just chewing is. I missed it so. I started to quasi-do it about a week ago, with soft sandwiches and mashed potatoes that weren’t entirely mashed. And now I can pretty much masticate whatever you throw at me ( Read more... )

Oh, the mess that is our city right now. Is it just me, or would we all be laughing our butts off at the people in Ottawa if they weren’t us? Snowstorms, transit strike, economic crisis and the federal government is off partying in Mexico or something (I imagine). I mean, come on. It’s a little bit funny if you can place yourself outside of the ( Read more... )

I spent  some unexpected time alone today, which was weird at first just by virtue of being a pretty rare occurrence lately. But I finished reading a book and thought a lot, and it actually felt good. Not that I came to any epic self-realizations (or even gained much clarity), but I think it helped just to touch base with myself and get a sort-of ( Read more... )

Last weekend was a weird juxtaposition of happy & sad, good & bad, new & old, ends & beginnings ( Read more... )

Ottawa has the best transit system. Dragging my sleep-starved carcass out of bed on saturday to go to work is not my favourite thing in the world, but when the bus driver started singing Unchained Melody, full voice, to a little old lady at the front, my morning was totally made. More people should do things like that. I think my heart grew three ( Read more... )

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BEHOLD my triumphant return to livejournal, land of wangst and procrastination. I neglected my old account to the point where I couldn't remember the password anymore, so I made this one to start fresh. Of course, one might observe that I could have just clicked the handy-dandy forgot-your-password button and gotten it mailed to me, but uh...that ( Read more... )