so i guess i'm the last to know there's a TTC strike on today :O

how am i supposed to get to north york???
am googling "toronto cycling map" trying to figure out a route up there that won't result in my own death... this should be interesting.

food poisoning is bad. especially when it leads to sugar shock.
and 9 hours in the ER hooked up to an IV. :(

i'm feeling a bit better today, just enough to enjoy our internet which is back up. and drink liquids. ((hugs internet and gatorade))

my mom is irrationally afraid of birds. she attributes it to having watched hitchcock's the birds when she was too little back in the day. i get reminded of this when i wait for the bus on the way to work, there are always pigeons scuttling all over the platform. and they are so stupid and don't fly away, then when you get too close they get ( Read more... )

hey kids, next weekend i am climbing the cn tower for world wildlife fund to fight global warming. i figured i'd put the shoutout here in case you guys are feeling charitable :)

sponsor meeee

because... global warming is bad.

this is going to be a busy week at work - i have 5 subjects to scan, so effectively will be at sunnybrook much of the week. when not scanning, i have a mountain of behavioural data (theirs' and others) to go through and also at some point should be starting to teach some others in my lab how to go through the data processing pipeline. while not ( Read more... )

back from the bay area! friends, san francisco is beautiful. the presentation went well and we got some good feedback and i got to hear talks by some scientists i wanted to. the air buzzed with the sheer concentration of nerds in one place. i went to alcatraz and chinatown and city lights bookstore and walked up and down a lot of hills. went to ( Read more... )

i'm awesome.
ahem.

after learning that the travelodge downtown san francisco is apparently a infested hellhole, i have found a different place to stay. it is also dirt cheap, but tripadvisor.com has 29 anecdotes on this place and on average it rates 4.5/5, overwhelmingly mentioned as clean, things in good condition, central location, so i feel... hopeful. we'll see ( Read more... )

http://kevan.org/johari?name=wasabigreen

yesterday was a great day. it involved brunch, buying yummy stuff from lush, wine and cupcakes and not much else. most excellent ( Read more... )