Last night was the second night of the month-long fireworks festival. Better still, we had fireworks to our right, and heat lighting to our left – mother nature’s way of mocking our pathetic little light show, perhaps. Meanwhile, the clouds would occasionally part just above the fireworks to display the almost-full-moon, supervising the display.
But really, [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Fireworks
Posted in domestic life, events, general life on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Shit’s Hot
Posted in domestic life, general life on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Goddamn, if I haven’t been writing just trust me that it’s only because there is too much to do, and it’s too darn hot! (cue music).
Cam just left for land of milk and honey to get our moving truck. A hassle, but saving us over $400. Everyone moves on the same day in this town, [...]
Violence
Posted in musings on June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I feel as though I have been witness to several incidents of violence in the past two weeks, all of which have left me paralysed. Being paralysed has, in turn, made me A) really excited to move to a neighbourhood that I anticipate will have fewer regular, public displays of violence an B) really frustrated [...]
Boxes
Posted in domestic life on June 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been more difficult than I would have imagined to collect enough boxes to do our packing. And I even bought a few so I would have something to keep my school stuff well-organized and accessible for the first few months. But our local grocery store has a compacter, we kept missing out on liquor [...]
Misc.
Posted in events, general life, school life on June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I left the apt. yesterday I could hear the distant vrrrrooooommmmmm of race cars. I saw further proof of the weekend’s festivities on the subway, where men wearing baseball hats and toting coolers abounded. Trust me, that’s not a normal look around here. And of course, the roped off street downtown with music [...]
Back in the Swing
Posted in job things, school life on June 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t tell you how good it was to have my computer back and be able to isolate myself at the library where I have no Internet access on Friday. Today’s been even better, since I’m not hungover! But the hangover was well worth it, as we had a really fun night out Thursday. Between [...]
