I'm still alive!

I've been AWOL from the internet for the past little while because I didn't have internet set up in the apartment until today. I am going to go through a hectic time trying to get my life in order before classes begin on September 2.

Stay tuned for more updates, though.

snapshots

One of my favourite things to do when I am idling on the internet is to look at the BBC News feature Day in Pictures, because all of the photos are so interesting. They are all little snapshots of people, places, things all around the world, most of which I will probably never physically encounter in my lifetime. I suppose that it's my own little way of travelling around the world...on an internet connection.

P.S. Someone in London has the same umbrella as I do.

back west

Hello folks, sorry for the extreme laxness of updates. And by extreme laxness, I mean nonexistence. I've been busy family-ing it up here in Coquitlam, otherwise known as "that other place with H&M." If you don't know what H&M is, good for you. I've spent way too much time and money there this summer. Living and working in downtown Toronto is really bad for people like me, who are spendthrifts on the outside but deeply repressed shopaholics on the inside. And this is not to mention the fact that I walked through that major Yonge-Dundas intersection with the Forever 21 and H&M beckoning me from both sides of the street, Monday through Friday. Oh sweet Lord, so much temptation....!

Okay, so enough of that sickening consumer whorism.

I don't really feel a connection with the west coast anymore. I have no idea what's going on here, nor do I particularly care. Perhaps its one of the detriments of living such a transcoastal life, where I don't develop much of an attachment to any one city. Honestly, if someone were to ask me who I will vote for in the next BC provincial election, I'd probably be at a loss for words. In fact, I'd ask whether Gordon Campbell was still premier, or if some other old white guy took over.

If I had more time and energy I'd go into the rationale for these, but here is the latest ranking scale for my top Canadian cities.

Toronto > Montreal > Vancouver > everywhere else in Canada (that I've yet to visit).

Yes, that's right. I've become a convert to the big city that everyone loves to hate. Say what you want, but size does matter when it comes to cities- for me, anyway. And Toronto, boy. You got size, you got diversity, you got amazing food. You got it all.

(And one thing that last sentence doesn't have is good grammar. I know, it annoys me too. But it's too late now, I've already typed it out with a stupid grin on my face, and it's got such a nice rythm of its own, don't you think? Spare me the grammar rod this one time, I promise I won't spoil this blog...too often.)