Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
I am nonspecifically cranky. Perhaps it’s the mountain of unfolded laundry. Perhaps it’s the state of mess this place is in (a product, I should note, significantly of my own doing). Perhaps it’s stress from the amount of change I’ve experienced over the past few weeks. Perhaps it’s a side effect of the headache I’ve … Continue reading Blargh
Hello. My you look lovely today! Your hair is so shiny, and have you lost weight? I know. I haven’t updated in a while, so here’s a summation life in recent days, in bullet points, since nothing has been exciting enough to write about on its own: Unpacking is FINALLY finished. We’ve purged and scrubbed … Continue reading Bullet
Today is finally (FINALLY!) the last day I’m going to move my things out of my Burnaby apartment and into the new place. The gorgeous new place in Kitsilano, mere blocks from the beach, with the gigantic deck and the friendly neighbours and the fact that nearly everyone in the building owns a dog, including … Continue reading Mooooooooovin on up
Work is currently devouring my soul. And all of my time. Instead of providing any real content I shall ask you, dear readers, to share your favourite way to de-stress. Ready? Go. Continue reading Kaboom
While I think it would be pretty great to get a free multimedia phone, I’ve been firmly pushed into the same camp as Darren and Boris on their hatred of the Matchstick annoyance factor. I was contacted very early on with the Matchstick promotion. I received a comment on my “about” page way back on … Continue reading Match-Stuck
Sue wants to know what’s eating Gilbert Grape me lately – here’s the reader’s digest version of some things that have pissed me off in the last week: 1. People who assume any squatting dog is taking a crap. The Stepdog is a girl. Girl dogs squat to pee. It’s a slightly different squat than … Continue reading Shitlist
I have yet to get a decent night’s sleep since before I left for Korea. I have a lot of work to do as the busy Spelunking season gets fully underway. I have a very important test to write in just under 3 weeks. I don’t feel like I’m making progress on any of those … Continue reading And on and on