Monday August 22, 2005 10:33 PM
Photos
I just put up some photos from my trip to Algonquin. I'm going to reorganize and put up more photos from the Big Trip soon.
Monday August 22, 2005 10:16 PM
Long time, no blog
I know it's been a while since I've updated this, but I've been trying to figure out what to do with my blog since I got back. I've decided to go back to my original, pre-trip format, of just posting random facts about my life, or random things I find interesting. Because I'm not sure everyone on this subscriber list is going to be interested in that, I'm going to clear the list. If you still want to read my blog, please just resubscribe. Before I do that, I just recap the last month and a half, since I got back to Toronto:
I ended up spending the last week of June and July living back in Falconer House, in Whitney Hall at U of T. This is the residence I lived in for 1 1/2 years in undergrad. There was a nice little bit of nostalgia, but that wore off quickly after the people on my floor made too much noise and made a mess of the kitchen and bathroom. I found a really great place, though, and I moved in about three weeks ago. A co-worker of mine had a house sitting empty, so she gave me a really good deal and I rented it. It's great having a whole house to myself, with a yard, laundry, upstairs, downstairs, etc.
Moving in to the new place was a bit of an ordeal: the elevator was broken in the place I was storing all my stuff. Long story short, I carried everything I own down four flights of stairs to get it out. But, I'm very happy in my new place.
Last week my Andrew (otherwise known as 'amp' on this blog) and I went for a canoe trip. Two funny, classic Andrew events to report:
1) About 1 1/2 hours into the first day I mentioned that we were kind of listing a bit to one side. I was kind of thinking that maybe our packs weren't centered, but was also hinting that I thought that Andrew was leaning too far to that side. Andrew being Andrew he said something like 'we're leaning over to one side? kind of like this?' and started leaning over a lot more. The canoe very nearly tipped, and we ended up with about 4 inches of water in the bottom of the canoe.
2) On our second day we stopped on a little point to have lunch. We were throwing rocks into the water, as one does. Andrew picked up a pretty big rock, say 3x3x1 inch and threw it as hard as he could. The problem was: he released it about 2 inches from the side of my knee. That hurt.
That's about it. So, like I said, from now on the blogs going back to its original, random format.
I ended up spending the last week of June and July living back in Falconer House, in Whitney Hall at U of T. This is the residence I lived in for 1 1/2 years in undergrad. There was a nice little bit of nostalgia, but that wore off quickly after the people on my floor made too much noise and made a mess of the kitchen and bathroom. I found a really great place, though, and I moved in about three weeks ago. A co-worker of mine had a house sitting empty, so she gave me a really good deal and I rented it. It's great having a whole house to myself, with a yard, laundry, upstairs, downstairs, etc.
Moving in to the new place was a bit of an ordeal: the elevator was broken in the place I was storing all my stuff. Long story short, I carried everything I own down four flights of stairs to get it out. But, I'm very happy in my new place.
Last week my Andrew (otherwise known as 'amp' on this blog) and I went for a canoe trip. Two funny, classic Andrew events to report:
1) About 1 1/2 hours into the first day I mentioned that we were kind of listing a bit to one side. I was kind of thinking that maybe our packs weren't centered, but was also hinting that I thought that Andrew was leaning too far to that side. Andrew being Andrew he said something like 'we're leaning over to one side? kind of like this?' and started leaning over a lot more. The canoe very nearly tipped, and we ended up with about 4 inches of water in the bottom of the canoe.
2) On our second day we stopped on a little point to have lunch. We were throwing rocks into the water, as one does. Andrew picked up a pretty big rock, say 3x3x1 inch and threw it as hard as he could. The problem was: he released it about 2 inches from the side of my knee. That hurt.
That's about it. So, like I said, from now on the blogs going back to its original, random format.
