I'm back from another cross-Canada trip, and actually managed to go from coast to coast in one day--though I do feel like I cheated a little bit since I didn't actually go from Victoria to St. John's, which would have been a bit more "coast to coast" than Vancouver to St. John's. Oh well.
I just got all my pictures up onto Picasa Web; as always, they can be found in all their glory right here. The "Eastern Tour Lite" is on Facebook with only 120 pictures between two albums for both Newfoundland and Montreal--a more extensive set is on Picasa Web.
I was also fiddling with placing some pictures on the Google maps in Picasa Web--also a nifty feature, though I really don't think enough people use Picasa Web yet for anyone to realize what's really going on. For some reason I'm now getting visions of Google buying Facebook and integrating all of these technologies together--it's a little mind-boggling.
I'll put up a few of the best pictures in here with proper captions soon--in the meantime, enjoy this little slideshow!
stuck in the middle with you
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Well, I've got one more paper to finish, and then I'm done for the semester! I can't believe it's gone by this quickly. As a brain break though, here are some random photos from recent days...
the filming of "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
we were a training academy?
so, I guess campus does look a little like a space ship
bahaha...
easter at the family's!
our platter of meat at Memphis Blues for Kate's birthday... yuuuum...
also, some crazy sushi a few weeks later; quail egg on tobiko
surprisingly yummy!
at the Railway singalong
"sweet caroline... ba-ba-baaa!"
march endeavours
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
free food brings them queueing!
Tracy came to visit!
waiting for the bus... it's what we do!
at the executives debate -- JJ, Wisam, Natalie, and Maegan
a walk in the park
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Life's just trucking along up on the mountain... school's keeping me busy, as is job hunting and keeping up with friends. (And scrapbooking. But ssh, you didn't hear that from me.)
Making plans can be a difficult process sometimes. As I mentioned to Deanne last night, we're not suffering from a lack of opportunity--but simply too many choices, too many options, too many great things headed our way. The list of "could do" seems to be endless, all of it suspiciously possible, just depending on how much you want to pay, and on how you want your life to look. In grade 10, I remember my English teacher saying how he had to take time in his life to very specifically contemplate what he wanted to do, and that it was worth every moment. I've got to agree. Some things, you just know--like that I wanted to come to SFU, or go to Australia. You can't really remember deciding, but you did and it's a decision that doesn't need questioning. Other things, though--jobs, trips, plans, commitments--require a little more consideration.
Well, I guess the best thing to do is to keep all doors and windows open, breathe a little fresh air, and take things one step at a time. It's all one realistically can do, after all!
harbour centre
Ali, moi, Melissa, & Kate before heading out to Plush... yay free cover!
sunset from Burnaby Mountain Park
life's a beach... life's a mountain... just when I decide on one, something changes my mind...
eh heh heh heh...
good times at the Foggy Dew!
Making plans can be a difficult process sometimes. As I mentioned to Deanne last night, we're not suffering from a lack of opportunity--but simply too many choices, too many options, too many great things headed our way. The list of "could do" seems to be endless, all of it suspiciously possible, just depending on how much you want to pay, and on how you want your life to look. In grade 10, I remember my English teacher saying how he had to take time in his life to very specifically contemplate what he wanted to do, and that it was worth every moment. I've got to agree. Some things, you just know--like that I wanted to come to SFU, or go to Australia. You can't really remember deciding, but you did and it's a decision that doesn't need questioning. Other things, though--jobs, trips, plans, commitments--require a little more consideration.
Well, I guess the best thing to do is to keep all doors and windows open, breathe a little fresh air, and take things one step at a time. It's all one realistically can do, after all!
harbour centre
Ali, moi, Melissa, & Kate before heading out to Plush... yay free cover!
sunset from Burnaby Mountain Park
life's a beach... life's a mountain... just when I decide on one, something changes my mind...
eh heh heh heh...
good times at the Foggy Dew!
sheesh...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
1. Thank goodness for sunshine.
2. Boo on Shakespeare. While it's "easy" to churn out 1500 words on love in Twelfth Night, it's somehow depressing to know that you ain't saying a thing that hasn't already been said, and that it's virtually impossible to get something new from the play. The man's a literary genius, I won't deny it, but I just don't see the point in writing something that anyone else could have. Besides that... yaaawn.
3. I had to give SFSS positions another thought upon hearing that they pay about $1500 a month. That's not bad money, to be opinionated. And then I read another Peak article about leaked CFS documents where--gasp!--they're planning on doing a pro-CFS campaign during the referendum. Oh. My. God. Stop the presses. You mean they want to keep one of their main constituencies and are willing to put up some posters and make some phone calls to do so? Criminal, I say! I guess from here on in, all lobbyists, publicists, and politicians should be shot. That's what they're doing, isn't it? ("They hire their favourites," says past SFU anti-CFS rep Titus Gregory, who is now working for the anti-CFS student society at Kwantlen. "Pro-CFS councils are hiring pro-CFS people." I paraphrase, but you get the point. Geez.)
4. With the onset of student elections, and with friends in the thick of both sides, all I really want to do is to tell people to calm down, stop bitching, and to actually think about what would be good for the university and daily student life. "Student politicians" shouldn't exist. "Student representatives" should. If you want to be in politics, fine, be in politics, but keep it out of the university. Witch hunts and name calling get so, so, so, so tiring and redundant after a while.
5. I wonder what happened to make me go from activist to an irritated bystander...
2. Boo on Shakespeare. While it's "easy" to churn out 1500 words on love in Twelfth Night, it's somehow depressing to know that you ain't saying a thing that hasn't already been said, and that it's virtually impossible to get something new from the play. The man's a literary genius, I won't deny it, but I just don't see the point in writing something that anyone else could have. Besides that... yaaawn.
3. I had to give SFSS positions another thought upon hearing that they pay about $1500 a month. That's not bad money, to be opinionated. And then I read another Peak article about leaked CFS documents where--gasp!--they're planning on doing a pro-CFS campaign during the referendum. Oh. My. God. Stop the presses. You mean they want to keep one of their main constituencies and are willing to put up some posters and make some phone calls to do so? Criminal, I say! I guess from here on in, all lobbyists, publicists, and politicians should be shot. That's what they're doing, isn't it? ("They hire their favourites," says past SFU anti-CFS rep Titus Gregory, who is now working for the anti-CFS student society at Kwantlen. "Pro-CFS councils are hiring pro-CFS people." I paraphrase, but you get the point. Geez.)
4. With the onset of student elections, and with friends in the thick of both sides, all I really want to do is to tell people to calm down, stop bitching, and to actually think about what would be good for the university and daily student life. "Student politicians" shouldn't exist. "Student representatives" should. If you want to be in politics, fine, be in politics, but keep it out of the university. Witch hunts and name calling get so, so, so, so tiring and redundant after a while.
5. I wonder what happened to make me go from activist to an irritated bystander...
janvier
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
sunsets!
Joni & Joan
(requisite foot photo!)
Joan, Ali, moi, & Kate
on the dancefloor!
hey, photos are fun!
at the end of the night
the winter wonderland that is currently sfoo... more to come when I get our snow adventure photos from the girls!
back on the hill
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Well, it's been a long time since I updated--so I won't try and catch up on everything! Suffice it to say that the last few weeks in Australia simply whizzed by, and were amazing in ways I can't describe. From finishing classes to exploring new corners in Sydney to the Blue Mountains and up to Cairns, December was unforgettable. Coming home, too, was a welcome respite; and now, I'm back at SFU, in McTaggart-Cowan Hall, and back to the normal daily grind of university life. I realized on Monday that we're already in the third week of classes, which is kind of mind blowing... and also as of Monday, I've been home for more than a month. That was a shock and a half, especially when so many memories remain incredibly vivid.
Anyway, a few photos, just to save me a couple thousand words!
on our way from Cairns to Port Douglas and the Daintree--Michael, moi, Jeremy, and Ola
aww :)
lunch at the Sydney Tower... rotating restaurants are the bomb!
the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco, as seen on my flight home to Canada
Lake Shushwap, driving to Vancouver
happy 2008!
my new room, "before"
the "after"
the girls, out for the sing-along at the Railway; Joan, Ali, and Kate (Joan and Kate are from the east coast, and I may be living with Ali next year!)
out for dinner at Nyala African Cuisine for Deanne's 21st
And of course, I've been catching up on my scrapbooking! Fiji is already finished, click the link below to see the other pages:
Anyway, a few photos, just to save me a couple thousand words!
on our way from Cairns to Port Douglas and the Daintree--Michael, moi, Jeremy, and Ola
aww :)
lunch at the Sydney Tower... rotating restaurants are the bomb!
the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco, as seen on my flight home to Canada
Lake Shushwap, driving to Vancouver
happy 2008!
my new room, "before"
the "after"
the girls, out for the sing-along at the Railway; Joan, Ali, and Kate (Joan and Kate are from the east coast, and I may be living with Ali next year!)
out for dinner at Nyala African Cuisine for Deanne's 21st
sunsets are basically honest in ways most other spectators are not - Barbra Adler
And of course, I've been catching up on my scrapbooking! Fiji is already finished, click the link below to see the other pages:
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