Forestry

We took a trip up to the mountains on the weekend, where I was horribly embarrassed in front of all the other power joggers because Corie kept on yammering away on her cell phone. I guess you can take the girl out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the girl. ;-)

Return of AFN

In Korea we used to subject ourselves to the horrors of the American Forces Network, and I now find myself missing their high quality programming, and especially the public service announcements! Thank god for the internet.



Keep in mind that this example has been selected as the cream of the crop from thousands upon thousands of similar examples... frankly this one's wit, production values, acting, and execution are truly award winning amongst the usual AFN parade.

Family

Filed under interesting stuff I come across in readings:

"There was no word for family in French or German before the seventeenth centuries to distinguish kin from the larger household of helpers. Rather, such words as Haus, demesne, and feu, described the household in a less privatised age. In English, the word family did not distinguish related people from servants and apprentices."

Agriculture

Grapes are among the many fruits and vegetables growing in and around the back garden.

Goin' down to China town

We visited China town this weekend discovering an infinite supply of halloween costumes, and at least one serene garden.

Skooled!

I got badly skooled today. I don't feel like talking about it if you really want to know. Maybe later.

Blackberries

I like blackberries, and apparently the vintage of 2006 is a most excellent one. Score one for the T-man.

Calling Mr. Stainforth : Barrister & Solicitor

I had my first class, that I wasn't teaching, in two years today. It was a third year law class which was enough to wilt my shallow pool of confidence, what with all the talk of trusts, revised competition law and 500 pound legal writs produced in the first five minutes. But on the plus side I finally met my fellow inmates at the institute, all of whom seem like stand up ladies and gents.

The apartment is coming together well, in a bottom of the IKEA and dollar store barell kind of way. Still getting used to the tiny eccentricities, like when we were sure the oven would explode any moment, but we couldn't figure out how to turn it off, so we didn't cook for a day and a half, only to learn that it was just a pilot light heating up the stove.

Grad School Confidential

I'm almost through with UBC indocrination sessions. And boy do I love them now.

I have yet to meet anyone in my programme, but I've met a lot of other people from all over the world. I'm actually really surprised by how many international students there are, according to our informal hands up survey, well over half the student body. So yesterday we went on my personal Booze Crooze II, it seems to be a popular frosh week activity. This one was basically the same as at King's, but perhaps a shade less drunk... hard to say though, I can barely remember all the way back then. It was fun and a un-hyperbollically spectacular night.

In other news, I do now have an apartment down by Commercial Drive. The landlords seem really cool, and its a fairly nice place, so hopefully it will be a good place to live. Much less mold encrusted than my last place. (excluding my parents' places) I've been making good friends with Chester, the local dog. He now trusts me well, and he likes to go on lengthy ambling walks with me, so we're a good match. I'll miss him when I move into my own place.