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Posts from ‘July, 2009’

Music for the move, Part 1

When my father drove me up to Kelowna a few weeks ago he brought along some CDs in his car that he thought I’d like to listen to on the road. One just happened to be a greatest hits compilation of Simon & Garfunkel (well, just the second CD, because Dad is about as organized [...]

Countdown

It’s hard to talk about what’s on my mind these days. I’m not one to embrace change (I just know I should) and leaving my family and friends in Vancouver is an upsetting concept, though Kelowna is hardly Siberia and I plan on visiting when there are Westjet sales. But there is the worry that [...]

Today’s random thoughts

Kelowna has lots of white people. It is also very hot and dry. I was approached by three panhandlers, which otherwise made me feel quite at home. From the south-west the sails statue looks like something completely different, except that it has no balls. I’m hoping for an apartment that’s a 10-minute walk from the [...]

Friday Cat Blogging: Famous trollcats

The internet must be smaller than I originally thought. A few minutes ago I saw a blog post about trollcats, a subgenre of lolcats where the caption is a troll blog comment. Supposedly the site’s been around since May yet nobody told me about it, possibly because they have lives or something. But what’s really [...]

Life is exciting in that there are big changes coming up, but I haven’t really experienced any changes yet. Except perhaps for a sudden nostalgia for my neighbourhood and friends, and the worry that I’m losing something in all of this. I’m even getting a little teary-eyed at times. My new overlords have been slow [...]

I still don’t know what my cat thinks about Kelowna

But I will soon find out, as I’m moving house to the land of surprisingly expensive housing sometime in the next month. The thing is, I hate all of you and I want to get as far away from you as possible while still being close enough to taunt you with the idea of me. [...]