Category: events
Tonight on the Knowledge Network: 12 Takes, a half dozen BC filmmakers’ takes on a dozen BC artists, from Jenn Strom’s whimsical, animated exploration of the works of Nick Bantock, to Kevin Eastwood’s lively overview of the pop art of Douglas Coupland, to John Bolton’s visually uncompromising study of the design and architecture of Omer […]
Yesterday, I did my first Grouse Grind of the season! ((Yes, I know it’s September. Your point?)) I was supposed to do it with my friend Lianna, but some work came up for her and she couldn’t make it. And since when has a little thing like that gotten in my way? As I was […]
Yesterday was the first day of my weeklong vacation, which I decided to take before school starts up and things start to get crazy. I decided to spend the day taking a road trip down to Seattle with Kalev. It was a relaxed trip with no real goals in mind – we weren’t going there […]
How, exactly, is it the end of August? Like, seriously, people, it feels like we *just* started to get warm weather, work hasn’t slowed down one iota, and I haven’t had any summer holidays yet. WTF? And fall is *just* around the corner! I’m teaching my course at UBC again this fall ((my third year […]
A magic show: So I won some tickets to a magic show over on Raul’s blog. Not only that, I also got $25 of gift certificates to Havana, where the show was. The magician was Vitaly Beckman and his show was freaking spectacular! He was levitating things, making people disappear from one photo and appear in another […]
Like last year, Kalev, Tod and I marched with the PFLAG group in the Vancouver Pride Parade! And I just realized that I don’t actually have a photo of all of us. D’oh! I did make Tod take this photo of me with the sign I carried: And here’s a picture of The Boss wearing […]
Today my niece graduated from kindergarten! Happy graduation, kiddo! Hope you have an awesome summer holiday and a wonderful time in grade one come September.
Thanks to the Olympics, we all have nice “Canada”-adorned clothing to wear on July 1st! Happy Canada Day! Unrelated: EAVB_EBGJARVEKV
Today my dad is officially a pensioner! Though he has retired many times before, today he officially gets to call himself “retired for good” and start collecting his CPP ((for my non-Canadian readers, that’s Canada Pension Plan)). In his honour, I shall purchase a Lotto Max ticket today for this week’s draw – who knows, […]
For the uninitiated ((where “uninitiated” = everyone except Kalev and I, who invented Pi Boxing Day last night)), Pi Boxing Day is the day when one traditionally boxes up all the uneaten pie from Pi Day. Except, of course, that you ate all the pie. Which makes Pi Boxing Day the best holiday because it […]