Thursday, July 31, 2008

Welcome to the neighbourhood!

Watched the fireworks from the balcony of a friend of Kim's. Fireworks, you say? And yet no major holiday in sight, you say? I'm in Vancouver now, I say.
Today was a pretty lazy day. Having said that, it was still a lazy day in which things were accomplished. I'm moving into my new place tomorrow, having found it this morning. Now, to find a job.
Kim had a few friends over for supper tonight. Her friend Aaron brought me a black and white photo of a couch in the back alley, on which he had written 'Welcome to the Nighbourhood.' Aaron is leaving the neighbourhood himself, at least temporarily. He jets off to India to do some filming next week.
Kim took me out to Granville Island yesterday. It was pouring rain, but we had a good time checking out the various art studios and the market.
I'm looking forward to exploring the city more in the coming days.

Friday, July 25, 2008

big city lights

I remember very little from my last visit to Vancouver, except that Mom wouldn't let me let go of her hand.

Today, though, I'm sitting in the grass in my Cousin Kim's back yard in East Vancouver. A extremly ancient and mangy looking cat keeps trying to climb into my lap, and Mom is nowhere in sight.

Shannon asked me yesterday if my blog had been disconnected for some reason... A not so subtle hint that I should update it, I suspect. And Quinn pointed out to me a while back that now that I no longer work for The Interior News I can go back to writing whatever I want in my blog, without censoring it for work/community consumption.

So, yes. I'm back on my blog. And yes, I have left The Interior News and Smithers.

Where to next? That's what I'm in Vancouver deciding right now. I'm contemplating staying here for a while. I have family here, and friends. Plus, I found a job posting yesterday for a circus performer, which seems like it would be a nice change of pace.

Right now I'm just enjoying the fact that it's July, the sun is out, and I don't have to wear a jacket. In fact, I'm getting a tan.