2005-06-25, 09:40 AM — walk list
Meant to post this a day or two ago. Out back of our apartment is a lovely little trail that runs along a (rather mucky, but still pretty) little creek. Despite the fact that we're in the middle of a mid-sized city, the wildlife to be found back there is quite wonderful. On one twenty-minute walk I saw: * a red-spotted purple butterfly, my first of the year and absolutely gorgeous * a white-breasted nuthatch * several adolescent ducks in various stages of getting their adult plumage * young robins just learning how to fly * young song sparrows learning how to sing * grey catbirds, one of my favourites * cardinals * chickadees * spring azures * and one of my favourites for the whole day, ebony jewelwing damsels
It's a good place to live, I think. There's always something new.
2005-06-16, 10:59 PM — a sense of place
I grow attached to places. I've noticed this over the years. As much as I love to hate St. Catharines, for example... well, I love to hate it. It's now a special place in my book, because I've lived there.
Same with Hamilton, although I just love to love it. It's the city that everyone else seems to love to hate.
Which is why I have a hard time understanding how people can just pick up and leave and know they'll never be back to stay. Take my brother, for example. He lived in a fantastic city in France for four months... and then he left. I'm not sure how people can do that. I would always feel a little torn, and a little surprised that I wasn't going home.
Going back to St. Cs for the convocation was just that sort of weird. it was weird to take the wrong turn-off, and weird to go back to the BeachHouse and know I wasn't staying. It was really weird to see my old apartment.
I just grow to love places really easily, and they all take on characters of their own in my head. I can imagine my room in the BeachHouse missing me... and in some ways I miss it. A lot of really important things happened in that room, and it's always going to stick in my head, I think.
2005-06-11, 10:40 PM — random e-test
Okay, one more. This link was courtesy of Phil's 8-Track Mind...
| Benedick Hark, Ye scored 63! |
| You are Benedick from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing! Wryly sarcastic, but with a warm and loving heart, you look for love and happen to find it.. normally in the most unlikely of places. You consistently need to assure yourself that you are not falling prey to love.. but everyone (including yourself) knows that you are. |
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My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Shakespearian Character Test written by LoudmouthLee on Ok Cupid |
Dude, since when did I ever need anyone to convince me I wasn't in love?! We all know I am, and if you're really lucky I might not mention several times that the wedding is in September.
However, it's nice of them to note that I am wryly sarcastic. I'd like to think it's true.