well, in our neverending lawsuit story, we had another win today. i’ve posted so many times about this damn thing, it seems like it needs its own category, but i’m not gonna do it ;). The short back-story is that a real-estate agent didn’t give us proper notice to move out of [...]
yay! i finally got off my ass and rode my bike to work today :)
I live in east van, on the south-ish part of main street, and work is in surrey near scott road station, so the ride was a decent 23.3km. according to my little bike computer, i rode for 54 minutes, [...]
I was talking with my sister yesterday, and she mentioned that her english teacher made a little joke in class that “there are only 7 more shopping months until christmas”, and we had a good laugh about that. In some way, we all recognize the absurdity of the central capitalist holiday…but i think sometimes [...]
so i was on the skytrain this morning, and i decided to pick up one of those trashy tabloid “news”papers that are so ubiquitous in vancouver these days. On the cover, there was a pic of some dude with a corporate tattoo. It kind of intrigued me at first because i was thinking [...]
Ayer estaba leyendo unos poemas de Pablo Neruda. Tengo un libro bilingüe, con español en la pagina izquierda y inglés en la pagina derecho. me ayuda mucho. mi vocabulario está mejorando. recomiendo a quien desea aprendir español. es más rápido cuando tiene el texto traducido en la otra pagina porque [...]
i was just reading a neat article about a venezuelan alternative media group called Aporrea. I’m still looking for more info about them, but from this brief article it sounds like they are sort of like indymedia, but different. They’ve got some people doing technical things to assist with internet distribution, and they’ve [...]
hey all. some friends pointed me at some neat cycling articles with a radical perspective. The first is called Class and Traffic, and is about traffic, car companies, and land use decisions. a good anti-capitalist perspective on cycling vs cars. The second is an article specifically about Critical Mass, and [...]
for any of you out there who feel like voting in our provincial election tomorrow, take a look at the BC Elections Act. It says you get 4 consecutive hours free from work on voting day, and your employer can’t deduct from your pay for the time off. the downside is that the [...]
ugh. stayed home sick today. kinda sucky. i stayed at my parents’ place last night, and i’m still here today, so at least there’s a well-stocked fridge with stuff to munch on. i’ll probably spend some time doing some spanish practice, and maybe try to use my mom’s crazy sewing machine.
If [...]
hoy es la dia primer por aprendir y practicar la español. espero ir a Venezuela en otoño, si es posible. Antes de irse, tengo que practicar. por practicar, uso algunas lecciones audio de “Pimsleur”. hay 90 lecciones. son muy buenos.