I had a weird experience the other day when i was getting groceries. There were these two little girls with their dad in the line-up in front of me, and i noticed that their responses to me were quite different. They were close in age, but the older one could talk quite well, [...]
movin in the rain sucks
I just finished moving most of my stuff back to my parents’ place. Since i’m going out of the country quite soon, and the lease is up at my old place, i decided to move back here to save some money and avoid moving again when i leave. I [...]
hey all. ya, i’ve been slackin on the blog again lately. In the past week or so i’ve been spending a lot of time over at wikipedia. I’ve found that they’re pretty lacking in articles on feminist topics, and a lot of other things. Fortunately they have this nice guide page [...]
i just got my monthly shipment of books from AK Press that i get as part of the “friends of AK” deal. Among this months publications is a CD containing a talk by Norman Finkelstein, the prominent critic of the zionist side of the conflict in palestine. I just finished listening to the [...]
I talked to my sister last night, and we briefly discussed some of her grade 11 social studies homework. The topic is the “Boer War” in south africa in 1900; in class they’re learning about how Canadians were conflicted about whether to go help the british fight for gold in some far away dutch [...]
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Day 4: starting back to vancouver (kelowna to near merritt, 85km)
We woke up at about 7am on sunday, intending to be out the door by 8am. But…as things usually happen, we took a bit longer. i think it was more like 9:30 when we finally started moving. [...]
well, now that i’m feeling great after a good night’s sleep on a warm bed, i thought i’d come tell the story of where i’ve been for the past week. i had great fun and i can’t wait to do it again :)
Day 1: Leaving home (Vancouver to Manning Park, 197km)
The trip started [...]
after a great trip to the okanagan, i’m back in town now. I’ll write up some of the story tomorrow after i get some sleep, but i just thought i’d let people know that i’m around. More info to come soon :)
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