Listalicious.
Random list, as an update on my life since moving to Edmonton, numbered for no apparent reason:
1) Living in a shithole isn't so bad, as long as it's your shithole. There's something to be said for private, personal space. (Pictures to follow, as soon as I get my USB, which I forgot at home.)
2) Being homesick is the worst thing I've ever felt. It's like depression, guilt and doubt rolled up into an ugly, exhausting ball of unhappiness.
3) Dollar stores kick ass. I recommend them to everyone living on the cheap.
4) Grocery shopping is fun and the bulk section, like dollar stores, kicks ass.
5) People change. I never thought they did before, but they do. And there's nothing quite like enjoying a six-hour conversation with someone who used to scare the crap out of you.
6) I really love reading. So far, between morning work and feed over the past two days, have read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (which was good, but oddly familiar, likely bc it's probably been ripped off a billion and a half times--see Equilibrium; it's very similar but with more violence and more Christian Bale) and Shoeless Joe, by Calgarian W.P. Kinsella, and of course the basis for Field of Dreams, a film described perfectly by Ben as "too corny." Ha, ha. Anyway, have some Morley Callaghan to go, and then back to the bookstore for me.
7) Everyone looks better when smiling.
8) My car hates me and is possibly trying to kill me, tho that's hardly news, is it? Got a flat tire driving up here... well, more like a shredded tire. I think it (my car) is trying a new tactic, tho. Now instead of killing me in a violent, bloody crash, or stranding me in dark, dangerous places, it appears to be trying to frighten or stress me to death, by making terrible noises that sound like something's wrong, when nothing really is.
K, think I'm done.