► This week I'm expecting two parcels from China and one from the US, but delivery is starting to look doubtful. Each day this week the city has blocked off the entrance to our one-block dead-end road by parking a backhoe and 2 city trucks across the opening as early as 7:30am. I guess it's to do some work on the water system, but I haven't ( Read more... )

► I had a bit of a scare this morning. Around 10:30am I went to glance outside our front door and an envelop fell out of the door frame onto the floor. I picked it up and saw it was addressed to Dean and myself, and that it said it was from the landlord's company. That triggered a sudden panic attack as I kept imagining eviction notices, fueled ( Read more... )

► I think it's time I dug out some of my old CDs and start playing them when I'm on the computer. Stuff like Metallica (the black album, Load, Reload, Garage Inc), my Radiohead and Garbage albums, and my various best of CDs (Bon Jovi, Cream, Eurythmics, The Doors...) and... Ok now I'm just listing things for no reason ( Read more... )