Friday Five
1. How many places have you lived in your life?
If we're talking houses, then ... eight, I think. If it's cities, then three.
2. Which was your favorite and why and what street was it on?
I'm not sure. Each place has good and bad aspects. The house my parents lived in when I was born has almost mythical qualities because I can't remember actually living there (we moved when I was four) but we have home movies and my mom and I would drive past it a few times a year when we still lived in Edmonton. My dad had this huge garden in the backyard and I had a swingset. The next house we lived in was a lot smaller, and I had to share a room with my newborn brother. We lived there for less than a year. And then the next townhouse witnessed my parents breaking up for the first time, although I had a lot of friends there. Then we moved to Cambridge and lived in the Moffatt Drive house for a long time, the longest I've ever stayed in one place. My parents got back together and split up again in that house. I had my first kiss in the backyard. Close to the top would be the Chalmers ghetto, even though it was a ghetto. I had a big room, it was just my mom so my parents weren't fighting all the time, and, for a while, Mandy and Keira lived practically on either side of us. Tim's house was nice, and it had a pool, but it only really started to feel like home just before my mom got sick, and so the house became something else. Before she got sick, she was actually happy and that made a big difference in how the house felt. My dad's house feels like home but it always feels like something is missing and I bet you can guess what that is. The house in Toronto ... well, you know.
3. If you could live anywhere for the rest of your life, where would it be?
I don't know. I haven't found that place yet.
4. What would your ideal home have in it?
Love. Family and friends.
5. Can you describe your current crib?
Three bedroom sixties bungalow with a lot of ugly original features and an unfinished basement. We're working on it.
If we're talking houses, then ... eight, I think. If it's cities, then three.
2. Which was your favorite and why and what street was it on?
I'm not sure. Each place has good and bad aspects. The house my parents lived in when I was born has almost mythical qualities because I can't remember actually living there (we moved when I was four) but we have home movies and my mom and I would drive past it a few times a year when we still lived in Edmonton. My dad had this huge garden in the backyard and I had a swingset. The next house we lived in was a lot smaller, and I had to share a room with my newborn brother. We lived there for less than a year. And then the next townhouse witnessed my parents breaking up for the first time, although I had a lot of friends there. Then we moved to Cambridge and lived in the Moffatt Drive house for a long time, the longest I've ever stayed in one place. My parents got back together and split up again in that house. I had my first kiss in the backyard. Close to the top would be the Chalmers ghetto, even though it was a ghetto. I had a big room, it was just my mom so my parents weren't fighting all the time, and, for a while, Mandy and Keira lived practically on either side of us. Tim's house was nice, and it had a pool, but it only really started to feel like home just before my mom got sick, and so the house became something else. Before she got sick, she was actually happy and that made a big difference in how the house felt. My dad's house feels like home but it always feels like something is missing and I bet you can guess what that is. The house in Toronto ... well, you know.
3. If you could live anywhere for the rest of your life, where would it be?
I don't know. I haven't found that place yet.
4. What would your ideal home have in it?
Love. Family and friends.
5. Can you describe your current crib?
Three bedroom sixties bungalow with a lot of ugly original features and an unfinished basement. We're working on it.