I love chance encounters - you meet people, share some bits of lives, have meaningful conversations, and then part your ways, possibly forever. I love making friends more, but there is a certain delight of having the small part of mosaic that makes up a person’s life ( Read more... )

A disadvantage of a big city: even if you leave home reasonably early, it doesn’t mean that you will be in time where you plan to be ( Read more... )

A question for anyone who knows Ontario: we are looking for a place to go for a day (half of a day, more likely ( Read more... )

I always use bicycle when I have to get to the Liquor Store to buy my vodka.

I am also seriously considering to do some damage to all the construction machines in our street.

Half of the yesterday we spent cycling and sitting in the park, reading books and looking at geese. Then, of course was the cycling back home, after which I felt not so dead as two weeks ago. Still, cannot go uphill if it is long and/or steep ( Read more... )

I returned from the interview, and sitting here trying to compose a nice and gracious thank you letter. I am trying to do something to increase my chances of getting this job. Can I sacrifice some goats? After long enough time of unemployment a confident professional (can you believe I was one once upon a time?) starts to doubt seriously why anyone ( Read more... )

Let’s see, this week was full of adventures and various stuff, and generally me being busy. It was good ( Read more... )

I spent this week generally feeling tired or running like crazy around Toronto, looking for a job. The job keeps hiding from me. I decided to try and apply for a job in a bookstore, and went through most of the Chapters/Indigo/Coles in Toronto trying to engage in a meaningful conversation with managers about Life, The Universe, and my possible ( Read more... )

( I had fun, too. )

Instead of finishing my Moscow stories, or anything else useful, I want to tell you lots of unnecessary information about my life ( Read more... )