I think it really was the crappy roommates from the last time you heard regularly from me that really put me off of writing in this blog anymore. Had I mentioned the one girl who smoked in her room until I told her it wasn't allowed so she moved to smoking on the balcony where there is a giant NO SMOKING sign on the wall (not mine, but from the ( Read more... )

Hello again, peoples.

I decided that I'd keep this space for longer writings, and put shorter posts and random fluff (like I used to have here) on a tumblr blog, over here.

Also, typing HTML on a Finnish keyboard layout really sucks.

I promise I'll try this summer to note down some of the things that have happened in the past 16 months or so, in between preparing my BA Honors thesis for publication and doing extended analysis on my data at the direction of my supervisor. But more importantly, and even though I've mostly moved over to twitter (and facebook, I wish to announce ( Read more... )

I wrote this story a little while ago for a contest, which I obviously didn't win (there are far more experienced writers out there studying Creative Writing and the like). I haven't really written any extended prose fiction since high school so it was a real challenge. Even more so since I'd also abandoned my weird emo brushstroke descriptive ( Read more... )

Takeoff from YYC was kinda terrible. But YVR landing and takeoff both I'd give 11/10, I didn't feel them at all!
The long straightaway before turning around leaving YVR probably helps a lot.
The luggage bin handles are so high up even the flight attendants have to tiptoe to reach them
Cathay Pacific can get away with giving out packs of peanuts ( Read more... )

So I became quite sick today drinking about half of a glass of beer and eating a veggie sandwich and a bowl of curried soup. And by sick I mean drunk. And by drunk I mean breaking into a sudden sweat and the feeling in my arms and legs became very very sensitive, that is, even the smallest pressure on them like resting my head on my arm or ( Read more... )

jmaxsohmer posted this on his facebook a little while ago, and I'd asked if I could share it, but I didn't get to it until now:

Jonathan Max-Sohmer ( Read more... )

This summer I am working at the Alberta Education marking centre again.

Regardless of what your feelings are about the Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) and Diploma (Grade 12) exams, I think that teachers who are administering these exams should know a little about what happens to the students' papers BEFORE they get marked. Students might be ( Read more... )

Between messy roommates who don't seem to heed messages left on notes for any more than a week (cases in point: turning lights off when leaving the apartment; disposing of garbage promptly; rinsing empty drink cartons; taking out recycling; wiping off stove after cooking; washing and putting away dishes after cooking; proper disposal of sanitary ( Read more... )

I was on the bus yesterday afternoon - the route which passes by the schools I "taught" at - and I saw a few familiar faces. Overhearing them being addressed by their friends only confirmed that I had known these people before. Fortunately, it's been more than a year and kids don't remember briefly-seen visages for very long. But that doesn't mean ( Read more... )