Happy Spring!
Taken with my 50mm 1.8 lens that I’m in love with on a sunny, happy day near Lake Ontario.
Growth
Happy 2008.
Now in Print!
I got a call from one of my friends last week, all excited when he saw my name credited in ‘Homework’, a feature on real estate in Toronto in this month’s fab magazine. I also contributed a photo to that piece as well as another feature on Leslieville.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t really excited to have my name in print. Up until now, my writing has been limited (though it feels wrong using that word) to the virtual world, so I’m hoping to take on other new and exciting opportunities like this down the road!
Less ‘Burbs, More Urb’
Just as fast as I managed to get myself in at what might possibly be the most ideal working situation I can imagine myself having, I’ll soon be doing the same with my living situation.
As of Saturday afternoon, I officially have a small chunk of downtown Toronto real-estate held under my name, with the final papers to be signed next week.
With all the opportunities in the city, I opted to buy new, and will be moving in to a fantastic building in the St. Lawrence Market/King Street area next year in May.
I took it upon myself to get out early and take some nice shots of car while clean in the now winding-down summer (accept it, it’s easier that way). It’ll be going up for sale likely in late March to early April next year, at which point I’ll be delightfully car-less, so if you’re interested in a well kept, hell of a fun Mini, be sure to drop me a line sooner rather than later.
It Must Be the Weekend
Social networking is very telling. *Yawn*
Road Trip
There’s talk with some friends of mine about doing a road trip this weekend. Having been tasked with finding a good place to go, I got a little distracted, and drafted up my ideal driving tour of North America. There’s some extraneous cities thrown in there, and some missing that I’ve visited and don’t have much interest in seeing again (Vegas, at least not for a while).
Total travel time: 6 days, 1 hour. Hm, not quite doable over a weekend, I suppose. I’d like to take it on one day though, camera in hand, of course. Where do you want to go?
Six Feet Under
Photo by mdumlao98.
I was going to just throw up a video of the ending of Six Feet Under, but even the poster frame image is a gigantic spoiler, so I’ll resort to linking to it, for those of you that have already run the gamut through this fantastic TV series.
Typically, when I go back to watch an old series, I do so continuously and get through it in a month or two at most. It’s a funny thing with Six Feet Under; I’ve never had any TV series hit me so deeply, with so much ferocity. So much so, that I started watching the series probably close to two years ago, and only finally got through the last (fifth) season today. There were periods where I gave it up for months at a time, but always came back to it.
30 Ways…
Wil Wheaton has a nice habit of linking to some good, inspirational stuff, and I saw another one pop up in the reader today, 30 random ways to a happier life by Shane Nickerson. Some of my favs, and those I agree with the most:
10. Love what you love. Don’t trick yourself or others.
11. Cut out people that bum you out.
14. Ignore social constraints if more convenient or sensible than abiding by them.
16. Feel free to simply let parts of your past go.
22. Change is unavoidable. Embrace it, on every level.
29. Always be ready to let go of your original plan…
A lot of these I’ve only recently learned over the past year and have embraced a bunch of them to the fullest extent. Particularly with #10 and #22, and I learned the hard way from #29. To be perfectly honest, I’ve never been happier!
Crazy week begins
It’s kind of interesting how things change when you start writing for a site that’s not yours, and yours alone. I’ve had a great time doing everything for blogTO so far, and can’t wait to do some more.
Today begins over a week long of craziness covering many Pride events throughout the city. It’ll also be the first time I’m media accredited to do anything, and will be at the Pride Awards & Gala red carpet event next Wednesday, hosted by Justin Trudeau and Sook-Yin Lee. Good times ahead!
Some eCards sends your real best wishes
Why bother sugar coating that eCard when you can get your real feelings across quite concisely with someecards? You know who you are. [via Cool Hunting]
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Adam is a User Experience Specialist at IBM in Toronto and also produces content of all kinds around the Web.
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