A Starry Night

So because of the incoming weather I made a quick decision to drive home to Owen Sound yesterday afternoon. I made it home from school in about 15 minutes packed and ate in half an hour and hit the road. It was by far the most boring and tiring and painful trip I have undertaken. Painful only because I have a terribly sore knee. Given all that though it was also a beautiful night. It was dark and in the middle of Ontario I saw many many stars.

Now, even though I spend all my summers star-gazing, on the trampoline, on the beach, wherever really, I have never seen a falling star. Until last night. It is the middle of the winter, I was on the road, and there was the first falling star I ever seen.

Pretty cool!

the Quebec of Holland

I am working with some individual level data from the 2001 Census of Population, and I am very intrigued by the fact that all the guides to the census specify the group and language "Frisian" separately. Even though it is included under "Netherlandic" languages, I find it weird that it is even considered ... and why does Canada even care?

Out of the Shadows - Matthey Perryman Jones

Ps. Go Sens Go!

"You Gotta Love this City"

After the bus strike, the cold weather, and the drag of school I do now remember why I love this city so much. On saturdaynight we took a free bus to downtown to watch a free concert on the canal, followed by a light show and a walk by the ice sculptures. Despite the freezing cold there was a lot of people out, and we had a great time. Even though our dancing was probably a little sub-par given the boots and amount of clothing we were wearing, we managed to stay pretty warm. And despite the cold the artist and his band managed to stay pretty hot. Just sayin'.

Roch Voisine on stage

listen here (via youtube!)

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a projection behind the stage

Happy Family Day!

Go Sens Go!

"can we walk this line together?"

I think once upon a time I wrote an ode to some delightfully scented laundry soap that I bought. Today I will replicate that thought ... well, it is a new lilac scented soap, and I love it. Thought you might want to know.

I should also write an ode to my classmates, without whom I would never make it through school. However, more on that when I graduate :D

2 days of classes until reading week ...

The Kin - Together

Slumdog Millionaire. Watch it.



Australia. Watch it.

"find the spark that is buried deep"

to understand how this can make me feel bad somehow ... you should know that in all of highschool the number of days I missed can be counted on one hand, and the number of classes I missed at Mac can be counted on half a hand, and the number of classes missed at Carleton need not be counted ... so when I went to the gym today for my spinning class, you can imagine I was pretty ticked that I pulled a skirt out of my gym bag instead of my shorts. and I could hardly go in my jeans, or the skirt. so I skipped. I know SHAME! (and not because I missed a class, more because I felt so bad about it ... maybe the best therapy for this worry I have should be skipping class for a week?)

matthew perryman jones - out of the shadows.

ps. go sens go?