hear the army

        Lined up like the single string of pearls around our necks; the row of beads circling our hands. All black. Following the leader and the rules – bow, pray, pinch, hold, burn, bow. Did I forget anything? (more…)

If you have been busy, sick, away or any combination of the 3 – do not try to recontact your friends who you haven’t seen much of lately and tell them “you miss them”. You’re asking for trouble. Why? Read on…

This weekend I became aware that the characteristics I thought made up the kind of person I did want to be were actually those of the person I didn’t want to be! D’oh! (more…)

        how it occurred to me at 8pm last night that my japanese license expired today is beyond me but thank god i did – the odds of me having the luck i had previously to pass the driving test the first try are slim. (more…)

        nightly action. highlights: (more…)

        in the news today…the vancouver pig farm serial killer is convicted on 6 counts of 2nd degree murder. he is suspected in the deaths of 27 women from vancouver’s troubled east side. when i tried to find information online about this neighborhood, nothing seems to have changed much recently except for the gentrification that is taking place in preparation for the 2010 olympics. i wondered if women are still disappearing. (more…)