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I think one of the best things about Waterloo is the lack of stuff to do. Half the time I spend surfing the internet and reading magazines is used looking for things to do in Toronto. Just today, I found Hiromi’s coming to town, there’s a new Trivia-themed play, and I can’t wait for the Scarborough Ribfest.

In Waterloo, there just isn’t stuff like that. The best stuff are career talks at the campus, and occasionally someone neat like Douglas Coupland comes to chat (see his new Canadiana exhibit at the DX). I think that’s why I’m semi-excited about this upcoming term, where I’ll be working for a professor as a research assistant. I got this ‘prestigious’ research award to pay me, and the job seems a lot more to my liking than my past jobs. All this and living a 12-minute walk from my office means I’ll have a lot of free time (the lack of social-life is inferred, ain’t it?).

This site is pretty temporary, and it’s just a placeholder so that I have a place to jot down thoughts when I’m killing time. But given the free-time provided by the workterm means I can stay up late coding and tweaking stylesheets to get just the right look. It’s nice to not have to worry about the distractions of city-life, but I know I’ll be singing a different song a few weeks from now. Gotta spill these thoughts now.

k-os and Melanie Durant make me happy. The rain today cheered me up a bit too. I always picture big grins on the plants when it rains. It’s hard to avoid the draining gloom of Waterloo, it’s even killer on optimism; we all do what we can.