Window Dressing

 (Toronto Queen St. West: February 2010)  me: This gmail chat has voice chat ....do you want to try it?

  It's like a phone fercrissakes...we

  are mixing up all the communication tools and think we're reinventing the wheel.

 Sarah: I don't think I have a mic on this computer.

 me: Oh.

6:16 PM Oh well.

  Let me try and see what happens at your end...oh weird. It's ringing like a phone.

  Except, of course, you can't pick up because you can't hear it...lol.

  I'll end the voice attempt...

  Funny as hell.

6:17 PM Sarah: Yup can't hear.

 me: Oh well. Maybe I'll call you.

Numbers and Hope

 St. Viateur and Jeanne Mance (Montreal: February 2010)  me: 45 is old.

 Gian: Bah.

 me: Bah yourself.

 Gian: 45 is the new 30.

4:15 PM

 me: 45 is the new 45...me and my high blood pressure and cholesterol and imminent colonoscopy say so. Plus, I'm not 45.

Winter Despair

 (Gmail Chat: Midwinter Montreal to Canada West Coast) me: Dude. I am operating in negative numbers here with regard to I.Q.me: Do you guys have grass yet?

I saw Victoria in the news the other day, and the city had frikken green grass.

 Gian: Grass is always here...???

 me: Really?

 Gian: There is no snow... hasn't been any at all.

1:08 PM me: EFFF me. I'm living in the wrong climate.

 Gian: Seriously...

  It's drizzly, however.

 me: Shit. For real?

  Drizzly. Is that okay?

 Gian: Yup.

 me: Frig.

My Little Pony

Storefront Granada, Nicaragua -- January 2010.

Attention Deficit

En media res of a recent gmail chat:
meThis tea is so good.Paul and I went to the movies last night and saw Up in the Air. Liked it.

4:28 PMWhy are you off Facebook?

4:29 PM Anonymous: I was getting frustrated with people's status updates.

 me: Why?

4:30 PM Anonymous: When the news about Haiti broke... most of my friends were too busy bragging about expensive vacations, or letting everyone know what bra colour they were wearing. Only a couple mentioned Haiti.

4:31 PM It was really bugging me. ***OFFLINE Help 

Doors of Perception

El Jicaro, Nicaragua December 2009

Small Things

Today's chore list in random order:

1) prepare classes
2) help Haiti
3) pay off student loan
4) celebrate life
5) appreciate every frikken thing
6) drink clean water out of a tap

(Photo: Ometepe Island 2010)