Month: August 2002

  • Back from Vancouver. Cam’s Dream.

    from the “Grass is Greener on the other side” Dept Hey guys, Got back Yesterday afternoon. I writing about the stuff I did in Vancouver, some thoughts on each, etc…. However, I’ve taken the liberty of archiving the messages to the date, so to see what I did last Saturday, scroll down the list (or…

  • Flight back to TO. Flat Tire.

    It was an adventure trying to get home. The flight was delayed over an hour, and the cab I took blew it’s tire on HWY 407. Geez…took me a long time to get home. I even helped put on the spare tire—because the Taxi driver was incompetent…. We haggled at my house and I paid…

  • The Grouse Grind. My Cousin Redeems Himself.

    From the “I’d rather do the CN TOWER Stair climb anyday” Dept. Jen and I woke up at 7:30 am Sunday. We changed, ate a light breakfast, packed our Gatorade, water, and TREK drinks into my North Face Galileo day bag. The drive up to Grouse Mountain is beautiful. You drive through Stanley Park, over…

  • Stanley Park, A Sea Otter in search for Pleasure, and Return to Nerdom.

    Jen and I were suppose to hike up Grouse Mountain, but we decided to sleep in. We got out of bed at 10:30, showered, changed, and looked around for some food. I was in the mood for a hearty breakfast, you know, like an all-day breakfast special. Jen suggested we go to Earl’s. I can’t…

  • Take off from TO to Vancouver

    My flight from TO to Vancouver was really uneventful. In fact it almost felt like “easy and convenient” air travel. I saw “Men with Brooms” for the in-flight movie and I enjoyed it immensely. Sure the acting wasn’t Oscar calibre, and all of the “Canadiana” propoganda was directed towards the “white, male/female Canadian” demographic—it was…

  • Going to the West Coast

    From the “going to Vancouver” Dept. Going to Vancouver for the weekend. I’ll try to finish off a roll of film. BTW, the Interview went okay, I was good, but I wasn’t great. I find out next week. Tai

  • Interview

    From the “man, what an interview” Dept. Hey Guys, I’d love to write more about the interview, but all I’m willing to say is that the interview went well. I was good, but not great. I’ll find out by Next week. -T

  • Job Interview: Longview Systems

    From the “Anxiety – Just like Co-op” Dept. I have a job interview for a full-time position tomorrow. Longview Solutions (since 1994) is based out of Markham. They make an centralized integrated product suite called Khalix—a financial analytics tool that does: Analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting, Consolidation, Planning, Reporting, and more… Runs off a Unix Server and…

  • Happy and Sad :: Kind of.

    From the “Is it my breath? Do I smell?” Dept. Well, yesterday marks a new day in Byron’s life. He moved to Ottawa yesterday and starts a new full-time job with the WSIB. All my guy friends are leaving me. <sigh> Perhaps it’s a sign. From the “Geez, I hope Jen doesn’t find out” Dept.…

  • Jen – Safe and Sound

    It’s 2:45 PM EST. Jen called. She’s safe. ZZz ZZz ZZz.