I wish...

I wish this heatwave would end.

French fries for dinner

When you were little, did you you think about all the things you'd do when you were grown up? You know, stay up late, eat whatever you wanted, drive a car, etc?

Well, everytime I eat something terrible for dinner, I think about being a little kid. I think about all the times I just wanted to eat spaghetti forever or didn't see the problem with eating a handful of HP sauce out of my hand (gross, right?). Well, I ate french fries for dinner tonight and as I was eating them I felt slightly ashamed (even though I'm alone) and thought about how much nicer it would be if I was eating a healthy meal around a table with my family. It felt kinda lonely and I'm definitely old enough to know better. (Even worse, I got D in trouble last night for not eating a proper dinner)

Funny, isn't it, how much we learn to value the things we were so ready to be done with as kids.

I wish...

I wish I was friends with Tom Hanks.


Have you ever seen his Oscar acceptance speeches? If not, watch them here and here. I cry every time I see them. What an eloquent, beautiful human being he is.

Working from home

My office is in close proximity to the G20 madness that has taken over Toronto, so my boss told us all to work from home this week. Although I like the office I work in, it can't compete with the view from here.

I carry things on my belt, 'cause I'm Batman.

I could give this photo some context, but where's the fun in that?

How was your day?

My day was pretty good. Here are some things that happened:

- I woke up next to D, a wonderful start to any day.
- I bought a Batman costume...for myself.
- I found three baby raccoons taking a nap together. It was very hard not to wake them up and try to make them cuddle with me.
- Got lost in Nie Nie's inspiring blog (again).

Right now, I'm drinking some nice jasmine tea because the temperature has dropped considerably. (I'm not complaining).

At the Drive-In

This past weekend we were in Peterborough, home of the Petes, Trent University, the Otonabee River and the Mustang Drive-In.

After a long hot day in the sun, we headed over to the Mustang to see Shrek 3 (or is it 4?) and Iron Man 2. The thing is, when you're at the drive-in, it's about the novelty of watching a movie in the middle of beautiful field, with the stars overhead and the crickets calling, the quality of movies isn't so important.

During intermission we went to buy sesame snaps and on our way back to the car we sang this song:



Apparently it comes to mind when we're at the drive-in. Strange... Does this happen to anyone else?

Needless to say, it was a great night.