June 8th, 2011
What Else I’ve Been Doing
I guess the reason I’m not writing longer posts is that I’m busy with all this other stuff!
Filling out the Toronto Service Review (link/idea via Scott). I gotta admit, this is a boring survey, constructed with autofill templates (how else would you explain a question asking if homeless shelters should be funded with user fees?) Still, I feel it’s the least I can do to fill it out–our city government is basically asking what it can get away with cutting, and we have to tell them (well, I have to tell them) that I care about things that I don’t even personally benefit from, and a small tax savings isn’t going to comfort me when I see our services rotting because those who need them most are so poor and pointless. Ahem. I think it’s a good thing to fill it out. Even is you don’t agree with me.
Watching online episodes of My Drunk Kitchen (link/recommendation via Shannon). This is a very funny silly show that is a good five minute way to recuperate from doing something not fun, like filling out the above-mentioned survey.
Taking that V.S. Naipaul quiz (link/idea via Mark) to see if I can identify a male or female author by reading a few sentences of his/her prose. I got 6/10, which is slightly better than I would get if I just guessed at random (I think; I’m not a statistician). So no, no I can’t tell.
Reading Carolyn Black’s book The Odious Child, which is really brilliant and deeply weird, an excellent combination. My favourite story is “Games”–what’s yours?
my drunk kitchen.
is the best thing.
i have ever seen.
the sprinting ESPECIALLY.
thank you.
June 14th, 2011 at 1:15 amIt is pretty wonderful–I should’ve known you’d get it! Warning–there are thus far only 7 episodes. I assume she’ll make more, but until then it’s sad when their all gone, so ration them out to yourself!!
June 14th, 2011 at 9:23 amThey’re! Not their! Sorry, it’s early!
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