If I'm moving through Edmonton, I'm either driving somewhere (probably to the mall), taking the city bus to school, or using the LRT to get to the bar (which I recommend you try if you think cabs are as big of a rip off as I do). That's a few different ways of moving, but the most obvious one - walking through the city - is not something I really do at all.
Firstly, I'm too scared to walk the streets in half of the places of Edmonton if I'm alone, and I don't even really like it when I'm with someone. Secondly, I'm a creature of the sun. If the weather gets anywhere near -20 I seriously have trouble functioning. It's so hard for me to even get out of bed! It's way too cold for me to want to walk anywhere here for seven to eight months of the year.
Maybe I'll make it a goal of mine to walk Whyte Ave on a warmer day and check out all the cool places that I've been reading about in some of the blogs here. If it's warm out I don't really have an excuse not to.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
what i've learned so far...
So far in 380, I've learned a few random things... like how different maps can be (something that, as I blogged about before, I'd never even considered). I'm really interested in sound maps, in particular, which is something I didn't know existed until this class. I've also re-affirmed that I don't like sci-fi or fantasy books. I already knew that, but after reading and disliking Faust's book(I acually liked the start, before all the weird cream and war stuff started), and skipping ahead to read and enjoy the more realistic book A Tourist's Guide to Glengarry, I can only confirm this more strongly.
In class in particular, one really simple thing has stood out as something I've learned. A guy (sorry I can't remember who!) mentioned that he's proud of Groat Road. Groat Road of all things! I hate that road, it makes me car sick half of the time. Except - after thinking about why he likes it (the beauty, etc), I realized that I take pride in it too. Like he said: it's like a little road in the mountains, right in the city. I never thought of it that way, and now I do. How cool is that road?! :)
In class in particular, one really simple thing has stood out as something I've learned. A guy (sorry I can't remember who!) mentioned that he's proud of Groat Road. Groat Road of all things! I hate that road, it makes me car sick half of the time. Except - after thinking about why he likes it (the beauty, etc), I realized that I take pride in it too. Like he said: it's like a little road in the mountains, right in the city. I never thought of it that way, and now I do. How cool is that road?! :)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
about darrin
Today's class was my favourite so far, by a long shot. For this blog entry, I really just want to write about Darrin. More specifically, what about him really impressed me/ what I liked about him.
First of all, I think he's incredibly brave for doing what he did, particularly in a time period when being gay wasn't look upon very favorably(and that's probably putting it mildly). I also think he's incredibly brave for coming into classrooms to talk about his life, not knowing if every student is open-mined and accepting, but probably honestly not caring. That ability to be himself so completely is rare, I think, and just fabulous (as he would probably say). Also, I loved how he dropped f-bombs left and right. Good for him for not feeling the need to change how he speaks for anybody. Maybe I'm a little crude, but anybody who can drop an f-bomb in public, and not care, gets a little bit of weird respect from me. He was just so outgoing and vivacious, totally diva, and fabulous.
I liked his book, and loved him.
First of all, I think he's incredibly brave for doing what he did, particularly in a time period when being gay wasn't look upon very favorably(and that's probably putting it mildly). I also think he's incredibly brave for coming into classrooms to talk about his life, not knowing if every student is open-mined and accepting, but probably honestly not caring. That ability to be himself so completely is rare, I think, and just fabulous (as he would probably say). Also, I loved how he dropped f-bombs left and right. Good for him for not feeling the need to change how he speaks for anybody. Maybe I'm a little crude, but anybody who can drop an f-bomb in public, and not care, gets a little bit of weird respect from me. He was just so outgoing and vivacious, totally diva, and fabulous.
I liked his book, and loved him.
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