ADMITTED!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

lots to cover... let's keep this short. 

i never imagined that this thought would cross my mind, but, i am so damn sick of my grandmother's roti.  don't get me wrong...  it's delicious.  i'm just sick of the smell of it... sick of the look of it... after spending all my free (non-working) time for a week making rotis with my grandparents to help them fill this huge order they had for the local cultural festival (sunfest).  i'm just glad i could give back (even if just a little comparatively) for all the hardships they endured raising my mother and my aunts/uncle both back in trinidad and here in canada.  thanks grandma... thanks grandpa...  

i'm really not impressed with israel right now.  not that the state of israel would care in the slightest... i just think it unfair to punish the government of lebanon (and the lebanese people) for the actions and/or statements of hezbollah.  i understand that israel wants to pressure the lebanese government to act against hezbollah (project more of it's power southward)... i don't know what israel expects them to do...  hezbollah is just as strong as if not a little stronger than the government itself (and almost has a "veto" power when in comes to government actions).  does israel just want more instability?  why stir the pot?  i don't get it.  it just seems like this situation (middle east tensions) is just going to keep escalating...

i'm in the process of trying to find a new apartment for september (while simultaneously trying to decide whether to stay here or move away from London).  i'm going to be driving around tomorrow looking for signs in older neighbourhoods.  what i have decided that i will pay no more than what i'm paying right now.  if that means my apartment is smaller or is in the 'bad' end of town well then that what it means.  it'll just have to be close enough to downtown so that i can walk/bike/skateboard to work.

i'm getting a gigantic paycheque today which is going to include a month's worth of shift/language premiums.  i'm actually really excited because it'll allow me to pay off one of my two credit cards (including the rest of the airfare to colorado), buy a bookshelf or two, save a bit, and even treat myself to a haircut.

not happy with stephen harper's government and their simultaneous 1% gst drop and .5% income tax rate increase on the lowest bracket.  not happy at all.  i mean unless you're buying a car or a boat (or other large item) there's no way that anyone making under $36,377 a year is going to spend enough to actually make money off the deal at the end of the year.

i have formally decided which mountain i will climb in colorado...  it'll be long's peak (14225').  i need to find out if i need to buy/rent crampons as there's quite the possibility of snow (early may).  ten bucks says i get altitude sickness just shy of the summit despite my best attemps at acclimatisation.  here's a picture of the mountain:



i hate that some of the girls i know seem to feel like they have to consantly be persuing a guy.  it just seems a little sad/pathetic to always have a crush on someone (ie: go from crush to crush) and/or actively try to find people to have crushes on.  just let things happen and they will.  fuck.

i tried on this old green ball cap this morning and it looked really good on me, so, i've been wearing it all day.   

i'll be posting a few lists tomorrow.  one of my christmas/birthday/give aaron a present 'cause he's great list... way too many months in advance.  the other will be a list of my nemeses.

i'll also be writing those articles i was supposed to write.

that wasn't short.   sorry.