Boom flowers!

I'm not sure why, but these flowers just really stood out to me today. It's not like it was the first time I saw them or anything though. I think it's just a matter of perceiving the world in different ways depending on how we feel. Some days you just walk past, while others you stop and look.

Waiting for lunch

So today I went down to Lonsdale Quay with a friend to get some food and to hang out. It's been a while since I was last there to actually spend some time and twas good. As long as stores don't get ridiculously busy, shop owners tend to be in good moods this time of year. I guess some would call that holiday spirit. I'm just happy to be able to enjoy a nice day off lol

Nothing

Well, I haven't got anything here today. My life's been absolutely full of work recently. Luckily I have the day off tomorrow so I'm looking forward to resting up a bit. It never really occurred to me that working (almost) full time would mean working for the majority of the time you have available in a week. It sounds pretty dumb, but I guess I'm just not used to it. I just always imagined that full time meant working 9-5 Mon-Fri, or something along those lines. Anyways, it's getting late, so I really should get to bed lol

Really?

So this evening after rushing home from a closing shift, I moved the TV from downstairs into my room. Yeah, that mess in the basement hasn't been cleared 0ut yet. I just went through my blog to find out that the original leak happened on the night of September 25th. Since then numerous people have been in and out, all promising to call or show up at some given time. Honestly, no offense to people in those professions, but get your shit together. We get that we need you more than you need us, that's a given. We get that this isn't something that we can fix ourselves. And we get that we're not in the absolutely most dire of situations. But I'll be damned if this isn't a major inconvenience in our day to day lives. The moving of this television isn't just a rearrangement of furniture, it's my acceptance that we've lost a room. A room I could once sit down to enjoy gaming without the distractions of others. I've lost too much hope to be disappointed anymore.

I'm not trying to be the douche here. On a superficial level, nothing seems to be wrong. I've moved something out of the way, and my room has become more enjoyable, right? So why should it matter to you? Is this what you wanted? Did you want us to accept that there's going to be a hole in the roof of the basement for an indefinite amount of time? Well then maybe I won't come to terms with it then. Maybe I'll just pretend that absolutely nothing is wrong. Unless, you purposly planned all of this to try to get me to question my own principals. Well in that case, you've won. I don't care anymore. Or do I? No. Yes. No. God damnit!

Hells Yeah Bowling!

So today I went out to the bowling alley with a bunch of people. I learned a few things tonight. First off, I am absolutely terrible at bowling. End of story. Secondly, taking photos during glow bowling is just about impossible. Without using flash it's ridiculously dark, and the flashing lights don't help. But if you use a flash, it just exposes your main subject, and kills the ambiance created by the disco balls and black lights. Oh well, maybe I'll be able to come up with a solution someday lol

Letters

Oh man, I haven't written a letter in ages. Actually, I'm not sure if I ever have, like ever. I'm also getting the feeling that I've talked about this before too lol. Well regardless, I wrote out a letter to a complete stranger to accompany a gift for a Secret Santa I'm doing this year. If there's one thing I've learned this year, it's that I take kindly to strangers more than others often do. I dunno, it's jsut kinda fun lol

Colours are back!

Ah, it's been a long month. I've definitely learned a lot about black and white photography throughout the last month. But I've also learned that sometimes you need to have colour is certain photos. Sometimes there just isn't a way around it. Anyways, I'm certainly looking forward to this holiday season, with colourful decorations everywhere lol. Should be good times :D