Endless Waiting....

House in Progress


My blog updates have been a little slow of late, as most of my thoughts are on my new house. In a way, I sort of feel like my life is on hold at the moment. My girlfriend and I have probably been to every appliance store, Home Depot, and furniture store in the city at least twice. We've already picked out everything we're going to buy, but somehow just browsing through stuff makes move-in day seem a little closer to reality.

In politics, there isn't much to talk about. Now that the same-sex marriage law has passed, I'm hoping all the chatter will stop. It's been debated endlessly for ages now, and I'm tired of listening to it. It's done, it's over, let's move on.

Down south, it seems that the passion for remaking the world in America's image seems to be fading. Why, even O'Reilly from Fox News seems realize that things aren't going well. However, a scary thought is that they'll simply replace Bush with somebody stronger.

Smoggy Foggy

Smoggy in Ottawa

Well, it's a hot, smoggy day here in Ottawa. With the humidity, it's an unpleasant 41 C (that's 105 for you backwards Farenheit users). The picture above is of the Ottawa skyline, taken only moments ago from my balcony. I'm a mere 7km (~ 5 mi) from downtown, but it's just a hazy outline.

Ottawa doesn't really have much in heavy industry. The smog that's siting over us is a combination of industrial pollutants from southern Ontario and the U.S. northeast with smoke from forest fires in northern Ontario and Quebec. I guess I'll be using the A/C for a few more days.