March 7, 2006

• March Madness

  Hello all

  Well, Ayyam-i-ha went really well. The package I sent my family arrived in time, and they seemed to enjoy their gifts. One of the defining characteristics of this year's celebration was gluttony . The second night we were treated to a great meal of viet-thai at Pho Ben Thanh (I had curried goat), the third night we stuffed our faces at the Mongolian Grill, and the last night we enjoyed some lovely Korean food at Nagano. Such a wealth of delicious vittles...

  I'll quickly mention that my days off did change at work (I'm off Mondays and Tuesdays now), and that therefore the training job I enjoy so much will now be 1 day a week or less, so my satisfaction level just dropped back down to pretty much where it was before. Oh well. I've had an opportunity pointed my way by a friend. I'm considering it, though I'm not entirely sure. It's bilingual customer service for a prominient company in their hearing health segment. It would be an improvement over this job in a number of ways, though I don't know what it pays and it would involve being on the phone all day, which is something I'm not that enthusiastic about. Dunno. Change is hard for me.

  My trip to Toronto was great. The Cadillac Lounge, where Amelia was showcasing, is a great little bar. She and her band were clearly the best of the 5 on offer that night. Afterward, we all wandered to another place and then to a friend's post-industrial loft, where we sang and chatted until the sun cleared the horizon and we scattered to the winds. A very pleasant evening --  great music, new people to meet, and a chance to catch up a bit with an old friend. There should more evenings like that. Unfortunately, none of the pictures taken with my crappy disposable camera came out, so you'll just have to fill in the visuals youselves.

  And finally, I'll mention that it's a few days into the annual Baha'i period of fasting. No food or drink between sunrise and sunset. There are exceptions for things like heavy labour, so I do eat on my workdays because I just burn too many calories to work safely otherwise. But on weekend days like this, it's the full deal. Oddly, it's not the hunger that gets me, but rather the realization that I structure a huge amount of my time around food. Without the goal of a cup of coffee, or the munchability of some snack food, I find it much more difficult to figure out what to do with my time...

  Anyhow, that's a little update. Less than a month apart, too! What's the world coming to?

  Take care
  -J-

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