Flower bird at the ROM
posted by Mike Lepard at
8:07 p.m.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Monday, August 08, 2005
Another long weekend!
I took friday off because my friend whose doing grad school in Miami was in town, we headed off to another friend who lives outside Peterborough. We first hit the beach in Port Hope, amazing to find such a quiet beach on Lake Ontario and fairly clean too!
A most excellent lunch provided by Robin, ploughmans lunch with a bit of italian class (Sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, cheese and bread). It felt good to get your feet in the sand and wade through the waves, a care free morning. I even brought my kite but the wind was a little to sporatic to be any good, but it's funny how such a simple thing can 25 year old men back to their youth.
I've actually been thinking about that since my birthday...you read in the paper a 23 year old woman...or 19 year old man, But I don't consider myself a man, yet definetly not a boy ( Kim would disagree sometimes ). I guess it was the same in highschool and university..at the begining you look at the upper years with awe at their supposed age...when I finally got there, I didn't feel the same as I remember envisioning the upper years.
When does a boy become a man these days, shouldn't there be a term for in between?
Maybe it's that the terms man and woman are, in my mind, reserved for people more established than myself currently? If I look at someone I don't think man or woman, it's usual guy or girl...maybe that's just how life/society is right now..I wonder when I'll use the terms man/woman...
Enough of that tangent, the beach was beautiful and free, we headed back to Dan & Tracys place, its house but it's in cottage country...it incredibly relaxing. We had quite a bit to drink, relaxed on his little dock looking out on the river had a bunch of good geek talk that you can only really have with people who went to EngSci. Rib's on the BBQ and dinner on the back patio as the sun went down...more drinks finished with some xbox. A great evening.
Saturday I hung out with my friend Rawan who just moved to Ottawa but was back to visit her family.
Blogger is being stupid....
A most excellent lunch provided by Robin, ploughmans lunch with a bit of italian class (Sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, cheese and bread). It felt good to get your feet in the sand and wade through the waves, a care free morning. I even brought my kite but the wind was a little to sporatic to be any good, but it's funny how such a simple thing can 25 year old men back to their youth.
I've actually been thinking about that since my birthday...you read in the paper a 23 year old woman...or 19 year old man, But I don't consider myself a man, yet definetly not a boy ( Kim would disagree sometimes ). I guess it was the same in highschool and university..at the begining you look at the upper years with awe at their supposed age...when I finally got there, I didn't feel the same as I remember envisioning the upper years.
When does a boy become a man these days, shouldn't there be a term for in between?
Maybe it's that the terms man and woman are, in my mind, reserved for people more established than myself currently? If I look at someone I don't think man or woman, it's usual guy or girl...maybe that's just how life/society is right now..I wonder when I'll use the terms man/woman...
Enough of that tangent, the beach was beautiful and free, we headed back to Dan & Tracys place, its house but it's in cottage country...it incredibly relaxing. We had quite a bit to drink, relaxed on his little dock looking out on the river had a bunch of good geek talk that you can only really have with people who went to EngSci. Rib's on the BBQ and dinner on the back patio as the sun went down...more drinks finished with some xbox. A great evening.
Saturday I hung out with my friend Rawan who just moved to Ottawa but was back to visit her family.
Blogger is being stupid....
posted by Mike Lepard at
9:51 p.m.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Hot Hot Hot long weekend
Caribana, a major caribbean islands festival was on this weekend..they expected over a million visitors on the weekend. It's always an interesting weekend to live downtown...Yonge street becomes the cruising capital, where a very large number of mostly black young people hang out or drive their "pimped" out cars ( with very loud stereo and lots of bass ). It's definetly not a situation that is very common in Canada.
It's not a good thing but there are always a large number cops on streets as well ( we counted over 60 in a 4 block stretch of Yonge ), it's racial profiling at its best...but almost every years there's been a shooting in the area.
We've never had any problems, you've just got to sit back and enjoy the different scenery...although one thing I don't get is that almost every group of guys has at least one holding a video camera...almost always pointed at a passing group of girls....
Saturday is the parade, it goes along the lakeshore, lots of flatbead trucks with massive soundsystems each with a DJ and his homeboys hanging out with a few scantily clad dancers.
They're all playing the same set of island calypso/rap songs...very very very loud, the ear plugs saved us but you could still get blown away by the bass.
In between the trucks were the carnival float/costumes..which are definetly the highlight of the parade. Incredibaly ornate and detailed...they're amazing colourful and fun.
With the good weather, catchy tunes, cool costumes and lake in the background...it was a great feeling kinda day.
We went for another ravine walk on sunday and hung out on Cherry beach reading Harry Potter on monday.
It's not a good thing but there are always a large number cops on streets as well ( we counted over 60 in a 4 block stretch of Yonge ), it's racial profiling at its best...but almost every years there's been a shooting in the area.
We've never had any problems, you've just got to sit back and enjoy the different scenery...although one thing I don't get is that almost every group of guys has at least one holding a video camera...almost always pointed at a passing group of girls....
Saturday is the parade, it goes along the lakeshore, lots of flatbead trucks with massive soundsystems each with a DJ and his homeboys hanging out with a few scantily clad dancers.
They're all playing the same set of island calypso/rap songs...very very very loud, the ear plugs saved us but you could still get blown away by the bass.
In between the trucks were the carnival float/costumes..which are definetly the highlight of the parade. Incredibaly ornate and detailed...they're amazing colourful and fun.
With the good weather, catchy tunes, cool costumes and lake in the background...it was a great feeling kinda day.
We went for another ravine walk on sunday and hung out on Cherry beach reading Harry Potter on monday.
posted by Mike Lepard at
9:12 p.m.
We passed by this slightly haunted looking house on the way back...
posted by Mike Lepard at
9:00 p.m.
So many trucks with massive speaker systems, the music was catching but overwhelming...even with earplugs
posted by Mike Lepard at
8:52 p.m.
maybe it's some sort of evil vodoo spirit...or a xenomorphic alien with acid for blood!
posted by Mike Lepard at
8:50 p.m.
