Mike Pictor

I am starting to wonder if there is much point maintaining my wordpress blog. I liked the idea of a blog space that I owned completely, so long as I could share the contents with livejournal, but I am not sure I am really getting anything out of it, and it’s just getting me occasional spam. I have a spam filter on it, but every now and again I have to go in and moderate one that got through.

What’s the point really? If I want to read my own entries, even I default to checking my LJ page, and I know anyone else who reads it, reads it via LJ. The only thing it gives me is the ability to have multiple drafts, and complete any of them when I want…which is nice, but I use it rarely.

I think I might abandon it…or else maybe reinvent it as a dedicated blog to some theme, rather than just the day to day meanderings of my life.

I would pick a volunteer job that gets me home after 1:00 am on a worknight.

I can has sleep now?

Phew!

So I checked. About 9-10 km to work.

After work, I then biked downtown to pick up the supplies for doing outreach tomorrow. Kanata to 251 Bank…about 23 km. Then back home, by process of elimination….roughly 13-14 km

I did almost 50km of biking today….and my right ankle is twinging a bit…need to watch over that.

This is one of the coolest, and most subtle editing of a well known piece of artwork.

Biked to work by pedal power.

didn’t time it precisely, somewhere in the order of half an hour, maybe a bit less. I had a stiff wind against me the whole trip though. The bike path beside Carling sucks. The asphalt is all bumpy and uneven, I ended up just sliding down to street level again for a much smoother ride.

Good times. I need to buy myself a windbreaker for light rain protection. I wouldn’t want a light drizzle to hold me back.

A problem like Maria?

It has been solved. My favourite came in second…bah.

Orientation complete. I am now an outreach volunteer with the aids committee of Ottawa. One of my chief roles, handing out condoms, lube, and safe sex supplies in various bars, as well as discussing hiv related risk factors if people want to talk about it.

First shift is tonight (shadowing under a seasoned volunteer) at the Lookout. Should be interesting.

The house, it is about 80% ready for the buyer. Helen and I spent many hours excavating the basement, cleaning many rooms, 2 trips to salvation army, over a dozen garbage bags packed up….I called it a day, as the move yesterday, then this today was getting to me, and I kind of felt done.

Then at home, I got my living room to about 80% done as well, assembled some shelves in the basement, ran some laundry….

I am starting to like my living room. My stuff, where I wanted it, with my books, on my shelves….there is something about that sense of stamping yourself on your living space. I also got curtains up in my bedroom as well. This was important. I may eventually throw some up in the 2nd bedroom/office….but I also kind of like seeing out the window as I sit at the computer.

Need the rest of my boxes here, hopefully by tomorrow, along with a chair that is at Helen’s, plus some more cleanup at Lilibet…and I’ll be done….as in done.

1 trip, can I hear an amen!

RAMEN!

er…close enough. With the help of kattale’s van, we got all bulky objects to my new place in one trip of the movers, which represents a big savings of not having to do a second trip. There are still some boxes at Lilibet, but I can ferry those by car. Lots of cleanup needed still at Lilibet, lots of organizing needed here (#1 on my list, a curtain rod for the main bedroom, there is a walkway behind my house where people can straight up into it).

Trying to decide how much more I want to do today, beyond make up the bed, and put some laundry on….but I more or less consider myself moved now. Zeller’s is in walking distance, I sense more than one trip coming up.

The internet is alive at my new place. I am connected. Apparently a cable hookup can be threaded up through the heating ducts. I have my computer in one of the bedrooms, with a nicely sized window behind it, through which I can see a nice large tree with branches swaying gently. I just MUST remember to close the window if there is the least chance of rain. This is critical.

The kitchen is partly unpacked, so far I am finding room for everything. Hopefully this trend will continue.

Anyone with a mind to come hang out, and help me excavate the contents of boxes over the next week (after tomorrow’s big move) will be happily received. I’ll spring for a bit of supper, and you can help me find a house from this collection of rooms.

Many thanks to kattale for helping me get a load of some medium sized stuff here, including my computer desk, some lamps, my chair, some boxes….we got a decent load into her van.