I think, somewhere around the beginning of the year, I started getting a little burnt out, internets style.
For the past few months I’ve tried to remedy that by not having a computer at home, staying off Twitter (for the most part) during the evening, and getting the heck out of the house. It has been a pretty positive experience, though hard as I used to watch a lot of TV/movies on my (now dead) laptop… so I haven’t been watching huge amounts of films, lately. Sigh.
So, yeah, getting out of the house. I took a fairly rewarding “boot camp” style class at the Bloomfield Centre in March/April, and am now out on the Commons for a kettlebell class (first class was in the pouring rain–we’re hardcore). A few friends and I have formed a hiking group. We tackled Victoria Park a few weeks ago and have plans to enjoy the outdoors and perhaps go camping throughout the summer.
Joker’s Comedy Club has become a regular hang-out over the past few months. Must attend nights include: Chat Roulette Wednesdays, stand-up/sketches/improv on Sundays, and Burn, Hollywood, Burn–a monthly bad movie night that has thus far screened Troll 2, The Room, and Mac and Me. Most excellent.
Had a brief trip to Toronto over the Victoria Day weekend. Stayed in the worst part of town, but had fun seeing friends and attending Conan O’Brien’s show at Massey Hall. Lauren + Coco in the same room… it was divine.
Until August I will remain in Dartmouth, which is getting more and more difficult as the weather gets nicer and festival season approaches. Even the Multicultural Festival will be in Halifax this year, v. unfortunate. I’m scouring the city for affordable, clean, 1-2 bedrooms in the south-end, Quinpool area, and north end. Have any tips? Please send them my way!
I am still at my job, but I can’t really talk about the current situation for a few more weeks (silly, I know). Had the opportunity to work on the very cool Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers project, which I really enjoyed.
Blogging used to be a fairly regular thing for me, but honestly I don’t think it’s my medium of choice. I will attempt to blog once a week to see if I can keep up with it. Fair enough? O-K.
