Archive for July, 2005

Yay!

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Leonard is coming to visit!

Over

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

I take the same route to work every day. In order to avoid some of the busy stretches, I drive a road through an industrial area. A few months ago I noticed a group of guys picketing outside of one of the offices. Unfortunately, since they are on the other side of the road, I […]

The Era Banner

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

Look! It’s me! Here’s what’s going on: the rollercoaster is zooming down the tracks, and I want the girls to raise their arms and scream as if we’re actually *on* the rollercoaster. They, of course, think I’m nuts and want no part of it. That’s why my arms are up, while they stand looking on […]

Who reads Harry Potter?

Monday, July 18th, 2005

I’m looking for a support group.

Hermione and Harry catch the golden snitch

Monday, July 18th, 2005

harry.jpg Originally uploaded by jennschac. Notice Harry has Hedwig with him, and Hermione has Crookshanks…

Today’s EXITE-ment

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

Today we built Lego Robots and had a competition in front of an audience of about 50 lab employees.Our robot lost. That’s okay — we also made up a team cheer, which my *entire* team (Wednesday included) performed in front of the audience.So I feel like a winner!

I’m still EXITEd…

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

Now, for a riddle: What’s sweatier than a day at Canada’s Wonderland in 35 degree (95 for all you Americans) heat? The Go! Team Concert. Yeah, so Carl and I made it to the venue at 7:15 (doors at 8, they come on at 10:30). We found scalpers, but they wanted mucho $$ so we […]

EXITEing progress

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

This week I am EXploring Interests in Technology and Engineering along with 36 grade 7/8 girls at the Toronto lab. I’m a team counsellor, which means that 6 of these girls are mine — hurray for team orange. Somehow, I ended up with the quiet kids. Now, I know I’m louder than some (ok, most), […]

behind

Monday, July 11th, 2005

i really like finding new music. unfortunately, my sources have kept me one step behind the times. for example, demone introduced me to the go! team (a band with a ! in it’s name!!) when i was in israel. i returned to find out that, to my delight, they are coming to toronto. and to […]

iPod Flea

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

Via Elliot: iPod Flea Ad Spoof