movin’ on up…

this morning i woke up to find that my my dsl was disconnected. that’s when the reality of moving struck me. this is actually happening. tomorrow.

moving

it’s good-bye cambie village and hello ubc village. hmm, interesting how vancouver neighbourhoods are chic-ing up their image by adding the word ‘village’. my cousin reminded me that it’s commonly referred to as gentrification.

anywhoo… must not get distracted.

as i sit here in the far reaches of my livingroom, stealing a wifi connection from some poor boob in my building that doesn’t understand how to configure a wireless router, feelings of procrastination must be pushed  aside. tomorrow is moving day & i need to get packing.

on the culture of multitasking

This morning I read an interesting article in the New York Magazine called “In Defense of Distraction” by Sam Anderson.

The article begins by outlining the horrors of distraction; what technology has done to our attention spans. Anderson says “People who frequently check their e-mail have tested as less intelligent than people who are actually high on marijuana… If Einstein were alive today, he says, he’d probably be forced to multitask so relentlessly in the Swiss patent office that he’d never get a chance to work out the theory of relativity.”

And just when he has you sold on the evils of the internet, Anderson throws a curve ball: maybe the amazing muscle we call a brain will flex its neuroplasticity and morph into a stronger, more adapted super brain that is capable of multi-taking like we have never seen before…

In_defense_of_distraction

something to think about.

sunburned and satisfied

do you ever wake up on a monday morning and wonder where your weekend went? i do.

but not this weekend.

i had a wicked time on salt spring island with my brother and our island friends. i went to the spa, played outside, ate good food, read a book, made some fun purchases and soaked in all the sunshine this beautiful may weekend had to offer.

life is good.